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Driving a horse-drawn buggy

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37236
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 14, 1956
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the eldest of the Lubbock children, John Lubbock, driving a horse-drawn buggy with his friend in Grandview.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
June 14, 1956
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Lubbock family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
342-010
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of the eldest of the Lubbock children, John Lubbock, driving a horse-drawn buggy with his friend in Grandview.
Subjects
Transportation - Carriages
Transportation - Horses
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Names
Lubbock, John
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Canada Way
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New Freeway in Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45383
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 18.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Lower mainland's "new freeway" in Burnaby. This was taken along the Trans Canada Highway with the Willingdon exit off to the south and the Grandview Highway off to the west.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 18.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-278
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Lower mainland's "new freeway" in Burnaby. This was taken along the Trans Canada Highway with the Willingdon exit off to the south and the Grandview Highway off to the west.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Roads
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on note on verso of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: "Lower mainland's new freeway in Burnaby"
Geographic Access
Trans Canada Highway
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cascade-Schou Area
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Freeway at the Willingdon Avenue exit

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45388
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1955]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Freeway, now named the Trans Canada Highway, near the Willingdon Avenue exit.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1955]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 24.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-283
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Freeway, now named the Trans Canada Highway, near the Willingdon Avenue exit.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Roads
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
British Columbia Government Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer identifies photograph as no. H - 1869
Geographic Access
Trans Canada Highway
Willingdon Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cascade-Schou Area
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Swim meet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98106
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1950 and 1970]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
14 photographs : b&w negatives ; 15 mm
Scope and Content
Photographs of a Boy Scouts swim meet.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1950 and 1970]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Scouts subseries
Physical Description
14 photographs : b&w negatives ; 15 mm
Description Level
File
Record No.
631-046
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-05
Scope and Content
Photographs of a Boy Scouts swim meet.
Subjects
Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
Sports - Swimming
Names
Boy Scouts of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photographs.
Images
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Weiser Lock Co.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34687
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the exterior of Weiser Lock Co. of Canada Ltd. at 1895 Hawthorne Terrace (later renumbered 7373 Hawthorne Terrace, then 6700 Beresford Street).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1958]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
096-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the exterior of Weiser Lock Co. of Canada Ltd. at 1895 Hawthorne Terrace (later renumbered 7373 Hawthorne Terrace, then 6700 Beresford Street).
Subjects
Buildings - Industrial
Names
Weiser Lock Company of Canada Limited
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Williams Brothers Photographers Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Stamp and annotation on the back of photograph reads, "Williams Bros. Photographers Ltd. / 413 Granville St., Vancouver 2, B.C. / Phone Tatlow 8588 / 07004-1"
Geographic Access
Hawthorne Terrace
Beresford Street
Street Address
7373 Hawthorne Terrace
6700 Beresford Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
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Cub master Grace Dallamore Corbett

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35271
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1952 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Grace Corbett (nee Dallamore, and later Grace McCarthy upon her second marriage) in district cub master regalia.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1952 (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-128
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Grace Corbett (nee Dallamore, and later Grace McCarthy upon her second marriage) in district cub master regalia.
Subjects
Organizations - Boys Societies and Clubs
Clothing - Uniforms
Names
Boy Scouts of Canada
McCarthy, Grace Dallamore Corbett
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Scouts

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37298
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of three men dressed in Scouts uniforms (all are unidentified).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Norah Code subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 13 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
345-019
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1997-05
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of three men dressed in Scouts uniforms (all are unidentified).
Subjects
Organizations - Boys Societies and Clubs
Clothing - Uniforms
Names
Boy Scouts of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Code, Norah
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographs in this collection were taken and compiled by Norah Code, former editor of the "Burnaby Courier" newspaper during the course of her work for the newspaper
Images
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Kenneth M. Hoffman

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45179
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1957, published April 24, 1957
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm, printed on card 11 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kenneth M. Hoffman, a school teacher in Burnaby and a Burnaby Social Credit candidate in the 1957 federal election. He went to New Guinea as a Missionary Inspector and school teacher for the American Lutheran church from 1957 to 1959.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1957, published April 24, 1957
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm, printed on card 11 x 14 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-075
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kenneth M. Hoffman, a school teacher in Burnaby and a Burnaby Social Credit candidate in the 1957 federal election. He went to New Guinea as a Missionary Inspector and school teacher for the American Lutheran church from 1957 to 1959.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Hoffman, Kenneth M.
American Lutheran Church
Social Credit Party of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was printed on a greeting card which reads: "Joyous Greetings"
Images
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George McKenzie

