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Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- 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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Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7493
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- First
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Call Number
- 971.100497 BVM
the responsibility for stewardship of these prime
resource areas in what is now the Metro Vancouver
area. Cranberry harvesting sites were once located
in the region near Burns Bog, Burnaby Lake, Deer
Lake, and Pacific Spirit Park near the University of
British Columbia (UBC). Families were responsible
for caring
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV019.64.1
- Call Number
- 971.100497 BVM
- Edition
- First
- Contributor
- Kwantlen First Nation
- Sḵwx̱wú7mesh First Nation
- Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
- ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History
- Indigenous peoples--Canada--History
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Languages
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Societies, etc.
- Name Access
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Object History
- 2019 version of working document developed by Burnaby Village Museum in collaboration with a number of First Nations partners over the course of several years. We recognize that Burnaby falls within the shared, ancestral and unceded territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking people. We equally respect each of the Nations who share territory in Burnaby, and invite and welcome their ongoing participation in developing the contents of the Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide.
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Digital Books
Journeys of hope : challenging discrimination and building on Vancouver Chinatown's legacies
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7441
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Yu, Henry, 1967-
- Publication Date
- 2018
- Call Number
- 971.133 YU
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780993659317
- Call Number
- 971.133 YU
- Author
- Yu, Henry, 1967-
- Contributor
- Ling, Sarah
- Shen, Szu
- Wong, Baldwin
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia, Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies
- Publication Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- 116 p. : ill. (some color) ; 26 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese--British Columbia--Vancouver--Social conditions
- Chinese--British Columbia--Vancouver--History
- Race discrimination--British Columbia--Vancouver--History
- Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)--History
- Vancouver (B.C.)--Race relations--History
- Notes
- Text in English and traditional Chinese
- Contributors: Editors: Sarah Ling, Szu Shen, Baldwin Wong
- Transaltor: Szu Shen
S. Dale Standen fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88376
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2014
- Collection/Fonds
- S. Dale Standen fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one book, titled "Standens and McQueens: A Canadian Story of Migrant Families" written and published by S. Dale Standen.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2014
- Collection/Fonds
- S. Dale Standen fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-30
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one book, titled "Standens and McQueens: A Canadian Story of Migrant Families" written and published by S. Dale Standen.
- History
- Sydney Drysdale (Dale) Standen was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1942. That same year, his parents, Sydney (Sid) and Effie Standen (nee McQueen) moved his family west to Burnaby, following the McQueen family who moved here in 1941. Dale grew up with his family in South Burnaby from 1942 to 1963, first living on Miller Avenue and later at 3842 Imperial Street. His youngest brother Eric was born in Vancouver in 1947 and his two elder brothers Neil (born in 1939) and Phil (born in 1932) were born in Saskatchewan. His brother Phil died tragically during an RCAF training exercise in 1955 and was buried at Ocean View cemetery in Burnaby. Dale's parents were devoted to church work in West Burnaby United Church (formerly Jubilee Henderson Presbyterian Church) on Sussex Avenue. Dale's father, Sid, taught at Nelson Avenue School in 1949 and from 1950 at Burnaby South High School. After 1962, he taught at North Burnaby High School and then Burnaby Central High School as head of their math departments. He supplemented his teacher's income by marking Departmental exams in Victoria. He enjoyed coaching high school sports and was largely responsible for organizing high school boys curling in Greater Vancouver. Sid Standen retired from teaching in 1971. Dale graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 1963, a Masters of Arts degree from University of Oregon in 1965, and a PhD from University of Toronto in 1975. He was employed as an instructor at Vancouver City College from 1965 to 1967, a Professor at Trent University from 1971 to 2006, and Professor Emeritus of History from 2006 to present. At Trent, he served terms as Chair of the Department of History and Principal of Lady Eaton College. From 1986 to 1987, he was seconded to the History Division of the Canadian Museum of Civilization as Principal Historian, New France Section, and participated in the development of the Canada Hall exhibits. His research interests include the history of New France, particularly the fur trade and French Aboriginal relations, and applied/public history, especially museums. His interests have involved him in serving on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Canoe Museum and assisting the Design Team in the development of the Museum's millennium exhibits which were completed in 2001. He served a term as President of the French Colonial History Society, and is a past member of the Board of the Champlain Society. Dale's mother, Effie, died in Burnaby in 1965. His father, Sydney, remarried in 1967 to Gladys Marshall and they continued to live in the Standen home on Imperial Street until 1972. Dale inherited his family records and photographs following the death of his father in 1975 and, with some help from his brothers and other relatives, wrote a history of his parents’ families. Original family photos and records are held in the Trent University Archives.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Standen, Sydney Drysdale "Dale"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds.
