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Pennsylvania Railroad freight car
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1731
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1949]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the side of a Pennsylvania Railroad Company freight car with its painted PRR logo.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the side of a Pennsylvania Railroad Company freight car with its painted PRR logo.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Accession Code
- BV985.6114.125
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1949]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-02
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "742"
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36669
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.5.80
- Description
- Writing Primer for Music Students - Booklet -- [1897]. Booklet written by M.S. Morris called "Writing Primer for Music Students". The booklet is "A Series of Practical Exercises for Acquiring a Knowledge of the Rudiments of Music". The booklet was published by Theodore Presser Company in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and printed in the U.S.A. The booklet was priced at 30 cents. The booklet measures 13.5cm x 19cm.
- Colour
- Blue
- Maker
- Theodore Presser Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Pennsylvania
- Site/City Made
- Bryn Mawr
- Title
- Writing Primer for Music Students
- Publication Date
- 1897
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booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41449
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.223
- Description
- Booklet: "SHEET METAL WORK" "Trades that Provide Big-Pay Positions or a Profitable Business of Your Own"; orange with black print, white borders; black and white illustration of man drafting at table, tools and metal in background; below picture, "INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS" "SCRANTON, PA." "1928"; back cover is white with black illustration of of building; "435L--29587-1500" "PRINTED IN U.S.A."; staplebound, 33 pp; on fly-leaf, "SHEET METAL WORK AND BOILERMAKING"; illustrated; soiled, darkened around edges, some pages turned down; has been folded in half
- Colour
- White
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Pennsylvania
- Site/City Made
- Scranton
- Title
- Sheet Metal Work
- Publication Date
- 1928
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41450
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.224
- Description
- Booklet: "INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY of TECHNOLOGY"; cover is pale yellow with white border, darker yellow stripe down centre; title is white on black rectangle with ornamental yellow border; back cover is white with black and white illustration, "SCIENCE INSTRUCTING INDUSTRY"; "76L--30031-3m" "PRINTED IN U.S.A."; 31 pp, staplebound; International Textbook Company, Scranton, Pa., 1928; lists books and prices, order form at back; with pink envelope, black print "International Correspondence Schools Canadian, Limited, 18 HASTINGS STREET, WEST, VANCOUVER, B.C." "J.W. Pickin Room 6"
- Colour
- Yellow
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Pennsylvania
- Site/City Made
- Scranton
- Title
- International Library of Technology
- Publication Date
- 1928
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The delights of fine fashion : costumes from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary869
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Call Number
- 391 MCG
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 391 MCG
- Author
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Contributor
- McGarvey, Elsie
- Brown, Will
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- The Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- [32] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 31 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fashion--Exhibitions
- Fashion--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Exhibitions
- Notes
- Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Sept. 29, 1979-Feb. 10, 1980.
leaflet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact28716
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.38.14
- Description
- How To Open A New Book - Leaflet. From 'Modern Bookbinding Practically Considered', By Wm. Matthews.". Provides detailed instructions on how to properly open a book. The leaflet is produced by The Colliery Engineering Co. in Scranton Pa.
- Maker
- Colliery Engineering Co
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Pennsylvania
- Site/City Made
- Scranton
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Burnaby's heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5437
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Edition
- Rev.
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282893
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
- Edition
- Rev.
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Physical Description
- 157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Historic buildings
- Buildings
- Historic sites
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Buildings - Heritage
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 2 copies held: copy 1.