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46059
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[after 1949]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of BC Social Credit Burnaby delegate George McKenzie.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[after 1949]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-947
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of BC Social Credit Burnaby delegate George McKenzie.
Names
McKenzie, George
Social Credit Party of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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R. Ken Jordan

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46168
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1950
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Executive Commissioner of The Boy Scouts Association, R. Ken Jordan, in uniform.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1950
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1056
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Executive Commissioner of The Boy Scouts Association, R. Ken Jordan, in uniform.
Subjects
Clothing - Uniforms
Names
Jordan, R Ken
Boy Scouts of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Industrial Photographers
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer identifies photograph as no. 20-1-135-2
Images
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Oscar Olsen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46217
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Progressive Conservative candidate for Burnaby in 1952, Oscar Olson.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 6 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1105
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Progressive Conservative candidate for Burnaby in 1952, Oscar Olson.
Names
Olson, Oscar
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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James Mason

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46253
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1957]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 4.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of James Mason, a Burnaby school trustee from 1957 to 1960. In 1973, he ran for Social Credit leader of British Columbia.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1957]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 4.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1141
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of James Mason, a Burnaby school trustee from 1957 to 1960. In 1973, he ran for Social Credit leader of British Columbia.
Names
Mason, James P.R.
Burnaby School Trustees
Social Credit Party of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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James Mason

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46254
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1957]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 2.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of James Mason, a Burnaby school trustee from 1957 to 1960. In 1973, he ran for Social Credit leader of British Columbia.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1957]
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 2.5 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-1142
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of James Mason, a Burnaby school trustee from 1957 to 1960. In 1973, he ran for Social Credit leader of British Columbia.
Names
Mason, James P.R.
Burnaby School Trustees
Social Credit Party of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Personal Logs 1947-1966

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55144
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1947-1966
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record and 14 photographs : b&w negatives ; 16 mm
Scope and Content
File includes photographs of a swim meet
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1947-1966
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Scouts subseries
Physical Description
Textual record and 14 photographs : b&w negatives ; 16 mm
Description Level
File
Record No.
39313
Access Restriction
Subject to FOIPPA
Accession Number
BHS1994-05
Scope and Content
File includes photographs of a swim meet
Subjects
Organizations - Boys Societies and Clubs
Names
Boy Scouts of Canada
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
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Early Troop Photos

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55146
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1950 and 1959]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
3 photograph: b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph portraits of early Burnaby Boy Scout troops, including a photograph of the first Central Park B.P. Boy Scouts. One photograph is taken in a photography studio; the other two in Central Park.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1950 and 1959]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Scouts subseries
Physical Description
3 photograph: b&w
Description Level
File
Record No.
631-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-05
Scope and Content
Photograph portraits of early Burnaby Boy Scout troops, including a photograph of the first Central Park B.P. Boy Scouts. One photograph is taken in a photography studio; the other two in Central Park.
Subjects
Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Boy Scouts of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Photographs 631-002-1 and 631-002-2 are mounted on board
Geographic Access
Central Park
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Training Photos

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55154
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1951-1964
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
8 photographs : b&w ; 21 cm x 25 cm and smaller
Scope and Content
Group portraits of Scouters taken during leader training camps at Gilwell in Manning Park, Legg Farm in Healy, and at Crescent Beach. File also includes three photographs of Scouters participating in training exercises.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1951-1964
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Scouts subseries
Physical Description
8 photographs : b&w ; 21 cm x 25 cm and smaller
Description Level
File
Record No.
631-036
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1994-05
Scope and Content
Group portraits of Scouters taken during leader training camps at Gilwell in Manning Park, Legg Farm in Healy, and at Crescent Beach. File also includes three photographs of Scouters participating in training exercises.
Subjects
Organizations - Boys Societies and Clubs
Names
Boy Scouts of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
631-036-1:631-036-4 originally housed in envelop with note in blue ink reading: "Fred Adams #3 New Westr. Troop (Scouters at Gilwell '51) From: Stella Adams #9-B.P.Guild"
Note in blue ink on verso of 631-036-1 reads: "Monkey Bridge Tresle 1951 Manning Park"
Note in blue ink on verso of 631-036-2 reads: "L-R Don Crawley, Howard Steres, Art Skipry, Art Bourrows"
Note in pencil on verso of 631-036-3 reads: "Archdeacon Resker "Camp Chief" at Gilwell Manning Park 1951"
Note in pencil on verso of 631-036-4 reads: "Gilwell 1951"
Note in pencil on verso of 631-036-6 reads: "Troop Leaders Wood Badge 1954"
Note in pencil on verso of 631-036-7 reads: "Troop Leaders Wood Badge 1954 Legg Farm - Healy BC"
Notes adhered to verso of 631-036-8 read: "1st Prov. Training Team Course Crescent Beach, B.C. May 1964"; "Stan Fisher Betty Forbes Don Phipps Len SMith (bby) Jo Smith"
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Royal Bank Opening

