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100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10596
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2017
- Collection/Fonds
- 100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 6 video recordings (mp4) (approx. 42 min.) : digital, 24 fps and 29 fps, col., sd., stereo
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of film content relating to the history of Gilmore Avenue School (Gilmore Community School) upon the recognition of it's 100th anniversary and includes a documentary film created by Yunuen Perez Vertti titled: "100 Years of Gilmore School" along with five short anecdotal films from s…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- 100 Years of Gilmore School video collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 6 video recordings (mp4) (approx. 42 min.) : digital, 24 fps and 29 fps, col., sd., stereo
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of film content relating to the history of Gilmore Avenue School (Gilmore Community School) upon the recognition of it's 100th anniversary and includes a documentary film created by Yunuen Perez Vertti titled: "100 Years of Gilmore School" along with five short anecdotal films from students past and present.
- History
- In 2016, the Heights Neighbourhood Association decided to recognize the 100th anniversary of Gilmore Avenue School. The Association partnered with filmmaker and producer, Yunuen Perez Vertti to create a film featuring historic photographs and interviews with students from decades past. The premier screening of the film was held at Gilmore Community School on Friday May 13, 2016. The film was later screened at Burnaby's McGill Public Library on January 17, 2017 where community members were invited to share their own memories of the school in front of the audience. Some of these memories were captured on film by Yunuen Perez Vertti and donated with permissions to Burnaby Village Museum.
- Accession Code
- BV018.13
- BV017.48
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 2017
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Photos of other dry goods stores
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17000
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print + xerox copies
- Scope and Content
- File consists of copies of photographs of other dry goods stores that were used for research in the creation of the Bell's Dry Goods exhibit and the report for upgrades in 2012.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Subseries
- Bell's research files subseries
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print + xerox copies
- Scope and Content
- File consists of copies of photographs of other dry goods stores that were used for research in the creation of the Bell's Dry Goods exhibit and the report for upgrades in 2012.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1967
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 2012
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Ancestral charts re Flemings and Waplingtons
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19017
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [2010]
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two handwritten ancestral charts of Ray Fleming and Frances Louise Waplington. Charts also include their descendants.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two handwritten ancestral charts of Ray Fleming and Frances Louise Waplington. Charts also include their descendants.
- Accession Code
- BV016.46.178
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [2010]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-01-06
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Document is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13037
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1990-2019
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Over 3000 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + technical drawings + 25 videocassettes + 43 video recordings (mp4) + 2 video recordings (m4v) + 56 sound recordings (mp3) + 5 audio cassettes + approx. 2 m. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a selection of curatorial records created and collected by the Burnaby Village Museum in the course of their work. Records pertain to the village site, exhibits, programs, curatorial projects, outreach and special events. Fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Museum photo…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Over 3000 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + technical drawings + 25 videocassettes + 43 video recordings (mp4) + 2 video recordings (m4v) + 56 sound recordings (mp3) + 5 audio cassettes + approx. 2 m. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a selection of curatorial records created and collected by the Burnaby Village Museum in the course of their work. Records pertain to the village site, exhibits, programs, curatorial projects, outreach and special events. Fonds is arranged in the following series: 1) Museum photographs series 2) Museum film collection series 3) Museum architectural records series 4) Museum Marketing photographs series 5) Museum exhibits series 6) Museum reports series 7) Curatorial Collections adminstrative records series 8) Museum Oral Histories series 9) Jesse Love farmhouse series 10) Bell's Dry Goods series 11) Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series 12) C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series 13) Royal Bank exhibit series 14) UBC Partnership series 15) Burnaby Community Heritage Commission 125 Video Collection series
- History
