"Community Archives Collection series" found 6707 records

History: Andrew Martin Johnson was born in Norway in 1861 and immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1886. His wife Margaret Sloane was born in Ireland. Margaret and Andrew Johnson's eldest child, Edward Sloane, was born June 10, 1901 but did not survive infancy. Their second child, Andrew Sloane, was born in 1906. Andrew Martin was a major landowner in Burnaby, at one time owning each of the four corners of Royal Oak and Kingsway and many of the adjacent properties. He made his fortune as a partner in the firm of Atkins & Johnson, a leading transportation company in Vancouver which later became the Mainland Transfer Company. In 1910, Andrew Martin purchased Burnaby's Royal Oak Hotel. He soon acquired the property on the opposite corner to build their family home, called "Glenedward" after their eldest son. He owned and operated the Royal Oak Hotel until his death on September 18, 1934. In 1943 Margaret sold Glenedward. The building has since been converted twice: first into the Royal Oak Funeral Chapel and then into the Johnson House Korean Restaurant. Andrew Sloane Johnson attended Kingsway West School and Britannia High School before earning a Bachelor's of Business Administration at the University of Washington in 1930. He lived at Glenedward until moving to Washington for school.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Creator: Johnson, Andrew Martin

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC244, PC335

Evelyn Salisbury and Dr Violet Eagles

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58149

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [before 1989]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 12 x 17 cm (sight) in frame 14.5 x 19.5 x 0.5 cm

Scope and Content: Framed portrait photograph of Evelyn Salisbury and Dr Violet Eagles.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [before 1989]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Evelyn Salisbury subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w : 12 x 17 cm (sight) in frame 14.5 x 19.5 x 0.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 261-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1991-24

Scope and Content: Framed portrait photograph of Evelyn Salisbury and Dr Violet Eagles.

Names: Eagles, Dr. Violet; Eagles, Dr. Blythe

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Handwritten note about the Eagles' Salisbury Scholarship attached to verso of frame.; Access copy created from scan of accompanying negative

Images

Evelyn Salisbury and Dr Violet Eagles, [before 1989] thumbnail

Fraser Wilson subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58314

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [19--]-1969

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records nd graphic material

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of one photographic album of locations in Vancouver photographed in the 1880s, sixteen original illustrations by Fraser Wilson and three files of textual records, including the comic book "Bill Northwood".

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [19--]-1969

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Fraser Wilson subseries

Physical Description: Textual records nd graphic material

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1988-06; BHS1985-23; BHS1991-25

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of one photographic album of locations in Vancouver photographed in the 1880s, sixteen original illustrations by Fraser Wilson and three files of textual records, including the comic book "Bill Northwood".

History: Fraser Wilson was born in Vancouver on July 1, 1905 and brought up in the Grandview area, with fond memories of berry picking in the wilds of North Burnaby as a child. He left school in 1923 and, although interested in art, he didn’t try to make it a career until a double hernia forced him to stop working in factories and start apprenticing for commercial artists, later opening a sign shop of his own. In 1926 he worked in Australia as a set decoration painter, but had to return to Vancouver when his father fell ill in 1927. Wilson was a political cartoonist for the Vancouver Sun newspaper from 1937 to 1947. When he moved to Burnaby in April of 1943 he was also the artist and author of the cartoon-type serial “Bill Northwood - the personification of the modern Resource Manager” which served to teach the community why forests are important and should be preserved. He lost his job at the Vancouver Sun in 1947; he was the chairman of the Co-ordinating Committee of Newspaper Unions which was involved in the Vancouver Province strike and his publisher didn’t approve. Soon after, Bill White, then-president of the Marine Workers’ and Boilermakers Union, asked Wilson to decorate the Marine Workers’ Auditorium at 3337 West Pender, the Union's hall. The mural that Wilson painted depicts the BC labour movement to honour British Columbia’s workers. This mural launched a new career for Wilson; to this day, hospitals and libraries across British Columbia display his work in lobbies. In 1988, when the building housing the Marine Workers’ Auditorium was sold to a new owner, Fraser Wilson’s mural was removed from the wall, restored by Ferdinand Petrov of the Vancouver Centennial Committee, and installed permanently at the new Maritime Labour Centre on Victoria Drive in Vancouver. Throughout the 1960s, Wilson served as president of the Burnaby Historical Society. He ran for City Council as a Burnaby Citizens Association candidate in 1969 and 1970. Fraser Wilson died on 31 July 1992.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Wilson, Fraser

