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- Banks, R. J. 1
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- Bremner, Vivyen 1
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- Canada Wire and Cable Company Limited 1
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Official history of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, volume 1, six years of war : the army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1349
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 940.537 STA
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- E. Cloutier, Queen's Printer
- Publication Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 3 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada. Canadian Army--History
- World War, 1939-1945--Canada
- Notes
- Contents: v. 1. Six years of war : the Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific, by C.P. Stacey.--v. 2. The Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945, by G.W.L. Nicholson.--v. 3. The Victory Campaign : the operations in North-West Europe, 1944-1945, C.P. Stacey.
- Volumes 1 and 2 held.
Thirty years, 1922-1952 : the story of the Communist movement in Canada
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3334
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV991.38.2
- Call Number
- 329.971 BUC
- Author
- Buck, Tim
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Progress Pub.
- Publication Date
- c1952
- Printer
- Eveready Printers Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 224 p. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Jeff Amy" -- handwritten in red ink on first page "Brought by BVM at the Book Shop Penticton Oct 1991 / $ 5.35" -- handwritten in pencil on title page verso.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Communist Party of Canada
- Communism--Canada
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
All Canada interest tables : 3/4% to 6% ; from one day to 100 days and supplementary pages ; 200 days, 300 days and 365 days computed on the basis 365 day year, volume one
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3729
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Pate, James A.
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Call Number
- 332.82 PAT
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X14
- Call Number
- 332.82 PAT
- Author
- Pate, James A.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Personal Stationary & Direct Mail
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Printer
- Personal Stationary & Direct Mail
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. ; 36 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Interest
Vademecum International: pharmaceutical specialties and biologicals; V-I Canada, English ed.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5920
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3703.1
- Call Number
- 615 MAE
- Edition
- 6th English ed.
- Contributor
- Maehler, Richard R.
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- J. Morgan Jones Publications
- Publication Date
- 1959
- Printer
- Ronalds-Federated
- Physical Description
- v. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmaceutical preparations
- Catalogs
- Periodicals
- Notes
- Issued also in French.
- Four sections: Section I (White): Monographs of Professional Products Section II (Yellow): Classified Index -- Therapeutic and Pharmacologic Section III (Pink): Alphabetical Index -- Firms and Products Section IV (Green): General Professional Information
- Contributor: Maehler, Richard R., editor
Fundamentals for Brown Owls and Tawny Owls
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6862
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Publication Date
- 1958
- Call Number
- 369.4 GIR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.69
- Call Number
- 369.4 GIR
- Author
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Publication Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 130 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "Louise Esplen" [handwritten on cover in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Girls--Societies and clubs
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Notes
- Includes index
Wire rope and fittings : catalogue no. W.R. 42
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7454
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 670 CAN
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, [Ont.]
- Publisher
- Canada Wire and Cable Company Limited
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Series
- Catalogue no. W.R. 42
- Physical Description
- 285 p., 2 unnumbered p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Wire rope
- Notes
- "Canada Wire" -- title page.
- "Canada Tru-Lay -- title page.
- "Steel wire rope for every purpose" -- title page.
- Includes index.
20th century typewriting : complete course
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5012
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.2.1
- Call Number
- 652.3 LES
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Publisher
- South-Western Publishing Co.
- Publication Date
- c1952
- Physical Description
- 340 p. : ill. : 20 x 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Typewriting
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 4939 Canada Way
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Object History
- Was used by Burnaby resident Barbara Copan when she taught typing at Burnaby Central circa 1963-65. It may have originally belonged to Barbara's mother who also taught typing at Burnaby South High School circa 1957 to 1965. She mainly taught typing in night school.
- Notes
- Authors' given name and date as follows: Lessenberry, D.D. (David Daniel), 1896- Crawford, T. James (Thomas James)
Images
Cap badges of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, 1914-1919, illustrated
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1277
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Babin, Lenard L.
