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Krewenchuk family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1993

Collection/Fonds: Krewenchuk family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 5 cm. of textual records + 6 photographs : b&w + 10 photographs : col. + 2 architectural plans

Scope and Content: Records consist of personal and business records and photographs for Mike and Mary Krewenchuk and their son, Dennis Krewenchuk. Business records include photographs, guest books, property deeds, and land appraisals from when the Krewenchuks owned and operated the Nelson Hotel. Personal records inc…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1993

Collection/Fonds: Krewenchuk family fonds

Physical Description: 5 cm. of textual records + 6 photographs : b&w + 10 photographs : col. + 2 architectural plans

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: 2014-23; 2015-05

Scope and Content: Records consist of personal and business records and photographs for Mike and Mary Krewenchuk and their son, Dennis Krewenchuk. Business records include photographs, guest books, property deeds, and land appraisals from when the Krewenchuks owned and operated the Nelson Hotel. Personal records include photographs, a last will and testament for Mike Krewenchuk, property records, appraisals and plans for 7460 Salisbury Avenue, and photographs and documents relating to their son, Dennis Krewenchuck's 1941 Packard convertible.

History: Michael (Mike) and Mary Krewenchuk lived in Burnaby and Vancouver, raising their five children, three boys and two girls. The family moved to Burnaby from Grand Forks in 1943 and purchased property on Grovenor Street on Capital Hill. Mike and Mary owned and operated a variety of small businesses in Burnaby and Vancouver, including: The Central Meat Market located at Sperling and Hastings Street; The Capital Hill General Store at 5530 Hastings Street in Burnaby from 1949; The Penny Market at 1806 Victoria Drive in Vancouver which they sold in 1953; The Payless Market at 5098 Joyce Street in Vancouver from 1954 to 1955; and the Nelson Motel (also known as The Nelson Bungalow Court and Nelson Auto Court) from 1956 to 1967. The couple sold the Nelson Motel in 1967, retiring and purchasing property at 7460 Salisbury Avenue where they built a new house. Mike Krewenchuk died in 1981 at the age of 79 years.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Krewenchuk family

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; MSS191, MSS192, photo catalogue 582

Nelson Motel papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1966

Collection/Fonds: Krewenchuk family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records.

Scope and Content: File consists of Nelson Motel business records including, trade licences, District of Burnaby Notice of Assessment, tax statements, telephone receipts, purchase contracts and other documents related to staff and proposed site development. The Nelson Motel ( also known as the Nelson Bungalow Court a…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1966

Collection/Fonds: Krewenchuk family fonds

Physical Description: 0.5 cm. of textual records.

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS191-002

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-23

Scope and Content: File consists of Nelson Motel business records including, trade licences, District of Burnaby Notice of Assessment, tax statements, telephone receipts, purchase contracts and other documents related to staff and proposed site development. The Nelson Motel ( also known as the Nelson Bungalow Court and the Nelson Auto Court) was located at 6550 Nelson Avenue (Nelson and Kingsway) and owned by the Krewenchuck family.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Laurence J. Peter family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Laurence J. Peter family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of one Share Certificate for the Lochdale Co Operative Association.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Laurence J. Peter family fonds

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records.

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: 2013-29

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of one Share Certificate for the Lochdale Co Operative Association.