Notes: PC492, MSS062; Title based on contents of subseries

Locations in Vancouver and British Columbia

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58315

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [19--]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 album (61 photographs : b&w) ; 26.5 x 31.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic album of locations in Vancouver, the Lower Mainland, and other locations in British Columbia and Alberta. Photographs are reproductions of photographs taken between approximately 1880-1900, which were collected and pasted into the album.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [19--]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Fraser Wilson subseries

Physical Description: 1 album (61 photographs : b&w) ; 26.5 x 31.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 492-001

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: BHS1988-06

Scope and Content: Photographic album of locations in Vancouver, the Lower Mainland, and other locations in British Columbia and Alberta. Photographs are reproductions of photographs taken between approximately 1880-1900, which were collected and pasted into the album.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Cities; Geographic Features - Mountains; Geographic Features - Parks

Names: Wilson, Fraser

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on content of item; Table of contents of pictures and page numbers pasted in the front cover of the album; 1 photograph loose in between pages 12-13 of the album; reproduction of a photograph from Vancouver City Archives.

Hazel Peterson subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62793

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [188-]-[2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs and textual records, including marriage and baptism certificates, belonging to Hazel Erickson Peterson and her family.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [188-]-[2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Hazel Peterson subseries

Physical Description: Photographs and textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2000-08

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs and textual records, including marriage and baptism certificates, belonging to Hazel Erickson Peterson and her family.

History: Hazel Eleanora Erickson was born May 21, 1896 in San Francisco California and baptized on December 25, 1899. She was the daughter of Charles Victor Erickson and Amanda Hedvig Erickson of Sweden. Her parents were married in Oakland, California on January 20, 1894. The Erickson family lived in San Francisco, then travelled up the panhandle to Alaska. They travelled throughout British Columbia and by the 1920s made Burnaby their home. Hazel Erickson was living at Gibson's Landing, British Columbia by the time of her marriage on August 31, 1936 to Edwin Peterson. Edwin Peterson was born at sea on October 18, 1884 and became naturalized as a British subject from the Dominion of Canada in 1921. He was an electrician by trade. Hazel resided at the Dania Home in Burnaby for 20 before her death in 1996.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Creator: Peterson, Hazel Erickson

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries; MSS094, PC504

Frank Bailey and sibling

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64480

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9.5 cm mounted on paper 19 x 12 cm, pasted in folded paper 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Frank Bailey standing on a bench in a photographic studio next to one of his siblings.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bailey family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 9.5 cm mounted on paper 19 x 12 cm, pasted in folded paper 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 508-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-55

Scope and Content: Photograph of Frank Bailey standing on a bench in a photographic studio next to one of his siblings.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Bailey, Frank

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Frank Bailey and sibling, [191-] thumbnail

Group of labourers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64482

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.6 x 16.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of labourers.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bailey family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.6 x 16.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 508-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-55

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of labourers.

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Bailey family house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64487

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16 cm, mounted on board 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of five people standing in the front yard and porch of William and Mary Bailey's home at 4050 Kingsway.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bailey family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16 cm, mounted on board 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 508-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-55

Scope and Content: Photograph of five people standing in the front yard and porch of William and Mary Bailey's home at 4050 Kingsway.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Bailey, William; Bailey, Mary

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note on verso of card mount reads: "Sept. 1925 / Passed away"; To be scanned

Street Address: 4050 Kingsway

Images

Charles and Minnie Bailey

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64491

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [19--]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia (two oval images on one strip) ; 8 x 3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of what looks to be Charles Bailey and underneath Charles with his wife Minnie Bailey. These look to be cut from a contact sheet.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [19--]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bailey family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia (two oval images on one strip) ; 8 x 3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 508-019

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1992-55

Scope and Content: Photograph of what looks to be Charles Bailey and underneath Charles with his wife Minnie Bailey. These look to be cut from a contact sheet.

