Leila Orman subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62945
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
- History
- A. Leila Orman was born June 2, 1901 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. She is the youngest daughter of Daisy Marie Orman, her sister Daisy Hilda Orman (later Targett) being three and a half years her senior. At five years old Leila began a long fight with a crippling type of rheumatoid arthritis. By the time she was thirteen, she experienced completely ankylosed joints. Her family travelled all over hoping to find a cure, but to no avail. In 1913 her father joined his two brothers in Calgary, and by 1915 the family had joined him. Leila developed an interest in painting and knitting, and composed her own poems. She began writing news articles for the Calgary Daily Herald in the 1930s, and her first sonnet was published in that paper on August 28, 1934. She had a strong interest in the arts, often writing about music and the visual arts. While living in Calgary, she became a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club as well as a member of the Canadian Author’s Association. When her father retired in 1938, the family moved to Rosewood Avenue in Burnaby. Leila wrote on a typewriter with two sticks to type out the letters. She was an avid reader and was able to turn the pages with a special stick with elastic bands wound around the ends. Canadian novelist Maida Parlow French became her lifelong friend and encouraged her to write her own autobiography, but she was not able to finish it. Leila wrote “The Giving Heart” in October of 1948. By 1952, she was writing the "Across the Board" column for the British Columbia Saturday Magazine with the intention of inspiring other “incapacitated folk” to live up to their full potential: “If [she] could reach a few people, and encourage them to reach up and out, [she] should feel the effort well worthwhile.” A member of the St. Alban’s Prayer Healing Fellowship group, Leila wrote the “Christian Manifesto for World Peace” in 1963. The Prayer Group met twice monthly at one of the members’ homes and undertook to pray daily for the sick and for world peace. After Leila’s mother died in 1955, Leila’s friend Jeanie Brown kept house for her and was her constant companion. Jeanie Brown and Leila lived together for over thirteen years until an accident sent Leila to hospital and later to nursing home where she died on February 16, 1976.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Orman, A. Leila
- Notes
- MSS104 and PC506
- Title based on content of subseries
Blue flowers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63105
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [before 1976]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : watercolour ; 38.5 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a watercolour painting by Leila Orman of cut blue flowers arranged in a flower pot.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [before 1976]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : watercolour ; 38.5 x 26 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS104-020
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a watercolour painting by Leila Orman of cut blue flowers arranged in a flower pot.
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of painting
The Book of Common Prayer Canada
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63079
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- Scope and Content
- Item is "The Book of Common Prayer Canada" subtitled "and administration of the sacraments / and other rites and ceremonies of the Church / according to the use of / The Church of England in the Dominion of Canada / together with the Psalter of Psalms of David / pointed as they are to be sung or sa…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS104-019
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is "The Book of Common Prayer Canada" subtitled "and administration of the sacraments / and other rites and ceremonies of the Church / according to the use of / The Church of England in the Dominion of Canada / together with the Psalter of Psalms of David / pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches." printed by Cambridge at the University Press, Toronto. This book was given to Leila Orman by her mother in 1936.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
The Giants of Fraser Valley \ Leila Orman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63070
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 manuscript
- Scope and Content
- Item is the manuscript "The Giants of Fraser Valley" written by Leila Orman.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 manuscript
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS104-016
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is the manuscript "The Giants of Fraser Valley" written by Leila Orman.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
The Giving Heart / Leila Orman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62957
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book (soft-cover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a book by Leila Orman entitled "The Giving Heart" with the dedication; "To my Mother, Daisy Marie Orman, whose complete faith in God is the foundation of this story."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 book (soft-cover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS104-002
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a book by Leila Orman entitled "The Giving Heart" with the dedication; "To my Mother, Daisy Marie Orman, whose complete faith in God is the foundation of this story."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Leila Orman correspondence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62961
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1967-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence between Leila Orman and her close friend and fellow Canadian author Maida Parlow French.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1967-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS104-006
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence between Leila Orman and her close friend and fellow Canadian author Maida Parlow French.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Leila Orman papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62959
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers legalizing the signing over of copyright of Leila Orman's literary work to Marjorie Johnstone Thompson and the article Leila Orman wrote on BC Tel and the telephone they adapted for her. Also included in the file is an in memoriam letter (or speech) written for Leila Orman.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS104-004
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers legalizing the signing over of copyright of Leila Orman's literary work to Marjorie Johnstone Thompson and the article Leila Orman wrote on BC Tel and the telephone they adapted for her. Also included in the file is an in memoriam letter (or speech) written for Leila Orman.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Leila Orman papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62960
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925-1973
- 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 Leila Orman. Included in the file is correspondence on paper, on photographic and hand-painted postcards, unused stamps, greeting cards, newspaper articles and newsletters. Also included is a notebook filled with poetry, a watercolour painting on mylar and a Ce…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS104-005
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to Leila Orman. Included in the file is correspondence on paper, on photographic and hand-painted postcards, unused stamps, greeting cards, newspaper articles and newsletters. Also included is a notebook filled with poetry, a watercolour painting on mylar and a Centennial commemorative medallion.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Leila Orman papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62968
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1946]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman. One appears to be a diary entry from January of 1946, while the other is a manuscript entitled "Are Anglicans Inconsistent Christians?"
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1946]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS104-007
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman. One appears to be a diary entry from January of 1946, while the other is a manuscript entitled "Are Anglicans Inconsistent Christians?"