History: In 1941, Laurence J. Peter began his career as an industrial arts teacher at Lord Tweedsmeer High School in Cloverdale, after an illness kept him out of World War II. It was here that he met his future wife, Nancy M. Bailey, who was the vice principal of the school. The couple married in 1943 and made their way to Burnaby in 1947 after purchasing a one-acre lot in Burnaby from Mr. Wright for $1,000. When the couple purchased this lot, Nancy was teaching English at Burnaby South High School, while Laurence was teaching Woodwork at New Haven Borstal Home for Boys in the Provincial Corrections system. The lot was located in the historic neighbourhood of Lozell’s at 7229 Lougheed Highway and was renumbered to 7449 Lougheed in 1958. Laurence and Nancy had four children, two boys (John and Ted) and two girls (Alice and Margaret). When they first purchased the lot, they built a small house where they lived with their eldest son, John, until the completion of a larger house in 1949. Their second son, Ted, was born a few weeks before the completion of the larger house and was brought into the new home from the hospital. Their daughters were born over the next few years. Laurence and Nancy had built the larger house using a technique of peeled plywood core logs. Laurence and his cousin, Hewton Peter, who owned the lot next door, designed and built a machine to build exterior walls for their houses using plywood cores. In 1947, plywood cores were turned (peeled) down to six inches in diameter and then discarded to be chipped for the pulp industry. To build the house, the cores were splined together and stood on end making a vertical log house. Only three houses were ever built using their invention. The three-bedroom, one-bathroom house was completed in October 1949. The exterior of the house was never painted, just brushed with linseed oil. The traffic of the Lougheed Highway was not heard inside the house due to the six-inch walls and was very economical to heat in the snowy winters of the 1950s. Over the years, the couple worked on finishing the interior of the house, which included an intricately carved eight-foot-wide oak mantelpiece carved by Laurence. Parts of the mantel were reclaimed from the demolished old Hotel Vancouver and cobblestones reclaimed from the interurban tracks were used for the fireplace and stonework around the property. The family raised goats for milk and chickens for eggs and maintained a large vegetable garden and fruit trees on the property. When the goats and chickens were not needed anymore, Laurence slaughtered them for meat which they stored in a freezer at the Lochdale Co-operative until they were ready to consume them. The family was actively involved in the Burnaby community with Laurence and Nancy taking part in local politics and community activities and their children participating in Boy Scouts and Girl Guides and music lessons. All four children graduated from Burnaby North High School, and in 1970, Ted and Alice completed their studies at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). They worked at local jobs in the community, including building the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course. Laurence moved on to take a position as a Mental Health Coordinator (Special Counselor) in the Vancouver School System, and in 1959, Nancy joined the staff at the newly opened Burnaby Central Senior Secondary School as a math teacher, later becoming the head of the Mathematics Department. The couple continued their education at summer school at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, where Nancy completed her Master's Degree in 1964 and Laurence his Doctoral degree in 1963. Laurence joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia in 1965 and later received the WSU Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1980. The couple separated in 1965 and Laurence moved to California in 1966 to teach at the University of Southern California. Laurence became widely famous in 1969, after the publication of his bestselling book, "The Peter Principle," which has been translated into more than 38 languages. Following this publication, he went on to author eight more books and published several texts in the field of ‘Prescriptive Teaching’. He died on January 12, 1990, at the age of 70 at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California, and is honoured with a plaque as part of the Literary Landmarks program of the Vancouver Public Library located at the Metro Theatre, 1370 Marine Drive. Nancy continued to teach at Burnaby South, until her retirement in 1978 after 30 years as head of the Mathematics Department at Burnaby Central. She was an active member of the Burnaby Historical Society for many years. She passed away in Nanaimo near her family on April 21, 2013, at the age of 97.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Peter, Laurence J.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; MSS186-001

Vera Jackson Pel collection

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1973

Collection/Fonds: Vera Jackson Pel collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records.

Scope and Content: Collection consists of papers collected by Vera Jackson Pel related to her time as a clerk at the Royal Bank in Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1973

Collection/Fonds: Vera Jackson Pel collection

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records.

Description Level: Fonds

Record No.: MSS069

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: Collection consists of papers collected by Vera Jackson Pel related to her time as a clerk at the Royal Bank in Burnaby.