- MSS189
- Original records are held with the Trent University Archives: the Standen-McQueen Family fonds 14-014; and the William Standen fonds 87-006.
Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1179
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282877
- Call Number
- 971.1 PRI COPY 1
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby, Community Heritage Commission
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- iv, 92 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "To Burnaby Village Museum / Harry Pride", handwritten in ink on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Moore family
- Hart House (Burnaby, B.C.)--History
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Pioneers
- Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 87) and index.
- Signed by the author.
- 2 copies held : copy 1.
Digital Books
BC Studies : Native peoples and colonialism, special double issue, numbers 115/116, Autumn/Winter 1997/98
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7444
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 917.11 BCS
- Contributor
- Harris, Cole, 1936-
- Barman, Jean, 1939-
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia
- Publication Date
- 1998
- Series
- BC Studies
- Physical Description
- 307 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia--History
- Notes
- Contributor: "Co-editors: Cole Harris and Jean Barman" -- front end paper
- ISSN : 0005-2949
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- 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.
Digital Books
Bishop Hills
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66412
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1984
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a transcript of Bishop Hills diaries prepared by Pixie McGeachie's friend Cyrus E.H. Williams, who was an archivist at the Anglican Archives at the University of British Columbia.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1984
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie collection
- Physical Description
- 4 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS065-020
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a transcript of Bishop Hills diaries prepared by Pixie McGeachie's friend Cyrus E.H. Williams, who was an archivist at the Anglican Archives at the University of British Columbia.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Originally housed in two folders, both titled "Bishop Hills"
Francis Rattenbury and British Columbia : architecture and challenge in the Imperial Age
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary995
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0774801786
- 9780774801782
- Call Number
- 720.92 BAR
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date
- 1983
- Physical Description
- xii, 391 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Architects
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-381) and index.
British Columbia houses : guide to the styles of domestic architecture in British Columbia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary997
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0888650167
- 9780888650160
- Call Number
- 728.09 CHA
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver]
- Publisher
- Western Education Development Group, Centre for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction, University of British Columbia
- Publication Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- ix, 214 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Dwellings
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Buildings - Heritage
- Notes
- Subtitle on cover: A workbook for secondary art & home economics students.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-204).
Atlas of British Columbia : people, environment, and resource use
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1091
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0774800925
- 9780774800921
- Call Number
- 912.711 FAR
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- viii, 135 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 x 36 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia--Maps
- British Columbia--Population--Maps
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, UBC
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3669
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item is Harold Winch's Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and accompanying speaking notes introducing Winch.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item is Harold Winch's Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and accompanying speaking notes introducing Winch.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.26
- Date
- 1973
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
The British Columbia Electric Railway Company, 1897-1928 : a British company in British Columbia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5204
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Roy, Patricia, 1939-
- Publication Date
- 1970
- Call Number
- 388.46 ROY
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 388.46 ROY
- Author
- Roy, Patricia, 1939-
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia
- Publication Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- ix, 405 p. : ill., maps. ; 30 cm.
- Notes
- Thesis/dissertation, Manuscript
UBC Alumni Chronicle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66117
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Item is the Golden Anniversary Alumni Association of the University of British Columbia Alumni Chronicle.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 42719
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is the Golden Anniversary Alumni Association of the University of British Columbia Alumni Chronicle.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Symposium on the port of Vancouver, June 20-24, 1966 : proceedings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1122
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.1 COL
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver]
- Publication Date
- 1966
- Physical Description
- 100 p. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Harbors--British Columbia--Vancouver
Burnaby Heritage Advisory Committee papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58192
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Heritage Advisory Committee including newspaper clippings, a UBC (University of British Columbia) Alumni Chronicle and a Heritage Advisory Committee membership list.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1963-1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS061-032
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Heritage Advisory Committee including newspaper clippings, a UBC (University of British Columbia) Alumni Chronicle and a Heritage Advisory Committee membership list.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Veterinary guide for farmers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7283
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New and rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1963
- Call Number
- 636.089 STA
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.68.36
- Call Number
- 636.089 STA
- Edition
- New and rev. ed.
- Contributor
- Burch, D. S. (Dallas Stockwell), 1886-
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Hawthorn Books
- Publication Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "Nov 13 1968 Pharmaceutical Association of the Province of British Columbia ###-207 W. Hastings St Vancouver, BC" [stamped on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Veterinary medicine
- Notes
- Author's given name and date: G. W. Stamm (Gustav William), 1890-
- "Edited by Dallas S. Burch, formerly, Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture". - - title page
- Includes index.
