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Publications

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1982

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of publications (mostly manuals on health and training of talking birds) collected by "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1982

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Knight family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS117-003

Accession Number: BHS1992-53

Scope and Content: File consists of publications (mostly manuals on health and training of talking birds) collected by "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Oakalla Prison Farm papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64506

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original) -1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of paper records created or collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the file are; newspaper clippings, the "Official Closing Tour / Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre / Oakalla Prison Farm" programme as well as photocopies …

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original) -1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS120-001

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: File consists of paper records created or collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the file are; newspaper clippings, the "Official Closing Tour / Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre / Oakalla Prison Farm" programme as well as photocopies of "British Columbia / Gaol Rules & Regulations / 1912" and photocopied aerial photographs of the site.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Included in the file is a resume for former Oakalla prison guard Robert Evans Shelly

Oakalla Prison farm papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64511

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-[1939] (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (photocopies)

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopies of the "Oakalla Weekly Spotlite" newsletter for August 24, 1938 and a speech delivered ca. 1939 by Oakalla Prison Warden Walter Owen.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-[1939] (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records (photocopies)

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS120-006

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: File consists of photocopies of the "Oakalla Weekly Spotlite" newsletter for August 24, 1938 and a speech delivered ca. 1939 by Oakalla Prison Warden Walter Owen.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Oakalla Prison Farm reference materials

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64514

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936 (date of original) -1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of handwritten notes and reference materials believed to have been used in creating the oral report "Oakalla Prison Farm \ A Short History" presented by Ed Eckley to the Burnaby Historical Society on January 14, 1998. Reference materials include; photocopied plans, correspondence, yea…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936 (date of original) -1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS120-008

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: File consists of handwritten notes and reference materials believed to have been used in creating the oral report "Oakalla Prison Farm \ A Short History" presented by Ed Eckley to the Burnaby Historical Society on January 14, 1998. Reference materials include; photocopied plans, correspondence, yearly financial statements, an "Oakalla Closes" programme along with various essays and statistics pulled from the Internet (and other sources).

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Correspondence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64758

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1898-1952

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence from Ernest Winch sent from Canada to his mother and sister Carolyn (Carrie) in England. As well, correspondence from Ernest to his brothers Alfred and Walter, containing many of Ernest's early Socialist ideas.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1898-1952

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS129-004

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence from Ernest Winch sent from Canada to his mother and sister Carolyn (Carrie) in England. As well, correspondence from Ernest to his brothers Alfred and Walter, containing many of Ernest's early Socialist ideas.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Newspaper clippings

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64759

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935-1957

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch and his eldest son, Harold. Ernest was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Harold served as Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and to…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935-1957

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS129-005

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch and his eldest son, Harold. Ernest was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Harold served as Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and together they set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Political pamphlets

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64761

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1899-1957

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of political pamphlets and other paper records pertaining to Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch and his eldest son, Harold. Ernest was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Harold served as Member of Parliament f…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1899-1957

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS129-006

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: File consists of political pamphlets and other paper records pertaining to Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch and his eldest son, Harold. Ernest was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Harold served as Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and together they set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Burnaby Branch papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65433

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929-1943

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch transportation reports, disbursement statements and tax receipts.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929-1943

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS021-045

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch transportation reports, disbursement statements and tax receipts.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Alfred Bingham papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65599

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to a housing conference sponsored by the Labour Progressive Party, presented by Alfred Bingham, LLP Secretary. Also included in the file are personal correspondence, pamphlets on housing from 1938 and 1944 as well as a magazine titled "The C…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS001-001

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to a housing conference sponsored by the Labour Progressive Party, presented by Alfred Bingham, LLP Secretary. Also included in the file are personal correspondence, pamphlets on housing from 1938 and 1944 as well as a magazine titled "The Canadian Unionist", dated July 1945.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Alfred Bingham papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65600

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm. of textual records.

Scope and Content: File consists of Alfred Bingham’s notes on the lives of various Burnaby Pioneers as well as his own writtings; “The Stump Ranchers “ with a great deal of information on the history of the Army of the Common Good. Also included in the file is a series of stories of Alf Bingham’s first memories of mo…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1963

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Physical Description: 1 cm. of textual records.

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS142-001

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: File consists of Alfred Bingham’s notes on the lives of various Burnaby Pioneers as well as his own writtings; “The Stump Ranchers “ with a great deal of information on the history of the Army of the Common Good. Also included in the file is a series of stories of Alf Bingham’s first memories of moving to Burnaby; “I Arrive in Burnaby and We Build a Shingle Mill”, “We Build a Home and Dig a Well”, “What the Lochdale District Looked Like in 1919-20-21-22”,“Second Settlers in the Lochdale District”, “The Death of Mary Hawthorn”, “The Rum Runners and Bootleg Whiskey in Burnaby”, “Burnaby, North, South, East and West, 1892-1943”, “The Ice Age and other observations before Burnaby”, “Our House Burns Down” and “History of the Working People of Burnaby.”

