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Inscription: Front endpaper: "Alan Macdonald Locker No." [written in black ink] "R. W____ [Wertz?] 574" [written in blue ink] "Alan Macdonald Arts '28 Locker 544" [written and crossed out in black ink] "Alan Macdonald Locker no __" [written in black ink, locker number has been covered up with pencil]

Library Subject (LOC): Drama

Notes: edited by R. Farquarson Sharp and Eleanor Marx-Aveling; Contributer full name given as follows: Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson), 1864-1945; Contains the plays The Doll House, The Wild Duck, and The Lady from the Sea

A.E. Brown Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1924

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Sperling Avenue

Associated Dates: 1924

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: Built after the end of the First World War, this house features an eclectic blend of Arts and Crafts elements. Constructed for A.E. Brown and a full two storeys in height, it has a front jerkin-headed roof with a jerkin-headed side projection, and a corner wraparound verandah with tapered columns. The house has been maintained in near original condition, with original lapped wooden siding, multi-paned windows and square balusters.

Locality: Edmonds

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 6830 Sperling Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the A.E. Brown Residence, 2013.. Oblique view.. thumbnail

Aprons and caps

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences; Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture

Publication Date: c1922

Call Number: 646 PIC

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.6.14

Call Number: 646 PIC

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences; Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture

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): Millinery; Sewing

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Booklets

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

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Burnaby Art Gallery subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1890 (date of original)-1983

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of and publications related to the Burnaby Art Gallery and Fairacres property.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1890 (date of original)-1983

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Art Gallery subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1996-12; BHS1990-05

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of and publications related to the Burnaby Art Gallery and Fairacres property.

History: The Burnaby Art Gallery association was founded in 1967. The purpose of the association was to present a historical and contemporary art program by local, regional, national, and international artists; facilitate the development of emerging artists; provide diverse art educational programming; acquire culturally significant works on paper. The City of Burnaby assumed management of the gallery, its collection, staff and governance in 1998, with the art gallery then taking on the added responsibility of caring for and managing the City of Burnaby’s permanent art collection. The Gallery, along with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and the Burnaby Village Museum in Deer Lake Park, are part of the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department of the City of Burnaby. The Burnaby Art Gallery is located inside the historic Ceperley House, built by Henry and Grace Ceperley. The couple purchased a strawbery farm on the north shore of Deer Lake from George Clayton in 1909 and built their home, also known as "Fairacres", on the property in 1911. The house was designed by the English architect, R.P.S. Twizell and with its river rock veranda, beautiful hand-crafted woodwork, stained-glass and tile, remains one of the finest examples of Edwardian architecture in the Lower Mainland. Grace and Hentry Ceperley had one daughter named Ethelwyn who married James Edward Hall. Ethelwyn and James Edward Hall had three children: Edith Ceperley, James Edward "Junior," and Florence Renn. In 1917, Grace Ceperley died and left Fairacres to her husband with the stipulation that when the home was sold the proceeds would be used to build a playground for the children of Vancouver in Stanley Park. In 1939, the local Catholic Diocese funded a group of five Benedictine monks from Mount Angel, Oregon to establish a priory in the province. The monks purchased the Ceperley House for their monastery. They also built a large gymnasium on the property. After serving as a monastery, the house was used as a fraternity for some of the first students attending Simon Fraser University, and then became home to the art gallery in the 1960s. The City of Burnaby acquired the property in 1966 and the house was designated a heritage building in 1992. In 1998 the City began restoring exterior of the house and upgraded the building for improved public use. The renovations were completed in 2000, and transformed the house back to its appearance of 1911. The gymnasium built by the Benedictine monks was converted into into the James Cowan Theatre. There are two main galleries, a lounge gallery with a fireplace and easy chairs and The Shopping Bag, a gallery shop run by volunteers. The goals of the gallery are to: provide access to contemporary Canadian art, present works from the permanent collection; collect contemporary works on paper; and offer challenging and educational exhibition related programming.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Burnaby Art Gallery

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC241, PC242, MSS066

Burnaby Scouts subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other material

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of the records of the Burnaby Scouts, including: personal and business correspondence, registration forms, group records, charters, awards, group minutes, newspaper clippings, training records, jamboree's, activities, and photographs from many of the regions members and the activ…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Scouts subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other material

Description Level: Subseries

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS1994-05

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of the records of the Burnaby Scouts, including: personal and business correspondence, registration forms, group records, charters, awards, group minutes, newspaper clippings, training records, jamboree's, activities, and photographs from many of the regions members and the activities in which they participated.