Don McQueen fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88836
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1961-1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Don McQueen fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 99 photographs (35 large b&w prints; 36 medium b&w prints; 15 small b&w prints; 5 large b&w panoramas) + 0.5 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a scrapbook organized by Don McQueen containing photographs, newspaper articles, and clippings from the Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association (FVMPA) newsletter "Fraser Valley Milk Break". The scrapbook documents and chronologizes the planning, construction, and implementation …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1961-1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Don McQueen fonds
- Physical Description
- 99 photographs (35 large b&w prints; 36 medium b&w prints; 15 small b&w prints; 5 large b&w panoramas) + 0.5 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2015-10
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a scrapbook organized by Don McQueen containing photographs, newspaper articles, and clippings from the Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association (FVMPA) newsletter "Fraser Valley Milk Break". The scrapbook documents and chronologizes the planning, construction, and implementation of the FVMPA Plant located on Lougheed Highway in Burnaby as well as providing some background history on this organization.
- History
- Don McQueen was born September 7, 1918, in Wilkie, Saskatchewan, and was the son of Thomas Kerningham McQueen (1873-1948) and Ethel (Badley) McQueen (1889-1981) and brother to Tom Alexander McQueen (1920-1999). In 1924, Don moved with his family from Wilkie, Saskatchewan, to North Vancouver, where they lived until 1930 when they moved to Burnaby. In 1942, Don moved back to North Vancouver, and in 1951, he settled in West Vancouver. As a child, Don attended Queen Mary Elementary School in North Vancouver, followed by attending Burnaby North High School and completing a degree in Engineering at the University of British Columbia in 1948. Don married Rosina Amelia Hewett in 1942 and together they had four children: Donald James (Winnie) McQueen; Rose Anne (Wayne) McQueen; Robin Elaine (Robert) McQueen; and Robert Douglas McQueen. Following the death of Don's first wife, Rosina, in 1966, Don was married three more times, beginning with Laverne Cyr, followed by Marian Schreiber and Gregoria Noble. He had seven grandchildren: Tanja, Mark, Todd, Karina, Morgan, Anthony, and Kosal. During World War II, Don worked at Boeing Air Craft, building planes, and after the war, from 1945 until 1948, he worked at the shipyards in North Vancouver. In 1948, he joined Dairyland, which was affiliated with the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association (FVMPA), working as the head of Engineering until his retirement in 1980. Building the FVMPA plant, which opened in 1964, was a highlight of his career, where he was employed as the lead Engineer in creating a state-of-the-art plant located at Lougheed Highway and Sperling Avenue in Burnaby. Don spent three years directing research investigations into modern dairies and ice cream plants throughout Canada and the USA. This plant served the FVMPA for many years to come, and his dedication resulted in giving hundreds of hours of overtime for which he was never paid. The FVPMA was organized by farmers to protect the quality and price of milk. It was granted its charter on June 18th, 1913, and the organization was represented by farmers of every district in the Fraser Valley with 22 locals. In 1919, the Association purchased manufacturing plants and a milk company, and in 1920, the firm acquired another milk company and condensery. In 1923, the FVPMA became the first Canadian dairy organization to establish a quality control laboratory and employ a bacteriologist, and in 1943, the Association established Dairyland dairies. The original headquarters for the FVMPA was located at 425 W. 8th Avenue in Vancouver and as a result of FVMPA's growing success and need for expansion, a modern plant was opened in Burnaby in 1964. The four-million-dollar plant was built on a 24-acre site located at Sperling and Lougheed Highway. This location also housed the association's head office, the Dairyland Fluid Milk Division plant and offices, the Arctic Ice Cream Division plant and offices and the Concentrated Milk Division (Pacific Evaporated and Powder) sales and offices. The facility included a processing plant, service block, garage, primary and secondary mechanical and electrical services, and air conditioned office space. The general contract to build the plant was awarded to John Laing and Son (Canada) Ltd. and was overseen by the FVMPA engineering department, headed by D.R. McQueen, P. Eng. Don belonged to the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. (APEGB) from 1948, was a founding member of the Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver, and between 1950 and the 1960s, was a director on the board for the West Vancouver YMCA. Don had many hobbies including Russian ballet, kinesiology, drawing, photography, sailing, canoeing, and teaching ballroom dancing and downhill skiing. He competed in fencing in the Empire Games in the 1950s and was slated to canoe for Canada in the 1940 Olympics but was prevented by the war. He was a carpenter and handyman, beginning with building his first sailboat at 12 years of age, and later enjoyed building and restoring furniture. Don passed away on October 22, 2017 at the age of 99.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- McQueen, Don
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- MSS193, photo catalogue 588
