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Scope and Content: File contains correspondence, permits, financial statements, and reports regarding improvements to Central Park. File also contains correspondence regarding advertising signs in the park, the Central Park Women's Institute and includes a 1925 plan for Central Park Camp Septic Tank. As well, the f…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911-1926

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

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: 3 folders textual records and architectural drawings

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2165

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence, permits, financial statements, and reports regarding improvements to Central Park. File also contains correspondence regarding advertising signs in the park, the Central Park Women's Institute and includes a 1925 plan for Central Park Camp Septic Tank. As well, the file contains correspondence pertaining to the lease agreement granting Burnaby jurisdiction over Central Park.

Media Type: Textual Record; Architectural Drawing

Notes: A plan of proposed pavilion and Bath House for Central Park : M9-A-5-8

Costs, tenders and other records for waterworks system for DL 186

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910-1911

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

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual records and architectural drawing

Scope and Content: File contains records related to the installation of fire hydrants after the construction of waterworks station on DL 186. File also includes a blueprint diagram of a Slide Gate Fire Hydrant as well as costs, tenders and other reports and advertisements regarding types of equipment used during wate…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910-1911

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

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual records and architectural drawing

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2081

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains records related to the installation of fire hydrants after the construction of waterworks station on DL 186. File also includes a blueprint diagram of a Slide Gate Fire Hydrant as well as costs, tenders and other reports and advertisements regarding types of equipment used during waterworks construction.

Media Type: Textual Record; Architectural Drawing

Notes: For related records see also file 6-3-4-8 and file 6-3-5-1. Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.

Deer Lake subdivision plan and working notes

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records + 1 architectural drawing : reproduction ; 61 cm x 65 cm.

Scope and Content: File consists of a copy of a subdivision plan depicting DL 85 and 86 and Deer Lake area along with corrospondence from Wm. J. Blackely, Planning Engineer to Blythe Eagle and Blythe Eagle's working notes. Three lots adjacent to Malvern Avenue contain annotations written in dark green crayon.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Eagles family subseries

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records + 1 architectural drawing : reproduction ; 61 cm x 65 cm.

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS055-052

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: BHS1991-18

Scope and Content: File consists of a copy of a subdivision plan depicting DL 85 and 86 and Deer Lake area along with corrospondence from Wm. J. Blackely, Planning Engineer to Blythe Eagle and Blythe Eagle's working notes. Three lots adjacent to Malvern Avenue contain annotations written in dark green crayon.

Media Type: Textual Record; Architectural Drawing

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Detail of brass plates for monuments in connection with school sites in Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: March 6, 1915

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 architectural drawing : pencil and watercolour on blueprint paper ; 43.5 x 30 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a detail drawing titled "Detail of Brass Plates / for monuments in connection / with School sites, Burnaby - / Full Size”.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Series: School and church plans series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 architectural drawing : pencil and watercolour on blueprint paper ; 43.5 x 30 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a detail drawing titled "Detail of Brass Plates / for monuments in connection / with School sites, Burnaby - / Full Size”.

Creator: McGugan, Donald Johnston

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Responsibility: Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors

Accession Code: BV003.83.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: March 6, 1915

Media Type: Architectural Drawing

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 15-Jan-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of drawing; Text on bottom right corner of drawing reads: "Burnett & McGugan / C.E. & B.C. Land Surveyors / New Westminster, BC / 6th March 1915"; Red crayon marking on plan reads: "001819"; verso of page is blue

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Ditches and water courses (Sprott)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908

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

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual records, cartographic material and architectural material

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence, certificates signed by the District Engineer attesting to the fact that ditches were constructed according to the Ditches and Waterworks Act, as well as notices to residents that ditches were to be built along their property. File also includes 2 blueprint plans and 1…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908

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

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual records, cartographic material and architectural material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 2393

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File contains correspondence, certificates signed by the District Engineer attesting to the fact that ditches were constructed according to the Ditches and Waterworks Act, as well as notices to residents that ditches were to be built along their property. File also includes 2 blueprint plans and 1 linen map of DL 79.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material; Architectural Drawing

Notes: Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.

