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![The Bird's Paradise, Vancouver, BC, [between 1930 and 1945] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6012_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
The Bird's Paradise, Vancouver, BC
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3221
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard hand-tinted into col.
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of an unidentified man in tweed suit smoking a pipe.There are birds resting on his head, on his pipe and hand, on his shoulder and his forearm. The birds on his hand have been coloured red, and the others are coloured yellow. A caption to the photograph reads: The Birds' Para…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard hand-tinted into col.
- Material Details
- inscribed in the original negative, printed on recto, c. r. "The Birds' Paradise,/ Vancouver, B.C./ No. 2.", l.l. "[copyright c with circle]" printed on verso, t. "MADE IN CANADA BY THE GOWEN, SUTTON CO. LTD., VANCOUVER, B. C."
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of an unidentified man in tweed suit smoking a pipe.There are birds resting on his head, on his pipe and hand, on his shoulder and his forearm. The birds on his hand have been coloured red, and the others are coloured yellow. A caption to the photograph reads: The Birds' Paradise / Vancouver, B.C. / No. 2.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV985.6012.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1945]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Photographer
- Gowen Sutton Company Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of postcard
Images
![The Bird's Paradise, Vancouver, BC, [between 1930 and 1945] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_6012_0001_001.jpg)
Burnaby North High School report card
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17527
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939-1940
- Collection/Fonds
- Dorothy Atkinson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Burnaby North High School report card for Dorothy Mallett, Division III, Grade XI, signed by school principal George B. Carpenter, teacher D.R. McLean and one of her parents.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Dorothy Atkinson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Burnaby North High School report card for Dorothy Mallett, Division III, Grade XI, signed by school principal George B. Carpenter, teacher D.R. McLean and one of her parents.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Certificates
- Accession Code
- BV021.28.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1939-1940
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-10-04
- Notes
- Title based contents of item
Canadian geography for juniors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5049
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- British Columbia ed.
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Call Number
- 910 COR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.4
- Call Number
- 910 COR
- Edition
- British Columbia ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Printer
- Temple Press
- Physical Description
- xii, 338 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Pat McLaren Div. 6" [handwritten in black ink with decoration with purple, red, green, pink, orange and blue pencil on front pastedown] "Lorraine M White" [handwritten in blue ink on front endpaper] "africa Page 265" [handwritten in blue ink over black ink on front endpaper] "Columbia Bolivia Uruguay Paraguay Chile Argentina Brazil Peru Venezuela Ecuador" [handwritten in black ink on p. after p. 338] "Columbia" [handwritten in pencil on p. after p. 338] "Pat White" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown] Drawing of woman's face in pencil on back endpaper Various drawings of womens' faces in profile, a cat? and the word "salmon" in blue ink on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geography--Historical texts
- Canada--Study and teaching--Historical texts
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Education
- Notes
- "Revised with additons by A. R. Lord and V. L. Denton" --t.p.
- "With 218 sketch maps, diagrams and illustrations" --t.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-1960
- Author's given name and dates: Lord, A. R. (Alexander Russell), 1885-1961
- Author's given name and dates: Denton, V.L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16718
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 6 Oct. 1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Quon Lip Lee fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee on October 6, 1966. The back of the certificate includes vitial information including date of birth, marital status and date of issue.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Quon Lip Lee fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee on October 6, 1966. The back of the certificate includes vitial information including date of birth, marital status and date of issue.