Names: Bailey, Charles; Bailey, Minnie

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Charles and Minnie Bailey, [19--] thumbnail

Jermyn family subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64492

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-]-1953

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records pertaining to the Jermyn family mushroom farm at 4840 Ardingly Avenue. Records include insurance papers, cancelled cheques, bank receipts, tax demands, Horticultural Circulars, and a photograph.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-]-1953

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jermyn family subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and 1 photograph

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1992-54

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records pertaining to the Jermyn family mushroom farm at 4840 Ardingly Avenue. Records include insurance papers, cancelled cheques, bank receipts, tax demands, Horticultural Circulars, and a photograph.

History: Chester Stephen Jermyn was born February of 1908. His wife Mary Magdalene was born May of 1909. Chester and Mary had three sons: Wayne S., born August 1938, Morris J., born February 1942, and Ralph J. Jermyn born October 1947. The family lived together at 4840 Ardingly Avenue in Burnaby and ran a mushroom farm on their property.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Creator: Jermyn family

Notes: MSS116 and PC509; Title based on contents of subseries

Community Archives Collection series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97126

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [188-]-2010

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Scope and Content: Series consists of the Burnaby Historical Society's Community Archives collection. The Society's collection includes photographs, documents, ephemera, oral histories, and other records from a myriad of sources and donors, compiled to document the history of Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [188-]-2010

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of the Burnaby Historical Society's Community Archives collection. The Society's collection includes photographs, documents, ephemera, oral histories, and other records from a myriad of sources and donors, compiled to document the history of Burnaby.

History: The Burnaby Historical was founded in 1957. The Historical Society developed its Community Archives by collecting, compiling, and preserving records with historic value to the City of Burnaby. It gathered documents, photographs, and other items while also soliciting and acquiring entire collections or groups of archival records. In 1991, the Society was provided a permanent space to house their growing collection at the Burnaby Village Museum and they continued to grow their holdings. Following the creation of the City of Burnaby Archives in 2001, the Society and the City of Burnaby began discussing the possibility of uniting the two collections. In February 2007, an agreement was signed between the two institutions which resulted in the merger of the Society's Community Archives with the City Archives. All records collected by the Society were transferred into the custody of the City and moved from the Burnaby Village Museum to the City Archives in the McGill branch of the Burnaby Public Library.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Sound Recording; Cartographic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Columbian Newspaper subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97177

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1865]-1983

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper collected by the Burnaby Historical Society.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1865]-1983

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Columbian Newspaper subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1989-19

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper collected by the Burnaby Historical Society.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: The Columbian

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC 222; History/Bio adapted from New Westminster Archives

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

Church files subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97357

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

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

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Church files subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2007-04; BHS1999-15

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

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of subseries

Railways

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98236

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [date unknown]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 maps : col. ; 89 cm x 76 cm

Scope and Content: File contains sheet 7 and 8 of a map of Canadian railways. Sheets depict British Columbia, Yukon, and the eastern portions of Albert and Northwest Territories. Sheet 7 includes an index of railways.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [date unknown]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: 2 maps : col. ; 89 cm x 76 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 64999

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File contains sheet 7 and 8 of a map of Canadian railways. Sheets depict British Columbia, Yukon, and the eastern portions of Albert and Northwest Territories. Sheet 7 includes an index of railways.

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of files

Fraser Wilson family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35420

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (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 the Fraser Wilson family taken in their yard at their home at 1648 Graveley Street, Grandview District, Vancouver. Adney James Wilson (standing, back left); his wife Alexandra Wilson (standing, back right); Frances May Wilson (front left); Catherine McRae (seated, centre); and Fraser …

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (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.: 204-278

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Fraser Wilson family taken in their yard at their home at 1648 Graveley Street, Grandview District, Vancouver. Adney James Wilson (standing, back left); his wife Alexandra Wilson (standing, back right); Frances May Wilson (front left); Catherine McRae (seated, centre); and Fraser Wilson (front right).

