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Family album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37214
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (43 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 10 cm or smaller) ; 28 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph album consisting of photographs that are likely of members of the Johnson family. Photographs are primarily studio portraits of unidentified individuals, taken in various locations including: Helena, MT; Toronto; Montreal; New Westminster; Fredrikshald, Norway; and Chicago and Roseland, …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Andrew Johnson subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 album (43 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 10 cm or smaller) ; 28 x 20 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 335-018
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph album consisting of photographs that are likely of members of the Johnson family. Photographs are primarily studio portraits of unidentified individuals, taken in various locations including: Helena, MT; Toronto; Montreal; New Westminster; Fredrikshald, Norway; and Chicago and Roseland, IL. Photographs depict a group of maids, individuals, children alone or with their parents, and families.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-2 reads: "Wadds Bros / Vancouver & Nelson B.C."
- Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-3 reads: "J.H. Lemaitre & Co."
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-4 reads: "Gagen & Fraser / Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-5 reads: "Perkins / Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-6 reads: "Ahlborn / Chicago"
- Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-7 reads: "From the studio of J. B. Cook / ... Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-8 reads: "Wadds Bros / Vancouver, B.C."
- Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-9 reads: "Eldridge Stanton / ... Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-10 reads: "Dixon / ... Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-11 reads: "Perkins / Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-12 reads: "Wadds Bros / Vancouver, B.C."
- 335-018-12 is mounted on a sheet of cardboard
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-14 reads: "Perkins / Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-15 reads: "Eldridge Stanton / ... Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-16 reads: "J.T. Lambly, / ... Montreal"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-17 reads: "Buchanan"
- Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-18 reads: "Topley" and features an elaborate design
- Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-19 reads: "Notman & Fraser" and "Toronto" and features an elaborate design
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-20 reads: "Farmer Brothers Photographers / Hamilton, Ont"
- Handwritten note on verso of 335-018-20 reads: "I wish you a Merry Christmas"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-21 reads: "Perkins / Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-22 reads: "Perkins / Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-23 reads: "Dixon / ... Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-24 reads: "Simpson Bros / ... Toronto"
- Caption on recto of 335-018-25 reads: "Toronto Photo Gallery"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-26 reads: "Simpson Bros / ... Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-28 reads: "H.R. Kiopman / Roseland, Ills."
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-29 reads: "J.G. Parks, Photo. Montreal"
- Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-30 reads: "J.G. Parks / ... Montreal"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-32 reads: "S. J. Thompson, New Westminster B.C."
- Handwritten note onv erso of 335-018-32 reads: "Yours truly - J. M. McLeod" and "1/18/96"
- Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-33 reads: "From Burman's Photographic Rooms / ... Melbourne"
- Caption on recto of 335-018-35 reads: "Sunbeam"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-36 reads: "Lemaitre ... Toronto"
- Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-37 reads: "Olaf M. Madsen / ... Fredrikshald"
- Date stamp on verso of 335-018-38 reads: "1883/4"
- Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-38 reads: "Spencer & Hastings / ... Victoria, B.C"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-49 reads: "Olaf M. Madsen / Fredrikshald"
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-40 reads: "Olaf M. Madsen / Fredrikshald"
- Caption on recto of 335-018-41 reads: "Sunbeam"
- Photographer's stamp on verso of 335-018-42 reads: "Mrs. R. Maynard, / ... Victoria, B.C."
- Photographer's stamp on recto of 335-018-43 reads: "Sunbeam, Galen Block, Helena, M.T."