- Creator
- Government of Canada
- Names
- Lee, Quon Lip
- Accession Code
- BV021.18.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 6 Oct. 1966
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- April 8, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
![Copy of Official British Columbia Road Maps, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Cartographic_Material/1972/1972_0179_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Copy of Official British Columbia Road Maps
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18945
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Physical Description
- 1 map : lithographic print on sheet ; 43 x 56 cm folded to 22 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of Road maps of British Columbia presented by Union Oil Company of Canada Limited. Includes seventeen maps printed on both sides of sheet. One side of sheet includes ten separate road maps titled "Cariboo"; "Chilcotin Plateau"; "150 Mile House to Prince George"; "Prince George - Burns…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Physical Description
- 1 map : lithographic print on sheet ; 43 x 56 cm folded to 22 x 11 cm
- Material Details
- Scale not defined
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of Road maps of British Columbia presented by Union Oil Company of Canada Limited. Includes seventeen maps printed on both sides of sheet. One side of sheet includes ten separate road maps titled "Cariboo"; "Chilcotin Plateau"; "150 Mile House to Prince George"; "Prince George - Burns Lake"; "Burns Lake - Hazelton"; "Similkameen - Nicola"; "Salmon Arm to Revelstoke"; "Ashcroft to Salmon Arm / Kamloops to Vernon"; "Okanagan Valley"; "Boundary District". Other side of sheet includes seven road maps titled "Vancouver Island"; "Vancouver to Yale"' "Fraser Canyon Section Cariboo Road"; "Lytton to 150 Mile House"; "Arrow and Kootenay Lakes"; "The Kootenays"; "Columbia Valley". When folded, cover of maps reads "COPY OF / OFFICIAL / BRITISH COLUMBIA / ROAD-MAPS" / Presented by / UNION OIL / COMPANY / of Canada Ltd."; verso of cover includes advertisement for Union Motor oil "MOTORITE"; inside cover includes advertisement for Union Gasoline with title reading "See Canada's Evergreen Playground".
- Responsibility
- Union Oil Company of Canada Limited
- Accession Code
- HV972.179.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [193-]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-08-17
- Notes
- Title based on contents of map
Images
![Copy of Official British Columbia Road Maps, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Cartographic_Material/1972/1972_0179_0001_001.jpg)
Dietetics for high school : a textbook in nutrition and food economics
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5072
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.27
- Call Number
- 641 WIL
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company
- Publication Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- xxv, 290 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Maureen Farr Class 14 Room 102" [handwritten in black ink on front pastedown] "125" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] Notes written in pencil and ink throughout book and on back endpaper and pastedown
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Notes
- Author's given name and date: Gillett, Lucy H. (Lucy Holcomb), 1880-
Dr. O.M. Jones chapter I.O.D.E. coronation number cook book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7043
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Jones, Oswald Meredith
- Publication Date
- 1937
- Call Number
- 641.5 JON
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.90.16
- Call Number
- 641.5 JON
- Author
- Jones, Oswald Meredith
- Place of Publication
- Victoria
- Publication Date
- 1937
- Printer
- Victoria Printing & Publishing Co.
- Physical Description
- 64 p. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "M. Oliver 1938" [handwritten on cover in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cookbooks--1930-1939
- Souvenirs--Royalty
Foods and home making
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5050
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.6
- Call Number
- 641
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Allyn and Bacon
- Publication Date
- c1937
- Physical Description
- xvii, 635 p. col. front., illus., diagrs. 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "BURNABY SOUTH JR. SR. HIGH SCHOOL/ 2350 KINGSWAY/ NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.".-- stamped on front end paper and p. 593
- "B. Geosits" -- printed in blue ink on front end paper
- End paper illustrated with boy drying dishes with "R.N." written on top and girl washing dishes with "C.M" written on top
- "Mr. & Mrs. H. Geosits / 6630 Russell Avenue / Burnaby, B.C., CANADA / V5H 3T5"--address label
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Home economics
- Food
- Cooking
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Notes
- "Illustrated lining-papers."
