Research

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : colour ; 12.8 cm x 8.6 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of the unveiling presentation of the Canada Post "Exploration of Canada, Recognizers" stamp series at Simon Fraser University on March 17, 1988. Caption on original matte read: "Mayor Bill Copeland at the official ceremony of the new Canadian Stamps commemorating the early explorers, Simon Fraser, George Vancouver, A Henday & John Palliser. President Bill Saywell, Simon Fraser University, helps to unveil the series of "Exploration" Canadian stamps.".

Administrative History

Donated by the Burnaby Historical Society.

Creator

[unknown]

Other Title Information

Title based on content of photograph.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Burnaby Historical Society

Simon Fraser University

Copeland, William J

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Accession Code

BV017.32.5

Date

[March 17,1988]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

06-Mar-2018

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : colour ; 12.7 cm x 10.0 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of one of the "Exploration of Canada, Recognizers" postage stamps unveiled at Simon Fraser University on March 17, 1988. The Canada Post stamp is entitled: "FRASER / RETURNING FROM THE PACIFIC / RETOUR DU PACIFIQUE" and the postage value of the stamp is 37 cents. Caption on original matte read: "The Simon Fraser stamp".

Administrative History

Donated by the Burnaby Historical Society.

Creator

[unknown]

Other Title Information

Title based on content of photograph.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Burnaby Historical Society

Simon Fraser University

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Accession Code

BV017.32.6

Date

[March 17,1988]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

06-Mar-2018

Less detail

Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 photograph : colour ; 12.7 cm x 8.1 cm

Scope and Content

Photograph of Burnaby Mayor Bill Copeland at the "Exploration of Canada, Recognizers" postage stamps unveiling at Simon Fraser University on March 17, 1988. Caption on original matte read: "Mayor Bill Copeland, S.F.U. student, and Kevin Conway (acting as Simon Fraser), and Mike Gormick, the General Manager for the Pacific Division of Canada Post, presenting gatefold albums.". There is also an unidentified woman in the photograph holding one of the gatefold albums.

Administrative History

Donated by the Burnaby Historical Society.

Creator

[unknown]

Other Title Information

Title based on content of photograph.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Burnaby Historical Society

Simon Fraser University

Copeland, William J

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Accession Code

BV017.32.7

Date

[March 17,1988]

Media Type

Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood

Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Scan Resolution

600

Scan Date

06-Mar-2018

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[196-] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-801

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Aerial photograph of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Burnaby campus under construction, facing west.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Burnaby Mountain

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Burnaby - University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1975 and 1979] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-807

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Simon Fraser University (SFU) students in registration line-ups inside the university.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 1983

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-327

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 23 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Simon Fraser University students; Noel Chui and Priscilla Fong lying down beside an outdoor fountain at the university during the summer semester.

Photographer

Battistoni, Peter

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Chui, Noel

Fong, Priscilla

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "STUDENTS IDYLL ... Simon Fraser University campus can be a peaceful, quiet place in the summer. Students Noel Chui and Priscilla Fong relax in the sunshine by an outdoor fountain to escape the pressure of the summer trimester."

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Burnaby - University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1983]

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-328

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 11 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a Simon Fraser University student walking down the cement steps of the university in the rain. He is holding an open umbrella in one hand and a briefcase and notepad in the other.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Burnaby - University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 1983

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-329

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the water feature at Simon Fraser University. Four students of the university are visible in the background, studying at a table together.

Photographer

Battistoni, Peter

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Burnaby - University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 1983

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-330

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Simon Fraser University student Noel Chui sitting with her feet dangling in an outdoor fountain at the university during the summer semester.

Photographer

Battistoni, Peter

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Burnaby - University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1964] published February 5, 1964

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-332

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 23 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the British Columbia Institute of Technology campus.

Photographer

King, Basil

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 3700 Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1963 and 1965]

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-340

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 23 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the British Columbia Vocational School complex on Willingdon, next door to the British Columbia Institute of Technology. It would be renamed the Pacific Vocational Institute in 1978, and in 1986, would merge with the British Columbia Institute of Technology and remain a part of that institution to the present.

Photographer

King, Basil

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - 3700 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

November 30, 1977

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-430

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 9.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of students at Simon Fraser University sitting in study carrels and using tape players with headphones to do some "last-minute studying" for exams.

Photographer

Battistoni, Peter

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "STUDY SESSION / Exams at SFU begin Saturday so most students are busy cramming. But in highly technological age they hit the tapes and not the books for last-minute studying."

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Burnaby - University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 1, 1979

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-431

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 24.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Roy Styan making holographs at Simon Fraser University's physics department.

Photographer

King, Basil

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Styan, Roy

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Roy Styan makes holographs at SFU physics department."

