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People file - Clive G. Brown-John

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66133
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1984-1994
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of poems and remembrances of long-time North Burnaby resident, Clive G. Brown-John.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1984-1994
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
People files subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
42727
Accession Number
BHS1993-03
Scope and Content
File consists of poems and remembrances of long-time North Burnaby resident, Clive G. Brown-John.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Burnaby Centennial Committee papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62832
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of papers pertaining to the forming of the Burnaby Centennial Committee. Included in the file is the council resolution and committee selection along with accompanying correspondence.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Donald N. Brown subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS098-001
Access Restriction
Open access
Accession Number
BHS2001-12
Scope and Content
File consists of papers pertaining to the forming of the Burnaby Centennial Committee. Included in the file is the council resolution and committee selection along with accompanying correspondence.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Burnaby Centennial Committee papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62885
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989-1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of administrative papers pertaining to all aspects of the the Burnaby Centennial Committee from its inception through to its first year of planning.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989-1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Donald N. Brown subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS098-054
Access Restriction
Open access
Accession Number
BHS2001-12
Scope and Content
File consists of administrative papers pertaining to all aspects of the the Burnaby Centennial Committee from its inception through to its first year of planning.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Burnaby Village Museum papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65754
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1986- [1989] (date of originals)
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records (photocopies)
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopied report on the restoration of interurban 1223 as well as a photocopied report of the Master Plan for the Burnaby Village Museum expansion.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1986- [1989] (date of originals)
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Donald N. Brown subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records (photocopies)
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS148-001
Accession Number
BHS2003-04
Scope and Content
File contains a photocopied report on the restoration of interurban 1223 as well as a photocopied report of the Master Plan for the Burnaby Village Museum expansion.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Burnaby Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91701
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 1982 - April 1982
Collection/Fonds
Doreen Lawson fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
17 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
File consists photographs of Burnaby Lake taken in late winter. The foliage around the lake is primarily brown and wilted with the first new growth of Spring just emerging. Canadian geese swim on the lake in the foreground of several of the photographs, with snow-covered mountains and the Loughee…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
March 1982 - April 1982
Collection/Fonds
Doreen Lawson fonds
Physical Description
17 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
Description Level
File
Record No.
618-019
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2015-15
Scope and Content
File consists photographs of Burnaby Lake taken in late winter. The foliage around the lake is primarily brown and wilted with the first new growth of Spring just emerging. Canadian geese swim on the lake in the foreground of several of the photographs, with snow-covered mountains and the Lougheed Mall skyline visible in the distance. Also included in the file is one photograph of the forest alongside the Brunette River.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
Animals - Birds
Plants - Trees
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Lawson, Doreen A.
Notes
Transcribed title
Title transcribed from label on slide sheets photographs originally housed in
Geographic Access
Burnaby Lake
Brunette River
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Lake Area
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Burnaby Lake Official Dedication

