"Community Archives Collection series" found 58 records

Photographs subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97458

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1892-2002

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs collected or purchased by the Burnaby Historical Society for inclusion in their Community Archives.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1892-2002

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1985-24; BHS1986-08; BHS1986-13; BHS1986-15; BHS1986-29; BHS1987-10; BHS1988-10; BHS1989-07; BHS1989-26; BHS1990-03; BHS1990-04; BHS1991-01; BHS191-13; BHS1991-14; BHS1991-21; BHS1991-23; BHS1991-34; BHS1992-22; BHS1992-23; BHS1992-28; BHS1992-35; BHS1992-37; BHS1992-41; BHS1992-43; BHS1992-48; BHS1993-05; BHS1993-07; BHS1993-11; BHS1994-06; BHS1995-05; BHS1995-11; BHS1995-12; BHS1995-18; BHS1996-10; BHS1996-14; BHS1996-24; BHS1997-08; BHS1999-12; BHS2000-05; BHS2001-10; BHS2001-07; BHS2002-13; BHS2002-07; BHS2005-07; BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs collected or purchased by the Burnaby Historical Society for inclusion in their Community Archives.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries

Pioneer Tales subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97276

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original)-1988

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs compiled by the Mayor's Office for inclusion in the publication "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby" and drafts of the manuscript.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original)-1988

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2007-04; BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs compiled by the Mayor's Office for inclusion in the publication "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby" and drafts of the manuscript.

History: On May 28, 1980 the Mayor and Council of Burnaby held a tea to honour Burnaby “pioneers.” The event was held as part of “Burnaby Funfest Days ‘80” and was meant to recognize members of the community who had resided in Burnaby prior to 1930 and acknowledge their contributions as pioneers of the City. Although approximately 100 people were expected, more than 500 actually attended. Each participant was asked to fill out a brief personal information form outlining their experiences in Burnaby’s earliest days. The response was so favorable that the idea of compiling a book to capture these memories was born. The City hired a writer edit and organize the book they held writing contests to encourage senior residents to share their experiences. Other community members became involved in the project when the City enlisted the help of secondary school students to type manuscripts for those unable to do so and journalism students from the British Columbia Institute of Technology to conduct interviews with additional “pioneers.” The book was published in 1987.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Mayor's Office

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC204, MSS064

Pixie McGeachie subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription101

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910 (date of original)-2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers and photographs collected by Pixie McGeachie during her tenure as archivist for the Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives. Also included are newspaper articles and essays penned by Pixie, a series of research files collected and organized for her own personal u…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910 (date of original)-2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pixie McGeachie subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1989-28; BHS1991-07; BHS1992-39; BHS1992-56; BHS1992-58; BHS1996-06; BHS1996-16; BHS1997-01; BHS2004-02; BHS1991-16; BHS1999-13; BHS1996-08; BHS1996-07; BHS2000-03; BHS2003-01

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers and photographs collected by Pixie McGeachie during her tenure as archivist for the Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives. Also included are newspaper articles and essays penned by Pixie, a series of research files collected and organized for her own personal use and a selection of ephemera.

History: Doreen "Pixie" McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over 60 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. 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 her honour and formally named it the Pixie McGeachie Reading Room in recognition of her years of service to the community.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries; PC299, PC237, PC332, PC460, MSS054, MSS065, and MSS081

Ramsey family subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription106

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916 (date of original) -1999

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual record and graphic material

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a photocopied certificate of birth for Eva Lilian Ramsey [Ramsay] as well as handwritten accounts of Ramsey family history and two family photographs.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1916 (date of original) -1999

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ramsey family subseries

Physical Description: Textual record and graphic material

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1999-19

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a photocopied certificate of birth for Eva Lilian Ramsey [Ramsay] as well as handwritten accounts of Ramsey family history and two family photographs.