Digital Books
Interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19602
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (68 min., 52 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (68 min., 53 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00-16:47 Bill and Ellen share where they were born, grew up and went to school as citizens of the United States and how they met in Pe…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (68 min., 52 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (68 min., 53 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewees: Ellen and Bill Schwartz Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: May 15, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:08:52 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby Photograph information: Bill and Ellen Schwartz.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00-16:47 Bill and Ellen share where they were born, grew up and went to school as citizens of the United States and how they met in Pennsylvania the 1970s. Bill and Ellen explain how in the 1970s, they were discouraged about the current politics in the United States under the Nixon administration and how they were inspired by the “back to the land” ideals, rejecting materialism and wanting an alternative lifestyle. With these ideals in mind, they recall how in 1972 they and a few other friends decided to leave the United States, move to British Columbia with the goal of buying land in the Okanagan or Kootenay region and starting a new lifestyle for themselves. Bill and Ellen recollect how they purchased 20 acres of land in Galena Bay in the Kootenays and how they lived in the area off and on until the early 1980s. They describe how they cleared three acres of land, built a cabin, put in a garden, chicken coop and honey bees. With the challenges of the isolated location and no access to electricity they explain how they decided that they had to live elsewhere in order to make a living. Ellen talks about working as a special education teacher in Revelstoke and Slocan and how Bill obtained his teaching certificate while they lived in Nelson. Bill and Ellen describe themselves as environmentalists and of how they both became active Provincial environmentalists during the construction of the Revelstoke Dam. Bill talks about getting work with the “Energy Van” program talking about energy conservation, renewable energy and recycling. They explain how after their first child was born in 1980, they returned to Galena Bay for about a year and a half until Bill was offered a job with the Department of Energy Conservation which lead them to move to Vancouver. 16:48 – 22:46 Bill and Ellen describe their first few years of living in Vancouver and at University of British Columbia while Ellen completed her master’s degree in creative writing. During this time, they had their second child. They recall how in 1988 how they purchased a house in Burnaby, selecting to live in the Deer Lake neighbourhood. They talk about the benefits of the neighbourhood including; a French immersion school for their children, proximity to the trails around Deer Lake and having transit close by. 22:47 – 33:55 Bill and Ellen talk about their consulting business “Polestar Communications”. A Burnaby based communications consulting firm composed of three people, Ellen and Bill and colleague Richard Banner. They describe how their business got started and some of the projects that they’ve worked on including; BC Hydro’s Power Smart Program, financial literacy curriculum that was introduced in B.C. schools and reports for the Province of British Columbia. Ellen and Bill convey how Bill has been a very active member with the City of Burnaby Environment Committee, the Steering Committee to develop a sustainable environmental strategy for Burnaby, how he’s been awarded for his contributions in coaching youth sports and other areas in which they have both volunteered. 33:56 – 43:07 Ellen describes how she got started in writing educational resources about the environment and how since she completed grad school in 1984, she’s published nineteen books. Ellen conveys how her first book was published and sold to the Province of British Columbia as part of the B.C. educational curriculum on the environment. Ellen talks about some of the children’s books that she’s written and published with themes including; social justice, the labour movement and racism in sports. Ellen describes some of her books and the research that she’s done. 43:08 – 51:04 Ellen and Bill Schwartz reflect on what they like about living in Burnaby. They talk about the benefits of their neighbourhood including; performances at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival, the Burnaby Art Gallery and Deer Lake as well as having access to parks and community centres in Burnaby. 51:05-56:36 Bill and Ellen reflect on their involvement in the Jewish community, considering themselves non-secular Jews. Ellen talks about how they were involved with “Burquest” a Jewish Community Association and how they often observe some of the Jewish holidays including Hanukah and traditions including the Jewish coming of age ritual, bar mitzvah (masc.) and bat mistvah (fem.). Ellen mentions her involvement with the “Jone Betty Stuchner Oy Vey! Funniest Children’s book Award” where she acts a judge and her involvement with the Jewish Book festival and that she is a recipient of the Jewish Book award. 56:37 – 1:08:53 Bill and Ellen reflect on their 35 years living in Burnaby and how they’ve seen it change. They talk about the increased development and density in the city, how they are troubled by a lack of low income housing, the benefits and importance of public transportation and preservation of green space including Burnaby parks.
