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BC Electric Guide to Greater Vancouver

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 1952
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; on paper ; 54 x 85 cm folded to 21 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Item is the BC Electric Guide to Greater Vancouver consisting of a transit system map of Greater Vancouver, a Greater Vancouver Street Index along with listings for Parks, Golf and Country Clubs, etc.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
April 1952
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pixie McGeachie subseries
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; on paper ; 54 x 85 cm folded to 21 x 9 cm
Material Details
Scale : one inch equals approximately 0.57 miles
Description Level
Item
Record No.
42686
Accession Number
BHS1996-08
Scope and Content
Item is the BC Electric Guide to Greater Vancouver consisting of a transit system map of Greater Vancouver, a Greater Vancouver Street Index along with listings for Parks, Golf and Country Clubs, etc.
Media Type
Cartographic Material
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Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Carter, David
Cooke, Rosemary
Pride, Harry, 1925-
White, Janet
Yip, Gail
Publication Date
2020
Call Number
371 CAR
. | Cooke, Rosemary, 1936- author. | Pride, Harry, 1925- author. | White, Janet, 1942- author. | Yip, Gail, 1953- author. Description : Includes index. | Summary : A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013. Identifiers : ISBN 9780978197926
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Digital Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
ISBN
978-0-9781979-2-6
Call Number
371 CAR
Author
Carter, David
Cooke, Rosemary
Pride, Harry, 1925-
White, Janet
Yip, Gail
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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Chinese Canadian history in Burnaby resource guide

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
[2022]
Call Number
971.1 CHI
to combat racism in the educational resource: Challenging Racist “British Columbia”: 150 Years and Counting www.challengeracistbc.ca �Ben Yip mined gold claims on Wild Horse Creek, northeast of Cranbrook, BC in 1880-1881. With the gold dust that he saved up, he established a farm and a small business
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Digital Reference Collection
Material Type
Digital Resource
Accession Code
BV022.8.1
Call Number
971.1 CHI
Contributor
City of Burnaby
Place of Publication
Burnaby, BC
Publisher
City of Burnaby
Publication Date
[2022]
Physical Description
36 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps, ports
Library Subject (LOC)
Burnaby (B.C.)--History
Burnaby (B.C.)--Social Life and Customs
Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
Chinese--British Columbia--History
Pharmacy--Canada
Pharmacy--United States
Pharmaceutical museums
Directories
Object History
Chinese Canadians have contributed to Burnaby’s growth for over a century. The long and intertwining histories between Chinese Canadians, Indigenous people and other communities have shaped the founding of Burnaby and British Columbia. This resource guide was created because their life experiences and important contributions to Burnaby’s development are not widely known.
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Rooted : Chinese Canadian stories in Burnaby

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
2023
Call Number
971.133 ROO
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Digital Reference Collection
Material Type
Digital Resource
ISBN
978-0-9689849-2-5
Call Number
971.133 ROO
Contributor
Fong, Denise
Lemke, Jane
Codd, Lisa
Place of Publication
Burnaby
Publisher
City of Burnaby
Publication Date
2023
Printer
Metropolitan Fine Printers
Physical Description
203 p. : ill. ; 30.5 cm
Library Subject (LOC)
Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
Race discrimination -- Canada
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Agriculture
Agriculture - Farms
Persons - Families
Rights
Rights - Human Rights
Social Issues
Social Issues - Racism
Notes
There are two versions of the book: English and Simplified Chinese (left, below) and the other in English and Traditional Chinese (right, below).
From the late 1800s to the present day, Chinese Canadians have made Burnaby into a more vibrant and livable city. Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby brings together a collection of diverse stories and photographs from the community, celebrating the legacy and contributions of Burnaby’s Chinese Canadian community spanning over a century. This coffee-table book features oral histories and interviews with descendants of multigenerational family farms, green grocers, corner stores, restaurants, and places of worship. Also included are archival research and community perspectives on anti-Asian racism, community activism, courage, and resilience.
The publication has been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act by the Government of Canada in 1923. This federal legislation followed decades of discriminatory legislation by Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments that targeted Chinese Canadians by limiting opportunities to live, work and raise families in Canada. The Chinese Exclusion Act banned almost all migration from China and remained in place until 1947. Publishing this book in 2023 is an effort by the City of Burnaby to recognize the impact of discriminatory legislation on Chinese Canadians in our community, including discriminatory bylaws and practices implemented by Burnaby’s early municipal government.
Edited by Denise Fong (Lead Researcher), Jane Lemke (Burnaby Village Museum Curator) and Lisa Codd (City of Burnaby Heritage Planner).
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Classic cars and antiques

