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Dedication of Burnaby Guide Camp at Wilson Creek
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4540
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jun 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Girl Guides in uniform standing in a circle in a clearing surrounded by woods at Wilson Creek Camp on the Sunshine Coast.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Girl Guides in uniform standing in a circle in a clearing surrounded by woods at Wilson Creek Camp on the Sunshine Coast.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.83
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- Jun 1958
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Loose photographs and slides arranged by Kathryn Raadsheer nee Hardy.
- Notes
- Title based on content of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "K.Hardy/Dedication_of_Burnaby/Guide_Camp/Wilson_Creek"
Images
Easter Camp Sunbury
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription86470
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm on sheet 14 x 19.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of boy scouts at a camp located in Sunbury (River Road in Delta, B.C.). Richard Hardy is identified on the far right and Tom Corbett on the far left of the photograph.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Richard Hardy family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm on sheet 14 x 19.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 570-014
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-16
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of boy scouts at a camp located in Sunbury (River Road in Delta, B.C.). Richard Hardy is identified on the far right and Tom Corbett on the far left of the photograph.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on title on photograph
- Caption on sheet reads: "East Camp, Sunbury 1925"
Images
First Burnaby Company
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4590
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1934-1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 photographs + illustrations + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a scrapbook with sixteeen double sided pages with handwritten journal notations, poems, hand drawn illustrations and photographs documenting 1st Burnaby Girl Guide activities including meetings, hiking, camping and various outings. Many of the journal entries describe hiking around…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 photographs + illustrations + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a scrapbook with sixteeen double sided pages with handwritten journal notations, poems, hand drawn illustrations and photographs documenting 1st Burnaby Girl Guide activities including meetings, hiking, camping and various outings. Many of the journal entries describe hiking around Burnaby including areas such as Deer Lake, Brunette River, Willingdon and the Gilley Avenue Ravine while photographs document a garden party at the Municipal Hall at Edmonds in 1936. Photograph BV015.35.162.1 is titled "Garden Party / 1936" with Brown Owls identified L to R as: Mrs. Gowan, Miss May Dumas and Miss Kay Crossfield. Photograph BV015.35.162.2 is titled " Folk-dancing team / 1936 / Garden Party, Municipal Hall, Edmonds" with people identified in the top row L to R as: Phyllis Lockhart, Margaret Wilson, Marion Bellinger, Betty Martin and Peggy Urquhart and bottom row L to R as: Joan Warburton, Kay Lambert and Joan Mortimer. The scrapbook may have been a collective project by Marion Bellinger, Jean Atcheson, Margaret Wilson and Connie Benning.
- Names
- Atcheson, Jean
- Wilson, Margaret
- Bellinger, Marion
- Dumas, May
- Crossfield, Kay
- Lockhart, Phyllis
- Martin, Betty
- Urquhart, Peggy
- Warburton, Joan
- Lambert, Kay
- Mortimer, Joan
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.162
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1934-1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of scrapbook
- Two photographs are described at item level (BV015.35.162.1 & BV015.35.162.2)
Images
Documents
Girl Guide camp Granthams Landing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4909
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jul 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three Girl Guides seated outside a white canvas tent in the woods at Granthams Landing.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three Girl Guides seated outside a white canvas tent in the woods at Granthams Landing.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.267
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jul 1923
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 6, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Annotations in black ink on page of scrapbook reads: "Girl Guide Camp / Grantham's / Landing / July 1923"
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "554"
- Note in pink pencil on verso of photograph reads: "1923"
- Photograph is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
Images
Girl Guides and Rangers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4564
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jul 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Girl Guides and Rangers in uniform gathered together in the woods. Girls are identifed Back Row L to R as ?, Pat Mitchell, Ruth Crookall, Susan Taylor, Denise Davies, ?, ?, ? and Front Row L to R as Kathy Anderson, Cheryl Lyn Trewin, ?, ?, ?, Kathy Hardy.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Girl Guides and Rangers in uniform gathered together in the woods. Girls are identifed Back Row L to R as ?, Pat Mitchell, Ruth Crookall, Susan Taylor, Denise Davies, ?, ?, ? and Front Row L to R as Kathy Anderson, Cheryl Lyn Trewin, ?, ?, ?, Kathy Hardy.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Raadsheer, Kathryn Hardy
- Anderson, Kathy
- Davies, Denise
- Terwin, Cheryl Lyn
- Taylor, Susan
- Crookall, Ruth
- Mitchell, Pat
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.102
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- Jul 1964
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Loose photographs and slides arranged by Kathryn Raadsheer nee Hardy.
