Railways
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98236
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [date unknown]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 maps : col. ; 89 cm x 76 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains sheet 7 and 8 of a map of Canadian railways. Sheets depict British Columbia, Yukon, and the eastern portions of Albert and Northwest Territories. Sheet 7 includes an index of railways.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [date unknown]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 maps : col. ; 89 cm x 76 cm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 64999
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File contains sheet 7 and 8 of a map of Canadian railways. Sheets depict British Columbia, Yukon, and the eastern portions of Albert and Northwest Territories. Sheet 7 includes an index of railways.
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of files
Miscellaneous Maps : Burnaby Lake Pavillion, Century Park and Century Park Signage Reports
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription56592
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Arts Council subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 40020
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Robert Burnaby papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58337
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1828 (date of original) -[199-?]
- 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 Robert Burnaby including photocopied maps, articles and pages from books.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1828 (date of original) -[199-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Mayor's Office subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 40097
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-11
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to Robert Burnaby including photocopied maps, articles and pages from books.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Storage Location - in last box on shelf
Miscellaneous papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58196
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1870 (date of original) -1991
- 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 Deer Lake's development, Burnaby's Heritage Week celebrations and potential heritage buildings. Also included in the file are Real Estate pamphlets, information on Banff Alberta as well as photocopies of early newspaper articles.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1870 (date of original) -1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS061-036
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to Deer Lake's development, Burnaby's Heritage Week celebrations and potential heritage buildings. Also included in the file are Real Estate pamphlets, information on Banff Alberta as well as photocopies of early newspaper articles.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Hazel Peterson photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62794
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- ca. 60 photographs : b&w and col. -- 2 prints : col. illustrations
- Scope and Content
- File consists of loose photographs of Hazel Peterson (nee Erickson), as well as photographs of her family and parents, Charles and Amanda Erickson, and her husband, Edwin Peterson. Photographs are from all stages of Hazel Peterson's life, including infancy and childhood and later years of her life,…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Hazel Peterson subseries
- Physical Description
- ca. 60 photographs : b&w and col. -- 2 prints : col. illustrations
- Material Details
- Some photographs remain in frames or paper covers.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 504-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2000-08
- Scope and Content
- File consists of loose photographs of Hazel Peterson (nee Erickson), as well as photographs of her family and parents, Charles and Amanda Erickson, and her husband, Edwin Peterson. Photographs are from all stages of Hazel Peterson's life, including infancy and childhood and later years of her life, including a trip to Hawaii in 1982. File includes studio portraits, cartes de visites, postcards, and some illustrations.
- Subjects
- Travel
- Persons - Children
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
- Note on verso of 504-022 reads: "This was taken several years ago / Your niece / Hazel Petersen (at left)"
- Note on verso of 504-027 reads: "Hazel Erickson Peterson"
- Note on verso of 504-028 reads: "all of us except Ethel" and identifies the siblings in the photo
- Note on verso of 504-029 reads: "not such a bad picture considering" and identifies the people in the photo.
- Note on verso of 504-030 reads: "Agnus McDonald" and "Touch up outline of deer"
- Note on envelope for 504-039:504-041 reads: "Hazel Petersen resided at Dania Home, Burnaby, for 20 years before her death shortly before her 100th birthday."
Silver Brothers papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57747
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1883-1931
- 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 William Fredrick and Kenneth Oliver Silver, brothers, who were both machinists in Burnaby. Included in the papers is a marriage certificate from 1883 between William Fredrick Sliver and Isabella June Mc Kinnon, a cheque from 1911 signed by W.F. Silver and a cus…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1883-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Silver family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS011-001
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to William Fredrick and Kenneth Oliver Silver, brothers, who were both machinists in Burnaby. Included in the papers is a marriage certificate from 1883 between William Fredrick Sliver and Isabella June Mc Kinnon, a cheque from 1911 signed by W.F. Silver and a customs form permitting a 1927 Pierce-Arrow sedan into Canada.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Hazel Peterson papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62795
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1886-1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notarized papers pertaining to Hazel Erickson Peterson's marriage on August 31, 1936 to Edwin Peterson as well as naturalization papers awarding Edwin the status of British subject from the Dominion of Canada in 1921. Included in the file is a document written in Swedish (untransla…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1886-1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Hazel Peterson subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS094-001
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS2000-08
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notarized papers pertaining to Hazel Erickson Peterson's marriage on August 31, 1936 to Edwin Peterson as well as naturalization papers awarding Edwin the status of British subject from the Dominion of Canada in 1921. Included in the file is a document written in Swedish (untranslated).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Erickson family photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91903
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [189-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : tintype ; 16.5 x 11 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of unidentified members of the Erickson family, taken in studio.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [189-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Hazel Peterson subseries
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs : tintype ; 16.5 x 11 cm or smaller
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 504-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2000-08
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of unidentified members of the Erickson family, taken in studio.
