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The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1797
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.26
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.12 1922
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 328 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 3595 - 3922.
- volume 12 of 20.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3261
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.195.134
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.12 1921
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1921
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 328 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 3595 - 3922.
- volume 12 of 20.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xiii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1798
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.27
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.13 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 3923 - 4246.
- volume 13 of 20.
- copy 1 of 2.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xiii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3262
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.195.135
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.13 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 3923 - 4246.
- volume 13 of 20.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xiv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1799
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.28
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.14 1922
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 332 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 4247 - 4578.
- volume 14 of 20.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xiv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3263
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.195.136
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.14 1921
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1921
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 332 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 4247 - 4578.
- volume 14 of 20.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xix
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1804
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.33
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.19 1921
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1921
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- Physical Description
- 327 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 5876 - 6202.
- volume 19 of 20.
The book of knowledge : the children's encyclopaedia, volume xv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1800
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.39.29
- Call Number
- 032 MEE v.15 1922 Copy 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Grolier Society
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Printer
- Colonial Press
- 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.
- copy 1 of 2
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"
![Boom man with logs, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0016_001.jpg?width=280)
Boom man with logs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15195
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified South Asian Sikh boom man standing on a log with a steel pointed pike pole directing logs within a log boom. The log boom was located in Burrard Inlet at the Kapoor Sawmills Limited.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified South Asian Sikh boom man standing on a log with a steel pointed pike pole directing logs within a log boom. The log boom was located in Burrard Inlet at the Kapoor Sawmills Limited.
- History
- Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- See page 61 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea - Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "A boom man needed to be nimble on his feet to select and move logs to the log slip where they could be haulde up into the mill."
Images
![Boom man with logs, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0016_001.jpg)