1961 Census of Canada - Population - Divisions and Subdivisions - Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription32085
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 35099
- Accession Number
- 2006-16
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Alberta at the turn of the century
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1170
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Liimitainen, Arvi
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Call Number
- 971.23 ALB
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.23 ALB
- Author
- Liimitainen, Arvi
- Contributor
- Holmgren, Eric J.
- Kriesel, Esther
- Ridge, Alan D.
- Place of Publication
- Edmonton, Alta.
- Publisher
- Provincial Archives of Alberta
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- [94] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Notes
- "A selection of photographs from the Ernest Brown, Harry Pollard and other photograph collections in the Provincial Archives of Alberta"--Cover.
Selected western flora : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7324
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV018.25.1
- Call Number
- 581 HAL
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1919
- Physical Description
- xv,181 p. : ill ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Numerous writings and doodles in pencil and black pen throughout the textbook
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Botany
- Object History
- Textbook used at Gilmore School. Came via donor's parents who were teachers at the school: William (Bill) McKenzie and Georgina McKenzie.
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Hales, Benjamin Jones, 1868-1945
- "Principal, Normal School, Brandon."
- "Authorized by the Advisory Board of the Department of Education for use in High Schools and Collegiate Institutes in Manitoba."
- Includes index.
The western conveyancer : a complete collection of all forms and conveyancing precedents in use in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2158
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.55.1
- Call Number
- 346.7120438 MAC
- Place of Publication
- Calgary, Alta.
- Publisher
- Burroughs and Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1914
- Physical Description
- 1800 p. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "J. D. McAra / Law printer and bookbinder / Calgary. Alta." -- stickered on endpaper (front).
- "---------------------------------------------------------" -- handwritten in ink on flyleaf.
- "Supplied by / Burroughs & Co., Ltd. / Law Books / Calgary, Canada" -- stamped on flyleaf.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Conveyancing
- Canada, Western
- Real property
- Notes
- Includes index.
A handbook for cultural trustees : a guide to the role, responsibilities and functions of boards of trustees of cultural organizations in Canada
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1246
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0888980795
- 9780888980793
- Call Number
- 700.68 PAQ
- Place of Publication
- Waterloo, Ont.
- Publisher
- University of Waterloo Press
- Publication Date
- 1987
- Physical Description
- iii, 75 p. ; 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Art
- Collectors and collecting
- Art objects
- Conservation and restoration
- Public Trustees
- Notes
- "A project of the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation in cooperation with the board development program of Alberta Culture and Grant MacEwan Community College."
Correspondence re Maytag Gyrofoam Washer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9724
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Sept. 29, 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists correspondence and operating instructions from the Maytag Company to Mrs. H.H. Stewart (Patience Alberta nee Inglis) regarding the purchase of a "Maytag Gyrafoam Washer".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists correspondence and operating instructions from the Maytag Company to Mrs. H.H. Stewart (Patience Alberta nee Inglis) regarding the purchase of a "Maytag Gyrafoam Washer".
- Accession Code
- HV979.50.247
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Sept. 29, 1926
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Dental receipts
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9725
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1921-1922, 1924-1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consistsof dental receipts from two Vancouver dentists made out to Mrs. H. Stewart (nee Inglis) from Dr. R.S. Goodwin (1921-1922) and Dr. Gilbert & Associates, made out to Master Hugh Stewart and Mrs. H. Stewart (1924-1925).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consistsof dental receipts from two Vancouver dentists made out to Mrs. H. Stewart (nee Inglis) from Dr. R.S. Goodwin (1921-1922) and Dr. Gilbert & Associates, made out to Master Hugh Stewart and Mrs. H. Stewart (1924-1925).
- Accession Code
- HV979.50.248
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1921-1922, 1924-1925
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Moving notices for Stewart's Cartage and Fuel Supply
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9726
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1921-1922, 1924-1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of five numbered cards announcing "Our Business is Moving" from "Stewart's Cartage and Fuel Supply at 3870 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C". (this address is part of the Municipality of Burnaby).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of five numbered cards announcing "Our Business is Moving" from "Stewart's Cartage and Fuel Supply at 3870 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C". (this address is part of the Municipality of Burnaby).