- "Pupils’ references": p. 594-595; "Teachers’ references": p. 596
- Includes index
Gilmore Avenue School report card
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17522
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1936-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Dorothy Atkinson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 card ; folded
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Burnaby Public School monthly report card of Dorothy Mallet, Grade VIII, Gilmore Avenue School filled in by teacher M.A. Williamson and signed by one of her parents.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Dorothy Atkinson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 card ; folded
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Burnaby Public School monthly report card of Dorothy Mallet, Grade VIII, Gilmore Avenue School filled in by teacher M.A. Williamson and signed by one of her parents.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Reports
- Accession Code
- BV021.28.7
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1936-1937
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-10-04
- Notes
- Title based contents of item
Head tax certificate issued to Dung Way How
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15546
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1922-1934 (date of original), copied 2021
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate (tiff) : col. ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the Interior to Dung Way How (Dong Howe). The certificate was first issued on March 18, 1922 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Dung Way How. Certifi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate (tiff) : col. ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the Interior to Dung Way How (Dong Howe). The certificate was first issued on March 18, 1922 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Dung Way How. Certification stamps on the verso of the certificate were issued by Chinese Immigration authorities between 1922 and 1934. Information on the front of the certificate reads "...This Certifies That / Dung Way How whose photograph is attached / hereto arrived or landed at Vancouver B.C. / on the 23rd day of January 1922 / ex "Empress of Asia" / and upon representations made has been / admitted as exempt from head tax under the / provisions of the Chinese Immigration Act. / The above mentioned party claims / to be a native of Bark Choon Jong in the District of Pon Yue of the age of 20 years. The declaration in this case is C.I.4. No. 3715 Date at Vancouver on March 18, 1922" signed by "Controller of Chinese Immigration". Printed text on verso of certificate reads "IMPORTANT / IT IS NECESSARY THAT THIS / CERTIFICATE BE CAREFULLY / PRESERVED AS IT IS OF VALUE / AS A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION".
- History
- Dung Way How (Dong Howe) arrived from Bak Chun (North Village), Guangdong in 1922 as a paper son. He had two sons during his first marriage, but the sons remained in China and one died at a young age. He married his second wife Chow Goon Pang through an arranged marriage. She was married twice previously and had a son from each marriage, but neither of them survived. Chow was from Nam Chun (South Village) and arrived in Canada as a paper daughter around the late 1930s or early 1940s. Both Dong and Chow spoke a Poon Yue dialect. The couple raised one daughter Vivian Dong (Dong Jing Yu) in Canada. The Dong family leased and operated the New Fountain hotel in Vancouver located at Abbott Street and Cordova Street. The family later went on to purchase farmland in Burnaby in 1957. The Dong family moved to Burnaby and operated a three acre market garden located at 6220 14th Avenue until 1972. They grew European staples including celery, radishes, green onions, beets, lettuces, endives, as well as Chinese vegetables such as gai lan (Chinese broccoli). There were two Chinese families in the area, including the Wong family who operated the Wong Chew market gardens 6325 14th Avenue. Dong Howe passed away in 1978. Chow Goon Pang passed away in 2000. Their daughter Vivian grew up in Burnaby and attended Riverside Elementary, McPherson Junior High School and Burnaby South Secondary School.
- Creator
- Government of Canada
- Names
- Howe, Dong
- Accession Code
- BV021.13.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1922-1934 (date of original), copied 2021
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- March 25, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Head tax certificate issued to Lee Quon Lep [Quan Lip Lee], 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Textual_Records/2021/2021_0018_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Head tax certificate issued to Lee Quon Lep [Quan Lip Lee]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16717
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021
- Collection/Fonds
- Quon Lip Lee fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the (Interior) issued to Lee Quon Lep [sic] [Quon Lip Lee]. The certificate was first issued on December 12, 1921 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Q…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Quon Lip Lee fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the (Interior) issued to Lee Quon Lep [sic] [Quon Lip Lee]. The certificate was first issued on December 12, 1921 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Quan Lip Lee. Certification stamps on the verso of the certificate were issued by Canadian and Chinese Immigration authorities between 1924 and 1949. Information on the front of the certificate reads "DOMINION OF CANADA / IMMIGRATION BRANCH - DEPARTMENT.../ RECEIVED FRO.../ Lee Quon Lep whose photograph is attached / hereto on the date and at the place hereunder mentioned the sum / of five Hundred Dollars being the head tax due under the / provisions of the Chinese Immigration Act. / The above mentioned party claims / to be a native of Gong Doey Lee / in the district of Sun Way / of the age of 12 years arrived or landed / at Vancouver on the 28th day of / November 1921 ex Empress [sic] of Asia / The declaration in this case is C.I.4 No. 3716 / Dated at Vancouver on Dec 12, 1921_19_/ (signature) / CONTROLLER OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION". Printed text on verso of certificate reads "IMPORTANT / IT IS NECESSARY THAT THIS / CERTIFICATE BE CAREFULLY / PRESERVED AS IT IS OF VALUE / AS A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION" along with Chinese language characters printed vertically below.
