"Doreen Lawson fonds" found 15 records

Doreen Lawson fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1950-2002

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 18 cm of textual records + approx. 1000 photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created and received by Doreen Lawson during her career as Parks Commissioner (1965-1971), Burnaby City Council member (1972-1985, 1990-1999) and environmental advocate following her retirement from Council in 1999. Records include election campaign materials, congratulat…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1950-2002

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 18 cm of textual records + approx. 1000 photographs

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2003-30; 2015-15

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created and received by Doreen Lawson during her career as Parks Commissioner (1965-1971), Burnaby City Council member (1972-1985, 1990-1999) and environmental advocate following her retirement from Council in 1999. Records include election campaign materials, congratulatory letters and correspondence, community speeches and slideshow presentations regarding the conservation of Burnaby Lake, the administrative papers of the Burnaby Centennial Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society, and photographs of Burnaby waterways and wildlife.

History: Doreen Anne Fowler Lawson was born July 8, 1928, to Eva Barnhill and Leonard Fowler. Her parents met in Alberta but decided to move to Vancouver where they got married and Doreen was born. The family moved to the north side of Claude Avenue in Burnaby when Doreen was a few months old. In 1931, they moved to a house with an acre of land directly across the street from their first house.; When Doreen was six, her family moved to Collingwood, Vancouver, near where her father grew up. This is where her brother Ron was born. The family moved again to County Line in Langley Prairie in 1944, which is where Doreen met Edward Lawson, her future husband. Soon after, they moved to a seven-acre plot in Burquitlam. Ed and Doreen Lawson’s eldest daughter, Linda, was born in 1954. Their second daughter, Wendy, was born in 1959 and their youngest, Lisa, was born in 1961. They lived in the Brentwood area, where all three daughters attended Brentwood Elementary School. Linda went on to Alpha Secondary School.; In 1945, Doreen began her first of several office jobs, and in the early 1950s she became the first woman to be elected into a vice-president position within the BC Trade Union Congress (now the BC Federation of Labour).; Doreen Lawson had a long and prolific political career, starting as Parks Commissioner in 1965, and serving as its chair from 1969 to 1971. She was instrumental in the selection and promotion of the rhododendron as the official flower of Burnaby in 1966. In 1971, she was elected to Burnaby City Council and, in 1972, Doreen proposed that Council take action to declare Burnaby Lake a wildlife sanctuary. After a 10-year campaign, she was able to convince Council to declare the park “a nature conservation area.” She put forward a policy of preservation for creeks and streams, as well as a proposal to preserve trees in subdivisions, both of which were adopted by Council. Doreen continued to serve on Council until 1985, during which time she initiated and chaired the Burnaby Information Committee, which designed the present Burnaby logo (and official flower pins) and established the Information Burnaby Newsletter. In 1979 Doreen Lawson won Vancouver Natural History Society’s Frank Sanford Award.; In 1984, Doreen was elected the first woman president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Doreen ran as a BC Liberal Party candidate in the new Federal Riding of Burnaby in 1979, and from 1985 to 1987, she served as the Executive Director of the British Columbia Liberal Party. As the B.C. Liberal Party Executive Director, her major responsibility was to work with both the Federal and Provincial Associations in implementing riding organizations and fundraising programs in preparation for election time. In the 1980s, Doreen was an active guest lecturer at Burnaby Elementary and High Schools as well as at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Doreen was active in a variety of community clubs and organizations including: the Burnaby Library Board; Greater Vancouver Spinners and Weavers Guild; and Vancouver Natural History Society. She was an executive member of the Burnaby-New Westminster Canada Summer Games; the Burnaby Division of the United Way; Information Burnaby Committee; and the Brentwood Parent Teachers Association; as well as serving as the President of the Burnaby Voters Association from 1988-1990.; In 1990, Doreen was elected back to Burnaby Council and put forward the rejuvenation of Burnaby Lake which she saw completed before her final year on Council in 1999. Doreen continued to be a strong environmental advocate for the protection and rejuvenation of Burnaby Lake after she retired from council.; Doreen Lawson died October 11, 2003.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; MSS071, photo catalogue 605, photo catalogue 618

