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Audit Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96328
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2012-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 4 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Audit Committee including agendas, minutes, and reports.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2012-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Audit Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 4 folders of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Audit Committee including agendas, minutes, and reports.
- History
- The Audit Committee was established on April 16, 2012. The Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing the work of external auditors. This oversight is meant to enhance the credibility and reliability of financial reporting while helping to ensure the independence of the external auditors.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Committee Administration subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96376
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2020
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 10 folders of textual records + 3 rolls of microfilm
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Committee Administration including directories, terms of reference, commissioner appointments, committee applications, successful candidates, and delegations.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2020
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Committee administration subseries
- Physical Description
- 10 folders of textual records + 3 rolls of microfilm
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Committee Administration including directories, terms of reference, commissioner appointments, committee applications, successful candidates, and delegations.
- History
- Committee Administration is responsible for the administrative management of Burnaby's various committees, commissions, and boards.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Community Development Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96377
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2005-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 23 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Community Development Committee including agendas, minutes, and committee reports.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2005-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Physical Description
- 23 folders of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Community Development Committee including agendas, minutes, and committee reports.
- History
- The Community Development Committee (formerly the Housing Committee) was established in 2006. The Committee advised on protecting and providing affordable housing, leasing of City land for non-market and special needs housing, planning issues for residential land use, and impacts of federal and provincial policies on Burnaby housing issues. On January 26, 2015, the Committee’s name was changed from Community Development Committee to Planning and Development Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Community Heritage Commission subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96378
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1989-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 46 folders of textual records + 2 photographs + 1 portrait
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Community Heritage Commission including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and heritage sites.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1989-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Community Heritage Commission subseries
- Physical Description
- 46 folders of textual records + 2 photographs + 1 portrait
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Community Heritage Commission including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and heritage sites.
- History
- The Community Heritage Commission was established December of 1994. This committee was formerly known as the Heritage Advisory Committee. The Community Heritage Commission supports efforts to increase public awareness of and provide management for constructed and natural heritage in the City of Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Community Policing Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96425
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1994-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 44 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Community Policing Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and a commissioned portrait.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1994-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Community Policing Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 44 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Community Policing Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and a commissioned portrait.
- History
- The Community Policing Committee was established on March 21, 1994. The purpose of this committee was to advise Council on directions and strategies for community policing and crime prevention strategies; to serve as a liaison between Council, district community consultative committees, and the RCMP; and to serve as a link between those groups and the broader community. On January 26, 2015, the Committee’s name was changed from the Community Policing Committee to the Public Safety Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Council Indemnity Advisory Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96428
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 12 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Council Indemnity Advisory Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, terms of reference, and a resource manual.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Physical Description
- 12 folders of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Council Indemnity Advisory Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, terms of reference, and a resource manual.
- History
- The Council Indemnity Advisory Committee was first established on February 24, 1992. It was then reported out on September 14, 1992 and re-struck in 2001, 2007, and 2011. This committee was created in order to establish Council indemnities (dollar amounts) and their effective dates. The committee provides Council with a detached and objective body to complete this process.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Environment Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96447
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2003-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 32 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Environment Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and a comissioned portrait.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2003-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Environment Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 32 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Environment Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and a comissioned portrait.
- History
- The Environment Committee (formerly the Environment and Waste Management Committee) was established on January 13, 2003. The Committee advises on issues such as minimizing environmental pollution, conserving and enhancing Burnaby’s natural landscape, and ensuring that new developments respect their natural surroundings. The Environment Committee and Social Planning Committee were integrated into the Sustainable City Advisory Committee in 2017. The Environment Committee was struck again in January of 2020.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Executive Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96448
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1980-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 122 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Executive Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, grant reports, grant applications, lease grants, and Christmas dinner grants.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1980-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Executive Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 122 folders of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Executive Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, grant reports, grant applications, lease grants, and Christmas dinner grants.
- History
- Executive Committee was established on November 20, 1989. This committee assumed the responsibilities of the existing Finance Advisory Committee, the Exempt Staff Committee of Council, and the Council Procedures Committee. In January 2015, the responsibility for reviewing nominations and making recommendations for the City’s Citizen of the Year (Kushiro Cup recipient) was transferred to the Executive Committee of Council. The Committee advises on provision of grants to help cultural, athletic and volunteer assistance groups that provide a service or promote activities that are beneficial to Burnaby. This Committee also deals with human resource issues related to Senior Exempt staff and any other matters referred by Council. The Executive Committee of Council was integrated with the Financial Management Committee on February 20, 2017. On January 23, 2019 Council passed a report to dissolve the previous integration of The Executive Committee of Council with The Financial Management Committee, and once again have it be a stand-alone committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Finance and Civic Development Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96452
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2003-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 27 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Finance and Civic Development Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, and committee reports.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2003-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Physical Description
- 27 folders of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Finance and Civic Development Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, and committee reports.
