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Business letter writing and follow-up systems : for use in schools, offices, and as a general reference book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary364
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Warner, E. (Edgar)
- Edition
- 8th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1906
- Call Number
- 380 WAR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.38
- Call Number
- 380 WAR
- Edition
- 8th ed.
- Author
- Warner, E. (Edgar)
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Commercial Text Book Co.
- Publication Date
- 1906
- Physical Description
- 148 p. : ill. : 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "McTavish Business College, Ltd. Edmonton, ALTA. Student's Name" [Stamped in purple ink on front flyleaf] "Lothe E. Mixter" [Handwritten in black ink beside student's name on front flyleaf] "90" [Handwritten on front flyleaf] "Five rules for syllabication [underlined] I Never divide except at syllables 2 Two consonants coming together are generally separated as: - num-ber [underlined] col-lect [underlined] 3 Two vowels are separated unless they form a diphthong as: pe-er [underlined] 4 A dervivative or a compound word is divided so as to throw the parts into separate syllables as: Div. im-pede [underlined] com. some-where [underlined] 5 The suffix con [underlined] never forms a separate syllable. It takes the S [underlined] or T [underlined] of the original word with it and is pronounced shun [underlined]" [Handwritten in pencil on back end paper, underlined]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Commercial correspondence
- Commercial correspondence--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Author's full name is Warner, E. (Edgar).
The Business man's library, volume 1 : credits and collections ; the work and scope of the credit department - the organization necessary for judging credits - commercial agencies, how they may best be used - credit and collection methods for the wholesale, retail and manufacturing house - foreign credits and collections - systems for all needs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary595
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.1
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.1
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- viii, 196 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 1 of 10
The Business man's library, volume 2 : business correspondence ; how to write letters that get business - sell goods - win customers - cover territories salesmen cannot reach - turn inquiries into orders - collect debts - settle disputes - build businesses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary596
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.2
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.2
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 221 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 2 of 10
The Business man's library, volume 3 : cost of production ; practical principles of costs - methods and systems for cost computation - how to determine each factor of cost - the part that material and labor play - the great problem of burden, how it is best handled - how to estimate depreciation, selling expense and profit - five complete systems
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary597
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.3
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.3
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- viii, 196 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 3 of 10
The Business man's library, volume 4 : book on selling ; what makes up the science of salesmanship - training and handling salesmen - specific methods for selling different lines - how to sell by mail, through the wholesaler and through the retailer - selling campaigns for all lines - systems for the salesman, sales manager and store
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary598
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.4
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.4
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- vi, 196 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Dorothy Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 4 of 10
The Business man's library, volume 5 : book on buying ; how to buy right goods at the right prices - how the buyer works - retail buying - supply purchasing - buying for the factory - correspondence for the buying department - systems for all needs, ranging from the simplest to the most complicated - a combined buying and production order system
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary599
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.5
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.5
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 216 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Dorothy Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 5 of 10
The Business man's library, volume 6 : organizing a factory ; how businesses are organized - what the duties of the departments are - how factory accounts are kept - how costs are determined - keeping records of labor, stores and finished product - howl abor costs are reduced - keeping the executive in touch with details
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary600
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.6
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.6
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 190 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 6 of 10
The Business man's library, volume 7 : book on advertising ; how to advertise a product - the principles of practical publicity for manufacturer and merchant - the tools and methods, mediums and means of the advertiser - how to plan an advertising campaign - how to write copy - how to select mediums - how to keep track of returns - how to judge results
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary601
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.7
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.7
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- v, 165 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Dorothy Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 7 of 10
The Business man's library, volume 8 : employer and employee ; how to select, hire, train and retain employees - building up an efficient working force - the best methods of paying employees - the problems of the employee - how to secure and hold a position - how the employee may fit himself for promotion - working up through the ranks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary602
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.8
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.8
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- iv, 219 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 8 of 10
The Business man's library, volume 9 : personality in business ; the part which personal force plays in modern industrial and commerical life - how personality can be developed in a business - how the head of the house can impress his individuality on all its activities - what personality can accomplish with employees and with patrons - personality in various branches of business activity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary603
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.9
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.9
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- vii, 197 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Do W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 9 of 10
The Business man's library, volume 10 : accounting and office methods ; theorganization and functions of the various departments of an office - modern accounting systems - how reports may be made to show the executive all details - reports on the condition of a business - how to arrange an office for greatest efficiency - the cost of office work
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary604
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.10
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.10
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- v,138 p., 45 p., : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 10 of 10.
- Includes index
Business & social forms : natural slant writing books, no. 9
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6450
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.70.4
- Call Number
- 372.634 GAG
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co. Limited
- Publication Date
- c1902
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "Doris M Mann" [handwritten in ink on cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Penmanship
Images
Buster Brown the busy body
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2702
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.50.10
- Call Number
- 741.5 OUT
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The New York Herald Co.
- Publication Date
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (multiple pagings) : col. ill. : 29 x 41 cm.
- Inscription
- "Walter Galloway Bookstore 100 _______ St. E. Vancouver, B.C." [Stamped in black ink on cover verso and title page] "George Herbert Savage" [Handwritten in pencil on title page] "George Herbert Savage 6976 Culloden St. Vancouver B.C." [Handwritten in pencil on title page verso] "From Auntie Maggie Christmas 1919" [Handwritten in pencil on title page verso]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- United States
Images
Caesar's Helvetian war : adapted for the use of beginners
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7063
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV018.11.15
- Call Number
- 878 WEL
- Edition
- New ed.