History: The inception of Scouting was the accomplishment of Lord Baden-Powell of Great Britain. His idea of training boys in the art of self-preservation, honesty, loyalty and good conduct has spread to most countries of the world. Scouting in Burnaby was originally a section of the Vancouver-Coast Region starting in 1910, called the Central Park Division. This was later divided in 1948 into North Burnaby, consisting of 26 groups and South Burnaby with 30 groups. It had grown to such an extent by 1957 that it became, although the smallest in area in Canada, an independent Region consisting of eight Districts of a total of 71 groups. By 1994, the decline in membership resulted in a reduction to three Districts.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Notes: MSS100; Title based on creator and contents of subseries

Burnaby South High School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1922-1988

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Southoaks Crescent

Associated Dates: 1922-1988

Heritage Value: Burnaby South and Burnaby North were Burnaby's first high schools. The first rooms of the school were built in 1922 on the same grounds as the Kingsway East Elementary School. In 1940, a two-storey building was erected and additions were made in 1963, 1967 and 1972. Kingsway East closed in 1925 and its buildings were used by the high school for Industrial Arts and Home Economics. In the early 1990s, a new "urban education centre" (Burnaby South/B.C. School for the Deaf) was opened, replacing the old Burnaby South High School.

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Street Address: 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Capitol Hill School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: School building.

Associated Dates: 1923

Other Names: Ecole Capitol Hill Elementary School

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Ecole Capitol Hill Elementary School

Geographic Access: Holdom Avenue

Associated Dates: 1923

Description: School building.

Heritage Value: This school was originally designed by Bowman & Cullerne as a two-storey, four-room school building in 1923, with a two-room addition completed in 1926 and another in 1927. Originally designed in the Arts and Crafts style, it has been altered, with the addition of stucco over the original siding and replacement windows, but has retained its original form and massing, as well as its roof-top ventilator and front gabled entrance with grouped columns. Bowman & Cullerne specialized in school design. After Harold Cullerne (1890-1976) returned from service during the First World War, he joined J.H. Bowman (1864-1943) in a partnership that lasted from 1919 to 1934. The firm’s other school designs included Seaforth School (1922, now relocated to Burnaby Village Museum), Burnaby North High School (1923), and Nelson Avenue School (1927).

Locality: Capitol Hill

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Architect: Bowman & Cullerne

Ownership: Public (local)

Names: Bowman & Cullerne; Cullerne, Harold; Bowman, Joseph Henry

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Buildings - Schools

Street Address: 350 Holdom Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of Capitol Hill School, 2013.. View from the west along Holdom Avenue.. thumbnail

Exterior view of Capitol Hill School, 2013. (View of main entrance along Holdom Avenue. Exterior Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby.
Exterior view of Capitol Hill School, 2013. (Oblique view from the northwest. Exterior Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby.
Exterior view of Capitol Hill School, 2013. (Oblique view from the southwest. Exterior Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby.
Exterior view of Capitol Hill School, 2013. (Oblique view from the southeast. Exterior Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby.
Historic view of Capitol Hill School, c.1925. (Oblique view. Historic Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby Archives 258-001. thumbnail

Care of clothing : home laundering, dry cleaning, dyeing, remodeling, the upkeep of clothes, the budget

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: 1926; c1925

Call Number: 646.4 WOM

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.6.6

Call Number: 646.4 WOM

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: 1926; c1925

Series: Woman's Institute library of dressmaking, v. 3

Physical Description: vi, xxiv, 262 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Clothing and dress; Laundry

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Books

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

Notes: Includes index.

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Cassell's compact Latin-English, English-Latin dictionary : abridged from Cassell's Latin dictionary, with a geographical glossary of the English names of important places

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Thomas, Millicent Inglis

Publication Date: 1927

Call Number: 473.21 THO

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV983.76.3

Call Number: 473.21 THO

Author: Thomas, Millicent Inglis

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Cassell & Company, Ltd.

Publication Date: 1927

Series: Cassell's compact dictionaries

Physical Description: 144 p. ; 17 cm.