Images
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Love family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10098
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1881-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 11 cm of textual records + 44 photographs + 5 plans
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family records including photographs, land sale records, agreements and plans as well as estate records, vital event documentation and correspondence. Records pertain to members of the Love family including the Parkers, Hughes and Leonards. Fonds has been arranged in the followin…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 11 cm of textual records + 44 photographs + 5 plans
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of family records including photographs, land sale records, agreements and plans as well as estate records, vital event documentation and correspondence. Records pertain to members of the Love family including the Parkers, Hughes and Leonards. Fonds has been arranged in the following series: 1) Love and Leonard land records 2) Love family vital events and correspondence 3) Love family photographs
- History
- Jesse Love was born in Swindon, England in 1847 and left England to work on a dairy farm in the Toronto area. While working on the farm in Toronto, he met Martha Leonard who he married in 1879. Martha was born on February 3, 1858 in Bedfordshire, England and had come to Canada with her parents George and Ann Leonard. While living in Toronto, Jesse and Martha had two children, George born March 22, 1880 and Annie Elizabeth on August 24, 1881. About one year after Annie was born, the Love family moved to North Dakota to grow wheat. While living there, they had two more children, Henry who was born August 24, 1883 and Edith Minnie born October 9, 1885. The family decided to move further west after hearing about the fairer weather conditions from Martha’s father, George Leonard, who had settled in Vancouver in 1885. On May 23, 1887, Jesse, Martha and their four children arrived in Vancouver after travelling across Canada from Winnipeg on the first transcontinental train. The Loves made their home in Vancouver while Jesse helped clear land on Granville Street. Their fifth child, Thomas Robert was born on September 17, 1887 and soon after, the family moved to Lulu Island in Richmond where they lived growing vegetables and selling them to Vancouver hotels. While living and farming on Lulu island, the couple had two more girls, Martha (Dot or Dorothy) born on December 17, 1889 and Sarah Marie, born February 8, 1892. On October 6, 1893 an agreement was signed by Jesse Love to purchase 14.52 acres of land from Joseph C. Armstrong. The acreage covered the north east section of District Lot 25 within the newly incorporated District of the Municipality of Burnaby. It was here where the original Love house was built (between October 1893 and April 15, 1894) by Jesse Love with the help of local builder George Salt and father in law, George Leonard. The house consisted of an entrance hall, dining room, lean to kitchen, master bedroom and three bedrooms upstairs. A road was constructed and named Cumberland in 1905 and ran from District Lot 25 through to District Lot 11. The address for the Love home was 1390 Cumberland Road and in the early 1960’s the address was renumbered 7651 Cumberland Street. On the land surrounding the house, Jesse Love planted an orchard along with strawberries and raspberries which he sold at the Fraser Valley Market, T.S. Anandale’s Grocery Store in New Westminster and to hotels around Vancouver. Jesse Love served on the Burnaby School Board and also as a District Councillor in 1901 and from 1904-1907. While living in the house, Jesse and Martha had four more children, Phoebe Leonard, born April 15, 1894, Esther, born August 28, 1896, John Leonard, born June 7, 1899 and Hannah Victoria (also known as Girlie) who was born May 12, 1902. In 1918, at the age of 31 years, Thomas Robert Love fell ill due to an influenza epidemic and died on November 23, 1918. Following their son’s death, Martha Love became weak and on August 24, 1920, she passed away. By this time, Jesse had sold off a large percentage of his land and his youngest daughter, Girlie decided to stay on to live and care for him. Since the house was too large for just the two of them, Jesse invited any other children to return and share the residence. For a while his son, George and his wife joined them. In 1925 Jesse’s daughter Sarah Parker (nee Love), her husband William Michael Norton Parker and their three children, Albert “Bert” (1915-2011), William Charles “Bill” and Elsie Roberta moved from their home at 1319 Newcombe Street to join Jesse and Girlie in the Love family home on Cumberland. Jesse Love died in 1928 after which Sarah and William Parker purchased the Love family farmhouse and property. William Michael Parker, died in 1961 and Sarah Parker continued to live in the Love family farmhouse until 1966 when she sold it to her daughter Elsie and husband John Hughes. Elsie and John Hughes had four children, John Jr., Ann, Brent and Merle. The Hughes lived in the Love family house until August 1971. In 1988 the Love family farmhouse house was donated to the Burnaby Village Museum and moved to the site of Burnaby Village Museum. The interior of the main floor and exterior of the house went through an extensive restoration process. In 1997, restoration of the kitchen was completed and opened to the public. After the completion of the hallway, dining room, main floor bedroom and parlour, the Love farmhouse exhibit opened on November 29, 1998 with an open invitation to the public and extended members of the Love family.
- Responsibility
- Love Family
- Accession Code
- HV979.40
- BV985.3136
- BV988.45
- BV989.3
- BV992.15
- BV992.26
- BV992.34
- BV000.45
- BV008.20
- BV012.31
- BV019.3
- BV019.8
- Date
- 1881-1971
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Cartographic Material
- Arrangement
- Fonds has been arranged by record type and original order provided by members of the Love family.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- See also Burnaby Village Museum fonds - Jesse Love farmhouse series
The elements of structural botany with special reference to the study of Canadian plants ; to which is added a selection of examination papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2747
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.121.5
- Call Number
- 580 SPO
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage and Company
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Physical Description
- 176 p. : ill ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Betty Goodfellow Class 23 / J.O.H.S. / Mark Turnbull / Galt. Collegiate Inst/ Mar 5th 1889 Mark Turnbull" - first two lines printed in two different inks? then the rest of inscription is handwritten in two different inks and hand. on the opposite page of front endpaper.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Botany
- Biology--Historical texts
- Education, Secondary--Canada
- Notes
- "Price $1.00."