- Publication Date
- 1956
- Call Number
- 355.13 BAB
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 355.13 BAB
- Author
- Babin, Lenard L.
- Contributor
- Snitzel, John E.
- Place of Publication
- [Rochester? N.Y.]
- Publisher
- L. Babin
- Publication Date
- 1956
- Physical Description
- 15, xxi p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force--Insignia
- Canada--Armed Forces--Insignia
The Canadian Oxford school atlas
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3827
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Pleva, E. G. (Edward G.)
- Publication Date
- 1957
- Call Number
- 912 PLE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.20.6
- Call Number
- 912 PLE
- Author
- Pleva, E. G. (Edward G.)
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication Date
- 1957
- Printer
- McCorquodale and Blades (Printers) Limited
- Physical Description
- iv, 136 p. : maps ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Atlases--Canadian
- Canada--Maps--Historical texts
- Canada--Statistics--Historical texts
- Notes
- "Advisory Editor E.G. Pleva, assisted by Spencer Inch"--front cover
- "The atlas has been prepared by the Cartographic Department of the Oxford University Press"--paste down
- "Authorized for use in the Schools of Alberta"--paste down
- "Approved for use in the Schools of Ontario"--paste down
- "Authorized for use in the Protestant Schools of Quebec"--paste down
- "Authorized for use in the Schools of Prince Edward Island"--paste down
- "Recommended for use in the Schools of Saskatchewan & Manitoba"--paste down
- "Prescribed for the Senior High Schools of British Columbia"--paste down
- Editor's given name and dates: Pleva, E. G. (Edward G.), 1912-2008
- Assistant's given name and dates: Inch, R. Spencer (Robert Spencer), 1923-
Official history of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, volume 2, the Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5440
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 940.537 STA
- Contributor
- Bond, Courtney C. J.
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- E. Cloutier, Queen's Printer
- Publication Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 3 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada. Canadian Army--History
- World War, 1939-1945--Canada
- Notes
- Contents: v. 1. Six years of war : the Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific, by C.P. Stacey.--v. 2. The Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945, by G.W.L. Nicholson.--v. 3. The Victory Campaign : the operations in North-West Europe, 1944-1945, C.P. Stacey.
- Volumes 1 and 2 held.
British Columbia's first Gilwell Wood Badge Rover Scout : Camp Byng 1957 : June 25-July 1, 1957
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6532
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV001.6.5
- Call Number
- 369.43 BOY
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver, B.C.?]
- Publisher
- [Boy Scouts of Canada?]
- Publication Date
- 1957
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Scouting (youth activity)
- Boys--Societies and clubs
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
The world chief guide : Olave Lady Baden-Powell, G.B.E.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6809
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.3
- Call Number
- 369.4 WAD copy 1
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Hutchinson of London
- Publication Date
- 1957
- Printer
- Anchor Press
- Physical Description
- 176 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "19th Vancouver Guide Company (S. A.)" [stamped in purple on page opposing front pastedown] Sticker reading: "Approved by The Canadian Council Girl Guides Association and supplied by its Stores Department and Agencies" [attached to page opposing front pastedown] "19th Vancouver Guide Company (S. A.)" [stamped in purple on page opposing back pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Girls--Societies and clubs
- Notes
- Includes index.
So you are a Brownie : hints to a Brownie and her mother
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6825
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Atwood, Patricia
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Call Number
- 369.4 ATW
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.18
- Call Number
- 369.4 ATW
- Author
- Atwood, Patricia
- Place of Publication
- [Canada]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 19 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Rosemary Sawkins" [handwritten on cover in pencil and inside cover in pink ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Girls--Societies and clubs
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Brownie games
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6827
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Knight, A.M.
- Edition
- Fifth ed.
- Publication Date
- 1959
- Call Number
- 369.4 KNI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.20
- Call Number
- 369.4 KNI
- Edition
- Fifth ed.
- Author
- Knight, A.M.
- Place of Publication
- s.l.
