"City of Burnaby" found 803 records

Two women next to hollow tree

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women posing next to automobile in front of large hollow tree inside Stanley Park.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women posing next to automobile in front of large hollow tree inside Stanley Park.

Subjects: Plants - Trees; Transportation - Automobiles

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV022.32.207

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: See also City of Burnaby Archives - photograph print - 204-594

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-18

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Members of the Love and Whiting families

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the Love and Whiting families gathered together in a clearing surrounded by trees and bushes. People standing are identified L to R as; Esther Love Stanley, Martha "Dot" (Love) Brandrith, George Love, Thomas Robert "Bob" Love and Annie (Love) Whiting. The two young girls se…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the Love and Whiting families gathered together in a clearing surrounded by trees and bushes. People standing are identified L to R as; Esther Love Stanley, Martha "Dot" (Love) Brandrith, George Love, Thomas Robert "Bob" Love and Annie (Love) Whiting. The two young girls seated on the ground are identified as Hannah "Girlie" (Love) Barnes and Edith Whiting and the two boys could be sons of Edith and Wallace "Flash" Whiting. The women are wearing blouses and long skirts, the men are wearing shirts and ties, Bob Love is wearing a cap and both Dot and Edith are wearing hats. Edith Whiting has her hair done in pig tails with ribbons and is holding a baby on her lap which could be her baby brother George Whiting.

Names: Love Family; Stanley, Esther Love; Brandrith, Martha Dorothy “Dot” Love; Love, George Richard; Love, Thomas "Bob" Robert; Whiting, Annie Elizabeth Love; Barnes, Hannah Victoria "Girlie" Love; Clayton, Edith Annie Whiting; Whiting Family; Whiting, George Alfred; Whiting, John Leonard; Whiting, Henry Wallace

Accession Code: BV022.32.213

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: City of Burnaby Archives - see ID: 204-594; See also BV022.32.126

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-18

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1); Sticker adhered to top of photograph reads: "Sefl, Dot, George, Bob, Annie/ Girlie, Edith & boys.

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Members of the Love and Whiting families, [191-] thumbnail

Interview with Shanaz Khan

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (65 min., 54 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (63 min., 54 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Shanaz Khan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum registrar Rajdeep on September 24, 2023. 00:00:00- 00:09:59 Shanaz Khan shares information about herself, her family and life in Fiji before she immigrated to Vancouver in 1972 and her fi…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (65 min., 54 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (63 min., 54 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Rajdeep Interviewee: Shanaz Khan Location of Interview: Love farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: September 24, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:05:54 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Shanaz Khan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum registrar Rajdeep on September 24, 2023. 00:00:00- 00:09:59 Shanaz Khan shares information about herself, her family and life in Fiji before she immigrated to Vancouver in 1972 and her first experiences after immigrating to Vancouver including where her family lived, her work as an accountant for major banks in Vancouver, training and working as a chef and living in Surrey and Vancouver. 00:10:00 - 00:14:59 Shanaz shares experiences in her career as an accountant working in Vancouver and Tumbler Ridge and her experiences of racism that she faced in her workplace. Shanaz talks about her life after retirement and her volunteer work. 00:015:00 - 00:22:53 Shanaz talks about her life in Burnaby for the last 19 years and what she likes about living here. Shanaz recollects locations of stores in Vancouver where her family shopped to find traditional foods and where her family lived after immigrating. Shanaz shares some of her favourite traditional foods. 00:22:54 - 00:37:41 Shanaz recollects some of her childhood experiences growing up in Fiji and her experiences of swimming in Fiji, Hawaii and in Vancouver. Shanaz talks about her fitness regime and places that she likes to exercise in Burnaby including trails and green spaces and reflects on the changes to Burnaby with increased development, the cost of housing and the crime rate. 00:37:42 - 00:52:41 Shanaz talks about the traditional clothing and western clothing that she’s worn and accessed while living in Burnaby and Vancouver. Shanaz describes some traditional Islamic religious practices including the nikah (marriage), funerals, prayers, Eid, Hajj and her own personal practices as well as locations of mosques and cemeteries available to Muslims in the lower mainland. 00:52:42 - 01:05:54 Shanaz talks about her parent’s religious and ancestral background, her religious upbringing and the demographics of Fiji.