- Burnaby Village Museum is an open air museum that represents a typical tram-stop community. Museum interpreters welcome visitors, provide demonstrations and on site programming. The museum’s collection consists of thousands of artifacts, community records as well as several original Burnaby heritage buildings, a 1912 carousel, 1912 B.C. Electric Railway interurban tram, a Chinese Market Garden and Indigenous Learning House and Matriarch's Garden. In 1990, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby assumed the operation and management of Burnaby Village Museum from the Burnaby Village Museum Association. Burnaby Village Museum (formerly named Heritage Village) was originally created by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee in 1971 as a commemorative project for British Columbia's Centennial. A concept for an open-air museum was developed near Deer Lake on Districts Lots 79/ 85. The official sod turning for Heritage Village took place on the site on April 11, 1971. In the spring of 1971, a museum director and curator were hired to oversee the development of the project and the acquisition of artifacts with funding from the Parks and Recreation Commission. The Century Park Museum Association (later named Burnaby Village Museum Association) was formed on October 26, 1971 as a governing body for Heritage Village Museum. The museum opened on November 19, 1971 with Mayor Bob Pritte and Canada's Governor General Roland Michener. IN July 1972, the museum opened for it's first public season. The Village was described as depictive of the 1890 to 1920 era of the lower mainland. Since 1990, the site expanded from it’s original four acre size to it's current ten acres. In the 1990s and early 2000s staff and volunteers created exhibits and programs about Burnaby with an emphasis on the 1920s. Since it's 40th anniversary in 2011, the museum has implemented changes to make the museum more interactive and inclusive in telling the story of Burnaby's history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- X2294
- X5124
- X5125
- BV013.19
- BV017.39
- BV017.45
- BV018.6
- BV018.12
- BV018.14
- BV018.18
- BV018.41
- BV019.2
- BV019.13
- BV019.15
- BV019.18
- BV019.19
- BV019.36
- Bv019.39
- BV019.52
- BV019.61
- BV020.4
- BV020.5
- BV020.12
- BV020.28
- BV020.29
- BV021.5
- BV021.7
- BV021.14
- BV021.17
- BV021.31
- BV022.1
- BV022.2
- BV022.27
- Date
- 1990-2019
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Moving Images
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Technical Drawing
- Textual Record
- Arrangement
- The following series have been arranged into subseries: Exhibits series; Oral History series; Jesse Love farmhouse series; Bell's Dry Goods exhibits series; Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series; C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series; Royal Bank exhibits series; UBC Partnership series
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Further accruals expected
- For other records pertaining to the history of Burnaby Village Museum see: Don Copan collection; Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection; Century Park Museum Association fonds; Don Wrigley fonds
- See Artifacts descriptions for Publications and Newsletters produced by Burnaby Village Museum and Century Park Museum Association
Harry Toy fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20339
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]-2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Toy fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records + 6 photographs + 2 photographs (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of business records and photographs relating to Harry Toy's store the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants' Association and his family.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Toy fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records + 6 photographs + 2 photographs (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of business records and photographs relating to Harry Toy's store the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants' Association and his family.
- History
- Harry Wee Koon Toy was born in February 9, 1936 in Taikong, Toisan county, Guangdong, China. Harry's father William Toy came to Canada in the early 1920s when he was ten years old. Harry arrived in Vancouver, Canada on September 9, 1950. After staying in Vancouver for one night, he joined his father in Neepawa, Manitoba where the family operated a cafe business (Royal Cafe). Harry grew up in Neepawa and graduated from the University of Manitoba and teacher's college. He became a high school teacher and worked at schools in Minnedosa and Gladstone, Manitoba teaching various subjects including, science, business, geography, history and physical education. Harry and his wife, had three daughters, Melinda, Beverley and Christina who were all born in Neepawa. When the family decided to move to the west coast, Harry was introduced to the grocery store business through an uncle who was a store operator. Around 1970, Harry purchased a grocery store at 4694 Canada Way in Burnaby which he named "Canada Way Food Market" and Harry and his daughters made their home at the back of the store. Harry owned and operated the store for approximately 40 years between 1970 and 2010. Around 1986, Harry purchased the butcher shop next door (4692 Canada Way) which was no longer in operation, expanding his store and adding a second storey to use as a residence. Harry's children helped him operate the store throughout their childhood. In the early 1970s, corner stores were threatened by the spread of small chain-operated convenience stories from Eastern Canada to Vancouver. Formed in April 1972, the Fraser Merchants’ Association was established to protect the rights of corner store operators. With no paid legal help, the association was incorporated in Victoria, BC for the cost of 56 cents. The benefits of being a member of the association included warehouse and group purchasing, common advertising and other advantages of being part of an association. Founded by Gary Lee Ling and five others, Fraser Merchants’ Association’s first member was Graham Grocery. By 1978, the association represented over 200 corner stores in the Lower Mainland (Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Langley, Coquitlam, and New Westminster) and Fraser Valley. The association remained active into the 1980s and 1990s. Harry has served as President of the Fraser Merchants' Association from 1992 to present.
