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Individual Income Tax Return
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66112
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a blank 1959 Individual Income Tax Return form.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pixie McGeachie subseries
- Physical Description
- 3 p.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 42714
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-08
- Scope and Content
- Item is a blank 1959 Individual Income Tax Return form.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
School files - Edmonds Community School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66600
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-2006
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to Edmonds Community School (formerly Edmonds Elementary-Junior High School).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-2006
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- School files subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 43082
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to Edmonds Community School (formerly Edmonds Elementary-Junior High School).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
C. B. Riley Home - Western Homes & Living photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95583
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) and 3 p. of textual records (tiff, psd)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a digitized copy of the article "Where Space is No Problem," from the March 1959 issue of Western Homes & Living Magazine, and related photographs. The article reports on the C. B. Riley home (formerly the F.J. Hart Estate "Avalon"; now Hart House) and includes floor plans and phot…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) and 3 p. of textual records (tiff, psd)
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 625-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2021-10
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a digitized copy of the article "Where Space is No Problem," from the March 1959 issue of Western Homes & Living Magazine, and related photographs. The article reports on the C. B. Riley home (formerly the F.J. Hart Estate "Avalon"; now Hart House) and includes floor plans and photographs of the house taken by Selwyn Pullan. Photographs in this file, which are also printed in the article, depict the kitchen and the exterior of the home.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Heritage
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Photographer
- Pullan, Selwyn
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
- Street Address
- 6664 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Municipal Design series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription175
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consist of records created as a result of the activities involved in the physical management of the Municipal Hall, parking lots, and Works Yard. The records include: plans, maps, architectural and technical material, reports, correspondence, and memoranda.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Series
- Municipal Design series
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consist of records created as a result of the activities involved in the physical management of the Municipal Hall, parking lots, and Works Yard. The records include: plans, maps, architectural and technical material, reports, correspondence, and memoranda.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Fire Chiefs' Association - Programme for 28th Annual Fire College of British Columbia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription2073
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Textual records and graphic material
- Scope and Content
- A programme from 1959 featuring a photograph of Burnaby Municipal Hall on the cover.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual records and graphic material
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 3947
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- A programme from 1959 featuring a photograph of Burnaby Municipal Hall on the cover.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- This item was found in a large white envelope with "Problem and Profile Report for Burnaby Heritage Village Museum," 1980.
Pamphlets regarding nuclear attack preparedness
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription2228
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Fire Department fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- Nine pamphlets (some are duplicates) from the Burnaby Fire Department regarding nuclear attack preparedness. Pamphlet titles include: "Your Basement Fallout Shelter," "Survival in Likely Target Areas," and "Your Emergency Pack."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Fire Department fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 4117
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- Nine pamphlets (some are duplicates) from the Burnaby Fire Department regarding nuclear attack preparedness. Pamphlet titles include: "Your Basement Fallout Shelter," "Survival in Likely Target Areas," and "Your Emergency Pack."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Bessie Choate papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57742
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to research on the life of Robert Burnaby and the location of his grave site between Bessie Choate, Leicester Lord Mayor Sidney Brown and others, as well as Bessie Choate's papers pertaining to the St. Columbia's Anglican Church Wom…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Robert Burnaby subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS006-001
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to research on the life of Robert Burnaby and the location of his grave site between Bessie Choate, Leicester Lord Mayor Sidney Brown and others, as well as Bessie Choate's papers pertaining to the St. Columbia's Anglican Church Woman's Auxillary.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Choate, Bessie Perley
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Burnaby Courier, Wednesday, November 25, 1959
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57768
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 25, 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 4 p. of newsprint
- Scope and Content
- Item is four pages of newsprint from Volume XXIV, No. 47 of the Burnaby Courier featuring an article entitled, "G. Jeffery Ex-policeman, Youth Worker".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 25, 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 4 p. of newsprint
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS013-014
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is four pages of newsprint from Volume XXIV, No. 47 of the Burnaby Courier featuring an article entitled, "G. Jeffery Ex-policeman, Youth Worker".