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55639
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1955]
Collection/Fonds
Charles MacSorley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of seven unidentified men in the new Royal Bank on Edmonds. This photograph appears to have been taken during the official opening of the bank.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1955]
Collection/Fonds
Charles MacSorley fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
486-033
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2005-14
Scope and Content
Photograph of seven unidentified men in the new Royal Bank on Edmonds. This photograph appears to have been taken during the official opening of the bank.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Banks
Events - Openings
Names
Royal Bank of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Allan Studios
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Geographic Access
Edmonds Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
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Royal Bank Opening

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55650
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1955]
Collection/Fonds
Charles MacSorley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Reeve Charles MacSorley standing in front of a teller's window handing over a bankbook to a teller during the official opening of the Royal Bank Edmonds branch in Burnaby. A number of other bank officials and employees can be seen in the background, but none are identified.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1955]
Collection/Fonds
Charles MacSorley fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 24.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
486-044
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2005-14
Scope and Content
Photograph of Reeve Charles MacSorley standing in front of a teller's window handing over a bankbook to a teller during the official opening of the Royal Bank Edmonds branch in Burnaby. A number of other bank officials and employees can be seen in the background, but none are identified.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Banks
Events - Openings
Officials - Mayors and Reeves
Names
MacSorley, Charles W.
Royal Bank of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Allan Studios
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's stamp on verso
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
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Interview with Alekxos Sarter by Kathy Bossort October 16, 2015 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory578
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1958-1992
Length
0:12:40
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s first years of employment with Parks, her sources of knowledge about Burnaby Mountain, and the department’s activities in Burnaby Mountain Park. She talks about the loop trail planned for Burnaby Mountain Park in 1958, the Trans Canada Trail p…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s first years of employment with Parks, her sources of knowledge about Burnaby Mountain, and the department’s activities in Burnaby Mountain Park. She talks about the loop trail planned for Burnaby Mountain Park in 1958, the Trans Canada Trail project, events and issues at the Pavilion, and keeping track of trails on SFU lands.
Date Range
1958-1992
Length
0:12:40
Names
Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department
Burnaby Mountain Park
Kamui Mintara
Trans Canada Trail
Subjects
Geographic Features - Parks
Geographic Features - Trails
Planning
Recreational Activities
Geographic Access
Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
Interviewer
Bossort, Kathy
Interview Date
October 16, 2015
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Alekxos Sarter conducted by Kathy Bossort. Alekxos Sarter was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the history of setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain from Alekxos Sarter’s perspective and experience as employee in the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services. The interview provides an excellent explanation of the history and function of kinds of park dedications used by the City of Burnaby; an overview of issues around including the Trans Mountain tank farm in the conservation area; and the background to the land use and ownership disagreement between the City of Burnaby and Simon Fraser University, its resolution, and the subsequent development of SFU’s UniverCity. Alekxos Sarter talks about Richard Bolton, Burnaby’s Acting-Commissioner who was responsible for dedicating the first park on Burnaby Mountain in 1942, and the creation of a park named after him in UniverCity.
Biographical Notes
Alekxos Sarter was born in Vancouver in 1961, to Daine and Kasandra Sarter. She grew up in North Vancouver and since 1994 has lived on a sailboat in False Creek. After attending UBC where she studied landscape architecture, she was hired by the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services in 1986. Working first in parks design, Alekxos quickly moved into parks planning, her preferred career. As Research Officer she covers research, planning, public consultation, parks and facility inventory, parkland acquisition, among other duties.
Total Tracks
9
Total Length
2:20:47
Interviewee Name
Sarter, Alekxos T.
Interview Location
City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services meeting room
Interviewer Bio
Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
Collection/Fonds
Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
Series
Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series
Media Type
Sound Recording
Audio Tracks