- History
- Finance and Civic Development Committee was established on January 13, 2003 when the Civic Development Committee and the Finance an Economic Development Committee merged to become the Finance and Civic Development Committee. The Committee was responsible for municipal buildings, facilities, conservation areas (etc.) and long term financial planning. On January 26, 2015, the Committee changed its name from the Finance and Civic Development Committee to the Financial Management Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
International Relations and Friendship Cities Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96462
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the International Relations and Friendship Cities Committee including agendas, minutes, and committee reports.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the International Relations and Friendship Cities Committee including agendas, minutes, and committee reports.
- History
- The International Relations and Friendship Cities Committee was established January 12, 2012. The Committee acts as an advisory body for international relations and the Sister/Friendship City program and to assist Council in exploring opportunities for mutual economic and cultural benefits with other cities across the globe.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- In 2023, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Affairs Office requested from the City of Burnaby Mayor's Office that Taiwan be referred to as such without the written inclusion of China and affiliated names modern or historical, to keep in line with current Provincial and Federal practice. Historical records will not be altered and notes have been added where appropriate in archival descriptions in respect to the request.
Kushiro Cup Selection Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96463
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1997-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 13 folders of textual records + 2 photographs + 2 floppy discs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Kushiro Cup Selection Committee including agendas, minutes, and committee reports.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1997-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Physical Description
- 13 folders of textual records + 2 photographs + 2 floppy discs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Kushiro Cup Selection Committee including agendas, minutes, and committee reports.
- History
- This committee has been annually struck in order to choose an outstanding Burnaby citizen as the Kushiro Cup Award Citizen of the Year.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Mayor's Task Force on Graffiti subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96466
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2006-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 15 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Mayor's Task Force on Graffiti including agendas, minutes, committee reports, and a commissioned portrait.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2006-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Mayor's Task Force on Graffiti subseries
- Physical Description
- 15 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Mayor's Task Force on Graffiti including agendas, minutes, committee reports, and a commissioned portrait.
- History
- The Mayor's Task Force on Graffiti was appointed May 8, 2006. The purpose of this committee was to develop anti-graffiti strategies and programs, promote mural programs. On January 26, 2015, the responsibilities for the Mayor’s Task Force on Graffiti were transferred to the Public Safety Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Simon Fraser Liaison Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96471
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1994-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 6 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Simon Fraser Liaison Committee including agendas, minutes, and correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1994-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Simon Fraser Liaison Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 6 folders of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Simon Fraser Liaison Committee including agendas, minutes, and correspondence.
- History
- The Simon Fraser Liaison Committee was established in 1991. The Committee liaises with Simon Fraser University on matters of common interest.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Social Issues Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96472
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2003-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 35 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Social Issues Committee including agendas, minutes, committee reports, and a commissioned portrait.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2003-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Social Issues Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 35 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Social Issues Committee including agendas, minutes, committee reports, and a commissioned portrait.
- History
- The Social Issues Committee was established January 13, 2003 to replace the Community Issues and Social Planning Committee. The Social Issues Committee advised on a variety of social issues including crime prevention, leasing space at Burnaby’s Community Resource Centres, and the needs of seniors, youth, families, ethnic groups and persons with disabilities. On January 26, 2015, the Social Issues Committee changed its name to the Social Planning Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Sundry Committees subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96473
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-2011
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 62 folders and books of textual records + 3 rolls of microfilm
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Sundry Committees including agendas; minutes; correspondence; committee reports; minute books; the Expo Committee; the Committee to Determine Creiteria for Naming Freemen, Parks, and Streets; the Recreational Vehicle Park Committee; the Labour Managem…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-2011
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Sundry Committees subseries
- Physical Description
- 62 folders and books of textual records + 3 rolls of microfilm
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Sundry Committees including agendas; minutes; correspondence; committee reports; minute books; the Expo Committee; the Committee to Determine Creiteria for Naming Freemen, Parks, and Streets; the Recreational Vehicle Park Committee; the Labour Management Committee; the Public Interaction Review Committee; the Impaired Drivers Course Advisory Committee; the Youth Advisory Committee; the Policy Committee; the Security Committee; and the Social Sustainability Strategy Steering Committee.
- History
- Sundry committees are committees which have been grouped under the Sundry Committee umbrella because they have too few action items to warrant the creation of a regular committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Traffic Safety Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96476
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 365 folders of textual records + 1 roll of microfilm + 1 photograph + 1 optical disc
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Traffic Safety Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and various Burnaby streets.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Traffic Safety Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 365 folders of textual records + 1 roll of microfilm + 1 photograph + 1 optical disc
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Traffic Safety Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and various Burnaby streets.