History: Vera Jackson’s parents Harold Joseph Jackson and Florence Colocott married in 1925 and bought a brown, wooden, shingled house at 3507 Booth Avenue, Burnaby, in 1926. Vera Rose Jackson was born at Mrs. Scott’s private hospital on Kingsway near Central Park on December 4, 1927. Her brother Ronald Harold Jackson was born on June 21, 1929. In 1934, the family moved to 2706 Cassie Avenue (later renumbered 6457). Vera attended Miss Edith Hall’s Kindergarten on Grange Street until she was old enough to enter Kingsway West as a grade one student. The family were members of the West Burnaby United Church and Vera and her brother Ron both went to Sunday school in the old Church basement. Vera attended Burnaby South High School where she met her future husband, Fred Pel. They married on April 13, 1951, and had four sons, David, Fred (Elsie), Jon (Nancy), Al (Steffany), and an adopted daughter, Angela. Vera and Fred faithfully attended First Christian Reformed Church. Vera was active in the church, leading Bible studies, as well as teaching ESL. Her students appreciated her and stayed in touch for many years. She also took on the role of archivist to help document the church's history. In 1944, Vera started a job at the Royal Bank in Burnaby. Besides the manager and the accountant, the entire staff at the branch were young women fresh out of school, as the men had left to serve during World War II. She worked at the Royal Bank from 1944 until 1952. During her time as clerk, she witnessed two armed robberies, one in May of 1946 and the other in January of 1948. Vera passed away on July 16, 2023.

Media Type: Textual Record

Creator: Pel, Vera Rose Jackson

Notes: Title based on contents of collection; MSS069

Aperetto "Pirates" Spring performance

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 11 photographs : b&w

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the Aperetto "Pirates" Spring performance from 1949 and cast members portraits taken in costume. File also contains a photographic portrait of Joe Ternent and Elanor Cailes in the Cailes' garden at Roswell

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Clef Society subseries

Physical Description: 11 photographs : b&w

Description Level: File

Record No.: 142-009

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1985-12

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of the Aperetto "Pirates" Spring performance from 1949 and cast members portraits taken in costume. File also contains a photographic portrait of Joe Ternent and Elanor Cailes in the Cailes' garden at Roswell

Subjects: Performances - Dramatic Performances; Recreational Activities - Theatre

Names: Burnaby Clef Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-1, 142-009-10, and 142-009-11 reads: "Photographed by L.C. Cailes, R.R.1, Boswell, BC Negative No. [blank]".; Negative number "4" is written in black ink on verso of 142-009-10.; Note in pencil written on verso of 142-009-11 reads: "Joe Ternent and Eleanor Cailes in Cailes garden at Roswell".; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-2:142-009- reads: "Pacific Photo Service 2802 McGill Street Residence Phone HA. 2129 M"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-2. First reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 8". Second reads:; Note in blue ink on verso of 142-009-3 reads: "6"; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-4 reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 5".; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-5 reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 10".; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-6 reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 11".; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-7 reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 7".; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-8 reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 4".; Photographer's stamp on verso of 142-009-9 reads: "Your Flash Photo by F. Fallan HA. 2129 M Reprint Order No. 9".

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Burnaby - Miscellaneous

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-[197-?]

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Scope and Content: File includes a photocopy of a list of "Persons Living on Capitol Hill" in July 1916, and lists/notes made regarding some of the archival material.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-[197-?]

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.: 3531

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File includes a photocopy of a list of "Persons Living on Capitol Hill" in July 1916, and lists/notes made regarding some of the archival material.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Material bears 2 labels from New Westminster Public Library books 1949

Burnaby Newspapers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1955

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Textual record

Scope and Content: File includes various 1950s newspaper clippings regarding Charlie Brown, a former Burnaby Clerk. File contains: November 2, 1949 "BC Journal of Commerce"; and October 22, 1955 issue of the "Tabloid," with the headline "Burnaby Graft, Secrets Bared! Concealed Documents."

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1955

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.: 3546

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File includes various 1950s newspaper clippings regarding Charlie Brown, a former Burnaby Clerk. File contains: November 2, 1949 "BC Journal of Commerce"; and October 22, 1955 issue of the "Tabloid," with the headline "Burnaby Graft, Secrets Bared! Concealed Documents."

History: This file of clippings was donated by Charlie Brown, former Clerk of Burnaby.

Media Type: Textual Record

Burnaby Clef Society papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1963

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 Burnaby Clef Society, including its Constitution and By-Laws, scholarship committee job descriptions and programmes.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1963

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Clef Society subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS020-001

Accession Number: BHS1985-12

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Clef Society, including its Constitution and By-Laws, scholarship committee job descriptions and programmes.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Burnaby Clef Society papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1999

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records and 4 photographs : col.

