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The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3264
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.195.137
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.15 1921
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1921
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 324 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "S32" [written in blue ink, crossed out in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editors in chief, Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson
- "with an introduction by H.J. Cody, D.D., LL.D., Late Minister of Education for Ontario."
- Contributor's given name and dates: Cody, H. J. (Henry John), 1868-1951.
- pages numbered 4579 - 4902.
- volume 15 of 20.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xvi
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3265
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.195.138
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.16 1921
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1921
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 324 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "S32" [written in blue ink, crossed out in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editors in chief, Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson
- "with an introduction by H.J. Cody, D.D., LL.D., Late Minister of Education for Ontario."
- Contributor's given name and dates: Cody, H. J. (Henry John), 1868-1951.
- pages numbered 4903 - 5226.
- volume 16 of 20.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xvii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1802
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.31
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.17 1922 Copy 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 324 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editors in chief, Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson
- "with an introduction by H.J. Cody, D.D., LL.D., Late Minister of Education for Ontario."
- Contributor's given name and dates: Cody, H. J. (Henry John), 1868-1951.
- pages numbered 5227 - 5550.
- volume 17 of 20.
- copy 1 of 2
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xvii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3266
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.195.139
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.17 1921
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1921
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 324 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "S32" [written in blue ink, crossed out in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editors in chief, Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson
- "with an introduction by H.J. Cody, D.D., LL.D., Late Minister of Education for Ontario."
- Contributor's given name and dates: Cody, H. J. (Henry John), 1868-1951.
- pages numbered 5227 - 5550.
- volume 17 of 20.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xviii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3267
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.195.140
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.18 1921
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1921
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 324 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "S32" [written in blue ink, crossed out in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editors in chief, Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson
- "with an introduction by H.J. Cody, D.D., LL.D., Late Minister of Education for Ontario."
- Contributor's given name and dates: Cody, H. J. (Henry John), 1868-1951.
- pages numbered 5551 - 5874.
- volume 18 of 20.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xx
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1805
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.34
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.20 1922 Copy 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 334 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editors in chief, Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson
- "with an introduction by H.J. Cody, D.D., LL.D., Late Minister of Education for Ontario."
- Contributor's given name and dates: Cody, H. J. (Henry John), 1868-1951.
- pages numbered 6203 - 6536.
- includes index for entire collection.
- volume 20 of 20.
- copy 1 of 2.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xx
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3268
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.195.141
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.20 1921
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1921
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "S32" [written in blue ink, crossed out in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editors in chief, Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson
- "with an introduction by H.J. Cody, D.D., LL.D., Late Minister of Education for Ontario."
- Contributor's given name and dates: Cody, H. J. (Henry John), 1868-1951.
- pages numbered 6203 - 6536.
- volume 20 of 20.
- includes index for entire encyclopedia collection.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopædia, vol. 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1789
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.18
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.4 1922
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Grolier Society Limited
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Series
- The Book of Knowledge
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 318 p. : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children's encyclopædias and dictionaries
- Notes
- pages numbered 994-1312.
- Contributors' given names, dates and contribution:
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943. (editor-in-chief)
- Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940. (editor-in-chief)
- "with an introduction by H.J. Cody, D.D., LLD Late Minister of Education for Ontario"
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopædia, vol. 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1791
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.20
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.6 1922
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Grolier Society Limited
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Series
- The Book of Knowledge
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 318 p. : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children's encyclopædias and dictionaries
- Notes
- pages numbered 1640-1958
- Contributors' given names, dates and contribution:
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943. (editor-in-chief)
- Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940. (editor-in-chief)
- "with an introduction by H.J. Cody, D.D., LLD Late Minister of Education for Ontario"
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopædia, vol. 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1792
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.21
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.7
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Grolier Society Limited
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Series
- The Book of Knowledge
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- p. 318 : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children's encyclopædias and dictionaries
- Notes
- pages numbered 1960-2278
- Contributors' given names, dates and contribution:
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943. (editor-in-chief)
- Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940. (editor-in-chief)
- "with an introduction by H.J. Cody, D.D., LLD Late Minister of Education for Ontario"
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopædia, volume v
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1790
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.19
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.5 1922
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Grolier Society Limited
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Series
- The Book of Knowledge
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 324 p. : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children's encyclopædias and dictionaries
- Notes
- pages numbered 1314-1638
- Contributors' given names, dates and contribution:
- Mee, Arthur, 1875-1943. (editor-in-chief)
- Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940. (editor-in-chief)
- "with an introduction by H.J. Cody, D.D., LLD Late Minister of Education for Ontario"
![Canadian Ophthalmic College, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1974/1974_0005_0011_001.jpg?width=280)
Canadian Ophthalmic College
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription910
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia composite ; 41 x 51.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Composite photograph of graduates of the Canadian Ophthalmic College in Toronto, Ontario. Names are listed beneath each of the oval photographs (grouped in four rows). In the top row (from left) are; C. Anderson, W.E. Owen, J.W. Abray, J.A. Epstein (a woman), H.W. Edgar, B.H. Ashbourne, A.G. MacHaf…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia composite ; 41 x 51.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Composite photograph of graduates of the Canadian Ophthalmic College in Toronto, Ontario. Names are listed beneath each of the oval photographs (grouped in four rows). In the top row (from left) are; C. Anderson, W.E. Owen, J.W. Abray, J.A. Epstein (a woman), H.W. Edgar, B.H. Ashbourne, A.G. MacHaffie. Second row; J. Munro, T.H. Dick, G.S. Pringle, W.G. Maybee "Principal" and below it "E. Bind Assist." (largest photograph); E. Boyaner, I.R. Higgins, D.B. Curtis. Third row; V.M. Young, F.G. Smith, W.L. Wells, E.W. Watt, W.D. Graham, A.R. Hopkins. Fourth row; O.T. Walker, E.E. Miller, R.A. Burke, J.E. Hamilton, H.A. Smith, H.L. McDiarmid; "Freeland".
- Other Title Information
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Subjects
- Occupations
- Occupations - Teachers
- Accession Code
- HV974.5.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1920]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 200
- Scan Date
- 01-May-2019
Images
![Canadian Ophthalmic College, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1974/1974_0005_0011_001.jpg)
The Canadian school atlas : containing seventy-three maps (including seven classical maps) and complete index
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1710
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. and enl. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Call Number
- 912 CAN Copy 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.23
- Call Number
- 912 CAN Copy 1
- Edition
- Rev. and enl. ed.
- Contributor
- Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Limited
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Printer
- Temple Press
- Physical Description
- [58], 32 p. : col. maps ; 29 cm.
- Inscription
- "Vera Morrow '36" [handwritten in black ink on front pastedown] "Vera Morrow" [handwritten twice in pencil on front pastedown] "716" [stamped in faded ink on front pastedown] "V.Z.M." [stamped in black ink on front and back endpaper] "Vera Morrow Geography Book Atlas" [handwritten three times in red and blue ink and pencil on front endpaper] "716" [stamped in black ink on front endpaper] Two hand drawn sketches of women in pencil on front endpaper. Clipping from Wed. April 1, 1959 Vancouver Sun showing "New route to border opening about May 15" found next to title page. enclosed in polyester film sleeve Hand drawn sketch of advertisement for Cunard Steamship Lines trip from New York to Havana. Found between p. 20-21 of index. "Vera Morrow Canadian School Atlas J.M. Dent + Sons" [handwritten twice in red ink and pencil on page after p. 32 of index] Three hand drawn sketches of women in pencil on page after p. 32 of index. "Vera Morrow" [handwritten in dark ink on back endpaper] Folded map of British Isles found inside back cover printed by F. P. Lloyd, Toronto, Canada
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Atlases--Canadian
- Historical geography--Maps
- Canada--History--Study and teaching
- Atlases
- Notes
- "Recommended for use in the High Schools of Ontario" --Title page.
- "Authorised for use in the schools of Nova Scotia, Quebec, Saskatchewan and British Columbia" --Title page.
- "Prepared at the Edinburgh Geographical Institute" --Half-title verso.
- "Under the editorship of George A. Cornish" --Half-title verso.
- "Companion to the 'Canadian school geography'" --Half-title verso.
- Copy 1 of 2.
- Editor's given name and dates: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-1960
Chemistry : a text-book for high schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2004
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.19
- Call Number
- 540 COR
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited
- Publication Date
- 1920
- c1917
- Physical Description
- iii-vii; 297 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- Notes inside, and "Douglas Lunn" "Class 8 - m" "Alum= Aluminum Potassium Sulphate" "75c"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemistry--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Assisted by Arthur Smith."
- "Authorized by the Ministers of Education for Saskatchewan, Ontario and British Columbia."
- Author full name: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-.
