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Florence Jackson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36752
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-107
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Nurses
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Cassie Avenue
- Street Address
- 6457 Cassie Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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Grace Woodward Zala
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36576
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1918]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Grace Woodward Zala, R.N. She was a Burnaby nursing sister in W.W.I., wife of Victor Zala (married on August 21, 1914 in Victoria); the daughter of Herbert Woodward (Sea Captain) and Julia Ann Woodward; and sister of Maude, Harriet and Beatrice Woodward. Grace was born in England in…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1918]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 10 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 300-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-41
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Grace Woodward Zala, R.N. She was a Burnaby nursing sister in W.W.I., wife of Victor Zala (married on August 21, 1914 in Victoria); the daughter of Herbert Woodward (Sea Captain) and Julia Ann Woodward; and sister of Maude, Harriet and Beatrice Woodward. Grace was born in England in 1871. She and her family came to Canada from Liverpool on the Parisian in 1888. Grace died on Galiano in 1959. She had no children. Grace went overseas in WWI to work with the British Red Cross Society and the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.
- Names
- Zala, Grace Woodward
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Interview with Jack McGeachie June 18, 1975 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory38
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1929-1938
- Length
- 0:09:54
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie's memories of Burnaby during the Depression years including his sister's personal and work history.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie's memories of Burnaby during the Depression years including his sister's personal and work history.
- Date Range
- 1929-1938
- Photo Info
- McGeachie family; John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie is the eldest child, standing second from the right, 1925 (date of original). Item no. 204-464
- Length
- 0:09:54
- Names
- McGeachie, Florence Mary
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- June 18, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with John A."Jack" McGeachie by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury June 18, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) and farming in Burnaby. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- John Aloysius “Jack” McGeachie was born January 14, 1914 in Little Mountain, Vancouver to Helen and John McGeachie. Helen and John had four children; John Aloysius “Jack”, Florence Mary, Thomas Joseph “Tom” and Roderick Noel “Rod.” In 1922 the McGeachie family moved from Vancouver to East Burnaby where the children attended Edmonds School. John Sr. became ill and died, leaving the eldest Jack as the main breadwinner of the family when he was still just a teenager. He began his working life at a chicken farm, later learning his trade while working for the Hudson Bay Company. Jack McGeachie married Burnaby Historian Doreen Pixie Johnson. He and Pixie raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:51:13
- Interviewee Name
- McGeachie, John Aloysius "Jack"
- Interview Location
- Rosewood
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Track one of interview with Jack McGeachie
Track one of interview with Jack McGeachie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-10/100-13-10_Track_4.mp3Winnie Hill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82558
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard is a portrait of Winnie Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-129
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard is a portrait of Winnie Hill.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Nurses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Winnie Hill"
- Note in blue pen on recto reads: "Aunt Winnie"
- Photograph stamp on recto reads: "Briston. Worthing"
Images
World War One nurse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription609
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman in a World War One nursing uniform, taken in a photographic studio. She is holding the back of a chair, and the painted backdrop shows arches. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies this photograph as Winnie (Winnie Hill Rowe, daughter of Bernard Hill) when she …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman in a World War One nursing uniform, taken in a photographic studio. She is holding the back of a chair, and the painted backdrop shows arches. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies this photograph as Winnie (Winnie Hill Rowe, daughter of Bernard Hill) when she went to England as a nurse during WWI.
- Accession Code
- HV977.123.15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-18
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
A complete system of nursing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3506
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV995.14.1
- Call Number
- 610 ASH
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Waverly Book Co.
- Publication Date
- 1917
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons
- Physical Description
- xv, 746 p.: ill., diagr., col. plates
- Inscription
- "E. Abercrombie" -handwritten in ink inside front cover. "E. L. A." -written on outside edges of pages.
Florence Nightingale : the wounded soldier's friend
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary194
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Pollard, Eliza F., 1840-1911
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Call Number
- 610.7309 POL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.133.38
- Call Number
- 610.7309 POL
- Author
- Pollard, Eliza F., 1840-1911
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- ix, 11-160 p., 32 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "253" [stamped in blue ink on front pastedown] "Campbell" [faded and handwritten in black ink on front paste down]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Nurses--Great Britain
- History of Nursing--19th century
- Biography
- Notes
- "Fully illustrated" -- title page
- 32 page catalogue of other books published by S.W. Partridge in the back.
Board of Management minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65503
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937-1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Board of Management minute book.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1937-1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-072
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Board of Management minute book.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Burnaby Branch cash book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65053
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch cash book. Included in the minute book are two loose sheets; a Statement of Receipts and Dispursements as well as a letter from the Bank of Toronto regarding an automobile purchase.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-006
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch cash book. Included in the minute book are two loose sheets; a Statement of Receipts and Dispursements as well as a letter from the Bank of Toronto regarding an automobile purchase.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Burnaby Branch ledger book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65065
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914-1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch ledger book. Included in the minute book are loose receipts and note pages.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914-1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-018
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch ledger book. Included in the minute book are loose receipts and note pages.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Burnaby Branch papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65433
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch transportation reports, disbursement statements and tax receipts.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-045
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch transportation reports, disbursement statements and tax receipts.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Burnaby Branch receipt book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65060
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924-1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch receipt book. Included in the receipt book are loose annual Statement of Disbursement pages.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924-1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-013
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch receipt book. Included in the receipt book are loose annual Statement of Disbursement pages.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65056
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as a number of loose pages of notes.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-009
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as a number of loose pages of notes.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65057
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as a number of loose pages of notes.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-010
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as a number of loose pages of notes.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65059
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933-1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as loose pages of correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933-1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-012
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as loose pages of correspondence.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65062
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as loose pages of correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-015
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as loose pages of correspondence.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65063
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as loose pages of correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-016
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Capitol Hill Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings as well as loose pages of correspondence.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
East Burnaby Auxiliary minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65061
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1936-1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) East Burnaby Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are loose pages of notes.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1936-1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-014
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) East Burnaby Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are loose pages of notes.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Edmonds and East Burnaby Auxiliary receipt book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65498
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939-1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Edmonds and East Burnaby Auxiliary receipt book. Included in the receipt book is one piece of correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939-1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-067
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Edmonds and East Burnaby Auxiliary receipt book. Included in the receipt book is one piece of correspondence.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Health brochures
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58253
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1938
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three brochures on the subject of health. One is entitled "Pioneers of Nursing in Canada" issued by the History of Nursing Society of the McGill University School for Graduate Nurses for the International Congress of Nurses. The other two were produced by the Department of Pensions…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1938
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS061-077
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three brochures on the subject of health. One is entitled "Pioneers of Nursing in Canada" issued by the History of Nursing Society of the McGill University School for Graduate Nurses for the International Congress of Nurses. The other two were produced by the Department of Pensions and National Health in Ottawa; one of which is entitled "Wells", the other is entitled "The Rat Menace."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file