- History
- Interviewees' biographies: Ellen Schwartz was born in Washington, DC, (1950) but grew up in New Jersey. She attended the Universities of Chicago and Wisconsin before moving to a farm in Pennsylvania, where she met her future husband Bill Schwartz. Bill Schwartz grew up in and around Philadelphia (b. 1947), and attended Pennsylvania State University. After travelling, and discouraged with life in eastern America, he and Ellen decided that British Columbia held better prospects. Bill and Ellen quit their jobs in 1972 and moved to the Kootenay region where they adopted a “back to the land” lifestyle, a very new experience for both of them. After eight years of modest success, and occasional work in nearby towns, they opted to return to Vancouver where Bill had work and where they could raise a family more easily. They rented in Vancouver for a few years before moving to family housing at UBC, while Ellen studied creative writing. Bill founded a communications and writing company, and in 1988 they purchased a home in Burnaby. Ellen launched a new career as a writer, mainly for children young adults. Both were active in their careers, raising a family, and participating in local social and political activities. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Education
- Environmental Issues
- Environmental Issues - Environmental Protection
- Geographic Features
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Housing
- Occupations
- Occupations - Entrepreneurs
- Occupations - Writers
- Persons - Volunteers
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Religions
- Religions - Judaism
- Names
- Schwartz, William "Bill"
- Schwartz, Ellen
- City of Burnaby
- Polestar Communications
- British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
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Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz, [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023
Interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz, [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0006_003.mp3Deer Lake Park : heritage resource inventory
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5468
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Wolf, Jim
- Publication Date
- c1998
- Call Number
- 971.133 WOL COPY 2
production.
Architectural Features
The Townleys were fortunate in that their son
Fred Laughton Townley had just returned from
University of Pennsylvania where he had re-
ceived extensive training as an architect. Unlike
the English Tudor and Arts and Crafts styled
homes designed by the other English trained
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282834
- 9780969282839
- Call Number
- 971.133 WOL COPY 2
- Author
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby, Community Heritage Commission
- Publication Date
- c1998
- Physical Description
- 47 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Deer Lake Park (Burnaby, B.C.)--History
- Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Burnaby (B.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Notes
- 2 copies held : copy 2.
Digital Books
Art-i-facts
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6724
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 069.53 CCA
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Publisher
- Conservation center for art & historic artifacts
- Publication Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 7 p. : ill ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Museum conservation methods
- Art objects
- Conservation and restoration
- Notes
- "www.ccaha.org" -- back cover
- Copies of the periodical available online at www.ccaha.org under the "news" tab as of 2016.
cigar box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact18005
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV978.25.1
- Description
- Cigar box, wooden; attached lid shows woman's face on red in circle "RED DOT TRULY DIFFERENT" in black around, blue sticker "50" "CLASS D" "Series 123"; front "THE RED DOT CIGAR TRULY DIFFERENT", woman in circle, "MANUFACTURED FEDERAL CIGAR COMPANY INC. --PA."; left side "RED DOT Truly Different" with woman; right side "RED DOT", woman (large); "RED DOT" on back, two women in circle; inside lid woman in circle, "RED DOT", circle each side "TRULY 2 FOR 15C DIFFERENT", blue band at bottom "Now! A RED DOT Panetela Do not cut or bite - It's ready to light" "REG U.S. PAT OFF FEDERAL CIGAR CO. INC." "CON- SOLIDATED LITHO CORP CARLE PLACE L.I.N.Y." on bottom "FACTORY NO. 533 1ST DIST.PA.State of Pennsylvania" "SPECIAL PANTELAS"
- Measurements
- 210mm X152mm X 53mm
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headphones
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79910
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- X3036
- Description
- headphones made by the Hamburg Brothers. The speakers are mainly metal with hard plastic around where the ear would rest. There is cloth around the metal that attaches the speakers together. On the back of both speaker is "PENNSYLVANIA/ TYPE/ E-25/ HAMBURG BROTHERS/ PITTSBURG/ U.S.A."
