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Doreen Lawson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36173
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Doreen (D.A.) Lawson, taken in a studio while she was Chair of the Information Burnaby Committee, to be used as an official council photograph. She was on the council from 1972-1985, and 1990-1999.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 231-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-22
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Doreen (D.A.) Lawson, taken in a studio while she was Chair of the Information Burnaby Committee, to be used as an official council photograph. She was on the council from 1972-1985, and 1990-1999.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Kay Zimmerman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36191
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kay Zimmerman, taken in a photographic studio. Her husband Gordon Zimmerman, and Oil Worker, ran for Alderman in the 1970's. Kay Zimmerman was on the Information Burnaby Committee for 1973, 1974, and 1976.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 231-021
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-22
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kay Zimmerman, taken in a photographic studio. Her husband Gordon Zimmerman, and Oil Worker, ran for Alderman in the 1970's. Kay Zimmerman was on the Information Burnaby Committee for 1973, 1974, and 1976.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Kay Zimmerman, [1973] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/231-021.jpg)
Doreen Lawson fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58356
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 18 cm of textual records + approx. 1000 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created and received by Doreen Lawson during her career as Parks Commissioner (1965-1971), Burnaby City Council member (1972-1985, 1990-1999) and environmental advocate following her retirement from Council in 1999. Records include election campaign materials, congratulat…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 18 cm of textual records + approx. 1000 photographs
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2003-30
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created and received by Doreen Lawson during her career as Parks Commissioner (1965-1971), Burnaby City Council member (1972-1985, 1990-1999) and environmental advocate following her retirement from Council in 1999. Records include election campaign materials, congratulatory letters and correspondence, community speeches and slideshow presentations regarding the conservation of Burnaby Lake, the administrative papers of the Burnaby Centennial Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society, and photographs of Burnaby waterways and wildlife.
- History
- Doreen Anne Fowler Lawson was born July 8, 1928, to Eva Barnhill and Leonard Fowler. Her parents met in Alberta but decided to move to Vancouver where they got married and Doreen was born. The family moved to the north side of Claude Avenue in Burnaby when Doreen was a few months old. In 1931, they moved to a house with an acre of land directly across the street from their first house.
- When Doreen was six, her family moved to Collingwood, Vancouver, near where her father grew up. This is where her brother Ron was born. The family moved again to County Line in Langley Prairie in 1944, which is where Doreen met Edward Lawson, her future husband. Soon after, they moved to a seven-acre plot in Burquitlam. Ed and Doreen Lawson’s eldest daughter, Linda, was born in 1954. Their second daughter, Wendy, was born in 1959 and their youngest, Lisa, was born in 1961. They lived in the Brentwood area, where all three daughters attended Brentwood Elementary School. Linda went on to Alpha Secondary School.
- In 1945, Doreen began her first of several office jobs, and in the early 1950s she became the first woman to be elected into a vice-president position within the BC Trade Union Congress (now the BC Federation of Labour).
- Doreen Lawson had a long and prolific political career, starting as Parks Commissioner in 1965, and serving as its chair from 1969 to 1971. She was instrumental in the selection and promotion of the rhododendron as the official flower of Burnaby in 1966. In 1971, she was elected to Burnaby City Council and, in 1972, Doreen proposed that Council take action to declare Burnaby Lake a wildlife sanctuary. After a 10-year campaign, she was able to convince Council to declare the park “a nature conservation area.” She put forward a policy of preservation for creeks and streams, as well as a proposal to preserve trees in subdivisions, both of which were adopted by Council. Doreen continued to serve on Council until 1985, during which time she initiated and chaired the Burnaby Information Committee, which designed the present Burnaby logo (and official flower pins) and established the Information Burnaby Newsletter. In 1979 Doreen Lawson won Vancouver Natural History Society’s Frank Sanford Award.
- In 1984, Doreen was elected the first woman president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Doreen ran as a BC Liberal Party candidate in the new Federal Riding of Burnaby in 1979, and from 1985 to 1987, she served as the Executive Director of the British Columbia Liberal Party. As the B.C. Liberal Party Executive Director, her major responsibility was to work with both the Federal and Provincial Associations in implementing riding organizations and fundraising programs in preparation for election time. In the 1980s, Doreen was an active guest lecturer at Burnaby Elementary and High Schools as well as at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Doreen was active in a variety of community clubs and organizations including: the Burnaby Library Board; Greater Vancouver Spinners and Weavers Guild; and Vancouver Natural History Society. She was an executive member of the Burnaby-New Westminster Canada Summer Games; the Burnaby Division of the United Way; Information Burnaby Committee; and the Brentwood Parent Teachers Association; as well as serving as the President of the Burnaby Voters Association from 1988-1990.