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58241
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 7, 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
4 photographs : col. ; 9 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Burnaby Lake Official Dedication at Burnaby Discovery Day on July 7, 1985. The photographs depict the event of "Robert Burnaby" making a speech and unveiling the plaque.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 7, 1985
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Evelyn Salisbury subseries
Physical Description
4 photographs : col. ; 9 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
261-020
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1991-24
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Burnaby Lake Official Dedication at Burnaby Discovery Day on July 7, 1985. The photographs depict the event of "Robert Burnaby" making a speech and unveiling the plaque.
Subjects
Ceremonies
Events - Openings
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Note on verso of 261-020 reads: "July 7/85 Burnaby Discovery Day / Robert Burnaby escorted from Burnaby Lake by R.C.M.P. & piper to unveil plaque dedicating park."
Note on verso of 261-021 reads: "July 7/85 Burnaby Discovery Day"
Note on verso of 261-022 reads: "July 7/85 Discovery Day / Robert Burnaby on Soap Box" and "Rosemary Brown / Robert Burnaby / Ritchie Smith / Doug. Drummond"
Note on verso of 261-023 reads: "July 7/85 Burnaby Discovery Day"
Geographic Access
Burnaby Lake
Images
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Event photographs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98421
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1973-1999
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
267 photographs : col. ; 18 cm x 13 cm and smaller
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of various events, meetings, and other activities hosted by the Burnaby Historical Society as well as events and ceremonies attended by Society members.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1973-1999
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Administration series
Physical Description
267 photographs : col. ; 18 cm x 13 cm and smaller
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of various events, meetings, and other activities hosted by the Burnaby Historical Society as well as events and ceremonies attended by Society members.
Subjects
Events
Names
Burnaby Historical Society
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Photographs were originally contained in a photograph album and removed by Archives staff for preservation purposes. Original order of photographs within the album is maintained.
Most photographs in file have handwritten notes on verso identifying the individuals and events depicted in the photographs.
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-1:633-003-10 reads: "BHS field trip to Yale 1973"
Identification key for 633-003-15 available in accession file
Identification key for 633-003-22 available in accession file
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-23:633-003-35 reads: "Christmas Party at the Home of Violet and Blythe Eagles"
Identification key for 633-003-36 available in accession file
633-003-37:633-003-42 depict a presentation of the publication "Windows to Burnaby's Past"
Labels on sleeves housing 633-003-43:633-003-50 reads: "1992 Conference BC Historical Federation / May 7, 8, 9, 1992 at Burnaby BC / Held at Sheraton Villa"
Sticky noted adhered to verso of 633-003-54 read: 'Honorary life member Margaret Stoneberg with Past President John Spittle"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-59:633-003-74 reads: "Luncheon at Hart House May 7 1 pm".
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-68 reads: "Honorary Life Member, Margaret Stoneberg - May 8, 1992"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-69 reads: "Lunch at Hart House - Anne Yandle and Francis Wellwood in foreground"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-74 reads: "Ilma Dunn (Whiterock) Nancy Peter (Burnaby) Ernest Harris (Vancouver) Naomi Miller (Wasa)"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-75:633-003-85 reads: "Tour of Burnaby Village Museum 2pm"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-78 reads: "The visitors at Burnaby Village Museum - May 8, 1992"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-81 reads: "History Revisited! Don Sale at the teacher's desk in Seaforth School, Burnaby Village. Don took his practice teaching in this school!"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-86:633-003-91 reads: "May 9th Burnaby Mountain Park"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-92:633-003-103 reads: "Tour of Simon Fraser University"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-104:633-003-109 reads: "Lunch at SFU"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-110:633-003-144 reads: "Awards Banquet - Burnaby Lake Pavilion"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-144 reads: "Four Burnaby Ladies / Joan Bellinger, Florence Hart Godwin, Helen Brown and Winn Roff relax before the Awards Banquet"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-145:633-003-151 reads: "Hart House Tea June 17/92"
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-152:633-003-154 reads: "Discovery Day 1994"
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-155:633-003-158 reads: "BHS receives first Burnaby Heritage Award 1993"
Identification key for 633-003-155 available in accession file
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-158 reads: "front row (l to r) Hazel L'Estrange, Mary Coe, Kay Moore / 2nd row (l to r) Una Carlson, Helen Street / 3rd row (l to r) Margaret Matorich, Pixie McGeachie"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-159:633-003-178 reads: "Official opening of the garden and restored Jubilee Arch Central Park 1994"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-180:633-003-235 reads: "Burnaby Historical Society June 25, 1997 40th Anniversary"
Letter from the Beckleys, photographers of 633-003-236:633-003-239 available in accession file. Identification key for 633-003-237:633-003-238 available in accession file. Identification key for 633-003-239 available in accession file. Photographs depict 1989 sod turning ceremony for administration building at Burnaby Village Museum.
Note accompanying 633-003-240 available in accession file
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-241:633-003-242 reads: "Burnaby Discovery Day Shadbolt Centre 1998"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-243:633-033-246 reads: "BHS field trip to Kilby General Store and Farm June, 1998"
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-247:633-003-249 reads: "Fraser Wilson Room Archives"
Identification key for 633-003-252 available in accession file
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-253:633-003-257 reads: "Heritage Award"
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-258:633-003-261 reads: "BCHF Conference May, 1999 Merritt, B.C."
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-262:633-003-264 reads: "Burnaby "Hero" 2002"
633-003-267 is annotated: "Catherine Rees 90th Birthday Party". Photo is an inkjet print on paper.
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Harcourt and Gilley Avenue and Murphy

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88215
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1988 (date of original) -[199-]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of two typewritten draft histories, titled "The Murphy Family" and " Gilley Avenue" by Mary Forsyth and handwritten notes regarding the history of the Harcourt family taken by Mary Forsyth and provided by Frank Harcourt; copies of military records for both Ernest Edward Murphy and J. …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1988 (date of original) -[199-]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS185-023
Access Restriction
Open access
Accession Number
2014-27
Scope and Content
File consists of two typewritten draft histories, titled "The Murphy Family" and " Gilley Avenue" by Mary Forsyth and handwritten notes regarding the history of the Harcourt family taken by Mary Forsyth and provided by Frank Harcourt; copies of military records for both Ernest Edward Murphy and J. Vickers; a family tree for descendents pertaining to Joshua Rogington Murphy; a copy of a handwritten history titled "The Big Brown Murphy House at 765 Gilley Ave., South Burnaby"; a handrawn map; a newspaper article from The Vancouver Province; a copy of "The Black Report" by Dawn Black, M.P. for New Westminster/Burnaby. Biographical and historical information was compiled by Mary Forysth with the intention of publishing a book.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Transcribed title
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Mary Forsyth Keepables

