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Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
have continued to the present.
According to Pixie McGeachie in her
book ‘Bygones of Burnaby’, the first Burnaby
School Board consisted of three trustees (each
school had a school board) elected in 1892 by
early settlers who wanted a school built. Some
of their children were already in their teens
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
Images
Digital Books
History of Burnaby Resource Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7492
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2019
Museum, by appointment: 971.133 MCG
Available at Burnaby Public Library: 971.133 McG
Bygones of Burnaby: An Anecdotal History.
Pixie McGeachie. Burnaby: Century Park Museum Association, 1976.
Available at the Burnaby Village Museum, by appointment: 971.133 MCG
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History of Burnaby and Vicinity. George
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV019.63.1
- Author
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 21 p. : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Directories
- Object History
- Created from research gathered by Burnaby Village Museum staff into the diverse History of Burnaby.
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Digital Books
Century Park Museum Association correspondence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82739
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1976]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (8 p.)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence either written or received by Hazel Simnett regarding the "Bygones of Burnaby" book while she was acting as president of the Century Park Museum Association. One is addressed to the Mayor of Burnaby. Also included is information about the book.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1976]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (8 p.)
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS167-009
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence either written or received by Hazel Simnett regarding the "Bygones of Burnaby" book while she was acting as president of the Century Park Museum Association. One is addressed to the Mayor of Burnaby. Also included is information about the book.
- Names
- Simnett, Hazel
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying file
- Simnett political papers series
Murdock and Lillian McMurray interview November 17, 1975 - Track 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory249
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1975
- Length
- 0:03:18
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock and Lillian McMurray's opinions on Burnaby in 1975. As well, they discuss Lillian's expertise in flower gardening.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock and Lillian McMurray's opinions on Burnaby in 1975. As well, they discuss Lillian's expertise in flower gardening.
- Date Range
- 1975
- Photo Info
- Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004
- Length
- 0:03:18
- Interviewer
- McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”
- Interview Date
- November 17, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Murdock McMurray and his wife Lillian (Wray) McMurray conducted by Pixie McGeachie on November 17, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Burnaby's development, the Wray Shoe store and Murdock McMurray's cordwood delivery business.
- Biographical Notes
- Murdock McMurray was born in Vancouver in 1892 to Wilhelmina May and Robert William McMurray. Other children in the family included older siblings John “Jack” and Margaret Lillian, younger siblings Minnie May born May 4, 1895 and Hampton born June 8, 1902. Murdock’s father Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) but retired shortly after moving his family to Burnaby in 1906. He bought six acres of land of what had been previously the Gilley Ranch, the base of operations for Gilley Bros. Ltd. at 2519 Windsor Street (later renumbered and renamed to the 6400 block Imperial Street). Murdock McMurray quit school early to apprentice as a printer. By sixteen he had left the trade and gone into partnership with his older brother Jack. With a team of horses, harness and a wagon, the brothers helped to macadamize roads, haul building supplies for new homes, deliver cord wood for heating, clear land and excavate basements. When Jack McMurray set off to serve overseas during World War I as a driver in the engineer corps, Murdock bought his team of horses and continued working, mainly in the Deer Lake district. In 1916 Murdoch McMurray partnered with Emerson Doran, nephew of the owner of Doran's Mill to buy Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard. As everything was geared towards the war effort, Murdock and Emerson soon ran out of work and had to sell the business. Murdock sold off his horses and equipment and went to work at the ship yard on Pitt River. By 1919 Jack McMurray had returned home from overseas and was working as a fireman at the Shull Lumber and Shingle Mill on the Fraser River. In 1921, he and Murdock teamed up with Emerson Doran and repurchased the Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard which they ran together until 1947. Murdock McMurray married Lillian Wray on September 17, 1925. Lillian was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wray, who came to settle in the Jubilee area of Burnaby in 1919. The family lived on Dow Road and Edward Wray operated Jubilee Shoe Store and Post Office. He was known throughout the district as "Wray - The Shoe Man." Mrs. Wray died in 1957 at the age of eight-six and Edward Wray died January 14, 1967 at age of ninety-three. Murdock and Lillian lived at Inverness Street (now Arcola) and raised three children together, Bob, Jack and Bessie. Murdock McMurray died in New Westminster on April 28, 1985 at the age of ninety-two. Lillian Ethel (Wray) McMurray died in Burnaby on February 28, 1986 at the age of eighty-seven.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:55
- Interviewee Name
- McMurray, Lillian Wray
- McMurray, Murdoch
- Interviewer Bio
- Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine. On 24 September, 2011, the City of Burnaby dedicated the reading at the City Archives in honour of Pixie and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- 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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Audio Tracks
Track seven of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray
Track seven of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-010/MSS137-010_Track_7.mp3
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84139
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.40
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren. This piece is of a cougar painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for the title page of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 13.5 cm W: 11.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84140
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.41
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren. This piece is of a cornucopia of harvest vegetables and a small milk can painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 9 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 12.5 cm W: 12.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84141
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.42
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren. This piece is of a wood burning stove painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 26 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Reference
- Original artwork from Burnaby publication "Bygones of Burnaby"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 12.0 cm W: 12.0 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84142
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.43
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren.This piece is of an interurban tram painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 37 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Reference
- Original artwork from Burnaby publication "Bygones of Burnaby"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 15.0 cm W: 11.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84143
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.44
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren.This piece is of a traveling salesmen's wagon and horse. The wagon has a sign that says "Hardware". The illustration is painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 42 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Reference
- Original artwork from Burnaby publication "Bygones of Burnaby"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 16.0 cm W: 10.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84144
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.45
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren.This piece is of a wooden wall phone with small writing board. The illustration is painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 48 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Reference
- Original artwork from Burnaby publication "Bygones of Burnaby"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 11.0 cm W: 8.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84145
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.46
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren. This piece is of a man fishing by a lake. The illustration is painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 57 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Reference
- Original artwork from Burnaby publication "Bygones of Burnaby"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 11.5 cm W: 11.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84146
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.47
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren. This piece is of a house with a man walking towards it carrying a pile of wood. The illustration is painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was used for page 70 of the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 18. cm W: 15.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
original illustration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84147
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.48
- Description
- Original illustration for the "Bygones of Burnaby" book created by Anthony R. Hurren. This piece is of a forest painted with black, whites, and greys. The image was unused in the book. The image is painted on a heavy piece of cardstock.
