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Burnaby Centennial Committee correspondence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62870
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence pertaining to various events undertaken during Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file is information on the Burnaby Arts Centre sod-turning ceremony.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS098-039
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence pertaining to various events undertaken during Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file is information on the Burnaby Arts Centre sod-turning ceremony.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Burnaby Centennial Committee correspondence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62871
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence pertaining to various events undertaken during Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are the music and lyrics to Burnaby's song "The Best of Both Worlds."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS098-040
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence pertaining to various events undertaken during Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are the music and lyrics to Burnaby's song "The Best of Both Worlds."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
![Burnaby Girl Guide scrapbook, [1957-1971] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/2016_0049_0076_all_pages.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Girl Guide scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4571
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1957-1971] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (textual records + 1 digital file (pdf) + 27 photographs (tiffs)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images and contents of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and photographs documenting various aspects of Burnaby Girl Guide events and includes photographs identified as "The Provincial Leaders Conference, April 1961"; "60th Burnaby Co"; "North Burnaby Division Church Parad…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (textual records + 1 digital file (pdf) + 27 photographs (tiffs)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images and contents of a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and photographs documenting various aspects of Burnaby Girl Guide events and includes photographs identified as "The Provincial Leaders Conference, April 1961"; "60th Burnaby Co"; "North Burnaby Division Church Parade"; "Opening of Burnaby Campsite- Sept. 1968"; "42nd Annual Burnaby Brownies 6th Annual Canadian Temple Cathedral"; "Vancouver Heights District".
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV016.49.76
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1957-1971] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Digital images were created of the scrapbook prior to selective retention of original records
- Selected photographs from scrapbook are described at item level (BV016.49.111, BV016.46.113 to BV016.49.123)
- 1 file of textual records was retained and is described under BV016.49.112
Images
![Burnaby Girl Guide scrapbook, [1957-1971] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2016/2016_0049_0076_all_pages.jpg)
Documents
Burnaby Historical Society papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58446
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of administrative papers (mostly invitations and letters of thanks for donations) and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Burnaby Historical Society. Also included in the file is a report from Tony Scott on Christmas events that were organised by the Century Park Museum Association.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS085-003
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-11
- Scope and Content
- File consists of administrative papers (mostly invitations and letters of thanks for donations) and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Burnaby Historical Society. Also included in the file is a report from Tony Scott on Christmas events that were organised by the Century Park Museum Association.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Burnaby Information Bulletin 1979
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58403
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 pamphlet
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Burnaby Information Bulletin which includes information on municipal taxes and upcoming events.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 pamphlet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS081-016
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-10
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Burnaby Information Bulletin which includes information on municipal taxes and upcoming events.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Burnaby pamphlets and clippings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58413
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1966-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of pamphlets and newspaper clippings pertaining to various events taking place in Burnaby including centennial celebrations and Burnaby Days.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1966-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Gladys Killip subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS081-026
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of pamphlets and newspaper clippings pertaining to various events taking place in Burnaby including centennial celebrations and Burnaby Days.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13037
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1990-2019
