"Natural history" found 15 records

Dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, geography, biography, and natural history

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1880

Call Number: 220.3 SMI

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

The family cyclopaedia of useful knowledge : a complete library of useful information for the masses, embraced in the subjects of history, biography, natural history, travels, manners and customs, manufactures, vegetation, invention and discovery, mining, the sea, familiar science, the law, statistics, etc., etc.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1889

Call Number: 030 FAM

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.21.9

Call Number: 030 FAM

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: John S. Dorn Publisher

Publication Date: 1889

Physical Description: xii, 14-544 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Books

Notes: "with two hundred and seventy-three illustrations" --t.p.

Illustrated natural history

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Wood, J.G. (John George), 1827-1889

Publication Date: c1897

Call Number: 590 WOO

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV983.9.19

Call Number: 590 WOO

Author: Wood, J.G. (John George), 1827-1889

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Henry Altemus

Publication Date: c1897

Series: Altemus' young people's library

Physical Description: 244, 16 p. : ill.

Inscription: "With Best Wishes / to [Birtie] From Wilford / xmas 1909" -handwritten in pencil on cover page. Mistakenly wrote "1908" then wrote "9"over the "8".

Library Subject (LOC): Mammals; Animals; Birds; Natural history; Juvenile literature

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Animals

Notes: Author's given name and dates: Wood, J.G. (John George), 1827-1889

Almanack for 1884

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901

Publication Date: 1884

Call Number: 310 GRE

4 images

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV978.62.1

Call Number: 310 GRE

Author: Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: George Routledge and Sons

Publication Date: 1884

Printer: Edmund Evans

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. : 14 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Natural history; Months; Seasons; Almanacs; Miniature books--Specimens; Juvenile literature

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Booklets

Notes: "printed by Edmund Evans".; Printer' s dates: Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905.

Images

The book of wonders : gives plain and simple answers to the thousands of everyday questions that are asked and which all should be able to, but cannot answer, fully illustrated with hundreds of educational pictures which stimulate the mind and give a bird's eye view of the wonders of nature and the wonders produced by man.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1916

Call Number: 030 BOD

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV982.24.9

Call Number: 030 BOD

Contributor: Bodmer, Rudolph J., 1872

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Bureau of Industrial Education

Publication Date: 1916

Printer: L. H. Jenkins

Physical Description: 603 p. : ill.

Inscription: "[Frank] B. Street - / Xmas 1917" - handwritten on front inside cover

Library Subject (LOC): Curiosities and wonders; Technology; Natural history

Notes: 3 loose photographs contained in the pages; Contributor's given name, date, and contribution : Bodmer, Rudolph John, 1872 (editor)

The everyday library for young people : volume iv : beast, bird and flower

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c1924

Call Number: 031 MEE v.4

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV983.39.14

Call Number: 031 MEE v.4

Contributor: Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943; Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Grolier Society

Publication Date: c1924

Printer: Colonial Press

Physical Description: 336 p. : ill., col. front. ; 25 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Encyclopedias and dictionaries; Natural history

Notes: Edited by Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson; "Novel and interesting accounts of animal, bird and plant life" --t.p.; Volume 4 of 4.

Introduction a la connoissance de la nature, et a L'ecriture Sainte

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Trimmer, Sarah, 1741-1810; Gros, C.

Publication Date: 1822

Call Number: 248.82 TRI

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.4058.11

Call Number: 248.82 TRI

Author: Trimmer, Sarah, 1741-1810; Gros, C.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: W. B. Whitaker

Publication Date: 1822

Printer: E. Skelton & Co.

Physical Description: viii, 184 p. ; 12 cm.

Inscription: inside cover: red paper printed label "T. HILL, Bookseller & Stationer, 18, UPPER KING STRRET, Bloomsbury Square" inside cover page: "Susan Vrerder"[handwritten in pencil] "A P Yatin" [handwritten in pencil] "[text obscured] June 13th 1827"

Library Subject (LOC): Christian literature; Science; Natural history; Juvenile literature

Notes: English title: Easy introduction to the knowledge of nature, and reading the Holy scriptures.; "Traduite de la Treisieme Edition." [Translated from the Treisieme edition.]