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Bowman, Hank Wieand
Gottlieb, Robert J.
Publication Date
c1953
Call Number
629.2 BOW
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
Call Number
629.2 BOW
Author
Bowman, Hank Wieand
Gottlieb, Robert J.
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, Calif.
Publisher
Trend Books
Publication Date
c1953
Series
Trend book ; no. 111
Physical Description
144 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Inscription
"J.H. ROBINS 3525 DOVER ST BURNABY BC", handwritten in ink on front cover.
"J H ROBINS / 3529 DOVER ST / BURNABY BC", handwritten in red pencil on inside of front cover.
Library Subject (LOC)
Automobiles--History
Automobiles--Maintenance and repair
Notes
Includes index.
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Union Zindabad! South Asian Canadian labour history in British Columbia

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Sacuta, Donna
Publication Date
2022
Call Number
331.6 SAC
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
Call Number
331.6 SAC
Author
Sacuta, Donna
Contributor
Garden, Bailey
Malik, Anushay
Place of Publication
Abbotsford, BC
Publisher
The South Asian Studies Institute, University of the Fraser Valley
Publication Date
2022
Printer
Thunderbird Press Limited
Physical Description
xii, 118 p. : ills. ; 21 cm
Library Subject (LOC)
Labour History
Labor movement--British Columbia--History--20th century
South Asian Canadians--British Columbia--History
South Asians--British Columbia--History
South Asians--Employment--British Columbia--History
Subjects
Persons - South Asian Canadians
Notes
South Asian Canadian Legacy Project
BC Labour Heritage Centre
Includes bibliographic references
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A handbook for Brownies

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941
Edition
24th ed.
Publication Date
1955
Call Number
369.4 BAD
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV015.35.70
Call Number
369.4 BAD
Edition
24th ed.
Author
Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941
Publisher
C. A. Pearson
Publication Date
1955
Printer
Wyman & Sons Ltd.
Physical Description
62 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Inscription
"Rosemary Sawkins" [handwritten in pink ink on cover] "Rosemary Sawkins 5312 Pri_e St. V___, 16 BC" [handwritten on inside cover in blue ink]
Library Subject (LOC)
Girls--Societies and clubs
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Names
Girl Guides Association
Girl Guides of Canada
Notes
Includes index.
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Auto Racing, old and new

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Lozier, Herbert
Publication Date
1953
Call Number
796 LOZ
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV972.35.92
Call Number
796 LOZ
Author
Lozier, Herbert
Place of Publication
Greenwich, Conn.
Publisher
Fawcett Publications
Publication Date
1953
Series
A Fawcett Book, no. 184
Physical Description
144 p. : ill. : 24 cm.
Inscription
"J.H. ROBINS 3525 DOVER ST BURNABY BC" [Handwritten in blue ink on front cover]
Library Subject (LOC)
Automobiles
Racetracks (Automobile racing)
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Bancroft family subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900]-1979
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and other materials
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1900]-1979
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Bancroft family subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and other materials
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1986-44
BHS2004-06
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.
History
Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks. On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927). The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42. In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942. Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Cartographic Material
Creator
Bancroft, Rose
Notes
MSS030, PC490, PC507, and MSS110
Title based on creator and contents of subseries
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British Columbia geography manual

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV014.17.68
Call Number
917.1 ROB
Author
Robinson, J. Lewis (John Lewis), 1918-
Chapman, John D. (John Doneric), 1923-
Place of Publication
Victoria, B.C.
Publisher
Province of British Columbia. Department of Education
Publication Date
1954
Physical Description
vi, 119 p. : maps ; 29 cm.
Inscription
Susan Warne / GB11 BlkC" [written in ink on inside front cover]
Burnaby South Senior Secondary School / 6626 Kingsway, Burnaby, 1 BC" [stamped in inside front cover]
Library Subject (LOC)
British Columbia--Description and travel
Notes
"Authorized by The Minister of Education" -- t.p.
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Famous old cars

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Bowman, Hank Wieand
Publication Date
c1957
Call Number
629.2 BOW
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
Call Number
629.2 BOW
Author
Bowman, Hank Wieand
Place of Publication
Greenwich, Conn.
Publisher
Fawcett
Publication Date
c1957
Series
A Fawcett Book ; no. 359
Physical Description
96 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Inscription
"J.H. ROBINS / 3525 DOVER ST. / BURNABY BC.", handwritten in ink on front cover.
Library Subject (LOC)
Automobiles--History
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Oldtime steam cars