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Leila Orman papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62982
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman. Manuscripts in file include; "R.L.S.'s Mother and the Burglars", "Afternoon Boat", "Lost Toys" and "Dear R.L.S." (R.L.S. refers to Robert Louis Stevenson).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS104-008
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman. Manuscripts in file include; "R.L.S.'s Mother and the Burglars", "Afternoon Boat", "Lost Toys" and "Dear R.L.S." (R.L.S. refers to Robert Louis Stevenson).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Leila Orman papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63013
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman. Manuscripts in file include; five "Across the Board" articles and "A Feller Can Stand Just So Much" as well as a typed copy of a "This Week" broadcast on the subject of Robert Louis Stevenson, created by Leila Orman, which aired November 18, 1950 at …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS104-009
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman. Manuscripts in file include; five "Across the Board" articles and "A Feller Can Stand Just So Much" as well as a typed copy of a "This Week" broadcast on the subject of Robert Louis Stevenson, created by Leila Orman, which aired November 18, 1950 at 1:15 pm EST. Also included in the file is a copy of the BC Tel News.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Leila Orman papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63022
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951-1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman including; the manuscripts for "The Man Who Went West, Looks Back", "The Fifth Sparrow", "To a Little Girl Called Beth", "The Power and the Glory of the Cell", "Christ in Others", "Christ in You", the "Christian Manifesto For Peace", the poem "To a D…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951-1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS104-010
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman including; the manuscripts for "The Man Who Went West, Looks Back", "The Fifth Sparrow", "To a Little Girl Called Beth", "The Power and the Glory of the Cell", "Christ in Others", "Christ in You", the "Christian Manifesto For Peace", the poem "To a Doctor", "An Essay on Hands", "On Friendship" and "The Lighthouse." Various correspondence is also included in the file.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Leila Orman papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63038
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-[1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman including manuscripts for "The King's Pearls", "Uncle Tom's Bedtime Stories" and a rough draft of "Bargain Day!" Correspondence is also included in the file.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-[1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS104-011
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman including manuscripts for "The King's Pearls", "Uncle Tom's Bedtime Stories" and a rough draft of "Bargain Day!" Correspondence is also included in the file.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Leila Orman papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63042
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963-1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman including; "Now is Eternity", "Has the Litany Still a Place in Our Worship", "Affinity", "A Paean of Praise", "Lo, I Am With You Alway: Behold! I Stand at the Door and Knock" and "The Great Illusion."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963-1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS104-012
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman including; "Now is Eternity", "Has the Litany Still a Place in Our Worship", "Affinity", "A Paean of Praise", "Lo, I Am With You Alway: Behold! I Stand at the Door and Knock" and "The Great Illusion."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Leila Orman papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63045
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955-1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman. Manuscripts include; "Pieces of Silver", "Fan Mail", "The Spirit of the Flower" and "No Christmas DAY?!!"
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955-1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS104-013
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers authored by Leila Orman. Manuscripts include; "Pieces of Silver", "Fan Mail", "The Spirit of the Flower" and "No Christmas DAY?!!"
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Leila Orman papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63060
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Leila Orman's handwritten pages including inspiring quotes and passages from other authors as well as her first drafts of "An Essay on Building a United Canada", "Afternoon Boat", as well as her stories of Robert Louis Stevenson and "The Man Who Went West, Looks Back."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS104-015
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Leila Orman's handwritten pages including inspiring quotes and passages from other authors as well as her first drafts of "An Essay on Building a United Canada", "Afternoon Boat", as well as her stories of Robert Louis Stevenson and "The Man Who Went West, Looks Back."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
The Reluctant Pilgrim \ Leila Orman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63046
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 8, 1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 manuscript
- Scope and Content
- Item is the manuscript for Leila Orman's autobiography entitled "The Reluctant Pilgrim" which describes her early childhood. Leila's friend Maida Parlow French encouraged her to write her story feeling it "could be of some encouragement to others with similar problems." The book was never completed.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 8, 1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 manuscript
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS104-014
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is the manuscript for Leila Orman's autobiography entitled "The Reluctant Pilgrim" which describes her early childhood. Leila's friend Maida Parlow French encouraged her to write her story feeling it "could be of some encouragement to others with similar problems." The book was never completed.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62958
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (soft-cover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a scrapbook created by Leila Orman containing scenic prints that appear to be clipped out of a magazine or catalogue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (soft-cover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS104-003
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a scrapbook created by Leila Orman containing scenic prints that appear to be clipped out of a magazine or catalogue.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Scrips and Scraps
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62956
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923-1967
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a scrapbook created by Leila Orman entitled "Scrips and Scraps" housing published poems, newspaper articles written by and about her, religious texts, programmes, paintings, postcards and other correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923-1967
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Material Details
- Scrapbook is only partially filled
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS104-001
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a scrapbook created by Leila Orman entitled "Scrips and Scraps" housing published poems, newspaper articles written by and about her, religious texts, programmes, paintings, postcards and other correspondence.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Sharing / A Journal of Christian Healing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63073
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 newsletter
- Scope and Content
- Item is the St. Alban's Fellowship Prayer Group's copy of a newsletter entitled "Sharing / A Journal of Christian Healing" produced in San Diego, California.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 newsletter
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS104-018
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is the St. Alban's Fellowship Prayer Group's copy of a newsletter entitled "Sharing / A Journal of Christian Healing" produced in San Diego, California.
- Media Type
- Textual Record