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Clef Society, including newspaper clippings, programmes, correspondence, and the Burnaby Clef Society's constitution.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1999

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Clef Society subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records and 4 photographs : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS020-009

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Clef Society, including newspaper clippings, programmes, correspondence, and the Burnaby Clef Society's constitution.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Note in black ink on verso of photograph 142-001 reads: "Jamie Parker in '82 at Cofed. House Albert St. in Burnaby"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph 142-001 reads: "Violinist ______?"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph 142-003 reads: "Jamie Parker in recital"

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Burnaby Clef Society papers, 1949-1999 thumbnail

Newspaper clippings

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1954

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to Deer Lake and collected by the Eagles family.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1954

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.: MSS055-031

Accession Number: BHS1991-18

Scope and Content: File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to Deer Lake and collected by the Eagles family.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

North Burnaby Kiwanis Club papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949- [1969]

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 North Burnaby Kiwanis Club including the original programme for the Charter Presentation in 1949 (which includes the roster of charter members).

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949- [1969]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: North Burnaby Kiwanis Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS092-046

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the North Burnaby Kiwanis Club including the original programme for the Charter Presentation in 1949 (which includes the roster of charter members).

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1997

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 Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club / South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club (renamed in 1972). Papers housed in file include certificates, licenses, plans and correspondence.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS102-012

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: BHS2002-02

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club / South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club (renamed in 1972). Papers housed in file include certificates, licenses, plans and correspondence.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Leila Orman papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of papers legalizing the signing over of copyright of Leila Orman's literary work to Marjorie Johnstone Thompson and the article Leila Orman wrote on BC Tel and the telephone they adapted for her. Also included in the file is an in memoriam letter (or speech) written for Leila Orman.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Leila Orman subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS104-004

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: File consists of papers legalizing the signing over of copyright of Leila Orman's literary work to Marjorie Johnstone Thompson and the article Leila Orman wrote on BC Tel and the telephone they adapted for her. Also included in the file is an in memoriam letter (or speech) written for Leila Orman.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Burnaby Branch monthly reports

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1950

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch monthly reports.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1950

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS021-019

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch monthly reports.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Burnaby Branch correspondence

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1950

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch correspondence. Also included in the file are two newsletters and three reports.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1950

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS021-020

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch correspondence. Also included in the file are two newsletters and three reports.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Royal Bank papers and magazines

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1973

Collection/Fonds: Vera Jackson Pel collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the McKay branch of the Royal Bank where Vera Jackson (later Pel) worked as a clerk. Included in the file is a hand-drawn map of the layout of the bank, typed pages entitled "The Saga of that Great Institution - The Royal Bank at McKay, B.C. / especially in the…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1973

Collection/Fonds: Vera Jackson Pel collection

Physical Description: 0.5 cm of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS069-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to the McKay branch of the Royal Bank where Vera Jackson (later Pel) worked as a clerk. Included in the file is a hand-drawn map of the layout of the bank, typed pages entitled "The Saga of that Great Institution - The Royal Bank at McKay, B.C. / especially in the 1940s" along with two copies of "The Royal Bank Magazine."

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Gail Yip fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Gail Yip fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of one photograph showing the Chinese Market Gardens on southeast Marine Drive.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Gail Yip fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-04

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of one photograph showing the Chinese Market Gardens on southeast Marine Drive.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Yip, Gail

Notes: Photo catalogue 529

Correspondence - Way Sang Yuen

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1949-1970

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of various documents including letters of correspondence from Hong Kong addressed to "Way Sang Yuen" / "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" with the content of the letter written in Cantonese as well as a three page document with letterhead which reads: "HEATLEY TRADING COMPANY LTD. / WHOLESA…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds

Series: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of various documents including letters of correspondence from Hong Kong addressed to "Way Sang Yuen" / "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" with the content of the letter written in Cantonese as well as a three page document with letterhead which reads: "HEATLEY TRADING COMPANY LTD. / WHOLESALE TOBACCONISTS & CONFECTIONERS / 77 PENDER STREET / VANCOUVER, B.C." and the body of the documents written in both Cantonese and English and an invoice/receipt from "CHINA DAILY NEWS".

