Narrow Results By
Alfred Bingham fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97219
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Alfred Bingham fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 cm. of textual records and 1 audio reel.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham as well as an oral history tape provided by Alfred and his wife, M.J. "Ada" Bingham.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Alfred Bingham fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 cm. of textual records and 1 audio reel.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Record No.
- MSS142
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham as well as an oral history tape provided by Alfred and his wife, M.J. "Ada" Bingham.
- History
- Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten-hour days to build a shingle mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, a carpenter and millwright (and author of “The History of Burnaby”), also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lockdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920, Alfred married Mary Jane "Ada" Reynolds. Alfred and Mary Jane often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. The couple also had a dog named Bess. The Binghams were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth who were suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression. The Army was in operation for ten years and during that time, the members organised the credit union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union Act through the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started co-op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also the Secretary of the Burnaby Housing Committee. In 1946, he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane died on August 9, 1969. Alfred died on April 29, 1979.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Sound Recording
- Creator
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds MSS142
Alfred Bingham subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57735
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs, correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Alfred Bingham subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs, correspondence and literature pertaining to Alfred Bingham.
- History
- Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Angus McLean and Percy Little worked ten-hour days to build a shingle mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, a carpenter and millwright (and author of “The History of Burnaby”), also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lockdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920, Alfred married Mary Jane "Ada" Reynolds. Alfred and Mary Jane often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. The couple also had a dog named Bess. The Binghams were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth who were suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression. The Army was in operation for ten years and during that time, the members organised the credit union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union Act through the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started co-op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also the Secretary of the Burnaby Housing Committee. In 1946, he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane died on August 9, 1969. Alfred died on April 29, 1979.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- MSS001, MSS142, and PC 010
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
Brainerd family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription76949
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926-1958; 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Brainerd family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm. of textual records + 4 photographs (copy-print)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of receipts, agreements, and registry letter for family home on Harwood Street, along with an election slip, a labour publication, and a propaganda leaflet related to Lawrence Brainerd, as well as a newspaper clipping from 2013 and photocopied and copy-printed early photographs of th…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926-1958; 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Brainerd family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm. of textual records + 4 photographs (copy-print)
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2013-05
- 2013-06
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of receipts, agreements, and registry letter for family home on Harwood Street, along with an election slip, a labour publication, and a propaganda leaflet related to Lawrence Brainerd, as well as a newspaper clipping from 2013 and photocopied and copy-printed early photographs of the family.
- History
- Lawrence and Violet Brainerd came to Vancouver in 1925 or 1926. Lawrence purchased a small house on Harwood Street in North Burnaby for his wife and two children from her previous marriage. Roy Brainerd was born in 1928 at Royal Columbian Hospital. His sister Patricia Brainerd (later White) was born in 1931, also at Royal Columbian Hospital. Lawrence rebuilt and renovated the house to fit his growing family, planting abundant vegetable gardens and building a chicken coop, and paid off his taxes by doing roadwork for the municipality. Violet Brainerd supplemented her family's income by doing in-home nursing, as she'd been a nurse in France during the war. Roy Brainerd started at Douglas Road School in 1934 and then attended Hugh M. Fraser High School. Roy left his high school at 15 to work for Snap-On Tools, working his way up from pushing a broom to becoming a branch manager. He retired in 1983 after 41 years of service. Together with his wife, Carol, Roy raised three daughters.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Brainerd family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- MSS172, photo catalogue 551
Burnaby Branch correspondence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65067
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949-1950
- 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 correspondence. Also included in the file are two newsletters and three reports.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949-1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-020
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch correspondence. Also included in the file are two newsletters and three reports.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Burnaby Branch financial papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65434
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944-1968
- 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 financial records and accompanying correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944-1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-046
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch financial records and accompanying correspondence.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Burnaby Branch monthly reports
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65066
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949-1950
