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Engineer's Estimates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport47908
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47878
- Meeting Date
- 6-Sep-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47878
- Meeting Date
- 6-Sep-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Engineer's Estimates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport47949
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47862
- Meeting Date
- 22-Aug-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47862
- Meeting Date
- 22-Aug-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Engineer's Estimates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport47964
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47832
- Meeting Date
- 8-Aug-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47832
- Meeting Date
- 8-Aug-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Planning Board for Lower Fraser Valley Region - Engineer S.M. Porter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport47989
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47797
- Meeting Date
- 25-Jul-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47797
- Meeting Date
- 25-Jul-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Resignation of A.C. Bell, Building Inspector and Decision to Temporarily Place the Building Department Under the Jurisdiction of the Engineer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48098
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47646
- Meeting Date
- 13-May-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47646
- Meeting Date
- 13-May-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Purchase of Automobiles for Use by Engineering Department
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48228
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47490
- Meeting Date
- 7-Feb-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 47490
- Meeting Date
- 7-Feb-1949
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Interview with Ken Yip by Eric Damer November 14, 2012 - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory431
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1949-2007
- Length
- 0:04:59
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Ken Yip's memories of his family. Ken discusses his father and mother and describes a trip back to his family's ancestral village.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Ken Yip's memories of his family. Ken discusses his father and mother and describes a trip back to his family's ancestral village.
- Date Range
- 1949-2007
- Length
- 0:04:59
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- November 14, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Ken Yip conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 14, 2012. Major theme discussed: growing up with a family market garden.
- Biographical Notes
- Ken Yip's father purchased property on Byrne Road in the Fraser Arm area of South Burnaby under a special plan granted to veterans of the Second World War, cleared the brush by hand, and enhanced the soil’s productivity to create a market garden. Ken Yip was born in 1949. He and his younger brother grew up at the market garden, helping out. Ken attended Riverside Elementary School, McPherson Park Junior High School and Burnaby South Senior High School where he was in the school band. He continued his studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and pursued a career in biomedical engineering.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:09:22
- Interviewee Name
- Yip, Ken
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track five of recording of interview with Ken Yip
Track five of recording of interview with Ken Yip
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-030/MSS171-030_Track_5.mp3Extension of Employment of Helen Murphy, Engineering Department Stenographer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48316
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48684
- Meeting Date
- 13-Dec-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48684
- Meeting Date
- 13-Dec-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Stenographer for Engineering Department - Helen Murphy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48401
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48604
- Meeting Date
- 18-Oct-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48604
- Meeting Date
- 18-Oct-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Applications for Position of Engineer (Roller) and Draughtsman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48549
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48454
- Meeting Date
- 23-Aug-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48454
- Meeting Date
- 23-Aug-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Permanent Appoinment of June Hiles - Engineering Department
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48602
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48377
- Meeting Date
- 26-Jul-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48377
- Meeting Date
- 26-Jul-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application for the Position of Clerk - Engineering Department - Mr. C.A. Shewfelt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48808
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48117
- Meeting Date
- 11-Feb-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48117
- Meeting Date
- 11-Feb-1948
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Applications for the Position of Clerk in the Engineering Department
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48867
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49169
- Meeting Date
- 29-Dec-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49169
- Meeting Date
- 29-Dec-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Resignation of Engineering Clerk E.W. Lovell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport48936
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49112
- Meeting Date
- 17-Nov-1947
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 49112
- Meeting Date
- 17-Nov-1947
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Purchase of New Truck for Engineering Department
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49052
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48971
- Meeting Date
- 4-Aug-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48971
- Meeting Date
- 4-Aug-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Salary Increases for D. Whelen (Assistant Engineer) and Mrs. J. Waddington (Addressograph Operator)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49107
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48916
- Meeting Date
- 10-Jun-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48916
- Meeting Date
- 10-Jun-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Appointment of Stenographer, Engineering Department - Norma Rypdal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49204
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48825
- Meeting Date
- 24-Mar-1947
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48825
- Meeting Date
- 24-Mar-1947
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Appointment of E. Engberg as Engineering Clerk
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport49304
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48720
- Meeting Date
- 13-Jan-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 48720
- Meeting Date
- 13-Jan-1947
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Interview with Ken Yip by Eric Damer November 14, 2012 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory428
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1947-2012
- Length
- 0:10:24
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Ken Yip's memories of his family's market garden. Ken describes what work had to be done on the garden, the challenges of owning and operating it, what was grown, and who his family sold to over the years.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Ken Yip's memories of his family's market garden. Ken describes what work had to be done on the garden, the challenges of owning and operating it, what was grown, and who his family sold to over the years.
- Date Range
- 1947-2012
- Length
- 0:10:24
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Gardens
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- November 14, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Ken Yip conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 14, 2012. Major theme discussed: growing up with a family market garden.
- Biographical Notes
- Ken Yip's father purchased property on Byrne Road in the Fraser Arm area of South Burnaby under a special plan granted to veterans of the Second World War, cleared the brush by hand, and enhanced the soil’s productivity to create a market garden. Ken Yip was born in 1949. He and his younger brother grew up at the market garden, helping out. Ken attended Riverside Elementary School, McPherson Park Junior High School and Burnaby South Senior High School where he was in the school band. He continued his studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and pursued a career in biomedical engineering.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:09:22
- Interviewee Name
- Yip, Ken
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track two of recording of interview with Ken Yip
Track two of recording of interview with Ken Yip
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-030/MSS171-030_Track_2.mp3Interview with Ken Yip by Eric Damer November 14, 2012 - Track 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory434
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1947-2012
- Length
- 0:08:44
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Ken Yip's memories of growing up on a market garden. Ken discusses how Burnaby changed from the time of his childhood and the values he gained from his involvement with the family market garden.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Ken Yip's memories of growing up on a market garden. Ken discusses how Burnaby changed from the time of his childhood and the values he gained from his involvement with the family market garden.
- Date Range
- 1947-2012
- Length
- 0:08:44
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Gardens
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- November 14, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Ken Yip conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 14, 2012. Major theme discussed: growing up with a family market garden.
- Biographical Notes
- Ken Yip's father purchased property on Byrne Road in the Fraser Arm area of South Burnaby under a special plan granted to veterans of the Second World War, cleared the brush by hand, and enhanced the soil’s productivity to create a market garden. Ken Yip was born in 1949. He and his younger brother grew up at the market garden, helping out. Ken attended Riverside Elementary School, McPherson Park Junior High School and Burnaby South Senior High School where he was in the school band. He continued his studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and pursued a career in biomedical engineering.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:09:22
- Interviewee Name
- Yip, Ken
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track eight of recording of interview with Ken Yip
Track eight of recording of interview with Ken Yip
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-030/MSS171-030_Track_8.mp3