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Bus timetables

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65824
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1975
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of timetables for the New Westminster-South Burnaby Bus and fastbus Service (all services in the folder are operated by BC Hydro - Metropolitan Lines and BC Hydro - Suburban Lines) and the regular Burnaby transit system, including the Simon Fraser University Bus Service.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1975
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pixie McGeachie subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
42685
Accession Number
BHS1996-08
Scope and Content
File consists of timetables for the New Westminster-South Burnaby Bus and fastbus Service (all services in the folder are operated by BC Hydro - Metropolitan Lines and BC Hydro - Suburban Lines) and the regular Burnaby transit system, including the Simon Fraser University Bus Service.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Bylaw Number: 5990 - Taxation Exemption Bylaw No 12, 1971

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Repository
Legislative Services
Bylaw Number
5990
Final Adoption
1971 Nov 22
Format
Bylaws - Adopted
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
Legislative Services
Bylaw Number
5990
Final Adoption
1971 Nov 22
Format
Bylaws - Adopted
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Bylaw Number: 6186 - Taxation Exemption Bylaw No 5, 1972

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Repository
Legislative Services
Bylaw Number
6186
Final Adoption
1972 Nov 20
Format
Bylaws - Adopted
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
Legislative Services
Bylaw Number
6186
Final Adoption
1972 Nov 20
Format
Bylaws - Adopted
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Bylaw Number: 6376 - Taxation Exemption Bylaw No 6, 1973

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Repository
Legislative Services
Bylaw Number
6376
Final Adoption
1973 Nov 26
Format
Bylaws - Adopted
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
Legislative Services
Bylaw Number
6376
Final Adoption
1973 Nov 26
Format
Bylaws - Adopted
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Bylaw Number: 6570 - Reciprocal Fire Fighting Agreement Authorization Bylaw 1974

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Repository
Legislative Services
Bylaw Number
6570
Final Adoption
1975 Jun 09
Format
Bylaws - Adopted
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
Legislative Services
Bylaw Number
6570
Final Adoption
1975 Jun 09
Format
Bylaws - Adopted
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Byrne family subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[191-?] -1995
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Photographs and textual records
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of copies of photographs of the Byrne family and a photocopied essay entitled "Life on the North Arm of the Fraser River: The Experience of the Rowling Family" by Paula Cyr.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[191-?] -1995
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Byrne family subseries
Physical Description
Photographs and textual records
Description Level
Subseries
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1995-04
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of copies of photographs of the Byrne family and a photocopied essay entitled "Life on the North Arm of the Fraser River: The Experience of the Rowling Family" by Paula Cyr.
History
William Henry "Henry" Rowling was born February 9, 1826 in Truro, Cornwall, England. His wife, Mary Russell Rowling, was born November 19, 1832 in Strickland, Dorset, England. Their first child, Rosetta Mary "Rose" Rowling, was born August 8, 1858 in Plumstead, Woolwhich, Kent while Henry was in Esquimalt working as a Royal Engineer. The family then moved to New Westminster, and grew larger: James William Russell "Jim" Rowling born October 14, 1862; Henry Soar Rowling was born February 3, 1864; Priscilla Amelia Rowling (later Byrne) was born February 24, 1866; and William Henry Kemp Rowling was born September 2, 1867. The family settled at their farm on the North Arm of the Fraser River in September of 1868. They raised livestock and grew produce on their property for their family, which continued to grow. Thomas George Rowling was born on April 14, 1869 and Elizabeth Jane Russell Rowling was born on August 24, 1847. The Rowling children were raised Presbyterian but Priscilla later converted to Roman Catholicism when she married her husband, Peter Byrne, on May 15, 1892. As young adults, Priscilla and Peter lived on the North Arm, close to Priscilla's parents and youngest sister, Elizabeth. Her brother Henry moved his logging operations near the Byrne residence while James lived in South Vancouver with a family of his own. Their other siblings, Rose and Thomas, had passed away by this time. Peter and Priscilla had six children: Margaret Gladys Byrne, born February 28, 1893; twin daughters Mary and Norah; Kathleen; Ultan Patrick "Pat"; and Elizabeth Laura Byrne (later Cyr). After Henry and Mary Rowlings died in 1906, Elizabeth lived with her sister Priscilla and her nieces and nephews.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of subseries
PC316, MSS141
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Canada Games publications