History: Interviewee biography: Shanaz Khan was born and raised in Suva, Fiji in the 1950's. In the early 1970's, Shanaz immigrated to Vancouver with her parents and younger brother. Shanaz attended John Oliver High School and took one year of accounting courses at Langara College. Over the years Shanaz worked as an accountant in major banks and for a mining company in Tumbler Ridge. Shanaz also worked as a chef at various restaurants and bakeries after completing training at a Vancouver Culinary School. Shanaz has made her home in Burnaby for the past 19 years. Following her retirement, Shanaz has volunteered for different organizations including the YWCA. Interviewer biography: Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Mosques; Cemeteries; Ceremonies - Funerals; Ceremonies - Weddings; Education; Housing; Migration; Occupations; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Religions - Islam; Religions - Christianity; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Sports - Swimming

Names: Khan, Shanaz

Responsibility: Rajdeep

Accession Code: BV023.16.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

2023_0016_0018_003

Audio Tracks

Interview with Shanaz Khan, [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0018_002.mp3

Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

1 digital book

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

A history of the University of Toronto, 1827-1927

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Wallace, W. Stewart (William Stewart), 1884-1970

Publication Date: 1927

Call Number: 378.1 WAL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV995.15.59

Call Number: 378.1 WAL

Author: Wallace, W. Stewart (William Stewart), 1884-1970

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Publication Date: 1927

Physical Description: 308 p. : ill., ports., facsim ; 25 cm.

Inscription: "Blythe Eagles," hand written in ink on inside cover. Bookplate adhered to inside cover: "Blythe Eagles / Ex Libris."

Library Subject (LOC): University of Toronto--History

Object History: Source is "City of Burnaby (Eagles House)"

Notes: Includes index.; Author's given name and dates: Wallace, W. Stewart (William Stewart), 1884-1970.

The Varsity story

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Callaghan, Morley, 1903-1990

Publication Date: 1948

Call Number: 813.5 CAL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV995.15.60

Call Number: 813.5 CAL

Author: Callaghan, Morley, 1903-1990

Contributor: Aldwinckle, Eric

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: MacMillian Company of Canada Limited

Publication Date: 1948

Physical Description: 172 p. : ill. ; 21.5 cm.

Inscription: "Blythe Eagles"--Handwritten in ink on front fly leaf. "To: Dr, Eagles / with best wishes / Anne M. Smith [?] / Dec. 25, 1949"--Handwritten in ink on Half title page.

Library Subject (LOC): University of Toronto--Fiction

Object History: Source is "City of Burnaby (Eagles House)"

The Savoy operas : being the complete text of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas as originally produced in the years 1875-1896

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900; Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911

Publication Date: 1926

Call Number: 782.1 GIL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV995.15.61

Call Number: 782.1 GIL

Author: Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900; Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Macmillan

Publication Date: 1926

Physical Description: 698 p. ; 19 cm.

Inscription: Front endpaper: "Blythe Eagles." [written and underlined in pencil]

Library Subject (LOC): Operas--Librettos

Object History: Source is "City of Burnaby (Eagles House)"

Notes: "By Sir W.S. Gilbert."; Author full name given as follows: Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.

The American business manual : a complete guide to modern systems and practise, vol. 2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Montgomery, Robert Hiester, 1872-1953

Publication Date: c1911

Call Number: 650 MON v.2

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV995.15.62

Call Number: 650 MON v.2

Author: Montgomery, Robert Hiester, 1872-1953

Contributor: Chalmers, Hugh

Place of Publication: [s.l]

Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son

Publication Date: c1911

Series: The American Business Manual, vol. 2

Physical Description: 378-759 p. : ill. (some col.), port. ; 20 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Business

Object History: Source is "City of Burnaby (Eagles House)"

Notes: "Volume two : Buying, Manufacturing and Selling" -- title page.; Includes index.

The American business manual : a complete guide to modern systems and practise, vol. 3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Montgomery, Robert Hiester, 1872-1953

Publication Date: c1911

Call Number: 650 MON v.3 Copy 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV995.15.63

Call Number: 650 MON v.3 Copy 1

Author: Montgomery, Robert Hiester, 1872-1953

Contributor: Cannon, James Graham, 1858-1916

Place of Publication: [s.l]

Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son

Publication Date: c1911

Series: The American business manual, vol. 3

Physical Description: 761-1144 p. : ill. , port. ; 20 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Business

Object History: Source is "City of Burnaby (Eagles House)"

Notes: "Volume Three : Administration" -- title page.; Includes index.

The book of common prayer and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England : together with the psalter or psalms of David

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Call Number: 264.03 OXF

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV995.15.74

Call Number: 264.03 OXF

Place of Publication: Oxford, Hampshire.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Physical Description: 397 p. ; 18 cm.

Inscription: "Mr. S. G. Tidy" -- handwritten in pencil on title page verso

Library Subject (LOC): Church of England; Liturgics

Object History: Source is "City of Burnaby (Eagles House)"

Notes: "According to the use of The Church of England : together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches; and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons." -- title page; Includes index.

The Canadian hymnal : a collection of hymns and music for Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues, prayer and praise meetings, family circles, etc.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Edition: Rev. and enl.

Call Number: 783.952 WIL Copy 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV995.15.76

Call Number: 783.952 WIL Copy 1

Edition: Rev. and enl.

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: William Briggs

Physical Description: (unpaged) : music ; 21 cm.