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Burnaby - University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1972]

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-695

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of John Kuss, a computer expert and manager of educational services at Simon Fraser University's computer centre as he stands at a counter in the computer centre, smiling.

Photographer

King, Basil

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Kuss, John

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

February 7, 1980

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-714

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of, then eighty-two year old, Simon Fraser University student Stanley Morisse standing on the steps of the university. Already fluent in French, Italian, Turkish, Greek and English, he was in his second year of studying Russian at the Burnaby mountain campus when this photograph was taken.

Photographer

Battistoni, Peter

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Morisse, Stanley

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Burnaby - University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1966

Collection/Fonds

Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

483-050

Accession Number

2008-08

Storage Location

See Location of AIP

Physical Description

1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Sean and Wendy Johnston standing in Convocation Mall at Simon Fraser University.

Photographer

Johnston, Harold H.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Johnston, Dr. Wendy

Johnston, Dr. Sean

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Burnaby - University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1974

Collection/Fonds

Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

483-092

Accession Number

2008-08

Storage Location

See Location of AIP

Physical Description

1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Frances Johnston standing on an upper concourse at Simon Fraser University. The photograph was taken looking north-east and the academic quandrangle is visible in the background.

Photographer

Johnston, Harold H.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Johnston, Frances

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1974

Collection/Fonds

Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level

Item

Item No.

483-093

Accession Number

2008-08

Storage Location

See Location of AIP

Physical Description

1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Frances Johnston (far right) looking at a bulletin board outside the library at Simon Fraser University. The photograph was taken looking west along Convocation Mall.

Photographer

Johnston, Harold H.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Johnston, Frances

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1981

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-1270

Accession Number

2009-01

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Joel Bakan, Governor General Gold Medal Winner and Rhodes Scholar for BC, sitting on the steps in front of Convocation Mall at Simon Fraser University.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1983

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-1406

Accession Number

2009-01

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of four people walking across the path over the pond in the Academic Quadrangle at Simon Fraser University.

Photographer

Battistoni, Peter

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Photographer's stamp on verso

Note on verso reads: "PMT 100% / page B-4 / Burnaby Today"

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Burnaby Mountain

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

November, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-372

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows the covered mall at Simon Fraser University on Burnaby Mountain. The university, designed by architect Arthur Erikson was opened in 1965. The covered mall was completed a couple of years later.

Photographer

Salmon, Stu

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-373

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows students lounging in the open mall at Simon Fraser University, with the Library on the right.

Photographer

Cook, Alan

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-374

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Pauline Jewett, President of Simon Fraser University, giving a speech to the students concerning the strike of clerical employees which was in progress at the time of this photograph.

Photographer

Cook, Alan

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Jewett, Pauline

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 15, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-378

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows students sitting by the pool in the centre of the main academic quadrangle at Simon Fraser University on Burnaby Mountain.

Photographer

McCarron, John

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

November, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-379

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows a classroom complex at Simon Fraser University, completed much later than the 1965 opening date of the University, with a view of the North Shore mountains in the background.

Photographer

Salmon, Stu

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

November, 1976

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-380

Accession Number

2013-13

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph shows Shell House, the women's residence, at Simon Fraser University on Burnaby Mountain.

Photographer

Salmon, Stu

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.

1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Summary

This portion of the interview is about Dr. Evenden’s description of the Simon Fraser University campus after it opened in 1965. Dr. Evenden and Dr. Seager talk about aspects of how the university site was chosen, its impact on the local community, and events in 1967-1969 that affected town & gown relations.

Date Range

1965-1970

Length

0:06:32

Name

Simon Fraser University

Subject

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Burnaby Mountain

Interviewer

Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date

November 18, 2015

Scope and Content

Recording is of an interview with Dr. Leonard Evenden and Dr. Allen Seager conducted by Kathy Bossort. Leonard Evenden and Allen Seager were two of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about aspects of Simon Fraser University’s history that is related to its site on Burnaby Mountain, as told by two retired SFU professors, Dr. Evenden of the Geography Department and Dr. Seager of the Department of History. The interview ranges over campus access and housing issues created by the isolated mountain site; the relationship of the university to the local community and the dispute over land ownership and control with the City of Burnaby; SFU’s environmental stewardship; the development of UniverCity; and the future of parkland in the conservation area on Burnaby Mountain.