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of publications (newspapers and programmes) from the Canada Games which took place August 3 to 12 1973 at Queen's Park in New Westminster.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Gladys Killip subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS085-034
Accession Number
BHS1998-11
Scope and Content
File consists of publications (newspapers and programmes) from the Canada Games which took place August 3 to 12 1973 at Queen's Park in New Westminster.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Canada Summer Games papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58750
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1972-1973
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 the Canada Summer Games that were held in New Westminster/ Burnaby including Board of Directors lists and tentative event schedules as well as newspaper clippings.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1972-1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Robert Prittie subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS127-010
Accession Number
BHS1999-01
Scope and Content
File consists of papers pertaining to the Canada Summer Games that were held in New Westminster/ Burnaby including Board of Directors lists and tentative event schedules as well as newspaper clippings.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Canada Summer Games uniforms

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1973]
Collection/Fonds
Denise Dullum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women standing together dressed in "Canda Summer Gamebirds" uniforms that were designed by Eaton's fashion department for the Canada Summer Games taking place in New Westminster and Burnaby in 1973. Woman standing in the centre is identified as Denise Dullum (nee Fouchard). Uni…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Denise Dullum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women standing together dressed in "Canda Summer Gamebirds" uniforms that were designed by Eaton's fashion department for the Canada Summer Games taking place in New Westminster and Burnaby in 1973. Woman standing in the centre is identified as Denise Dullum (nee Fouchard). Uniforms consist of a skirt, striped long sleeve blouse with tie and a short sleeved vest along with regalia buttons from the Summer Games adorning their vests and ties.
Subjects
Clothing - Uniforms
Sports
Names
Dullum, Denise Fouchard
Accession Code
BV022.17.21
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1973]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2022-07-04
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Centennial parade float

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
20 July 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a parade float titled "New Westminster, First Capital City of British Columbia, Host of the 1973 Canada Summer Games" as part of the Centennial celebration event "The Day We Joined - a Confederation Celebration 1871 - 1977" held at Empire Stadium, Vancouver.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a parade float titled "New Westminster, First Capital City of British Columbia, Host of the 1973 Canada Summer Games" as part of the Centennial celebration event "The Day We Joined - a Confederation Celebration 1871 - 1977" held at Empire Stadium, Vancouver.
Subjects
Events - Parades
Celebrations - Centennials
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV005.54.252
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
20 July 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
July 23, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Columbian Newspaper subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1865]-1983
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Photographs
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper collected by the Burnaby Historical Society.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1865]-1983
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Columbian Newspaper subseries
Physical Description
Photographs
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1989-19
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper collected by the Burnaby Historical Society.
Media Type
Photograph
Creator
The Columbian
Notes
Title based on contents of subseries
PC 222
History/Bio adapted from New Westminster Archives
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Corrections standards

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1978
Collection/Fonds
Oakalla Prison collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of copies of records regarding Standards of Correctional Facilties for Juvenile and Adult Containment Facilties including memorandums between D. DeBelle; Ken Nygaard, Facilties Management; A.G. Gilmore, Client co-ordinator Planning and Leasing B.C. Buildings Corporation; meeting minut…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Oakalla Prison collection
Series
Oakalla correctional facility records series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 cm of textual records
Material Details
File enclosed in brown duotang cover
Scope and Content
File consists of copies of records regarding Standards of Correctional Facilties for Juvenile and Adult Containment Facilties including memorandums between D. DeBelle; Ken Nygaard, Facilties Management; A.G. Gilmore, Client co-ordinator Planning and Leasing B.C. Buildings Corporation; meeting minutes re Security Systems and Hardware -- New Westminster Courthouse (April 7, 1978); hardware and furniture catalgues for prisons; prison floor plans for washrooms, dormitories and holding cells along with a series of handwritten notes.
Subjects
Public Services - Correctional
Names
Oakalla Prison Farm
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre
Accession Code
BV991.45.170
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1978
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on cover title
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Costumed man on bicycle in Heritage Village

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
November 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gerald "Cap" Hobbis riding a penny-farthing bicycle down the boardwalk on the west side of Hill Street inside Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) on opening weekend, November 19-21, 1971. A group of children are watching from behind. Buildings along the west side of the stre…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Gerald "Cap" Hobbis riding a penny-farthing bicycle down the boardwalk on the west side of Hill Street inside Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) on opening weekend, November 19-21, 1971. A group of children are watching from behind. Buildings along the west side of the street are visible in the background. Cap Hobbis was the owner of Caps Bicycles in New Westminster for decades and was influential in setting up Heritage Village's "Buggy and Bicycle" exhibit.
Subjects
Events - Openings
Transportation - Bicycles
Persons - Children
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV005.54.526
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
November 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
August 25, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Denise Dullum fonds