- In 1990, Doreen was elected back to Burnaby Council and put forward the rejuvenation of Burnaby Lake which she saw completed before her final year on Council in 1999. Doreen continued to be a strong environmental advocate for the protection and rejuvenation of Burnaby Lake after she retired from council.
- Doreen Lawson died October 11, 2003.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- MSS071, photo catalogue 605, photo catalogue 618
![Gordon Zimmerman, [1972] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/231-016.jpg?width=280)
Gordon Zimmerman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36186
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1972]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gordon Zimmerman, taken in a photographic studio. He was an Oil Worker and married to Kay Zimmerman, a member of the Information Burnaby Committee in the 1970's. This was the photograph used in his election campaign to become an Alderman.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1972]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 231-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-22
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gordon Zimmerman, taken in a photographic studio. He was an Oil Worker and married to Kay Zimmerman, a member of the Information Burnaby Committee in the 1970's. This was the photograph used in his election campaign to become an Alderman.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Names
- Zimmerman, Gordon
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Ray Culos at all-candidates meeting
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription56635
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ray Culos handing out material at an all-candidates meeting at Lochdale Community School. He was on the Burnaby Public Library Board from 1966 to 1972 and again from 1986 to 1991. He was also on the Information Burnaby Committee in 1973.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-250
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ray Culos handing out material at an all-candidates meeting at Lochdale Community School. He was on the Burnaby Public Library Board from 1966 to 1972 and again from 1986 to 1991. He was also on the Information Burnaby Committee in 1973.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Candidates hand out material at Burnaby all-candidates meeting Wednesday at Lochdale School"
- Geographic Access
- Aubrey Street
- Street Address
- 6990 Aubrey Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
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Erwin Swangard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45684
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Erwin Swangard when he was a Better Burnaby Committee (BBC) aldermanic candidate in 1971. Swangard Stadium was named after him.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-578
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Erwin Swangard when he was a Better Burnaby Committee (BBC) aldermanic candidate in 1971. Swangard Stadium was named after him.
- Names
- Swangard, Erwin
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Gordon Chisholm Scott
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46223
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gordon Chisholm Scott, a Better Burnaby Committee aldermanic candidate.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1111
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gordon Chisholm Scott, a Better Burnaby Committee aldermanic candidate.
- Names
- Scott, Gordon Chisholm
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Hazel L'Estrange subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58365
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948-1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records collected by Hazel L'Estrange. Records include documents pertaining to the namining of the Bob Prittie Metrotown branch, a minute book for the North Burnaby Committee on Radiation Hazards, and photographs of Simon Fraser University (SFU).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948-1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Hazel L'Estrange subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-27
- BHS1991-10
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records collected by Hazel L'Estrange. Records include documents pertaining to the namining of the Bob Prittie Metrotown branch, a minute book for the North Burnaby Committee on Radiation Hazards, and photographs of Simon Fraser University (SFU).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- L'Estrange, Hazel
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
- MSS074, MSS052, PC248, PC372
Merrill Gordon and Alan Emmott
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45367
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alderman Merrill Gordon and Aldermanic Candidate Alan Emmott standing together on the right, talk with audience after a Burnaby meeting.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 19 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-262
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alderman Merrill Gordon and Aldermanic Candidate Alan Emmott standing together on the right, talk with audience after a Burnaby meeting.
- Subjects
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Ald. Merrill Gordon and fellow-independent aldermanic candidate Alan Emmott, together right, talk with audience after Burnaby meeting Tuesday. They said Better Burnaby Committee won't be active until next year's elections."
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Severin Morin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45817
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Severin Morin at the time that he was a Better Burnaby Committee alderman candidate. He owned and operated Gai Paree catering with his wife, and was the federal Liberal candidate for the Burnaby riding in 1978, but withdrew before the election.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-711
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Severin Morin at the time that he was a Better Burnaby Committee alderman candidate. He owned and operated Gai Paree catering with his wife, and was the federal Liberal candidate for the Burnaby riding in 1978, but withdrew before the election.
- Names
- Morin, Severin "Sev"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- LeBlanc, Don
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 6546
- Don LeBlanc was a photographer for Croton Studios Limited
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