Diary Ford 1923
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6397
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.1245.1
- Call Number
- 629.2 FOR
- Place of Publication
- Ontario, Canada
- Publisher
- Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited
- Publication Date
- 1923
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Ford automobile
- Ford automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Names
- Ford Motor Company
Donald N. Brown subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925 (date of original)-1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other material
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs taken by Freeman Donald N. Brown while involved in Burnaby Historical Society activities and textual records pertaining to his career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Also included in the subseries are documents and photographs from his involvement with vari…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925 (date of original)-1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Donald N. Brown subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other material
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1987-03
- BHS2003-04
- BHS1992-20
- BHS1995-09
- BHS2000-10
- BHS1991-41
- BHS2001-12
- BHS2004-01
- BHS2004-12
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs taken by Freeman Donald N. Brown while involved in Burnaby Historical Society activities and textual records pertaining to his career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Also included in the subseries are documents and photographs from his involvement with various community groups including the Oakalla Lands Citizens' Committee, renovations of Burnaby Village Museum, and the restoration of Interurban tram no. 1223.
- History
- Donald Neil "Don" Brown was born in Birmingham, England. In 1922, while still an infant, he and his family moved to Winnipeg, Canada. On September 8, 1939, Don left his Senior Matriculation classes to join the Royal Canadian Engineers. Two weeks later, he eloped with his high school sweetheart, Helen J., just months before he was to be shipped overseas with the 3rd Contingent of Canadian Troops. He served in the army with the Royal Canadian Engineer’s 12th Field Company and saw action in both Sicily and Italy. In 1945, Don returned to obtain his Senior Matriculation and a year of university studies before re-enlisting in the army as a Second Lieutenant. He spent the next two years stationed in Chilliwack with Helen and their first child. In 1947, he left the army to join the ranks of the British Columbia Provincial Police force, embarking on a three-decade long career. His first assignment brought him to Burnaby where he served from 1947-1954, first as a member of the BC Police Department and then as a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman. In 1954, Don was transferred to Regina, Saskatchewan and then to Ottawa, Ontario to serve in the Crime Detection Laboratories. He became a qualified Examiner of Questioned Documents and provided expert testimony in handwriting, counterfeiting, graphic arts, and alterations. He attained the rank of first Corporal, and then Sergeant in the RCMP. He was transferred to Vancouver to be the Second in Charge of a new laboratory and head of the Document Section in July, 1963. On December 9, 1967, Helen Brown ran as an independent for the position of Alderman on the Burnaby Council. She was not elected. In May 1970, Don was promoted to Sub-Inspector and transferred to Edmonton to take command of the new Crime Detection Laboratory. By 1972, he was promoted to full Inspector. Transferred back to Vancouver in 1975, Don became the Officer-in-Charge of a new Crime Laboratory and took over the National Police Services pilot project for British Columbia. He was rewarded for this work with a promotion to Superintendent in September 1975. In 1976, after a distinguished 35 years combined service to the armed forces and the police, Don retired and founded his own laboratory to carry on his work in the field of questioned documents. He became a Fellow (Emeritus) of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, a Life Member (Emeritus) and Past Director of the Canadian Society of Forensic Sciences, a Member of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners. After his retirement, Don became involved in local politics and, with the blessing of his wife and six children, joined the Burnaby Voters’ Association as their Secretary. In 1978 he was elected to a two-year term as a Burnaby School Trustee. During the next municipal election in November 1979, he successfully ran for Alderman. Don Brown served Burnaby as Alderman from 1979 to 1985. During this time, Don also became a member of the Community College for the Retired, the Horsemen’s Society and the Burnaby Historical Society. He also gave his support to Arts Council programs and numerous other community functions over the years and author "Why?: The Last Years of the British Columbia Policy 1858-1950" about the BC Provincial Police. In 1991, Don was appointed as Chair of the Burnaby Centennial Committee, dedicating himself to making Burnaby’s Centennial celebration a memorable success. His contributions were always supported by his wife Helen, and their work during the Centennial Year was just one example of the strength of their 66-year partnership. They were both formally recognized for their efforts when they were chosen to receive the Kushiro Cup and named the Citizens of the Year in 1992. Also that year, Don was a recipient of the Canadian 125 Medal and one year later, in March 1993, Donald Brown was awarded Burnaby’s highest honour and was made a Freeman of the City of Burnaby. Don passed away in 2009.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Moving Images
- Creator
- Brown, Donald N. "Don"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- PC194, PC241, MSS098, MSS148
Eagles family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97217
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919-1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Eagles family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 40 files of textual records and 1489 photographs (6 col. prints, 10 x 15 cm; 1,444 col. slides, 35 mm).
