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Ontario high school English composition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1515
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Stevenson, O. J.
- Irwin, H. W.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 428 STE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3736.1
- Call Number
- 428 STE
- Author
- Stevenson, O. J.
- Irwin, H. W.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Copp Clark Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Physical Description
- viii, 288 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "E.L. Keyes" [handwritten in white on front cover] "Ernest Keyes October 1916. Grade IX" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Composition and exercises
- English language--Textbooks
- Object History
- Ernest Leslie Keyes was born August 29 1902 to Richard and Isabella Keyes (nee McGregor) in Vancouver. Richard Keyes worked for the CPR. Ernest Keyes later married Beryl Edna Palmer in 1930. Ernest died in 1954 in Victoria. His cousin by marriage was BVM donor Alma Keyes.
- Notes
- "Price 18 cents" --Cover.
- "Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario" --Title page.
- Author's given name and dates: Stevenson, O. J. (Orlando John), 1869-1950
- Author's given name and dates: Irwin, H. W. (Herbert W.), 1879-1926
The parallel New Testament Greek and English. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, being the authorized version set fourth in 1611, arranged in parallel columns with the revised version of 1881 and with the original Greek according to the text followed in the authorized version, with the variations adopted in the revised version
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2000
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.15
- Call Number
- 225.48 SCR
- Contributor
- Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose, 1813-1891
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date
- 1892
- Printer
- C.J. Clay, M.A. and Sons
- Physical Description
- xxvi, 1104 p. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible. New Testament
- Christianity
- Bible
- Notes
- "as edited by the late F.H.A. Scrivener" -- t.p.
- "This revised version is the joint property of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge" -- t.p.
- Contributor's full name and dates : Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose, 1813-1891.
The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English : or, medicine simplified
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2069
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Ninetieth ed.
- Publication Date
- c1918
- Call Number
- 610.03 PIE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV979.17.3
- Call Number
- 610.03 PIE
- Edition
- Ninetieth ed.
- Contributor
- Pierce, Valentine Mott
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- World's Dispensary Medical Association
- Publication Date
- c1918
- Physical Description
- 1008 p. , [4] leaves of plates : ill. , ports. ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine
- Health
- Hygiene
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Editor: Pierce, Valentine Mott,
- Author's given name and dates: Pierce, R. V. [Ray Vaughn] , 1840-1914.
Pictures of English history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary458
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.5.63
- Call Number
- 941 PIC
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Publisher
- [T. Nelson & Sons]
- Publication Date
- 1893
- Series
- Royal school series
- Physical Description
- vii-viii, 270 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers--History
- Great Britain--History
Pitman's commercial dictionary of the English language
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2558
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Pitman, Isaac, 1813-1897
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Call Number
- 650.03 PIT
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.74.1
- Call Number
- 650.03 PIT
- Author
- Pitman, Isaac, 1813-1897
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Commercial Text Book Co.
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Printer
- Isaac Pitman & Sons Press
- Physical Description
- 374 p. ; 11 cm.
- Inscription
- inside title page: "671403" crossed-out, "45", "20" [handwritten in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Commerce--Dictionaries
- English language--Dictionaries
The pocket illustrated pronouncing dictionary of the English language : with an appendix containing abbreviations, foreign words and phrases, and forms of address
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2074
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV979.50.160
- Call Number
- 423 COL
- Edition
- New ed.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- William Collins, Sons & Co., Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Miss Agnes Inglis 2226 I Ave Fairview, BC Vancouver B. C. E-1-30" [handwritten in pencil on page opposite front pastedown] "Agnes Inglis" [handwritten in pencil on page opposite title page] "Miss Agnes Inglis 2226 I ave Vancouver, B.C. It is easy enough o be pleasant when life flow along like a song. But the man worth while is the man who will smile when everything goes dead wrong" [handwritten on t.p. verso] Scribbles of "Agnes Ingles P. H. S." and others on last page and back pastedown
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dictionaries
- English language--Dictionaries
- Notes
- "Two hundred and thirty engravings"
- Includes appendix
The pocket Oxford dictionary of current English
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3891
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X2794
- Call Number
- 423 OXF
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, [Great Britain]
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication Date
- 1960
- Printer
- University Press
- Physical Description
- 950 p., [74 p.] ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- Pocket / Oxford / Dictionary / If lost,.. S. Schofield / 4209 Maywood Street / Burnaby / HE 3-1478
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dictionaries
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Object History
- 8029 McPherson Ave address (formerly 1270 McPherson Ave) occupied by John W. and Margaret Schofield in 1955 BC Directory. His occupation is listed as "slsmn Barham & Sands".