- Names
- Peterson, Hazel
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photographs
Typewritten directory excerpts
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98238
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1879-1918 (date of originals), [197-] (date copied)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File includes typewritten copies of sections from three directories: an 1897-1898 directory headed with New Westminster containing six names and longer list of names for Central Park district; Burnaby residents listed in Henderson's Greater Vancouver Directory 1914 (except North Burnaby residents)…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1879-1918 (date of originals), [197-] (date copied)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 64998
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File includes typewritten copies of sections from three directories: an 1897-1898 directory headed with New Westminster containing six names and longer list of names for Central Park district; Burnaby residents listed in Henderson's Greater Vancouver Directory 1914 (except North Burnaby residents); and Burnaby Lake, Capitol Hill, Central Park, East Burnaby, Edmonds, Fraser Arm, Jubilee Station, Lochdale, Lozells, McKay district sections of a 1918 directory.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
George Jeffery papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57761
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1924
- 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 George Jeffery, including a record of his fingerprints and a list of duties for his job as the "Night Gaoler". Also included in the file are various receipts from wood suppliers and two pages of guidelines on how to write to the Imperial Pension Office.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1924
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS013-010
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to George Jeffery, including a record of his fingerprints and a list of duties for his job as the "Night Gaoler". Also included in the file are various receipts from wood suppliers and two pages of guidelines on how to write to the Imperial Pension Office.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Columbian newspaper
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64469
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 9, 1899
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper + 1 supplement
- Scope and Content
- File contains the newspaper; "The Daily Columbian" September 8, 1899 which covers topics such as the Boer War and the Dreyfus Affair along with the paper's supplement; "The Columbian Fire Anniversary Supplement" September 9, 1899 which marks the anniversary of Great Fire of New Westminster, 1898 an…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 9, 1899
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bailey family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper + 1 supplement
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS115-004
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-55
- Scope and Content
- File contains the newspaper; "The Daily Columbian" September 8, 1899 which covers topics such as the Boer War and the Dreyfus Affair along with the paper's supplement; "The Columbian Fire Anniversary Supplement" September 9, 1899 which marks the anniversary of Great Fire of New Westminster, 1898 and describes the progress and rebuilding that had been accomplished over the year.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Stride family papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57739
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-1917
- 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 Stride family. Included in the file are; a Tax Demand dated 1900, and a chauffeur's license dated 1916.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-1917
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Stride family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS004-001
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Stride family. Included in the file are; a Tax Demand dated 1900, and a chauffeur's license dated 1916.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
D.C. Patterson papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57848
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-1904
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied pages of newspaper articles, prize cards and blotters pertaining to D.C. Patterson.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-1904
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Patterson family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS024-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-20
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied pages of newspaper articles, prize cards and blotters pertaining to D.C. Patterson.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Patterson family papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57973
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains papers pertaining to the Patterson family. Included in the file is a Deed of Land from 1910, student report cards for Bruce and Dugald Campbell Patterson as well as histories and correspondence pertaining to the Webb family (Frances Mabel Webb Patterson's family). Also included is a p…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Patterson family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS039-002
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-05
- Scope and Content
- File contains papers pertaining to the Patterson family. Included in the file is a Deed of Land from 1910, student report cards for Bruce and Dugald Campbell Patterson as well as histories and correspondence pertaining to the Webb family (Frances Mabel Webb Patterson's family). Also included is a photocopied history of D.C. Patterson Senior (from an early publication).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Agricultural Society awards
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57974
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-1904
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Agricultural Society awards given to Frances Mabel Webb Patterson, and two of her sons, Dugald Campbell and Bruce Patterson.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1900-1904
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Patterson family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS039-003
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-13
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Agricultural Society awards given to Frances Mabel Webb Patterson, and two of her sons, Dugald Campbell and Bruce Patterson.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Reports of Provincial School Inspectors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62926
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900-1928] (date of originals), photocopied [1990]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied pages entitled "Reports of Provincial School Inspectors" compiled from each year's Public School Reports from 1900 to 1928 (the reports from provincial school inspectors are from 1900 to 1905 on individual Burnaby schools; from 1906 to 1928 the reports are by Vancouver …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900-1928] (date of originals), photocopied [1990]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Retired Teachers subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS103-018
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2002-11
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied pages entitled "Reports of Provincial School Inspectors" compiled from each year's Public School Reports from 1900 to 1928 (the reports from provincial school inspectors are from 1900 to 1905 on individual Burnaby schools; from 1906 to 1928 the reports are by Vancouver and New Westminster inspectors).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Police papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58215
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1901 (date of original) -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 police force including newspaper clippings and correspondence (most of which is photocopied).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1901 (date of original) -1984
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS061-051
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the police force including newspaper clippings and correspondence (most of which is photocopied).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
William J. Devitt papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58429
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1901-1996 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1901-1996 (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- William J. Devitt subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS082-001
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-17
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Burnaby By-laws
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65852
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1903-1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of texual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the booklet form of By-law No. 153 as well as the promotional form of the proposed Burnaby Water Works Extension Loan By-law 1927 No. 626 (defeated).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1903-1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of texual records
- Material Details
- By-law No. 153 has notations in pink pencil crayon (mainly in margins)
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 42702
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of the booklet form of By-law No. 153 as well as the promotional form of the proposed Burnaby Water Works Extension Loan By-law 1927 No. 626 (defeated).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Letter accompanying file to Mr. Mather from V.J. Lewis, dated December 30, 1958
Canadian booklets
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58497
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1949
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two booklets. One is entitled "How to become a Canadian Citizen" published by the Canadian Citizen Branch Department of the Secretary of State. The other is entitled "Canadian History Notes" by Geo. E. Henderson and Chas. G. Fraser.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1949
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Gladys Killip subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS085-025
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-11
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two booklets. One is entitled "How to become a Canadian Citizen" published by the Canadian Citizen Branch Department of the Secretary of State. The other is entitled "Canadian History Notes" by Geo. E. Henderson and Chas. G. Fraser.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file