Inscription: "You get a husband and he is a clipper. Just make him acquainted with the heel of your slipper. / Mable / Per P.W.B." -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "1402 / 3662 / 21" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (back). *reading direction up to down.

Library Subject (LOC): Hymns, English

Object History: Source is "City of Burnaby (Eagles House)"

Notes: "Revised and Enlarged" -- cover; "containing 450 hymns." -- cover; published by William Briggs, Wesley Buildings, Toronto ; C.W. Coates, Montreal ; S.F. Huestes, Halifax.; Includes index.; Copy 1 of 2

Third book of reading lessons

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Ontario. Council of Public Instruction

Publication Date: c1875

Call Number: 428.6 ONT

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV995.15.77

Call Number: 428.6 ONT

Author: Ontario. Council of Public Instruction

Place of Publication: Toronto, Ont.

Publisher: WM. Warwick

Publication Date: c1875

Series: Canadian Series of School Books.

Printer: Dudley & Burns

Physical Description: viii, 340 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Inscription: "A. Taylor / Alexander Hugh / Taylor 1875 / Nov. 26 1875" - handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "Harry Tidy / New Westminster B.C." - handwritten in pencil on flyleaf. "Alexander Hugh Taylor Queen St. 1785 / Parlament St. School / [sic] / December 13" -- handwritten in pen on flyleaf verso. "A Taylor 1. / h. Mamc 2. / Mrs H. Barrows 3" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (back).

Library Subject (LOC): Readers (Elementary); English language; Textbooks

Object History: Source is "City of Burnaby (Eagles House)"

Notes: Includes index.; W.M. Warwick, 8 & 10 Wellington St. East

The Canadian Girl Guide : the official magazine for Canada, March 1926

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1926

Call Number: 369.4 CAN 1926

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Accession Code: BV015.35.87

Call Number: 369.4 CAN 1926

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication Date: 1926

Physical Description: 16 p. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Girls--Societies and clubs; Periodicals

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Girl Guides of Canada; Pitman, Dorothy

Object History: Note from donor: Dorothy Pitman was a Girl Guide in the 1st Burnaby Company. She was known to be involved with guiding from 1919 to 1931. Textual records and photographs of the Pitman family, including one of Dorothy, are held by the City of Burnaby Archives.

The Canadian Girl Guide : the official magazine of the Canadian Girl Guides, June 1927

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Jennison, M.

Publication Date: 1927

Call Number: 369.4 CAN 1927

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Accession Code: BV015.35.88

Call Number: 369.4 CAN 1927

Author: Jennison, M.

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication Date: 1927

Physical Description: 24 p. ; 23 cm.

Inscription: "K. P______" [handwritten in blue ink on cover]

Library Subject (LOC): Girls--Societies and clubs; Periodicals

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Girl Guides of Canada; Pitman, Dorothy

Object History: Note from donor: Dorothy Pitman was a Girl Guide in the 1st Burnaby Company. She was known to be involved with guiding from 1919 to 1931. Textual records and photographs of the Pitman family, including one of Dorothy, are held by the City of Burnaby Archives.

The ornament of a house : fifty years of collecting

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Burnaby Art Gallery

Publication Date: 2017

Call Number: 708.111 BUR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 781927364239

Call Number: 708.111 BUR

Author: Burnaby Art Gallery

Contributor: Van Eijnsbergen, Ellen, 1956-; Cane, Jennifer

Place of Publication: Burnaby, BC

Publisher: Burnaby Art Gallery

Publication Date: 2017

Printer: Die Keure Printing

Physical Description: 131 p. : ill. ; 27 X 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Catalogs; Collectors and collecting; Art

Names: Burnaby Art Gallery

Notes: Contributors: Van Eijnsbergen, Ellen, 1956- :"writer of added commentary" -- title page (located in back of book) Cane, Jennifer : "writer of added commentary" and "edited by" -- title page (located in back of book); "A catalogue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Burnaby Art Gallery and accompanying an exhibition held at the Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, B.C., July 14 to September 3, 2017. All art in the exhibition is held within the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection" -- title page (located in back of book)

Burnaby tourism strategy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Burnaby Tourism Strategy Advisory Committee

Publication Date: 1994

Call Number: 338.4791 BUR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 338.4791 BUR

Author: Burnaby Tourism Strategy Advisory Committee

Place of Publication: Burnaby, BC

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 1994

Physical Description: 82 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): City planning--British Columbia--Burnaby

Subjects: Planning - City Planning

Notes: "Produced by the Burnaby Tourism Strategy Advisory Committee Membership outlined in Appendix C, Project manager, Phil Sanderson, Economic Development Office Economic Development Office, City of Burnaby. Consultants: James MacGregor (Lavalin Corp.) in collaboration with Addison Travel Marketing, G.S. Sue Henderson & Associates."