Roy Staples and Hector MacCubbin subseries
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]-[1970] (dates of originals), copied 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs and documents pertaining to the history of Oakalla Prison Farm.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950]-[1970] (dates of originals), copied 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-02
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs and documents pertaining to the history of Oakalla Prison Farm.
- History
- Hector MacCubbin was Principal officer at Oakalla Prison Farm. During a major disturbance in September of 1982 he fired three rounds of ammunition to prevent a mass exit from the yard. Roy Staples was a former Senior Corrections Officer. Roy has written numerous articles on Oakalla, including one on Oakalla's award winning Clydesdales.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Staples, Roy
- MacCubbin, Hector
- Notes
- PC134, MSS018
- Title based on creator of subseries