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88247
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923-2006
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of various research records compiled by Mary Forsyth and includes; records from a Burnaby Historical Society photo presentation and contest held at Irving House; a letter to the directors of the B.C. Historical Society from Don N. Brown re: Accomodation for the Burnaby Historical Soci…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923-2006
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS185-045
Access Restriction
Open access
Accession Number
2014-27
Scope and Content
File consists of various research records compiled by Mary Forsyth and includes; records from a Burnaby Historical Society photo presentation and contest held at Irving House; a letter to the directors of the B.C. Historical Society from Don N. Brown re: Accomodation for the Burnaby Historical Society; a Corporation of the District of Burnaby Re: "Suggestions submitted to the Post War Rehabilitation Council" dated August 4, 1942; notes and information re: a natural resources map; genealogical notes for the Hern family; a copy of the 2003 Greater Vancouver Regional District Board of Directors for 2003; a Simon Fraser Week publication dated June 27, 1985 about the history of Simon Fraser University; Corporation of the District of Burnaby "A Sound Investment...Burnaby British Columbia Reverted Lands" with map 1926; a copy of a Deed of Gift letter from the Burnaby Historical Society for items donated to the archives dated January 5, 1989; pamphlets about B.C. Hydro rail and Burnaby's Central Park Tramline; National Housing Adminstration Sketch Designs for houses 1946; an invitation for Glenwood Elementary School 100th birthday; a family memoir from the Rorisons; a Victorian Order of Nurses home visit document in March 1923; Corporation of the District of Burnaby By Law No. 1354; 1991 Community Services Directory for New Westminster and Burnaby; Hudson's Bay Company Annual General Report 1947; typewritten history of the Gulf Islands and various Burnaby Now papers for 1990, 2001, 2004 and 2006. Biographical and historical information was compiled by Mary Forysth with the intention of publishing a book.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Transcribed title
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One Who Has Served His Community Well

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66415
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1979-[1981]
Collection/Fonds
Pixie McGeachie collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
0.5 cm. of textual records.
Scope and Content
File consists of a draft of "One Who Has Served His Community Well, Richard Bolton, Charles Brown, George Grant, George Green". Correspondence and one page of handwritten notes are also included in the file.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1979-[1981]
Collection/Fonds
Pixie McGeachie collection
Physical Description
0.5 cm. of textual records.
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS065-023
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2011-04
Scope and Content
File consists of a draft of "One Who Has Served His Community Well, Richard Bolton, Charles Brown, George Grant, George Green". Correspondence and one page of handwritten notes are also included in the file.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Originally housed in a report cover with a clear front
"Revised" is handwritten in pencil on the front page
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SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88254
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1934 (date of original), predominant 1989-1992
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 cm. of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of SFU (Simon Fraser University)/Burnaby Centennial Committee records including; a list of "Burnaby Ethnic Associations prior to 1945", committee correspondence, information regarding demographics of Burnaby, project proposal drafts for; "Images of Burnaby", "Visions of Burnaby", "Bu…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1934 (date of original), predominant 1989-1992
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Physical Description
1 cm. of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS187-004
Access Restriction
Subject to FOIPPA
Reproduction Restriction
Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
Accession Number
2014-28
Scope and Content
File consists of SFU (Simon Fraser University)/Burnaby Centennial Committee records including; a list of "Burnaby Ethnic Associations prior to 1945", committee correspondence, information regarding demographics of Burnaby, project proposal drafts for; "Images of Burnaby", "Visions of Burnaby", "Burnaby Discovery", "Images Bank", "Burnaby Unfolding", "Developing Burnaby" and "Futures of Burnaby"; biographical highlights for nine of the oral history interviewees including; Bill Lewarne, Bill Copeland, Ed Apps, Merrill Gordon, Severin Morin, Toki Myashita, Al Nixon, Don Brown and Kay Zimmerman; a report for Heritage Canada re: "SFU involvement in Burnaby Centennial Celebration"; a list of "... Vernacular Community Areas of Burnaby Derived from Interviews" and photocopies of newspaper clippings about Councillor Tom Douglas.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Transcribed title
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