"Organizations" found 195 records

C.C.F. Convention 1956

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1956

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 53.2 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of attendees at the 1956 Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation convention in Vancouver. Photograph is inscribed "Vancouver, B.C. Mr. Strachan elected Parl. Leader. Sunday's Photos, Vancouver - Canada."

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 53.2 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of attendees at the 1956 Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation convention in Vancouver. Photograph is inscribed "Vancouver, B.C. Mr. Strachan elected Parl. Leader. Sunday's Photos, Vancouver - Canada."

Subjects: Organizations - Political Parties

Names: Strachan, Robert "Bob"; Co-operative Commonwealth Federation "CCF"

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV013.12.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1956

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: March 22, 2021

Scale: 100

Photographer: Sunday, Fred William

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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CCF MLA's in their seats in the B.C. Legislature

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1949 and 1956]

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) Members of the Legislative Assembly at their seats inside of the British Columbia Parliament buildings in Victoria. Photograph is taken inside the legislature. Members are identified as; Frank Calder, Rupert Haggen, Leo Nimsick, Frank Mitchel…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) Members of the Legislative Assembly at their seats inside of the British Columbia Parliament buildings in Victoria. Photograph is taken inside the legislature. Members are identified as; Frank Calder, Rupert Haggen, Leo Nimsick, Frank Mitchell, Arthur Turner, Harold Winch, Ernest Winch, and Ran Harding.

Subjects: Government - Provincial Government; Officials - Elected Officials; Organizations - Political Parties

Names: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"; Winch, Harold Edward; Calder, Frank; Haggen, Rupert; Nimsick, Leo; Mitchell, Frank; Turner, Arthur; Harding, Ran; Co-operative Commonwealth Federation "CCF"

Accession Code: BV013.12.56

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1949 and 1956]

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Portley, John S.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten annotations on recto of photograph provide identification and read from left to right: "Frank Calder_Rupert Hagen_Leo Nimsick_Frank Mitchell / Arthur Turner_Harold Winch_Ernest Winch_Ran Harding / CCF MLA's / in their seats in the B.C. Legislature"; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Our fighting '8' in the BC Legislature : / Were we downhearted? / Yes & No / HW"; Stamp in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "John S. Portley [sic]"

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CCF MLA's in their seats in the B.C. Legislature, [between 1949 and 1956] thumbnail

CCF M.L.A.'s [sic] & wives

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1952]

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 27.7 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) MLAs for BC with their wives, at an unidentified event. Identified in the photograph are William Moore (Comox), Rae Eddie (New Westminster), Stanley Squire (Alberni), and Harold Winch (Vancouver East).

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 27.7 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) MLAs for BC with their wives, at an unidentified event. Identified in the photograph are William Moore (Comox), Rae Eddie (New Westminster), Stanley Squire (Alberni), and Harold Winch (Vancouver East).

Subjects: Government - Provincial Government; Organizations - Political Parties

Names: Winch, Harold Edward; Co-operative Commonwealth Federation "CCF"

Accession Code: BV013.12.72

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1952]

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Rammé, André R.A.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "PHOTO BY ANDRE / R.A. RAMME / 712 WEST PENDER STREET / VANCOUVER 1,B.C. / FILE NO._________"; Handwritten note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "ACCF gathering when I was still an M.L.A. - / but at this date that was over 18 years gao / so I do not remember when or where / H.W."

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CCF M.L.A.'s [sic] & wives, [1952] thumbnail

C.C.F. Provincial Convention 1955

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1955

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 50.3 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of attendees at the 1955 Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation convention in Vancouver. Photograph is inscribed "Visited by Rt. Hon. Clement Atlee. Vancouver, B.C. Apr. 1955. Sunday's Photos, Vancouver - Canada."

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 50.3 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of attendees at the 1955 Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation convention in Vancouver. Photograph is inscribed "Visited by Rt. Hon. Clement Atlee. Vancouver, B.C. Apr. 1955. Sunday's Photos, Vancouver - Canada."

