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- Architectural Drawing 279
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- Council - Regular Council Minutes 824
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Advisory Planning Commission subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96030
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 40 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of commission records for the Advisory Planning Commission including agendas, minutes, reports, and correspondence and a Commission portrait.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Advisory Planning Commission subseries
- Physical Description
- 40 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of commission records for the Advisory Planning Commission including agendas, minutes, reports, and correspondence and a Commission portrait.
- History
- The Advisory Planning Commission was established in July of 1963. The Advisory Planning Commission was the successor to the Town Planning Commission. The Commission was responsible for advising Council on land use matters and reviewing all zoning bylaw amendments before being forwarded to public hearing. The Commission was disbanded on February 20, 2017.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Blue flowers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63105
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [before 1976]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : watercolour ; 38.5 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a watercolour painting by Leila Orman of cut blue flowers arranged in a flower pot.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [before 1976]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : watercolour ; 38.5 x 26 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS104-020
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a watercolour painting by Leila Orman of cut blue flowers arranged in a flower pot.
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of painting
Burnaby Centennial Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96371
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1989-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 15 folders of textual records + 2 audio tape recordings + 6 photograph albums of newspaper clippings + 1 videocassette tape
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Burnaby Centennial Committee including minutes, correspondence, news clippings, a recording of the Burnaby anthem, and video of the Burnaby Centennial Dinner.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1989-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 15 folders of textual records + 2 audio tape recordings + 6 photograph albums of newspaper clippings + 1 videocassette tape
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Burnaby Centennial Committee including minutes, correspondence, news clippings, a recording of the Burnaby anthem, and video of the Burnaby Centennial Dinner.
- History
- The Burnaby Centennial Committee was established June 5, 1989. The Committee was responsible for overseeing the celebration of Burnaby's centennial anniversary in 1992. This committee disbanded in 1993.
Burnaby Public Library Board subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96372
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2007
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 3 rolls of microfilm + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of board records for the Burnaby Public Library Board, including appointments, correspondence, and a comissioned portrait.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2007
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Burnaby Public Library Board subseries
- Physical Description
- 3 rolls of microfilm + 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of board records for the Burnaby Public Library Board, including appointments, correspondence, and a comissioned portrait.
- History
- The Burnaby Public Library Board was established in 1955. The Trustees on the Burnaby Public Library Board govern the Burnaby Public Library and provide policies, a mission and vision, and general library management.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Community Heritage Commission subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96378
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1989-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 46 folders of textual records + 2 photographs + 1 portrait
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Community Heritage Commission including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and heritage sites.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1989-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Community Heritage Commission subseries
- Physical Description
- 46 folders of textual records + 2 photographs + 1 portrait
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Community Heritage Commission including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and heritage sites.
- History
- The Community Heritage Commission was established December of 1994. This committee was formerly known as the Heritage Advisory Committee. The Community Heritage Commission supports efforts to increase public awareness of and provide management for constructed and natural heritage in the City of Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Community Policing Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96425
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1994-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 44 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Community Policing Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and a commissioned portrait.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1994-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Community Policing Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 44 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Community Policing Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and a commissioned portrait.
- History
- The Community Policing Committee was established on March 21, 1994. The purpose of this committee was to advise Council on directions and strategies for community policing and crime prevention strategies; to serve as a liaison between Council, district community consultative committees, and the RCMP; and to serve as a link between those groups and the broader community. On January 26, 2015, the Committee’s name was changed from the Community Policing Committee to the Public Safety Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Family Court Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96450
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 7 folders of textual records + 2 rolls of microfilm + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Family Court Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and terms of reference.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Family Court Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 7 folders of textual records + 2 rolls of microfilm + 1 videocassette
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Family Court Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and terms of reference.
- History
- The Family Court Committee was established in 1964. The Family Court Committee was mandated to examine the resources of the community for family and children’s work, in order to assist the officers and Judges of the Court when required. The Committee's name was changed from Family Court Committee to Family Court and Youth Justice Committee on April 9, 1985.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Moving Images
- Graphic Material
Hazel Simnett collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription71379
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1996]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 13 files of textual records : ill. (some col.) ; 9 paintings : colour print ; 2 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of City-generated records, personal records, and political records collected by Hazel Simnett.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1996]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 13 files of textual records : ill. (some col.) ; 9 paintings : colour print ; 2 photographs : b&w
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- 2012-03
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of City-generated records, personal records, and political records collected by Hazel Simnett.
- History
- Hazel Simnett was born in Burnaby in 1922 to Frederick and Mary Ann Simnett and grew up looking up to her father who was very involved in labour and unions. A politically active citizen, Hazel Simnett has supported the Canadian Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the New Democratic Party (NDP). She once ran as a New Democratic Party candidate for Burnaby City Council. Hazel attended Kingsway West Public School and Burnaby South High School in Burnaby. During the 1970s, Hazel was President of the Century Park Museum Association, which governs Burnaby Heritage Museum and published the work "Bygones of Burnaby". Hazel worked on the campaign team of Joan Sawicki from 1990 to 1991, which led Sawicki to be elected as Burnaby-Willingdon riding's MLA. Hazel volunteered her time to be a member of the Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission from 1993 to 1996. In 2006, Hazel won the Burnaby Local Hero Award for her volunteer work at the New Vista Society where she served as chair for a number of years. She also served as a member of the Burnaby Historical Society and established the Hazel Simnett Endowment with the Burnaby Public Library to bring a collection of books on Canadian history and social issues.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
- Creator
- Simnett, Hazel
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- MSS167
Kushiro Cup Selection Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96463
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1997-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 13 folders of textual records + 2 photographs + 2 floppy discs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Kushiro Cup Selection Committee including agendas, minutes, and committee reports.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1997-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Physical Description
- 13 folders of textual records + 2 photographs + 2 floppy discs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Kushiro Cup Selection Committee including agendas, minutes, and committee reports.
