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The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume one ; from the world's beginning to B. C. 208
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1659
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.1
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.1
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 358 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "R. H. Tate 389 Ker Cir" [handwritten in blue ink on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 1 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume two ; from B. C. 207 to A. D. 1193
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1660
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.2
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.2
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 361 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "R. H. Tate 389 Ker Cir" [handwritten in blue ink on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 2 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume three : from A. D. 1194 to A. D. 1492
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1661
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.3
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.3
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 299 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 3 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume four ; from A. D. 1493 to A. D. 1648
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1662
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.4
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.4
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 331 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 4 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume five ; from A. D. 1648 to A. D. 1776
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1663
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.5
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.5
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.5
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 329 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 5 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume six ; from A. D. 1776 to A. D. 1848
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1664
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.6
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.6
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.6
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 359 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 6 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume seven ; from A. D. 1848 to A. D. 1899
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.7
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.7
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.7
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 325 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 7 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume eight ; from A. D. 1899 to A. D. 1906
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1666
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.8
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.8
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.8
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 355 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 8 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume nine ; from A. D. 1906 to A. D. 1911
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1667
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.9
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.9
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.9
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 353 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 9 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume ten ; from A. D. 1911 to A. D. 1913
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1668
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.10
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.10
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.10
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 355 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 10 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton Includes index
The improved 'peerless' parallel Bible : containing the authorized and revised versions of the Old and New Testaments, arranged in parallel columns ; a complete concordance ; complete bible dictionary, in which every important scriptural word is fully explained ; a complete history of each book of the Bible, beautifully illstrated ; cities of the Bible with descriptive scenes and events in Palestine ; parables of our Lord ; life of Christ ; four thousand questions and answers on the Old and New Testaments ; lives of the apostles and Bible text ; history of the Herod, King of the Jews, etc. ; a concise history of all religious denominations, and many other important and useful aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures ; all written to increase the study of the word of God ; the whole embellished wit magnificent illustrative engravings on steel, wood, and in colors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2191
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Nevin, Alfred, 1816-1890
- et al.
- Publication Date
- c1885
- Call Number
- 220 NEV OS
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV992.5.1
- Call Number
- 220 NEV OS
- Author
- Nevin, Alfred, 1816-1890
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. S. Robertson & Bros
- Publication Date
- c1885
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm.
- Inscription
- Presented to [printed label with names filled in] "Edmonds Babtist Church" [handwritten in blue] By "J.P. Gordon Fairview Baptist Ch. (originally a gift from a friend)"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible. New Testament
- Bible. Old Testament
- Notes
- Includes index.
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
tradition at the school since its inception
which the staff strongly supported. Therefore,
Edmonds School enthusiastically continued
the musicals, special events, sports teams,
clubs, field trips and inter- school athletic
competitions.
During the World War II years the
schools held paper drives, metal
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
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Dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, geography, biography, and natural history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1582
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3894.1
- Call Number
- 220.3 SMI
- Contributor
- Smith, William, 1813-1893
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- American Book Exchange
- Publication Date
- 1880
- Physical Description
- 467 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- Back endpaper: "$1.00" [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible--History of Biblical events--Poetry
- Notes
- edited by William Smith, LL.D
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
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Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
their reminisces to the book are represent-
ative of all who have lived or worked within Burnaby's borders. Perhaps,
with the passage of time, accuracy of dates, places and names has become
blurred, but the details of events that have helped Burnaby become the
thriving municipality that it is today
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
of Barnet, and managed the
book's production and printing.
Harry Pride, Editor
Chair, Barnet History Project
City of Burnaby Community Heritage Commission
4 In the Shadow by the Sea
RECOLLE.CTIOINS OF 8UANA.8Y'S IIARNET VILLAGE
�Introduction
A mention should be made about the events which led to the writing
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282885
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
- Contributor
- Wolf, Jim
- Pride, Harry, 1925-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Industries--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Barnet Marine Park--Burnaby, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Burrard Inlet
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.
- "edited by Harry Pride and Jim Wolf"
- Copy 2 of 2
Digital Books
History of Burnaby and vicinity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.1
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Place of Publication
- [S.l.]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Name Access
- Green, George
- Notes
- Autographed by author
- "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
- Copy 2 of 2
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Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7493
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- First
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Call Number
- 971.100497 BVM
stories was a common activity on winter nights,
as many generations gathered together around the
fire. Some people were especially gifted in making
weavings, baskets and carvings. Some items they
made were considered wealth objects, and were
often given away by important families at ceremonial
events
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV019.64.1
- Call Number
- 971.100497 BVM
- Edition
- First
- Contributor
- Kwantlen First Nation
- Sḵwx̱wú7mesh First Nation
- Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
- ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--History
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Languages
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Societies, etc.
- Name Access
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Object History
- 2019 version of working document developed by Burnaby Village Museum in collaboration with a number of First Nations partners over the course of several years. We recognize that Burnaby falls within the shared, ancestral and unceded territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking people. We equally respect each of the Nations who share territory in Burnaby, and invite and welcome their ongoing participation in developing the contents of the Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide.
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Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1179
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Call Number
- 971.1 PRI COPY 1
special events. A n interesting fact related to her pioneer flying activities is that a
member of a neighbouring family on the other side of Deer Lake, Bert Price, was also an
aviation pioneer, having built and flown the first "home-built" airplane to be licensed in British
Columbia.
Joan Sievenpiper's
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282877
- Call Number
- 971.1 PRI COPY 1
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby, Community Heritage Commission
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- iv, 92 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "To Burnaby Village Museum / Harry Pride", handwritten in ink on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Moore family
- Hart House (Burnaby, B.C.)--History
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Pioneers
- Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 87) and index.
- Signed by the author.
- 2 copies held : copy 1.
Digital Books
Follow that fire : the history of the Burnaby Fire Department
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5194
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 1997
- Call Number
- 363.378 PEN COPY 3
TO CREATE A FIRE SERVICE
FOR C A P I T O L H I L L A N D L O C H D A L E . FINALLY, BY 1 9 3 0 ,
SEVERAL EVENTS U N F O L D E D THAT M O V E D B U R N A B Y
TOWARDS F O R M I N G A P E R M A N E N T FIRE DEPARTMENT.
B U R N A B Y ' S FIRE INSURANCE RATES REMAINED E X T R E M E -
LY H I G H , T H E
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 363.378 PEN COPY 3
- Place of Publication
- [Burnaby, B.C.]
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 160 p. : ill. (some col.), 2 maps, ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fire departments
- Fire fighters
- Name Access
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Notes
- Maps on lining papers.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.