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The Fraser Canyon and Okanagan

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Maurice Phillips collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. on paper ; 42.5 x 49 cm, folded to 23 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a map of "the Fraser Canyon and Okanagan / Scenic Highway Loop of British Columbia, Canada" published by the British Columbia Government Travel Bureau, Department of Trade and Industry.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Maurice Phillips collection

Physical Description: 1 map : col. on paper ; 42.5 x 49 cm, folded to 23 x 10 cm

Material Details: Scale not indicated

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS158-003

Accession Number: 2011-13

Scope and Content: Item is a map of "the Fraser Canyon and Okanagan / Scenic Highway Loop of British Columbia, Canada" published by the British Columbia Government Travel Bureau, Department of Trade and Industry.

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Notes: Transcribed title

General chemical division Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1949

Call Number: 661 GEN

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book; Catalogue

Accession Code: BV022.22.1

Call Number: 661 GEN

Publisher: General Chemical Division, Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation

Publication Date: 1949

Physical Description: 175 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm

Library Subject (LOC): Chemical industry; Catalogs

Names: Nichols Chemical Company Limited

Object History: Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation catalogue at one time used by the Manager of the The Nichols Chemical Company Limited, William H. Main in Barnet BC. His business card is paper clipped to the first page. Page 106 has an ad from the Nichols company.

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The gold metal rye dictionary

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: General Mills, Inc.

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1948

Call Number: 641 GEN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV996.17.7

Call Number: 641 GEN

Edition: Rev. ed.

Author: General Mills, Inc.

Place of Publication: Minneapolis, Minn.

Publisher: General Mills

Publication Date: 1948

Physical Description: 99 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Rye; Bread; Cookbooks--1940-1949; General Mills

Gordon and Belyea Limited, January 1949

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Gordon & Belyea Limited

Publication Date: 1949

Call Number: 621.9 GOR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV987.37.1

Call Number: 621.9 GOR

Author: Gordon & Belyea Limited

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: Gordon & Belyea Ltd.

Publication Date: 1949

Printer: Brown Brothers

Physical Description: 1 vol. : ill. ; 32 cm.

Inscription: "Plumbing Shop" [handwritten on inside cover along with a doodle]

Library Subject (LOC): Ships; Hardware; Catalogs

Herbert Yee Law family fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1938-1959] (date of originals), 2017-2019 (date of duplication)

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiffs + jpgs)

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a collection of photographs of Herbert Yee Law, United Fruit Growers, his farm on Marine Drive and a scanned copy of a survey plan of District Lots 163, 162, 157, 158 and 165.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiffs + jpgs)

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a collection of photographs of Herbert Yee Law, United Fruit Growers, his farm on Marine Drive and a scanned copy of a survey plan of District Lots 163, 162, 157, 158 and 165.

History: Herbert (Yee) Law was born in New Westminster British Columbia in 1916. Between 1938 and 1945, Yee Law worked for the United Fraser Growers Limited in Vancouver. The company was a wholesaler that purchased produce from Chinese farmers. In 1948 Yee Law purchased land from another Chinese family along Marine Drive in the Big Bend Area of Burnaby. From this location, Yee Law operated a Chinese market garden. Yee Law and his wife Jean had five daughters who attended schools in the area including Riverway West School, McPherson Park School and Burnaby South High School. In 1954, Yee Law continued to live in the area but left his farm to work for a plastic bag company on Annacis Island. Herbert (Yee) Law died in 2003.

Creator: Law, Yee "Herbert"

Accession Code: BV017.40; BV019.11

Date: [1938-1959] (date of originals), 2017-2019 (date of duplication)

Media Type: Photograph; Cartographic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Highroads to reading : book five

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1946

Call Number: 428.6 HIG

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.195.115

Call Number: 428.6 HIG

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: W. J. Gage & Co. Ltd.; Thomas Nelson and Sons

Publication Date: 1946

Series: Highroads to reading

Printer: W. J. Gage & Co. Limited

Physical Description: 352 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "Edmonds St. Elem. Jr. H, School 1950 Douglas Road New Westminster, B.C." [stamped in purple ink on front and back endpapers] "S25" [phrase is crossed out and handwritten in black ink on front pastedown] "S25" [handwritten in black ink on other side of front endpaper]

Library Subject (LOC): Readers (Elementary)

Notes: "Authorized for use in the Public Schools of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan" --t.p.