- Publisher
- Girl Guides Association
- Publication Date
- 1959
- Printer
- Surrey Fine Art Press
- Physical Description
- 80 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "40th Burnaby Pack" [written in black ink on cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Girls--Societies and clubs
- Games
- Notes
- "compiled by A.M. Night"
- Author's full name: Knight, Alice Marjory
The prayer book for Brownies and other children
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6836
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Bremner, Vivyen
- Publication Date
- c1936
- 1957
- Call Number
- 369.4 BRE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.29
- Call Number
- 369.4 BRE
- Author
- Bremner, Vivyen
- Publisher
- National Society and the S.P.C.K.
- Publication Date
- c1936
- 1957
- Printer
- Billing and Sons
- Physical Description
- 38 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Burton" [handwritten in black ink on first page] "25th N. Burnaby Pack" [handwritten in blue ink on first page] "25h N. Burnaby Brownie Pack" [handwritten in black ink on title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Girls--Societies and clubs
- Prayer books
A handbook for Brownies
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6863
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.70
- Call Number
- 369.4 BAD
- Edition
- 24th ed.
- Publisher
- C. A. Pearson
- Publication Date
- 1955
- Printer
- Wyman & Sons Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 62 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Rosemary Sawkins" [handwritten in pink ink on cover] "Rosemary Sawkins 5312 Pri_e St. V___, 16 BC" [handwritten on inside cover in blue ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Girls--Societies and clubs
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
Canadian democracy in action
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1569
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3868.1
- Call Number
- 342.7102 BRO
- Edition
- New ed.
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Limited
- Publication Date
- 1958
- Printer
- Evergreen Press Limited.
- Physical Description
- viii, 148 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "Pat Goessaert Inc. / Experts at Horse Play" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "Brian Webster Div.29" -- handwritten in pen on endpaper (front).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Political science
- Canada
- Notes
- Includes index.
Metropolitan cook book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7193
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- edition of NOV. 1953
- Publication Date
- 1953
- Call Number
- 641.5 MET
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.25.2
- Call Number
- 641.5 MET
- Edition
- edition of NOV. 1953
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
- Publication Date
- 1953
- Physical Description
- 56 p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cookbooks--1950-1959
- Cooking--Canada
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Cook Books
- Object History
- The cook books are from her mother's kitchen.
- Notes
- Includes index
British Columbia : with Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7254
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV018.11.10
- Call Number
- 917.11 LAN
- Place of Publication
- Menlo Park, California
- Publisher
- Lane Pub.
- Publication Date
- c1958
- Series
- A Sunset discovery book
- Physical Description
- 96 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "DH" [scribbled in pencil on title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- National parks and reserves--Canada
- National parks and reserves--British Columbia
- British Columbia--Description and travel
- Notes
- "A Sunset discovery book"-- title page
- Includes index
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19150
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1950-2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos interviews series 2) Jimmy Chow family photographs series 3) Property master photographs series 4) Property master records series
- History
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow was born in Lin Pong Lee, Hoiping, China in 1948. In 1950, Jimmy Chow and his mother, Gim Gee Chow (1913-1991) fled China to escape the Communist Revolution and to be reunited with his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow (1906-1990) who’d immigrated to Canada many years earlier. Jimmy’s elder sister Shao-Lin Chow stayed behind in China. Jimmy’s father, Robin Chung Dip Chow immigrated to Canada in 1921 at 14 years of age and was forced to pay the Chinese head tax of $500. In 1950, Jimmy and his mother first fled to Hong Kong before immigrating to Canada and arriving in Vancouver. Jimmy Chow’s birth name is Hipman Chow but when he arrived in Canada, his father indicated that he needed an English name and he was given the name “Jimmy” but retained his birth name “Hipman Chow”. Over the years, Jimmy has also used the name “James H. Chow” and is often credited by this name in the film industry. For the first four