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The silent readers ; first Reader
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5076
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Lewis, William Dodge, 1870-1960
- Rowland, Albert Lindsay, 1882-
- Gehres, Ethel Maltby, 1885-1973
- Publication Date
- c1924
- Call Number
- 428.6 LEW
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.31
- Call Number
- 428.6 LEW
- Author
- Lewis, William Dodge, 1870-1960
- Rowland, Albert Lindsay, 1882-
- Gehres, Ethel Maltby, 1885-1973
- Contributor
- Richardson, Frederick, 1862-1937
- Prittie, Edwin John
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Mass.
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Company
- Publication Date
- c1924
- Series
- The Silent Readers
- Physical Description
- ix, 167 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Barrie" [handwritten in blue ink on front endpaper] "Central School" [stamped in black ink and covered with orange and black pencil on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Reading (Elementary)
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Notes
- "Illustrated by Frederick Richardson and Edwin J. Prittie" --t.p.
- Includes index.
The silent readers : fourth reader
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5077
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Lewis, William Dodge, 1870-1960
- Rowland, Albert Lindsay, 1882-
- Gehres, Ethel Maltby, 1885-1973
- Publication Date
- c1920
- Call Number
- 428.6 LEW
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.32
- Call Number
- 428.6 LEW
- Author
- Lewis, William Dodge, 1870-1960
- Rowland, Albert Lindsay, 1882-
- Gehres, Ethel Maltby, 1885-1973
- Contributor
- Richardson, Frederick, 1862-1937
- Prittie, Edwin John
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Mass.
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Company
- Publication Date
- c1920
- Series
- The Silent Readers
- Physical Description
- xv, 255 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Bernal School" [stamped in purple ink on front pastedown] "20" [handwritten in faded black ink in Bernal School stamp on front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Reading (Elementary)
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Notes
- "Illustrated by Frederick Richardson and Edwin J. Prittie" --t.p.
- Includes index.
Simplified sewing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4998
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.12
- Call Number
- 646 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Physical Description
- 51 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Sewing
- Stitches (Sewing)
- Seams (Sewing)
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- "402" --cover
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Songs for little people
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5062
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Gale, Norman, 1862-1942
- Publication Date
- 1907
- Call Number
- 784.624 GAL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.17
- Call Number
- 784.624 GAL
- Author
- Gale, Norman, 1862-1942
- Contributor
- Stratton, Helen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable and Co. Ltd
- Publication Date
- 1907
- Printer
- T. and A. Constable
- Physical Description
- viii, 110 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "2524 Russell Ave. South Burnaby, B.C." [stamped in red ink on front and back pastedown and p. 100] "Doreen _ilso_ [Wilson or Milsom] with kind wishes for Christmas from MMV. 1908." [handwritten in black ink on back side of front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Songs
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
St. Nicolas Parish jubilee year book 1912-1962
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5013
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- St. Nicolas Parish
- Publication Date
- 1962
- Call Number
- 377 STN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV006.31.4
- Call Number
- 377 STN
- Author
- St. Nicolas Parish
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- St. Nicolas Parish
- Publication Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 32 p. : 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Church buildings
- Church anniversaries
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Triumph Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Triumph Street
- Notes
- Includes index.
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Tight linings and boning
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4996
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.10
- Call Number
- 646 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Education Corp. General
- Publication Date
- 1923
- c1915
- Physical Description
- 43 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "This instruction book is not included in your course of study, but is sent to show you just how to prepare your dress form for use. You will not be asked to report on this book." [Typed in purple ink and pasted to first page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Sewing
- Linings (Sewing)
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- "Department of sewing" -- cover
- "Instruction paper with examination questions ; 5-2" -- Cover
- "This lesson is optional. You are not required to report on it unless you so desire. However, you are urged to study it diligently, to apply the instruction contained in it, and to answer the Examination Questions for your own satisfaction." -- Cover
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Time-honoured recipes of the Canadian West from Nabob Foods
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7194
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.25.3
- Call Number
- 641.5 NAB
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Nabob Foods
- Publication Date
- 1973
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cookbooks--1970-1979
- Cooking, Canadian
- Burnaby Village Museum--History
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Cook Books
- Object History
- The cook books are from her mother's kitchen.
- Notes
- "Pages 6, 12, 32, 34, 40 and 46 photographed at Heritage Village, Burnaby, British Columbia" - front endpaper
- Includes index
Tissue-paper patterns, part 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4994
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.8
- Call Number
- 646 WOM pt. 1
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- 1923
- c1916
- Physical Description
- 32 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- Part 1 of 2
- "Department of dressmaking" -- coverXXX
- "Instruction paper with examination questions; 32A-2" -- Cover
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Tissue-paper patterns, part 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4995
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.9
- Call Number
- 746.9 WOM pt. 2
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1916
- 1923
- Physical Description
- 24 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Answered" [Handwritten and underlined in pencil on front cover] "Netting Needle" [Handwritten, starred, and underlined in pencil on front cover] Some notes throughout.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- Part 2 of 2
- "Department of dressmaking" -- cover
- "Instruction paper with examination questions" -- Cover
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The turning wheel : A little book of quotations about pre-existence and reincarnation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5053
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Call Number
- 129 WIL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.5
- Call Number
- 129 WIL
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Publisher
- Theosophical Publishing House
- Printer
- Sydney J. Endacott
- Physical Description
- 74 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Theosophical Publishing House / Krotona. Hollywood California" -- stickered on endpaper (front). "Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past." -- handwritten in pencil on last page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pre-existence
- Reincarnation
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Education
- Notes
- "compiled by Mary E. Wilkinson."