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Army of the Common Good papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65603

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939-1971

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records.

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining mainly to the Army of the Common Good, including a Trust Account deposit slip for the Common Good Credit Union (the first Credit Union in Canada), correspondence, notes and minutes. Also included in the file are minutes of the North Burnaby Community Centre Associ…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1939-1971

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records.

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS142-004

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining mainly to the Army of the Common Good, including a Trust Account deposit slip for the Common Good Credit Union (the first Credit Union in Canada), correspondence, notes and minutes. Also included in the file are minutes of the North Burnaby Community Centre Association, correspondence and notes regarding logging in Burnaby and a newspaper clipping pertaining to the Vancouver Archives.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Eagles family papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65639

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936-1990

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of miscellaneous documents such as receipts from gas for the Burnaby Lake Garage, Port of Vancouver brochures, a banquet invitation from British Columbia Historical Association and a photocopied article entitled "Tribute to Dr. and Mrs. Blythe Eagles" by Evelyn Salisbury.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936-1990

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Eagles family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS055-048

Accession Number: BHS1995-03

Scope and Content: File consists of miscellaneous documents such as receipts from gas for the Burnaby Lake Garage, Port of Vancouver brochures, a banquet invitation from British Columbia Historical Association and a photocopied article entitled "Tribute to Dr. and Mrs. Blythe Eagles" by Evelyn Salisbury.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Greeting cards

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65735

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1907-1981

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of Birthday, St. Valentine's, Easter and Christmas cards and postcards. The majority of the cards are addressed to James Cooter and George Biddick.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1907-1981

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Constance Cooter subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: 42658

Accession Number: BHS1999-21

Scope and Content: File consists of Birthday, St. Valentine's, Easter and Christmas cards and postcards. The majority of the cards are addressed to James Cooter and George Biddick.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Transit publications

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66115

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936-2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of publications pertaining to transit routes in Burnaby and Vancouver.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936-2001

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ephemera subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: 42717

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of publications pertaining to transit routes in Burnaby and Vancouver.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

People files - Andrew Martin Johnson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66225

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924-1999

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of information pages pertaining to Andrew Martin Johnson and the Johnson family estate Glenedward. Included in the file is an essay written by John Adams entitled "Historic Burnaby Buildings".

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924-1999

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: People files subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: 42749

Accession Number: BHS1997-16

Scope and Content: File consists of information pages pertaining to Andrew Martin Johnson and the Johnson family estate Glenedward. Included in the file is an essay written by John Adams entitled "Historic Burnaby Buildings".

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Grieve family correspondence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66378

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937-1966

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence pertaining to the Grieve family. Included in the file is correspondence from Canada's twelfth Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and from British Columbia's twenty-second Premier, T. D. Pattullo.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937-1966

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS155-005

Accession Number: 2011-04

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence pertaining to the Grieve family. Included in the file is correspondence from Canada's twelfth Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and from British Columbia's twenty-second Premier, T. D. Pattullo.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Grieve family school records

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66381

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1926] -1952

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of Kenneth Grieve's report cards for the Winter Term of Grade I A and the Summer Terms of Grades I B and III A at Gilmore Avenue School along with an invitation for a staff members' Reunion at Kingsway West School.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1926] -1952

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS155-007

Accession Number: 2011-04

Scope and Content: File consists of Kenneth Grieve's report cards for the Winter Term of Grade I A and the Summer Terms of Grades I B and III A at Gilmore Avenue School along with an invitation for a staff members' Reunion at Kingsway West School.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

United Church papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66382

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936-1946

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a pamphlet for the Silver Jubilee of Vancouver Heights United Church, a newspaper clipping entitled "Vancouver Heights United Church to Burn Mortgage" and a Life Membership for Christine Grieve from Woman's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada, signed by Vera O. Croft,…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936-1946

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS155-008

Accession Number: 2011-04

Scope and Content: File consists of a pamphlet for the Silver Jubilee of Vancouver Heights United Church, a newspaper clipping entitled "Vancouver Heights United Church to Burn Mortgage" and a Life Membership for Christine Grieve from Woman's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada, signed by Vera O. Croft, Stella E. Self (President) and Winnifred Thomas (Secretary).

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Newspaper clipping was originally housed (folded) inside the pamphlet

Event invitations and menus

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66385

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937-1948

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of an invitation to attend the opening of the BC Legislature and accompanying admittance card, the menu from the Laurier Club commemoration dinner for the Honourable Ian A. Mackenzie and the luncheon menu and souvenir programme for the opening of the Pattullo Bridge.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937-1948

Collection/Fonds: Grieve family fonds

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS155-011

Accession Number: 2011-04

Scope and Content: File consists of an invitation to attend the opening of the BC Legislature and accompanying admittance card, the menu from the Laurier Club commemoration dinner for the Honourable Ian A. Mackenzie and the luncheon menu and souvenir programme for the opening of the Pattullo Bridge.