Biographical Notes

Dr. Leonard J. Evenden was born 1937 in Beijing, China, to parents and Salvation Army missionaries Leonard Evenden and Elsie Pearl March. Dr. Evenden attended McMaster University (B.A. 1960), University of Georgia (M.A. 1962) and University of Edinburgh (Ph.D. 1970). He was appointed to Simon Fraser University’s Department of Geography in 1966, shortly after SFU opened in the fall of 1965, and retired in 2002. Dr. Evenden’s research has focused on Canadian urban geography. He edited a collection of essays about Burnaby titled “Suburb of Happy Homes: Burnaby centennial themes” (1995), and directed “Voices of Burnaby”, an SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee oral history project (1992). Dr. Evenden is married with three children. Dr. Allen Seager was born 1953 in Montreal, Quebec, to parents C.F.B. Seager and Evelyn DeGex Chesam. Dr. Seager is a retired Simon Fraser University professor, being a member of SFU’s Department of History from 1981 to 2014, and has current links with SFU as an instructor for Continuing Studies. His research interests include history of Canada and Western Canada, and labour and working class history, particularly in the coal mining and railway industries. Dr. Seager moved to Burnaby and the Montecito area in 1981 where he continues to live and enjoy the hiking trails on Burnaby Mountain and the amenities at SFU. Dr. Seager is a member of the Burnaby North NDP, and has volunteered with Scouts Canada and the Burnaby Centennial Committee.

Total Tracks

6

Total Length

1:11:28

Other Tracks

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Interviewee Name

Evenden, Leonard J.

Seager, Allen

Interview Location

Clubhouse at Burnaby Mountain Golf Course Restaurant

Interviewer Bio

Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Item No.

MSS196-011_Track_2

Media Type

Sound Recording

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Summary

This portion of the interview continues Dr. Ron Baker’s stories about the beginnings of Simon Fraser University, including why Chancellor Shrum was able to build the university in a short time period, how the road was built to the campus, the relationship between Dr. Shrum and SFU President McTaggart-Cowan, and reasons behind the architectural design of the campus

Date Range

1963-1965

Length

0:10:29

Name

Simon Fraser University

Shrum, Gordon M.

McTaggart-Cowan, Patrick D.

Subject

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Burnaby Mountain

Interviewer

Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date

November 27, 2015

Scope and Content

Recording is of an interview with Dr. Ronald James Baker conducted by Kathy Bossort. Ron Baker was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the founding of Simon Fraser University from the perspective of SFU’s first faculty member and Director of Academic Planning, Ron Baker. Ron Baker talks about John B. Macdonald’s report on higher education in BC (1962) and how it lead to the provincial government’s decision to establish a new university and to put it in the Burnaby area. He tells stories about how the site on Burnaby Mountain was chosen; about the building of the campus; and about the challenges of planning the academic structure of the university. He also talks about the attraction of creating with little interference an institution trying out new ideas and tells stories about his working relationship with Gordon Shrum. He considers the problems created by building universities in out of the way places and the ideas such as UniverCity for dealing with SFU’s isolation.

Biographical Notes

Ron Baker was born in London, England, in 1924, and served in the Royal Air Force during WW2. He emigrated to Canada in 1947 and studied at UBC where he obtained a BA degree (1951) and MA degree (1953) in English Language and Literature. He served on the faculty of the UBC English Department beginning as a lecturer in 1951 and advanced to positions of Assistant Professor (1958-63) and Associate Professor (1963-65). He was a contributor to John B. Macdonald’s 1962 report “Higher Education in British Columbia and a Plan for the Future”, and continued to make significant contributions to the establishment of the community college system in Canada throughout his career. In 1963 the newly established Simon Fraser University hired Ron as its first Director of Academic Planning, serving also as first head of SFU’s English Department. In 1969 Ron left SFU to become the first President of the University of Prince Edward Island, a position he held until 1978. In 1978 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his contributions to higher education. Ron has contributed to many organizations, including serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, on Canada Council, and as President of Association of Atlantic Universities and the Association of Canadian University Teachers of English. In 1990 Ron Baker was asked by the government of BC to prepare a preliminary report on the establishment of the future UNBC in Prince George. Now retired Ron Baker lives in the Edmonds area of Burnaby.

Total Tracks

7

Total Length

1:33:46

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Interviewee Name

Baker, Ronald J. "Ron"

Interview Location

Ron Baker's home in Burnaby

Interviewer Bio

Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.

Collection/Fonds

Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series

Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Item No.

MSS196-013_Track_2

Media Type

Sound Recording

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October 17, 1977

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-568

Accession Number

2017-57

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the parking lot and the exterior of the British Columbia Vocational School building, located at 3650 Willingdon Avenue. The photograph is taken facing northeast. BCVS merged with BCIT in 1986.