- "printed by The Galleon Press in Melbourne."
- "published by the Theosophical Publishing House in Sydney"
Burnaby's heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5437
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Edition
- Rev.
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282893
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
- Edition
- Rev.
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Physical Description
- 157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Historic buildings
- Buildings
- Historic sites
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Buildings - Heritage
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 2 copies held: copy 1.
Digital Books
Deer Lake Park : heritage resource inventory
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5468
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Wolf, Jim
- Publication Date
- c1998
- Call Number
- 971.133 WOL COPY 2
of an underground river.
When settlers first began clearing the lands
around Deer Lake many artifacts, especially
spearheads were located in the area bordering
Deer Lake Brook. Recently two archaeological
sites were recorded and the potential for addi-
tional significant archaeological sites appears
possible
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282834
- 9780969282839
- Call Number
- 971.133 WOL COPY 2
- Author
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby, Community Heritage Commission
- Publication Date
- c1998
- Physical Description
- 47 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Deer Lake Park (Burnaby, B.C.)--History
- Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Burnaby (B.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Notes
- 2 copies held : copy 2.
Digital Books
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- 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.
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Tram memories : in celebration of the restoration of Interurban 1223
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5863
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
operating.
At Burnaby Village Museum in Burnaby, Vorce Station is preserved as a reminder of the
many small station shelters that once were strung along the line from Commercial Drive Jct.
in Vancouver to Sapperton. There also maybe some artifacts in private collections such as
the station light from
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Contributor
- Friends of Interurban 1223
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Printer
- City of Burnaby Printshop
- Physical Description
- 91 p. : ill., map ;,20 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electric railroads
- Local transit
- Street-railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Name Access
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Notes
- Editor : Pixie McGeachie
Images
Digital Books
The days before yesterday in Cedar Cottage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4830
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV009.8.17
- Call Number
- 971.133 GLA
- Contributor
- Lysell, Alan
- Reid, Glen
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Gladstone Secondary School
- Publication Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 76 p. : ill. : 24 x 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Object History
- The donation relates to the Robert and Annie Keig family and their daughter Margery Vera (known as Vera) Robert Keig was a finish carpenter and jointer. The family lived in West Burnaby on Rupert St. from approximately 1920 to late 1930's. Robert worked replacing the roof on the Hotel Vancouver during the 1930's. Robert moved to Powell River to work in the 1940's but the family retained the house in Burnaby. The artifacts were made by Robert or purchased as gifts for Vera when she was about 5 / 6 years old. She was a sickly child. The tools were used by Robert in his trade. There are a copies of Vera's birth registration and what was intended to be her memorial service in the accession file.
- Notes
- "Editors: Glen Reid, Alan Lysell" -- page 75
From map to museum : uncovering mysteries of the past
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1334
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Anderson, Joan, 1943-
- Publication Date
- 1988
- Call Number
- 975.8733 AND
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0688069142
- 0688069150
- Call Number
- 975.8733 AND
- Author
- Anderson, Joan, 1943-
- Contributor
- Ancona, George
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Morrow Junior Books
- Publication Date
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 63 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Archaeology
- Notes
- Describes an archaeological dig off the coast of Georgia, the methods used to uncover artifacts there, and what was learned about a mission run there by the Spanish for the Guale Indians.
- Includes index.
Christmas with Grandma Elsie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3579
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.23
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Series
- Elsie Books
- Printer
- L. Upcott Gill
- Physical Description
- 317 p. : 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children--Conduct of life
- Conduct of life
- Grandmothers
- Intergenerational relations
- Christmas
- Families
- Christian life
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
Elsie and the Raymonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3564
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Publication Date
- c1889
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.8
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Publisher
- George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1889
- Series
- The Elsie books
- Printer
- William Clowes and Sons
- Physical Description
- 324 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. W Whiting" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian life
- Families
- Southern States--History--1865-1877
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Street Address
- 4687 Kingsway
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
Elsie at Ion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3575
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Publication Date
- c1893
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.19
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1893
- Physical Description
- 291 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "H. Morey & Co. Booksellers, New Westminster, B. C." [sticker on back pastedown] "Mrs. W. Whiting" [handwritten on page opposing front pastedown in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian life
- Families
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
Elsie at Nantucket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3566
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Publication Date
- c1884
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.10
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Publisher
- George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1884
- Series
- The Elsie books
- Printer
- Bradbury, Agnew & Co.
- Physical Description
- 334 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. W. Whiting" [handwritten in red pencil on back pastedown, and on front endpapers in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian life
- Families
- Obedience
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting.
- This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.