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Centennial Celebration proposals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62859
- 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 various groups in hopes that their event be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are proposals from the Red Cross, the Vancouver 86ers Soccer Club and the Burnaby Cactus and Succulent Club as well as a planting plan for the …
- 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.
- MSS098-028
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of proposals put forward from various groups in hopes that their event be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are proposals from the Red Cross, the Vancouver 86ers Soccer Club and the Burnaby Cactus and Succulent Club as well as a planting plan for the Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden from the Parks and Recreation Department.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Centennial Celebration proposals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62860
- 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 various groups in hopes that their event be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Also included in the file are resumes from media production houses offering their services during the celebrations.
- 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.
- MSS098-029
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of proposals put forward from various groups in hopes that their event be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Also included in the file are resumes from media production houses offering their services during the celebrations.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Centennial Celebration proposals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62861
- 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 (most with thank you letters attached) put forward from various groups in hopes that their event be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are responses from the Boy Scouts of Canada, the Burnaby Beautification Committee and United Way.
- 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.
- MSS098-030
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of proposals (most with thank you letters attached) put forward from various groups in hopes that their event be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are responses from the Boy Scouts of Canada, the Burnaby Beautification Committee and United Way.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Centennial Celebration proposals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62862
- 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 (most with thank you letters attached) put forward from schools in hopes that their event be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are three pieces of correspondence from the Burnaby School Board.
- 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.
- MSS098-031
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of proposals (most with thank you letters attached) put forward from schools in hopes that their event be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are three pieces of correspondence from the Burnaby School Board.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Central Park Bandstand papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58423
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the official opening of the reconstructed Central Park Bandstand (May 29, 1996). Included in the file is an invitation and a programme for the official opening event as well as newspaper clippings and newsletters.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pixie McGeachie subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS081-029
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-16
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the official opening of the reconstructed Central Park Bandstand (May 29, 1996). Included in the file is an invitation and a programme for the official opening event as well as newspaper clippings and newsletters.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Environment and Waste Management Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96446
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1988-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 57 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Environment and Waste Management Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, terms of reference, the Stoney Creek flooding event, and water quality control.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1988-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Physical Description
- 57 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Environment and Waste Management Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, terms of reference, the Stoney Creek flooding event, and water quality control.
- History
- The Environment and Waste Management Committee was established on December 7, 1987. The Committee was previously known as the Pollution Committee. This committee was responsible for making recommendations to Council regarding specific environmental waste management issues to meet the changing environmental, economic, and social needs of the community in regards to the protection, management, enjoyment, and quality of the environment. On January 13, 2003 the Environment and Waste Management Committee was renamed to Environment Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Eva Anderson's retirement scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64856
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962-1967
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 40 photographs and textual records) : 26 x 32 cm + 1 letter
- Scope and Content
- Item is a scrapbook (photograph album) presented to Eva Anderson on her retirement in 1967 after nineteen years of employment in the Treasury Department of the Municipality of Burnaby. Enclosed in the scrapbook are forty-two photographs accompanied by handwritten notes, typed poems and greeting car…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1962-1967
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Eva Anderson subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 40 photographs and textual records) : 26 x 32 cm + 1 letter
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS123-001
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-02
- Scope and Content
- Item is a scrapbook (photograph album) presented to Eva Anderson on her retirement in 1967 after nineteen years of employment in the Treasury Department of the Municipality of Burnaby. Enclosed in the scrapbook are forty-two photographs accompanied by handwritten notes, typed poems and greeting cards.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Letter accompanying scrapbook provides a few details of the event and of Eva Anderson's career
Event invitations and menus
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66385
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937-1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation to attend the opening of the BC Legislature and accompanying admittance card, the menu from the Laurier Club commemoration dinner for the Honourable Ian A. Mackenzie and the luncheon menu and souvenir programme for the opening of the Pattullo Bridge.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937-1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS155-011
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation to attend the opening of the BC Legislature and accompanying admittance card, the menu from the Laurier Club commemoration dinner for the Honourable Ian A. Mackenzie and the luncheon menu and souvenir programme for the opening of the Pattullo Bridge.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
First Annual Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91567
- 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.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
J.P. Dickson subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58383
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-1939 (dates of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photocopied scrapbook pages as well as three original photographs pertaining to J.P. Dickson.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-1939 (dates of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- J.P. Dickson subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-51
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photocopied scrapbook pages as well as three original photographs pertaining to J.P. Dickson.
