Lacrosse Star Burnie Feedham
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35739
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913 (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 Lacrosse Hall of Fame star Burnie Feedham in his 20s. He played for the Mann Cup champion New Westminster Salmobellies, 1922-26, and the Vancouver Athletic Club at the old Athletic Park (where the Pacific Press building was later located).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-597
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lacrosse Hall of Fame star Burnie Feedham in his 20s. He played for the Mann Cup champion New Westminster Salmobellies, 1922-26, and the Vancouver Athletic Club at the old Athletic Park (where the Pacific Press building was later located).
- Subjects
- Sports - Lacrosse
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Lacrosse Star Burnie Feedham
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35740
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913(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 Burnie Feedham as a teenage lacrosse player, he is wearing a New Westminster sweater from around that same time.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913(date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-598
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnie Feedham as a teenage lacrosse player, he is wearing a New Westminster sweater from around that same time.
- Subjects
- Sports - Lacrosse
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Lacrosse Star Burnie Feedham, [191-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-602.jpg?width=280)
Lacrosse Star Burnie Feedham
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35744
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (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 Burnie Feedham as a teenage lacrosse player.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-602
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnie Feedham as a teenage lacrosse player.
- Subjects
- Sports - Lacrosse
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Lacrosse Star Burnie Feedham, [191-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-602.jpg)
Mixed Doubles Champions
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39225
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man and woman (unidentified) with the caption "Mixed Doubles Champions New Westminster 1916" written below it. Both are holding tennis rackets and are on the tennis court.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-544
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man and woman (unidentified) with the caption "Mixed Doubles Champions New Westminster 1916" written below it. Both are holding tennis rackets and are on the tennis court.
- Subjects
- Sports - Tennis
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Peers family at Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66272
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows members of the Peers family and friends skating on Deer Lake. Identified, back row (l to r): unknown, unknown, Bob Peers, Francis Peers, Annie Elizabeth Peers. In front are Mary Elizabeth Peers and and unidentified boy.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-984
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows members of the Peers family and friends skating on Deer Lake. Identified, back row (l to r): unknown, unknown, Bob Peers, Francis Peers, Annie Elizabeth Peers. In front are Mary Elizabeth Peers and and unidentified boy.
- Subjects
- Sports - Skating
- Names
- Peers, Annie Elizabeth Frisby
- Peers, Francis J.
- Peers, William John "Bob"
- Freebairn-Smith, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Peers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
Playing tennis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39223
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three people on a tennis court in New Westminster. A fourth person can be seen seated in the referee's chair next to the net on the far left. All are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-542
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three people on a tennis court in New Westminster. A fourth person can be seen seated in the referee's chair next to the net on the far left. All are unidentified.
- Subjects
- Sports - Tennis
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
![Tennis, [1916] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-457.jpg?width=280)
Tennis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39138
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of ten people on a tennis court. Back row, standing (l to r): Kitty Hill, Bob Peers, Geoff Peers, Mike Peers, unidentified, unidentified. Front row, second from right is Annie Peers, others are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-457
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of ten people on a tennis court. Back row, standing (l to r): Kitty Hill, Bob Peers, Geoff Peers, Mike Peers, unidentified, unidentified. Front row, second from right is Annie Peers, others are unidentified.
- Subjects
- Sports - Tennis
- Names
- Peers, William John "Bob"
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Peers, Geoffrey Hugh
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Peers, Annie Elizabeth Frisby
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Tennis, [1916] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-457.jpg)
Tennis at Broadview
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39425
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.9 x 7.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman playing tennis at Broadview, the home of Claude Hill. A tent is visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.9 x 7.9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-744
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman playing tennis at Broadview, the home of Claude Hill. A tent is visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Sports - Tennis
- Structures - Tents
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Street Address
- 5730 Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Tennis player
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39229
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.2 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman holding a tennis racket, standing on a small wooden bridge.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1916
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.2 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-548
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman holding a tennis racket, standing on a small wooden bridge.
- Subjects
- Structures - Bridges
- Sports - Tennis
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Tennis players, [1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-062.jpg?width=280)
Tennis players
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38743
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people playing tennis and picnicking on the grounds of Broadview, the Claude Hill family home. Clayton House on Buckingham Avenue can be seen in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-062
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people playing tennis and picnicking on the grounds of Broadview, the Claude Hill family home. Clayton House on Buckingham Avenue can be seen in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Street Address
- 5730 Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Tennis players, [1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-062.jpg)
![Tennis players at Broadview, [1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-082.jpg?width=280)
Tennis players at Broadview
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38763
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people in the background playing tennis and gathering on the lawns of a home, most likely the home of the Claude Hill family, known as Broadview.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-082
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people in the background playing tennis and gathering on the lawns of a home, most likely the home of the Claude Hill family, known as Broadview.