- Contributor
- Ashmore, Sidney G. (Sidney Gillespie), 1852-1911
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Series
- Elementary Classics
- Physical Description
- xiv, 112 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- "Annie Graham Hill High School, Vanc. Jan 10th /10" [handwritten in black ink on front endpapers] various notations written throughout book handwritten notes and envelope tucked into back of book (enclosures removed and stored in ephemera by accession number)
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Gaul--History--58 B.C.-511 A.D.
- Europe--History
- Object History
- Annie Hill was the daughter of A.E. (Arthur Edmond) Hill (BV985.6129.1). Other family members include Charles W. Hill, Frederic T. Hill (her brother), and M.R. Hill. BVM also has papers belonging to her uncle, Albert James Hill (HV977.93.*). Arthur and Albert were both surveyors.
- Notes
- Authors' given names: Welch, W. (William) Duffield, C. G. (Charles George)
- Contributor's given name and dates: Ashmore, Sidney Gillespie, 1852-1911.
- "With notes, exercises, and vocabularies." -- title page.
- "Rev. and enl., for use in American schools, by Sidney G. Ashmore." -- title page.
- Text in Latin, preface and notes in English.
- Includes index.
Cakes for bakers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3621
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Richards, Paul
- Edition
- 4th
- Publication Date
- 1932
- Call Number
- 641 RIC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV998.65.4
- Call Number
- 641 RIC
- Edition
- 4th
- Author
- Richards, Paul
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Bakers' Helper Company
- Publication Date
- 1932
- Series
- The bake shop library
- Physical Description
- 638, [18] pages frontispiece portrait ill. 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "Cake Vorenon at 4x Calgary Alta" "L. Callaghan", "1946", "Book given to J. Burtnick by her" [handwritten in blue ink on front endpaper]
- Notes
- Includes index
The Canada book of prose and verse : book one
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6750
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 1935
- c1932
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV016.40.1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Macmillans in Canada
- Publication Date
- 1935
- c1932
- Printer
- Ryerson Press
- Physical Description
- 410 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "If my name you wish to see: Turn to page 103." [handwritten in blue ink on first endpaper] "ha ha fooled you" [handwritten in blue ink on page 103] '(my favourite story) B. H." [handwritten in pencil on page 103] "Literature period: Tuesday November 28, 1939" [handwritten in blue ink on last endpaper] erased drawing of a horse on back pastedown
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canadian literature
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates: Pierce, Lorne Albert, 1890-1961
The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Limited : machinery, tools supplies - catalogue no. 36
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5864
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.1.20
- Call Number
- 338.7621 CAN
- Place of Publication
- [Montreal]
- Publisher
- Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Limited
- Publication Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- xxviii, 666 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Notes
- Includes index
Canadian geography for juniors
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5049
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- British Columbia ed.
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Call Number
- 910 COR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.4
- Call Number
- 910 COR
- Edition
- British Columbia ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Printer
- Temple Press
- Physical Description
- xii, 338 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Pat McLaren Div. 6" [handwritten in black ink with decoration with purple, red, green, pink, orange and blue pencil on front pastedown] "Lorraine M White" [handwritten in blue ink on front endpaper] "africa Page 265" [handwritten in blue ink over black ink on front endpaper] "Columbia Bolivia Uruguay Paraguay Chile Argentina Brazil Peru Venezuela Ecuador" [handwritten in black ink on p. after p. 338] "Columbia" [handwritten in pencil on p. after p. 338] "Pat White" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown] Drawing of woman's face in pencil on back endpaper Various drawings of womens' faces in profile, a cat? and the word "salmon" in blue ink on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geography--Historical texts
- Canada--Study and teaching--Historical texts
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Education
- Notes
- "Revised with additons by A. R. Lord and V. L. Denton" --t.p.
- "With 218 sketch maps, diagrams and illustrations" --t.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-1960
- Author's given name and dates: Lord, A. R. (Alexander Russell), 1885-1961
- Author's given name and dates: Denton, V.L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
Canadian history notes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2839
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.106.2
- Call Number
- 971 HEN
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Educational Publishing Co.
- Publication Date
- 1906
- Series
- School helps series
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : maps ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "Katie Milton (Eva)" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown] "Katie Milton Nelson BC" [handwritten in pencil on title page] Notes handwritten in black ink on title page verso, preface and p. [5]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Civics, Canadian--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- Canada--History--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- Notes
- "By Geo. E. Henderson and Chas. G. Fraser" --Title page.
- "For third, fourth and fifth classes" --Title page.
- "Price, - 15 cents" --Title page.
- Author's given name and date: Fraser, Charles G. (Charles Gordon), b. 1861
The Canadian hymnal : a collection of hymns and music for Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues, prayer and praise meetings, family circles, etc.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6704
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. and enl.
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Call Number
- 783.95 WIL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.140.8
- Call Number
- 783.95 WIL
- Edition
- Rev. and enl.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- William Briggs
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (unpaged) ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mar 8 R. Harris. Eph 5." " " 23 J. Hopf." " " 22 Miss Coldfill" " " 29 Rev. Masson" "Apr. 3 Mrs. H. N. Boyd" "Apr 10 Mrs. B A ____ston." "Apr 17 R. Harris. M. Hoekridge" "Apr 24 Mrs. Hoff. F. F___ston" "May 1 Rev. Masson" [Handwritten in pencil on last page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hymns, English
- Notes
- includes index.
- "Containing 488 hymns"--cover.
- hymns in English with music.