- "With many illustrations by the author and others."
- "Entered according to the Act of Paliament of Canada, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, in the year 1888, by W.J. Gage & Co., Toronto
- Includes index
The practice of pharmacy : a treatise on the modes of making and dispensing official, unofficial, and extemporaneous preparations, with descriptions of medicinal substances, their properties, uses, and doses; intended as a hand-book for pharmacists and physicians and a text-book for students.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary247
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.163.24
- Call Number
- 615.4 REM 1888
- Place of Publication
- Philidelphia
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Publication Date
- 1888
- c1885
- Physical Description
- 1080 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: illustrated, printed nameplate "Incorruptible Hill Norfolk Eng." "Egerton Boyd Hill" small paper label, blue and white, designed to look like a book: "Williamson & Co S King St West Toronto" inside front page: "E B Hill [handwritten script in ink] O.C.P." "Toronto Ont" inside back page: "98" [handwritten in pencil] "137.7 DIST" "801"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacy
- Medicine
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "With nearly five hundred illustrations."
- Author's given name and dates: Remington, Joseph P. (Joseph Price), 1847-1918.
The Canadian readers, book IV
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6440
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.120.9
- Call Number
- 428.2 CAN 1883 Ver. 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1883
- Series
- Canadian readers
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Maggie Emily Patterson / 11th June 1895" [inside front cover]
- "Bought of MR BROWN" [inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
The Canadian readers, book IV
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6471
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- c1883
- Call Number
- 428.2 CAN 1883 Ver. 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.72.3
- Call Number
- 428.2 CAN 1883 Ver. 2
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1883
- Series
- Canadian readers
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Horatio H_____" [inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
Canadian readers : book V
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1495
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3716.3
- Call Number
- 428.2 MEI Copy 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage and Company
- Publication Date
- 1883
- Physical Description
- vii, 384 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Ernest Keyes 1333 Howe st. Van. BC" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown] "Dr. Purdy, P.M. East Selkirk" [stamped in purple ink on front pastedown] "Ernest Keyes" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers
- Readers--19th century
- Object History
- Ernest Leslie Keyes was born August 29 1902 to Richard and Isabella Keyes (nee McGregor) in Vancouver. Richard Keyes worked for the CPR. Ernest Keyes later married Beryl Edna Palmer in 1930. Ernest died in 1954 in Victoria. His cousin by marriage was BVM donor Alma Keyes.
- Notes
- "Based on the series prepared by J. M. D. Meiklejohn" --t.p.
- "And edited by Canadian educationists for use in the schools of Canada" --t.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Meiklejohn, J. M. D. (John Miller Dow), 1830-1902
Dr. Chase's new receipt book, or, Information for everybody : the life-long observations of the author, embracing the choicest, most valuable and entirely new receipts in every department of medicine, mechanics and household economy : in fact a book for everybody, with remarks and explanations which adapt it to the every-day wants of the people, arrarged [sic] in departments, and copiously indexed.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1476
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3709.1
- Call Number
- 640 CHA
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Rose Publishing
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- 393 p. [17] p.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Home economics
- Cooking
- Formulas, recipes, etc.
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates : Chase, A. W. (Alvin Wood), 1817-1885
- Includes index
The girl's own annual : vol. 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary28
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.6.5
- Call Number
- 820.8 GIR v.5
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Girl's Own Paper Office
- Publication Date
- 1884
- Printer
- William Clowes and Sons
- Physical Description
- 828 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "Hart & Company Booksellers 3__ King St. Toro__ [Toronto]" [printed in black ink on a yellow sticker] "To Lily From Fred + Jessie with Love Xmas 1884" [written in fading black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Girls--Great Britain
- Children's literature
- Periodicals
- Notes
- Annual bound edition of The Girl's Own Paper: issue nos. 197 - 248
- One of 4 volumes in collection.
History of Canada
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary181
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.120.29
- Call Number
- 971 JEF
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Canada Publishing Company, Limited.
