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Scope and Content: File contains draft bylaws, draft contracts and correspondence related to the operation of the Western Canada Power Company. As well, file contains declarations, news clippings, correspondence, ballots, and tally sheets that resulted from the voting held regarding the Western Canada Power Co. Byla…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1909-1930

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

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: 5 folders textual records and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2091

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains draft bylaws, draft contracts and correspondence related to the operation of the Western Canada Power Company. As well, file contains declarations, news clippings, correspondence, ballots, and tally sheets that resulted from the voting held regarding the Western Canada Power Co. Bylaw. Also included are agreements, correspondence and bylaw no. 114. The 1922 agreement includes a blueprint. As well, file contains a white linen plan of DL 15 and blueprint plans of standard power pole and transmission towers on Broadway and Cariboo Roads, 1916.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: For related records see also file 6-1-5-2. A map of the Municipality of Burnaby by Archibald Moir and Co. : M9-B-2-11; blueprint of Burnaby Municipality : M9-B-2-15

Western Non-Metallics Limited Lease Authorization Bylaw 1935

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 71843

Meeting Date: 21-Jun-1935

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: 71843

Meeting Date: 21-Jun-1935

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 71843

21-Jun-1935 Meeting Minutes

W.F. Silver house

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1931] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w panorama ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm prints

Scope and Content: Photograph of the William F. Silver house and surrounding lan An automobile, believed to be the family's 1927 Pierce-Arrow, is parked in front of the house. Three photographs form the panorama.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1931] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Silver family subseries

Physical Description: 3 photographs : b&w panorama ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm prints

Description Level: File

Record No.: 173-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-22

Scope and Content: Photograph of the William F. Silver house and surrounding lan An automobile, believed to be the family's 1927 Pierce-Arrow, is parked in front of the house. Three photographs form the panorama.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w photocopy of entire panorama in accession file. Digital scan is of the photocopy.

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Silver Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

W.F. Silver house, [1931] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

W.H. Wood 12 Months Inclusive Night School Salary and Expenses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport62897

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 55348

Meeting Date: 21-Mar-1932

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: 55348

Meeting Date: 21-Mar-1932

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 55348

21-Mar-1932 Meeting Minutes

Widening of Imperial Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport62571

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 55189

Meeting Date: 14-Dec-1931

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 55189

Meeting Date: 14-Dec-1931

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

Documents

Report 55189

14-Dec-1931 Meeting Minutes

Widening of Rights of Way on Hastings-Barnet Road and Kingsway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 54637

Meeting Date: 23-Mar-1931

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 54637

Meeting Date: 23-Mar-1931

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

Documents

Report 54637

23-Mar-1931 Meeting Minutes

William and Alma Rorison

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of William and Alma Cropley Rorison and their dog Buster sitting on the steps of their front walk in the snow.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Kay North subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 269-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1991-38

Scope and Content: Photograph of William and Alma Cropley Rorison and their dog Buster sitting on the steps of their front walk in the snow.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Natural Phenomena - Snow; Animals - Dogs

Names: Rorison, Alma Cropley; Rorison, William

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Street Address: 4593 Marine Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Images

William and Alma Rorison, 1937 thumbnail

William and Jessie Allanson

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of William and Jessie Allanson.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-653

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of William and Jessie Allanson.

Names: Allanson, Jessie; Allanson, William

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

William and Jessie Allanson, [193-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

William A. Pritchard

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38556

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 8.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of William A. Pritchard, Burnaby Reeve 1930-1932 and council member 1928-1930.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: New Westminster Public Library subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 8.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 459-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2003-19

Scope and Content: Photograph of William A. Pritchard, Burnaby Reeve 1930-1932 and council member 1928-1930.

Subjects: Officials - Alderman and Councillors; Officials - Mayors and Reeves

Names: Pritchard, William A.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

William J. Devitt papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: William J. Devitt subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS082-001

Accession Number: BHS1996-17

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopied photographs, newspaper articles and correspondence pertaining to William J. "Bill" Devitt, who served as Burnaby Police Chief from 1921 to 1936. These pages were compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum when researching information for the writers of "Follow that Fire."

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

William J. Devitt subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97418

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the life of former Burnaby Police Chief William J. "Bill" Devitt.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1901-1996 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: William J. Devitt subseries

Physical Description: Textual records

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1996-17

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of papers compiled by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the life of former Burnaby Police Chief William J. "Bill" Devitt.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Notes: Title based on content of subseries; MSS082

William Martin family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927-1940 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: William Martin family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 26 photographs : 1 original photograph + 19 jpegs + 6 copy prints

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs of the William and Ellen Martin family, pioneers of Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927-1940 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: William Martin family fonds

Physical Description: 26 photographs : 1 original photograph + 19 jpegs + 6 copy prints

Material Details: 2 copy prints + 1 jpeg are duplicates to the original; 3 copy prints are duplicates to a larger copy print

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2011-11; 2006-03; 2012-03

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs of the William and Ellen Martin family, pioneers of Burnaby.

History: William Martin and Ellen Ward met while attending school in Glasgow, Scotland. They married in 1916 while William was on leave from the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. After the war, they immigrated to Canada with their two-year-old daughter, Margaret. They spent a few years in Vancouver where three more daughters were born: Barbara (later Punnett); Juanita (later Safarik); and Sally (later Forbes). With their four small daughters, they moved to Los Angeles where William worked as a craftsman for Samuel Goldwyn Studios. In 1926, they returned to B.C., where William purchased five acres of land on Spruce Street in Burnaby. Much of the land had been logged but not cleared. Dynamite was used to remove the large, burnt stumps. While William prepared the land for a new house, the family lived in a temporary building that was later used for a garage. The seven-room house that William built was one of the first houses on Spruce Street. During this time, William and Ellen’s two sons, Bill and Jackie, were born. The Martins made good use of their property. They kept chickens, ducks, and a goat, planted fruit trees, and had a large raspberry patch. The children enjoyed their large playground, much of it still heavily forested. In the winter they walked to Deer Lake to ice skate. They hiked Burnaby Mountain and sometimes walked to Capitol Hill where there was a recreation centre. All six children attended Douglas Road School and South Burnaby Secondary School. Margaret became a schoolteacher; Juanita and Barbara did office work after attending Sprott Shaw Business School; Sally became a public health nurse; and Bill and Jackie became doctors. Margaret taught in Burnaby schools for 27 years. Before her marriage, Sally served as a public health nurse in Burnaby for three years. Bill had an ophthalmology practice in Burnaby until his retirement. Margaret married Jack Greenall, the eldest son of another Burnaby family who lived on Nursery Street on a large property with a garden, greenhouse, and chicken house. Margaret and Jack had three children: Dr. Martin Greenall, Sharon (later Ingalls), and Diane (later Macnair). Margaret later married Peter Andrusiak and had two sons: Gordon and Peter. All of her children were raised in New Westminster. Margaret was active in her community and was awarded the New Westminster Citizen of the Year award in 1992. She died July 26, 2006, at the age of 89.

Formats: Records from accession 2011-11 exist only in electronic format - copied 2011

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Martin family

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Photo catalogue 525

Williamson family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35404

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the completed Williamson family home at 6965 Antrim Avenue. Pictured (left to right) Marjorie Williamson and Elsie Williamson, daughters of Mr. Williamson and Mrs. Minnie Williamson, who built the home.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1930 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-261

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the completed Williamson family home at 6965 Antrim Avenue. Pictured (left to right) Marjorie Williamson and Elsie Williamson, daughters of Mr. Williamson and Mrs. Minnie Williamson, who built the home.