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- 1 b&w modern photocopy of article accompanying
Burnaby Clef Society papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57829
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of programmes and correspondence pertaining to the Burnaby Clef Society.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Clef Society subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS020-022
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of programmes and correspondence pertaining to the Burnaby Clef Society.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Burnaby Clef Society papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57832
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records and 5 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Clef Society, including scholarship and other programmes, correspondence and membership lists.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Clef Society subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records and 5 photographs : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS020-025
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Clef Society, including scholarship and other programmes, correspondence and membership lists.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Images
South Burnaby Garden Club papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57930
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains South Burnaby Garden Club Fall Fair programmes, newspaper clippings, and a Certificate of recognition from the Pacific National Exhibition's Garden in the Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- South Burnaby Garden Club subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS124-035
- Accession Number
- BHS2008-17
- Scope and Content
- File contains South Burnaby Garden Club Fall Fair programmes, newspaper clippings, and a Certificate of recognition from the Pacific National Exhibition's Garden in the Park.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
South Burnaby Garden Club financial records
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57942
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a notebook filed with financial records pertaining to the South Burnaby Garden Club. Included in the notebook is correspondence( from the Royal Bank of Canada) interspersed between the pages.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- South Burnaby Garden Club subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS124-047
- Accession Number
- BHS2008-17
- Scope and Content
- Item is a notebook filed with financial records pertaining to the South Burnaby Garden Club. Included in the notebook is correspondence( from the Royal Bank of Canada) interspersed between the pages.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Lochdale Community Hall cheque receipts
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58116
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Item is a booklet of cheque receipts pertaining to the Lochdale Community Hall Association.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lochdale Community Hall subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS056-020
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-19
- Scope and Content
- Item is a booklet of cheque receipts pertaining to the Lochdale Community Hall Association.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Burnaby Board of Trade and Burnaby Chamber of Commerce papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58138
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes pertaining to the Burnaby Board of Trade and the Burnaby Chamber of Commerce.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959-1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS057-009
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-20
- Scope and Content
- File consists of meeting minutes pertaining to the Burnaby Board of Trade and the Burnaby Chamber of Commerce.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Miscellaneous papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58195
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959 (date of original) -1987
- 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 Burnaby's development including planning department maps and Burnaby Historical Society correspondence. Also included in the file are newspaper clippings, and papers pertaining to travel; posters, a National Model Railroad Association newsletter and a Railway S…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959 (date of original) -1987
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS061-035
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to Burnaby's development including planning department maps and Burnaby Historical Society correspondence. Also included in the file are newspaper clippings, and papers pertaining to travel; posters, a National Model Railroad Association newsletter and a Railway Safety Activity booklet produced by the Canada Safety Council.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Robert Burnaby papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58204
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959 (date of original) -1984
- 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 Historical Society's visit to Robert Burnaby's grave site. Included in the file are newspaper clippings and correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959 (date of original) -1984
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS061-044
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Historical Society's visit to Robert Burnaby's grave site. Included in the file are newspaper clippings and correspondence.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Gift album from Israeli government
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3661
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (180 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph album received from the Israeli government by Harold as a member of a Canadian Parliamentary delegation visiting Israel in 1959, containing ca. 180 photographs, newspaper clippings, stamps, brochures, and other ephemera relating to Israel and the delegates' visit. The album is …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (180 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph album received from the Israeli government by Harold as a member of a Canadian Parliamentary delegation visiting Israel in 1959, containing ca. 180 photographs, newspaper clippings, stamps, brochures, and other ephemera relating to Israel and the delegates' visit. The album is signed by the Speaker of the Knesset (the Israeli legislature).
- Subjects
- Government - Federal Government
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.18
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1959
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Documents
Correspondence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15030
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1959-1967
- Collection/Fonds
- Valley View Community Council fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence of the Valley View Community Council.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Valley View Community Council fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of general correspondence of the Valley View Community Council.
- Accession Code
- HV978.90.3
- Date
- 1959-1967
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
E.W. Martin for Reeve
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15068
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 poster
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a campaign poster for Elmer W. Martin who ran as an NPA candidate for Reeve of Burnaby in 1959. Poster reads: "Wake Up Burnaby! / Martin for Reeve / NPA will lead the way".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 poster
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a campaign poster for Elmer W. Martin who ran as an NPA candidate for Reeve of Burnaby in 1959. Poster reads: "Wake Up Burnaby! / Martin for Reeve / NPA will lead the way".
- Subjects
- Elections
- Government - Local Government
- Names
- Martin, Elmer Wilson
- Accession Code
- BV019.40.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1959
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- February 4, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
American Bowling Congress certificate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20985
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate : 24.5 x 20 cm in frame 29 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a certificate from the American Bowling Congress to Harry Royle of Rose Bowl Alleys recognizing sponsorship of a League Championship in the 1958-59 season.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate : 24.5 x 20 cm in frame 29 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a certificate from the American Bowling Congress to Harry Royle of Rose Bowl Alleys recognizing sponsorship of a League Championship in the 1958-59 season.
- Subjects
- Sports - Bowling
- Accession Code
- BV006.39.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1959
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-01-08
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