Subjects: Organizations - Political Parties

Names: Co-operative Commonwealth Federation "CCF"

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV013.12.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1955

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: March 22, 2021

Scale: 100

Photographer: Sunday, Fred William

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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C.C.F. Provincial Convention 1955, 1955 thumbnail

Charles V. Oates

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1956 and 1974]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Charles V. Oates president of Union Local 835 (Hotel, Motel, Restaurant and Culinary Employees and Bartenders International Union) sitting at a desk, with patterned curtains in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1956 and 1974]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1102

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Charles V. Oates president of Union Local 835 (Hotel, Motel, Restaurant and Culinary Employees and Bartenders International Union) sitting at a desk, with patterned curtains in the background.

Subjects: Organizations

Names: Oates, Charles V.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Charles V. Oates

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46215

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1956 and 1974]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Charles V. Oates president of Union Local 835 (Hotel, Motel, Restaurant and Culinary Employees and Bartenders International Union) sitting at a desk and writing on a pad of paper, with patterned curtains in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1956 and 1974]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 12 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1103

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Charles V. Oates president of Union Local 835 (Hotel, Motel, Restaurant and Culinary Employees and Bartenders International Union) sitting at a desk and writing on a pad of paper, with patterned curtains in the background.

Subjects: Organizations

Names: Oates, Charles V.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Croton Studio Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer identifies photograph as no. 4956-6

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Charles V. Oates

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1956 and 1974]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Charles V. Oates, president of Union Local 835 (Hotel, Motel, Restaurant and Culinary Employees and Bartenders International Union) sitting at a desk, talking on the phone, and writing on a pad of paper. There are patterned curtains in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1956 and 1974]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1104

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Charles V. Oates, president of Union Local 835 (Hotel, Motel, Restaurant and Culinary Employees and Bartenders International Union) sitting at a desk, talking on the phone, and writing on a pad of paper. There are patterned curtains in the background.

Subjects: Organizations

Names: Oates, Charles V.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: LeBlanc, Don

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Chimes at chapel

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Sep 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of the Wilson Camp chapel with a wooden stump surrounded by log barriers and a wooden trellis.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of the Wilson Camp chapel with a wooden stump surrounded by log barriers and a wooden trellis.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Recreational Activities - Camping

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.36.87

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Sep 1958

Media Type: Photograph

Arrangement: Loose photographs and slides arranged by Kathryn Raadsheer nee Hardy.

Notes: Title based on content of photograph

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City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]-[1979]

Collection/Fonds: City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 43 photographs (39 tiffs ; 2 jpegs ; 3 col. prints, 9 x 9 cm) and 3 p. of textual records

Scope and Content: Collection consists of photographs that were selected for preservation because of their relevance to documenting the heritage and development of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection depict Burnaby citizens, locations, businesses, residences, geography, and events throughout the history…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]-[1979]

Collection/Fonds: City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection

Physical Description: 43 photographs (39 tiffs ; 2 jpegs ; 3 col. prints, 9 x 9 cm) and 3 p. of textual records

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2010-01; 2013-31; 2016-24; 2021-10

Scope and Content: Collection consists of photographs that were selected for preservation because of their relevance to documenting the heritage and development of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection depict Burnaby citizens, locations, businesses, residences, geography, and events throughout the history of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection are acquisitions of discrete items or small sets of items that do not form a discrete fonds or collection.

History: Burnaby’s first municipal archive officially opened on November 10, 2001, and is located in the McGill Branch Public Library at 4595 Albert Street. The City Archives functions as a branch of the Office of the City Clerk and operates as the official repository of Burnaby’s municipal records, containing records dating back to Burnaby’s incorporation in 1892. In 2007, the City of Burnaby Archives expanded its collection mandate to include private as well as public records. Types of records held at the Archives include City Records (Council minutes and reports, bylaws, departmental records and photographs) and records from private individuals and community organizations (correspondence, reports, minutes, photographs, moving images and sound recordings). The Archives storage area is equipped with the sophisticated environmental controls necessary to preserve Burnaby’s unique archival material into the future. The mandate of the City of Burnaby Archives is to identify, acquire, preserve and make accessible archival material in the form of civic and private records documenting the history of the City of Burnaby.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: City of Burnaby Archives

Notes: Title based on contents of collection.