- Accession Code
- HV979.50.249
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1921-1922, 1924-1925
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
Images
Digital Books
In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282885
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
- Contributor
- Wolf, Jim
- Pride, Harry, 1925-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Industries--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Barnet Marine Park--Burnaby, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Burrard Inlet
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.
- "edited by Harry Pride and Jim Wolf"
- Copy 2 of 2
Digital Books
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
Victoria Day, a drought so
severe that Niagara Falls dried up, Ottawa and
Hull levelled by fire, the Canadian government
closing its borders to paupers and criminals,
the Great Montreal Fire, gold discovered in the
Yukon, Alberta and Saskatchewan becoming
provinces, the Toronto Fire, Canada’s first train
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
Images
Digital Books
Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
The Canadian readers : book IV
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1707
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.13
- Call Number
- 428.2 CAN 1924 Copy 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co. Ltd.
- T. Nelson & Sons
- Publication Date
- 1924
- Series
- Canadian readers
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Various handwrittings through the signiture. "Orlando School District Province of Alberta No. 23_4" [stamped in black ink on front pastedown] "Alberta" [handwritten in pencil in the center of Orlando School District stamp on front pastedown] "Vera Morrow" [or possibly arrow] [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "Billy Wedder" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "Orlando School District Province of Alberta No. 23:4" [stamped in black ink on back of "Edward, Prince of Wales" portrait] "the trees" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Authorized for use in the Public Schools of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia" --t.p.
- Copy 1 of 3
History of Burnaby and vicinity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.1
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Place of Publication
- [S.l.]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Name Access
- Green, George
- Notes
- Autographed by author
- "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
- Copy 2 of 2
Images
Digital Books
History of Burnaby Resource Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7492
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2019
government
to lay off all Japanese workers. The
family was eventually displaced as
part of the Federal government’s
removal of Japanese Canadians
from the coast. After being placed
to work on a sugar beet farm in Iron
Spring, Alberta for three years, the
family eventually settled permanently
in Kingston
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV019.63.1
- Author
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 21 p. : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Directories
- Object History
- Created from research gathered by Burnaby Village Museum staff into the diverse History of Burnaby.
Images
Digital Books
Richard Hardy family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97229
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912] (date of original) -1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records; 27 b&w prints; 1 col. prints; 7 b&w neg.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the Ward and Hardy famillies in their daily lives and work, including photographs of teachers and students at South Burnaby High School, and special events such as the Burnaby Civic employees union picnic, the Diamond Jubilee Parade, Princess Margaret's visit and Ma…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912] (date of original) -1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records; 27 b&w prints; 1 col. prints; 7 b&w neg.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the Ward and Hardy famillies in their daily lives and work, including photographs of teachers and students at South Burnaby High School, and special events such as the Burnaby Civic employees union picnic, the Diamond Jubilee Parade, Princess Margaret's visit and May Day at Central Park. The fonds also includes ephemera documenting Katherine (Hardy) Raasheer's student life at a variety of Burnaby schools and programs from the opening of the Burnaby Municipal Hall in 1956 and a Corporation of Burnaby Service Awards ceremony in 1964.
