Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
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Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
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Correct composition : a treatise on spelling abbreviations, the compounding and division of words, the proper use of figures and numerals, italic and capital letters, notes, etc. with observations on punctuation and proof-reading
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary406
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.30.5
- Call Number
- 655.2 DEV
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Century Co.
- Publication Date
- 1904
- c1902
- Series
- The Practice of Typography
- Printer
- De Vinne Press
- Physical Description
- 476 p. : ill. : 19.5 cm.
- Inscription
- "T.A. L. Leach" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf] "Jan. 30, 1912" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf] "Lace 2.00 _ L" [Handwritten in pencil on back endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Typesetting
- Printing
- Printing--Study and teaching
- Object History
- Book originally owned by Thomas Albert Lorne Leach (1908-1995). Mr. Leach was a radio and television writer and broadcaster.
History of Burnaby and vicinity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.1
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Place of Publication
- [S.l.]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Name Access
- Green, George
- Notes
- Autographed by author
- "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
- Copy 2 of 2
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Image please : early radio broadcasting in British Columbia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5858
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Duffy, Dennis, 1956-
- Publication Date
- 1983
- Call Number
- 384.54 DUF
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 384.54 DUF
- Author
- Duffy, Dennis, 1956-
- Publisher
- Sound and Moving Image Division, Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Govt. Services, Provincial Archives
- Publication Date
- 1983
- Series
- Sound heritage series no. 38
- Physical Description
- iv, 92 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Radio broadcasting
- Radio broadcasters
- Oral history
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibiographical references
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
the school had a
student performance activity he was in his element. While on
the topic of prominent sports figures, Squire Barnes, a good
soccer player, and later with (Global TV), broadcast the floor
hockey games between staff and students.
Intramural games at noon hour were organized by staff
for girls
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
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Pioneer tales of Burnaby
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
e
summer, broadcast journalism students f r o m the British C o l u m b i a Institute of Technology
interviewed pioneers a n d submitted their stories.
Appeals through public libraries a n d rest homes i n Burnaby produced more tales. T h e n i n
the s u m m e r of 1984, I screened the forms f r o m
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
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Plain printing types : a treatise on the processes of type-making, the point system, the names, sizes and styles of types
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary408
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.30.7
- Call Number
- 655.2 DEV
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Oswald Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1925
- Series
- The Practice of Typography
- Physical Description
- 403 p. : ill. : 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "T.A. Lorne Leach / Vancouver, B.C. / 1929" [Handwritten in black ink on front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Type and type-founding
- Printing
- Printing--Specimens
- Object History
- Book originally owned by Thomas Albert Lorne Leach (1908-1995). Mr. Leach was a radio and television writer and broadcaster.
- Notes
- Includes index
Tram memories : in celebration of the restoration of Interurban 1223
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5863
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
of the states. The rest will be burned. I just hope old 1222 isn’t one of them.
TRANSCRIPT OF A BROADCAST BY EILEEN LAURIE (MARCH 2, 1958)
COURTESY OF THE B.C. HYDRO LIBRARY – NO.H0056
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I was born on Price Street between Smith Avenue and Boundary Road so I
used the Central Park interurban for many years
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Contributor
- Friends of Interurban 1223
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Printer
- City of Burnaby Printshop
- Physical Description
- 91 p. : ill., map ;,20 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electric railroads
- Local transit
- Street-railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Name Access
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Notes
- Editor : Pixie McGeachie
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