"Oakalla Prison Farm" found 361 records

Oakalla Prison collection

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1974]-1991

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 37.5 cm of textual records + 125 photographs + 1 videocassette

Scope and Content: Collection consists of a selection of Oakalla correctional facility records including reports, correspondence, photographs and a video tour of the death row incarceration cells inside Oakalla Prison taken by Burnaby Village Museum curator after the facility was closed. Most of the photographs docum…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 37.5 cm of textual records + 125 photographs + 1 videocassette

Scope and Content: Collection consists of a selection of Oakalla correctional facility records including reports, correspondence, photographs and a video tour of the death row incarceration cells inside Oakalla Prison taken by Burnaby Village Museum curator after the facility was closed. Most of the photographs document Oakalla Prison in 1991 and were taken during the Open House event or when Burnaby Village Museum staff were granted access to retreive items prior to demolition. A small selection of facility photographs of site and staff are also included.; Records are arranged into series:; 1) Oakalla correctional facility records series; 2) Oakalla correctional facility photographs series; 3) Oakalla documentary photographs and video series

History: The Oakalla Prison Farm (also known as the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre) was a model prison farm on 185 acres of land next to Deer Lake in Burnaby. The Oakalla Prison Farm opened in 1912 and was initially designed to hold 150 men and 50 women. By the 1950s, the population was well over one thousand. The prison included a working farm which included a dairy, vegetable gardens and livestock. In 1959 the last execution in British Columbia took place at Oakalla. Following a riot and mass escape in the late 1980s, poor conditions, and public outcry, Oakalla closed down in 1991. In the fall of 1991, the prison was opened up to the public whereby tours were conducted of the site. Not long after, buildings were demolished and a residential housing development took it's place. A playground now sits on the former site of the main building. In 1991, staff from Burnaby Village Museum were granted access, documenting the site prior to it's demolition. Many Oakalla artifacts and records were salvaged and accessioned into the Burnaby Village Museum's permanent collection.

Creator: Oakalla Prison Farm; Burnaby Village Museum

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Responsibility: Oakalla Prison Farm

Accession Code: BV991.45

Date: [1974]-1991

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record; Moving Images

Related Material: See also Oakalla artifacts - BV991.45

Arrangement: Arrangement of records and series of this collection is based on record creators and subject that. Facility records and photographs were created and collected by Oakalla correctional facility staff and documentary photographs and a video from 1991 were created by Burnaby Village Museum staff.

Notes: Title based on content of collection; Some records within this collection are closed. Contact Burnaby Village Museum for access.

Oakalla Prison Farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 22894

Meeting Date: 6-Nov-1972

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 72

Item No.: 1

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 22894

Meeting Date: 6-Nov-1972

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 72

Item No.: 1

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 22894

6-Nov-1972 Meeting Minutes

(a) Oakalla Prison Farm (b) Major North-South Road around West Side of Deer Lake (c) Deer Lake Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 26186

Meeting Date: 1-Jun-1970

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 36

Item No.: 9

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 26186

Meeting Date: 1-Jun-1970

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 36

Item No.: 9

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 26186

1-Jun-1970 Meeting Minutes

Conditions at Oakalla Prison Farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38176

Meeting Date: 24-Mar-1958

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38176

Meeting Date: 24-Mar-1958

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 38176

24-Mar-1958 Meeting Minutes

History of the Oakalla Prison Farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 44747

Meeting Date: 14-Nov-1955

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 44747

Meeting Date: 14-Nov-1955

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 44747

14-Nov-1955 Meeting Minutes

Application for Purchase Portions of DL 93 (property South of Oakalla Prison Farm)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45550

Meeting Date: 20-Dec-1954

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45550

Meeting Date: 20-Dec-1954

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 45550

20-Dec-1954 Meeting Minutes

Oakalla Prison Farm papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1970] (date of original), copied 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File contains three typewritten reports (photocopied) pertaining to the Oakalla Prison Farm, including one about the Oakalla Clydesdale horses written by Roy Staples.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1970] (date of original), copied 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Roy Staples and Hector MacCubbin subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Material Details: The reports in this file are photocopies - not originals

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS018-001

Accession Number: BHS1985-02

Scope and Content: File contains three typewritten reports (photocopied) pertaining to the Oakalla Prison Farm, including one about the Oakalla Clydesdale horses written by Roy Staples.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Oakalla Prison Farm papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original); 1985-1988

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 Oakalla Prison Farm including newspaper clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes. Also included in the file is a typed page (photocopied) entitled "Applications for Appointment / Staff of Oakalla Prison Farm" written in the 1920's.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original); 1985-1988

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Evelyn Salisbury subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS061-052

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS1991-24

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the Oakalla Prison Farm including newspaper clippings, correspondence, and handwritten notes. Also included in the file is a typed page (photocopied) entitled "Applications for Appointment / Staff of Oakalla Prison Farm" written in the 1920's.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Oakalla Prison Farm papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original) -1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of paper records created or collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the file are; newspaper clippings, the "Official Closing Tour / Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre / Oakalla Prison Farm" programme as well as photocopies …

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original) -1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS120-001

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: File consists of paper records created or collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the file are; newspaper clippings, the "Official Closing Tour / Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre / Oakalla Prison Farm" programme as well as photocopies of "British Columbia / Gaol Rules & Regulations / 1912" and photocopied aerial photographs of the site.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Included in the file is a resume for former Oakalla prison guard Robert Evans Shelly

Oakalla Prison Farm site plan

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1980 (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 p. (photocopies)

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopies of two slightly different sections of a site plan for the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1980 (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 2 p. (photocopies)

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS120-002

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopies of two slightly different sections of a site plan for the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Oakalla Prison farm papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-[1939] (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (photocopies)

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopies of the "Oakalla Weekly Spotlite" newsletter for August 24, 1938 and a speech delivered ca. 1939 by Oakalla Prison Warden Walter Owen.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-[1939] (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (photocopies)

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS120-006

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopies of the "Oakalla Weekly Spotlite" newsletter for August 24, 1938 and a speech delivered ca. 1939 by Oakalla Prison Warden Walter Owen.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Oakalla Prison Farm

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1987-1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of acetate sheets and handwritten notes used in the oral report "Oakalla Prison Farm \ A Short History" presented by Ed Eckley to the Burnaby Historical Society on January 14, 1998. Included in the file are pamphlets for the presentation.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1987-1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS120-007

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: File consists of acetate sheets and handwritten notes used in the oral report "Oakalla Prison Farm \ A Short History" presented by Ed Eckley to the Burnaby Historical Society on January 14, 1998. Included in the file are pamphlets for the presentation.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Continuation of title: "...A Short History"

Oakalla Prison Farm reference materials

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936 (date of original) -1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of handwritten notes and reference materials believed to have been used in creating the oral report "Oakalla Prison Farm \ A Short History" presented by Ed Eckley to the Burnaby Historical Society on January 14, 1998. Reference materials include; photocopied plans, correspondence, yea…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936 (date of original) -1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS120-008

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: File consists of handwritten notes and reference materials believed to have been used in creating the oral report "Oakalla Prison Farm \ A Short History" presented by Ed Eckley to the Burnaby Historical Society on January 14, 1998. Reference materials include; photocopied plans, correspondence, yearly financial statements, an "Oakalla Closes" programme along with various essays and statistics pulled from the Internet (and other sources).