Photographer

McGillivray, Don

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

British Columbia Vocational School

Notes

Title taken from project information form

Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)

BPL no. 14

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 3650 Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - 3700 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October 16, 1977

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-569

Accession Number

2017-57

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the grounds and the exterior of the British Columbia Vocational School, located at 3650 Willingdon Avenue. A directional sign points to the BC Vocational School Administration Building. The photograph is taken facing northeast at the intersection of White Avenue and Goard Way. BCVS merged with BCIT in 1986.

Photographer

McGillivray, Don

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

British Columbia Vocational School

Notes

Title taken from project information form

Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)

BPL no. 15

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 3650 Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - 3700 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October 16, 1977

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-570

Accession Number

2017-57

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the exterior of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). The photograph is taken facing east on the 3600 block of Willingdon Avenue.

Photographer

Chapman, Fred

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Notes

Title taken from project information form

Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)

BPL no. 16

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 3700 Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - 3600 Block Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October 16, 1977

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-571

Accession Number

2017-57

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the exterior of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). The photograph is taken facing east on the 3600 block of Willingdon Avenue.

Photographer

McGillivray, Don

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Notes

Title taken from project information form

Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)

BPL no. 17

Geographic Access

Burnaby - 3600 Block Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - 3700 Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October 16, 1977

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-572

Accession Number

2017-57

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) campus, including main buildings and portables. The photograph is taken from a hgh point, facing northeast, on the 3600 block of Willingdon Avenue. The residential neighbourhood and mountains are visible in the background.

Photographer

McGillivray, Don

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Notes

Title taken from project information form

Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)

BPL no. 18

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - 3600 Block Willingdon Avenue

Burnaby - 3700 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

October 10, 1977

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-575

Accession Number

2017-57

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Academic Quadrangle at Simon Fraser University. The photograph is taken from across the pond inside the Quadrangle, facing northwest.

Photographer

Patterson, Brian

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title taken from project information form

Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)

BPL no. 21

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[October 10, 1977]

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level

Item

Item No.

556-576

Accession Number

2017-57

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of Convocation Mall at Simon Fraser University. The photograph is taken facing east and shows the steps and the Academic Quadrangle in the background.

Photographer

Patterson, Brian

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title taken from project information form

Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm)

BPL no. 22

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

September 1965

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection

Series

Burnaby Historical Society Photograph Collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

248-001

Accession Number

BHS991-2

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the official opening of Simon Fraser University. A large group of spectators faces the stage from seats on the floor as well as the balcony.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Events - Openings

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[196-] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-800

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.1 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of a the construction of a Simon Fraser University (SFU) campus building. A crane can be seen in the background.

Subjects

Construction

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

August 5, 1966 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-802

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the construction of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Academic Quadrangle building, phase two. Information at lower right corner of photograph reads, "Academic Quadrangle Building / Phase Two / Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC / Z.S. Kiss - Architect / Laing Construction & Equipment Ltd, General Contractors / No14 Date Aug 5, 1966, Facing E."

Photographer

Frank, Leonard

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Construction

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[between 1974 and 1979] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-805

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of students in an English 101 class at Simon Fraser University (SFU). The professor standing at the front of the room and students are sitting in tiered seating.

Subjects

Occupations - Teachers

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[197-?] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-809

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of students seated on bleachers in the Simon Fraser University (SFU) gymnasium.

Subjects

Persons - Crowds

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[197-] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-810

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.6 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 25.9 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of students watching a student rock band at the outside mall at Simon Fraser University (SFU).

Subjects

Persons - Crowds

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access

Burnaby - University Drive

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

Less detail

Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1967] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds

SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series

Burnaby Image Bank series

Description Level

Item

Item No.

370-812

Accession Number

BHS999-03

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 25.9 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Aerial photograph of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) campus.

Subjects

Aerial Photographs

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names

Simon Fraser University

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Copied from col. photograph

Geographic Access

Burnaby - Burnaby Mountain

Burnaby - 8888 University Drive

Burnaby - University Drive

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Mountain Area

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Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

1979, published January 11, 1979

Collection/Fonds

Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level

Item

Item No.

480-127

Accession Number

2003-02

Storage Location

AV Storage

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19.5 cm

Media Type

Photograph

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Scope and Content

Photograph of the planning group for the official opening of the Community Centred College for the Retired. Seated around the table are; registrar Joanne Du Brall, consultant Darryl Adam, finance coordinator Owen Sheffield, resource coordinator Marion Haden and founder Mabel Dunham.

Subjects

Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Officials

Names

Du Brall, Joanne

Adam, Darryl

Sheffield, Owen

Haden, Marion

Dunham, Mabel

Community Centred College for the Retired

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "College official opening planned by registrar Joanne Du Brall, consultant Darryl Adam, finance co-ordinator Owen Sheffield, resource co-ordinator Marion Haden and founder Mabel Dunham. More than 500 seniors take advantage of non-profit institution."

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