Highroads to reading : book six

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1948

Call Number: 428.6 HIG 1948

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.195.116

Call Number: 428.6 HIG 1948

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: W. J. Gage & Co. Ltd.; Thomas Nelson and Sons

Publication Date: 1948

Series: Highroads to reading

Printer: W. J. Gage & Co. Limited

Physical Description: 384 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "S25" [phrase is crossed out and written in black ink on front pastedown] "S25" [handwritten in black ink at top of front endpaper] "______ St. ____ Jr. H. School [Edmonds St. Elem. Jr. H. School] 1950 Douglas Road New Westminster, B.C." [stamped in purple ink on front endpaper] "S25" [handwritten in black ink on other side of front endpaper]

Library Subject (LOC): Readers (Elementary)

Notes: "Authorized for use in the Public Schools of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan" --t.p.

Highroads to reading : book six

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1947

Call Number: 428.6 HIG 1947

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.195.117

Call Number: 428.6 HIG 1947

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: W. J. Gage & Co. Ltd.; Thomas Nelson and Sons

Publication Date: 1947

Series: Highroads to reading

Printer: W. J. Gage & Co. Limited

Physical Description: 384 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "Grant Didmon" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown] "John Sheppard" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "S25" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "S25" [phrase is crossed out and written in black ink on other side of front endpaper]

Library Subject (LOC): Readers (Elementary)

Notes: "Authorized for use in the Public Schools of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan" --t.p.

Highroads to reading. Book three

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Beresford, M. A.

Publication Date: 1940

Call Number: 428.6 BER

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.195.17

Call Number: 428.6 BER

Author: Beresford, M. A.

Place of Publication: Toronto, Ont.

Publisher: Macmillans in Canada; Ryerson Press

Publication Date: 1940

Series: Highroads to reading

Physical Description: viii, 280 p. : ill (some col.) ; 18 cm.

Inscription: "Second Street School" -- stamped on endpaper (front). "S 33" -- handwritten in pen on title page

Library Subject (LOC): Readers

Notes: Includes index.

History of Burnaby and vicinity

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Green, George, 1872-1955

Publication Date: 1947

Call Number: 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1

1 image 1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection; Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV017.17.1

Call Number: 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1

Author: Green, George, 1872-1955

Place of Publication: [S.l.]

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication Date: 1947

Printer: Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch

Physical Description: 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.

Inscription: "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Burnaby (B.C.); Biography

Name Access: Green, George

Notes: Autographed by author; "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."; Copy 2 of 2

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Digital Books

The history of photography, from 1839 to the present day

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993

Publication Date: c1949

Call Number: 770.9 NEW

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 770.9 NEW

Author: Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Museum of Modern Art

Publication Date: c1949

Physical Description: 256 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Inscription: "D. H. MOORE / 221 PARK ST. / PORT ARTHUR, ONT. CANADA", printed on sticker on inside of front cover.; "Hal Johnston Images / 4447 Venables Street / Burnaby, B.C. / V5C 3A5", printed on stick on inside of front cover.

Library Subject (LOC): Photography--History

Notes: Distributed by Simon and Schuster, New York; Text first published in the exhibition catalog Photography, 1839-1937 by the Museum of Modern Art in 1937. In 1938 the text and ill. were reprinted with minor revisions as Photography: a short critical history.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index.

Home preservers handbook : canning, jams, marmalades, jellies, pickling, conserves

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 641.42 BCE

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV988.44.209

Call Number: 641.42 BCE

Place of Publication: [Vancouver]

Publisher: British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited

Publication Date: 1942

Physical Description: 19 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 insert

Inscription: "Jack Spades"--handwritten in red pencil on back of recipe insert.

Library Subject (LOC): Canning and preserving; Cooking, Canadian; Cooking--British Columbia; Cookbooks--British Columbia; Cookbooks--1940-1949

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Notes: Insert has additional sugar rationing recipes

Hugh M. Fraser Secondary School yearbook : 1942

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 373.71 HUG 1942

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV016.27.3

Call Number: 373.71 HUG 1942

Place of Publication: Burnaby, BC

Publisher: Hugh M. Fraser High School

Publication Date: 1942

Printer: Columbian Company Limited (The)

Inscription: "Connie Parker" [handwritten in pencil on cover] "Joyce Parker" [handwritten in ink on first page] signatures throughout

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1940-1949; School yearbooks

Names: Burnaby South High School

Notes: High school annual for Hugh M. Fraser High School; "Editors: Edith Cochrane, Phyllis Wunch, Muriel Proskin"; Burnaby South High School was renamed Hugh M. Fraser High in 1941?, but was changed back to the original name a short time later. -- from BV005.35.19

Hydraulic mining methods.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Holland, Stuart S.