- Notes
- Title based on content of photograph
- Note in blue pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Back_Row / L_to_R_?_;_Pat_Mitchell / Ruth_Crookall_Susan_Taylor / Denise_Davies_?_?_? / Front_Row / Kathy_Anderson_Cheryl_Lyn_Trewin / _ _ _ Kathy_Hardy"
Images
Girl Guides at Queen's Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4904
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 21.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large group of Girl Guides dressed in uniform gathered together for a group photograph on the field at Queen's Park, New Westminster. The photograph appears to have been taken from above.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 21.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large group of Girl Guides dressed in uniform gathered together for a group photograph on the field at Queen's Park, New Westminster. The photograph appears to have been taken from above.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.262
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1923
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 6, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Frank, Leonard
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Embossment in lower right corner of photograph reads: "Leonard Frank / Vancouver, B.C."
- Oval stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Leonard Frank / Photographic Artist / 533 Granville St. / Sey. 1029 Vancouver, B.C."
- Note in ink on verso of photograph reads: "West_1923"
- Note in black grease pencil on verso of photograph reads:"No 3477"
- Photograph is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
Images
Girl Guides on dock
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4912
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jul 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Burnaby Girl Guides in uniform on a dock. They could be waiting to be taken to camp at Granthams Landing where they camped.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Burnaby Girl Guides in uniform on a dock. They could be waiting to be taken to camp at Granthams Landing where they camped.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.270
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jul 1923
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 6, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "263" (circled in pencil)
- Annotations in black ink on page of scrapbook read: "Girl Guide Camp / Grantham's / Landing / July 1923"
- Photograph is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
Images
Girl Guides on ship
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4913
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jul 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Burnaby Girl Guides in uniform on the deck of the ship, Lady Evelyn.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Burnaby Girl Guides in uniform on the deck of the ship, Lady Evelyn.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.271
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jul 1923
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 6, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "263" (circled in pencil)
- Annotations in black ink on page of scrapbook read: "Girl Guide Camp / Grantham's / Landing / July 1923"
- Photograph is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
Images
Girl Guides on ship
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4914
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jul 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia; 11 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of unidentified Burnaby Girl Guides in uniform on the deck of the ship, Lady Evelyn heading to camp at Granthams Landing on the Sunshine Coast. The Girl Guides are seated on a set of stacked wooden crates.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia; 11 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of unidentified Burnaby Girl Guides in uniform on the deck of the ship, Lady Evelyn heading to camp at Granthams Landing on the Sunshine Coast. The Girl Guides are seated on a set of stacked wooden crates.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Recreational Activities - Camping
- Transportation - Ships
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.272
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jul 1923
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 6, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "263" (circled in pencil)
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Girl / Guide / Camp -1923"
- Annotations in black ink on page of scrapbook read: "Girl Guide Camp / Grantham's / Landing / July 1923"
- Photograph is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
Images
Girls in swimsuits
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4600
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four young girls standing together in swim suits outside a canvas tent. Three of the girls are identified as Mildred Jones, Margaret Davie and Mrs. Heywood.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm
- Material Details
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Mildred_Jones_(Bishop) / Margaret_Davie / (Mrs._Heywood) / 1926"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four young girls standing together in swim suits outside a canvas tent. Three of the girls are identified as Mildred Jones, Margaret Davie and Mrs. Heywood.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Sports - Swimming
- Recreational Activities - Camping
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.295
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1926
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Photograph is part of scrapbook BV015.35.166
Images
Group of people outside a log cabin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4542
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Sep 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of girls, boys and a few women posed on the grass outside a log cabin. Some of the people are identified as Beth Hill, Susan Waterhouse, Kathy Hardy, Lynne MacGregor, Anneka Schootman and Marlene.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of girls, boys and a few women posed on the grass outside a log cabin. Some of the people are identified as Beth Hill, Susan Waterhouse, Kathy Hardy, Lynne MacGregor, Anneka Schootman and Marlene.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Schootman, Anneka
- MacGregor, Lynne
- Hill, Beth
- Waterhouse, Susan
- Raadsheer, Kathryn Hardy
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.84
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- Sep 1958
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Loose photographs and slides arranged by Kathryn Raadsheer nee Hardy.
