1849 records – page 1 of 93.

Fraser Wilson subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[19--]-1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Textual records nd graphic material
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of one photographic album of locations in Vancouver photographed in the 1880s, sixteen original illustrations by Fraser Wilson and three files of textual records, including the comic book "Bill Northwood".
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[19--]-1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Fraser Wilson subseries
Physical Description
Textual records nd graphic material
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1988-06
BHS1985-23
BHS1991-25
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of one photographic album of locations in Vancouver photographed in the 1880s, sixteen original illustrations by Fraser Wilson and three files of textual records, including the comic book "Bill Northwood".
History
Fraser Wilson was born in Vancouver on July 1, 1905 and brought up in the Grandview area, with fond memories of berry picking in the wilds of North Burnaby as a child. He left school in 1923 and, although interested in art, he didn’t try to make it a career until a double hernia forced him to stop working in factories and start apprenticing for commercial artists, later opening a sign shop of his own. In 1926 he worked in Australia as a set decoration painter, but had to return to Vancouver when his father fell ill in 1927. Wilson was a political cartoonist for the Vancouver Sun newspaper from 1937 to 1947. When he moved to Burnaby in April of 1943 he was also the artist and author of the cartoon-type serial “Bill Northwood - the personification of the modern Resource Manager” which served to teach the community why forests are important and should be preserved. He lost his job at the Vancouver Sun in 1947; he was the chairman of the Co-ordinating Committee of Newspaper Unions which was involved in the Vancouver Province strike and his publisher didn’t approve. Soon after, Bill White, then-president of the Marine Workers’ and Boilermakers Union, asked Wilson to decorate the Marine Workers’ Auditorium at 3337 West Pender, the Union's hall. The mural that Wilson painted depicts the BC labour movement to honour British Columbia’s workers. This mural launched a new career for Wilson; to this day, hospitals and libraries across British Columbia display his work in lobbies. In 1988, when the building housing the Marine Workers’ Auditorium was sold to a new owner, Fraser Wilson’s mural was removed from the wall, restored by Ferdinand Petrov of the Vancouver Centennial Committee, and installed permanently at the new Maritime Labour Centre on Victoria Drive in Vancouver. Throughout the 1960s, Wilson served as president of the Burnaby Historical Society. He ran for City Council as a Burnaby Citizens Association candidate in 1969 and 1970. Fraser Wilson died on 31 July 1992.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Wilson, Fraser
Notes
PC492, MSS062
Title based on contents of subseries
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Columbian Newspaper subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97177
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1865]-1983
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Photographs
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper collected by the Burnaby Historical Society.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1865]-1983
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Columbian Newspaper subseries
Physical Description
Photographs
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1989-19
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper collected by the Burnaby Historical Society.
Media Type
Photograph
Creator
The Columbian
Notes
Title based on contents of subseries
PC 222
History/Bio adapted from New Westminster Archives
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Interview with W.H. O'Brien July / August 1975 - Track 8

