"Burnaby Historical Society" found 228 records

Scope and Content: Item is a cash book for Farmer's Institutes put out by the Department of Agriculture which lists expenditures and receipts, filled out by the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute (now named the South Burnaby Garden Club). A number of loose receipts are housed inside the not…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939-1943

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: South Burnaby Garden Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 notebook (soft-cover)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS028-005

Accession Number: BHS1986-36

Scope and Content: Item is a cash book for Farmer's Institutes put out by the Department of Agriculture which lists expenditures and receipts, filled out by the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute (now named the South Burnaby Garden Club). A number of loose receipts are housed inside the notebook as well.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Drs Blythe and Violet Eagles papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1939] -1978

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File contains records pertaining to Blythe and Violet Eagles including correspondence from the Burnaby Historical Society, pamphlets on Burnaby and various conferences, notes on the Eagle's visit to Robert Burnaby's grave and ration books from World War II.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1939] -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.: MSS032-001

Accession Number: BHS1987-07

Scope and Content: File contains records pertaining to Blythe and Violet Eagles including correspondence from the Burnaby Historical Society, pamphlets on Burnaby and various conferences, notes on the Eagle's visit to Robert Burnaby's grave and ration books from World War II.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Pixie McGeachie fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of originals), copied 2008 ; 1976

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 24 photographs (tiffs) : b&w + 1 membership card

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs from a McGeachie family album documenting a time that Jack and Pixie McGeachie spent at their log cabin on Mount Seymour and a membership card for the Century Park Museum Association. Jack McGeachie, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained the cabin with f…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Pixie McGeachie fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 24 photographs (tiffs) : b&w + 1 membership card

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs from a McGeachie family album documenting a time that Jack and Pixie McGeachie spent at their log cabin on Mount Seymour and a membership card for the Century Park Museum Association. Jack McGeachie, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained the cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Pixie McGeachie photographs series 2) Pixie McGeachie documents series

History: Doreen "Pixie" Johnson was born in 1922 and married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie in April 1942. Jack and Pixie McGeachie lived on Rosewood Street (formerly named Campbell Street pre 1951) in Burnaby from 1948 where they raised their two children; David and Kathi. Pixie was well known for her volunteer work in Burnaby. Pixie served for over 20 years as the volunteer archivist for the Burnaby Historical Society; served as president of the Century Park Museum Association and the Friends of the Interurban 1223 and a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission. Pixie was also a Burnaby historian and author who published a column in the Burnaby Examiner Newspaper entitled "Burnaby History" as well as three books about Burnaby History entitled "Bygones of Burnaby"; "Burnaby - A Proud Century" and "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." Due to her diligent volunteer work in Burnaby, Pixie was the recipient of many awards between 2002 and 2008. Awards included: 2002 - the Kushiro cup for Citizen of the Year; 2006 - Heritage BC project award for her work with Friends of the Interurban 1223 and in 2008 - Heritage BC - Ruby Nobb Award. Jack McGeachie passed away in 1981, at the age of 67 years and Pixie McGeachie passed away in August 2010 at the age of 88 years. On September 24, 2010, Pixie was honoured by the City of Burnaby when they dedicated the reading room of the City of Burnaby Archives by naming it the "Pixie McGeachie Reading Room".

Creator: McGeachie, Doreen "Pixie"

Accession Code: BV008.17; BV013.4.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1939 and 1949] (date of originals), copied 2008 ; 1976

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Knight family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1982

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photgraphs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1982

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Knight family subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photgraphs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1992-53