- Notes
- "Complied by F.G. Fowler & H.W. Fowler." -- title page. "Revised by H.G. Le Mesurier and E. McIntosh." -- title page. "Oxford at the Claredon Press" -- title page.
The practical home physician and encyclopedia of medicine : a guide for the household management of disease ; giving the history, cause, means of prevention, and symptoms of all diseases of men, women and children and most approved methods of treatment, with plain instructions, for the care of the sick : full and accurate directions for treating wounds, injuries, poisons, &c. : free from technical terms and phrases, and written in plain English, by men who have had great experience, and are acknowledged authorities in their various departments : also a concise account of the structure and functions of the human body, hygiene and rules of health
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1734
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.48
- Call Number
- 613 LYM
- Place of Publication
- Guelph, Ont.
- Publisher
- World Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- n.d.
- Physical Description
- xx, 1142 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine
- Health
- Hygiene
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Author's full name and dates: Henry M. (Henry Munson) Lyman, 1835-1904.
Readings in English literature
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6325
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.169.19
- Call Number
- 820.8 AST
- Contributor
- Aston, Benjamin Gwilliam
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- viii, 235 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "Chesterfield School North Vancouver, B.C." [stamped in purple ink] "Heritage Village" "S3 s" [written in black ink on a white sticker] 3rd page of Time Chart (unnumbered page, after table of contents), middle section: "Humphry ______ [Flunker]" [written in pencil and underlined]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English literature
- Notes
- Selected and annotated by B.G. Aston
- Includes bibliography.
Recommendation of Councillor Coldicutt re Grading of Edmonds Street in Front of English Church
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport76759
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81376
- Meeting Date
- 5-Mar-1910
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 81376
- Meeting Date
- 5-Mar-1910
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Records of noble lives : a book of notable English biographies
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1574
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3873.1
- Call Number
- 920 ADA
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- T. Nelson & Sons
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- vii, [9]-309 p., [10] p. ; 19 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Biography
- Notes
- Contents: Sir Philip Sidney -- Francis Bacon (Lord Verulam) -- Robert Blake -- George Monk, duke of Albemarle -- William Penn.
- Author's given name and dates: Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891
![River and town on the English Coast, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-771.jpg?width=280)
River and town on the English Coast
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39452
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 15.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a river and town on the English Coast. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 15.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-771
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a river and town on the English Coast. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Rivers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![River and town on the English Coast, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-771.jpg)
![SFU English Class, [between 1974 and 1979] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-805.jpg?width=280)
SFU English Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38218
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1974 and 1979] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students in an English 101 class at Simon Fraser University (SFU). The professor standing at the front of the room and students are sitting in tiered seating.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1974 and 1979] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-805
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students in an English 101 class at Simon Fraser University (SFU). The professor standing at the front of the room and students are sitting in tiered seating.
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- University Drive
- Street Address
- 8888 University Drive
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![SFU English Class, [between 1974 and 1979] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-805.jpg)
Swedish-English conversation teacher. Engelska talo¨fningar ja¨mte grundla¨ggande ordfo¨rra°d med uttalsbeteckning, extensive conversation vocabulary for both languages reading and speaking self-taught through a simplified course of easy lessons for learners of either language
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5968
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.40.8
- Call Number
- 439 STE
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- M. A. Donohue & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1905
- Physical Description
- 127 p. : 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dictionaries
- English language--Dictionaries--Swedish
- Swedish language--Dictionaries--English
![Swimming at English Bay, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-111.jpg?width=280)
Swimming at English Bay
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38792
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a crowd of people swimming and lying on the beach at English Bay.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 5.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-111
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a crowd of people swimming and lying on the beach at English Bay.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title was based on photograph caption
Images
![Swimming at English Bay, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-111.jpg)
Vademecum International: pharmaceutical specialties and biologicals; V-I Canada, English ed.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5920
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3703.1
- Call Number
- 615 MAE
- Edition
- 6th English ed.