- 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 monthly reports.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949-1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-019
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch monthly reports.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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
Burnaby Branch VON receipt book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65497
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949-1952
- 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 VON receipt book.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1949-1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-066
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch VON receipt book.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Burnaby Branch yearly reports
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65431
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946-1948
- 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 and auxiliaries yearly reports including the Edmonds and East Burnaby Auxiliary, the South West Burnaby Auxiliary, the Capitol Hill Auxiliary, the North Burnaby Auxiliary and the Connaught Heights Auxiliary.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946-1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-043
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch and auxiliaries yearly reports including the Edmonds and East Burnaby Auxiliary, the South West Burnaby Auxiliary, the Capitol Hill Auxiliary, the North Burnaby Auxiliary and the Connaught Heights Auxiliary.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Connaught Heights Auxiliary minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65486
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944-1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (soft-cover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Connaught Heights Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944-1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (soft-cover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-055
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Connaught Heights Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Connaught Heights Auxiliary minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65487
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947-1949
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (soft-cover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Connaught Heights Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings and loose note pages.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947-1949
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (soft-cover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-056
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Connaught Heights Auxiliary minute book. Included in the minute book are adhered newspaper clippings and loose note pages.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Connaught Heights Auxiliary receipt book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65499
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944-1953
- 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) Connaught Heights Auxiliary receipt book. Included in the receipt book are loose receipts, handwritten notes, a bank book and a Farmers' Notebook.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 ledger book
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-068
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Connaught Heights Auxiliary receipt book. Included in the receipt book are loose receipts, handwritten notes, a bank book and a Farmers' Notebook.
- 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
Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18831
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1918-2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs + 7 architectural drawings +1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family photographs and personal papers pertaining to Gerald Frank Sanders and Alice Viola Sparman Sanders along with architectural plans pertaining to the family home located on Spruce Street in Burnaby. Fonds has been arranged into the following series: 1) Sanders-Sparman photog…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 33 photographs + 7 architectural drawings +1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family photographs and personal papers pertaining to Gerald Frank Sanders and Alice Viola Sparman Sanders along with architectural plans pertaining to the family home located on Spruce Street in Burnaby. Fonds has been arranged into the following series: 1) Sanders-Sparman photographs series 2) Sanders family personal papers 3) Sanders family architectural drawings
- History
- Gerald Frank Sanders (1916-2017) was born August 28, 1916 in Hackney, London. In 1918, Gerald immigrated to Canada with his mother Harriett Sanders (nee Chalkley) (1889-1962) while his father, Frank (1887-1967) was convalescing in hospital in England after succumbing to wounds while serving in action during WWI. Gerald's father, Frank soon joined them in British Columbia. In 1926 they settled in a house located at 4312 Spruce Street near the corner of Spruce Street and Carleton Avenue. By 1946 the family grew in size to four children (Gerald, Leslie, Reginald and Eileen) and they built a larger house right on the corner of Spruce and Carleton Avenue. Gerald attended Inman Elementary, then Van Technical School. He eventually joined the RAF during WWII as an airplane mechanic in England. He sent his pay home and his mother purchased two lots on Pine Street with some of the money. On March 8, 1948 Gerald married Alice Viola Sparman (1925-1996) and the couple lived in the Sanders' family home on Spruce Street. Alice grew up near Cranbrook and spent her teenage years in Victoria. She trained to be a nurse at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver before marrying Gerald. Alice worked at the Burnaby General Hospital from 1952. Gerald and Alice had six children: Dennis, Kris, Kerry, David, Ruth and Marie. In 1949 with the help of family and friends Gerald built a new house located at 4325 Pine Street (address after 1959- 4091 Pine Street) and he moved in with his family. Gerald worked as a carpenter on various projects including the dentistry building at University of British Columbia, the Vancouver Court House and Jack Poole's house in the British Properties. Gerald lived in Burnaby until his death in 2017. Frank and Harriett Sanders lived on Spruce Street until Harriett died in 1962. Frank continued to live on Spruce Street until 1964 and then lived with his son Gerald on Pine Street until his death in 1967.
- Accession Code
- BV018.34
- Date
- 1918-2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Architectural Drawing
- Textual Record
- Arrangement
- Records and series were arranged by specific record types.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Home nursing certificate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4644
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a certificate for "Home_Nursing" awarded to Mrs. Flossie M. Parsons July 16, 1943.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a certificate for "Home_Nursing" awarded to Mrs. Flossie M. Parsons July 16, 1943.