Track two of interview with Alekxos Sarter

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Interview with William Pritchard and Norman Penner by Dr. Lawrence Fast July / August 1973 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory74
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
predominate 1919, 1973
Length
0:09:54
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to how the book "Winnipeg 1919", edited by Norman Penner, came into being. Both Norman Penner and labour activist William A. Pritchard answer questions posed by Dr. Lawrence Fast about the Winnipeg General Strike, the subsequent trial and the striker's account…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to how the book "Winnipeg 1919", edited by Norman Penner, came into being. Both Norman Penner and labour activist William A. Pritchard answer questions posed by Dr. Lawrence Fast about the Winnipeg General Strike, the subsequent trial and the striker's account written while in jail.
Date Range
predominate 1919, 1973
Photo Info
William A. Pritchard, Burnaby Reeve 1930-1932 and council member 1928-1930. Item no. 459-016
Length
0:09:54
Subjects
Protests and Demonstrations
Interviewer
Fast, Dr. Lawrence
Interview Date
July / August 1973
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with William Pritchard and writer Norman Penner by Dr. Lawrence Fast. Norman Penner is the editor of the book "Winnipeg 1919" about the strike from the striker's perspective. William Pritchard wrote the speech that was included in the book. Major theme discussed is: The Winnipeg General Strike. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
William "Bill" Arthur Pritchard was born on April 3, 1888 in Salford, England, the son of a miner and factory worker. In May 1911, Bill moved to British Columbia and within a week of arriving became an active member of the Socialist Party of Canada. From 1914 to 1917, he served as editor of the Western Clarion – the SPC newspaper. He became such a well-known socialist figure that when he travelled to Winnipeg to participate in the General Strike in 1919, he was one of only seven people arrested and imprisoned for his participation in the event despite the fact that he was in no way directly involved in its planning nor development. In 1922, Bill and his family settled in North Burnaby in the Capitol Hill District. Almost immediately after his arrival, Bill began to advocate for change and a planned development scheme for the municipality. Pritchard ran successfully for the position of Reeve and held the post until the end of 1932. One of Reeve Pritchard’s highest priorities while in office was to attempt to provide work for as many unemployed as possible all the while trying to elicit more support from the provincial and federal governments. Bill was a strong advocate of the belief that relief work should be focused on projects that would see a comprehensive development scheme for Burnaby – including planned sewers, roads and water supply. Despite Bill's best efforts, however, Burnaby was forced into receivership and at the end of 1932, a Provincial Commission stepped in to take over the governance of the city. Reeve Pritchard, having done all he could as a champion of the unemployed, stepped down as Reeve but left behind an undeniable legacy of courage and determination. He was rewarded for his enormous contributions to the city in 1975 when he was chosen to be made a Freeman of Burnaby. William Pritchard died on October 23, 1981. Norman Penner was born in Winnipeg in 1921 to Rose and Jacob Penner and brother to Roland, Ruth and Walter. Their father Jacob was a leading member of the Communist Party and popular Winnipeg Alderman. Norman graduated from high school in 1937 but did not begin university until much later, preferring to begin his adult life from 1938 to 1941 as a full-time officer of the Winnipeg branch of the Communist Party of Canada. From 1941 to 1946 he served with the Canadian Army which included two-and-a-half years of overseas combat duty. On his return to Canada in 1947 he again returned to his duties as a full-time officer with the communist Labour-Progressive Party (formed in 1941 after the Canadian Communist Party was officially banned). After the abortive Hungarian revolution in 1956, Norman Penner resigned from the party and instead worked as a self-employed manufacturer’s sales representative until 1971. In 1964 he decided to go back to school part time and graduated with a BA from the University of Toronto in 1969. He took an MA in 1971 and a PhD in 1975 from the same institution. Penner was hired as a lecturer at York University's Glendon College in 1972 and soon became a professor, continuing to teach until 1995. He wrote extensively on the Canadian left. Penner edited and introduced "Winnipeg 1919: The Strikers' Own History of the Winnipeg General Strike" in 1973, published "The Canadian Left: A Critical Analysis" in 1977 and contributed three chapters to as well as editing "Keeping Canada Together Means Changing Our Thinking" in 1978. He published "Canadian Communism: The Stalin Years and Beyond" in 1988 and "From Protest to Power: Social Democracy in Canada 1900 to Present" in 1992 as well as numerous articles, reviews and book chapters. Norman Penner was married to Norma Lipes for sixty-seven years. The couple had four children: Steve (Mary Ellen Marus); Joyce (Herman Parsons); Gary (Marlene Kadar); and Bob (Shaena Lambert). Norman Penner died April 16, 2009 at the age of eighty-eight.
Total Tracks
4
Total Length
0:30:47
Interviewee Name
Pritchard, William A.
Penner, Norman
Fast, Dr. Lawrence
Interview Location
Library of Vancouver City College, Langara Campus
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
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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Track one of interview with William Pritchard and Norman Penner

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