- Creator
- Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"
- Accession Code
- BV023.25
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [197-]-2023
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See also BV023.16.19 - Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy
- For associated artifacts from Canada Way Food Market see Accession BV023.17
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19150
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1950-2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos interviews series 2) Jimmy Chow family photographs series 3) Property master photographs series 4) Property master records series
- History
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow was born in Lin Pong Lee, Hoiping, China in 1948. In 1950, Jimmy Chow and his mother, Gim Gee Chow (1913-1991) fled China to escape the Communist Revolution and to be reunited with his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow (1906-1990) who’d immigrated to Canada many years earlier. Jimmy’s elder sister Shao-Lin Chow stayed behind in China. Jimmy’s father, Robin Chung Dip Chow immigrated to Canada in 1921 at 14 years of age and was forced to pay the Chinese head tax of $500. In 1950, Jimmy and his mother first fled to Hong Kong before immigrating to Canada and arriving in Vancouver. Jimmy Chow’s birth name is Hipman Chow but when he arrived in Canada, his father indicated that he needed an English name and he was given the name “Jimmy” but retained his birth name “Hipman Chow”. Over the years, Jimmy has also used the name “James H. Chow” and is often credited by this name in the film industry. For the first four years after immigrating, Jimmy and his parents lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec where his father had work in hotels and restaurants. While living in Asquith, Saskatchewan Jimmy attended school and began to learn English. In 1954, Jimmy and his parents returned to Vancouver, first living in the area of Strathcona before settling in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant where they purchased a house located on 15th Avenue east of Main Street. While living in Mount Pleasant, Jimmy attended both elementary and high school. While attending high school, Jimmy began working at the local grocery store where he worked for many years living at home and saving his money. In 1970 while attending Vancouver City College, Jimmy met his future wife Donna Polos. Two years later, they moved in together, married in 1981 and started a family. Jimmy and Donna first lived in North Burnaby before purchasing a house on Victory Street in Burnaby where they raised their three children. Growing up in a traditional Chinese Canadian family, Jimmy was always one who went against the grain. Although his father wanted him to get a business degree, Jimmy had aspirations for a different career path. Through the referral of a friend, he entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver. While working at the CBC, Jimmy gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career in the film industry. Over a 45 year career, Jimmy worked on over 50 blockbuster movies, historical period films, science fiction films and fantasy films, where he honed in on his expertise as a set decorator, art director and property master. He built an international reputation through working with production companies, prop makers and antique sellers across the globe. As a property master in the film industry, Jimmy Chow has been responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: The BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, Once a Thief and many more. With Jimmy's many years of professional experience in the film industry, he has been a union member of IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians...) from July 1979, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science from 2018 and has worked as a guest lecturer in film production at Capilano University and Langara University. He was also a key contributor to the Burnaby Village Museum’s 2014 temporary exhibition Burnaby Makes Movies. Donna Polos was born in Vancouver in 1949 to parents Mayme "May" Helen Tillikana