History: Edwin Ramsey came to Canada from Scotland when he was about 11 years old. He was given farmland and quickly became an avid farmer. Edwin Ramsey married Annie Plummer circa 1893. This was Annie Plummer’s second marriage. In the early years of their marriage, Edwin and Annie lived in Orange Ridge, Manitoba and operated a store and post office. Their first child, Queenie, was born November 11, 1895. Albert Edwin "Bert" Ramsey was born January 27, 1898. Eva Lilian Ramsey was born January 24, 1900. Jessica “Jessie” Ramsey was born two years later. The Ramseys then headed to New Westminster. By 1905 they had bought "the Park” (what is now Robert Burnaby Park) from Mr. Wintermute for $4,000 cash. They moved into a large house already constructed on the property. The park was full of apple trees, a garden, pigs, two cows, horses and a buggy and wagon with a barn near the second street entrance. By now, the eldest, Queenie was enrolled at Burnaby’s first school. Twins Ernest “Ernie” and Dorothy “Doll” were born in 1906. Eva started at Edmonds School in 1908 when it was just built. Her siblings Queenie, Bert, Jeanie, Ernie and Doll all attended the school as well. In 1909 the Ramseys sold the park to Mr. Vidal of New Westminster and his syndicate along with a portable mill to Pemberton & Sons and received enough money to buy six lots on 12th Avenue where they built a large house. Gordon “Gord” Ramsey was born in that house in 1909. Soon after, they sold the house and moved to Blaine for six months, then on to Bellingham where they remained until Edwin and Annie divorced in 1914. Edwin moved alone to Alberta and Annie moved back to Burnaby with their children. Bert began attending the University of British Columbia where he studied to become a doctor. He joined the army in May of 1916, went to war and was killed at Vimy Ridge on April 12, 1917 at the age of 19. As Mr. Vital and his syndicate were to go to war as captains, Mr. Vital gave up the park property and Annie was able to take it back. Unfortunately, the new initiative of taxing wild lands caused Annie to lose the park property through tax sale proceedings. She then entered into a lease agreement with Burnaby which allowed her to stay on at "the Park." With twelve years of piano training, Annie was considered a talented musician and played the piano at St. Alban’s church for many years. Annie Ramsey died on October 3, 1926. Jessica, Dorothy and Queenie all moved to the United States. Gordon married a woman named Irene. Eva married William “Bill” Anderson at the St. Stephen’s Church in New Westminster on July 7, 1919. She and Bill were the first couple to marry there. They held their wedding reception at “the Park.” In 1921, Bill and Eva bought a home at 723 Second Street for $2450. They had one daughter, Dorothy "Dot" Anderson. Dot later married Robert V. “Bob” Douglas. Eva died in 1995.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Ramsay, Eva Lillian

Notes: PC399 and MSS154; Title based on contents of subseries; Certificate reads "Ramsay" although the family continuously spelt their name "Ramsey"

Robert Burnaby subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97442

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959-[1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers and other research materials collected by the Burnaby Historical Society pertaining to the life of Robert Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959-[1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Robert Burnaby subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers and other research materials collected by the Burnaby Historical Society pertaining to the life of Robert Burnaby.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of subseries; PC598, MSS006

Robert Prittie subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription113

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1950-2002

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consist of records created and collected by Robert Prittie during his teaching and political careers and following his retirement from public office. Records include Burnaby Teachers Association and other school organization records, election papers, and copies of various City reports an…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1950-2002

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Robert Prittie subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1999-01

Scope and Content: Subseries consist of records created and collected by Robert Prittie during his teaching and political careers and following his retirement from public office. Records include Burnaby Teachers Association and other school organization records, election papers, and copies of various City reports and meeting minutes. Also included are photographic postcards of Burnaby, photographs of Robert Prittie attending official City functions, and aerial photographs of industrial and business sites in Burnaby.