- Subjects
- Sports - Tennis
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Street Address
- 5730 Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Tennis players at Broadview, [1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-082.jpg)
![Tennis players at the Patterson house, 1912 (date of original), copied [1997] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/350-006.jpg?width=280)
Tennis players at the Patterson house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37312
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 (date of original), copied [1997]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three people playing tennis on the court at the D.C. Patterson house in the Edmonds district. The house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It was relocated in 1955 to 7106 18th Avenue and is a city heritage site.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 (date of original), copied [1997]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Jim Wolf subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 350-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-09
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three people playing tennis on the court at the D.C. Patterson house in the Edmonds district. The house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It was relocated in 1955 to 7106 18th Avenue and is a city heritage site.
- Subjects
- Sports - Tennis
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- 18th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7260 Edmonds Street
- 7106 18th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Images
![Tennis players at the Patterson house, 1912 (date of original), copied [1997] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/350-006.jpg)
![Vidal family at Lake Huron, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-048.jpg?width=280)
Vidal family at Lake Huron
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82428
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows two women and a man in the foreground. Behind them are six people in the water.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-048
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows two women and a man in the foreground. Behind them are six people in the water.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying photograph and contents of photograph
- Note on album page in pencil reads: "Herbert Vidal / Louisa Vidal / Lake Huron"
- Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Lake Huron / Grandad - Gan & the Aunts"
Images
![Vidal family at Lake Huron, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/550/550-048.jpg)
![William John Peers, [1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-488.jpg?width=280)
William John Peers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39169
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 1.5 x 3.5 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William John "Bob" Peers holding a tennis racket. The photograph has been cut to shape around his outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 1.5 x 3.5 cm cut to size on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-488
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William John "Bob" Peers holding a tennis racket. The photograph has been cut to shape around his outline and pasted on an album page with similar pictures collectively titled "Heads and Tales."
- Subjects
- Sports - Tennis
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![William John Peers, [1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-488.jpg)
The Boy mechanic, book 2 : 1000 things for boys to do
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary416
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.42.29
- Call Number
- 745.5 WIN Vol. 2
- Contributor
- Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven), 1859-1924
- Publisher
- Popular Mechanics
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Handicraft
- Notes
- Copyrighted by H.H. Windsor
- Contributer's full name given as follows: Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven), 1859-1924.
- "How to construct devices for winter sports, motion-picture camera, indoor games, reed furniture, electrical novelties, boats, fishing rods, camps and camp appliances, kites and gliders, pushmobiles, roller coaster, ferris wheel, and hundreds of others things which delight every boy" --t.p.
- With 995 illustrations
- Includes index
- Book 2 of 2
Interview with Maureen Olofson by Kathy Bossort October 14, 2015 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory569
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1906-1950
- Length
- 0:09:08
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s parents immigration to Saskatchewan, her mother Kerstin in 1912 and father Axel in 1928, Maureen’s birth on a trip to Sweden in 1938, and her family’s move to Burnaby in 1942 and the start of their mink ranch, the GAK Fur Farm, near Curtis Av…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s parents immigration to Saskatchewan, her mother Kerstin in 1912 and father Axel in 1928, Maureen’s birth on a trip to Sweden in 1938, and her family’s move to Burnaby in 1942 and the start of their mink ranch, the GAK Fur Farm, near Curtis Avenue in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on Burnaby Mountain.
- Date Range
- 1906-1950
- Length
- 0:09:08
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Westridge Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 14, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Maureen Olofson conducted by Kathy Bossort. Maureen Olofson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Maureen Olofson’s memories of growing up on her parent’s Burnaby Mountain mink ranch between 1942 and 1950 and about the operation of the farm. She also talks about her parents’ history, her teaching career, and her thoughts about the beauty and value of Burnaby Mountain’s natural area.