- Notes
- Title based on content of photograph
- Note in blue pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Back_Row_L_to_R/ Beth_Hill/ Susan_Waterhouse/ Kathy_Hardy_?/ Lynn_McGregor [sic] / Anneka_Schootman_?/ Front_Row_on_Right/ end_Marlene"
Images
Group with campfire on the beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Sep 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of people gathered around a campfire on the beach. People are identified Left to Right as Anneke Schootman, Ronna Farrand, Jennifer Webster, Donna and Lynne MacGregor.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of people gathered around a campfire on the beach. People are identified Left to Right as Anneke Schootman, Ronna Farrand, Jennifer Webster, Donna and Lynne MacGregor.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Recreational Activities - Camping
- Geographic Features - Beaches
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.94
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- Sep 1958
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Loose photographs and slides arranged by Kathryn Raadsheer nee Hardy.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Left_to_Right: / Anneke_Schootman / Ronna_Farrand_Jennifer_Webster / Donna / Lynne_MacGregor"
Images
Guide Camp May 15, 1967
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4568
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 15, 1967
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Girl Guides gathered in front of the sign for Camp Olave on the Sunshine Coast. These may be girls from North Burnaby (4th Burnaby Guides) and the leader may be Jean Cleator and the girl on the far right may be Shelley Winters.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Girl Guides gathered in front of the sign for Camp Olave on the Sunshine Coast. These may be girls from North Burnaby (4th Burnaby Guides) and the leader may be Jean Cleator and the girl on the far right may be Shelley Winters.
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.106
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- May 15, 1967
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Loose photographs and slides arranged by Kathryn Raadsheer nee Hardy.
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Images
Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4494
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:11:02 min)
- Scope and Content
- Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the earning and spending of money, household living arrangements, friends, and recreational activities. Bob describes his small businesses, and how he spent the money he earned. He shares his perspective that the self-sufficiency and practicality o…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Growing Up in Burnaby subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (0:11:02 min)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Bob Lowe Date of interview: May 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total length of all Tracks: 0:43:36
- Scope and Content
- Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the earning and spending of money, household living arrangements, friends, and recreational activities. Bob describes his small businesses, and how he spent the money he earned. He shares his perspective that the self-sufficiency and practicality of the people he knew at the time had their origin in the community’s experiences of the First World War. Bob discusses his family’s living arrangements, and how they moved as circumstances required, although they always remained in the same area. Bob recalls his school sporting activities, and the Army Cadets organized in his high school during World War II. He talks of his friends and how they played in the bush, at the millponds, and on Still Creek, and how they could skate on the frozen creek to Burnaby Lake. He describes the hunting and fishing, and the field and water trials for retrievers in the marsh.
