"Oakalla Prison Farm" found 62 records

Object History: Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.

Notes: Part Two of three instructional filmstrips designed for use in the training of volunteer projectionists. Part Two provides the basics on "The Movement of Film" and "Threading Diagrams". "The 16mm Film Projector - Part Two" is one in a series: "Filmstrips and the Teacher"; "The Filmstrip Projector"; "The 16mm Film Projector" (3 filmstrips - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). Accompanying audio commentary is missing.

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The 16 mm Film Projector - Part Three

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7538

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: National Film Board of Canada

Publication Date: c1961

1 image 1 document

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Photograph

Accession Code: BV016.7.12

Author: National Film Board of Canada

Contributor: Heeney, Wes; Hopkins, D.; Donovan, G.L.; Simpkins , J.; Moller, Hans

Place of Publication: Ottawa

Publisher: National Film Board of Canada

Publication Date: c1961

Physical Description: 45 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, col. pos.

Library Subject (LOC): Documentary Films; Filmstrips; Motion picture projectors

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm

Object History: Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.

Notes: Part three of three instructional filmstrips designed for use in the training of volunteer projectionists. Part Three describes "The Projectionist's Job" and "Some Common Troubles and Immediate Action". "The 16 mm Film Projector - Part Three" is one in a series: "Filmstrips and the Teacher"; "The Filmstrip Projector"; "The 16mm Film Projector" (3 filmstrips - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). Audio commentary and manual are missing.

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

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport31850

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

Audels answers on blue print reading for mechanics and builders

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1345

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Graham, Frank Duncan, 1875-1965

Publication Date: c1962

Call Number: 620.042 GRA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 620.042 GRA

Author: Graham, Frank Duncan, 1875-1965

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Audel

Publication Date: c1962

Physical Description: 408 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.

Inscription: "OAKALLA PRISON FARM / LIBRARY", stamped in ink on inside of front cover.; "XBU / OAKALLA PAINT / SHOP OUT 2 1991", handwritten in ink on inside of back over.

Library Subject (LOC): Blueprints

British Columbia Corrections Service Uniform Specifications and Scale of Issue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16705

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 28 Jun. 1977

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 28 p. of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a typewritten copy of "British Columbia Corrections Service Uniform Specifications and Scale of Issue". Document provides guidelines on uniform specifications for correctional officers and staff. The last page of the document includes a copy of illustrations relating to uniform ins…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 28 p. of textual records

Material Details: includes cover page and table of contents

Scope and Content: Item consists of a typewritten copy of "British Columbia Corrections Service Uniform Specifications and Scale of Issue". Document provides guidelines on uniform specifications for correctional officers and staff. The last page of the document includes a copy of illustrations relating to uniform insignia and badges.

Creator: Province of British Columbia

Subjects: Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.614

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 28 Jun. 1977

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Century Park Museum Association

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Physical Description: 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History

Notes: 4 copies held: copy 4.

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Corrections standards

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16667

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

Deer Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79869

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a view of Deer Lake looking southwest with Oakalla Prison Farm and Kingsway in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-471

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a view of Deer Lake looking southwest with Oakalla Prison Farm and Kingsway in the background.

Names: Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Gardiner, Robert

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Drug rehabilitation papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64509

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1966]-1968

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 'Panabode' or N.D.T.U. (Narcotic Drug Treatment Unit) programme of rehabilitation at Oakalla Prison Farm dated 1968. Also included in the file is a photocopied report entitled, "Philosophy of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre" written ca. 1966.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1966]-1968

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.: MSS120-004

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the 'Panabode' or N.D.T.U. (Narcotic Drug Treatment Unit) programme of rehabilitation at Oakalla Prison Farm dated 1968. Also included in the file is a photocopied report entitled, "Philosophy of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre" written ca. 1966.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Ed Eckley subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64503

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original)-[1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 2 boxes of textual records and 1 photographic album

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records created and collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the subseries are notes for an oral presentation, maps, plans, contracts, memorandums and Oakalla policies, rules and regulations, as well asan album containing pho…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original)-[1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 2 boxes of textual records and 1 photographic album

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records created and collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the subseries are notes for an oral presentation, maps, plans, contracts, memorandums and Oakalla policies, rules and regulations, as well asan album containing photographs of the Oakalla Prison Farm just after it was closed down and some photocopied images and text.

History: Edmund R. Eckley is believed to have worked as a logging manager in Tahsis, British Columbia. Later, he and his wife Teresa lived at 7810 Rayside Street in Burnaby. Ed was a volunteer interpreter at Burnaby Village Museum in the 1990s. He wrote the interpreters’ notes for the first temporary exhibit held in Stride Studios [1995] at the Burnaby Village Museum entitled “Captive Heritage Oakalla Revealed” which traced the history of Oakalla Prison from construction to closure. He also designed his own walking tour of the Oakalla site prior to it being torn down. On January 14, 1998 Ed presented "A Short History of the Oakalla Prison Farm" for the Burnaby Historical Society. Ed also served as vice-president and fundraising chair for Friends of Interurban 1223 until the project's completion in 2008. Teresa worked as a school teacher for the Burnaby School District until her retirement in 2004. Following retirement, Teresa and Ed moved to Vancouver, where they currently reside.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Eckley, Edmund R.

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries; MSS120, PC511

The Filmstrip Projector

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7537

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: National Film Board of Canada

Publication Date: c[1969]

1 image 1 document

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Photograph

Accession Code: BV016.7.11

Author: National Film Board of Canada

Contributor: Heeney, Wes; Hopkins, D.; Licastro, Joseph; Moller, Hans

Place of Publication: Ottawa

Publisher: National Film Board of Canada

Publication Date: c[1969]

Physical Description: 41 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, col. pos.