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

History: Milton "Milt" Waller Knight was born in Canada circa 1904. His wife Virginia Harrington was born in Duluth, Minnesota circa 1905 and lived most of her life in Canada. Virginia was the first person in British Columbia to breed budgies when she began in 1932 and by 1939 she and her husband created the first crested budgie in the world. By 1942, Virginia was also housing two-hundred and fifty birds at the home of her mother, Mrs. N.M. Herington, which was located at 1775 West 13th Avenue in Burnaby. Milton and Virginia Knight moved into their own home during the war years but, as they could not get their large aviary moved, they were forced to sell their crested birds. When they started up in their birds again, they obtained some of their crested back. By 1948 they had created two types of crested: those with a miniature cockatiel crest and those with a crest like a crested canary. By 1950 they had created the crested in over twelve colours of budgie, including cobalt and yellow-wing greens. The Knights lived together at 3718 Sperling Avenue (later renumbered 5255 Sperling Avenue) and opened Lakeview Aviaries on their one acre property at Deer Lake where Virginia specialized in budgies (Budgerigars) and bred the first albino in Canada and the first crested variety in the world. She kept Java rice birds, button quail, red factor canaries, cockatiels, finches, love birds and twelve varieties of budgerigar. She was a member of the British Columbia Budgerigar and Foreign Bird Society. The facilities at Lakeview Aviaries included two heated aviary cages and three outdoor flight cages constructed by Milton. Lakeview housed the only "hospital" facilities in the city for cage birds, which featured an electrically heated, thermostatically controlled hospital cage. Virginia, known in the community as “the Bird Doctor” nursed many sick birds back to health free of charge for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or SPCA. The Knights often donated their trained birds to sick and injured children, for Virginia believed, “Budgies do wonders for the kiddies. They make them forget their troubles and of course a happy mental outlook is a definite aid to better physical health.” The couple’s personal pets included eight different types of parrot, three talking budgies, a dancing bare-eyes cockatoo, three talking cockatiel, and “Hoppy” her pet owl. By 1952, they had a toucan and a macaw as pets. In later years, they added two small dogs. By 1965, Milton had over 25 years of service as a truck driver at the Vancouver Service Department. He was also an avid collector of antique watches and clocks. He reconditioned the timepieces, systematically restoring them to their original condition. He was a member of the National Association of Clock and Watch Collectors. Milt also treasured old music boxes and restored their large metal discs and rolls to “as new” condition. Milton Knight died March 7, 1966 at 62 years of age. Virginia Knight lived alone at 5755 Sperling Avenue after her husband’s death and continued her work at the Lakeview Aviary where she “doctored 700-800 [birds] a year free of charge (except medicine) and gave SPCA donations up to $1000 a year.” Virginia Knight passed away November 10, 1987 at 82 years of age.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Knight, Milton; Knight, Virginia

Notes: MSS117, PC510; Title based on contents and creator of subseries

Publications

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1982

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of publications (mostly manuals on health and training of talking birds) collected by "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1982

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Knight family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS117-003

Accession Number: BHS1992-53

Scope and Content: File consists of publications (mostly manuals on health and training of talking birds) collected by "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Oakalla Prison farm papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-[1939] (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (photocopies)

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopies of the "Oakalla Weekly Spotlite" newsletter for August 24, 1938 and a speech delivered ca. 1939 by Oakalla Prison Warden Walter Owen.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-[1939] (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (photocopies)

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS120-006

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopies of the "Oakalla Weekly Spotlite" newsletter for August 24, 1938 and a speech delivered ca. 1939 by Oakalla Prison Warden Walter Owen.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Alfred Bingham papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to a housing conference sponsored by the Labour Progressive Party, presented by Alfred Bingham, LLP Secretary. Also included in the file are personal correspondence, pamphlets on housing from 1938 and 1944 as well as a magazine titled "The C…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS001-001

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to a housing conference sponsored by the Labour Progressive Party, presented by Alfred Bingham, LLP Secretary. Also included in the file are personal correspondence, pamphlets on housing from 1938 and 1944 as well as a magazine titled "The Canadian Unionist", dated July 1945.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Burnaby South High School Annual

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record

Scope and Content: Record previously arranged and described as part of the Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection (no series)

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 37273

Accession Number: 2008-05

Scope and Content: Record previously arranged and described as part of the Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection (no series)

Media Type: Textual Record

Burnaby Region - Lake Group Registration 1938-1963

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Scouts subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 39334

Accession Number: BHS1994-05

Media Type: Textual Record

Farmer's Institute minute book

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1940

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 notebook (soft-cover)

Scope and Content: Item is a notebook filled with handwritten meeting minutes from the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute (now named the South Burnaby Garden Club).

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1940

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: South Burnaby Garden Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 notebook (soft-cover)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS028-014

Accession Number: BHS1986-36

Scope and Content: Item is a notebook filled with handwritten meeting minutes from the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute (now named the South Burnaby Garden Club).

Media Type: Textual Record

In memoriam papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of in memoriam programmes for the funerals of Charles Victor Erickson and his wife Amanda Hervig Erickson, the parents of Hazel Erickson Peterson. Included in the file is a British Columbia Insurance Bulletin and newspaper clipping in memoriam for George Littell Schetky.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Hazel Peterson subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS094-003

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS2000-08

Scope and Content: File consists of in memoriam programmes for the funerals of Charles Victor Erickson and his wife Amanda Hervig Erickson, the parents of Hazel Erickson Peterson. Included in the file is a British Columbia Insurance Bulletin and newspaper clipping in memoriam for George Littell Schetky.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Oak Theatre Souvenir Programme

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: Aug. 1937 (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 programme

Scope and Content: Item is a photocopied souvenir programme from the opening of the Oak Theatre at 3506 Kingsway, August 4, 1937. The theatre is described as "British Columbia's Ultra Modern Playhouse."