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Over 3000 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + technical drawings + 25 videocassettes + 43 video recordings (mp4) + 2 video recordings (m4v) + 56 sound recordings (mp3) + 5 audio cassettes + approx. 2 m. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a selection of curatorial records created and collected by the Burnaby Village Museum in the course of their work. Records pertain to the village site, exhibits, programs, curatorial projects, outreach and special events. Fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Museum photo…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Over 3000 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + technical drawings + 25 videocassettes + 43 video recordings (mp4) + 2 video recordings (m4v) + 56 sound recordings (mp3) + 5 audio cassettes + approx. 2 m. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a selection of curatorial records created and collected by the Burnaby Village Museum in the course of their work. Records pertain to the village site, exhibits, programs, curatorial projects, outreach and special events. Fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Museum photographs series 2) Museum film collection series 3) Museum architectural records series 4) Museum Marketing photographs series 5) Museum exhibits series 6) Museum reports series 7) Curatorial Collections adminstrative records series 8) Museum Oral Histories series 9) Jesse Love farmhouse series 10) Bell's Dry Goods series 11) Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series 12) C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series 13) Royal Bank exhibit series 14) UBC Partnership series 15) Burnaby Community Heritage Commission 125 Video Collection series
- History
- Burnaby Village Museum is an open air museum that represents a typical tram-stop community. Museum interpreters welcome visitors, provide demonstrations and on site programming. The museum’s collection consists of thousands of artifacts, community records as well as several original Burnaby heritage buildings, a 1912 carousel, 1912 B.C. Electric Railway interurban tram, a Chinese Market Garden and Indigenous Learning House and Matriarch's Garden. In 1990, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby assumed the operation and management of Burnaby Village Museum from the Burnaby Village Museum Association. Burnaby Village Museum (formerly named Heritage Village) was originally created by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee in 1971 as a commemorative project for British Columbia's Centennial. A concept for an open-air museum was developed near Deer Lake on Districts Lots 79/ 85. The official sod turning for Heritage Village took place on the site on April 11, 1971. In the spring of 1971, a museum director and curator were hired to oversee the development of the project and the acquisition of artifacts with funding from the Parks and Recreation Commission. The Century Park Museum Association (later named Burnaby Village Museum Association) was formed on October 26, 1971 as a governing body for Heritage Village Museum. The museum opened on November 19, 1971 with Mayor Bob Pritte and Canada's Governor General Roland Michener. IN July 1972, the museum opened for it's first public season. The Village was described as depictive of the 1890 to 1920 era of the lower mainland. Since 1990, the site expanded from it’s original four acre size to it's current ten acres. In the 1990s and early 2000s staff and volunteers created exhibits and programs about Burnaby with an emphasis on the 1920s. Since it's 40th anniversary in 2011, the museum has implemented changes to make the museum more interactive and inclusive in telling the story of Burnaby's history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- X2294
- X5124
- X5125
- BV013.19
- BV017.39
- BV017.45
- BV018.6
- BV018.12
- BV018.14
- BV018.18
- BV018.41
- BV019.2
- BV019.13
- BV019.15
- BV019.18
- BV019.19
- BV019.36
- Bv019.39
- BV019.52
- BV019.61
- BV020.4
- BV020.5
- BV020.12
- BV020.28
- BV020.29
- BV021.5
- BV021.7
- BV021.14
- BV021.17
- BV021.31
- BV022.1
- BV022.2
- BV022.27
- Date
- 1990-2019
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Moving Images
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Technical Drawing
- Textual Record
- Arrangement
- The following series have been arranged into subseries: Exhibits series; Oral History series; Jesse Love farmhouse series; Bell's Dry Goods exhibits series; Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series; C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series; Royal Bank exhibits series; UBC Partnership series
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Further accruals expected
- For other records pertaining to the history of Burnaby Village Museum see: Don Copan collection; Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection; Century Park Museum Association fonds; Don Wrigley fonds
- See Artifacts descriptions for Publications and Newsletters produced by Burnaby Village Museum and Century Park Museum Association
Canvas and Blitz Night papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65429
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952-1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch Canvas and Blitz Night events.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952-1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-041
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch Canvas and Blitz Night events.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Centennial Awards and Sports Committee papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62863
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of reports, recommendations and request summaries from the Centennial Awards and Sports Committee regarding sports groups within Burnaby and the celebration and recognition of Burnaby's Centennial within their events.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS098-032
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of reports, recommendations and request summaries from the Centennial Awards and Sports Committee regarding sports groups within Burnaby and the celebration and recognition of Burnaby's Centennial within their events.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Centennial Celebration proposals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62855
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of proposals put forward from Simon Fraser University for potential events to be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are proposals for 'Images of Burnaby', 'Oral History Project', 'Summer Festival of Music and Dance', and the 'Alummni Fun Run.'