- Object History
- Artwork created by Anthony R. Hurren for publication "Bygones of Burnaby" written by Pixie McGeachie. In 1973, The Century Park Museum Association (governing body for Heritage Village) obtained a local intiative project grant to research and write the book. Don Copan, president of the Century Park Museum Association in 1973, retained the artwork after the book was published.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Art
- Object Term
- Painting
- Measurements
- L: 17.5 cm W: 16.5 cm
- Maker
- Hurren, Anthony R.
- Names
- Hurren, Anthony R.
Images
In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282885
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
- Contributor
- Wolf, Jim
- Pride, Harry, 1925-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Industries--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Barnet Marine Park--Burnaby, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Burrard Inlet
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.
- "edited by Harry Pride and Jim Wolf"
- Copy 2 of 2
Digital Books
Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
h
Anthony R. Hurren — artwork
The Corporation of the District of Burnaby
The University of British Columbia Library
Simon Fraser University Archives
The Vancouver Public Library
British Columbia Hydro Library
�BYGONES OF BURNABY
PROLOGUE
For 22 years my love affair with Burnaby grew and strengthened
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
Tram memories : in celebration of the restoration of Interurban 1223
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5863
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
that FraserWilson learned the art of sign writing.
In fact, he eventually designed the masthead that was used on the B.C. Electric Company’s
publication“The Buzzer,” the first issue of which appeared in April 1916.
FRASER WILSON
(EXCERPTED FROM THE BOOK “BYGONES OF BURNABY”
BY PIXIE MCGEACHIE, 1975)
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Contributor
- Friends of Interurban 1223
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Printer
- City of Burnaby Printshop
- Physical Description
- 91 p. : ill., map ;,20 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electric railroads
- Local transit
- Street-railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Name Access
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Notes
- Editor : Pixie McGeachie
Images
Digital Books
Pixie McGeachie collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97228
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1961-2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of papers collected by Pixie McGeachie during her tenure as archivist for the Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives, as well her writings.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1961-2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie collection
- Physical Description
- 30 cm of textual records.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Record No.
- MSS065
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third-party rights.
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of papers collected by Pixie McGeachie during her tenure as archivist for the Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives, as well her writings.
- History
- Doreen "Pixie" McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. She served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." Pixie also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. Pixie McGeachie passed away in August of 2010. On 24 September, 2011, the City of Burnaby dedicated the reading room at the City Archives in honour of Pixie and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”
- Notes
- Title based on collector of subseries
- MSS065
Pixie McGeachie fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10417
- 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
Burnaby Cougars lacrosse team
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription830
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1934 (date of original), copied 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 30.5 x 35.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Cougar Girls lacrosse team, the winners of Reeve Grauer Cup in 1934. There are twenty girls in their uniforms, some holding lacrosse sticks, two men (coach and team manager) dressed in suits, and a young girl (team mascot) standing beside a tall trophy in front of the team…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 30.5 x 35.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Cougar Girls lacrosse team, the winners of Reeve Grauer Cup in 1934. There are twenty girls in their uniforms, some holding lacrosse sticks, two men (coach and team manager) dressed in suits, and a young girl (team mascot) standing beside a tall trophy in front of the team. Standing in the back row (from left) are; Bill Bayley (Coach), Hilda Higham, Elsie Thornton, Doris Elliot, Inez Brown and Bill Fowler (Manager). In the second row; Elsie Brown, Joan Bullock, Edna Winter, Phyllis Bayley, Betty Elliot, Edie Gilmore, Margaret Robertson and Laura Brown. In the third row; Irma Matthew, Dolly Atkinson, Doris MacLean, Florence Brown (Goalie), Bernice MacMillan, Dot Spring, Kay MacMillan and Alice Would. Audrey Elliot (Mascot) is standing at the front.
