"British Columbia" found 177 records

Scope and Content: File consists of miscellaneous promotional materials and certificates pertaining to agricultural and floral societies in British Columbia, including the Burnaby Rhododendron Society. File also contains one photograph a display at an agricultural fair.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922 (date of original) -1970

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bancroft family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records and 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 cm x 8 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS030-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1986-44

Scope and Content: File consists of miscellaneous promotional materials and certificates pertaining to agricultural and floral societies in British Columbia, including the Burnaby Rhododendron Society. File also contains one photograph a display at an agricultural fair.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file

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Alfred Bingham fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-1971

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 4 cm. of textual records and 1 audio reel.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham as well as an oral history tape provided by Alfred and his wife, M.J. "Ada" Bingham.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-1971

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Physical Description: 4 cm. of textual records and 1 audio reel.

Description Level: Fonds

Record No.: MSS142

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham as well as an oral history tape provided by Alfred and his wife, M.J. "Ada" Bingham.

History: Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten-hour days to build a shingle mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, a carpenter and millwright (and author of “The History of Burnaby”), also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lockdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920, Alfred married Mary Jane "Ada" Reynolds. Alfred and Mary Jane often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. The couple also had a dog named Bess. The Binghams were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth who were suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression. The Army was in operation for ten years and during that time, the members organised the credit union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union Act through the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started co-op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also the Secretary of the Burnaby Housing Committee. In 1946, he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane died on August 9, 1969. Alfred died on April 29, 1979.

Media Type: Textual Record; Sound Recording

Creator: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds MSS142

Alfred Bingham subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and other materials

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs, correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-1971

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and other materials

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs, correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham.

History: Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten-hour days to build a shingle mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, a carpenter and millwright (and author of “The History of Burnaby”), also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lockdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920, Alfred married Mary Jane "Ada" Reynolds. Alfred and Mary Jane often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. The couple also had a dog named Bess. The Binghams were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth who were suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression. The Army was in operation for ten years and during that time, the members organised the credit union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union Act through the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started co-op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also the Secretary of the Burnaby Housing Committee. In 1946, he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane died on August 9, 1969. Alfred died on April 29, 1979.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; MSS001, MSS142, and PC 010

Altior \ Margaret Lang Hastings and Lorraine Ellenwood

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1983]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of three chapters entitled "'Altior' - the history of the Provincial Council of Women of British Columbia" written by Margaret Lang Hastings and Lorraine Ellenwood. The inscription on the first page reads: "On her departure from Canada in 1898 Lady Aberdeen gave Council the word 'Alti…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1983]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Eagles family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS055-032

Accession Number: BHS1991-18

Scope and Content: File consists of three chapters entitled "'Altior' - the history of the Provincial Council of Women of British Columbia" written by Margaret Lang Hastings and Lorraine Ellenwood. The inscription on the first page reads: "On her departure from Canada in 1898 Lady Aberdeen gave Council the word 'Altior' (higher) as its slogan." These three chapters were to become part of the book "Blue Bows and the Golden Rule / Provincial Council of Women of B.C. / An Historical Account" published in 1984.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Alvin Burtch subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923-1953

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 2 files of textual records and 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of textual records pertaining to Alvin Burtch's house in Burnaby, a newspaper clipping, and photograph of Burtch in his BCER uniform.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923-1953

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alvin Burtch subseries

Physical Description: 2 files of textual records and 1 photograph

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1992-02; BHS1993-12; BHS1995-07

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of textual records pertaining to Alvin Burtch's house in Burnaby, a newspaper clipping, and photograph of Burtch in his BCER uniform.

History: Alvin Burtch was a British Columbia Electric Railway conductor who drove for the BCER for 38 years, 30 of those years on the Burnaby Lake Line. He was the driver for the line's final run in 1953, his 37th year of service. Burtch had a daughter named Hazel Cunningham, who grew up in Burnaby and married Friends of the Carousel member Harry Sumner.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Creator: Burtch, Alvin

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; MSS067, PC493

Andrew Johnson subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]-[1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and drawings

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs and drawings of members of the Johnson family and their home.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880]-[1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Andrew Johnson subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and drawings

Description Level: Subseries

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-10; BHS1997-16

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs and drawings of members of the Johnson family and their home.

History: Andrew Martin Johnson was born in Norway in 1861 and immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1886. His wife Margaret Sloane was born in Ireland. Margaret and Andrew Johnson's eldest child, Edward Sloane, was born June 10, 1901 but did not survive infancy. Their second child, Andrew Sloane, was born in 1906. Andrew Martin was a major landowner in Burnaby, at one time owning each of the four corners of Royal Oak and Kingsway and many of the adjacent properties. He made his fortune as a partner in the firm of Atkins & Johnson, a leading transportation company in Vancouver which later became the Mainland Transfer Company. In 1910, Andrew Martin purchased Burnaby's Royal Oak Hotel. He soon acquired the property on the opposite corner to build their family home, called "Glenedward" after their eldest son. He owned and operated the Royal Oak Hotel until his death on September 18, 1934. In 1943 Margaret sold Glenedward. The building has since been converted twice: first into the Royal Oak Funeral Chapel and then into the Johnson House Korean Restaurant. Andrew Sloane Johnson attended Kingsway West School and Britannia High School before earning a Bachelor's of Business Administration at the University of Washington in 1930. He lived at Glenedward until moving to Washington for school.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Creator: Johnson, Andrew Martin

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC244, PC335

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

B.C. Gazette Extras

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Scope and Content: File includes "The British Columbia Gazette Extra" regarding minimum land sale prices.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2079

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File includes "The British Columbia Gazette Extra" regarding minimum land sale prices.