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS098-024
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of proposals put forward from Simon Fraser University for potential events to be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are proposals for 'Images of Burnaby', 'Oral History Project', 'Summer Festival of Music and Dance', and the 'Alummni Fun Run.'
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Centennial Celebration proposals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62856
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of proposals put forward from the British Columbia Institute of Technology for potential events to be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are proposals for an open house, a broadcast communications project, a film project and a mural project.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS098-025
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of proposals put forward from the British Columbia Institute of Technology for potential events to be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are proposals for an open house, a broadcast communications project, a film project and a mural project.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Centennial Celebration proposals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62857
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of proposals put forward from the Burnaby Multicultural Society for potential events to be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file is a copy of the manuscript for the book entitled "A Tapestry of Cultures."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS098-026
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of proposals put forward from the Burnaby Multicultural Society for potential events to be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file is a copy of the manuscript for the book entitled "A Tapestry of Cultures."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Century Park Museum Association fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3781
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1814 photographs + 219 architectural drawings + 17 technical drawings + 4 videocassettes + 3 audio reels + 17 audio cassettes + 1.6 m of textual records + 2 maps
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created and collected by the Century Park Museum Association (renamed Burnaby Village Museum Association after 1984), which managed Heritage Village (later named Burnaby Village Museum) from its opening in 1971 until it's dissolution in December 1989. Records include archi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1814 photographs + 219 architectural drawings + 17 technical drawings + 4 videocassettes + 3 audio reels + 17 audio cassettes + 1.6 m of textual records + 2 maps
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created and collected by the Century Park Museum Association (renamed Burnaby Village Museum Association after 1984), which managed Heritage Village (later named Burnaby Village Museum) from its opening in 1971 until it's dissolution in December 1989. Records include architectural drawings and proposals; photographs and films of the site; documentation of exhibits and artifacts, special events and programs; oral history interviews and other sound recordings; association meeting minutes; constitutions and bylaws; financial records; reports; correspondence; publications and research materials. Fonds has been arranged into the following series: 1) Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series 2) Century Park Museum Association film collection series 3) Century Park Museum Association architectural records and reports series 4) Heritage Village Museum oral history Interviews series 5) Heritage Village Museum presentations and Programming series 6) Century Park Museum Association reports series 7) Century Park Museum Association constitution, bylaws and agreements series 8) Century Park Museum Association minutes of meetings series 9) Century Park Museum association Board of Directors' administrative files series 10) Century Park Museum membership series 11) Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series 12) Century Park Museum Association committees' minutes and reports series 13) Museum staff adminstrative files series 14) Century Park Museum Association financial records series
- History
- The Heritage Village Museum was originally created as a British Columbia Centennial Project in 1971 through funding from the Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments. A sub-committee of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee was responsible for the creation of a permanent commemorative project. The concept for an open-air museum was developed with the location to be in Burnaby on lots 8,9, 10 and 11 of District Lot 79 and Lots 2 and 5, Block "R" of Districts Lots 79 and 85. The official sod turning for Heritage Village took place on April 11, 1971. In the spring of 1971, a museum director and curator were hired to oversee the development of the project and the acquisition of artifacts with funding from the Parks and Recreation Commission. The Century Park Museum Association (CPMA) was founded under the auspices of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee to govern Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative Project, Heritage Village. The CPMA Board of directors were elected on October 26, 1971 with Donald (Don) Copan as the founding president (Don continued to serve on the Board until 1989). The Board of Directors reported directly to the