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Intercession service on anniversary of declaration of war

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915-1918

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence discussing the preparations for provincial patriotic celebrations held in 1915, 1916, and 1917 commemorating the declaration of World War One. File also includes a speech delivered by Lieutenant-Governor Barnard on August 4th, 1915, at the Victoria Patriotic Demonstrat…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915-1918

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2787

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence discussing the preparations for provincial patriotic celebrations held in 1915, 1916, and 1917 commemorating the declaration of World War One. File also includes a speech delivered by Lieutenant-Governor Barnard on August 4th, 1915, at the Victoria Patriotic Demonstration, and programme books and notice of services. As well, there is also a telegram of November 11, 1918 from the City Reeve to the Governor General of Canada and General Currie in France to offer congratulations to Canadian soldiers on the end of World War One.

Media Type: Textual Record

In the Irish brigade : a tale of war in Flanders and Spain

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902

Publication Date: 1901

Call Number: 823.8 HEN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV001.1.33

Call Number: 823.8 HEN

Author: Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Blackie and Son

Publication Date: 1901

Series: Popular Edition

Printer: Blackie & Son

Physical Description: vi, 384, 32 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill.

Inscription: "To Eric / From Minnie & George / Xmas 1925", [Handwritten in blue and black ink on front endpaper, centre.]

Library Subject (LOC): Fiction--20th century; Juvenile fiction; Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746

Notes: Author's given name and dates: Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902.

Jimmy Chow working on "Rainbow War"

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1985]

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of property master Jimmy Chow working with set decorator, Jim Ericson (left) and director, Bob Rogers (seated) on the short film "Rainbow War". The film was created for Expo 86.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Series: Property master photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of property master Jimmy Chow working with set decorator, Jim Ericson (left) and director, Bob Rogers (seated) on the short film "Rainbow War". The film was created for Expo 86.

Subjects: Industries - Film; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"

Accession Code: BV022.21.50

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1985]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-03-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Hipman "Jimmy" Chow also used the name "James H. Chow" as a propety master in the film industry and was often credited by this name

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Leave of Absence for War- 72nd Battlion

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 80422

Meeting Date: 13-Sep-1915

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 80422

Meeting Date: 13-Sep-1915

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 80422

13-Sep-1915 Meeting Minutes

Memorial and letters of Rev. John R. Adams, D.D.: chaplain of the Fifth Maine and the One hundred and twenty first New York regiments during the war of the rebellion, serving from the beginning to the close

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Adams, Albert Egerton; Adams, John Macgregor

Publication Date: 1890

Call Number: 921 ADA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV975.30.5

Call Number: 921 ADA

Author: Adams, Albert Egerton; Adams, John Macgregor

Place of Publication: Cambridge, [Mass.]

Publisher: University Press; John Wilson and Son

Publication Date: 1890

Physical Description: 242 p.

Library Subject (LOC): United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maine.--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army

Notes: "This volume is printed for private distribution among our father's friends and acquaintances, many of whom remember him with affection, and recall his helpfulness with gratitude. -- John Macgregor Adams. Albert Egerton Adams."; "Privately printed."

The naval air war in Korea

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Hallion, Richard, 1948-

Publication Date: 1988; c1986

Call Number: 951.9 HAL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV991.45.226

ISBN: 9780821722671

Call Number: 951.9 HAL

Author: Hallion, Richard, 1948-

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Kensington Pub. Corp.

Publication Date: 1988; c1986

Series: Zebra book.

Physical Description: 383 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Korean War, 1950-1953--Aerial operations, American; United States. Navy--Aviation

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm

Object History: Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site in October 1991

Notice of Motion re: Post-War Rehabilitation

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 70419

Meeting Date: 8-Nov-1943

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 70419

Meeting Date: 8-Nov-1943

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 70419

8-Nov-1943 Meeting Minutes

Offer to Donate Lumber for a Shelter in Which to House War Trophies

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 736208

Meeting Date: 27-Sep-1920

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 736208

Meeting Date: 27-Sep-1920

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 736208

27-Sep-1920 Meeting Minutes

Official history of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, volume 2, the Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Nicholson, G. W. L. (Gerald William Lingen), 1902-1980

Publication Date: 1957

Call Number: 940.537 STA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 940.537 STA

Author: Nicholson, G. W. L. (Gerald William Lingen), 1902-1980

Contributor: Bond, Courtney C. J.

Place of Publication: Ottawa

Publisher: E. Cloutier, Queen's Printer

Publication Date: 1957

Physical Description: 3 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Canada. Canadian Army--History; World War, 1939-1945--Canada

Notes: Contents: v. 1. Six years of war : the Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific, by C.P. Stacey.--v. 2. The Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945, by G.W.L. Nicholson.--v. 3. The Victory Campaign : the operations in North-West Europe, 1944-1945, C.P. Stacey.; Volumes 1 and 2 held.