Media Type: Textual Record

B.C. Retired Teachers' Association history 1945-1999

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1999

Collection/Fonds: Mary Forsyth fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a history of the B.C. Retired Teachers' Association 1945-1999 edited by Lorna Robb and published by the British Columbia Retired Teachers' Association.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1999

Collection/Fonds: Mary Forsyth fonds

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS185-043

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: 2014-27

Scope and Content: File consists of a history of the B.C. Retired Teachers' Association 1945-1999 edited by Lorna Robb and published by the British Columbia Retired Teachers' Association.

Media Type: Textual Record

Publisher: British Columbia : British Columbia Retired Teachers' Association

Notes: Transcribed title

BC Sculpture 58

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Municipal Records collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Scope and Content: Exhibition catalogue for the centennial open air sculpture exhibition entitled "BC Sculpture 58". The exhibition was put together by members of the Northwest Institute of Sculpture in association with UBC's Department of University Extension, BC Centennial Committee, and the Municipality of Burnab…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Municipal Records collection

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 60743

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: 2016-19

Scope and Content: Exhibition catalogue for the centennial open air sculpture exhibition entitled "BC Sculpture 58". The exhibition was put together by members of the Northwest Institute of Sculpture in association with UBC's Department of University Extension, BC Centennial Committee, and the Municipality of Burnaby. The exhibition was displayed at two locations: the University of British Columbia from July 9 to August 22, 1958 and Burnaby Municipal Hall from August 29 to mid-September 1958. Artists who participated in the exhibition and whose work is included in the catalogue are: Joan Brandvold, Franz Carius, Alfred E. Carlsen, Gerhard Hans Class, Robert Clothier, Vivian Cousland, Lilias M. Farley, Otto B. Fischer-Credo, Jack K. Harman, Marvin Richard Levitt, David Marshall, Elza Mayhew, George Norris, Peter Ochs, Frank Perry, Jan Zach, Thomas Kakinuma, Olea Davis, and Santo Mignosa.

Media Type: Textual Record

Beautiful Burnaby pamphlet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 pamphlet

Scope and Content: Item is a "Beautiful Burnaby British Columbia" pamphlet from 1924 which includes photographs and written descriptions of the municipality as well as advertisements from local businesses.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Margaret McCallum subseries

Physical Description: 1 pamphlet

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS029-001

Accession Number: BHS1986-42

Scope and Content: Item is a "Beautiful Burnaby British Columbia" pamphlet from 1924 which includes photographs and written descriptions of the municipality as well as advertisements from local businesses.

Media Type: Textual Record

Bernard Bellinger subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]-[198-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records compiled by Bernard Bellinger, including photographs of the Fraser River and Deer Lake in the 1930s, newspapers and bulletins pertaining to Burnaby, a map of Vancouver, a telephone directory for British Columbia and the Yukon, and Burnaby lapel pins.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]-[198-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bernard Bellinger subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1986-10; BHS1988-04; BHS1997-13; BHS1993-08; BHS1991-08; BHS2002-10; BHS1999-17

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records compiled by Bernard Bellinger, including photographs of the Fraser River and Deer Lake in the 1930s, newspapers and bulletins pertaining to Burnaby, a map of Vancouver, a telephone directory for British Columbia and the Yukon, and Burnaby lapel pins.

History: Bernard Bellinger arrived in Burnaby in 1927 with his parents, Jack and Elizabeth Ellen "Nell" Fraser Bellinger, and four younger siblings: Christine, David, Marion, and James. His youngest brother, Robert, was born in Burnaby. The Bellingers lived at the Old Orchard Auto Court on Kingsway and Willingdon in two small cabins. They later moved to a home on Pearl Avenue in the Royal Oak district. Bernard went to Kingsway West primary school and then Burnaby South high school. While studying to become a pharmacist, he apprenticed in Vancouver, but lived in Burnaby his entire life.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Bellinger, Bernard

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries; PC160, PC205, PC354, MSS035

BHS minutes 1998

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1997-1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File contains Burnaby Historical Society regular and Executive meeting minutes, as well the minutes and reports of the annual general meeting, 1997 Executive list and Council and AGM minutes of the British Columbia Historical Federation.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1997-1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Administration series

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS205-042

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2020-06

Scope and Content: File contains Burnaby Historical Society regular and Executive meeting minutes, as well the minutes and reports of the annual general meeting, 1997 Executive list and Council and AGM minutes of the British Columbia Historical Federation.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

BHS minutes 1999

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1998-1999

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File contains Burnaby Historical Society regular and Executive meeting minutes, as well the minutes and reports of the annual general meeting, 1998 and 1998 Executive lists and Council and AGM minutes of the British Columbia Historical Federation.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1998-1999

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Administration series

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS205-043

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2020-06

Scope and Content: File contains Burnaby Historical Society regular and Executive meeting minutes, as well the minutes and reports of the annual general meeting, 1998 and 1998 Executive lists and Council and AGM minutes of the British Columbia Historical Federation.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

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Agricultural and floral societies' papers

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Alfred Bingham fonds

Alfred Bingham subseries

Altior \ Margaret Lang Hastings and Lorraine Ellenwood

Alvin Burtch subseries

Andrew Johnson subseries

Bancroft family subseries

B.C. Gazette Extras

B.C. Retired Teachers' Association history 1945-1999

BC Sculpture 58

Beautiful Burnaby pamphlet

Bernard Bellinger subseries

BHS minutes 1998

BHS minutes 1999