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1970-1973
Collection/Fonds
Denise Dullum fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
14 photographs
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs documenting Denise Dullum (nee Fouchard) as an active participant in the 1970 and 1971 Miss Burnaby pageant and the Canada Summer Games in 1973.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Denise Dullum fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
14 photographs
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of photographs documenting Denise Dullum (nee Fouchard) as an active participant in the 1970 and 1971 Miss Burnaby pageant and the Canada Summer Games in 1973.
History
Denise Dullum (nee Fouchard) is the daughter of Auguste "Gus" Charles Fouchard (1917-2011) and Victorine "Vicky" Theresa Fouchard (nee Allesia) (1920-1992). In 1947, Gus and Vicky moved from Manitoba to Vancouver and in the 1960s they moved their family to a home on Keith Street in Burnaby. As an active Burnaby citizen, Denise took part in the Miss Burnaby pageant in 1970 and the 1973 Canada Summer Games which took place in Burnaby and New Westminster. Denise worked at the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby for nearly 50 years.
Responsibility
Dullum, Denise Fouchard
Accession Code
BV022.17
BV022.23
Date
1970-1973
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
See also Artifacts - BV022.17.2-BV022.17.11 and BV022.23.12- 30
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
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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
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Election sign

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1972
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 19 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ralph Lambley and Bruce Govier walking past a Liberal party election sign prompting people to vote for Bernice McDonough.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1972
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 19 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-949
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Ralph Lambley and Bruce Govier walking past a Liberal party election sign prompting people to vote for Bernice McDonough.
Subjects
Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
Names
Lambley, Ralph
Govier, Bruce
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Symonds, John
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Election signs will soon be sprouting like summer flowers throughout B.C. Among the first signs to go up were New Westminster MLA Dennis Cocke's sign, left. Bernice McDonough's signs went up last week in Burnaby, even before the Aug.30 election was called. Looking over the McDonough sign are ralph Lambley and Bruce Govier."
Images
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The fairground organ : its music, mechanism and history

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1360
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Cockayne, Eric V.
Publication Date
1970
Call Number
789.7 COC
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
ISBN
0715349856
Call Number
789.7 COC
Author
Cockayne, Eric V.
Contributor
Leach, Ronald, Sir, 1907-
Place of Publication
England
Publisher
Newton Abbot, - David & Charles
Publication Date
1970
Physical Description
239 p. : ill. (1 col), music ; 23 cm
Inscription
"Unknown source / via Maurice / Technical info / on Wurlitzers", written on post-it note inserted in front cover.
"WITHDRAWN FROM / NEW WESTMINSTER / PUBLIC LIBRARY", stamped on inside front cover page and title page.
Library Subject (LOC)
Musical instruments
Organ (musical Instrument)
Mechanical organs--History
Mechanical musical instruments
Subjects
Musical Instruments
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 234) and index.
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Fire Department fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription47
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920-2019
Collection/Fonds
Fire Department fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
1 m of textual records, graphic material, and cartographic material
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of news clippings; notes correspondence; and layout and research materials used in the development and creation of the Burnaby Fire Department history entitled “Follow that Fire.” Also consists of administrative records created by the Fire Department related to its management, direct…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1920-2019
Collection/Fonds
Fire Department fonds
Physical Description
1 m of textual records, graphic material, and cartographic material
Description Level
Fonds
Access Restriction
Subject to FOIPPA
Reproduction Restriction
Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of news clippings; notes correspondence; and layout and research materials used in the development and creation of the Burnaby Fire Department history entitled “Follow that Fire.” Also consists of administrative records created by the Fire Department related to its management, direction, coordination, training services, and planning, including daily record books, emergency preparedness pamphlets, a departmental practice manual, procedural directives, scrapbooks, and an orthophoto map (in 63 pieces) of the City of Burnaby.
History
Serving the City since 1911, the Burnaby Fire Department is committed to providing timely, professional, and effective fire-related emergency services to save lives, property and the environment. Their dedicated staff serves the City via seven fire stations located strategically across Burnaby. Each of our stations is equipped with up-to-date vehicles and equipment. Their highly skilled and trained team of men and women provide many services, including fire suppression and prevention, investigation, inspection, training, medical, vehicle extrication, technical and other speciality rescues, hazardous materials response and public education services. The following information pertains to the publication "Follow That Fire": Communities have always lived with the threat of fire. Early Burnaby residents banded together to extinguish out-of-control brush fires. In the 1920s, the Municipal Police were responsible for fire-related matters, earning three dollars for attending a fire. Donations to the Vancouver and New Westminster Fire Departments' Benevolent Funds brought the first fire engines to Burnaby's rescue. As the population increased, by-laws were enacted to develop a full-time fire service. Several members saw the value in jotting down recollections of their experiences as Burnaby firemen, which sparked an interest in completing the History of the Burnaby Fire Department. While researching this project, the author was fortunate in being able to draw from the resources of retired chiefs Fred Blake and Lewis Auvache, who were original members of the Department. The Department's progression includes heated and sometimes humorous debates regarding who should be responsible for fire protection, deciding if there was a need for a fire services, and how taxes would be levied to support the service. Photographs throughout the text represent stages of development which include a pictorial record of Burnaby fire trucks from 1923 to the present platform ladder trucks. From its humble beginning as two separate fire departments operating from a converted police horse stable and a water pumping station, the Burnaby Fire Department has developed into a professional organization serving its citizens from six fire stations.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Cartographic Material
Creator
City of Burnaby
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds.
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Harry Toy fonds