- History
- James P. Dickson was born in Peeblesshire, Scotland. He came to Manitoba first in 1905 when he was 21 years old, but didn’t move to British Columbia until 1909 when he started the Dickson Brothers Flower Shop and Nursery at 3271 Kingsway. He was a landscape gardener, designing the garden for the Model Burnaby Home at the Royal City Fair in 1920 and designing Burnaby exhibits at the provincial fairs at New Westminster in 1922 and 1923. In 1922 he spoke at a South Vancouver Horticultural Association event; the subject of his talk was “Natural Gardens.” J.P. Dickson was a Burnaby School Board Trustee from 1921 to 1924 (chairman in 1924), 1927 to 1932 (chairman from 1929 to 1932) and 1943 to 1944. In 1925 he was the Labour Party Candidate for Reeve of Burnaby. In 1930 he was president of the May Day committee and officiated at the crowning. J.P. Dickson attended the British Columbia School Trustees Association 26th Annual Convention in Vernon with his family and served as the association’s president from 1932 to 1933. The Dickson family lived at 1519 (later 7770) Nelson Avenue, Burnaby. J.P. had at least one child born about 1913, who attended South Burnaby High School in his teen years. According to “Burnaby: A Proud Century” by Pixie McGeachie James Dickson is also known for his part in creating an unofficial presentation to the King George and Queen Elizabeth during their royal visit in 1939. There was no official stop scheduled for Burnaby, but he persuaded the parade marshal beforehand to slow the procession as it approached Royal Oak (and the Chamber of Commerce built a viewing platform there to attract a large crowd). Dickson encouraged everyone to move in to narrow the width of passage on Kingsway. As the royal car appeared on Royal Oak, the crowd surged forward and blocked its path. A Burnaby girl rushed towards the car waving a bouquet from the Dickson Brothers Flower Shop and an aide-du-camp passed it directly to the Queen “who acknowledged the gift with approval just as the car began to move again.”
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Dickson, James P.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC308 and MSS079
Keith Jamieson fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4554
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1989-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Keith Jamieson fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 scrapbook albums (245 photographs + textual records + ephemera)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of three scrapbooks providing a detailed account of the fundraising, restoration and installation of the Parker Carousel no. 119 which was rescued from the PNE and re-installed at the Burnaby Village Museum. Scrapbooks were created by Keith and Pat Jamieson and contain photographs, n…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Keith Jamieson fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 scrapbook albums (245 photographs + textual records + ephemera)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of three scrapbooks providing a detailed account of the fundraising, restoration and installation of the Parker Carousel no. 119 which was rescued from the PNE and re-installed at the Burnaby Village Museum. Scrapbooks were created by Keith and Pat Jamieson and contain photographs, newspaper clippings, publicity and correspondence documenting this historical event and are described at item level.
- History
- Keith Jamieson was one of the founding members of the Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel. The Association was created in 1989 to raise funds to rescue the C.W. Parker Carousel no. 119 from Playland at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE). As a collector and restorer of vintage carousel horses, Keith and his wife Pat took a keen interest in saving this carousel. In May 1989, Burnaby Village Museum agreed to provide a home for the carousel and Friends of the Carousel set about raising the $350,000 to purchase the machine which opened at the Museum in 1993. Jamieson a carousel expert, worked on restoring the Expo ’86 carousel and agreed to oversee the restoration of the Parker Carousel when it was moved to Burnaby.
