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Letter from Girl Guides of Canada re: Request for a Walk-a-thon on 1979 April 08
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport21230
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 13534
- Meeting Date
- 12-Feb-1979
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 12
- Item No.
- 11
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 13534
- Meeting Date
- 12-Feb-1979
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 12
- Item No.
- 11
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Letter from the Girl Guides of Canada - Burnaby Area Walk-a-Thon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport23432
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 15726
- Meeting Date
- 21-Feb-1977
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 13
- Item No.
- 20
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 15726
- Meeting Date
- 21-Feb-1977
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 13
- Item No.
- 20
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Olave Baden Powell and Lady Mary Pellatt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4573
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1955-2001
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of biographical information about Olave Baden Powell (World Chief Guide) and Lady Mary Pellatt the first Canadian Chief Commisssioner as well as some original correspondence from Olave Baden Powell and a photograph of them both together in 1956.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of biographical information about Olave Baden Powell (World Chief Guide) and Lady Mary Pellatt the first Canadian Chief Commisssioner as well as some original correspondence from Olave Baden Powell and a photograph of them both together in 1956.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV016.49.78
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1955-2001
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Semaphore data
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4575
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1960-1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of pamphlets and instructions regarding excercises in using the flag semaphore system which utilizes two short poles with square flags, which are held in different positions to signal letters of the alphabet and numbers. The signalperson holds one pole in each hand, and extends each a…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of pamphlets and instructions regarding excercises in using the flag semaphore system which utilizes two short poles with square flags, which are held in different positions to signal letters of the alphabet and numbers. The signalperson holds one pole in each hand, and extends each arm in one of eight possible directions. It was once considered a core Girl Guide skill to send messages with flags and/or flashlights.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV016.49.80
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1960-1970]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Sixty years and more : a British Columbia dictionary especially for Guides
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6821
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.14
- Call Number
- 369.4 GIR
- Edition
- First ed.
- Place of Publication
- s.l.
- Publisher
- Girl Guides of Canada. British Columbia Council
- Publication Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 92 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Joyce Moore 295-8528" [handwritten in blue ink on title page] "_____ Ashworth Norah C Denny" [handwritten in ink on inside cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Girls--Societies and clubs
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Notes
- "compiled by Girl Guides of Canada, British Columbia Council"
- Pages 89-92 blank for notes
- Includes one contribution in French.
Vera Armstrong scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4586
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1960-1970 (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : (pdf) + 58 photographs : col. (tiffs) + 58 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook that was created by Vera Armstrong during her involvement with the Burnaby Girl Guides. The scrapbook is composed mostly of photographs along with a few newspaper clippings, correspondence and ephemera about Guiding and camps. Both originals and copies of than…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : (pdf) + 58 photographs : col. (tiffs) + 58 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook that was created by Vera Armstrong during her involvement with the Burnaby Girl Guides. The scrapbook is composed mostly of photographs along with a few newspaper clippings, correspondence and ephemera about Guiding and camps. Both originals and copies of thank you letters from various organizations regarding donations are included. Much of the photograph collection is described as outings and events such as; hiking on Burnaby Mountain, visiting a sheep farm in Ladner, Stanley Park, Wilson Creek and camps with various themes, a Powell Church service, a Winter Camp and a visit to the Parthenon in West Vancouver (built by resident Nick Kogo in the 1960s and demolished or moved sometime in the 1990s).
- Creator
- Armstrong, Vera
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.158
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1960-1970 (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Digital images were created of the scrapbook prior to selective retention of original records that were removed for conservation purposes
- Three photographs from scrapbook have been retained and described at item level (BV015.35.189, BV015.35.190 and BV015.35.255)
- Other photographs have been retained under file BV015.35.158 (no item level descriptions)
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Documents
Winter Hollyburn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4945
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Burnaby Royal Chalet log cabin on Hollyburn Mountain (Cypress). There are two people standing in the front portico of the log cabin with several log stumps scattered on the ground in front of the cabin.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of Burnaby Royal Chalet log cabin on Hollyburn Mountain (Cypress). There are two people standing in the front portico of the log cabin with several log stumps scattered on the ground in front of the cabin.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.214
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1974
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
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