- Names
- Atkinson, Dolly
- Bayley, Bill
- Bayley, Phyllis
- Nykyfork, Elsie Brown
- Bevan, Florence Brown
- Ervin, Inez Brown
- Burnaby Cougars
- Fowler, William "Bill"
- Page, Hilda Higham
- Dinsmore, Bernice MacMillan
- Isherwood, Doris MacLean
- Murphy, Margaret Robertson
- Spring, Dorothy Austin
- Johannson, Edna Winter
- Francescini, Laura Brown
- Steele, Joan Bullock
- MacFarlane, Audrey Elliott
- Curle, Betty Elliott
- McInnis, Doris Elliott
- Johnson, Edie Gilmore
- Dodd, Kay MacMillan
- Dyer, Irma Matthew
- Scambler, Alice Would
- Accession Code
- HV973.34.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1934 (date of original), copied 1976
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600 dpi
- Scan Date
- 1/6/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Campbell Studios Limited
- Notes
- Photograph is reproduced in Pixie McGeachie's book, Bygones of Burnaby, p. 105
- Photograph mount bears printed information on the bottom of the mount card, identifying each team member by name. Also, the photographer's signature is on the photograph, front, lower left
Images
Murdock and Lillian McMurray interview November 17, 1975 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory248
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1919-1975
- Length
- 0:08:24
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's impressions of municipal politics. The McMurrays discuss the municipal hall. Murdock also mentions Constable Hatt-Cook. Lillian (Wray) McMurray is heard helping her husband with these descriptions.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Murdock McMurray's impressions of municipal politics. The McMurrays discuss the municipal hall. Murdock also mentions Constable Hatt-Cook. Lillian (Wray) McMurray is heard helping her husband with these descriptions.
- Date Range
- 1919-1975
- Photo Info
- Emerson Doran (left) and Murdoch McMurray, 1917. Item no. 229-004
- Length
- 0:08:24
- Names
- Hatt-Cook, H.
- Interviewer
- McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”
- Interview Date
- November 17, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Murdock McMurray and his wife Lillian (Wray) McMurray conducted by Pixie McGeachie on November 17, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Burnaby's development, the Wray Shoe store and Murdock McMurray's cordwood delivery business.
- Biographical Notes
- Murdock McMurray was born in Vancouver in 1892 to Wilhelmina May and Robert William McMurray. Other children in the family included older siblings John “Jack” and Margaret Lillian, younger siblings Minnie May born May 4, 1895 and Hampton born June 8, 1902. Murdock’s father Robert worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) but retired shortly after moving his family to Burnaby in 1906. He bought six acres of land of what had been previously the Gilley Ranch, the base of operations for Gilley Bros. Ltd. at 2519 Windsor Street (later renumbered and renamed to the 6400 block Imperial Street). Murdock McMurray quit school early to apprentice as a printer. By sixteen he had left the trade and gone into partnership with his older brother Jack. With a team of horses, harness and a wagon, the brothers helped to macadamize roads, haul building supplies for new homes, deliver cord wood for heating, clear land and excavate basements. When Jack McMurray set off to serve overseas during World War I as a driver in the engineer corps, Murdock bought his team of horses and continued working, mainly in the Deer Lake district. In 1916 Murdoch McMurray partnered with Emerson Doran, nephew of the owner of Doran's Mill to buy Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard. As everything was geared towards the war effort, Murdock and Emerson soon ran out of work and had to sell the business. Murdock sold off his horses and equipment and went to work at the ship yard on Pitt River. By 1919 Jack McMurray had returned home from overseas and was working as a fireman at the Shull Lumber and Shingle Mill on the Fraser River. In 1921, he and Murdock teamed up with Emerson Doran and repurchased the Edmonds Coal and Wood fuel yard which they ran together until 1947. Murdock McMurray married Lillian Wray on September 17, 1925. Lillian was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wray, who came to settle in the Jubilee area of Burnaby in 1919. The family lived on Dow Road and Edward Wray operated Jubilee Shoe Store and Post Office. He was known throughout the district as "Wray - The Shoe Man." Mrs. Wray died in 1957 at the age of eight-six and Edward Wray died January 14, 1967 at age of ninety-three. Murdock and Lillian lived at Inverness Street (now Arcola) and raised three children together, Bob, Jack and Bessie. Murdock McMurray died in New Westminster on April 28, 1985 at the age of ninety-two. Lillian Ethel (Wray) McMurray died in Burnaby on February 28, 1986 at the age of eighty-seven.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:55
- Interviewee Name
- McMurray, Lillian Wray
- McMurray, Murdoch
- Interviewer Bio
- Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine. On 24 September, 2011, the City of Burnaby dedicated the reading at the City Archives in honour of Pixie and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- 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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Audio Tracks
Track six of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray
Track six of recording of interview with Lillian and Murdock McMurray
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-010/MSS137-010_Track_6.mp3