193 records – page 1 of 10.

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
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Burnaby Lodge

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88242
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1939, predominant 1992-[2004]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a typewritten paper titled "Burnaby Lodge" by Mary Forsyth; a party invitation for Miss Mabel Miles and Miss Alice Parslow at the Burnaby Lodge and a handwritten letter to Mary Forsyth about the history of the "Shangrila Club".
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1939, predominant 1992-[2004]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS185-041
Access Restriction
Open access
Accession Number
2014-27
Scope and Content
File consists of a typewritten paper titled "Burnaby Lodge" by Mary Forsyth; a party invitation for Miss Mabel Miles and Miss Alice Parslow at the Burnaby Lodge and a handwritten letter to Mary Forsyth about the history of the "Shangrila Club".
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Transcribed title
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Drs Blythe and Violet Eagles papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57955
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1939] -1978
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains records pertaining to Blythe and Violet Eagles including correspondence from the Burnaby Historical Society, pamphlets on Burnaby and various conferences, notes on the Eagle's visit to Robert Burnaby's grave and ration books from World War II.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1939] -1978
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.
MSS032-001
Accession Number
BHS1987-07
Scope and Content
File contains records pertaining to Blythe and Violet Eagles including correspondence from the Burnaby Historical Society, pamphlets on Burnaby and various conferences, notes on the Eagle's visit to Robert Burnaby's grave and ration books from World War II.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Publications

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64500
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
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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
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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
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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
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Marine Drive

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88132
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1938 and 1958] (date of originals), copied [199-]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
7 photographs : sepia and b&w ; 12 x 8.5 cm or smaller
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Royals' house on Riverway Road (Marine Drive), the Kiewitz house and Glen Lyon and members of the Parslow, Bolton, Rorison, Down and Kiewitz families.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1938 and 1958] (date of originals), copied [199-]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Physical Description
7 photographs : sepia and b&w ; 12 x 8.5 cm or smaller
Description Level
File
Record No.
572-013
Access Restriction
In Archives only
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2014-27
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Royals' house on Riverway Road (Marine Drive), the Kiewitz house and Glen Lyon and members of the Parslow, Bolton, Rorison, Down and Kiewitz families.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Note in blue pen on verso of photograph 572-013-1 reads: "Gertie Kiewitz, Mary Bolton/ Marine Dr. by Kiewitz house/ August 1938"
Note in pencil on verso of photograph copy print 572-013-2 reads: "Chess in front of the Royal's house showing gravel Riverway Rd" (note on original reads: "Chess/ Royal's / accross")
Note in blue ink and pencil on verso of photograph 572-013-3 reads: "Mary Paulson/ Mary Bolton/ looking across to 18th and Marine Drive when paved".
Note in pencil on verso of photograph copy print 572-013-5 reads: "Glen Lyon"
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph copy print 572-013-6 reads: "1942/ Muriel Down/ Kay Rorison (North)/ Doreen Binns (Parson)".
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Burnaby Region - Lake Group Registration 1938-1963

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55165
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1938-1963
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1938-1963
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Scouts subseries
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
39334
Accession Number
BHS1994-05
Media Type
Textual Record
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Fire Department Scrapbook

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription5783
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1938-1963
Collection/Fonds
Fire Department fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual records and graphic material
Scope and Content
Scrapbook contains hundreds of newspaper clippings taped onto pages, along with a few black and white photographs. Many pages have come loose and the book is in generally very poor condition because of the tape used to affix the clippings. The book has been bound together by a wooden spine that i…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1938-1963
Collection/Fonds
Fire Department fonds
Series
Fire General and Administration series
Physical Description
Textual records and graphic material
Description Level
File
Record No.
8734
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
Scrapbook contains hundreds of newspaper clippings taped onto pages, along with a few black and white photographs. Many pages have come loose and the book is in generally very poor condition because of the tape used to affix the clippings. The book has been bound together by a wooden spine that is attached with four screws. On the cover in blue ink is written "B.F.D. #2" with the years "1938-1963" written in red ink.
Media Type
Textual Record
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In memoriam papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62797
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1938-1949
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of in memoriam programmes for the funerals of Charles Victor Erickson and his wife Amanda Hervig Erickson, the parents of Hazel Erickson Peterson. Included in the file is a British Columbia Insurance Bulletin and newspaper clipping in memoriam for George Littell Schetky.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1938-1949
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Hazel Peterson subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS094-003
Access Restriction
In Archives only
Accession Number
BHS2000-08
Scope and Content
File consists of in memoriam programmes for the funerals of Charles Victor Erickson and his wife Amanda Hervig Erickson, the parents of Hazel Erickson Peterson. Included in the file is a British Columbia Insurance Bulletin and newspaper clipping in memoriam for George Littell Schetky.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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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
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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.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Transcribed title
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Fraser Wilson illustrations

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58319
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1937 and 1947]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of graphic material
Scope and Content
File consists of sixteen original illustrations, most of which are political caricatures, written and illustrated by Fraser Wilson for the Vancouver Sun.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1937 and 1947]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Fraser Wilson subseries
Physical Description
1 file of graphic material
Material Details
Original pen and ink illustrations; some include white ink and/or graphite detailing
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS062-004
Accession Number
BHS1991-25
Scope and Content
File consists of sixteen original illustrations, most of which are political caricatures, written and illustrated by Fraser Wilson for the Vancouver Sun.
Media Type
Textual Record
Responsibility
Written and illustrated by Fraser Wilson
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Bancroft family papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63822
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1937-1951
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists correspondence and receipts, including tax and hospital insurance receipts.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1937-1951
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Bancroft family subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS110-004
Accession Number
BHS2004-06
Scope and Content
File consists correspondence and receipts, including tax and hospital insurance receipts.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Duncan Campbell McGregor and Home of the Friendless

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88058
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1936 (date of original)-[199-], predominant [199-]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of a seven page typewritten history, "Home of the Friendless" by Mary Forsyth along with some handwritten notes and a copy of an article which appeared in the Burnaby Post, 21 Jan. 1936. Biographical and historical information was compiled by Mary Forysth with the intention of publish…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1936 (date of original)-[199-], predominant [199-]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Physical Description
1 folder of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS185-010
Access Restriction
Open access
Accession Number
2014-27
Scope and Content
File consists of a seven page typewritten history, "Home of the Friendless" by Mary Forsyth along with some handwritten notes and a copy of an article which appeared in the Burnaby Post, 21 Jan. 1936. Biographical and historical information was compiled by Mary Forysth with the intention of publishing a book.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Transcribed title
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