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2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts album

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19612
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1913-1925, predominant 1923-1925
Collection/Fonds
David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 album (151 photographs + ephemera + textual records)
Scope and Content
File consists of a sixty page photograph album titled "2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts" with photographs and ephemera pasted onto fourty one pages. The album includes photographs of the Burnaby Boy Scouts at various events, camps and hikes, the Burnaby Girl Guides and May Day events in Burnaby and New…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 album (151 photographs + ephemera + textual records)
Material Details
41 pages of album have pasted content
19 pages at the back of the album are blank
Scope and Content
File consists of a sixty page photograph album titled "2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts" with photographs and ephemera pasted onto fourty one pages. The album includes photographs of the Burnaby Boy Scouts at various events, camps and hikes, the Burnaby Girl Guides and May Day events in Burnaby and New Westminster.
Subjects
Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
Events - May Day
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Names
Boy Scouts of Canada
Girl Guides of Canada
Accession Code
BV995.8.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1913-1925, predominant 1923-1925
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-07-20
Notes
Transcribed title from cover of photograph album
Sticker on lower left of back cover reads, "No. D", "Glendale Album", "Made in Canada by Canadian Kodak Co., Limited. Toronto"
Individual photographs + ephemera within album are numbered BV995.8.2 to BV995.8.153 - item level descriptions available
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50th Anniversary G.G.C.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4594
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1926-1979]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (51 photographs + 1 postcard + textual records)
Scope and Content
File consists of a scrapbook with a handpainted wood cover titled "50th Anniversary / G.G.C". The scrapbook documents events and ceremonies of the 4th Guide Company with the first half of the scrapbook containing photographs and documents regarding the 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides which was cele…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
Series
Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 scrapbook (51 photographs + 1 postcard + textual records)
Scope and Content
File consists of a scrapbook with a handpainted wood cover titled "50th Anniversary / G.G.C". The scrapbook documents events and ceremonies of the 4th Guide Company with the first half of the scrapbook containing photographs and documents regarding the 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides which was celebrated at St. Nicholas Church in 1960 while the second half documents earlier events from 1926, as well as other events in the 1960s such as; "Year of the Golden Jubilee", a parade in North Burnaby as well as Thinking Day 1976-1978, banquets, a disco contest, camping on Hollyburn mountain and a visit to Victoria in 1979. On November 3rd, 1926 the company was registered as the 5th Burnaby Guide company, in 1951 the number was changed to the 4th Vancouver Guide Company and in 1956 the number was changed to the 4th Burnaby Company.
Subjects
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Names
Girl Guides of Canada
St. Nicholas Anglican Church
Accession Code
BV015.35.166
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1926-1979]
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Notes
Transcribed title
Items within scrapbook have been redacted in compliance with Section 22 of FIPPA
A selection of photographs are described at item level (BV015.35.285 to BV.015.35.300).
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Documents

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Agricultural and floral societies' papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57952
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1922 (date of original) -1970
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records and 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 cm x 8 cm
Scope and Content
File consists of miscellaneous promotional materials and certificates pertaining to agricultural and floral societies in British Columbia, including the Burnaby Rhododendron Society. File also contains one photograph a display at an agricultural fair.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1922 (date of original) -1970
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Bancroft family subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records and 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 cm x 8 cm
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS030-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
BHS1986-44
Scope and Content
File consists of miscellaneous promotional materials and certificates pertaining to agricultural and floral societies in British Columbia, including the Burnaby Rhododendron Society. File also contains one photograph a display at an agricultural fair.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Agricultural publications

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64442
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1917-1962
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File of publications pertaining to agriculture including bulletins, journals and a hardcover book entitled "The Call of the Hen" published by the American Poultry School in 1921. Also included in the file is correspondence pertaining to the Bancroft family.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1917-1962
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.
MSS110-030
Accession Number
BHS2004-06
Scope and Content
File of publications pertaining to agriculture including bulletins, journals and a hardcover book entitled "The Call of the Hen" published by the American Poultry School in 1921. Also included in the file is correspondence pertaining to the Bancroft family.
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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Alice Hart photograph album

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14366
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1893-1923 (date of original), copied 1976
Collection/Fonds
Florence Hart Godwin fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 album (31 photographs: b&w negatives ; 35 mm)
Scope and Content
File consists of a photographic reproduction of a twenty nine page photograph album that was created by Alice Hart. Inscription inside of front cover reads "To dearest Alice from father 30th March 1906". The album is filled with photographs of the Hart family along with friends and relations. The p…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Florence Hart Godwin fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 album (31 photographs: b&w negatives ; 35 mm)
Scope and Content
File consists of a photographic reproduction of a twenty nine page photograph album that was created by Alice Hart. Inscription inside of front cover reads "To dearest Alice from father 30th March 1906". The album is filled with photographs of the Hart family along with friends and relations. The photographs range between 1893 and 1923 and document time spent at residences in New Westminster, Deer Lake and Kerrisdale along with family vacations at Mayne Island, Stanely Park and Pitt Lake.
Names
Godwin, Florence Hart
Hart Family
Hart, Alice Chapman
Accession Code
HV976.169.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1893-1923 (date of original), copied 1976
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Scan Date
10/27/2020
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph album
Inscription on first page of album reads: "To dearest Alice / from father / 30th March, 1906”.
31 b&w copy prints accompanying
Album pages are described at item level
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Alvin Burtch papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58347
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923-1946
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of papers pertaining to the purchase of the lot and building of a house at 1869 18th Avenue in Burnaby, including the original Agreement of Sale between Mabel Carson and Alvin Burtch.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923-1946
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Alvin Burtch subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS067-001
Accession Number
BHS1992-02
Scope and Content
File consists of papers pertaining to the purchase of the lot and building of a house at 1869 18th Avenue in Burnaby, including the original Agreement of Sale between Mabel Carson and Alvin Burtch.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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The American Home magazines