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of records, correspondence, and photographs created by Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles related to their home and garden in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Also included in the collection are records pertaining the Burnaby Historical Society, the book "The Fraser's History from Glac…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919-1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Eagles family fonds
- Physical Description
- 40 files of textual records and 1489 photographs (6 col. prints, 10 x 15 cm; 1,444 col. slides, 35 mm).
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2008-10
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of records, correspondence, and photographs created by Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles related to their home and garden in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Also included in the collection are records pertaining the Burnaby Historical Society, the book "The Fraser's History from Glaciers to Early Settlements" and the Eagles' visit to Robert Burnaby's grave.
- History
- Blythe Eagles's paternal grandparents, Charles and Maude Eagles, immigrated to New Westminster in 1887. Their son Jack married Amelia Jane Johnston, and Blythe Eagles was born in New Westminster in 1902. In 1918, Blythe enrolled at the University of British Columbia and took a Physiology class with eight other top students. His future wife, Violet Dunbar, was the lone woman in the class. Blythe graduated in 1922, winning the Governor General's Gold Medal as top student. He received his MA in 1924 and his PhD in 1926 from the University of Toronto. He then completed his post-doctoral study at the National Institute for Medical Research in London, England. In 1933, Dr. Eagles became head of the Department of Dairying (1936-1955), Chairman of the Division of Animal Science (1955-1967), and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture (in 1949 until his retirement in 1967). In 1968, he received an Honorary Doctor of Science Award from UBC. Blythe was also one of the first appointments to the Burnaby Town Planning Commission. Violet Evelyn Dunbar was born September 29, 1899, in Ontario, the eldest child of John and Mary (Tompson) Dunbar. Violet obtained her BA in 1921 and MA in 1922 from the University of British Columbia. In 1922, she attended the Provincial Normal School and, within six months, had a teaching certificate and taught at Lord Hudson School in 1923. In September 1923, she was awarded a two-year scholarship to the University of Toronto, where she joined Blythe in the Bio-Chemistry Department. She received a second MA and a PhD in 1929. Her graduate studies entailed research in pure proteins and enzymes related to the commercial production of cheese. Through this work, she was recognized as one of the leading enzyme chemists in the country, being a senior lab instructor of biochemistry. Violet was one of the founders of the Burnaby Council of Women and active member of the International Council of Women. Blythe and Violet Eagles purchased property at Deer Lake in 1929 and began construction of their home shortly before their marriage on June 25, 1930. The Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles Estate is a unique expression of the talents and tastes of both the Eagles and Frank Ebenezer Buck (1875-1970), who was head of the Horticultural Department and the Campus Landscape Architect at U.B.C. and established the plan for the Eagles garden while Blythe selected many of the plantings. The Eagles themselves designed the house as a romantic cottage inspired by the British Arts and Crafts style. Violet was an enthusiastic amateur gardener, maintaining and continually developing the garden. The Eagles were active volunteers in the local community as well as at UBC. When Simon Fraser University opened in Burnaby, they became well-known for entertaining dignitaries and special guests of the university in their lavish garden. After Violet's death in 1993, the estate was sold to the City of Burnaby. The funds were used to establish a Chair in Agriculture at the University of British Columbia in their memory.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Other Title Information
- Title was changed from Eagles family collection to Eagles family fonds to better reflect the nature of the materials.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
- BHS245, BHS331, BHS404, MSS032, BHS314, BHS482, MSS055
Eagles family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 -1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records, correspondence, and photographs created by Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles related to their home and garden in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Also included in the subseries are records pertaining the Burnaby Historical Society, the book "The Fraser's History from Glacie…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 -1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Eagles family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-11
- BHS1996-21
- BHS2000-04
- BHS1987-07
- BHS1995-06
- BHS1991-18
- BHS1995-03
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records, correspondence, and photographs created by Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles related to their home and garden in the Deer Lake area of Burnaby. Also included in the subseries are records pertaining the Burnaby Historical Society, the book "The Fraser's History from Glaciers to Early Settlements" and the Eagles' visit to Robert Burnaby's grave.