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Bentley, John, 1908-
Publication Date
c1953
Call Number
629.2 BEN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
Call Number
629.2 BEN
Author
Bentley, John, 1908-
Place of Publication
Greenwich, Conn.
Publisher
Fawcett
Publication Date
c1953
Series
A Fawcett book ; no. 196
Physical Description
144 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Inscription
"J.H. ROBINS / 3525 DOVER ST / BURNABY BC", handwritten in ink on cover.
Library Subject (LOC)
Automobiles--History
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Pacific coastal liners

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Newell, Gordon R.
Williamson, Joe
Edition
Autographed ed.
Publication Date
c1959
Call Number
387.5 NEW
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
Call Number
387.5 NEW
Edition
Autographed ed.
Author
Newell, Gordon R.
Williamson, Joe
Place of Publication
Seattle
Publisher
Superior Pub. Co.
Publication Date
c1959
Physical Description
192 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Inscription
"Property of John Thomson / 7231 E. Broadway / Vancouver BC", handwritten in ink on inside of front cover.
Library Subject (LOC)
Steamboats
Coastwise shipping--Pacific Coast (North America)
Passenger ships--Pacific Coast (North America)
Notes
Includes index.
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Table of ten times volume of cylinders in cubic feet : being a compiler's edition of table of cubic contents of cylinders as authorized for use in British Columbia in scaling the cubic-foot of logs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary934
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1953
Call Number
634.9 PRO
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
Call Number
634.9 PRO
Place of Publication
Victoria, BC
Publisher
[s.n.]
Publication Date
1953
Physical Description
25 p. ; 23 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Mathematics
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Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1908-1975
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) wh…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) while the shop was in operation at 1620 Government Street in the 1940s. Some of the records are written in English while a portion are written in Cantonese and haven't been translated. Most of the photographs document the content of the original shop at the time of aquistion in 1975. Some photographs of unidentified people may be related to the owner or proprietor of the shop. A collection of other photographs document various Chinese Canadian organizations that were in operation in Victoria. Records are arranged into the following series: 1) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series 2) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series
History
The Chinese Herbalist shop "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" operated in Victoria, BC from about 1905 until [1968]. The meaning of "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" can be translated as "Collection, Life, Source, Alive, Shop" although many interpretations can be taken since each Chinese character can have several meanings. Contents of the shop were purchased by the Burnaby Village Museum in 1975 and reassembled as a permanent display in the Burnaby Village Museum. The shop’s original owner was Ng Chee Fong who opened the shop ca.1905. In 1921, Ng returned to Hong Kong and sold the business to Lam Yuen and Wong Ying who were from Vancouver. Lam Yuen and Wong Ying employed Lum Chuck Yue to operate the shop. Lum Chuck Yue had formerly operated a small herbal counter in a Chinese apothecary store on the south side of Fisgard Street, Victoria. In 1924 Lam Yuen and Wong Ying purchased Wah Sun & Co. from Lee S. Yew and Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. moved into the Wah Sun premises at 1620 Government Street in the Lee Block . The furnishings and fixtures of both stores were combined, with the more elaborate fixtures from WSYWK remaining as part of the public part of the shop and the plainer fixtures of Wah Sun moved into the workroom and basement. In the 1930s Lum Chuck Yue took over the business and became the proprietor. In about 1934, Tan Yi Tang purchased the business and the shop reopened as Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. following renovations with Lum Yew Jong as the shop's proprietor. Lum Yew Jong continued to operate the shop until his death in 1967 at the age of 68 years. Following Lum’s death, the property and contents of the shop were purchased by Mr. J. Watson Marles, a local owner operator of an antique store at 1714 Government Street. The shop and contents went through a few more private owners including Rodney Pain before it was purchased by the Heritage Village Museum in 1975 with funds made available by the Vancouver Foundation and the Province of British Columbia. Contents of the original shop were reasembled in a reconstructed building as a permanent display on site at the Burnaby Village Museum.
Creator
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
Accession Code
HV975.5
BV985.5331
BV017.7
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1908-1975
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Architectural Drawing
Related Material
See also Artifacts under Accessions HV975.5; BV985.5331 and BV017.7
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
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