- History
- Richard Hardy was born in Fishborn, Alberta, on November 3, 1910. In 1922, his family moved to the home of his maternal grandparents at 1127 Edmonds Avenue in Burnaby. His parents, John Harrison Hardy and Gertrude Hephezebarh (nee Ward) moved to Burnaby with their four children: Edith; Richard "Dick"; Geoffrey; and John Edward "Jack". Gertrude was born in Barrie, Ontario. John Harrison Hardy was born in Yorkshire, England, and came to Canada in 1899, settling at Pincer Creek area of Southern Alberta. In about 1910, Richard's grandparents, Col. James Edward Ward and his wife Hephzibah (nee Hale) moved from Alberta to Burnaby. Col. Ward was the postmaster in the Lozell's area of Burnaby and was a city councillor for the District of Burnaby in 1915. Dick was enrolled at Edmonds Street School for his elementary school years, and later attended Burnaby South High School for two years, taking a commercial course. The family attended St. Alban's Anglican Church. While Richard was a student, he and his brother Geoff delivered newspapers in the area, making about $12 per month. In 1911, Dick joined the Burnaby Boy Scouts and continued to be involved for the next 40 years. In 1927, at the age of 17 years, Dick began work for the Corporation of the District of Burnaby as an office boy in the Treasurer's Department and retired as Tax Collections Supervisor in 1973 after 45 years of service. From September 1942 until his discharge in 1946, Dick served in WWII in the Canadian Army. His brother, Jack, served in the Canadian Air Force and was killed in April 1943. In 1933, Dick's parents moved back to Alberta with three of their children, leaving him in the family home on Edmonds Street. In 1939, after courting, he and Mabel Lilian "Mabs" Young of New Westminster married. Prior to her marriage, Mabs was employed as a teacher at the Burnaby South High School. Mabs and Dick had two daughters, Lynne (b. 1941) and Katherine (b. 1947). The family lived on Edmonds Street until 1947 when they moved into their second home in Burnaby at 2006 Buller Avenue (now 7185 Buller Avenue). In 1960, Mabs and Dick moved to their third Burnaby home, located at 4337 Wildwood Crescent. Mabs died in 1980. Dick continued to live in Wilwood Crescent house until 1983, when he moved to an apartment for one year but, missing his garden, he bought a small house with a large yard located at 8452 16th Avenue. He stayed in this house from 1985 until 1998 when he could no longer live independently. He moved to assisted living at Canada Way Lodge then to the nearby George Derby Centre where he lived for a few months before dying in August 2001. Dick loved to hike and camp and enjoyed his family and his garden.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- MSS183, photo catalogue 570
Richard Hardy family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription109
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912] (date of original) -1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the Ward and Hardy famillies and a Hardy family "Book of Household Expenses, 1939-1941".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912] (date of original) -1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Richard Hardy family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and graphic material
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1993-09
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the Ward and Hardy famillies and a Hardy family "Book of Household Expenses, 1939-1941".
- History
- Richard Hardy was born in Fishborn, Alberta on November 3, 1910. In 1922 his family moved to his maternal grandparents' home at 1127 Edmonds Avenue in Burnaby. His parents, John Harrison Hardy and Gertrude Hephezebarh (nee Ward) moved to Burnaby with their four children: Edith, Richard "Dick", Geoffrey, and John Edward "Jack". Gertrude was born in Barrie, Ontario. John Harrison Hardy was born in Yorkshire, England and came to Canada in 1899, settling at Pincer Creek area of Southern Alberta. In about 1910, Richard's grandparents, Col. James Edward Ward and his wife Hephzibah (nee Hale) moved from Alberta to Burnaby. Col. Ward was the postmaster in the Lozells area of Burnaby and was a city councillor for the District of Burnaby in 1915. Dick was enrolled at Edmonds Street School for his elementary school years, and later attended Burnaby South High School for two years, taking a commercial course. The family attended St. Alban's Anglican Church. While Richard was a student, he and his brother Geoff delivered newspapers in the area making about $12 per month. In 1911, Dick joined the Burnaby Boy Scouts and continued to be involved for the next 40 years. In 1927, at the age of 17 years, Dick began work for the Corporation of the District of Burnaby as an office boy in the Treasurer's Department and retired as Tax Collections Supervisor in 1973 after 45 years of service. From September 1942 until his discharge in 1946, Dick served in WWII in the Canadian Army. His brother, Jack, served in the Canadian Air Force and was killed in April,1943. In 1933, Dick's parents moved back to Alberta with three of their children, leaving him in the family home on Edmonds Street. In 