Municipal Council. The association had an overall objective of providing a museum that was a historical resource for Burnaby and the region. The museum mandate was to collect, preserve, research, document and interpret artifacts and historical buildings that illustrated the history and lifestyle of the Lower Mainland in B.C. and Burnaby. The Museum focused on the period between 1890 and 1925 depicting a village lifestyle of a small community. This was achieved through the use of exhibits and displays within historic buildings and built reconstructions along with costumed museum interpreters. Many people contributed to the construction and design of the village. Architect, Rudy Kovach created the initial concept drawings and architecture designs were created by architectural design consultants Hopping, Kovach and Grinnell. Many carpenters and tradespeople worked on the construction of the buildings including Mr. Angelo Giacometti who was respsonible for much of the final decorative elements. The official opening of Heritage Village took place on November 19, 1971 with Burnaby Mayor Bob Prittie and Canada’s Governor General Roland Michener. Heritage Village was opened up to the public for a few days between November 19 and 21 with approximately 15,000 visitors. On July 1st, 1972 Heritage Village re-opened for the summer season with CPMA president, Don Copan and Mayor Bob Prittie officiating. This opening showcased further development of the site with more buildings and exhibits added. In 1984, Heritage Village Museum changed its name to “Burnaby Village Museum” and in turn, the Century Park Museum Association changed its name to the “Burnaby Village Museum Association”. Burnaby Village Museum continued to be governed by the Burnaby Village Museum Association until the end of 1989. In 1990, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby assumed the operation and management of Burnaby Village Museum under the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department and the Burnaby Village Museum Association was dissolved.
- Responsibility
- Century Park Museum Association
- Accession Code
- BV985.6028
- BV005.14
- BV000.18
- BV011.44
- BV011.50
- BV014.30
- BV016.56
- BV017.46
- BV018.21
- BV019.52
- BV020.4
- BV020.5
- BV021.5
- BV022.9
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Textual Record
- Architectural Drawing
- Moving Images
- Cartographic Material
- Technical Drawing
- Related Material
- Donald Copan fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Royal Bank exhibit collection
- Bell's Dry Goods exhibit collection
- Jesse Love farmhouse fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Arrangement
- Records are arranged by types and functions of the Century Park Museum Association. The series reflects how they were maintained by the associaton, it's members and staff of Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) while under the governance of the association.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Further accruals are expected
- Some records within this fonds are Closed - contact Burnaby Village Museum for access
City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93710
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]-[1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs (39 tiffs ; 2 jpegs ; 3 col. prints, 9 x 9 cm) and 3 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of photographs that were selected for preservation because of their relevance to documenting the heritage and development of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection depict Burnaby citizens, locations, businesses, residences, geography, and events throughout the history…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]-[1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs (39 tiffs ; 2 jpegs ; 3 col. prints, 9 x 9 cm) and 3 p. of textual records
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2010-01
- 2013-31
- 2016-24
- 2021-10
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of photographs that were selected for preservation because of their relevance to documenting the heritage and development of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection depict Burnaby citizens, locations, businesses, residences, geography, and events throughout the history of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection are acquisitions of discrete items or small sets of items that do not form a discrete fonds or collection.
- History
- Burnaby’s first municipal archive officially opened on November 10, 2001, and is located in the McGill Branch Public Library at 4595 Albert Street. The City Archives functions as a branch of the Office of the City Clerk and operates as the official repository of Burnaby’s municipal records, containing records dating back to Burnaby’s incorporation in 1892. In 2007, the City of Burnaby Archives expanded its collection mandate to include private as well as public records. Types of records held at the Archives include City Records (Council minutes and reports, bylaws, departmental records and photographs) and records from private individuals and community organizations (correspondence, reports, minutes, photographs, moving images and sound recordings). The Archives storage area is equipped with the sophisticated environmental controls necessary to preserve Burnaby’s unique archival material into the future. The mandate of the City of Burnaby Archives is to identify, acquire, preserve and make accessible archival material in the form of civic and private records documenting the history of the City of Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection.