- Creator
- Government of Canada
- Names
- Lee, Quon Lip
- Accession Code
- BV021.18.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- April 8, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
![Head tax certificate issued to Lee Quon Lep [Quan Lip Lee], 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Textual_Records/2021/2021_0018_0001_001.jpg)
High school entrance certificate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17523
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 24 Jul. 1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Dorothy Atkinson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Department of Education High School Entrance Certificate awarded to Dorothy Mallett at the Education Office, Victoria, July 24, 1937.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Dorothy Atkinson fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Department of Education High School Entrance Certificate awarded to Dorothy Mallett at the Education Office, Victoria, July 24, 1937.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Certificates
- Accession Code
- BV021.28.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- 24 Jul. 1937
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-10-04
- Notes
- Title based contents of item
Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory464
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1911-1990
- Length
- 00:05:22
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Dep…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Department in 1911.
- Date Range
- 1911-1990
- Length
- 00:05:22
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Al Nixon
Track one of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_1.mp3![Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/216-002.jpg?width=280)
Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory219
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1920-1949
- Length
- 0:09:21
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of a court case between the Sun and the Province newspapers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of a court case between the Sun and the Province newspapers.
- Date Range
- 1920-1949
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:09:21
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
- 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
- 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.
Images
![Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/216-002.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Track three of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_3.mp3
Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory221
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Names
- Foley, John
- 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
- 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 five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_5.mp3Kitty
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5052
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Deeping, Warwick, 1877-1950
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Call Number
- 823.9 DEE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.8
- Call Number
- 823.9 DEE
- Author
- Deeping, Warwick, 1877-1950
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Limited
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Printer
- The Greycaine Book Manufacturing Company Limited
- Physical Description
- 380 p.
- Inscription
- "11-30/25", in pencil on back endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
Letter from Colin Fox to May Bateman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15124
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1939]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a letter written by Colin Rhodes Fox to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while undergoing basic and artillery training in Edmonton prior to heading overseas with his unit, 13th Canadian Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. Return address on the letter reads "Gnr. R. Fox K 1902…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a letter written by Colin Rhodes Fox to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while undergoing basic and artillery training in Edmonton prior to heading overseas with his unit, 13th Canadian Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. Return address on the letter reads "Gnr. R. Fox K 19022 / c/o 107 field Battery R.C.A. / Edmonton Alta."
- Accession Code
- BV020.27.11
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1939]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Feb-2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Out-of-doors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5068
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.23
- Call Number
- 507.1 CRA
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Gin and Company
- Publication Date
- c1932
- Series
- Pathways in science ; 2.
- Printer
- Athenaeum Press
- Physical Description
- vii, 281 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm
- Inscription
- "Mission Creek School" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Science
- Juvenile literature
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Notes
- "Illustrated by Gertrude A. Kay and Hugh Spencer" --t.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Craig, Gerald S. (Gerald Spellman), 1893-
- Author's given name and dates: Baldwin, Sara E. (Sara Emily)
- Illustrator's given name and dates: Kay, Gertrude A. (Gertrude Alice), 1884-1939
The prize budget for girls
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5047
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.2
- Call Number
- 823.91208 PRI
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son Limited
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "2524 Russell Ave. South Burnaby, B.C." [stamped in redish ink on front endpaper] "Red Cape Pink Flower Ones" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children's stories
- Girls--Fiction
- Short stories
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Notes
- Ten stories by various authors written for and about young girls.
Reading and thinkingb : grade V
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5065
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.20
- Call Number
- 428.6 REA
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Series
- Reading and thinking
- Printer
- Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 217 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "1.00" [handwritten in black ink on front pastedown] "WITHDRAWN" [stamped in blue ink on front pastedown] "j F 6779" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "Okanagan Valley Union Library" [stamped in black ink on t.p.] "6779" [handwritten in pencil on t.p. verso]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Reading comprehension
- Readers (Elementary)
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Notes
- "Edited by Richard Wilson" --t.p.
- "Adapted for use in Canadian Schools by E. C. Woodley" --t.p.
- Adaptor's given name and dates: Woodley, E. C. (Edward Carruthers), 1878-1955