- History
- This committee has been annually struck in order to choose an outstanding Burnaby citizen as the Kushiro Cup Award Citizen of the Year.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Personal material
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82732
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlai…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS167-008
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlain from Liverpool and a letter from the Office of the Mayor addressed to Mary Ann Simnett for her ninetieth birthday. Also included is a photograph (see item 559-001). Also included are newsclippings regarding Robert Burnaby and the "Bygones of Burnaby" book, a programme of the Robert Burnaby Commemorative Dinner, a photocopy of "The Argus" (Burnaby South High School's newspaper) from 1938, a programme from Madys Pridmore Brown's Variety Programme, "The Buzzer" Volume 40 Issue 16 advertising Vancouver street cars, New Vista Society certificate addressed to Hazel Simnett, an envelope of Fenwick Lansdowne bird prints from 1957 and a print of the Royal Family found in a cardboard envelope postmarked 1972.
- Subjects
- Arts - Paintings
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
- Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
- Performances - Concerts
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Personal Symbols - Certificates
- Transportation
- Persons - Royalty
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying file on folder ; The Argue was stapled together
- Simnett personal papers series
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Simnett personal papers series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82730
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 3 files of textual records: ill. (some col.), and 2 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of three files: (1). Roll of Honour records; (2). Personal material; and (3). Graduation records.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 3 files of textual records: ill. (some col.), and 2 photographs : b&w
- Description Level
- Series
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of three files: (1). Roll of Honour records; (2). Personal material; and (3). Graduation records.
- Names
- Simnett, Hazel
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Simnett personal papers series
Sunset o'er Burnaby Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88875
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : watercolour ; 20 x 30 cm on paper 28 x 38 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a watercolour painting by J. Adams of the sunset over Burnaby Lake from the George Derby home.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : watercolour ; 20 x 30 cm on paper 28 x 38 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS195-001
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2000-12
- Scope and Content
- Item is a watercolour painting by J. Adams of the sunset over Burnaby Lake from the George Derby home.
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Creator
- Adams, J.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of painting
- Note in black ink in handwritten script on front of painting reads: "Sunset o'er Burnaby Lake / from George Derby Home/ April 12th 1947"
Traffic and Transportation Committee (Traffic Safety Division) subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96474
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1989-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 46 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Traffic and Transportation Committee (Traffic Safety Division) including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and the Forest Grove Drive petition.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1989-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Physical Description
- 46 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Traffic and Transportation Committee (Traffic Safety Division) including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and the Forest Grove Drive petition.
- History
- The Traffic and Transportation Committee was established on November 20, 1989. The Committee was immediately divided in two, creating the Traffic and Transportation Committee (Traffic Safety Division) and the Traffic and Transportation Committee (Transportation and Transit Division). The Traffic and Transportation Committee (Traffic Safety Division) was concerned with matters of traffic safety including the installation of crosswalks, parking bans, traffic safety at playgrounds, and producing reports on the safety in Burnaby neighbourhoods and at schools. On January 13, 2003 these committees returned to their previously known names; the Traffic Safety Committee and Transportation Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Traffic Safety Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96476
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 365 folders of textual records + 1 roll of microfilm + 1 photograph + 1 optical disc
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Traffic Safety Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and various Burnaby streets.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Traffic Safety Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 365 folders of textual records + 1 roll of microfilm + 1 photograph + 1 optical disc
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Traffic Safety Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, and various Burnaby streets.
- History
- The Traffic Safety Committee was established on April 26, 1954. The Committee advises on ways to improve the safety of Burnaby roads and streets. On November 20, 1989 all matters relating to traffic safety became the responsibility of the Traffic and Transportation Committee (Traffic Safety Division). On January 13, 2003 the Committee returned to being known as the Traffic Safety Committee. The Traffic Safety Committee was integrated with the Public Safety Committee on February 20, 2017. On January 23, 2019 Council passed a report to once again create The Traffic Safety Committee as a stand-alone committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
Transportation Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96477
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 42 folders of textual records + 28 photographs + 3 rolls of microfilm
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Transportation Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, a comissioned photograph, and terms of reference.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Transportation Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 42 folders of textual records + 28 photographs + 3 rolls of microfilm
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Transportation Committee including agendas, minutes, correspondence, committee reports, a comissioned photograph, and terms of reference.
- History
- The Transportation Committee was established on February 13, 1978. From 1973 to 1977, this committee was known as the Transit Committee. It was expanded in 1978 to encompass the role of a Transportation Committee. From 1990 to 2002, the Transportation Committee was named the Traffic and Transportation Committee, also referred to as the Traffic and Transportation Committee (Transportation and Transit Division.) On January 13, 2003, the committee was once again known as the Transportation Committee. On February 20, 2017 the Transportation Committee was integrated with the Public Safety Committee.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material