Accession Code: BV017.7.389

Date: 1949-1970

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Elaine A. Myers fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948-1961 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Elaine A. Myers fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 4 photographs (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of four digital copies of photographs; two are Elaine Myers' class portraits while attending Kingsway West and two are of Elaine's father, William Myers, next to the pulpit and the altar of St. Andrews Church.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948-1961 (date of originals)

Collection/Fonds: Elaine A. Myers fonds

Physical Description: 4 photographs (jpeg) : sepia ; 96 dpi

Material Details: Jpegs are copies created by the donor of sepia originals.

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2013-26

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of four digital copies of photographs; two are Elaine Myers' class portraits while attending Kingsway West and two are of Elaine's father, William Myers, next to the pulpit and the altar of St. Andrews Church.

History: Elaine Anne Myers was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1939 and immigrated to British Columbia with her family in 1947. She was the eldest daughter of William Sefton and Edna (nee Howarth) Myers and sister to Hermione Christine, born in 1943. Her father, William Sefton Myers was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, in 1905 and was one of six children. He married Edna Howarth on July 29, 1933. Before immigrating to Canada, William worked as a purchasing agent at Walkers Tannery in Bolton and later became a cabinet maker in the 1930s, building and designing most of the family’s furniture. In September 1947, he and his family immigrated to Canada along with his younger brother, Hermann, and his wife and daughter. The family were granted landed immigrant status upon their arrival at Dorval airport in Montreal on September 25, 1947, and travelled to Vancouver by train, arriving in early October. They shared their first home on Imperial Street in Burnaby with William’s brother Hermann and family, but after several months were able to purchase their own new home on MacKay Avenue just below Victory in South Burnaby. William’s first job was working as a night janitor at the Woodwards Department store in Vancouver. He was later hired as a purchasing agent for the Seagrams Distillery in New Westminster, where he stayed until his retirement in 1970. Elaine’s mother, Edna (nee Howarth) Myers worked in the offices of Pacific Veneer Canadian Forest Products in New Westminster, retiring from there in 1967. The family moved again in the 1950s to a house on the corner of Sussex and Victory and Elaine and Christine attended a variety of Burnaby schools including; Kingsway West, Nelson Avenue and McPherson Park Junior High. The family were parishioners of All Saints Anglican Church in Burnaby where Elaine also attended Girl Guides. Elaine’s father fulfilled his dream of designing and building the family home when he purchased property on London Street in New Westminster. The family moved to New Westminster and lived in a small house on the property while William spent three years completing their new home. Elaine commuted to Burnaby by the Interurban train in order to complete her studies at McPherson Park Junior High before enrolling at Duke of Connaught and graduating from Lester Pearson in New Westminster in 1957. In 1961, William Myers built the sanctuary lectern, pulpit, and altar for St. Andrew’s Church on Smith Avenue in Burnaby his brother Hermann’s parish. By the mid-1960s, William and Edna Myers moved from their home in New Westminster to White Rock. Edna Myers died on April 23, 1969. William built the ambry for the church of St. Mark as a memorial. William remarried Ruth, a widow, in 1971, and they resided in White Rock until Ruth’s death in 1983. William died in White Rock March 26, 1991. Elaine Myers married Gordon Wilfred Atkinson in 1961; they had four children and lived in the Dunbar area of Vancouver before they separated ways in 1988. Elaine completed her Bachelor of Arts degree as a mature student at University of British Columbia in 1984 followed by the completion of her Master’s degree at University of Toronto in April 1996, and PhD (Doctorate of Philosophy) in 2007. She has lived abroad in Jerusalem and the United Kingdom, working on a variety of research projects. Elaine Anne Myers passed away on February 19, 2015.