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[197-]-2023
Collection/Fonds
Harry Toy fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
.5 cm of textual records + 6 photographs + 2 photographs (jpg)
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of business records and photographs relating to Harry Toy's store the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants' Association and his family.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harry Toy fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
.5 cm of textual records + 6 photographs + 2 photographs (jpg)
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of business records and photographs relating to Harry Toy's store the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants' Association and his family.
History
Harry Wee Koon Toy was born in February 9, 1936 in Taikong, Toisan county, Guangdong, China. Harry's father William Toy came to Canada in the early 1920s when he was ten years old. Harry arrived in Vancouver, Canada on September 9, 1950. After staying in Vancouver for one night, he joined his father in Neepawa, Manitoba where the family operated a cafe business (Royal Cafe). Harry grew up in Neepawa and graduated from the University of Manitoba and teacher's college. He became a high school teacher and worked at schools in Minnedosa and Gladstone, Manitoba teaching various subjects including, science, business, geography, history and physical education. Harry and his wife, had three daughters, Melinda, Beverley and Christina who were all born in Neepawa. When the family decided to move to the west coast, Harry was introduced to the grocery store business through an uncle who was a store operator. Around 1970, Harry purchased a grocery store at 4694 Canada Way in Burnaby which he named "Canada Way Food Market" and Harry and his daughters made their home at the back of the store. Harry owned and operated the store for approximately 40 years between 1970 and 2010. Around 1986, Harry purchased the butcher shop next door (4692 Canada Way) which was no longer in operation, expanding his store and adding a second storey to use as a residence. Harry's children helped him operate the store throughout their childhood. In the early 1970s, corner stores were threatened by the spread of small chain-operated convenience stories from Eastern Canada to Vancouver. Formed in April 1972, the Fraser Merchants’ Association was established to protect the rights of corner store operators. With no paid legal help, the association was incorporated in Victoria, BC for the cost of 56 cents. The benefits of being a member of the association included warehouse and group purchasing, common advertising and other advantages of being part of an association. Founded by Gary Lee Ling and five others, Fraser Merchants’ Association’s first member was Graham Grocery. By 1978, the association represented over 200 corner stores in the Lower Mainland (Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Langley, Coquitlam, and New Westminster) and Fraser Valley. The association remained active into the 1980s and 1990s. Harry has served as President of the Fraser Merchants' Association from 1992 to present.
Creator
Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"
Names
Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"
Fraser Merchants' Association
Canada Way Food Market
Accession Code
BV023.25
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[197-]-2023
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Related Material
See also BV023.16.19 - Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy
For associated artifacts from Canada Way Food Market see Accession BV023.17
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
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Health Minister Dennis Cocke

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 6, 1975
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Health Minister Dennis Cocke wearing a suit and waving his hard hat at the camera while he sits in the bulldozer that "broke the ground" at the Burnaby General Hospital construction site. Cocke was a provincial minister of health in Dave Barrett's New Democratic Party government, whic…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 6, 1975
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 10 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-235
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Health Minister Dennis Cocke wearing a suit and waving his hard hat at the camera while he sits in the bulldozer that "broke the ground" at the Burnaby General Hospital construction site. Cocke was a provincial minister of health in Dave Barrett's New Democratic Party government, which ran the province from 1972 to 1975, and was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing New Westminster from 1969 to 1986.
Subjects
Officials - Elected Officials
Construction Tools and Equipment
Names
Burnaby General Hospital
New Democratic Party
Cocke, Dennis
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Kincaid Street
Street Address
3935 Kincaid Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cascade-Schou Area
Images
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