Polos (1931-1977) and Donald James Polos (1926-2017). Donna’s maternal grandparents, Elvi Tienhara and Toiva Tillikana immigrated to Canada from Helsinki, Finland. Donna’s paternal grandmother, Pauline Chimiki Polos emigrated from Ukraine to Argentina and then to Winnipeg. Donna’s paternal grandfather, James "Jimmy" Kostopolus emigrated as an orphan from Sparta Greece at the age of 12 years. In 1908, he first immigrated to the United States where he was denied entry so immigrated to Canada, entering through Halifax at Pier 17. When immigrating, James changed his last name to "Polos". Jimmy Polos arrived in Halifax with only five dollars in his pocket. He lived in Halifax for many years before making his way to Vancouver where he established three restaurants and raised his family. James was the proprietor of three restaurants in Burnaby including; the Home Apple Pie Café (1941-1944) located on East Hastings near Princess Avenue; Jimmy’s Café (1945-1955) located on East Hastings near Hawks Avenue and another restaurant located near 10th Avenue and Alma Street. Donna grew up with her family in Vancouver, first living in the downtown eastside before moving to a home near Joyce Station. Donna attended elementary school and high school while growing up in the neighbourhood of Joyce Station. Donna moved out of her family home at 21 years of age and lived with roommates before moving in with Jimmy Chow in 1972. Donna attended Vancouver City College and the University of British Columbia where she obtained her teaching degree in 1974. Donna first taught at Gilmore Elementary School before being hired to teach at Clinton Elementary School where she taught for nine years. While raising their three children, Donna worked part time teaching in schools in Burnaby. In 1991, after a near death experience, Donna became interested in fine art and took drawing and watercolour painting classes. This experience led her to experimenting with different painting techniques on paper and fabric. In 2008, Donna retired from teaching but continued her art career often working as an Artist in Residence at various schools and exhibiting her work. While living in Burnaby Donna has been politically active with a particular passion for heritage, housing and preserving the natural environment. Donna was instrumental in advocating and petitioning for the establishment of a tree bylaw in Burnaby which was eventually adopted by the City.
- Creator
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
- Polos, Donna
- Accession Code
- BV022.21
- BV023.11
- Date
- 1950-2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
Girl Guiding
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4588
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook album (99 photographs+ textual records + other material)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 18 loose pages of a scrapbook created by Ivy McGeachie (nee Ivy Oldham) who was involved in guiding in Burnaby between 1942 -1948. The front page of the scrapbook is titled “Girl / Guiding” and has a wood-burnt image of a camp fire and a singed photo of a flag pole. The scrapbook …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook album (99 photographs+ textual records + other material)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of 18 loose pages of a scrapbook created by Ivy McGeachie (nee Ivy Oldham) who was involved in guiding in Burnaby between 1942 -1948. The front page of the scrapbook is titled “Girl / Guiding” and has a wood-burnt image of a camp fire and a singed photo of a flag pole. The scrapbook contains photographs along with bits and pieces of ephemera. Included in the material is a four page, type-written diary of a Girl Guide camp held at Aldergrove Beach in August of 1963. Many of the photographs document the activities of the 2nd Burnaby Girl Guide Company and include photos of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in uniform on roller skates; Burnaby District Camp (Aldergrove, BC) / 1948; Hiking; Canadian Girl Guide Golden Jubilee; Open House at St. Alban’s church hall; a hand tinted photo of Ivy McGeachie 1939 and the 2nd Kamloops Folk Dance – Yale Cariboo Musical festival 1951.