Committee For Princess Elizabeth Visit, 1951

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951

Collection/Fonds: Charles MacSorley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (l to r) Charles MacSorley, Patricia Wilks and Gerald Charlton, members of the Committee responsible for the organization of the Royal Visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip in 1951.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951

Collection/Fonds: Charles MacSorley fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 486-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2005-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of (l to r) Charles MacSorley, Patricia Wilks and Gerald Charlton, members of the Committee responsible for the organization of the Royal Visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip in 1951.

Subjects: Officials - Alderman and Councillors

Names: MacSorley, Charles W.; Wilks, Patricia; Charlton, Gerald

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Allan Studios

Notes: Title based on caption; Photographer's stamp on verso

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 7282 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Committee For Princess Elizabeth Visit, 1951, 1951 thumbnail

C.P.A. Conference - Canberra, Australia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.6 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of delegates at the Sixth Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, held in Canberra, Australia. Harold Winch was a representative of Canada in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.6 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of delegates at the Sixth Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, held in Canberra, Australia. Harold Winch was a representative of Canada in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

Subjects: Government - Federal Government; Rights - Human Rights; Organizations

Accession Code: BV013.12.106

Date: 1959

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11

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C.P.A. Conference - Canberra, Australia, 1959 thumbnail

Creation of a Civil Defence Organization

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 46587

Meeting Date: 29-Jan-1951

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 46587

Meeting Date: 29-Jan-1951

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

Documents

Report 46587

29-Jan-1951 Meeting Minutes

Cub master Grace Dallamore Corbett

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1952 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Grace Corbett (nee Dallamore, and later Grace McCarthy upon her second marriage) in district cub master regalia.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1952 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-128

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Grace Corbett (nee Dallamore, and later Grace McCarthy upon her second marriage) in district cub master regalia.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys Societies and Clubs; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada; McCarthy, Grace Dallamore Corbett

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Cub master Grace Dallamore Corbett, 1952 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Daughters of England

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 1957 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 5.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of women gathered for the last meeting of the Daughters of England, which took place at Gilley Avenue and Neville Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 1957 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 5.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-671

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of women gathered for the last meeting of the Daughters of England, which took place at Gilley Avenue and Neville Street.

Subjects: Organizations - Womens' Societies and Clubs

Names: Daughters of England

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Gilley Avenue; Neville Street

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Daughters of England, August 1957 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Dedication of Burnaby Guide Camp at Wilson Creek

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Jun 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Girl Guides in uniform standing in a circle in a clearing surrounded by woods at Wilson Creek Camp on the Sunshine Coast.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Girl Guides in uniform standing in a circle in a clearing surrounded by woods at Wilson Creek Camp on the Sunshine Coast.

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Recreational Activities - Camping

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.36.83

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: Jun 1958

Media Type: Photograph

Arrangement: Loose photographs and slides arranged by Kathryn Raadsheer nee Hardy.

Notes: Title based on content of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "K.Hardy/Dedication_of_Burnaby/Guide_Camp/Wilson_Creek"

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Dedication of Burnaby Guide Camp at Wilson Creek, Jun 1958 thumbnail

Desire of Employees to become members of M.S.A. organization

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 83670

Meeting Date: 2-Nov-1953

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: 83670

Meeting Date: 2-Nov-1953

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 83670

2-Nov-1953 Meeting Minutes

Development of a United Appeal Organization in the Municipality

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39665

Meeting Date: 28-Oct-1957

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: 39665

Meeting Date: 28-Oct-1957

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 39665

28-Oct-1957 Meeting Minutes

Doreen Lawson fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1950-2002

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 18 cm of textual records + approx. 1000 photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created and received by Doreen Lawson during her career as Parks Commissioner (1965-1971), Burnaby City Council member (1972-1985, 1990-1999) and environmental advocate following her retirement from Council in 1999. Records include election campaign materials, congratulat…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1950-2002

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 18 cm of textual records + approx. 1000 photographs

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2003-30; 2015-15

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created and received by Doreen Lawson during her career as Parks Commissioner (1965-1971), Burnaby City Council member (1972-1985, 1990-1999) and environmental advocate following her retirement from Council in 1999. Records include election campaign materials, congratulatory letters and correspondence, community speeches and slideshow presentations regarding the conservation of Burnaby Lake, the administrative papers of the Burnaby Centennial Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show Society, and photographs of Burnaby waterways and wildlife.