Nature Book

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Jackson, Edith

Call Number: 577 JAC

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV987.5.66

Call Number: 577 JAC

Author: Jackson, Edith

Place of Publication: [s.l]

Publisher: [s.n.]

Physical Description: 20 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.)

Inscription: "EDITH JACKSON" - hand printed on front cover "Good" - hand written on back cover

Library Subject (LOC): Botany; Natural History--Pictorial works; Nature--Pictorial works

Subjects: Education; Plants

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street

Notes: contains dried specimens of leaves and flowers

The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880

Edition: New ed.

Publication Date: 1874

Call Number: 919.8 HAR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV974.113.15

Call Number: 919.8 HAR

Edition: New ed.

Author: Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880

Contributor: Guernsey, Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson), 1824-1902

Place of Publication: Guelph, Ont.

Publisher: J.W. Lyon

Publication Date: 1874

Printer: Clark W. Bryan & Co.

Physical Description: xx, [17]-811 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

Inscription: "A R Currie Pennant Sask March 9 / 1926" [handwritten in black ink on back of portrait of Dr. Hartwig] "John Byrne" [handwritten in pencil on p.513]

Library Subject (LOC): Natural history; Polar regions--Discovery and exploration; Tropics--Discovery and exploration

Notes: "Edited, with additional chapters, by Dr. A. H. Guernsey" --title page.; "Two volumes in one" --title page.; "Embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries" --title page.; "The whole splendidly embellished with nearly two hundred beautiful illustrations, true to nature, from designs furnished by artists in the regions to which they relate" --title page.; "New edition, with an account of Hall's last expedition, a summary of arctic explorations, and new maps of the arctic regions" --title page.; "Sold only by subscription" --title page.; Author's given name and dates: Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880; Editor's given name and dates: Guernsey, Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson), 1824-1902

Sharp eyes and other essays

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

Publication Date: c1919

Call Number: 508 BUR Copy 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV989.9.27

Call Number: 508 BUR Copy 1

Author: Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

Contributor: McIntosh, H.

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: W. J. Gage

Publication Date: c1919

Series: Gage's literature series

Physical Description: viii, 100 p.; 19 cm.

Inscription: Front endpaper: "35" [written in pencil] "E. Anderson" [written in pencil]

Library Subject (LOC): Natural history--Outdoor books

Notes: edited with introduction and notes by H. McIntosh; "With an Appendix containing Notes on the Birds, Animals, Fishes, and Plants Mentioned in the Essays" -- t.p.; Copy 1 of 3

Doreen Lawson fonds

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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

In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c2004

Call Number: 971.133 PRI Copy 2

1 digital book

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

Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Burnaby, Robert, 1828-1878; McLeod, Anne Burnaby; McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Publication Date: c2002

Call Number: 971.1 BUR COPY 3

1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection; Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0969282850; 9780969282853

Call Number: 971.1 BUR COPY 3

Author: Burnaby, Robert, 1828-1878; McLeod, Anne Burnaby; McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: c2002

Physical Description: 199 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby, Robert--Correspondence; Merchants--British Columbia--Correspondence; British Columbia--History--1849-1871; Burnaby (B.C.); Biography

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 190) and index.; 3 copies held: copy 3.

Digital Books

George Clulow

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 7, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Vancouver Natural History Society member George Clulow speaking to Burnaby residents about areas of Burnaby Lake Park that he wishes to be preserved.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 7, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0250

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Vancouver Natural History Society member George Clulow speaking to Burnaby residents about areas of Burnaby Lake Park that he wishes to be preserved.

Names: Clulow, George

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "880 Bby Mario / BNW p. 4 54% / 03/07"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)