Donald Copan collection

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1971

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records + 3 architectural drawings + 17 photographs + 1 scrapbook album (727 photographs + ephemera)

Scope and Content: Collection consists of material collected and created by Donald Copan while he was an active member of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and as founding President of the Century Park Museum Association. The fonds includes a scrabpook album of photographs and ephemera documenting the Burnaby Cent…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records + 3 architectural drawings + 17 photographs + 1 scrapbook album (727 photographs + ephemera)

Scope and Content: Collection consists of material collected and created by Donald Copan while he was an active member of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and as founding President of the Century Park Museum Association. The fonds includes a scrabpook album of photographs and ephemera documenting the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee's involvement in celebrating British Columbia's Centenary of Confederation between January and December 1971 including Burnaby's Commemorative Project - Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum); plans and reports regarding the creation of Heritage Village and a small collection of records regarding British Columbia Summer Games that Burnaby hosted in 1984 and 1997 as well as a small collection of photographs of a wedding taking place at Willingdon Heights United Church. Fonds is arranged into three series: 1) Copan album series 2) Heritage Village project series 3) Copan family photograph series 4) B.C. Summer Games series

History: Donald "Don" A. Copan was born in Victoria B.C. in 1928 and moved with his family to East Vancouver in the mid nineteen thirties. Don graduated from Britannia High School in the nineteen forties and graduated from the BC Provincial Normal School in 1948. In 1952, Don married Barbara Thomson. The couple moved to Highlawn Drive in 1954 where they raised their two sons Angus and Todd. Don and his family were active members of the Willingdon Heights United Church. Don's teaching career began at Westridge Elementary School. He worked in Burnaby as an educator, including serving as the Principal of Twelfth Avenue Elementary School and retired from teaching in 1983. He served on the 1958 and 1971 Burnaby Centennial Committees and was the founding President of the Century Park Museum Association (the non-profit society that operated the Heritage Village Museum from 1971 to 1989, now Burnaby Village Museum). Don served on the Executive of the Century Park Museum Association (CPMA) every year of the organization's existence. Don's wife Barbara Copan was also active in the CPMA, as a volunteer with a focus on the gift shop. In 1982, Don became Burnaby's first "Citizen of the Year" and was awarded the Kushiro cup for his volunteerism. Don was also involved in many other community organizations in the 1970s, including serving as President of the Burnaby Region, Boy Scouts (1975), and as a community resource person of the Board of Burnaby Big Brothers Association. He was Chairman of the Burnaby Family Court for seven years and Chairman of the Lower Mainland Family Court Committee for four years. He was also President of the Burnaby Teachers' Association circa 1974. Barbara Copan died in October 2017 and Don died in June 2020.

Responsibility: Copan, Donald Angus "Don"

Accession Code: BV005.54; BV021.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1971

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record; Architectural Drawing

Related Material: Donald Wrigley fonds; Century Park Museum Association fonds; Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Ephemera from scrapbook is described separately with the Burnaby Village Museum Artifacts collection; Some photographs have been "Closed" due to poor quality and duplication in content; For other records regarding the history of Heritage Village Museum see also: Century Park Museum Association fonds; Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection and Burnaby Village Museum fonds; See also B.C. Summer Games artifacts BV021.4.1 to BV021.4.12 & BV021.4.21; BV021.4.25; BV021.4.26

Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1934-1973

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 42 photographs + 9 architectural drawings + approx. 4 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs of E.W. Martin during his military service with the RCAF; development in Burnaby along Winch Street; Martin's Auto Villa on Hastings and Paneloc buildings together with E.W. Martin's military service records and other records relating to E.W. Martin's involvement with …

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 42 photographs + 9 architectural drawings + approx. 4 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs of E.W. Martin during his military service with the RCAF; development in Burnaby along Winch Street; Martin's Auto Villa on Hastings and Paneloc buildings together with E.W. Martin's military service records and other records relating to E.W. Martin's involvement with Paneloc Marketing Ltd. and other businesses. Fonds is arranged in the following series 1) E.W. Martin photographs series 2) E.W. Martin military records and photographs series 3) E.W. Martin business records series