- Biographical Notes
- Maureen Olofson was born 1938 in Glote, Harjedalen, Sweden, to Axel (1906-1998) and Kerstin Margareta (1906-1980). Axel and Kerstin Olofson, who had separately immigrated to Canada in 1928 and 1913 respectively, married in Canada and then returned to Sweden where Maureen was born. They moved to Burnaby in 1942 with their daughters Maureen and Anita Lea, and bought land and a mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain with their partners Gus Skofteby and Karin Ericksson (Kerstin’s sister). The GAK Fur Farm, located in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on 4th Avenue near Curtis Street, was one of the largest mink ranches in BC, an award winning operation with over 1200 mink animals. In 1950 the partners sold the land and the Olofson family moved to rented homes on Sperling Avenue. In 1952 Axel sold the last of his minks and opened a sporting goods store on Hastings Street. In 1954 the family moved to North Vancouver where Axel Olofson reestablished his sports business. Maureen attended Sperling Avenue School from Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 and Burnaby North High School to Gr. 11, completing school in North Vancouver, before going to UBC where she trained as a teacher. She returned to Burnaby in 1977 to teach, retiring in 1997. She is a volunteer with the Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association and the Dania Homes Society. Maureen continues to enjoy activities on Burnaby Mountain and works toward preserving the natural beauty of the mountain.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:19:04
- Interviewee Name
- Olofson, B. Maureen
- Interview Location
- Maureen Olofson's home in Burnaby
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Maureen Olofson
Track one of interview with Maureen Olofson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-004/MSS196-004_Track_1.mp3![Three men in uniforms, [191-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5894_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Three men in uniforms
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1519
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified men in sports uniforms taken in a photographic studio. They are wearing white shirts with a racket embroidered on their chest on the left, and dark knee length shorts, and boots with high socks. Two men are standing and one is sitting on a chair in front of them.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified men in sports uniforms taken in a photographic studio. They are wearing white shirts with a racket embroidered on their chest on the left, and dark knee length shorts, and boots with high socks. Two men are standing and one is sitting on a chair in front of them.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Accession Code
- BV985.5894.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [191-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Three men in uniforms, [191-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5894_0001_001.jpg)
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Interview with Charles B. Brown May 21, 1975 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory27
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1909-1938
- Length
- 00:07:15
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Charles Boyer Brown's early days working at Burnaby's Municipal Hall, first as an office boy.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Charles Boyer Brown's early days working at Burnaby's Municipal Hall, first as an office boy.
- Date Range
- 1909-1938
- Photo Info
- Charles Boyer Brown, by photographer Nicholas Rossmo [1950]. Item no. 307-008
- Length
- 00:07:15
- Subjects
- Occupations - Civic Workers
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- May 21, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with Charles B. Brown by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury May 21, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression, the Commissioner and municipal politics in general. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- Charles Boyer Brown was born on June 16, 1894 in the town of Ongar, Essex, England. He came to Canada as a young child with his parents Jean and Percy Brown. In 1903, the family settled in New Westminster and by 1911, Charles had joined the Burnaby municipal staff working as an office boy. The outbreak of World War One interrupted Charlie’s career as he immediately enlisted with the Royal Engineers and served from 1915 to 1918. While overseas he met and married Lillian Bernice Bryan and they returned to Canada together after the war and Charles resumed his position in municipal administration. For a short time, Charles was appointed as the Municipal Assessor, but in 1927 he became the Assistant Municipal Clerk. In 1933, Charles was made Municipal Clerk, a post he held until he retired in 1959. Charles has also been credited with playing a significant role in administering the city while it was under the rule of the provincial commission from 1932-1942. Recognized for his expertise in civic affairs, Charles was appointed by the provincial government to a committee formed to review and revise the Municipal Act. He was also a member of the BC Municipal Officers’ Association from its formation in 1936 and was made its chair in 1953. While these civic duties occupied much of his time, Charles still managed to participate as a volunteer on many sport and youth clubs in the city and served as the secretary for the Kingsway Rotary Club. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to Burnaby, both paid and volunteer, Charles was presented with the Gold Key award in 1959, the same year he finally retired from municipal administration. During Charles’ lifetime, many changes took place in the Municipality that he loved. He saw Burnaby grow in population and progress and he could be proud of the significant part he played in that growth and development. Charles Brown died on August 11, 1981.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:58:01
- Interviewee Name
- Brown, Charles B. "Charlie"
- Interview Location
- Walker Avenue
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
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Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Charles B. Brown
Track one of interview with Charles B. Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-06/100-13-06_Track_1.mp3