- History
- Flossie Maude Parsons (nee Smith) was born to George Henry Smith, a farm labourer, and Harriet Ann Savage on February 13, 1896 in Ealing, England. She immigrated to Canada with some of her family members in the early 1920s. They lived in Winnipeg for a few years as an older brother had settled there in 1912. She married Herbert Russell Parsons on June 23, 1928. They first lived in Vancouver and finally bought a home at 7091 Jubilee Avenue, South Burnaby in the early 1930s. In 1943, Flossie was certified in Home Nursing. Herbert Parsons was active during the Second World War as a volunteer for Civil Defence in Burnaby and worked as a salesman for Woodwards. The couple had no children. Herbert passed away on May 23rd, 1957 (age 84) and Flossie passed away on April 6, 1996 (age 100).
- Other Title Information
- Title based on content of item
- Accession Code
- BV017.38.9
- Date
- 1943
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Knight family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64497
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photgraphs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Knight family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photgraphs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-53
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
- History
- Milton "Milt" Waller Knight was born in Canada circa 1904. His wife Virginia Harrington was born in Duluth, Minnesota circa 1905 and lived most of her life in Canada. Virginia was the first person in British Columbia to breed budgies when she began in 1932 and by 1939 she and her husband created the first crested budgie in the world. By 1942, Virginia was also housing two-hundred and fifty birds at the home of her mother, Mrs. N.M. Herington, which was located at 1775 West 13th Avenue in Burnaby. Milton and Virginia Knight moved into their own home during the war years but, as they could not get their large aviary moved, they were forced to sell their crested birds. When they started up in their birds again, they obtained some of their crested back. By 1948 they had created two types of crested: those with a miniature cockatiel crest and those with a crest like a crested canary. By 1950 they had created the crested in over twelve colours of budgie, including cobalt and yellow-wing greens. The Knights lived together at 3718 Sperling Avenue (later renumbered 5255 Sperling Avenue) and opened Lakeview Aviaries on their one acre property at Deer Lake where Virginia specialized in budgies (Budgerigars) and bred the first albino in Canada and the first crested variety in the world. She kept Java rice birds, button quail, red factor canaries, cockatiels, finches, love birds and twelve varieties of budgerigar. She was a member of the British Columbia Budgerigar and Foreign Bird Society. The facilities at Lakeview Aviaries included two heated aviary cages and three outdoor flight cages constructed by Milton. Lakeview housed the only "hospital" facilities in the city for cage birds, which featured an electrically heated, thermostatically controlled hospital cage. Virginia, known in the community as “the Bird Doctor” nursed many sick birds back to health free of charge for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or SPCA. The Knights often donated their trained birds to sick and injured children, for Virginia believed, “Budgies do wonders for the kiddies. They make them forget their troubles and of course a happy mental outlook is a definite aid to better physical health.” The couple’s personal pets included eight different types of parrot, three talking budgies, a dancing bare-eyes cockatoo, three talking cockatiel, and “Hoppy” her pet owl. By 1952, they had a toucan and a macaw as pets. In later years, they added two small dogs. By 1965, Milton had over 25 years of service as a truck driver at the Vancouver Service Department. He was also an avid collector of antique watches and clocks. He reconditioned the timepieces, systematically restoring them to their original condition. He was a member of the National Association of Clock and Watch Collectors. Milt also treasured old music boxes and restored their large metal discs and rolls to “as new” condition. Milton Knight died March 7, 1966 at 62 years of age. Virginia Knight lived alone at 5755 Sperling Avenue after her husband’s death and continued her work at the Lakeview Aviary where she “doctored 700-800 [birds] a year free of charge (except medicine) and gave SPCA donations up to $1000 a year.” Virginia Knight passed away November 10, 1987 at 82 years of age.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Knight, Milton
- Knight, Virginia
- Notes
- MSS117, PC510
- Title based on contents and creator of subseries
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