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Summary: This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s service as Alderman (1979-1985), his support for Bill Copeland in 1987 and conflicts with Mayor Bill Lewarne, and some of the issues he dealt with such as illegal suites, density planning and highrises for Hastings

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s service as Alderman (1979-1985), his support for Bill Copeland in 1987 and conflicts with Mayor Bill Lewarne, and some of the issues he dealt with such as illegal suites, density planning and highrises for Hastings

Date Range: 1979-1990

Photo Info: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979

Length: 00:09:05

Names: Copeland, William J; Lewarne, William A. "Bill"

Subjects: Officials - Aldermen and Councillors; Planning; Elections

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 26, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.

Total Tracks: 14

Total Length: 01:35:07

Interviewee Name: Brown, Donald N. "Don"

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track eleven of interview with Don Brown

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-016/MSS187-016_Track%2011.mp3

BHS minutes 1979

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98289

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File contains Burnaby Historical Society regular and Executive meeting minutes, as well as the minutes of the 1979 annual meeting.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Administration series

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS205-023

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2020-06

Scope and Content: File contains Burnaby Historical Society regular and Executive meeting minutes, as well as the minutes of the 1979 annual meeting.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from original file folder

Semi-trailer truck at Marine and Byrne

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 7, 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a semi-trailer truck that is having trouble turning on the hill and crossing the intersection, at the same time that a pick-up truck is passing through at Marine and Byrne.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 7, 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Columbian Newspaper subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 222-029

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1989-19

Scope and Content: Photograph of a semi-trailer truck that is having trouble turning on the hill and crossing the intersection, at the same time that a pick-up truck is passing through at Marine and Byrne.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Transportation - Trucks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping glued to verso of photograph reads: "Trucks get into difficulties on the uphill junction with Marine Drive", and credits the photograph to: "Columbian photo by Bas..." (the paper has been cut). Inference has been made that it was photographed by Columbian photographer Basil King.

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Byrne Creek

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 7, 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Byrne Creek at a road's edge.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 7, 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Columbian Newspaper subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 222-030

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1989-19

Scope and Content: Photograph of Byrne Creek at a road's edge.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Geographic Features - Creeks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping glued to verso of photograph reads: "Byrne Creek...fish habitat and a problem for developers."

Geographic Access: Byrne Creek

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Burnaby International Year of the Child Festival Day 1979 - Participation Award

The Burnaby Spoke Newsletter 1979

Burnaby Arts Council - Board Meetings, Semi Annual and Annual General Meeting

Burnaby Arts Council - Correspondence - James Cowan Theatre

BC Cultural Fund Grant Applications

Burnaby Arts Council - Job Descriptions

Burnaby Arts Council - Grants Committee

Burnaby Days Committee

Burnaby Arts Council - Scholarships

School Concert Series

Writing for Children Workshop

Burnaby Arts Council - Press Releases

Craft Markets

Canadian Conference of the Arts - Report : "Arts and Education in BC"

BC Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services

Assembly of BC Arts Councils

Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 11

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Audio Tracks

BHS minutes 1979

Semi-trailer truck at Marine and Byrne

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Byrne Creek

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