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
[1932]-1936
Length
0:11:12
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).
Date Range
[1932]-1936
Photo Info
Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005
Length
0:11:12
Names
Darling, Gordon
Phillips, Turnie
Subjects
Organizations
Interviewer
Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
Interview Date
July / August 1975
Scope and Content
Recording is a taped interview with W.H. "Harry" O'Brien by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury. Major themes discussed are: the Army of the Common Good, the Union of the Unemployed and the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union). To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
W.H. “Harry” O’Brien was born in the coal mining town of Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 20, 1914. He came to Burnaby with his parents and five siblings in 1927. Harry’s mother, a school teacher, wanted her children to live closer to school in order to obtain a better education, so the O’Brien family settled at Inman Avenue, Burnaby. Harry's mother, Mary Anne Crossan, was Gilmore Avenue School's first teacher. Harry left school in June of 1929. Harry’s father worked as the caretaker at Central Park around this time and Harry helped him to clear brush, plant trees and enforce the land clearing and wood cutting permit regulations held by men who were on script. Although too young to vote by just over a week, Harry O'Brien worked as a scrutineer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) during the 1935 Federal Election. On October 12, 1940 Harry O'Brien married Gertrude Sutherland at St. John the Divine in Burnaby. The Sutherland family came to Burnaby from Winnipeg in 1933 and settled at Nelson Avenue. Harry began his involvement with the Unemployment Organization in Burnaby by participating in an organised protest against the municipality for homeowner evictions brought on by unpaid taxes. The South Burnaby Union of the Unemployed organised in order to protest rules around receiving Relief. Harry became involved, eventually becoming one of the spearheads of the organization, taking over as secretary by 1936. Harry was an original member of the Army of the Common Good, helping to produce over one hundred and twenty-five tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed Burnaby citizens suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The members of the Army of the Common Good who cut wood for consumption or worked in the gardens were given credit for their work through LU (Labour Units) which they could then use to buy groceries and that at the Army's Cooperative stores, one of which was at McKay Avenue, where Harry began working as Manager of Groceries in 1937. The Credit Union movement of British Columbia was also organized by Harry O'Brien and his fellow Army of the Common Good members. W.H. "Harry" O'Brien died July 1, 1992.
Total Tracks
9
Total Length
1:17:56
Interviewee Name
O'Brien, Harry
Interviewer Bio
Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Oral history subseries
Transcript Available
None
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Burnaby Region - Jamboree (a) 1970

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55090
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1970
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1970
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Scouts subseries
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
39259
Accession Number
BHS1994-05
Media Type
Textual Record
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Burnaby Region - Court of Honour 1969-1971

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55112
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1971
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1971
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Scouts subseries
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
39281
Accession Number
BHS1994-05
Media Type
Textual Record
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Burnaby Region - 4th Burnaby Southview Group - Charter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55132
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Scouts subseries
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
39301
Accession Number
BHS1994-05
Media Type
Textual Record
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Troup photographs

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1975
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
16 photographs : b&w and col. ; 18 cm x 23 cm and smaller
Scope and Content
Group portraits of various Boy Scout troops including: 1st Southview Cub Pack, 5th Burnaby West, 5th Burnaby Heights Troop, 5th Burnaby West Nootka Wolf Cub Pack, and 7th West Cubs. The portrait of 1st Southview Cub Pack is adhered to paper along with a green and red Boy Scouts badge. File also i…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1975
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Scouts subseries
Physical Description
16 photographs : b&w and col. ; 18 cm x 23 cm and smaller
Description Level
File
Record No.
631-039
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-05
Scope and Content
Group portraits of various Boy Scout troops including: 1st Southview Cub Pack, 5th Burnaby West, 5th Burnaby Heights Troop, 5th Burnaby West Nootka Wolf Cub Pack, and 7th West Cubs. The portrait of 1st Southview Cub Pack is adhered to paper along with a green and red Boy Scouts badge. File also includes photographs of Scouts and leaders participating in activities including camping and rock climbing and one photograph of Cub Scouts meeting Queen Elizabeth II.
Subjects
Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Boy Scouts of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Photographer's stamp on verso of photograph 631-039-1 reads: "William Stanley Photographer [contact information]"
Note in pencil on verso of 631-039-2 reads: "1st Southview"
Identification key for 631-039-3 located in accession file. Key titled "Boy Scouts of Canada 5th Burnaby West 1974-1975"
Identification key for 631-039-5 located in accession file. Key titled "Geological Tour - U.S. Sept. 4-5-6, 1971 / 5th Burnaby Heights Troop - taken at "Summer Falls, Wash."
Identification key attached to 631-039-6. Key titled "Boy Scouts of Canada 5th Burnaby West / 1972-1973"
Identification key attached to 631-039-7. Key titled "Boy Scouts of Canada 5th Burnaby West / 1974-1975"
Identification key for 631-039-8 located in accession file. Key titled "Boy Scouts of Canada 5th Burnaby West Nootka Wolf Cub Pack / 1972-1973"
Note in blue ink on recto of 631-039-9 reads: "5th Burnaby West 1974-1975"
Identification key for 631-039-10 located in accession file. Key titled "7th West Cubs"
Photographer's stamp on verso of 631-03-11 reads: "Vancouver Sun Photo Copyright further publication forbidden without permission"
Sticky note adhered to verso of 631-036-12 read: "Camp Byng".
Note in pencil on verso of 631-039-14 reads: "Christmas 1969 / Burnie Short June Kinnear Betty Forbes"
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The Burnaby Spoke Newsletter 1969