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: Aug. 1937 (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Public Library manuscript subseries

Physical Description: 1 programme

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 42037

Accession Number: BHS1992-47

Scope and Content: Item is a photocopied souvenir programme from the opening of the Oak Theatre at 3506 Kingsway, August 4, 1937. The theatre is described as "British Columbia's Ultra Modern Playhouse."

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Bell's Dry Goods Store invitation

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item is an invitation from Mrs. Bell to the opening of Bell's Dry Goods Store, to take place Thursday, October 7th, 1937.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: 1 p.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 42673

Accession Number: BHS1989-16

Scope and Content: Item is an invitation from Mrs. Bell to the opening of Bell's Dry Goods Store, to take place Thursday, October 7th, 1937.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Graduation Banquet dance card

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Item is a 1937 Graduation Banquet dance card, appearing to belong to a "B. Gold" with "Supper Partner" filled in for the first dance and "Mr. Ireland" filled in for the third dance.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: B. Keisler subseries

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS151-001

Accession Number: BHS1988-15

Scope and Content: Item is a 1937 Graduation Banquet dance card, appearing to belong to a "B. Gold" with "Supper Partner" filled in for the first dance and "Mr. Ireland" filled in for the third dance.

Media Type: Textual Record

Yeichi Nimura with Lisan Kay

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item is a small poster for a dance performance by the famous Japanese dancer Yeichi Nimura and his partner Lisan Kay at the Empire Theatre on Tuesday, March 2, 1937 with Herbert Carlin as pianist.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: 1 p.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 42713

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Item is a small poster for a dance performance by the famous Japanese dancer Yeichi Nimura and his partner Lisan Kay at the Empire Theatre on Tuesday, March 2, 1937 with Herbert Carlin as pianist.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Transcribed title

Trudi Tuomi subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]-1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records and 5 photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the squatter community known as Crabtown that ran along the Burrard Inlet, accompanied by articles about growing up in that community.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]-1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Trudi Tuomi subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records and 5 photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1996-20

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the squatter community known as Crabtown that ran along the Burrard Inlet, accompanied by articles about growing up in that community.

History: Gustav and Aune Rintanen came to Vancouver from a mixed farm on the prairies in 1936 with the hopes of finding employment. The couple had two children: nine year old Aili (later Topalian) and eight year old Trudi (later Tuomi), when they moved to a “squatters shack” at North Burnaby’s waterfront Crabtown community in 1937. They paid 50 dollars for their two-room cabin, which was built on a platform and supported by pilings. Though the squatters’ homes that ran along the Inlet were commonly referred to as shacks and Crabtown a slum, in reality they were very neatly kept homes in a community. Crabtown residents rallied together to build a water supply system and trails up the steep bluff with stairs and banisters so children could go to school safely. Before Gustav found a job, he “busied himself with fixing up the place”: building a new chimney, railing, wood shed, clothes line and sauna for his family. By 1940, he was working at the mill near Windermere pool (now New Brighton Park). Aune worked as a dishwasher and prep cook at Ye Olde English Fish and Chips in downtown Vancouver. In 1946, they sold the cabin for two hundred dollars and moved to a small house. All Crabtown squatters were eventually evicted in 1959.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Tuomi, Trudi Rintanen

Notes: Title based on contents and creator of subseries; PC337, MSS144

Fraser Wilson illustrations

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1947]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of graphic material

Scope and Content: File consists of sixteen original illustrations, most of which are political caricatures, written and illustrated by Fraser Wilson for the Vancouver Sun.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1947]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Fraser Wilson subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of graphic material

Material Details: Original pen and ink illustrations; some include white ink and/or graphite detailing

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS062-004

Accession Number: BHS1991-25

Scope and Content: File consists of sixteen original illustrations, most of which are political caricatures, written and illustrated by Fraser Wilson for the Vancouver Sun.

Media Type: Textual Record

Responsibility: Written and illustrated by Fraser Wilson

Burnaby Ladies Lawn Bowling Club minute book

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937-1956

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 notebook (hardcover)

Scope and Content: Item is a Burnaby Ladies Lawn Bowling Club (at Central Park) minute book. This club was formed through the amalgamation of the Ladies Central Park and Burnaby Lawn Bowling Clubs on December 1, 1937 (it was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club).

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937-1956

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 notebook (hardcover)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS102-006

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: BHS2002-02

Scope and Content: Item is a Burnaby Ladies Lawn Bowling Club (at Central Park) minute book. This club was formed through the amalgamation of the Ladies Central Park and Burnaby Lawn Bowling Clubs on December 1, 1937 (it was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club).