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The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume eight ; from A. D. 1899 to A. D. 1906
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1666
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.8
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.8
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.8
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 355 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 8 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume five ; from A. D. 1648 to A. D. 1776
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1663
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.5
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.5
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.5
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 329 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 5 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume four ; from A. D. 1493 to A. D. 1648
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1662
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.4
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.4
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 331 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 4 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume nine ; from A. D. 1906 to A. D. 1911
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1667
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.9
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.9
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.9
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 353 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 9 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume one ; from the world's beginning to B. C. 208
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1659
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.1
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.1
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 358 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "R. H. Tate 389 Ker Cir" [handwritten in blue ink on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 1 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume seven ; from A. D. 1848 to A. D. 1899
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.7
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.7
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.7
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 325 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 7 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume six ; from A. D. 1776 to A. D. 1848
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1664
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.6
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.6
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.6
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 359 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 6 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume ten ; from A. D. 1911 to A. D. 1913
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1668
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.10
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.10
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.10
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 355 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 10 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton Includes index
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume three : from A. D. 1194 to A. D. 1492
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1661
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.3
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.3
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 299 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 3 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's great events : an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day, volume two ; from B. C. 207 to A. D. 1193
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1660
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.2
- Call Number
- 909 SIN v.2
- Edition
- New standard ed.
- Contributor
- Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- Collier Press
- Physical Description
- 361 p., plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "R. H. Tate 389 Ker Cir" [handwritten in blue ink on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World history
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Volume 2 of 10 Edited by Esther Singleton
The world's one hundred best short stories [in ten volumes] : volume ten humor
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2574
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.74.17
- Call Number
- 808.8 OVE v. 10
- Contributor
- Overton, Grant M. (Grant Martin), 1887-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls Company
- Publication Date
- c1927
- Physical Description
- 224 p. ; 16 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Short stories
- Notes
- Grant Overton, Editor-in-Chief
- Author full name given as follows: Overton, Grant M. (Grant Martin), 1887-1930.
- includes index.
The world's one hundred best short stories [in ten volumes] : volume two romance
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2207
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.3.16
- Call Number
- 808.8 OVE v. 2
- Contributor
- Overton, Grant M. (Grant Martin), 1887-1930
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls Company
- Publication Date
- c1927
- Physical Description
- 280 p. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "Evelyn Charles" [written in blue ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Short stories
- Notes
- Grant Overton, Editor-in-Chief
- Author full name given as follows: Overton, Grant M. (Grant Martin), 1887-1930.
![World War One nurse, [between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/1977_0123_0015_001.jpg?width=280)
World War One nurse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription609
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman in a World War One nursing uniform, taken in a photographic studio. She is holding the back of a chair, and the painted backdrop shows arches. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies this photograph as Winnie (Winnie Hill Rowe, daughter of Bernard Hill) when she …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman in a World War One nursing uniform, taken in a photographic studio. She is holding the back of a chair, and the painted backdrop shows arches. An accompanying note in the accession file identifies this photograph as Winnie (Winnie Hill Rowe, daughter of Bernard Hill) when she went to England as a nurse during WWI.
- Accession Code
- HV977.123.15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-18
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![World War One nurse, [between 1914 and 1918] (date of original), copied 1977 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/1977_0123_0015_001.jpg)
![Wray family, [1919] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0439_0002_001.jpg?width=280)
Wray family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription215
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1919]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Wray family and friends on the verandah of their home at 2351 Dow Road (old street number), during the summer of 1919. The three depicted in the centre of the photograph are (l to r) a daughter of Mr and Mrs Wray, Mr. Edward Wray, and Mrs. Wray. On either side of them, there is a …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, t. "Mr + Mrs Wray + their daughter (middle/ three) on verandah of their home/ at 2351 Dow Rd.", l.l. "taken - summer of/ 1919"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Wray family and friends on the verandah of their home at 2351 Dow Road (old street number), during the summer of 1919. The three depicted in the centre of the photograph are (l to r) a daughter of Mr and Mrs Wray, Mr. Edward Wray, and Mrs. Wray. On either side of them, there is a young woman, and a boy is sitting on the top of the stairs leading to the verandah. There is also a dog standing on the steps.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Geographic Access
- Dow Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Dow Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.439.2
- Date
- [1919]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 16-Jan-24
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Wray family, [1919] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0439_0002_001.jpg)
![Wray family house, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0439_0003_001.jpg?width=280)
Wray family house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription216
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [192-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Wray family house located at 2351 Dow Road (old street number). Note the ladders and minor construction on the verandah. There are brambles, weeds and tall plants growing around the house.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, t. "Home of Mr + Mrs Edward Wray/ 2351 Dow Road. (with half/ of verandah filled in)", stamped upside down, l.r. "0020"
- The name "velox" is lightly printed on the back of the photo paper: thus, the photograph is printed on Kodak velox photo paper made in early 1900s for amateur photography.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Wray family house located at 2351 Dow Road (old street number). Note the ladders and minor construction on the verandah. There are brambles, weeds and tall plants growing around the house.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Geographic Access
- Dow Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Dow Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.439.3
- Date
- [192-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 16-Jan-24
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Wray family house, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_0439_0003_001.jpg)
![Wrecked rail cars, [May 1913] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/197900540001.jpg?width=280)
Wrecked rail cars
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1429
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [May 1913]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vanco…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vancouver, B.C. / May - 1913." The accession register speculates that the photograph may be of an accident on the Great Northern line at Sperling.
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- HV979.54.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [May 1913]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Wrecked rail cars, [May 1913] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/197900540001.jpg)
Wrigley's British Columbia Directory, part 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1166
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1025 WRI
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Wrigley Directories
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 3 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia
- Directories
Wrigley's British Columbia Directory, part 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5469
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1025 WRI
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Wrigley Directories
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 3 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia
- Directories
Wrigley's British Columbia Directory, part 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5470
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1025 WRI
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Wrigley Directories
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 3 v. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia
- Directories
Writings of Mabel E.H. Hawkshaw
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19355
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1925-1935
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a collection of written work by Mable E.H. Hawkshaw. File includes a letter written by Mabel E.H. Hawkshaw, March 23, 1925 to Reeve and Councillors of Burnaby seeking support for the first Burnaby May Day to be held on 23rd of May, 1925; a newspaper clipping dated January 26, 1926 …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a collection of written work by Mable E.H. Hawkshaw. File includes a letter written by Mabel E.H. Hawkshaw, March 23, 1925 to Reeve and Councillors of Burnaby seeking support for the first Burnaby May Day to be held on 23rd of May, 1925; a newspaper clipping dated January 26, 1926 with headline "Burnaby May Day Committee Elects Officers and General Executive" (concerning the second Burnaby May Day to be held in May of 1926); three copies of publication "The Periscope" with articles written in 1935 by Mabel Hawkshaw under her pen name of "Percy Egerton Sterling" and one copy of "The Covenant Clarion" with article "An Acient Lineage" written by M.H. (Mable Hawkshaw).
- Accession Code
- HV982.25.2
- Date
- 1925-1935
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-13
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Articles published in "The Periscope" by Percy Egerton Sterling include: "Early Story of the White Race" (Volume 2 - Number 3 - January 1935); "In the Beginning" (Volume 2 - Number 4 - February 1935); "The Son's of Laughter -- Sax - Ons" (Volume 2 - Number 7 - June 1935).
- Article by Mable Hawkshaw included in "The Covenant Clarion" (Volume 1 - June 1935 - No. 11) titled "An Ancient Lineage)