Burnaby Centennial Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Committee

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1966-1970

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of Burnaby Centennial Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Committee records regarding the planning and execution of the first annual Burnaby Rhododendron Spring and Show Flower Show. The first Flower Show was a four-day event held under joint sponsorship of the Vancouver Chapter of t…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1966-1970

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS071-013

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File consists of Burnaby Centennial Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Committee records regarding the planning and execution of the first annual Burnaby Rhododendron Spring and Show Flower Show. The first Flower Show was a four-day event held under joint sponsorship of the Vancouver Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society and the Centennial Beautification Committee. File contains Burnaby Centennial Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Committee minutes and agenda and correspondence.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Burnaby Lake Show / originals

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1962-1995

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 71 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for a slideshow presentation about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the American coot, green-winged teal, bufflehead, heron, american bittern, barn swallow, barn owl, painted turtle,…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1962-1995

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 71 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for a slideshow presentation about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the American coot, green-winged teal, bufflehead, heron, american bittern, barn swallow, barn owl, painted turtle, muskrat, Canadian goose, beaver, wood duck, bullrushes, yellow and white waterlilies, yellow iris, and loosestrife. Also included in the slideshow are photographs of the BC Wildlife rescue and fisherman working in the Brunette River.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds; Animals; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.; Chapman, Fred

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from sheets slides; Photographs contents are identified on many of the slide cases within the file.

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Burnaby Lake Show / originals, 1962-1995 thumbnail

Burnaby Lake slide show

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1976-1999

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 85 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for slideshow presentations about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the painted turtle, heron, American coot, coyote, barn owl, rainbow fry, Canadian goose, and beaver, as well as a v…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1976-1999

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 85 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs compiled by Doreen Lawson for slideshow presentations about Burnaby Lake. Slideshow primarily depicts the wildlife and foliage of Burnaby Lake, including: the painted turtle, heron, American coot, coyote, barn owl, rainbow fry, Canadian goose, and beaver, as well as a variety of scenic photographs of the Burnaby Lake shoreline with mountains and the Metrotown skyline in distance. Also included in file are photographs of people canoeing, kayaking, feeding geese, and participating in conservation activities including fencing trees and testing water levels. Photographs also depict the pipeline leading into Burnaby Lake, lake dredging equipment, and an oil slick.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds; Animals; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; Note in black ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-002-1 : 618-002-9 originally housed in read: "Burnby Lake Slideshow"; Note in black ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-002-10 : 608-002-19 originally housed in read: "Burnaby Lake / Rejects (My Fav!)"; Photographs contents are identified on many of the slide cases within the file.

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Images

Burnaby Lake slide show, 1976-1999 thumbnail

Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show annual reports

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1967-1970

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show annual reports for the years 1967 through 1969 and correspondence between the Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society and the City of Burnaby regarding the 1970 show.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1967-1970

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS071-009

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File consists of Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show annual reports for the years 1967 through 1969 and correspondence between the Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society and the City of Burnaby regarding the 1970 show.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1969-1971

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society records, including the Society's constitution and notices of meetings, minutes, and agendas for the years 1969 through 1971. Also included in the files are opening invitations and Rhododendron show fact sheets.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1969-1971

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS071-010

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File consists of Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society records, including the Society's constitution and notices of meetings, minutes, and agendas for the years 1969 through 1971. Also included in the files are opening invitations and Rhododendron show fact sheets.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1969-1971

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 3 photographs : col. and b&w ; 9 cm x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society. Two photographs depict flower show displays while the other depicts Doreen Lawson posing with four unidentified individuals in front of a garden. One of the individuals is holding a shovel.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1969-1971

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 3 photographs : col. and b&w ; 9 cm x 12.5 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 605-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society. Two photographs depict flower show displays while the other depicts Doreen Lawson posing with four unidentified individuals in front of a garden. One of the individuals is holding a shovel.