History: Elmer Wilson Martin (1909-1973) was a professional engineer who lived most of his life in Burnaby. He was born in Treesbank Manitoba to William Henry Martin and Bethia “Bertie” Snell. Elmer married Ellen "Reta" Renetta Boyd (1908-1984) in approx. 1930. The couple moved to Burnaby in 1931 and Elmer graduated from UBC. Following his graduation from UBC, he spent two years at the University of Saskatchewan doing research. From 1936-1937 he worked at the Port Alice mill of the B.C. Pulp and paper Co and later worked for the Boeing aircraft plant at Vancouver. He joined the RCAF in September 1939, serving as chief engineering officer at various Canadian and overseas stations during WWII, until being discharged as a pilot and wing commander in November 1945. He served as NHA assistant regional engineer for a year after his discharge before becoming the owner and operator of Martin Auto Villa at 6574 East Hastings Street in North Burnaby. He was a director of the Burnaby Board of Trade from 1951 and chairman of the Burnaby Industrial Development Board and a member of the Professional Engineers' Association. He ran for Reeve under the Non-Partisan Association in Burnaby's municipal election in 1959 and donated land on Burnaby Mountain for Simon Fraser University. He had many businesses throughout his life including Paneloc Marketing Ltd. and his last one was as Director with the construction company Webb & Knapp Canada Ltd. The couple lived at various locations in Burnaby including, 6574 East Hastings Street eventually settling at 7231 Sutliff Street in North Burnaby in 1957. Elmer's brother, Wilbert Maurice Martin (1907-1980) was also born in Treesbank, Manitoba. Wilbert "Bert" was married to Eva (nee Erhart) Martin (1911-1993). Wilbert and Eva Martin lived on Winch Street in Burnaby. They first lived at 6776 Winch Street before relocating their house to 6656 Winch Street, Burnaby. Wilbert worked in construction as a building contractor and Eva worked as a hostess in the hotel industry. Paneloc buildings were developed by Elmer W. Martin, president of Paneloc Manufacturing Ltd. beginning in 1957 and were based on a design by A.B. Wenaus and Sons Ltd. In 1964, Martin held patents for his design of paneloc buildings in thirty six countries. Since Martin trained as a mechanical engineer, he developed a plan for his home model over a six year period in series of experiments with materials, styles, methods and sizes. Paneloc homes were prefabricated, using specially built bevelled wall panels cut-pie segments to form both the roof and the floor. The wall panels were designed to squeeze together by two metal straps on a turn-buckle basis. The roof and floor were held in place with factory-installed tap block bolts and a long wooden spine which fit in a keyway between the sections. The prefabricated parts were insulated and built with door and window allowances at Harrigan Industries Ltd. in Vancouver where Martin was part owner. Epoxy resin allowed the panels to be assembled without nails using weather-proofed five ply plywood. Sizes of homes varied using four by eight foot wall panels and increasing the span of the floor and roof sections. Harrigan Industries Ltd. continued to sell the prefabricated paneloc buildings until it went into receivership in late 1974.

Creator: Martin, Elmer Wilson

Accession Code: BV015.39; BV019.37; BV019.40

Date: 1934-1973

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Architectural Drawing

Arrangement: The records are organized into three series based on the individual's business work as well as military and personal life. The photograhs series includes both professional and personal content.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Engineering Department fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-2014

Collection/Fonds: Engineering Department fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1m of textual records, approximately 2000 cartographic and architecural drawings

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created by the Engineering department including environmental service files, physical plant plans, and administrative records.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-2014

Collection/Fonds: Engineering Department fonds

Physical Description: 1m of textual records, approximately 2000 cartographic and architecural drawings

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created by the Engineering department including environmental service files, physical plant plans, and administrative records.

History: In 2020, responsibility for environmental management transferred to Climate Action and Energy, with Engineering retaining responsibility for geotechnical investigations and graffiti management. In 2022, Engineering became responsible for a consolidated Transportation group that aligns transportation planning and implementation functions. Green Fleet and Equipment also moved from Climate Action and Energy to the Public Works division of the Engineering Department. In 2022, Facilities Management was transferred from Engineering to the newly-created Lands and Facilities Department. James Lota served as General Manager, Engineering from 2021-2022. Jozsef Dioszeghy has served in the role since April 2022.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material; Architectural Drawing

Creator: City of Burnaby

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds.

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Correspondence - Central Park

Costs, tenders and other records for waterworks system for DL 186

Deer Lake subdivision plan and working notes

Detail of brass plates for monuments in connection with school sites in Burnaby

Images

Ditches and water courses (Sprott)

Donald Copan collection

Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Engineering Department fonds