BC Sculpture 58
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription90371
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Municipal Records collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Exhibition catalogue for the centennial open air sculpture exhibition entitled "BC Sculpture 58". The exhibition was put together by members of the Northwest Institute of Sculpture in association with UBC's Department of University Extension, BC Centennial Committee, and the Municipality of Burnab…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Municipal Records collection
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 60743
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- 2016-19
- Scope and Content
- Exhibition catalogue for the centennial open air sculpture exhibition entitled "BC Sculpture 58". The exhibition was put together by members of the Northwest Institute of Sculpture in association with UBC's Department of University Extension, BC Centennial Committee, and the Municipality of Burnaby. The exhibition was displayed at two locations: the University of British Columbia from July 9 to August 22, 1958 and Burnaby Municipal Hall from August 29 to mid-September 1958. Artists who participated in the exhibition and whose work is included in the catalogue are: Joan Brandvold, Franz Carius, Alfred E. Carlsen, Gerhard Hans Class, Robert Clothier, Vivian Cousland, Lilias M. Farley, Otto B. Fischer-Credo, Jack K. Harman, Marvin Richard Levitt, David Marshall, Elza Mayhew, George Norris, Peter Ochs, Frank Perry, Jan Zach, Thomas Kakinuma, Olea Davis, and Santo Mignosa.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Robert Prittie collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97231
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Prittie collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 20 cm of textual records and 120 b&w and col. prints.
- Scope and Content
- Records consist of papers created and collected by Robert Prittie, former Mayor of Burnaby. Records include photographs of Mayor Prittie during official City functions as well as the textual records that he created and collected during his political career, including election materials.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Prittie collection
- Physical Description
- 20 cm of textual records and 120 b&w and col. prints.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2009-13
- Scope and Content
- Records consist of papers created and collected by Robert Prittie, former Mayor of Burnaby. Records include photographs of Mayor Prittie during official City functions as well as the textual records that he created and collected during his political career, including election materials.
- History
- Born in North Vancouver on December 5, 1919, Robert “Bob” William Prittie was the first of four sons born to Wilmot Prittie and Mary Adair. As a child, his health was weaker than younger brothers Bill, Eric, and Halford, as he suffered from Polio and asthma. Bob was an industrious youth who left school early to work in a department store warehouse. At the outbreak of World War II, Bob enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force and spent the duration of the war serving on the ground in Canada at the Patricia Bay Air Force Base and the No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School in Manitoba, completing his high school education through correspondence courses. While at the Patricia Bay Air Force Base, he met pre-school teacher Grace King of Sidney, Vancouver Island. By 1940, they were married and soon after, had their first son, Robert King. In 1945, Bob was discharged from the air force with the rank of sergeant and entered the University of British Columbia, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in history. After the war, Bob spent a few years working in Ottawa as a foreign-service officer, but he returned to UBC in 1949, receiving a diploma in education (post-graduate studies at Laval University and Western Washington State College). Bob returned to Burnaby in 1950, following the tragic death of their son. Bob immediately began teaching. Over the next 13 years, he taught at Sperling Avenue School, McPherson Park Junior High School, Burnaby South High School, and Burnaby North High School. He and Grace went on to have three more children: Heather in 1951; Bruce in 1953; and Ian in 1955. In 1959, he was elected to serve as a member of the municipal Council, re-elected and serving until the end of his term in 1962, when he left to serve as Member of Parliament for the Burnaby-Richmond riding. He held that office until 1968. In January 1969, Bob first took office as Mayor of Burnaby and in that capacity served on the GVRD as a Director for a number of years. In May of 1973, Bob decided to resign as Mayor of Burnaby in order to take up a position as Assistant Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs. In 1975, he was appointed as the Minister of Municipal Affairs, a post he held for a short time. After his tenure as Minister, Bob retired from public life and he and his second wife Isobel Pothecary moved to Victoria. Isobel had three children from a previous marriage: Alan; Deirdre; and Fiona. Bob left an enduring legacy for the citizens of Burnaby as a champion of schools, libraries, and parks and recreation programs. In 1978, he was awarded the title of Freeman of the Municipality. In 1991, a new branch of the Burnaby Public Library was opened and named after him. His status as Freeman and the naming of the library in his honour are testament to his record of service and dedication to the community and its citizens. Bob died on January 14, 2002.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Photo catalogue 505, MSS128