History: Born in North Vancouver on December 5, 1919, Robert “Bob” William Prittie was the first of four sons born to Wilmot Prittie and Mary Adair. As a child, his health was weaker than younger brothers Bill, Eric and Halford, as he suffered from Polio and asthma. Bob was an industrious youth who left school early to work in a department store warehouse. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Bob enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force and spent the duration of the war serving on the ground in Canada at the Patricia Bay Air Force Base and the No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School in Manitoba, completing his high school education through correspondence courses. While at the Patricia Bay Air Force Base, he met pre-school teacher Grace King of Sidney, Vancouver Island. By 1940 they were married and soon after, had their first son, Robert King. In 1945, Bob was discharged from the air force with the rank of sergeant and entered the University of British Columbia, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in history. After the war, Bob spent a few years working in Ottawa as a foreign-service officer, but he returned to UBC in 1949, receiving a diploma in education. He later undertook post-graduate studies at Laval University and Western Washington State College. Bob returned to Burnaby in 1950 following the tragic death of their son. He immediately began teaching. Over the next thirteen years, he taught at Sperling Avenue School, McPherson Park Junior High School, Burnaby South High School and Burnaby North High School. He and Grace went on to have three more children: Heather in 1951, Bruce in 1953, and Ian in 1955. In 1959 he was elected to serve as a member of the municipal Council, re-elected and serving until the end of his term in 1962 when he left to serve as Member of Parliament for the Burnaby-Richmond riding. He held that office until 1968. In January 1969, Bob first took office as Mayor of Burnaby and in that capacity served on the GVRD as a Director for a number of years. In May of 1973, he decided to resign as Mayor of Burnaby in order to take up a position as Assistant Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs and in 1975 he was appointed as the Minister of Municipal Affairs, a post he held for a short time. After his tenure as Minister, Bob retired from public life and he and his second wife Isobel Pothecary moved to Victoria. Isobel had three children from a previous marriage: Alan, Deirdre and Fiona. Bob left an enduring legacy for the citizens of Burnaby as a champion of schools, libraries and parks and recreation programs. In 1978 he was awarded the title of "Freeman of the Municipality" and in 1991 a new branch of the Burnaby Public Library was opened and named after him. His status as Freeman and the naming of the library in his honour are testament to his record of service and dedication to the community and its citizens. Robert Prittie died on January 14, 2002.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Prittie, Robert W. "Bob"

Notes: PC368, PC369, PC498, MSS086, MSS127; Title based on contents and creator of subseries

Rod Fowler subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57849

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a report on the Hastings Grove Store and the Lochdale Community Hall prepared by Rod Fowler.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Rod Fowler subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1986-32

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a report on the Hastings Grove Store and the Lochdale Community Hall prepared by Rod Fowler.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Fowler, Rod

Notes: MSS026; Title based on creator of subseries

Ross family subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription114

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922(date of originals)-[1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 2 files of textual records and 2 photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of Ross family history, memories of the Burnaby Lake Interurban, Ross Service Station letterhead and photographs of the Ross Service Station.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922(date of originals)-[1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ross family subseries

Physical Description: 2 files of textual records and 2 photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1998-05; BHS1999-14

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of Ross family history, memories of the Burnaby Lake Interurban, Ross Service Station letterhead and photographs of the Ross Service Station.