- Publication Date
- 1884
- Series
- History primers
- Physical Description
- 145 p. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- "W15" [phrase is crossed out and handwritten in black ink on front paste down] "Maggie.Emily.Patterson" "Bolton" [handwritten in black ink on front end paper] "Id_[e] 35" [handwritten in pencil on front end paper] "30" [handwritten in pencil on front end paper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--History
- Notes
- "Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario" -T.p.
- Author's given name: Jeffers, J. Frith (James Frith), 1842-1917.
The improved 'peerless' parallel Bible : containing the authorized and revised versions of the Old and New Testaments, arranged in parallel columns ; a complete concordance ; complete bible dictionary, in which every important scriptural word is fully explained ; a complete history of each book of the Bible, beautifully illstrated ; cities of the Bible with descriptive scenes and events in Palestine ; parables of our Lord ; life of Christ ; four thousand questions and answers on the Old and New Testaments ; lives of the apostles and Bible text ; history of the Herod, King of the Jews, etc. ; a concise history of all religious denominations, and many other important and useful aids to the study of the Holy Scriptures ; all written to increase the study of the word of God ; the whole embellished wit magnificent illustrative engravings on steel, wood, and in colors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2191
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Nevin, Alfred, 1816-1890
- et al.
- Publication Date
- c1885
- Call Number
- 220 NEV OS
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV992.5.1
- Call Number
- 220 NEV OS
- Author
- Nevin, Alfred, 1816-1890
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. S. Robertson & Bros
- Publication Date
- c1885
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm.
- Inscription
- Presented to [printed label with names filled in] "Edmonds Babtist Church" [handwritten in blue] By "J.P. Gordon Fairview Baptist Ch. (originally a gift from a friend)"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible. New Testament
- Bible. Old Testament
- Notes
- Includes index.
Modern school geography and atlas
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1566
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3865.1
- Call Number
- 912 MOD
- Edition
- [6th ed.]
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Canada Publishing Company, Limited.
- Publication Date
- c1883
- Physical Description
- 96 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Measurements B.C. Base 3" [handwritten in pencil along with drawing of B.C. on back of map of the world(p.96) Hand drawing in pencil of North America on back endpaper. Hand drawing in pencil on back pastedown
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Atlases--Canadian
- Geography
- Notes
- "New edition, revised and corrected" --cover
- "Prepared for the use of schools in the Dominion of Canada" --cover
- "Authorized by the Minister of Education for use in the schools of Ontario, and by the Councils of Public Instruction for use in the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island" --T.p.
The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : translated out of the original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2578
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.74.21
- Call Number
- 225.52 NAT
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Publisher
- National Bible Society of Scotland
- Publication Date
- 1886
- Physical Description
- 464, 108 p. ; 11 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "1914 [picture of British flag] 1915 'Be strong and of a good courage, for the Lord thy God is with thee wither- soever thou goest' Pte. A.A. A.A MacNaughton 54 1/2 Homewood Ave Toronto, Ont Canada On Active Service Issued by the NATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND" [printed in blue ink on a white sticker, except for name and address, which is handwritten in brown ink] Front fly leaf: handwritten notes detailing travel dates and destinations, written in brown and purple ink
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible. New Testament
- Christianity
- Psalms (Music)
- Bible
- Notes
- "appointed to be read in churches" -- t.p.
- includes "The Psalms of David in metre; according to the version approved by the Church of England, and appointed to be used in worship"
The Ontario readers : fourth reader
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2928
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.69.1
- Call Number
- 428.6 CAN
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- Canada Publishing Company, Limited.
- Publication Date
- 1885
- Series
- The Ontario readers.
- Physical Description
- 344 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Eric Purris / Milveston / Ontario" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "donated to Heritage Village by Mrs. Constance Campion ne Purris" -- handwritten in pen on endpaper (front). "Eric Purris / Milveston / Ontario" -- handwritten in pencil on flyleaf. "If any body steals this book I will put them in jail. Eric Purris / If Connie" -- handwritten in pencil on flyleaf (back). drawing of horse in back H.M.S. "Cressy", H.M.S. "Mars" -- stickers on back.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Authorized for use in the public schools of Ontario by the Minister of Education."
- Includes index.
Open meeting with William Pritchard and Norman Penner July / August 1973 - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory82
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1688-1919
- Length
- 0:08:51
- Summary
- This portion of the meeting pertains to William Pritchard's thoughts on Socialism and Revolution in their various incantations. He also discusses the political leanings of the arrested Winnipeg Strikers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the meeting pertains to William Pritchard's thoughts on Socialism and Revolution in their various incantations. He also discusses the political leanings of the arrested Winnipeg Strikers.