- History
- Blythe Eagles's paternal grandparents Charles and Maude Eagles immigrated to New Westminster in 1887. Their son Jack married Amelia Jane Johnston, and Blythe Eagles was born in New Westminster in 1902. In 1918, Blythe enrolled at the University of British Columbia and took a Physiology class with eight other top students; his future wife, Violet Dunbar, was the lone woman in the class. Blythe graduated in 1922, winning the Governor General's Gold Medal as top student. He received his MA in 1924 and his PhD in 1926 from the University of Toronto. He then completed his post-doctoral study at the National Institute for Medical Research in London, England. In 1933, Dr. Eagles became head of the Department of Dairying (1936-1955), Chairman of the Division of Animal Science (1955-1967), and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture (in 1949 until his retirement in 1967). In 1968 he received an Honourary Doctor of Science Award from UBC. Blythe was also one of the first appointments to the Burnaby Town Planning Commission. Violet Evelyn Dunbar was born September 29, 1899 in Ontario, the eldest child of John and Mary (Tompson) Dunbar. Violet obtained her BA in 1921 and MA in 1922 from the University of British Columbia. In 1922 she attended the Provincial Normal School and within six months had a teaching certificate and taught at Lord Hudson School in 1923. In September 1923, she was awarded a two-year scholarship to the University of Toronto, where she joined Blythe in the Bio-Chemistry Department. She received a second MA and a PhD in 1929. Her graduate studies entailed research in pure proteins and enzymes related to the commercial production of cheese. Through this work, she was recognized as one of the leading enzyme chemists in the country, being a senior lab instructor of biochemistry. Violet was one of the founders of the Burnaby Council of Women and active member of the International Council of Women. Blythe and Violet Eagles purchased property at Deer Lake in 1929 and began construction of their home shortly before their marriage on June 25, 1930. The Drs. Blythe and Violet Eagles Estate is a unique expression of the talents and tastes of both the Eagles and Frank Ebenezer Buck (1875-1970), who was head of the Horticultural Department and the Campus Landscape Architect at U.B.C. and established the plan for the Eagles garden while Blythe selected many of the plantings. The Eagles themselves designed the house as a romantic cottage inspired by the British Arts and Crafts style. Violet was an enthusiastic amateur gardener, maintaining and continually developing the garden. The Eagles were active volunteers in the local community as well as at UBC. When Simon Fraser University opened in Burnaby, they became well-known for entertaining dignitaries and special guests of the university in their lavish garden. After Violet's death in 1993, the estate was sold to the City of Burnaby. The funds were used to establish a Chair in Agriculture at the University of British Columbia in their memory.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Eagles, Dr. Blythe
- Eagles, Dr. Violet
- Notes
- Title based on creator and contents of subseries
- PC245, PC331, PC404, MSS032, PC314, PC482, MSS055
Ed Brown family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97218
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Ed Brown Family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs: 7 b&w jpgs.; 4 sepia jpgs., 1 med. b&w print.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs that belonged to the Brown family. Photographs depict Ed Brown, his wife Jennie, and their children at their homes on Royal Oak Avenue and McKay Avenue; Brown's trucking company; and other Burnaby locations and events.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Ed Brown Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 12 photographs: 7 b&w jpgs.; 4 sepia jpgs., 1 med. b&w print.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2008-03
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs that belonged to the Brown family. Photographs depict Ed Brown, his wife Jennie, and their children at their homes on Royal Oak Avenue and McKay Avenue; Brown's trucking company; and other Burnaby locations and events.