History: Frederick "Fred" Sullivan Ross was born 1887 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He took his apprenticeship in mechanics in Glasgow prior to 1911, following which he immigrated to Canada. During the First World War he returned to Britain and joined the Royal Navy. He was a Chief Petty Officer, working in the engine room of a mine sweeper in the North Atlantic. Margaret Binnie Dougal was in 1884 in Linlithgow, Scotland. She trained as a nurse before emigrating to Canada in 1911. She also returned to Britain during the war years, nursing at Boulogne in France and later Bristol before returning to Vancouver in 1919. She met Fred through a mutual friend, Agnes Rhind. Fred and Margaret married in 1920 in Vancouver, BC. Their first home was in North Vancouver and was where their first child, Ronald, was born. In 1921 or 1922 they moved to the Burnaby Lake area, buying a three-quarter acre parcel of land at 2974 Sprott Street and had two more children, Ian and Alistair. Fred built, owned and operated the Ross Service Station on Douglas Road, established in 1922 or 1923. The station property ran from Douglas Road up to the Douglas Road School’s fence line. After the municipality appropriated part of the property in the 1930s to create a junction for the new Grandview Highway and existing Douglas Road, Fred got permission to build an upper station with two more pumps. The driveway curved down to the station from where Sprott Street now joins Canada Way and rejoined that road near its junction with Douglas Road. At Ross Service Station, Fred did automobile repairs and used the family car, a Studebaker Commander, as a towing vehicle. He created a garden north of the service station on the upper level where he grew chrysanthemums and daises. In the 1930s, Terry Rowley worked at the service station as one of Fred’s assistants. Fred ran the station until he sold it in about 1949. Margaret died December 29, 1969 at the age of 85. Fred died on August 21, 1971 at the age of 84.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Ross family

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC58 and MSS146

School files subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97358

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1907-2006

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers pertaining to schools in Burnaby collected by the Burnaby Historical Society for research and information purposes.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1907-2006

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: School files subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1992-57; BHS1997-04; BHS1999-10; BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers pertaining to schools in Burnaby collected by the Burnaby Historical Society for research and information purposes.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of subseries

South Burnaby Garden Club subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription121

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915-2009

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of the administrative records of the South Burnaby Garden Club from their early beginnings as the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmer's Institute (1901-1926), the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute (1927-1957) to the early 2000s.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915-2009

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: South Burnaby Garden Club subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and 1 photograph

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1986-36; BHS2008-17

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of the administrative records of the South Burnaby Garden Club from their early beginnings as the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmer's Institute (1901-1926), the South Burnaby Horticultural Association and Farmers Institute (1927-1957) to the early 2000s.

History: The South Burnaby Garden Club as formed in 1901 after a group of Central Park residents met to form a Farmers’ Institute. They leased 17 acres of Central Park from the Provincial Government and with the support of government grants constructed a two-story building on the property. The building was constructed in time for the first annual Fall Fair in September 1901. In 1903 the Institute amalgamated with the South Vancouver and Burnaby Agricultural Society to become the Central Park Agricultural Association & Farmers Institute. In 1907 the membership doubled to 520 members. Increasing urbanization and the First World War saw the last exhibition in 1919. The lease on the building expired in 1921. The Society continued to meet and hold small exhibitions in rented halls under the South Burnaby Horticultural Association name. After several name changes, the association became the South Burnaby Garden Club in 1958 and continues to this day.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Creator: South Burnaby Garden Club

Notes: PC223, PC488, MSS028; Title based on creator and contents of subseries

South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62888

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919-1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of the administrative records of the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club, including meeting minutes and handbooks.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919-1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2002-02

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of the administrative records of the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club, including meeting minutes and handbooks.

History: The Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club began in West Burnaby in 1914. On December 1, 1937, the club amalgamated with the Ladies Central Park Club to create the Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club at Central Park. By that time, the Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club had already won a number of British Columbia Lawn Bowling Association tournaments and trophies. The joint executive of the Men's and Ladies' Burnaby Lawn Bowling Clubs formed the Building Fund and Social Committee in 1945 with the purpose of collecting funds to improve the clubhouse and green. The committee remained active throughout the 1950s and 60s. In 1973, under the new title of South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club, the constitution and by-laws of the club were established.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club

Notes: Title based on contents and creator of subseries; MSS102

Thrussell family subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription122

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1893-1986 (dates of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and graphic material

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records and photographs created by the Thrussell family pertaining to their home and farm in the Marine Drive and Nelson area of Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1893-1986 (dates of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Thrussell family subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and graphic material

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1992-05

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records and photographs created by the Thrussell family pertaining to their home and farm in the Marine Drive and Nelson area of Burnaby.