Names: McRae, Catherine; Wilson, Adney James; Wilson, Alexandra; Wilson, Frances May; Wilson, Fraser

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Wilson family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35421

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (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 Adney "Ab" Wilson (front, centre); his wife, Alexandra Wilson (on right); their daughter, Frances May Wilson (on left); and, Catherine McRae (standing), mother of Alexandra Wilson. Photograph was taken in Vancouver, BC.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (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.: 204-279

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adney "Ab" Wilson (front, centre); his wife, Alexandra Wilson (on right); their daughter, Frances May Wilson (on left); and, Catherine McRae (standing), mother of Alexandra Wilson. Photograph was taken in Vancouver, BC.

Names: McRae, Catherine; Wilson, Adney "Ab"; Wilson, Alexandra; Wilson, Frances May

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Wilson family, [191-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Miscellaneous Maps : Burnaby Lake Pavillion, Century Park and Century Park Signage Reports

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription56592

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1973

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1973

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Arts Council subseries

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 40020

Accession Number: BHS1998-06

Media Type: Textual Record

Interview with W.H. O'Brien July / August 1975 - Track 8

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory25

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: [1932]-1936

Length: 0:11:12

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).

1 image 1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).

Date Range: [1932]-1936

Photo Info: Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005

Length: 0:11:12

Names: Darling, Gordon; Phillips, Turnie

Subjects: Organizations

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: July / August 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with W.H. "Harry" O'Brien by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury. Major themes discussed are: the Army of the Common Good, the Union of the Unemployed and the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union). To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: W.H. “Harry” O’Brien was born in the coal mining town of Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 20, 1914. He came to Burnaby with his parents and five siblings in 1927. Harry’s mother, a school teacher, wanted her children to live closer to school in order to obtain a better education, so the O’Brien family settled at Inman Avenue, Burnaby. Harry's mother, Mary Anne Crossan, was Gilmore Avenue School's first teacher. Harry left school in June of 1929. Harry’s father worked as the caretaker at Central Park around this time and Harry helped him to clear brush, plant trees and enforce the land clearing and wood cutting permit regulations held by men who were on script. Although too young to vote by just over a week, Harry O'Brien worked as a scrutineer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) during the 1935 Federal Election. On October 12, 1940 Harry O'Brien married Gertrude Sutherland at St. John the Divine in Burnaby. The Sutherland family came to Burnaby from Winnipeg in 1933 and settled at Nelson Avenue. Harry began his involvement with the Unemployment Organization in Burnaby by participating in an organised protest against the municipality for homeowner evictions brought on by unpaid taxes. The South Burnaby Union of the Unemployed organised in order to protest rules around receiving Relief. Harry became involved, eventually becoming one of the spearheads of the organization, taking over as secretary by 1936. Harry was an original member of the Army of the Common Good, helping to produce over one hundred and twenty-five tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed Burnaby citizens suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The members of the Army of the Common Good who cut wood for consumption or worked in the gardens were given credit for their work through LU (Labour Units) which they could then use to buy groceries and that at the Army's Cooperative stores, one of which was at McKay Avenue, where Harry began working as Manager of Groceries in 1937. The Credit Union movement of British Columbia was also organized by Harry O'Brien and his fellow Army of the Common Good members. W.H. "Harry" O'Brien died July 1, 1992.

Total Tracks: 9

Total Length: 1:17:56

Interviewee Name: O'Brien, Harry

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: None

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.

Images

Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track eight of interview with W.H.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-25/100-13-25_Track_8.mp3

Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 6

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory222

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1485-1814

Length: 0:09:45

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's explanation of the connection between printers and unions throughout history. He also tells the story of the cylinder press being smashed by handpress workmen to protect their jobs at the London Times as well as his own experiences learning on…

1 image 1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's explanation of the connection between printers and unions throughout history. He also tells the story of the cylinder press being smashed by handpress workmen to protect their jobs at the London Times as well as his own experiences learning on the Linotype.

Date Range: 1485-1814

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:09:45

Subjects: Printing Tools and Equipment

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 0:58:44

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

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 six of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr

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