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58075
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1932-1938
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of five of "The American Home" magazines. Also included in the file is a "Canadian Homes & Gardens" magazine dated November 1932.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1932-1938
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.
MSS055-026
Accession Number
BHS1991-18
Scope and Content
File consists of five of "The American Home" magazines. Also included in the file is a "Canadian Homes & Gardens" magazine dated November 1932.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans card

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9730
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1926-1927
Collection/Fonds
Hugh H. Stewart fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of two "Ancient, Mystic Order of Samaritans" membership cards made out to "H.H. Stewart" in December 1926 and 1927. The Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans is an unofficial appendent body of the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF).
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hugh H. Stewart fonds
Series
Hugh H. Stewart associations and memberships series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of two "Ancient, Mystic Order of Samaritans" membership cards made out to "H.H. Stewart" in December 1926 and 1927. The Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans is an unofficial appendent body of the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF).
Names
Stewart, Hugh Henry
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF)
Accession Code
HV979.50.252
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1926-1927
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on content of file
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Annual reports - Treasurer and auditor, 1929 to 1932

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1690
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1930-1946
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Scope and Content
File includes records relating to the annual reports of the municipal Treasurer and Auditor, 1929 to 1932
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1930-1946
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
3510
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File includes records relating to the annual reports of the municipal Treasurer and Auditor, 1929 to 1932
Media Type
Textual Record
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Appeal - Hastings Shingle Co.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1391
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1927
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Scope and Content
File contains documents pertaining to an appeal that relates to DL 216
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1927
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
3200
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains documents pertaining to an appeal that relates to DL 216
Media Type
Textual Record
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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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A. S. Armitage mortgage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription428
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1911-1920
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Scope and Content
File contains mortgage agreement, appraisal report, and correspondence pertaining to a mortgage held by Albert S. Armitage for property lot 15, Block 13, DL 27.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1911-1920
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
2129
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains mortgage agreement, appraisal report, and correspondence pertaining to a mortgage held by Albert S. Armitage for property lot 15, Block 13, DL 27.
Media Type
Textual Record
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Automobile insurance

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1021
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1923
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and applications for automobile insurance that was purchased for cars belonging to the Municipality.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1923
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
2800
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and applications for automobile insurance that was purchased for cars belonging to the Municipality.
Media Type
Textual Record
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Automobile licenses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1086
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1917-1921
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
Textual record
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and registrations for two vehicles purchased by the Corporation of the District of Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1917-1921
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
File
Record No.
2874
Accession Number
2001-02
Scope and Content
File contains correspondence and registrations for two vehicles purchased by the Corporation of the District of Burnaby.
Media Type
Textual Record
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Bailey family Ephemera

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64467
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1933-1941
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File contains Ephemera pertaining to the Bailey family including an Unemployment Insurance booklet, a Souvenir Programme and Souvenir ribbon for the "Visit of their Most Gracious Majesties King George and Queen Elizabeth" on May 29, 1939 as well as a "Big-4" Relief Fund receipt.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1933-1941
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Bailey family subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS115-002
Accession Number
BHS1992-55
Scope and Content
File contains Ephemera pertaining to the Bailey family including an Unemployment Insurance booklet, a Souvenir Programme and Souvenir ribbon for the "Visit of their Most Gracious Majesties King George and Queen Elizabeth" on May 29, 1939 as well as a "Big-4" Relief Fund receipt.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Items were originally found housed in the Bailey family Bible
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Bancroft family correspondence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63829
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923-1948
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence pertaining to the Bancroft family, most of which is written on Royal Canadian Air Force paper.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923-1948
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.
MSS110-006
Accession Number
BHS2004-06
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence pertaining to the Bancroft family, most of which is written on Royal Canadian Air Force paper.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Bancroft family greeting cards

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63990
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of greeting cards written to James A. Bancroft and his family. Included in the file is a five page advertisement for Ford Motor Company entitled "The Ford in Wonderland".
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[192-]
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.
MSS110-014
Accession Number
BHS2004-06
Scope and Content
File consists of greeting cards written to James A. Bancroft and his family. Included in the file is a five page advertisement for Ford Motor Company entitled "The Ford in Wonderland".
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Bancroft family papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63806
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1922-1944
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of miscellaneous papers including publications from the house of commons and the department of agriculture, maps, newspaper articles, machinist newsletters and recipes.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1922-1944
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.
MSS110-003
Accession Number
BHS2004-06
Scope and Content
File consists of miscellaneous papers including publications from the house of commons and the department of agriculture, maps, newspaper articles, machinist newsletters and recipes.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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