Cultural Inventory of Burnaby papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64464
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 box of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of support papers produced during the Cultural Inventory of Burnaby research project undertaken by research assistant Jane Parkinson. This material includes maps and research files as well as lists, photocopies, phone numbers and notes. Topics covered include; Schools, Daycare and Pre…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Mayor's Office subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 box of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS113-001
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-13
- Scope and Content
- File consists of support papers produced during the Cultural Inventory of Burnaby research project undertaken by research assistant Jane Parkinson. This material includes maps and research files as well as lists, photocopies, phone numbers and notes. Topics covered include; Schools, Daycare and Pre-schools, Parent-Teacher Associations, Churches, Halls, Parks, Public Events, Community newspapers, Sports and Recreations, Sports Teams and Recreation Clubs, Athletic Associations, Associations and Clubs, Libraries, Arts Organizations, Fraternal Societies and Orders, Special Groups, Social and Service Groups, Other Organizations, Commercial Culture, Recreation.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of box
Douglas Road School subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956-[1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the demolition and construction of buildings at the Douglas Road school site, as well as a photocopied guest book of attendees to a Douglas Road school reunion.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956-[1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Douglas Road School subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-28
- BHS2005-3
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the demolition and construction of buildings at the Douglas Road school site, as well as a photocopied guest book of attendees to a Douglas Road school reunion.
- History
- The Douglas Road School was originally established as a two-room school in 1908, which later expanded to four classrooms. Anticipating rapid settlement of this district, the School Board purchased two acres adjoining the original building. Two of the four rooms were designed to become one large auditorium suitable for special events and public gatherings, with seating for two hundred people. Designed by McCarter & Nairne, the school was built by contractor A.S. Perry.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Douglas Road School
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
- PC471, MSS023
Ed Brown family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97218
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Ed Brown Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs: 7 b&w jpgs.; 4 sepia jpgs., 1 med. b&w print.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs that belonged to the Brown family. Photographs depict Ed Brown, his wife Jennie, and their children at their homes on Royal Oak Avenue and McKay Avenue; Brown's trucking company; and other Burnaby locations and events.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Ed Brown Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs: 7 b&w jpgs.; 4 sepia jpgs., 1 med. b&w print.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2008-03
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs that belonged to the Brown family. Photographs depict Ed Brown, his wife Jennie, and their children at their homes on Royal Oak Avenue and McKay Avenue; Brown's trucking company; and other Burnaby locations and events.
- History
- The following is copied from an article written by Brown's grandson, Jim Ervin, for "Old Autos" in 2003, in an article entitled "Grandfather was a trucker...": The roots of my family run deep in Burnaby, especially on my mother’s side. It was her father, my grandfather, who started one of Burnaby’s first trucking businesses, E.S. Brown’s Transfer. I could find no record of when he actually began operations but I have pictures to show that he was using horses before he had trucks. One of my enclosed pictures dates from about 1910 since I know the birth dates of his two oldest daughters and they are in the picture as very small children. He met and married my grandmother, whose maiden name was Jennie Birtch, from Ontario, and I still have relatives back east from both branches of the family. They were married on Sept. 27, 1905. But where, I can’t say. They had their first child, Hazel, born April 2, 1908. Then came seven more daughters but no sons to help with the family business. The business was located at the family home at 3131 Royal Oak Ave. in South Burnaby. That was close to the top of one of the steepest hills in Burnaby and must have made for a real test of man and machine to drive it, especially in winter. The children loved it for sleigh riding but probably not father. My mother, Inez, was the second oldest daughter, born Oct. 9, 1909. She would have been born, along with her sister Hazel, in the big house shown in the picture and built by my grandfather. But this house was to later burn down. That’s when Edward Sadler Brown decided to move his family from the side of the hill to the top and much closer to the main road, Kingsway. Most of the area was forest at that time and one of Ed’s first jobs was to haul shingle bolts out of the forest, with a team of horses. Please don’t ask me what a shingle bolt is but my mother knew and used to have to grease the skids placed on the logging trails for the loaded sleds to be pulled out on. One time, as she told me, there was a huge forest fire and my grandfather barely escaped with his life and one last load. Later, when the area had been cleared, he helped to build the Oakalla Prison Farm, now replaced by town-houses on