Library Subject (LOC): Documentary Films; Filmstrips; Filmstrip projectors

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm

Object History: Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.

Notes: Filmstrip providing basic instructions with diagrams on how to use a filmstrip projector. "The Filmstrip Projector" is one in a series: "Filmstrips and the Teacher"; "The Filmstrip Projector"; "The 16mm Film Projector" (3 filmstrips - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).

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Hand tools section

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5019

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1965

Call Number: 381 MCL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV991.45.567

Call Number: 381 MCL

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: McLennan, McFeely & Prior, Ltd.

Publication Date: 1965

Physical Description: 104 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Commercial catalogs; Catalogs

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm

Object History: Salvaged from Oakalla Prison Farm

Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Carter, David; Cooke, Rosemary; Pride, Harry, 1925-; White, Janet; Yip, Gail

Publication Date: 2020

Call Number: 371 CAR

1 image 1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection; Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 978-0-9781979-2-6

Call Number: 371 CAR

Author: Carter, David; Cooke, Rosemary; Pride, Harry, 1925-; White, Janet; Yip, Gail

Place of Publication: Burnaby

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby

Subjects: Education

Notes: "Includes index"; A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.; The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.

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Interview with Jim and Linda Champion by Eric Damer October 21, 2012 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory318

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1951-1969

Length: 0:11:40

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Linda and Jim Champion's memories of living so close to the Oakalla Prison Farm. They also tell stories about changes to the neighbourhood, the family horse and living "a country life."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Linda and Jim Champion's memories of living so close to the Oakalla Prison Farm. They also tell stories about changes to the neighbourhood, the family horse and living "a country life."

Date Range: 1951-1969

Length: 0:11:40

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm

Subjects: Animals - Horses

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood); Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: October 21, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Jim Champion and his daughter Linda Champion conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 21, 2012. Major themes discussed are: raising a family in Burnaby as well as the experience of growing up in the area as it developed from farmland to suburbia.

Biographical Notes: Although Jim Champion was born in Burnaby in 1924, he grew up and attended school in White Rock. After serving in the navy during the war, Jim Champion came back to Vancouver, met and married Ethel (Danielson) Champion and began working for the Vancouver Fire Department. Jim and Ethel Champion's eldest daughter, Linda Champion, was born in 1948. In 1949, the Champions bought 1.8 undeveloped acres on Gilpin Street and began to build. By the time their house was built, they had become a family of six, so Jim and Ethel worked to built a larger house adjacent to the first. The Champions had chickens and a horse as their neighbourhood changed from farmland to suburbia. Jim has retired from the Vancouver Fire Department and his daughter Linda Champion is currently a City of Burnaby employee.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:41:09

Interviewee Name: Champion, Jim; Champion, Linda

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track four of recording of interview with Jim and Linda Champion

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-007/MSS171-007_Track_4.mp3

Interview with Mayor Derek Corrigan by Kathy Bossort January 28, 2016 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory679

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1965-1980

Length: 0:09:07

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Mayor Corrigan talking about his education at UBC as an undergraduate majoring in philosophy and political science and later as a law student, and his early work experience as a prison guard at Oakalla Prison and later articling for Jim Lorimer. He tells about…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Mayor Corrigan talking about his education at UBC as an undergraduate majoring in philosophy and political science and later as a law student, and his early work experience as a prison guard at Oakalla Prison and later articling for Jim Lorimer. He tells about how these formative events impacted his life. He also talks about moving to Burnaby in 1977, originally to the Stoney Creek area and then to the South Slope area.

Date Range: 1965-1980

Length: 0:09:07

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lorimer, James G "Jim"

Subjects: Education; Occupations

Planning Study Area: Lyndhurst Area; Sussex-Nelson Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: January 28, 2016

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Mayor Derek Corrigan conducted by Kathy Bossort. Derek Corrigan was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Mayor Corrigan talking about the history and value of protecting the environment and green space in Burnaby, and the different positions held by the City and SFU about land use and control on Burnaby Mountain between 1964 and 1995. He talks about the increasing awareness that a solution needed to be found that gave certainty to the protection of the conservation area on Burnaby Mountain. Mayor Corrigan also talks about what conservation means to him, the role that the Centennial Pavilion area plays on Burnaby Mountain, and the future for the urban forest on Burnaby Mountain. Other topics include his childhood, education, formative events in his life, and his career in politics.

Biographical Notes: Derek Corrigan was born and grew up in Vancouver. He attended a number of elementary schools in East Vancouver, Queen Elizabeth Elementary School (Gr. 4-7) and Sir Charles Tupper High School. He attended UBC, majoring in philosophy and political science, and after travel in Europe, successfully applied to enter law school without completing his bachelors degree. He graduated in 1977, articled with Jim Lorimer in Burnaby and was called to the bar in 1978. In 1977 Derek Corrigan and his wife Kathy moved to Burnaby, first to the Stoney Creek neighborhood and then to a home on the South Slope where they raised their family of four children. Derek Corrigan first ran for Burnaby Council in 1979 with the Burnaby Citizens Association, and after three more tries was elected to council in 1987. He has served Burnaby for 28 years, first as a councillor and then as mayor since 2002. During his career he has served on many committees at the local, regional and national levels.

Total Tracks: 9

Total Length: 1:31:24

Interviewee Name: Corrigan, Derek

Interview Location: Mayor’s office at Burnaby City Hall

Interviewer Bio: Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.