- Contributor
- Maehler, Richard R.
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- J. Morgan Jones Publications
- Publication Date
- 1959
- Printer
- Ronalds-Federated
- Physical Description
- v. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmaceutical preparations
- Catalogs
- Periodicals
- Notes
- Issued also in French.
- Four sections: Section I (White): Monographs of Professional Products Section II (Yellow): Classified Index -- Therapeutic and Pharmacologic Section III (Pink): Alphabetical Index -- Firms and Products Section IV (Green): General Professional Information
- Contributor: Maehler, Richard R., editor
The Victorian pattern glass & china book : the classic Victorian illustrated pattern catalog of English and foreign ornamental tableware, glassware, and decorative household goods
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1457
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0517030454
- Call Number
- 748 VIC
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Arch Cape Press
- Publication Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 283 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 38 cm.
- Inscription
- "From Lisa L", written in pencil on post-it note on front cover pages.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Decoration and ornament
- Victoriana
- Notes
- Oversized book
Webster's new unabridged dictionary of the English language
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2317
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- Edition
- New and enl. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Call Number
- 423 WEB 1901
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.39.1
- Call Number
- 423 WEB 1901
- Edition
- New and enl. ed.
- Author
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- Contributor
- Fallows, Samuel, 1835-1922
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Thompson & Thomas
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- xvii, 1281 p., 1074 p. ; ill. (some col.) : 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Dictionaries
- Notes
- "Containing fully 45,000 more words, definitions and phrases than are to be found in the latest editions of Webster's and Worchester's unabridged dictionaries; and about 25,000 more words than are contained in Webster's Interational Dictionary, making them ost comprehensive and complete dictionary of the English language extant."--t.p. "Illustrated with 2000 engravings"--t.p. "Greatly englarged and thoroughly revised to daye by Rt. Rev. Samual Fallows"--t.p.
Webster's pocket pronouncing dictionary of the English language : condensed from the original dictionary
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1605
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4002.1
- Call Number
- 423 WEB
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1858
- Physical Description
- ii-iv, 313 p. ; 13 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "Miss J.E. Simpson"[handwritten in pencil] "Who'se she?"[handwritten in pencil] printed sticker label inside back cover, gold foil: "Moir's Halifax Canada" pencil notes inside back cover small sticker label, red/gold: "DALGLEISH, Stationer, B. Salterton."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Dictionaries
- Notes
- "Condensed from the original Dictionary by Noah Webster, LL.D." .
- "with accented vocabularies of classical, scripture, and modern geographical names".
- "containing 10,000 more words than Walker's Dictionary".
- Author's given name and dates : Webster, William G. (William Greenleaf), 1805-1869.
Science and progress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5481
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- English, H. O.
- et al.
- Edition
- First ed.
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Call Number
- 373.3 ENG
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X3424
- Call Number
- 373.3 ENG
- Edition
- First ed.
- Author
- English, H. O.
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Sons (Canada) Limited
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Wrigley Printing
- Physical Description
- Textbook "Science & Progress", by H.O. English , T. B. Edwards, D. M. Flather, W.C. Ozard and J.A. Spragge ( all teachers in BC schools), published by J.M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Limited. "Made in British Columbia, Canada By Wrigley Printing Company Limited, Vancouver.", copyright , Canada 1947. The book has blue cloth covers and is 14.5 cm wide by 20 cm high and 3.5 cm thick, 711 pages with the last page torn out. Locally produced BC school textbook.
- Inscription
- "Bill R__" and various numbers [handwritten on front pastedown] "Grace Kellie Turn in all experiments Rm. 6 B. R. Edna-Gace Kellie Lois Van Horne" [handwritten in pencil and ink on page opposing front pastedown] [handwritten notes and underlined passages throughout book, chiefly in pencil] "Downtown at noon. I have to go to Agnes'" [handwritten on back endpapers] [various scribbles and notes, including 15 barely legible names and page 203-404 handwritten in pencil on page opposing back pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Textbooks
- Notes
- "By H. O. English, T. B. Edwards, D. M. Flather, W. C. Ozard, J. A. Spragge"--t.p.