Royal Oak Ave. This job led to him becoming the first contractor to haul the license plates made by the prisoners. Some of these plates would be worn by Ed’s own trucks. The trucks, which he eventually acquired, included some pretty obscure makes such as Hufman, Garford, Stewart (which my mother often said was no good), Gotfredson and the more common names of Chevrolet and GMC. A Ford Model T would probably have been too light for the kind of hauling Ed was doing in the 1920s. I always thought that his main cargo was coal and coke, but I received quite a surprise with some recently discovered information. It started when I was removing boxes of general junk from the house to the garage to make more space. One of those boxes broke open and one item which came out wasn’t junk by any means. It was a copy of a business card for Brown’s Transfer, a company which hauled coal, coke, wood and did furniture moving as well. My mother often described my grandfather as a “go-getter” for business. I believe I see what she meant. Never was I so glad to have a cardboard box break open and to retrieve such an important item. My mother was a saver like you wouldn’t believe, a habit which the Great Depression drilled into her. In another box containing old receipts, I found a copy of one from Brown’s Transfer which offered even more insight into the company. The receipt isn’t dated but only the last number of the year required filling in on the form. And this dates it as issued sometime during the 1920s. The surprising thing is the amount of items sold by my grandfather. Not just coal, wood and coke anymore. Now he was into sand, gravel, cement, brick lime, tile and sewer pipe. Furniture moving seemed to be sort of a sideline, mentioned in smaller letters at the bottom. But notice some of the other items on the hand written receipt. There’s lumber, grass seed, paint, glass, a loan (spelled lone) on painting a house. I’m not sure that I understand that one or the payment on house or the one about the toilet. But it’s obvious that this was a man who knew how to make a buck in many ways. He was almost his own building supply store, it would seem. Also mentioned on the form is an office location at 4009 Kingsway. The building is no longer there but it did survive into my life time. Often, my mother would point out to me where the office once was on the north side of Kingsway, near McKay Ave. Still standing, though, ist he old family home at the former address (now changed) of 3131 Royal Oak Ave. That’s where my mother and all seven of her sisters were born. These were the “swampers” on dad’s trucks, a job hard enough for a man. Ed did hire men as well to work as drivers and even employed his own mechanic. But for the girls, it wasn’t really a paying kind of job. “Some times he would buy us an ice-cream cone,” my mother would say. In those days, parents wanted large families to help with all the work which needed doing. Payment in dollars and cents just wasn’t usually part of the deal. I never knew my grandmother, Jennie, who died in 1946 at age 61, an early age to go but likely reflective of a lifetime of hard work and too many children. However, I did know my grandfather who lived into his 70s.His company came to a rather sad end, as related by my mother, in the dirty 30s. Apparently a certain sister of my grandmother, great aunt to myself, reported to the local school board that grandfather was supplying them with an inferior grade of coal for the schools. Then the school board cancelled his contract and that put him into bankruptcy. Whether the story is true or not doesn’t seem to matter much any more since no one who could have known is still among the living. Ed Brown, the industrious, rugged individualist did make a small come-back in the early 1950s with his own plumbing business. The details of that enterprise, I don’t know. But I do remember his old International panel truck he used. People such as my grandfather made a great contribution to Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- BHS298
Family photograph album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3656
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1972-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 60 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph album containing ca. 60 photographs, including primarily personal subjects such as family vacations and events, as well as a few photographs relating to Winch's political travels.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 60 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph album containing ca. 60 photographs, including primarily personal subjects such as family vacations and events, as well as a few photographs relating to Winch's political travels.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.13
- Date
- 1972-1979
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
Documents
Gladys Killip subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58418
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers pertaining to the Killip family, primarily Gladys Killip's personal activism in the municipality of Burnaby and the causes she supported. Subseries also includes photographs of the Burnaby Council of Women taken during Gladys Killip's time as Publicity Co-Chairwoman du…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904-1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Gladys Killip subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and graphic material
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-12
- BHS1998-11
- BHS2000-02
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers pertaining to the Killip family, primarily Gladys Killip's personal activism in the municipality of Burnaby and the causes she supported. Subseries also includes photographs of the Burnaby Council of Women taken during Gladys Killip's time as Publicity Co-Chairwoman during the 1967 Centennial Celebration festivity "100 Years of Progress in Women's Activities, Arts and Crafts" .