- Creator
- McGeachie, Ivy Ashliegh
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.160
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1939-1951
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
- Some photographs within scrapbook have been described at item level (BV015.35.191 to BV015.35.210)
Images
Documents
Pixie McGeachie fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10417
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1949] (date of originals), copied 2008 ; 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs (tiffs) : b&w + 1 membership card
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs from a McGeachie family album documenting a time that Jack and Pixie McGeachie spent at their log cabin on Mount Seymour and a membership card for the Century Park Museum Association. Jack McGeachie, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained the cabin with f…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Pixie McGeachie fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs (tiffs) : b&w + 1 membership card
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs from a McGeachie family album documenting a time that Jack and Pixie McGeachie spent at their log cabin on Mount Seymour and a membership card for the Century Park Museum Association. Jack McGeachie, Maurice Skinner and Jack Gannon built and maintained the cabin with friends on Mount Seymour from 1938 until after the Second World War. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Pixie McGeachie photographs series 2) Pixie McGeachie documents series
- History
- Doreen "Pixie" Johnson was born in 1922 and married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie in April 1942. Jack and Pixie McGeachie lived on Rosewood Street (formerly named Campbell Street pre 1951) in Burnaby from 1948 where they raised their two children; David and Kathi. Pixie was well known for her volunteer work in Burnaby. Pixie served for over 20 years as the volunteer archivist for the Burnaby Historical Society; served as president of the Century Park Museum Association and the Friends of the Interurban 1223 and a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission. Pixie was also a Burnaby historian and author who published a column in the Burnaby Examiner Newspaper entitled "Burnaby History" as well as three books about Burnaby History entitled "Bygones of Burnaby"; "Burnaby - A Proud Century" and "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." Due to her diligent volunteer work in Burnaby, Pixie was the recipient of many awards between 2002 and 2008. Awards included: 2002 - the Kushiro cup for Citizen of the Year; 2006 - Heritage BC project award for her work with Friends of the Interurban 1223 and in 2008 - Heritage BC - Ruby Nobb Award. Jack McGeachie passed away in 1981, at the age of 67 years and Pixie McGeachie passed away in August 2010 at the age of 88 years. On September 24, 2010, Pixie was honoured by the City of Burnaby when they dedicated the reading room of the City of Burnaby Archives by naming it the "Pixie McGeachie Reading Room".
- Creator
- McGeachie, Doreen "Pixie"
- Accession Code
- BV008.17; BV013.4.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1949] (date of originals), copied 2008 ; 1976
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Earl and Adell Philips family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18927
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939-1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Earl and Adell Philips family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs + 2 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of Earl Gene and Adell Philips and family along with realestate listing slips for homes on Barker Avenue and Spruce Street in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Earl and Adell Philips family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs + 2 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of Earl Gene and Adell Philips and family along with realestate listing slips for homes on Barker Avenue and Spruce Street in Burnaby.
- History
- Earl Gene Philips (1915-1968) was born, Eugene William Phillips in Kamloops, British Columbia and Adell Philips (1915-2022) was born, Lilian Odell Greenwood in Jaffray, British Columbia. The couple met at Mac & Mac Hardware in New Westminster where Earl was working as a salesman and Adell was working as a secretary and bookkeeper. Earl and Adell were married on May 15, 1942 in New Westminster. The couple lived briefly in Mission while Earl was working for the Mackie Brothers and returned to New Westminster where they lived on Queens Avenue while Earl worked for the Nelson Brothers Fisheries. In 1943, their first child, Cory (Linda Anne Phillips) was born followed by; Lorayne (Donna Elaine Phillips) in 1944 and Judith (Diane Elizabeth Phillips) in 1949. In 1949, the family moved to 5877 Barker Avenue, Burnaby and Adell worked for MacDonald Realty as a legal secretary. In 1952, Earl became involved in numerology and changed his name from Eugene William Phillips to Earl Gene Philips (with one “l”). The names of his wife and children were also changed from; Lilian Odell Phillips to Adell Philips, Linda Anne Phillips to Cory Philips, Donna Elaine Phillips to Lorayne Philips and Diane Elizabeth Phillips to Judith Philips. In 1955, their fourth child Lea Philips was born. All four children attended schools in Burnaby including; Nelson Elementary, Kingsway West School, Suncrest Elementary School, Maywood Elementary School, Burnaby South High School, Moscrop Junior High School, Burnaby Central Secondary School and BCIT. In 1969, following the death of Earl (in 1968), Adell and her son, Lea moved from their home on Barker Avenue to a house located at 4085 Spruce Street. Lea lived with his mother Adell until 1978 when he was married. Adell continued to live on Spruce Street until 2021 when she moved to a care home at the age of 106. Adell died in 2022, just 3 weeks shy of her 107th birthday.