- History
- The Traffic Safety Committee was established on April 26, 1954. The Committee advises on ways to improve the safety of Burnaby roads and streets. On November 20, 1989 all matters relating to traffic safety became the responsibility of the Traffic and Transportation Committee (Traffic Safety Division). On January 13, 2003 the Committee returned to being known as the Traffic Safety Committee. The Traffic Safety Committee was integrated with the Public Safety Committee on February 20, 2017. On January 23, 2019 Council passed a report to once again create The Traffic Safety Committee as a stand-alone committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Transportation Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96477
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 42 folders of textual records + 28 photographs + 3 rolls of microfilm
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Transportation Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, a comissioned photograph, and terms of reference.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Transportation Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 42 folders of textual records + 28 photographs + 3 rolls of microfilm
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Transportation Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, a comissioned photograph, and terms of reference.
- History
- The Transportation Committee was established on February 13, 1978. From 1973 to 1977, this committee was known as the Transit Committee. It was expanded in 1978 to encompass the role of a Transportation Committee. From 1990 to 2002, the Transportation Committee was named the Traffic and Transportation Committee, also referred to as the Traffic and Transportation Committee (Transportation and Transit Division.) On January 13, 2003, the committee was once again known as the Transportation Committee. On February 20, 2017 the Transportation Committee was integrated with the Public Safety Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Environmental Sustainability Strategy Steering Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96915
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Environmental Sustainability Strategy Steering Committee including agendas, minutes, and committee reports.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Environmental Sustainability Strategy Steering Committee including agendas, minutes, and committee reports.
- History
- The Environmental Sustainability Strategy Steering Committee was established on December 10, 2012. The Committee advises on issues related to environmental strategies and initiatives focused on sustainability.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97124
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-2018
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- ca. 130 linear feet of textual records 30 linear feet of graphic and other material
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the Burnaby Historical Society's administrative records and community archives collection.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1892-2018
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- ca. 130 linear feet of textual records 30 linear feet of graphic and other material
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the Burnaby Historical Society's administrative records and community archives collection.
- History
- The Burnaby Historical Society was founded in 1957. The Historical Society developed a community archives by collecting, compiling and preserving various materials with historical value to the City of Burnaby. It gathered miscellaneous documents, photographs and other items while also soliciting and acquiring entire collections or groups of archival records. In 1991, the Historical Society was provided a permanent space to house their growing collection at the Burnaby Village Museum and they continued to collect and expand their holdings. After the creation of the City of Burnaby Archives in 2001, the Burnaby Historical Society and the City of Burnaby began discussing the possibility of uniting the two collections. In February 2007, an agreement was signed between the two institutions which resulted in the merger of the Society's Community Archives with the City Archives. All records and photographs that had been collected by the Historical Society were transferred into the custody of the City and were moved from the Burnaby Village Museum to the City Archives in the McGill Branch of the Burnaby Public Library. The Burnaby Historical Society disbanded in 2018.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Creator
- Burnaby Historical Society
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Gordon Presbyterian Church fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97220
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1950 (date of originals); 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Gordon Presbyterian Church fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 9 photograph : col ; 10 x 15 cm.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs created by members of the Gordon Presbyterian Church that depict the Church and district as well as events and activities undertaken by or for church groups. Included in the fonds are photographs taken at the Church's one hundredth anniversary event.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1950 (date of originals); 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Gordon Presbyterian Church fonds
- Physical Description
- 9 photograph : col ; 10 x 15 cm.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2013-12
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs created by members of the Gordon Presbyterian Church that depict the Church and district as well as events and activities undertaken by or for church groups. Included in the fonds are photographs taken at the Church's one hundredth anniversary event.
- History
- In November 1911, a small group of people met at Morton Hall on Edmonds Street, Burnaby, to organize a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. David J. Gordon, a student from Westminster Hall Theological College, was in charge. By 1912, a building was erected on two lots and named the Gordon Presbyterian Church. A new sanctuary was built in 1956 and, due to the increase in the congregation, a Christan Education Centre was added in 1974. The longest minister to serve the congregation was Reverend George Philps and his wife Margaret. After 21 years, he retired in 1987. In April of 1988, Reverend Charles Scott began serving. Six months later, a fire broke out in the centre portion of the complex. For many months, while reconstruction continued, worship services were held at the Edmonds Community Centre for the Retired. In 2001, Reverend Cal MacLeod and his wife Robin joined the congregation. Mrs. Marie Douglas, wife of retired minister Reverend R. J. Douglas and mother of missionary to India, Ellen Douglas, started the first Women’s Missionary Auxiliary in 1932. The Ladies Aid Societies were an active force in the Gordon Presbyterian Church. In 1957, the original Ladies Aid became known as the Margaret Hall Circle, named after Margaret Philps’ mother, who had been an active member. For many years, the COC, Explorers and CGIT were very active and Sunday School classes have been in operation since the beginning.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Gordon Presbyterian Church
- Notes
- Title based on content of fonds
- PC 555