Early history of the province of British Columbia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary305
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.170.15
- Call Number
- 971.1 MCK
- Contributor
- Southwell, George H.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Sons Limited
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Printer
- Temple Press
- Physical Description
- ix, 118 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "S16" [phrase is crossed out and handwritten in ink on front free endpaper] "P M" [handwritten in red pencil on front free endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia--History
- Vancouver Island (B.C.)--History
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- "These illustrations have been specially drawn by George H. Southwell" --Prelim. "Made at the Temple Press, Letchworth in Great Britain" --p.118.
- Author's given name: McKelvie, B. A. (Bruce Alistair), 1889-1960.
British Columbia : the making of a province
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6486
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.29.13
- Call Number
- 971.1 HOW
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Ryerson Press
- Publication Date
- c1928
- Physical Description
- ix, 289 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia--History
- Notes
- Includes bibliograph and index.
- Author's full name and dates: Howay, Frederic William, 1867-1943.
Dinner for Miss Creeden
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7356
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Moving Images
- Call Number
- 388.46 BCH
- Contributor
- British Columbia Electric Company
- Place of Publication
- [British Columbia, Canada]
- Publisher
- BC Hydro
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (36 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Natural gas industry
- World War, 1914-1918--Mobilization
- World War, 1939-1945--Mobilization
- Street-railroads
- Electric railroads
- Transportation
- British Columbia--History
- Notes
- Summary: Industrial film. A film about the growth of B.C. Electric from 1906 to 1946, built around the story of stenographer Flossie Creeden, the first female office employee of the company. Footage includes: Goldstream power plant; Vancouver natural gas facilities; BC Electric Railway lines in Fraser Valley; Stave Falls generator plant; Alouette Lake and Ruskin plants; 1939 royal visit; BCE employee's newsletter; A.E. Grauer family at home; office scenes; plans & construction at Bridge River project; BCE employee's service in World Wars I & II; BCE streetcar and trolley bus services
- Credit notes: producer: Lew M. Parry; director: Lew M. Parry; photography: John Young; script: Cecil Maiden; sound: S.G. Wilson; narrator: A.E. Grauer; sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producing agency/company: Trans-Canada Films Ltd.
Progress report
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7355
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Moving Images
- Call Number
- 388.46 BCH VR
- Contributor
- British Columbia Electric Company
- Place of Publication
- [British Columbia, Canada]
- Publisher
- BC Hydro
- Publication Date
- c1947
- Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (13 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Natural gas industry
- Local transit
- Hydroelectric power plants
- Electric railroads
- Electric power-plants
- Transportation
- British Columbia--History
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Notes
- Summary: Promotional film. The BC Electric Railway Company's $50 million post-war expansion and modernization program, to be completed by 1950. Includes: expansion of transit services, including start of the switch from streetcars to trolley buses; water gas plant; explanation of the Bridge River project, with footage of construction (including La Joie Falls storage dam); Lower Mainland power sub-stations. Various Vancouver street scenes, especially Fraser Street and downtown
- Credit note : sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producer: Lew M. Parry; producing agency/company: Trans-Canada Films Ltd.