- History
- Gladys M. Yeomans married Alfred Charles “Charlie” Killip in St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church in Vancouver on August 16, 1947. They spent their honeymoon together at the Sunset Inn at Qualicum Beach. The Killips lived in the same house in South Burnaby for the greater part of their married lives. Their address began as 729 Marshall, changed to 729 Hazelmere Street in 1951 (due to bylaw 3133) and again to 7763 Hazelmere Street (due to 1958/1959 street re-numbering). The Killips were activists within Burnaby, writing letters to their member of Council when they felt that the citizens of Burnaby were not being treated fairly. An example of this is when they led the protest against Pacific Stage Lines for reducing its service on the Grandview Highway by making fewer stops and by changing its route. Gladys led their delegation to Council in June of 1964. Gladys was also involved in the activities of the Valley View Players and in Burnaby Little Theatre activities. She was part of the cast of “Crime at Blossoms” in 1951 and held a membership card from 1952 to 1959 for the Valley View Players Club. Among other roles, she was one of the principle actors in “You Can’t Take it With You” and “In the Shadow of the Glen” both performed in 1957. Gladys was the Burnaby Council of Women Publicity Co-Chairwoman. In this capacity she helped to organize such events as the "100 Years of Progress in Women's Activities, Arts and Crafts" for the Centennial Celebration in 1967 (the Burnaby Diamond Jubilee). She was also a founding member of the Century Park Museum Association, which created under the auspices of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee, to administer Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative Project, Heritage Village. Both Gladys and Charles Killip were active members of the Monarchist League of Canada. Gladys’ hobby started with a small silver spoon commemorating King George VI taking the throne in 1936. Her collection includes items commemorating every Royal from Prince Edward, Queen Victoria's father, to a cup commemorating one of Prince Williams recent birthdays. Gladys opened the Silver Spoon collectors shop in Burnaby in 1974 and operated it until 1980 when she and her husband Charlie retired to Qualicum Beach and opened Chilham Village Antiques and Collectables in 1984. The Killips earned a Silver Badge of Service from the Monarchist League of Canada in 1992 for their significant contribution to the League’s work. As of November 2010, Ms. Gladys Yeomans’ collection of British Royal family memorabilia has grown so large, that she has countless of mugs, spoons, plates, t-shirts and pieces of poetry, filling a room in her basement and upstairs in her home in Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC497, MSS125, MSS081, MSS085
Guests [anniversary and birthday guest book]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3660
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1958, 1987
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 v. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item is a guest book containing signatures of guests at two events: a dinner celebrating Winch's 25th anniversary of holding political office (October 24, 1958), and Winch's 80th birthday (June 18, 1987). Taped inside the front cover is a program "25 Years Serving B.C." The first section is inscrib…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 v. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item is a guest book containing signatures of guests at two events: a dinner celebrating Winch's 25th anniversary of holding political office (October 24, 1958), and Winch's 80th birthday (June 18, 1987). Taped inside the front cover is a program "25 Years Serving B.C." The first section is inscribed "October 24 1958 - Congratulations Harold - and here's to a long association in Vancouver East. Sincerely -." Signatories include numerous Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation members and MLAs. The second section is inscribed "Celebrating June 18, 1987 - 80th Birthday, Harold Winch / at the Home of Don & Helen Winch." Signatories include family members and friends.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.17
- Date
- 1958, 1987
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See photograph BV013.12.76.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item