History: Doreen Anne Fowler Lawson was born July 8, 1928, to Eva Barnhill and Leonard Fowler. Her parents met in Alberta but decided to move to Vancouver where they got married and Doreen was born. The family moved to the north side of Claude Avenue in Burnaby when Doreen was a few months old. In 1931, they moved to a house with an acre of land directly across the street from their first house.; When Doreen was six, her family moved to Collingwood, Vancouver, near where her father grew up. This is where her brother Ron was born. The family moved again to County Line in Langley Prairie in 1944, which is where Doreen met Edward Lawson, her future husband. Soon after, they moved to a seven-acre plot in Burquitlam. Ed and Doreen Lawson’s eldest daughter, Linda, was born in 1954. Their second daughter, Wendy, was born in 1959 and their youngest, Lisa, was born in 1961. They lived in the Brentwood area, where all three daughters attended Brentwood Elementary School. Linda went on to Alpha Secondary School.; In 1945, Doreen began her first of several office jobs, and in the early 1950s she became the first woman to be elected into a vice-president position within the BC Trade Union Congress (now the BC Federation of Labour).; Doreen Lawson had a long and prolific political career, starting as Parks Commissioner in 1965, and serving as its chair from 1969 to 1971. She was instrumental in the selection and promotion of the rhododendron as the official flower of Burnaby in 1966. In 1971, she was elected to Burnaby City Council and, in 1972, Doreen proposed that Council take action to declare Burnaby Lake a wildlife sanctuary. After a 10-year campaign, she was able to convince Council to declare the park “a nature conservation area.” She put forward a policy of preservation for creeks and streams, as well as a proposal to preserve trees in subdivisions, both of which were adopted by Council. Doreen continued to serve on Council until 1985, during which time she initiated and chaired the Burnaby Information Committee, which designed the present Burnaby logo (and official flower pins) and established the Information Burnaby Newsletter. In 1979 Doreen Lawson won Vancouver Natural History Society’s Frank Sanford Award.; In 1984, Doreen was elected the first woman president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Doreen ran as a BC Liberal Party candidate in the new Federal Riding of Burnaby in 1979, and from 1985 to 1987, she served as the Executive Director of the British Columbia Liberal Party. As the B.C. Liberal Party Executive Director, her major responsibility was to work with both the Federal and Provincial Associations in implementing riding organizations and fundraising programs in preparation for election time. In the 1980s, Doreen was an active guest lecturer at Burnaby Elementary and High Schools as well as at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Doreen was active in a variety of community clubs and organizations including: the Burnaby Library Board; Greater Vancouver Spinners and Weavers Guild; and Vancouver Natural History Society. She was an executive member of the Burnaby-New Westminster Canada Summer Games; the Burnaby Division of the United Way; Information Burnaby Committee; and the Brentwood Parent Teachers Association; as well as serving as the President of the Burnaby Voters Association from 1988-1990.; In 1990, Doreen was elected back to Burnaby Council and put forward the rejuvenation of Burnaby Lake which she saw completed before her final year on Council in 1999. Doreen continued to be a strong environmental advocate for the protection and rejuvenation of Burnaby Lake after she retired from council.; Doreen Lawson died October 11, 2003.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Lawson, Doreen A.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; MSS071, photo catalogue 605, photo catalogue 618

Early Troop Photos

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55146

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1959]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 3 photograph: b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph portraits of early Burnaby Boy Scout troops, including a photograph of the first Central Park B.P. Boy Scouts. One photograph is taken in a photography studio; the other two in Central Park.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1959]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Scouts subseries

Physical Description: 3 photograph: b&w

Description Level: File

Record No.: 631-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1994-05

Scope and Content: Photograph portraits of early Burnaby Boy Scout troops, including a photograph of the first Central Park B.P. Boy Scouts. One photograph is taken in a photography studio; the other two in Central Park.