- Creator
- Jamieson, Keith
- Accession Code
- BV015.41
- Date
- 1989-1993
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Arrangement
- Scrapbooks were arranged by Keith and Pat Jamieson before donation.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
May Day invitation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57758
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 invitation
- Scope and Content
- Item is an invitation addressed to Mr and Mrs G. Jeffery to attend the crowning of Ada Hatt as Burnaby's 1933 May Queen, beginning with the May Day procession and ending with dinner. The entire event was scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 20, 1933. This invitation was typed on Burnaby May Day…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 invitation
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS013-007
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is an invitation addressed to Mr and Mrs G. Jeffery to attend the crowning of Ada Hatt as Burnaby's 1933 May Queen, beginning with the May Day procession and ending with dinner. The entire event was scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 20, 1933. This invitation was typed on Burnaby May Day Committee letterhead which includes a blueprint photograph and committee member names and positions.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
North Burnaby Kiwanis Club papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62747
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969-1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club including reports and event invitations.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969-1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- North Burnaby Kiwanis Club subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS092-066
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club including reports and event invitations.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
North Burnaby Kiwanis Club papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62749
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971-1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club including reports and event invitations.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971-1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- North Burnaby Kiwanis Club subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS092-068
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club including reports and event invitations.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Oakalla Prison collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16696
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1974]-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 37.5 cm of textual records + 125 photographs + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of a selection of Oakalla correctional facility records including reports, correspondence, photographs and a video tour of the death row incarceration cells inside Oakalla Prison taken by Burnaby Village Museum curator after the facility was closed. Most of the photographs docum…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 37.5 cm of textual records + 125 photographs + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of a selection of Oakalla correctional facility records including reports, correspondence, photographs and a video tour of the death row incarceration cells inside Oakalla Prison taken by Burnaby Village Museum curator after the facility was closed. Most of the photographs document Oakalla Prison in 1991 and were taken during the Open House event or when Burnaby Village Museum staff were granted access to retreive items prior to demolition. A small selection of facility photographs of site and staff are also included.
- Records are arranged into series:
- 1) Oakalla correctional facility records series
- 2) Oakalla correctional facility photographs series
- 3) Oakalla documentary photographs and video series
- History
- The Oakalla Prison Farm (also known as the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre) was a model prison farm on 185 acres of land next to Deer Lake in Burnaby. The Oakalla Prison Farm opened in 1912 and was initially designed to hold 150 men and 50 women. By the 1950s, the population was well over one thousand. The prison included a working farm which included a dairy, vegetable gardens and livestock. In 1959 the last execution in British Columbia took place at Oakalla. Following a riot and mass escape in the late 1980s, poor conditions, and public outcry, Oakalla closed down in 1991. In the fall of 1991, the prison was opened up to the public whereby tours were conducted of the site. Not long after, buildings were demolished and a residential housing development took it's place. A playground now sits on the former site of the main building. In 1991, staff from Burnaby Village Museum were granted access, documenting the site prior to it's demolition. Many Oakalla artifacts and records were salvaged and accessioned into the Burnaby Village Museum's permanent collection.
- Responsibility
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Accession Code
- BV991.45
- Date
- [1974]-1991
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Moving Images
- Related Material
- See also Oakalla artifacts - BV991.45
- Arrangement
- Arrangement of records and series of this collection is based on record creators and subject that. Facility records and photographs were created and collected by Oakalla correctional facility staff and documentary photographs and a video from 1991 were created by Burnaby Village Museum staff.
- Notes
- Title based on content of collection
- Some records within this collection are closed. Contact Burnaby Village Museum for access.
Parks and Recreation Commission series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription161
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956-2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of Parks Commission minutes, reports and agendas. This includes minutes, reports, and agendas of the committees of the Parks Commission, including the Burnaby Beautification Committee, and the Parks Commission Committee of the Whole. The series also contains Park Commission general…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956-2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of Parks Commission minutes, reports and agendas. This includes minutes, reports, and agendas of the committees of the Parks Commission, including the Burnaby Beautification Committee, and the Parks Commission Committee of the Whole. The series also contains Park Commission general files, which include correspondence, memoranda, invitation and event records, and invoices.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Pioneer Tales subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97276
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (date of original)-1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs compiled by the Mayor's Office for inclusion in the publication "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby" and drafts of the manuscript.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (date of original)-1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs compiled by the Mayor's Office for inclusion in the publication "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby" and drafts of the manuscript.
- History
- On May 28, 1980 the Mayor and Council of Burnaby held a tea to honour Burnaby “pioneers.” The event was held as part of “Burnaby Funfest Days ‘80” and was meant to recognize members of the community who had resided in Burnaby prior to 1930 and acknowledge their contributions as pioneers of the City. Although approximately 100 people were expected, more than 500 actually attended. Each participant was asked to fill out a brief personal information form outlining their experiences in Burnaby’s earliest days. The response was so favorable that the idea of compiling a book to capture these memories was born. The City hired a writer edit and organize the book they held writing contests to encourage senior residents to share their experiences. Other community members became involved in the project when the City enlisted the help of secondary school students to type manuscripts for those unable to do so and journalism students from the British Columbia Institute of Technology to conduct interviews with additional “pioneers.” The book was published in 1987.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Mayor's Office
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC204, MSS064