- Accession Code
- BV022.11
- Date
- 1939-1969
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Arrangement
- Family records within fonds were compiled and arranged by Lea, Cora and Judith Philips and arranged and described at item level in the order in which they were donated to Burnaby Village Museum.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
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Political photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3649
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1938-1990], predominant 1938-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 35 photographs : b&w + col. prints + slides
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs relating to Winch's political career, including professional portraits of Harold Winch, tourist photographs of Ottawa, and photographs of Winch with New Democratic Party (NDP) colleagues Dave Barrett (Premier of British Columbia, 1972-1975; also served as MLA and MP) an…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 35 photographs : b&w + col. prints + slides
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs relating to Winch's political career, including professional portraits of Harold Winch, tourist photographs of Ottawa, and photographs of Winch with New Democratic Party (NDP) colleagues Dave Barrett (Premier of British Columbia, 1972-1975; also served as MLA and MP) and Dave Stupich (served as MLA and MP). Includes a photograph taken by photographer Ken McAllister of members of the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) standing outside of the British Columbia Legislature [ca. 1941].
- Subjects
- Government - Federal Government
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1938-1990], predominant 1938-1953
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-14
- Photographer
- McAllister, Kenneth "Ken"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Annotation in blue ink on recto of photograph of CCF members [ca. 1941] includes names of people identified; "Arthur Tuenue, Colin Cameron, Laura Jamieson, Grant MacNeil / Wallis Lefeaux, Sam Guthrie, Bernard Webber, / Front: Bert Herridge, Grace MacInnis, Bert Gargrave, Harold Winch, Gretchen Steeves, Len Shepherd, Ernie Winch"
Images
![Political photographs, [1938-1990], predominant 1938-1953 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2013/2013_0012_0006_001.jpg)
Herbert Yee Law family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18929
- 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
Political clippings, publications
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3659
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1937-1984]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings and publications by the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the New Democratic Party (NDP) in British Columbia.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings and publications by the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the New Democratic Party (NDP) in British Columbia.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.16
- Date
- [1937-1984]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
The Commonwealth
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3672
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two issues of The Commonwealth, a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) newspaper, Friday, July 31 1936 Vol. 4, No. 31. and Friday, May 8, 1936 Vol. 4, No. 19 collected by Winch.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two issues of The Commonwealth, a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) newspaper, Friday, July 31 1936 Vol. 4, No. 31. and Friday, May 8, 1936 Vol. 4, No. 19 collected by Winch.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.29
- Date
- 1936
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
The Federationist
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3673
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1936, 1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of sixteen issues of "The Federationist", a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) newspaper, collected by Winch. Issues include: Vol 1, No1 August 21, 1936 to Vol 1, No 11 October 29, 1936 and Vol 1, No. 16 December 3, 1936; Vol VII, No. 37 April 22, 1943; Vol VII, No 41 May 20,1…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of sixteen issues of "The Federationist", a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) newspaper, collected by Winch. Issues include: Vol 1, No1 August 21, 1936 to Vol 1, No 11 October 29, 1936 and Vol 1, No. 16 December 3, 1936; Vol VII, No. 37 April 22, 1943; Vol VII, No 41 May 20,1943 and Vol VII, No 47 July 1, 1943. (Page one of Vol 1, No.2 is included as a partial duplicate to the front page of the full four page edition)
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.30
- Date
- 1936, 1943
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
![May Aikenhead Scrapbook, [1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0326_folded.jpg?width=280)
May Aikenhead Scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9664
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 75 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty pages of pasted copies of newspaper clippings of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1940 . The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of the British Royal Family, newspaper clip…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 75 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Material Details
- Pre-printed design on front cover of scrapbook reads: “SCRAP / BOOK", with red, green, and black illustrations of scissors and a bottle of paste.
- White, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "FORGET-ME-NOT PATROL / SCRAP BOOK" in red ink.