- Date Range
- 1688-1919
- Photo Info
- William A. Pritchard, Burnaby Reeve 1930-1932 and council member 1928-1930. Item no. 459-016
- Length
- 0:08:51
- Names
- Woodsworth, James Shaver
- Subjects
- Political Theories
- Interview Date
- July / August 1973
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of a open meeting with William Pritchard and writer Norman Penner. Norman Penner is the editor of the book "Winnipeg 1919" about the strike from the striker's perspective. William Pritchard wrote the speech that was included in the book. Audience members were invited to ask Pritchard questions. Major theme discussed is: The Winnipeg General Strike. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- William "Bill" Arthur Pritchard was born on April 3, 1888 in Salford, England, the son of a miner and factory worker. In May 1911, Bill moved to British Columbia and within a week of arriving became an active member of the Socialist Party of Canada. From 1914 to 1917, he served as editor of the Western Clarion – the SPC newspaper. He became such a well-known socialist figure that when he travelled to Winnipeg to participate in the General Strike in 1919, he was one of only seven people arrested and imprisoned for his participation in the event despite the fact that he was in no way directly involved in its planning nor development. In 1922, Bill and his family settled in North Burnaby in the Capitol Hill District. Almost immediately after his arrival, Bill began to advocate for change and a planned development scheme for the municipality. Pritchard ran successfully for the position of Reeve and held the post until the end of 1932. One of Reeve Pritchard’s highest priorities while in office was to attempt to provide work for as many unemployed as possible all the while trying to elicit more support from the provincial and federal governments. Bill was a strong advocate of the belief that relief work should be focused on projects that would see a comprehensive development scheme for Burnaby – including planned sewers, roads and water supply. Despite Bill's best efforts, however, Burnaby was forced into receivership and at the end of 1932, a Provincial Commission stepped in to take over the governance of the city. Reeve Pritchard, having done all he could as a champion of the unemployed, stepped down as Reeve but left behind an undeniable legacy of courage and determination. He was rewarded for his enormous contributions to the city in 1975 when he was chosen to be made a Freeman of Burnaby. William Pritchard died on October 23, 1981. Norman Penner was born in Winnipeg in 1921 to Rose and Jacob Penner and brother to Roland, Ruth and Walter. Their father Jacob was a leading member of the Communist Party and popular Winnipeg Alderman. Norman graduated from high school in 1937 but did not begin university until much later, preferring to begin his adult life from 1938 to 1941 as a full-time officer of the Winnipeg branch of the Communist Party of Canada. From 1941 to 1946 he served with the Canadian Army which included two-and-a-half years of overseas combat duty. On his return to Canada in 1947 he again returned to his duties as a full-time officer with the communist Labour-Progressive Party (formed in 1941 after the Canadian Communist Party was officially banned). After the abortive Hungarian revolution in 1956, Norman Penner resigned from the party and instead worked as a self-employed manufacturer’s sales representative until 1971. In 1964 he decided to go back to school part time and graduated with a BA from the University of Toronto in 1969. He took an MA in 1971 and a PhD in 1975 from the same institution. Penner was hired as a lecturer at York University's Glendon College in 1972 and soon became a professor, continuing to teach until 1995. He wrote extensively on the Canadian left. Penner edited and introduced "Winnipeg 1919: The Strikers' Own History of the Winnipeg General Strike" in 1973, published "The Canadian Left: A Critical Analysis" in 1977 and contributed three chapters to as well as editing "Keeping Canada Together Means Changing Our Thinking" in 1978. He published "Canadian Communism: The Stalin Years and Beyond" in 1988 and "From Protest to Power: Social Democracy in Canada 1900 to Present" in 1992 as well as numerous articles, reviews and book chapters. Norman Penner was married to Norma Lipes for sixty-seven years. The couple had four children: Steve (Mary Ellen Marus); Joyce (Herman Parsons); Gary (Marlene Kadar); and Bob (Shaena Lambert). Norman Penner died April 16, 2009 at the age of eighty-eight.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 1:03:00
- Interviewee Name
- Pritchard, William A.
- Penner, Norman
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- 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.
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Track five of open meeting with William Pritchard and Norman Penner
Track five of open meeting with William Pritchard and Norman Penner
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