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Scouts subseries
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
39354
Accession Number
BHS1994-05
Media Type
Textual Record
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Burnaby Fine Arts Council 1969

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55208
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Arts Council subseries
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
39376
Accession Number
BHS1998-06
Media Type
Textual Record
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Burnaby Fine Arts Council / Burnaby Arts Council Meetings 1969

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Arts Council subseries
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
39377
Accession Number
BHS1998-06
Media Type
Textual Record
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Burnaby Arts Council - Correspondence 1969

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Arts Council subseries
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
39378
Accession Number
BHS1998-06
Media Type
Textual Record
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Presentation to Parks and Recreation

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55211
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Arts Council subseries
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
39379
Accession Number
BHS1998-06
Media Type
Textual Record
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Burnaby Arts Council Briefs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55212
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Arts Council subseries
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
39380
Accession Number
BHS1998-06
Media Type
Textual Record
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BC Cultural Fund Grant Applications

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55213
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1971
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1971
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Arts Council subseries
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
39381
Accession Number
BHS1998-06
Media Type
Textual Record
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Burnaby Art Gallery Association

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55214
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1988
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1988
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Arts Council subseries
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
39382
Accession Number
BHS1998-06
Media Type
Textual Record
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Burnaby Clef Society correspondence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57811
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1997
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence pertaining to the Burnaby Clef Society, some of which relays the history of the Society.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1997
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Clef Society subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS020-005
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence pertaining to the Burnaby Clef Society, some of which relays the history of the Society.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Oral history research materials

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57967
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1979
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of photocopies of two guides on how to record oral (aural) histories as well as an educational series publication on transcripts entitled "People in Landscapes" produced by the Provincial Archives of British Columbia in 1969.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1979
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Edmonds School subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS036-009
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
BHS1988-07
Scope and Content
File consists of photocopies of two guides on how to record oral (aural) histories as well as an educational series publication on transcripts entitled "People in Landscapes" produced by the Provincial Archives of British Columbia in 1969.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Notes on the pages of one of the guides indicate that it was used as note paper when interviewing former Edmonds school student Roland Cope for a class project
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Provincial Council of Women of BC directories

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58042
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1978
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of five Provincial Council of Women of BC directories which include phone numbers, addresses and positions of each of the members (loose pages of notes are interspersed among the directories' pages).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1978
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.
MSS055-002
Access Restriction
Subject to FOIPPA
Reproduction Restriction
Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
Accession Number
BHS1991-18
Scope and Content
File consists of five Provincial Council of Women of BC directories which include phone numbers, addresses and positions of each of the members (loose pages of notes are interspersed among the directories' pages).
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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International Council of Women papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58049
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1984
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 International Council of Women including meeting programmes, newsletters, reports, correspondence and conference minutes.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1984
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.
MSS055-006
Access Restriction
Open access
Accession Number
BHS1991-18
Scope and Content
File consists of papers pertaining to the International Council of Women including meeting programmes, newsletters, reports, correspondence and conference minutes.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Pamphlets and magazines

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58206
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1990
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records + 2 badges
Scope and Content
File consists of pamphlets, magazines, reports and newspapers on a wide variety of topics such as a pamphlet written in French entitled "Paris"; a tourist guide to Campbell River and district entitled "'Kla-How-Ya' Welcome to Campbell River"; and a paper on nutrition which lists vitamin rich foods.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1969-1990
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Evelyn Salisbury subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records + 2 badges
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS061-047
Access Restriction
In Archives only
Accession Number
BHS1991-24
Scope and Content
File consists of pamphlets, magazines, reports and newspapers on a wide variety of topics such as a pamphlet written in French entitled "Paris"; a tourist guide to Campbell River and district entitled "'Kla-How-Ya' Welcome to Campbell River"; and a paper on nutrition which lists vitamin rich foods.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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1849 records – page 1 of 93.