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 622.061711 HOL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV977.29.87

Call Number: 622.061711 HOL

Author: Holland, Stuart S.

Place of Publication: Victoria, B.C.

Publisher: Charles F. Banfield

Publication Date: 1942

Series: British Columbia. Dept. of Mines. Bulletin ; no. 15.

Physical Description: v, 76 p. incl. illus. (incl. plans, diagr.) tables : plates. 27 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Hydraulic mining; Gold mines and mining

Notes: Inludes Bibliography: p. 76.

Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1941-1988]

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 35 photographs + 1.5 cm textual records + 1 map + 1 book

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and documents relating to Joseph (Joe) Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie during his service with the RCAF during World War II (1942-1945) along with photographs and docments relating to his personal and professional life (. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Joseph H.C. Co…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 35 photographs + 1.5 cm textual records + 1 map + 1 book

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and documents relating to Joseph (Joe) Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie during his service with the RCAF during World War II (1942-1945) along with photographs and docments relating to his personal and professional life (. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Joseph H.C. Corsbie RCAF records series 2) Joseph H.C. Corsbie personal and professional records series

History: Joseph “Joe” Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie was born in 1913 in Peace River (Doe River) to parents Joseph Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie and Winnifred Ann Mapleton Corsbie. As an adult Joe trained and served with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a navigator between 1942 and 1945. In 1945, while serving with the RCAF during World War II, Joe was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. After World War II, Joe returned to Peace River where he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly serving as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLA for one term between 1945 and 1948. In April 1948, Joe Corsbie married Margaret Carr in the Metropolitan United Church in Victoria followed by a reception held at the B.C. Legislature buildings. On their wedding day, the couple were honoured with a hand painted congratulatory certificate signed by members of the B.C. Legislature. In late, 1948, Joe lost the election and moved with his wife Margaret to Black Creek, B.C. to manage a co-op store. In 1949, the couple welcome their first child who they named Margaret after her mother. In 1950, Joe, Margaret and their daughter moved to a home on Charles Street in Burnaby and Joe began working as the General Manager of the Gulf and Fraser Fishermen’s Credit Union. In 1951, Joe and Margaret welcomed their second child, named Josesph after his father and in 1952, Joe, Margaret and family moved to 84 Springer Avenue, Burnaby where they lived until 1989. Between 1959 and 1976, Joe worked as a General Manager for the CU & C Health Services Society (later became Pacific Blue Cross). While working there, he focused on organizing both extended healthcare benefits and dental coverage for employee groups. In 1964, Joe Corsbie was elected to Burnaby Municipal Council and served one term between 1964 and 1968. Joe also served on the Burnaby Parks Commission (after 1968); served on the Board of Directors for Heritage Village, worked for a short period as a temporary curator for Heritage Village, represented the United Church in organizing and building St. Michael’s Care Centre and served on the Board of Director's. Joe Corsbie died in 1992 and his wife Margaret Corsbie died in 2004.

Creator: Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"

Accession Code: BV020.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1941-1988]

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Arrangement: Arrangement of fonds is based on the original arrangement by donor.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Joseph H. Corsbie RCAF records series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1942-1945

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 13 photographs + 1 book + 10 maps + 2 cm textual records

Scope and Content: Series consists of documents and photographs relating to Joseph (Joe) Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie's service and training with the Royal Canadian Air Force between 1942 and 1945.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Series: Joseph H.C. Corsbie RCAF records series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 13 photographs + 1 book + 10 maps + 2 cm textual records

Scope and Content: Series consists of documents and photographs relating to Joseph (Joe) Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie's service and training with the Royal Canadian Air Force between 1942 and 1945.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Royal Canadian Air Force; Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"

Accession Code: BV020.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1942-1945

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Cartographic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of series

The junior book of camping and woodcraft

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Mason, Bernard S., 1896-1953

Publication Date: c1943

Call Number: 796.54 MAS

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV015.35.2

Call Number: 796.54 MAS

Author: Mason, Bernard S., 1896-1953

Contributor: Kock, Frederic H., 1902-

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Ronald Press

Publication Date: c1943

Physical Description: viii, 120p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Inscription: "Linda Aukey" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "Doris Fowler Training Library Burnaby Area Girl Guides" [stamped in purple ink on page opposing front pastedown] large blue scribble on page 121 Library card pocket affixed to page opposing back pastedown with stamp reading "Doris Fowler Training Library Burnaby Area Girl Guides" stamped in purple ink