1939, after courting, he and Mabel Lilian "Mabs" Young of New Westminster married. Prior to her marriage, Mabs was employed as a teacher at the Burnaby South High School. Mabs and Dick had two daughters, Lynne (b. 1941) and Katherine (b. 1947). The family lived on Edmonds Street until 1947 when they moved into their second home in Burnaby at 2006 Buller Avenue (now 7185 Buller Avenue). In 1960, Mabs and Dick moved to their third Burnaby home, located at 4337 Wildwood Crescent. Mabs died in 1980. Dick continued to live in Wilwood Crescent house until 1983, when he moved to an apartment for one year but, missing his garden, he bought a small house with a large yard located at 8452 16th Avenue. He stayed in this house from 1985 until 1998 when he could no longer live independently. He moved to assisted living at Canada Way Lodge then to the nearby George Derby Centre where he lived for a few months before dying in August 2001. Dick loved to hike and camp and enjoyed his family and his garden.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Hardy, Richard
- Notes
- PC312, MSS080
- Title based on contents of subseries
A Tribute to Grandma Lamb
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9675
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (7 min., 28 sec.) : digital, 25 fps, col., sd., stereo
- Scope and Content
- Arlene Belcastro tells the story of her grandmother, Dakota Lamb, who was born to Norwegian parents in the late 1800s in North Dakota. She moved to Milk River, Alberta around 1900, then took up residence in Carmengay, Alberta during the Depression where she raised four children as a single mother a…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (7 min., 28 sec.) : digital, 25 fps, col., sd., stereo
- Scope and Content
- Arlene Belcastro tells the story of her grandmother, Dakota Lamb, who was born to Norwegian parents in the late 1800s in North Dakota. She moved to Milk River, Alberta around 1900, then took up residence in Carmengay, Alberta during the Depression where she raised four children as a single mother after her husband left. She supported her family by taking in boarders, ironing, and working as a midwife. The family later moved to Edmonton, where she was one of the first Avon ladies. In 1944, she was able to take a job as a pastry cook up north during the construction of the Alaska Highway and save enough money to purchase her own home. The film includes Arlene’s memories of visiting Grandma Lamb’s rustic cabin at Baptiste Lake north of Edmonton, Alberta. Starting at age 6, Arlene and her cousin, Donna, spent every summer with Grandma Lamb. The rustic cabin did not have running water or electricity, so the girls learned about kerosene lamps, wood stoves, and using a cold storage trunk for refrigeration. Grandma Lamb taught them life-skills through chores such as gathering kindling and tending the garden, and encouraged their independence. Arlene recalls that they also learned by example from Grandma Lamb, who instilled a respect for nature and for other people and never complained about life or what material things she didn’t have. She was a resilient, respectful, and wise role model.
- History
- Arlene Belcastro was born in Edmonton and attended H.A. Gray School and Victoria High School, where she completed commercial courses. She was married in Edmonton at age 19, and moved to Calgary after her eldest child was born. She learned to ride a horse at Elkana Ranch at Bragg Creek while living in Calgary. Following the birth of her second son, the family briefly lived in Nassau. Arlene returned to Edmonton after her marriage ended, and soon moved to the Vancouver/Burnaby area where she has lived for more than 40 years. At age 50, Arlene began acting and is currently a student of drumming, a community volunteer, and an avid traveler.
- Creator
- Belcastro, Arlene
- Other Title Information
- title supplied by film maker
- Accession Code
- BV016.37.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 2016
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Images
Video
A Tribute to Grandma Lamb, 2016
A Tribute to Grandma Lamb, 2016
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2016_0037_0006_001.mp4Elementary composition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6463
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.755.1
- Call Number
- 372.6 ALE
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Educational Book Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- c1912
- Physical Description
- xii, 220 p. : ill. ;19 cm.
- Inscription
- On front pastedown "The Alberta School Supply Company School & Library Books, EDMONTON, ALTA." [stamped in black ink and enclosed in an oval] On front endpaper "E.L. Keyes Bezanson, P.O. Alberta." {handwritten in pencil] "E.L. Keyes" [handwritten in light green pencil crayon] Various scribbling throughout the book in pencil and light green pencil crayon
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Textbooks
- English language--Composition and exercises
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates : Alexander, William John, 1855-1944.
- "Authorized by the Minister of Education for Alberta." -- title page
- Includes index