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Hugh H. Stewart fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9771
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [188_]-1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records + 2 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and photographs collected or created by Hugh H. Stewart in the course of his personal and professional life. Records include receipts relating to property sales and taxes, utilities, association memberships (Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Vancouver Heights Ratep…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records + 2 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of textual records and photographs collected or created by Hugh H. Stewart in the course of his personal and professional life. Records include receipts relating to property sales and taxes, utilities, association memberships (Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Vancouver Heights Ratepayers Association, Burnaby Lions Club and Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans), insurance, loans and healthcare along with an elections candidate card and documents from his business “Stewart’s Cartage and Fuel Supply”; minutes from the Ratepayers Association and a handwritten recipe for potato salad. Records have been arranged into the following series: 1) Hugh H. Stewart photographs series 2) Hugh H. Stewart personal documents series 3) Stewart's Cartage and Fuel Supply business records series 4) Hugh H. Stewart associations and memberships series
- History
- Hugh Henry Stewart was born July 18 1887 to Duncan Hugh (1860-1935) and Henrietta Stewart (1860-1944) in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The couple moved to Nanaimo in 1888 with their four children, the oldest of which was Hugh Henry. The family moved to Vancouver in about 1908 and lived at 995 West 7th Avenue while Duncan Stewart worked as a carpenter. Hugh Henry found work as a hardware clerk at the “Forbes and Van Horne” hardware store located at 52 West Hastings, Vancouver. He worked at the store until WWI broke out and his wages were cut. In 1910 Hugh Henry Stewart moved to Burnaby and purchased a house in District Lot 116, in the 3900 block of Albert Street between Ingleton Avenue and McDonald Avenue. This was the only house in this block at the time (3902 Albert Street) but the following year, five more houses were built. In 1911, Hugh married Patience (known as Bertha) Alberta Inglis of Vancouver and between 1911 and 1912, Hugh cleared land around the house. The couple raised three children at their home in Vancouver Heights (now named Burnaby Heights); Duncan Hugh, Daniel Melbourne and Audrey Pearl. In 1914, the Vancouver Heights Ratepayers Association was formed and Hugh Stewart joined. This association lobbied city council to establish land uses which they felt could benefit the citizens of North Burnaby. Following his work at the hardware store, Hugh went to work as a longshoreman at the Hastings Mill in Vancouver and the Barnet Mill in Burnaby. In the 1920s, Stewart started up his own business delivering fuel to households in North Burnaby. His business was named “Stewart’s Cartage and Fuel Supply” which had an office located at 3870 East Hastings Street. Stewart moved his business office to their home in the 1950s which continued to operate at this location until the early 1960s. In 1926, the Burnaby Board of Trade was formed with Hugh Stewart as one of the founding members. The organization changed its name to the North Burnaby Board of Trade in May 1927. Hugh served as president from 1940-1946 and was instrumental in bringing about the amalgamation of the North and South Burnaby Boards of Trade to form the Burnaby Chamber of Commerce. Hugh ran for municipal council in the 1940s and was also a member of other organizations including the Burnaby Lions Club, The International Order of the Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) and the Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans. Patience Alberta Stewart died in 1967 and Hugh continued to live in their home on Albert Street until 1978. In 1979 he moved to an apartment on McGill Street in Burnaby. Hugh H. Stewart died in 1981.
- Responsibility
- Stewart, Hugh Henry
- Accession Code
- HV979.50
- Date
- [188_]-1960
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Records are arranged by subject and format.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Irish wit and humor : classified under appropriate subject headings, with, in many cases, a reference table to a table of authors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3880
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV005.42.6
- Call Number
- 827 HOW v.3
- Contributor
- Howe, W. H. (Walter Henry), 1848-
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Publisher
- George W. Jacobs & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1898
- Physical Description
- 233 p. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- Irish / Wit and / Humor / Philadelphia / George W. Jacobs & Co. / Publishers / copyright 1898
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Humor
- Notes
- Preface signed: W.H. Howe
- Author full name given as follows: Howe, W. H. (Walter Henry), b. 1848.
The marriage of Nannette : a comic opera in three acts
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4921
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Peterson, Agnes Emelie
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Call Number
- 782.7 PET
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.34.4
- Call Number
- 782.7 PET
- Author
- Peterson, Agnes Emelie
- Contributor
- Curtis, Louis Woodson, 1885-
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Publisher
- Theodore Presser Co.
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 1 vocal score (203 p). ; 32 cm.
- Inscription
- Front cover: "(1931-1932.) Elsie B. Wilson Pianist Edmonds, West Burnaby + North Burnaby Choral Societies" [written in black ink] Throughout book: Performance notes written in pencil.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Operas--Vocal scores with piano
- Subjects
- Music
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Names
- Wilson, Elsie
- Object History
- Elsie Wilson - The material in the donation is from her estate. Miss Wilson was a Burnaby resident and music teacher. The brass plaque was on her fathers home "Penrith Castle" on Blenheim St. in Burnaby
- Notes
- Vocal score with piano.
- book and lyrics by Agnes Emelie Peterson
- music by Louis Woodson Curtis