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Maurice Phillips collection

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1930-1950
Collection/Fonds
Maurice Phillips collection
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
3 maps + 1 brochure
Scope and Content
Collection consists of three maps; 1936 Burnaby lot map, 1950 map of the Fraser Valley, 1950s map of the Fraser Canyon and one brochure entitled "Corporation of Burnaby Attractively Priced Lands."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1930-1950
Collection/Fonds
Maurice Phillips collection
Physical Description
3 maps + 1 brochure
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2011-13
Scope and Content
Collection consists of three maps; 1936 Burnaby lot map, 1950 map of the Fraser Valley, 1950s map of the Fraser Canyon and one brochure entitled "Corporation of Burnaby Attractively Priced Lands."
History
Maurice Phillips was born in Victoria in 1919 and moved to East Pender Street in Vancouver during the 1930s. As a young man, he served as a cadet in the Seaforth Armory. When World War II broke out, Maurice was sent overseas with the First Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. This is where he met his future wife, Betty Joyce Thomas, who was herself serving as a member of the British Woman's Land Army (WLA). Maurice and Betty were married in Brighton, Sussex, in 1943. Betty (Thomas) Phillips travelled to Canada via the Queen Mary and stayed with Maurice's sisters and mother in Vancouver so that her daughter, Judith Phillips, would be born in Canada in 1944. Maurice was in Europe until 1945 and ended up as a Captain in the army. After the war, Maurice returned to work at Woodwards but, through his army contacts, went to work at Barber-Ellis, a wholesale paper and envelope manufacturer. He and his wife and daughter moved to Burnaby in 1948 or 1949, first on Royal Oak and then to a house on Waltham. This is where their son, William George Phillips, was born in 1950 and their second daughter, Susan Maureen Phillips, was born in 1953. The Phillips family often took trips to the Okanagan after the Hope-Princeton highway opened. Maurice also took William to Sḵwx̱wú7mesh along the "new" highway when it first opened. The Phillips family lived in Burnaby until Maurice was transferred east in 1960.
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Creator
Phillips, Maurice
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
MSS158
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Seaforth School fonds

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1922-1972
Collection/Fonds
Seaforth School fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
1 survey plan + 4 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records from Seaforth School in Burnaby including a Register of Pupils (1922-1924); a Visitors' Book (1922-1972) and a survey plan from 1957.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Seaforth School fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
1 survey plan + 4 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records from Seaforth School in Burnaby including a Register of Pupils (1922-1924); a Visitors' Book (1922-1972) and a survey plan from 1957.
History
Seaforth school was built in 1922 in District Lot 42 on the corner of Piper and Goverment Streets in Burnaby. The school was named after its sponsor, the Seaforth Chapter of the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire. Bowman and Cullerne, the architects for the Burnaby School Board, designed the one room schoolhouse which was constructed by local contractor, Alphonse J. Toebaert. The school was moved to Burnaby Village Museum in 1983, and was opened to the public after extensive restoration in 1987.
Creator
Seaforth School
Names
Seaforth School
Accession Code
BV987.2
Date
1922-1972
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
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