years after immigrating, Jimmy and his parents lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec where his father had work in hotels and restaurants. While living in Asquith, Saskatchewan Jimmy attended school and began to learn English. In 1954, Jimmy and his parents returned to Vancouver, first living in the area of Strathcona before settling in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant where they purchased a house located on 15th Avenue east of Main Street. While living in Mount Pleasant, Jimmy attended both elementary and high school. While attending high school, Jimmy began working at the local grocery store where he worked for many years living at home and saving his money. In 1970 while attending Vancouver City College, Jimmy met his future wife Donna Polos. Two years later, they moved in together, married in 1981 and started a family. Jimmy and Donna first lived in North Burnaby before purchasing a house on Victory Street in Burnaby where they raised their three children. Growing up in a traditional Chinese Canadian family, Jimmy was always one who went against the grain. Although his father wanted him to get a business degree, Jimmy had aspirations for a different career path. Through the referral of a friend, he entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver. While working at the CBC, Jimmy gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career in the film industry. Over a 45 year career, Jimmy worked on over 50 blockbuster movies, historical period films, science fiction films and fantasy films, where he honed in on his expertise as a set decorator, art director and property master. He built an international reputation through working with production companies, prop makers and antique sellers across the globe. As a property master in the film industry, Jimmy Chow has been responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: The BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, Once a Thief and many more. With Jimmy's many years of professional experience in the film industry, he has been a union member of IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians...) from July 1979, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science from 2018 and has worked as a guest lecturer in film production at Capilano University and Langara University. He was also a key contributor to the Burnaby Village Museum’s 2014 temporary exhibition Burnaby Makes Movies. Donna Polos was born in Vancouver in 1949 to parents Mayme "May" Helen Tillikana Polos (1931-1977) and Donald James Polos (1926-2017). Donna’s maternal grandparents, Elvi Tienhara and Toiva Tillikana immigrated to Canada from Helsinki, Finland. Donna’s paternal grandmother, Pauline Chimiki Polos emigrated from Ukraine to Argentina and then to Winnipeg. Donna’s paternal grandfather, James "Jimmy" Kostopolus emigrated as an orphan from Sparta Greece at the age of 12 years. In 1908, he first immigrated to the United States where he was denied entry so immigrated to Canada, entering through Halifax at Pier 17. When immigrating, James changed his last name to "Polos". Jimmy Polos arrived in Halifax with only five dollars in his pocket. He lived in Halifax for many years before making his way to Vancouver where he established three restaurants and raised his family. James was the proprietor of three restaurants in Burnaby including; the Home Apple Pie Café (1941-1944) located on East Hastings near Princess Avenue; Jimmy’s Café (1945-1955) located on East Hastings near Hawks Avenue and another restaurant located near 10th Avenue and Alma Street. Donna grew up with her family in Vancouver, first living in the downtown eastside before moving to a home near Joyce Station. Donna attended elementary school and high school while growing up in the neighbourhood of Joyce Station. Donna moved out of her family home at 21 years of age and lived with roommates before moving in with Jimmy Chow in 1972. Donna attended Vancouver City College and the University of British Columbia where she obtained her teaching degree in 1974. Donna first taught at Gilmore Elementary School before being hired to teach at Clinton Elementary School where she taught for nine years. While raising their three children, Donna worked part time teaching in schools in Burnaby. In 1991, after a near death experience, Donna became interested in fine art and took drawing and watercolour painting classes. This experience led her to experimenting with different painting techniques on paper and fabric. In 2008, Donna retired from teaching but continued her art career often working as an Artist in Residence at various schools and exhibiting her work. While living in Burnaby Donna has been politically active with a particular passion for heritage, housing and preserving the natural environment. Donna was instrumental in advocating and petitioning for the establishment of a tree bylaw in Burnaby which was eventually adopted by the City.
- Creator
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
- Polos, Donna
- Accession Code
- BV022.21
- BV023.11
- Date
- 1950-2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.