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A messenger from Santa Claus : and other Christmas stories
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2424
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Scribner, Harvey, 1850-1913
- Publication Date
- 1904
- Call Number
- 813.5 SCR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.257.1
- Call Number
- 813.5 SCR
- Author
- Scribner, Harvey, 1850-1913
- Place of Publication
- Toledo, Ohio
- Publisher
- Franklin Printing & Engraving
- Publication Date
- 1904
- Physical Description
- 191 pages : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christmas
- Christmas fiction
- Short stories
- Notes
- Illustrations by: L. Bang, David L. Stine, Thomas S. Parkhurst
- "By Harvey Scribner author of 'My Mysterious Client' 'The Mystery of an express Robbery etc.'" Tp.
- Stories include:
- A messenger from Santa Claus --
- The ghost of the tower room --
- A visit to Santa Claus --
- The ice king's bride --
- The island witch --
- The magic whistle.
Children's Christmas book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5029
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X3170
- Call Number
- 394.266 CHI
- Place of Publication
- s.l.
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1920
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. : 35 x 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christmas
- Christmas stories
- Children's stories
- Children's literature
- Etiquette for children and teenagers
- Juvenile literature
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Christmas customs and traditions, their history and significance
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary884
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Miles, Clement A.
- Publication Date
- 1976
- Call Number
- 394.2 MIL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0486233545
- Call Number
- 394.2 MIL
- Author
- Miles, Clement A.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dover
- Publication Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 399 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. Mary Hume / 104 CLARK DRIVE / BRANDON, MANITOBA, CANADA", stamped in ink on cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christmas
- Notes
- Reprint of the 1912 ed. published by T. F. Unwin, London under title: Christmas in ritual and tradition, Christian and pagan.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Christmas with Grandma Elsie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3579
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.23
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Series
- Elsie Books
- Printer
- L. Upcott Gill
- Physical Description
- 317 p. : 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children--Conduct of life
- Conduct of life
- Grandmothers
- Intergenerational relations
- Christmas
- Families
- Christian life
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
Santa Claus and his works
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary880
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Webster, Geo. P. (George P.)
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Call Number
- 394.2 WEB
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 394.2 WEB
- Author
- Webster, Geo. P. (George P.)
- Contributor
- Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902
- Place of Publication
- Nevada City, Calif.
- Publisher
- Evergreen
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- [10] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christmas
- Notes
- A reproduction of "Santa and His Works", originally published by McLaughlin Bros. of New York City about 1870.