Inscription: Front end paper: "Joyce Carter" "Arts 34 Wesley" [handwritten in black ink, crossed out in blue ink, top right corner] "Verna Parkhurst" "Arts 35 Wesley" "317 Bartlett Ave." [handwritten in blue ink, in the middle of page] "746 Lipton" [handwritten in black ink, bottom left corner] Opposite of back end paper: "830/900" [handwritten in pencil, top left corner] Back end paper: notes [handwritten in ink, 2/3 of the page]

Library Subject (LOC): Latin language; English language; Latin language--Dictionaries; English language--Dictionaries

Notes: Missing title page and some back pages.; Edited by Millicent Inglis Thomas.

Children and misses' garments

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1922

Call Number: 746.9 PIC

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.6.17

Call Number: 746.9 PIC

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1922

Physical Description: 62 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Inscription: "Finished" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover]

Library Subject (LOC): Children's clothing; Sewing; Dressmaking--Study and teaching

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Booklets

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

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Cutting and fitting

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1923

Call Number: 746.9 WOM

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Accession Code: BV007.6.16

Call Number: 746.9 WOM

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1923

Series: Course in Dressmaking and Designing

Physical Description: 63 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Inscription: "ne__: Finished" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover]

Library Subject (LOC): Dressmaking--Study and teaching; Dressmaking; Garment cutting

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Booklets

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

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Dave Gray and Bob Wood

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1927 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dave Gray and Bob Wood on a hike to the Lions peaks in West Vancouver. Dave Gray has his pipe clenched in his teeth, as Bob Wood points a box camera at him. The third member of hiking party, Art Hilton (not pictured), took this photograph. Dave Gray, a famous baseball player and late…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1927 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-551

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dave Gray and Bob Wood on a hike to the Lions peaks in West Vancouver. Dave Gray has his pipe clenched in his teeth, as Bob Wood points a box camera at him. The third member of hiking party, Art Hilton (not pictured), took this photograph. Dave Gray, a famous baseball player and later teacher, was an all-round athlete who once taught Bob Wood. David Gray Park and swimming pool in South Burnaby were named after him.

Subjects: Photographic Tools and Equipment - Cameras; Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Gray, David "Dave"; Wood, Robert "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hilton, Art

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Dave Gray, Art Hilton and Bob Wood

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1927 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Art Hilton (friend), Dave Gray (friend and father figure) and Bob Wood (friend) on a mountain hike in West Vancouver. Dave Gray, a famous baseball player and later teacher, was an all-round athlete who once taught Bob Wood. David Gray Park and swimming pool in South Bu…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1927 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-549

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Art Hilton (friend), Dave Gray (friend and father figure) and Bob Wood (friend) on a mountain hike in West Vancouver. Dave Gray, a famous baseball player and later teacher, was an all-round athlete who once taught Bob Wood. David Gray Park and swimming pool in South Burnaby were named after him.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Hiking; Geographic Features - Mountains

Names: Gray, David "Dave"; Hilton, Art; Wood, Robert "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Dave Gray, Art Hilton and Bob Wood, May 1927 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large tree standing near the shore of Deer Lake. In the background, the estate built by Henry and Grace Ceperley, known as "Fairacres" can be seen. Also visible is the estate's water tower. The Ceperley's purchased the land to build Fairacres in 1909 and it quickly became the mos…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large tree standing near the shore of Deer Lake. In the background, the estate built by Henry and Grace Ceperley, known as "Fairacres" can be seen. Also visible is the estate's water tower. The Ceperley's purchased the land to build Fairacres in 1909 and it quickly became the most opulent residences in all of Burnaby. In 1917, Grace died and and by 1922, her husband had decided to sell the home to a former Vancouver Mayor, Frederick Buscombe. In 1939, the Benedictines purchased the property and established a priory at the estate. A large gymnasium was added which was converted into the James Cowan Theatre when the City of Burnaby acquired the land. The old mansion was renovated and became the Burnaby Art Gallery.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6344 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Designing and planning clothes : the principles of design illustrated and explained in their practical application to correct dress for all types

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1925

Call Number: 646 WOM

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Accession Code: BV007.6.1

Call Number: 646 WOM

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1925

Physical Description: 55 p. : ill. : 30 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Dressmaking--Study and teaching; Dressmaking; Dresses; Fashion design

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Magazines

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

Notes: "415" -- Cover

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Designing with foundation patterns