- History
- Recording of an interview with Bob Lowe recording by Tom Gooden in 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1930s and 40s.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Organizations - Boys Societies and Clubs
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Sports - Skating
- Names
- Lowe, Robert "Bob"
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake
- Still Creek
- Accession Code
- BV017.45.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 2, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
Interview with Bob Lowe 2005 - Track 2, 1930-1949 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2017_0045_0006_002.mp3
Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 10
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory511
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1952-1990
- Length
- 00:07:45
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s activities with the Parks and Recreation Commission, the relationship between community groups and the Commission, and the development of Central Park. He lists membership in other community groups such as the Historical Society. He also continues …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s activities with the Parks and Recreation Commission, the relationship between community groups and the Commission, and the development of Central Park. He lists membership in other community groups such as the Historical Society. He also continues to describe the activities of the South Burnaby Men’s Club and its change of name to South Burnaby Metrotown Club to include women
- Date Range
- 1952-1990
- Photo Info
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979
- Length
- 00:07:45
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 26, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.
- Total Tracks
- 14
- Total Length
- 01:35:07
- Interviewee Name
- Brown, Donald N. "Don"
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track ten of interview with Don Brown
Track ten of interview with Don Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-016/MSS187-016_Track%2010.mp3
Ivy McGeachie at Topysy Turvy Day Camp
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4843
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie standing in uniform in front of a white tent at "Topsy Turvy Day Camp 1948".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie standing in uniform in front of a white tent at "Topsy Turvy Day Camp 1948".
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.194
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1948
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 3/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
Ivy McGeachie in tent
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4842
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie holding a book and seated on the ground inside a white tent at the Burnaby District Camp in Aldergrove, B.C.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie holding a book and seated on the ground inside a white tent at the Burnaby District Camp in Aldergrove, B.C.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.193
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1948
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 2/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
Lady Evelyn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4911
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jul 1923
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the ship, Lady Evelyn coming into dock. The Girl Guides took this ship to camp from the lower mainland to Granthams Landing, Sunshine Coast.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the ship, Lady Evelyn coming into dock. The Girl Guides took this ship to camp from the lower mainland to Granthams Landing, Sunshine Coast.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.269
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jul 1923
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 6, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "A71"
- Annotations in black ink on page of scrapbook reads: "Girl Guide Camp / Grantham's / Landing / July 1923"
- Photograph is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
Images
![The Magic Forest, [194-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0171_001.jpg?width=280)
The Magic Forest
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4819
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of unidentified members of the 5th Burnaby Brownie Pack dressed in white bunny costumes. The Brownies are dressed in costume to perform "The Magic Forest" story at the Girl Guide Rally at the Hastings Auditorium. The group of girls are gathered together on the floor of the auditorium wit…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of unidentified members of the 5th Burnaby Brownie Pack dressed in white bunny costumes. The Brownies are dressed in costume to perform "The Magic Forest" story at the Girl Guide Rally at the Hastings Auditorium. The group of girls are gathered together on the floor of the auditorium with members of the audience in the bleachers behind them.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.171
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [194-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- March 8, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Label beneath photograph reads: "BROWNIES IN WHITE. BROWNIES' CONTRIBUTION TO THE GIRL / GUIDE RALLY SATURDAY NIGHT AT HASTINGS AUDITORIUM CONSISTED / OF A FANTASY STORY KNOWN TO ALL / THEIR MEMBERS."
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "5th Brownie Pack" 1948-1965 Item BV015.35.156
Images
![The Magic Forest, [194-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0171_001.jpg)
Miss Brown and Alice Ellett
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4599
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Miss Brown (nurse) and Alice Ellett seated on the ground in front of a canvas tent at a camp in Sechelt.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm
- Material Details
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Miss_Brown_(Nurse) / & / Alice_Ellett / Camp_at_Sechelt / 1926"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Miss Brown (nurse) and Alice Ellett seated on the ground in front of a canvas tent at a camp in Sechelt.
- Other Title Information
- Transcribed title
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.294
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1926
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Photograph is part of scrapbook BV015.35.166
Images