History: Harriett Fenwick came out west from North Dakota in 1892. She married Frederick "Fred" Thrussell and the couple opened the North Arm Dairy, the Thrussell farm and family business on Marine Drive at Nelson Avenue in Burnaby. After Fred Thrussell passed away, she sold of the dairy equipment and stock at an auction on January 18, 1910. Their eldest daughter Mary Anne “Annie” Thrussell (later Phillips, and later again Welsh) was born in Burnaby in December 1895. After marrying her first husband, she moved to Ferndale, Washington and had their son Lawerne Phillips. In 1930, she moved to Surrey with her second husband, Jim Welsh and her second child, Hazel. Fred and Harriet's son Frederick T. Thrussell was born in Burnaby in 1901. He attended Dundonald Public School in Burnaby, with Florence M. Bowell as his teacher in 1911. As a youth, he worked in a shingle mill and spent the rest of his working years in shingle and sawmills. Frederick T. and Ruth McMillan were married March 9, 1929 and the couple moved to Surrey. Fred and Harriet's second daughter, Ethel Thrussell (later Cleghorn), attended Alta Vista Public School as a senior in 1913 where J.G. Whiten was her teacher. Their third daughter, Eva H. Thrussell, went to Riverway East School with Helena F. Crake as her teacher. In 1914, Eva attended Nelson Avenue School with F. Anderson as her teacher. Their youngest daughter Edith Thrussell (now Cleghorn) also attended Riverway East in the same class as her sister Eva. When eldest daughter Annie celebrated her 90th birthday in December of 1985, Edith was her only living sibling.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Thrussell, Frederick (1869-1909)

Notes: PC275 and MSS070; Title based on contents of subseries

Tinkerbell Kindergarten subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription123

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1953-1993

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records and photographs created by the Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten. Photographs depict students participating in various classroom activities and field trips.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1953-1993

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Tinkerbell Kindergarten subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1990-12

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records and photographs created by the Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten. Photographs depict students participating in various classroom activities and field trips.

History: Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten was established in 1955. The school was spearheaded by a group of mothers who felt that four and five year olds would benefit from a preschool. In February of that year, they met with the President of the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) and two members from the Helper's Committee of the Cooperative Play Group Association. They began meeting weekly to plan the opening of a local play group. On March 26, the group held a salvage drive to raise funds for equipment, and, with the help of the fathers, raised $142.00. They continued to raise funds though bingo, teas, and dances. Fathers made a stove, kitchen cabinets, easels, hand carved animals, screens, shelves and a wash stand. The Cooperative Kindergarten opened April 18, 1955 with an enrollment of 23 children. Lucy Emma Brown is considered the founder of the school, teaching kindergarten from the school's beginning in 1955 until it closed in 1968.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten

Notes: PC246, MSS050; Title based on contents and creator of subseries

Trudi Tuomi subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription126

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]-1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records and 5 photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the squatter community known as Crabtown that ran along the Burrard Inlet, accompanied by articles about growing up in that community.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1945]-1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Trudi Tuomi subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records and 5 photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1996-20

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the squatter community known as Crabtown that ran along the Burrard Inlet, accompanied by articles about growing up in that community.