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1923

Call Number: 746.9 WOM

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.6.15

Call Number: 746.9 WOM

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1923

Physical Description: 55 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Dressmaking--Study and teaching; Dressmaking

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Booklets

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

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Donald N. Brown subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925 (date of original)-1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other material

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs taken by Freeman Donald N. Brown while involved in Burnaby Historical Society activities and textual records pertaining to his career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Also included in the subseries are documents and photographs from his involvement with vari…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925 (date of original)-1995

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Donald N. Brown subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other material

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1987-03; BHS2003-04; BHS1992-20; BHS1995-09; BHS2000-10; BHS1991-41; BHS2001-12; BHS2004-01; BHS2004-12

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs taken by Freeman Donald N. Brown while involved in Burnaby Historical Society activities and textual records pertaining to his career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Also included in the subseries are documents and photographs from his involvement with various community groups including the Oakalla Lands Citizens' Committee, renovations of Burnaby Village Museum, and the restoration of Interurban tram no. 1223.

History: Donald Neil "Don" Brown was born in Birmingham, England. In 1922, while still an infant, he and his family moved to Winnipeg, Canada. On September 8, 1939, Don left his Senior Matriculation classes to join the Royal Canadian Engineers. Two weeks later, he eloped with his high school sweetheart, Helen J., just months before he was to be shipped overseas with the 3rd Contingent of Canadian Troops. He served in the army with the Royal Canadian Engineer’s 12th Field Company and saw action in both Sicily and Italy. In 1945, Don returned to obtain his Senior Matriculation and a year of university studies before re-enlisting in the army as a Second Lieutenant. He spent the next two years stationed in Chilliwack with Helen and their first child. In 1947, he left the army to join the ranks of the British Columbia Provincial Police force, embarking on a three-decade long career. His first assignment brought him to Burnaby where he served from 1947-1954, first as a member of the BC Police Department and then as a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman. In 1954, Don was transferred to Regina, Saskatchewan and then to Ottawa, Ontario to serve in the Crime Detection Laboratories. He became a qualified Examiner of Questioned Documents and provided expert testimony in handwriting, counterfeiting, graphic arts, and alterations. He attained the rank of first Corporal, and then Sergeant in the RCMP. He was transferred to Vancouver to be the Second in Charge of a new laboratory and head of the Document Section in July, 1963. On December 9, 1967, Helen Brown ran as an independent for the position of Alderman on the Burnaby Council. She was not elected. In May 1970, Don was promoted to Sub-Inspector and transferred to Edmonton to take command of the new Crime Detection Laboratory. By 1972, he was promoted to full Inspector. Transferred back to Vancouver in 1975, Don became the Officer-in-Charge of a new Crime Laboratory and took over the National Police Services pilot project for British Columbia. He was rewarded for this work with a promotion to Superintendent in September 1975. In 1976, after a distinguished 35 years combined service to the armed forces and the police, Don retired and founded his own laboratory to carry on his work in the field of questioned documents. He became a Fellow (Emeritus) of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, a Life Member (Emeritus) and Past Director of the Canadian Society of Forensic Sciences, a Member of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners. After his retirement, Don became involved in local politics and, with the blessing of his wife and six children, joined the Burnaby Voters’ Association as their Secretary. In 1978 he was elected to a two-year term as a Burnaby School Trustee. During the next municipal election in November 1979, he successfully ran for Alderman. Don Brown served Burnaby as Alderman from 1979 to 1985. During this time, Don also became a member of the Community College for the Retired, the Horsemen’s Society and the Burnaby Historical Society. He also gave his support to Arts Council programs and numerous other community functions over the years and author "Why?: The Last Years of the British Columbia Policy 1858-1950" about the BC Provincial Police. In 1991, Don was appointed as Chair of the Burnaby Centennial Committee, dedicating himself to making Burnaby’s Centennial celebration a memorable success. His contributions were always supported by his wife Helen, and their work during the Centennial Year was just one example of the strength of their 66-year partnership. They were both formally recognized for their efforts when they were chosen to receive the Kushiro Cup and named the Citizens of the Year in 1992. Also that year, Don was a recipient of the Canadian 125 Medal and one year later, in March 1993, Donald Brown was awarded Burnaby’s highest honour and was made a Freeman of the City of Burnaby. Don passed away in 2009.