- More recent white, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "From: May Aikenhead / 97 years old / Burnaby Royal Trefoil / 2001".
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty pages of pasted copies of newspaper clippings of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1940 . The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of the British Royal Family, newspaper clippings about the death of King George V, the not-to-be coronation of Edward VIII, and the eventual coronation of King George IV. Miscellaneous general clippings and photographs about Girl Guides and Scouts are also present.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.326
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of scrapbook
- Selected ephemera from scrapbook are described at as artifact (BV015.35.328 to BV015.35.330)
Images
![May Aikenhead Scrapbook, [1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0326_folded.jpg)
Documents
Information for Harold Winch biography
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3647
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1935-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including newspaper clippings, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publicity material, and a photograph of the dedication of MacInnis Park in Vancouver, including Glen Clark, MLA.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including newspaper clippings, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publicity material, and a photograph of the dedication of MacInnis Park in Vancouver, including Glen Clark, MLA.
- Subjects
- Government - Provincial Government
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.4
- Date
- 1935-2003
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Education records of Rhoda Jeffers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4618
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1935-1956]
- Collection/Fonds
- Rhoda Jeffers fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of various reports and certifications from the Department of Education in reference to Rhoda Jeffers teaching experience and education. The records include a Province of British Columbia Department of Education, "Student's Record Book / Summer School / of Education"; two High School A…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Rhoda Jeffers fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of various reports and certifications from the Department of Education in reference to Rhoda Jeffers teaching experience and education. The records include a Province of British Columbia Department of Education, "Student's Record Book / Summer School / of Education"; two High School Assistant Commercial Teacher’s Examination report; two Department of Education, Inspector of SchoolsTeacher reports while she was teaching in School District No. 76 (Agassiz); A signed transcript from the Canadian Education Association re: a bursary from Imperial Oil Ltd. for work as an exchange teacher [ca. 1952] and a handwritten note listing programs to complete for education purposes.
- Names
- Jeffers, Rhoda Mae
- Accession Code
- BV007.20.37
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1935-1956]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
![May Aikenhead Scrapbook, [1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0327_folded.jpg?width=280)
May Aikenhead Scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 77 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty-six pages of pasted copies of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1937. The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of Canadian Governor General John Buchan, the British Royal Fam…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 77 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Material Details
- Pre-printed design in black on front cover of scrapbook reads: “SCRAPS".
- White, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "From: May Aikenhead / 97 years old / Burnaby Royal Trefoil / 2001 / (1936)".
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty-six pages of pasted copies of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1937. The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of Canadian Governor General John Buchan, the British Royal Family, the death of King George V, the not-to-be coronation of Edward VIII, and the eventual coronation of King George IV. Miscellaneous general clippings and photographs about Girl Guides and Scouts are also present.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.327
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of scrapbook
Images
![May Aikenhead Scrapbook, [1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0327_folded.jpg)
Documents
Crichton Hawkshaw photograph album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19082
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1935-1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 album (284 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photograph album created by Crichton Hawkshaw. Photographs within album are arranged in chronological order by year and document Crichton Hawkshaw's military training between 1935 and 1938 at Shilo and Sarcee military training bases; the funeral of Charles Woodward (1937), his ti…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 album (284 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photograph album created by Crichton Hawkshaw. Photographs within album are arranged in chronological order by year and document Crichton Hawkshaw's military training between 1935 and 1938 at Shilo and Sarcee military training bases; the funeral of Charles Woodward (1937), his time working as an operator in the mill at Britannia Beach mine (1938-1949) along with photographs of friends and family and a photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth during their visit to Vancouver in 1939.
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.1
- Date
- 1935-1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Title on cover of album printed in gold lettering on the upper top left corner reads: "Photographs"
Harold Winch biography
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1934], 1982-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards and correspondence from Winch's death, as well as newspaper clippings about Winch and his political career.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards and correspondence from Winch's death, as well as newspaper clippings about Winch and his political career.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.3
- Date
- [1934], 1982-1993
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file