History: Gustav and Aune Rintanen came to Vancouver from a mixed farm on the prairies in 1936 with the hopes of finding employment. The couple had two children: nine year old Aili (later Topalian) and eight year old Trudi (later Tuomi), when they moved to a “squatters shack” at North Burnaby’s waterfront Crabtown community in 1937. They paid 50 dollars for their two-room cabin, which was built on a platform and supported by pilings. Though the squatters’ homes that ran along the Inlet were commonly referred to as shacks and Crabtown a slum, in reality they were very neatly kept homes in a community. Crabtown residents rallied together to build a water supply system and trails up the steep bluff with stairs and banisters so children could go to school safely. Before Gustav found a job, he “busied himself with fixing up the place”: building a new chimney, railing, wood shed, clothes line and sauna for his family. By 1940, he was working at the mill near Windermere pool (now New Brighton Park). Aune worked as a dishwasher and prep cook at Ye Olde English Fish and Chips in downtown Vancouver. In 1946, they sold the cabin for two hundred dollars and moved to a small house. All Crabtown squatters were eventually evicted in 1959.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Tuomi, Trudi Rintanen

Notes: Title based on contents and creator of subseries; PC337, MSS144

Vera Jackson Pel subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription49

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927 (date of original)-1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs and textual records collected by Vera Jackson Pel. These records document Pel's personal life as well as her time as a clerk at the Royal Bank in Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927 (date of original)-1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Vera Jackson Pel subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1991-15; BHS1991-37; BHS1992-04; BHS1992-46; BHS1989-04; BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs and textual records collected by Vera Jackson Pel. These records document Pel's personal life as well as her time as a clerk at the Royal Bank in Burnaby.

History: Harold Joseph Jackson and Florence Colocott married in 1925. The couple bought a brown wooden shingled house at 3507 Booth Avenue in Burnaby in 1926. Vera Rose Jackson was born to Harold and Florence at Mrs. Scott’s private hospital on Kingsway near Central Park December 4, 1927. Her brother Ronald Harold Jackson was born June 21, 1929. In 1934, the family moved to 2706 Cassie Avenue (later renumbered 6457). Vera attended Miss Edith Hall’s Kindergarten on Grange Street until she was old enough to enter Kingsway West as a grade one student. The family were members of the West Burnaby United Church and Vera and Ron both went to Sunday school in the old church basement. Vera attended Burnaby South High School where she met her future husband, Fred Pel. In 1944, Vera started a job at the Royal Bank in Burnaby. Besides the manager and the accountant, the entire staff at the branch were young women fresh out of school, as the men had left to serve during World War II. She worked at the Royal Bank from 1944 until 1952. During her time as clerk, she witnessed two armed robberies: one in May of 1946 and the other in January of 1948.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Pel, Vera Rose Jackson

Notes: Title based on contents and creator of subseries; MSS053, PC256, PC274, PC305, MSS044, MSS069

William J. Devitt subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97418

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the life of former Burnaby Police Chief William J. "Bill" Devitt.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: William J. Devitt subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1996-17

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the life of former Burnaby Police Chief William J. "Bill" Devitt.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Notes: Title based on content of subseries; MSS082

Windows to Burnaby's Past subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97407

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1976-1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs compiled for "Window to Burnaby's Past: A preliminary survey of Burnaby's Pre-1930 buildings" and a copy of the final report. The report was prepared by Ann Watson and assisted by Jim Wolf for the Burnaby Historical Society between May 13 and August 13, 1985.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1976-1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Windows to Burnaby's Past subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1985-21

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs compiled for "Window to Burnaby's Past: A preliminary survey of Burnaby's Pre-1930 buildings" and a copy of the final report. The report was prepared by Ann Watson and assisted by Jim Wolf for the Burnaby Historical Society between May 13 and August 13, 1985.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of subseries; PC151, MSS177

W.L. Edmonds subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57802

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1912 (date of original), copied [1985]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists documents pertaining to the W.L. Edmonds house on Broadman Avenue, designed and constructed by Disney and Tucker.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: February 1912 (date of original), copied [1985]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: W.L. Edmonds subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1985-16

Scope and Content: Subseries consists documents pertaining to the W.L. Edmonds house on Broadman Avenue, designed and constructed by Disney and Tucker.

History: W.L. Edmonds lived in Burnaby and was married to Beryl Briggs Edmonds.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Edmonds, W.L.

Notes: MSS019; Title based on contents of subseries

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