- History
- The following is copied from an article written by Brown's grandson, Jim Ervin, for "Old Autos" in 2003, in an article entitled "Grandfather was a trucker...": The roots of my family run deep in Burnaby, especially on my mother’s side. It was her father, my grandfather, who started one of Burnaby’s first trucking businesses, E.S. Brown’s Transfer. I could find no record of when he actually began operations but I have pictures to show that he was using horses before he had trucks. One of my enclosed pictures dates from about 1910 since I know the birth dates of his two oldest daughters and they are in the picture as very small children. He met and married my grandmother, whose maiden name was Jennie Birtch, from Ontario, and I still have relatives back east from both branches of the family. They were married on Sept. 27, 1905. But where, I can’t say. They had their first child, Hazel, born April 2, 1908. Then came seven more daughters but no sons to help with the family business. The business was located at the family home at 3131 Royal Oak Ave. in South Burnaby. That was close to the top of one of the steepest hills in Burnaby and must have made for a real test of man and machine to drive it, especially in winter. The children loved it for sleigh riding but probably not father. My mother, Inez, was the second oldest daughter, born Oct. 9, 1909. She would have been born, along with her sister Hazel, in the big house shown in the picture and built by my grandfather. But this house was to later burn down. That’s when Edward Sadler Brown decided to move his family from the side of the hill to the top and much closer to the main road, Kingsway. Most of the area was forest at that time and one of Ed’s first jobs was to haul shingle bolts out of the forest, with a team of horses. Please don’t ask me what a shingle bolt is but my mother knew and used to have to grease the skids placed on the logging trails for the loaded sleds to be pulled out on. One time, as she told me, there was a huge forest fire and my grandfather barely escaped with his life and one last load. Later, when the area had been cleared, he helped to build the Oakalla Prison Farm, now replaced by town-houses on Royal Oak Ave. This job led to him becoming the first contractor to haul the license plates made by the prisoners. Some of these plates would be worn by Ed’s own trucks. The trucks, which he eventually acquired, included some pretty obscure makes such as Hufman, Garford, Stewart (which my mother often said was no good), Gotfredson and the more common names of Chevrolet and GMC. A Ford Model T would probably have been too light for the kind of hauling Ed was doing in the 1920s. I always thought that his main cargo was coal and coke, but I received quite a surprise with some recently discovered information. It started when I was removing boxes of general junk from the house to the garage to make more space. One of those boxes broke open and one item which came out wasn’t junk by any means. It was a copy of a business card for Brown’s Transfer, a company which hauled coal, coke, wood and did furniture moving as well. My mother often described my grandfather as a “go-getter” for business. I believe I see what she meant. Never was I so glad to have a cardboard box break open and to retrieve such an important item. My mother was a saver like you wouldn’t believe, a habit which the Great Depression drilled into her. In another box containing old receipts, I found a copy of one from Brown’s Transfer which offered even more insight into the company. The receipt isn’t dated but only the last number of the year required filling in on the form. And this dates it as issued sometime during the 1920s. The surprising thing is the amount of items sold by my grandfather. Not just coal, wood and coke anymore. Now he was into sand, gravel, cement, brick lime, tile and sewer pipe. Furniture moving seemed to be sort of a sideline, mentioned in smaller letters at the bottom. But notice some of the other items on the hand written receipt. There’s lumber, grass seed, paint, glass, a loan (spelled lone) on painting a house. I’m not sure that I understand that one or the payment on house or the one about the toilet. But it’s obvious that this was a man who knew how to make a buck in many ways. He was almost his own building supply store, it would seem. Also mentioned on the form is an office location at 4009 Kingsway. The building is no longer there but it did survive into my life time. Often, my mother would point out to me where the office once was on the north side of Kingsway, near McKay Ave. Still standing, though, ist he old family home at the former address (now changed) of 3131 Royal Oak Ave. That’s where my mother and all seven of her sisters were born. These were the “swampers” on dad’s trucks, a job hard enough for a man. Ed did hire men as well to work as drivers and even employed his own mechanic. But for the girls, it wasn’t really a paying kind of job. “Some times he would buy us an ice-cream cone,” my mother would say. In those days, parents wanted large families to help with all the work which needed doing. Payment in dollars and cents just wasn’t usually part of the deal. I never knew my grandmother, Jennie, who died in 1946 at age 61, an early age to go but likely reflective of a lifetime of hard work and too many children. However, I did know my grandfather who lived into his 70s.His company came to a rather sad end, as related by my mother, in the dirty 30s. Apparently a certain sister of my grandmother, great aunt to myself, reported to the local school board that grandfather was supplying them with an inferior grade of coal for the schools. Then the school board cancelled his contract and that put him into bankruptcy. Whether the story is true or not doesn’t seem to matter much any more since no one who could have known is still among the living. Ed Brown, the industrious, rugged individualist did make a small come-back in the early 1950s with his own plumbing business. The details of that enterprise, I don’t know. But I do remember his old International panel truck he used. People such as my grandfather made a great contribution to Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- BHS298
Filing systems & office equipment : the complete line, catalog no. 4200
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7439
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV019.54.2
- Call Number
- 651 OFF
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Newmarket, [Ontario]
- Publisher
- Office Specialty Mfg. Co.
- Publication Date
- c1929
- Physical Description
- 232 p. : ill. : 27.5 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Furniture
- Office equipment and supplies industy
- Office equipment and supplies
- Commercial catalogs
- Catalogs