Subjects: Ceremonies; Plants - Flowers; Officials - Alderman and Councillors

Names: Lawson, Doreen A.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title based on contents of photographs; Separated from file MSS071-010; Handwritten note on verso of 605-004-1 reads: "Lao [?] Clark"

Images

Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society, 1969-1971 thumbnail

Canada Summer Games 1973

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1970-1973

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of New Westminster - Burnaby 1973 Summer Games records and includes the original submission package that was presented to the Canadian Amateur Sports Federation by the Canada Summer Games Committee; a "1973 Jeux Canada Games Souvenir Program" and a 1973 Canada Summer Games Society Ne…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1970-1973

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS071-008

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File consists of New Westminster - Burnaby 1973 Summer Games records and includes the original submission package that was presented to the Canadian Amateur Sports Federation by the Canada Summer Games Committee; a "1973 Jeux Canada Games Souvenir Program" and a 1973 Canada Summer Games Society New Westminster-Burnaby Board of Directors list.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

City Hall

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1985

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 8 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the exterior of Municipal Hall, including the overhead walkway and Justice building.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1985

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 8 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-028

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the exterior of Municipal Hall, including the overhead walkway and Justice building.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - City Halls

Names: Burnaby City Hall

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; Note in blue ink on exterior of case slides originally housed in read: "1985 May / Burnaby Arts Ctre May Flowers"

Street Address: 4949 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Doreen Lawson feeding birds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1970 and 1980]

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w & sepia ; 16.5 cm x 23.5 cm

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Doreen Lawson feeding a group of birds on the bank of Burnaby Lake.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1970 and 1980]

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w & sepia ; 16.5 cm x 23.5 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 605-020

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Doreen Lawson feeding a group of birds on the bank of Burnaby Lake.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Animals - Birds

Names: Lawson, Doreen A.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Diack, George

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; Stamp on verso of photographs 605-020-2:605-020-3 reads: "Photo by George Diack / Vancouver Sun"; Sticker on verso of photograph 605-020-1 reads: "Purchase or possession of this print gives no right of duplication, publication or other use without permission from the Vancouver Sun or Province. Contact INFOLINE at [phone]. Fax #: [fax] / 425-015"; Sticker on verso of photograph 605-020-1 reads: "Copyright - Vancouver Sun / George Diack"

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Doreen Lawson portraits

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1977

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 13 cm and 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: File consists of two photographs of Doreen Lawson taken in a studio and used as her official election and council photograph in 1977.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1977

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 13 cm and 25 x 20 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 605-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File consists of two photographs of Doreen Lawson taken in a studio and used as her official election and council photograph in 1977.

Subjects: Elections; Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Lawson, Doreen A.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lindner, Franz

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; Handwritten note on verso of 605-001-1 reads: "Mrs. Doreen Lawson"; Handwritten note on verso of 605-001-1 reads: "1977"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 605-001-1 reads: "Franz LINDNER"; Photographer's caption on recto of 605-001-2 reads: "Franz LINDNER vancouver, b.c."; Photographs separated from file MSS071-001

Images

Elections 1969-1983

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1971-1993

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of election records related to Doreen Lawson's campaigns for City Councillor in the years 1969, 1973, 1977, 1979, and 1983. The file also includes congratulatory letters to Ms. Lawson from Municipal and Provincial elected officials.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1971-1993

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS071-001

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File consists of election records related to Doreen Lawson's campaigns for City Councillor in the years 1969, 1973, 1977, 1979, and 1983. The file also includes congratulatory letters to Ms. Lawson from Municipal and Provincial elected officials.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Photographs 605-001 separated from file

Federation of Canadian Municipalities correspondence

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979-1986

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of congratulatory letters addressed to Doreen Lawson regarding her tenure of and resignation from the National Board of Directors of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). Doreen was the first woman to serve as president of the organization.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979-1986

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS071-004

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File consists of congratulatory letters addressed to Doreen Lawson regarding her tenure of and resignation from the National Board of Directors of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). Doreen was the first woman to serve as president of the organization.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of file

First Annual Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1966-1970

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of records created during the planning and execution of the first annual Burnaby Rhododendron Spring and Show Flower Show, including the show layout prepared by Justice & Webb Landscape Architects Ltd. The first Flower Show was a four-day event held under joint sponsorship of the Van…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1966-1970

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS071-012

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: File consists of records created during the planning and execution of the first annual Burnaby Rhododendron Spring and Show Flower Show, including the show layout prepared by Justice & Webb Landscape Architects Ltd. The first Flower Show was a four-day event held under joint sponsorship of the Vancouver Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society and the Centennial Beautification Committee.