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South Burnaby Garden Club minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57859
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 binder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item is a binder filled with meeting minutes and year end balance sheets from the South Burnaby Garden Club.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- South Burnaby Garden Club subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 binder of textual records
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS028-007
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-36
- Scope and Content
- Item is a binder filled with meeting minutes and year end balance sheets from the South Burnaby Garden Club.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Burnaby Information Bulletin 1979
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58403
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 pamphlet
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Burnaby Information Bulletin which includes information on municipal taxes and upcoming events.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 pamphlet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS081-016
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-10
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Burnaby Information Bulletin which includes information on municipal taxes and upcoming events.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Certificate for Rose Bancroft
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63797
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 13, 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate (framed)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a framed certificate to Rose Bancroft for an Honorary Life Membership from the B.C. Fushia and Begonia Society.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 13, 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bancroft family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate (framed)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS110-001
- Accession Number
- BHS2004-06
- Scope and Content
- Item is a framed certificate to Rose Bancroft for an Honorary Life Membership from the B.C. Fushia and Begonia Society.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
A Comprehensive Transportation Plan for Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription30907
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 33918
- Accession Number
- 2006-16
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Interview with Les Francis by Eric Damer October 16, 2012 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory330
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1979-2012
- Length
- 0:12:38
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Les Francis's years of working with the municipality of Burnaby in the waterworks department and the changes he has noticed for present day workers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Les Francis's years of working with the municipality of Burnaby in the waterworks department and the changes he has noticed for present day workers.
- Date Range
- 1979-2012
- Photo Info
- Les Francis (far right) receiving a Burnaby Long Service Award at the Gai Paree Supper Club, 1964. Item no. 485-070.
- Length
- 0:12:38
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- October 16, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Les Francis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 16, 2012. Major theme discussed: the role of the municipal worker in the nineteen-thirties through the war years.
- Biographical Notes
- Les Francis was born in London, England, in 1914 and came with his family to Burnaby in 1919. Except for a few years away on special projects, Les has lived in Burnaby ever since. After attending Kingsway West Elementary and Burnaby South High Schools, Les joined the municipal work force. He first worked as a clerk in 1930 and later joined the Engineering Department where he spent his career maintaining and extending the municipal water system. Les Francis retired in 1979 as the City of Burnaby's Work's Superintendent.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:43:18
- Interviewee Name
- Francis, Les
- Interview Location
- Interviewee's residence
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track four of recording of interview with Les Francis
Track four of recording of interview with Les Francis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-010/MSS171-010_Track_4.mp3![Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/231-012.jpg?width=280)
Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 13
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory453
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1979-1990
- Length
- 00:06:22
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s continued involvement with BTA on its Board, and his run for provincial office for Socreds in 1979 against Rosemary Brown
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Bill Lewarne’s continued involvement with BTA on its Board, and his run for provincial office for Socreds in 1979 against Rosemary Brown
- Date Range
- 1979-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
- Length
- 00:06:22
- Subjects
- Elections
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 14, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.
- Total Tracks
- 14
- Total Length
- 1:34:40
- Interviewee Name
- Lewarne, William A. "Bill"
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and business computerization in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
![Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/231-012.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track thirteen of interview with Bill Lewarne
Track thirteen of interview with Bill Lewarne
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_13.mp3
Interview with Don Brown by Rod Fowler February 26, 1990 - Track 11
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory512
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1979-1990
- Length
- 00:09:05
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s service as Alderman (1979-1985), his support for Bill Copeland in 1987 and conflicts with Mayor Bill Lewarne, and some of the issues he dealt with such as illegal suites, density planning and highrises for Hastings
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Don Brown’s service as Alderman (1979-1985), his support for Bill Copeland in 1987 and conflicts with Mayor Bill Lewarne, and some of the issues he dealt with such as illegal suites, density planning and highrises for Hastings
- Date Range
- 1979-1990
- Photo Info
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Don Brown, November 2, 1997. Item no. 535-0979
- Length
- 00:09:05
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 26, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Don Brown, conducted by Rod Fowler. Don Brown was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Don Brown’s description of the changes in Burnaby’s built and natural landscapes and socioeconomic conditions, especially between 1947 and 1975, the strong impression made on him by those changes evident in the interview. He talks about his work and career as a police officer with the Burnaby Provincial Police and RCMP. The interview also details his involvement in Burnaby politics and volunteer community groups. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Donald Neil “Don” Brown was born in Birmingham, England May 4, 1919, and immigrated with his parents and siblings to Winnipeg in 1922. At the outbreak of WWII Don Brown left high school and enlisted in the 12th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, serving six years in the army. Before going overseas he married Helen Birch in 1939. In 1947 Don Brown joined the B.C. Provincial Police which was absorbed by the RCMP in 1950. He worked as a police officer in Burnaby from 1947 to 1954, and then was transferred to Ottawa (with a stop in Regina) for nine and a half years where he attended Carleton University to study forensics. In 1963 Don Brown was transferred back to Vancouver and bought and moved into a house on Watling Street in Burnaby where he still lived in 1990. Another transfer took him to Edmonton for five years, returning to Burnaby in 1975. Following retirement in 1980 with the rank of Supervisor and after 22 years in forensic laboratories, Don Brown started his own business as a private document examiner. Don Brown was active in Burnaby politics, serving as Alderman from 1979-1985. He was also involved in many community groups including the South Burnaby Men’s Club, which he helped found in 1952, as well as active in the Burnaby Historical Society, and served on the Burnaby School Board, Burnaby Centennial Committee, and the Community College for the Retired. Don and Helen Brown had six children: Donna, Don, Gina, Patricia, Christopher and Susan. Don Brown died May 16, 2009.
- Total Tracks
- 14
- Total Length
- 01:35:07
- Interviewee Name
- Brown, Donald N. "Don"
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track eleven of interview with Don Brown
Track eleven of interview with Don Brown
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-016/MSS187-016_Track%2011.mp3Burnaby Lake Sports Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription2221
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- Planning Department report.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 4110
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- Planning Department report.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
The Scambler House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58393
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Item is a report on the Scambler House (located at 4551 Price Street) including its history and copies of its original architectural drawings. The creator of the report is unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS081-006
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-10
- Scope and Content
- Item is a report on the Scambler House (located at 4551 Price Street) including its history and copies of its original architectural drawings. The creator of the report is unknown.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Duplicate report accompanying
Captain James Cook and his times
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58406
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 brochure
- Scope and Content
- Item is a brochure for the "international and interdisciplinary conference" entitled "Captain James Cook and his times" held at Simon Fraser University. The conference focused on Cook's third voyage and celebrated the bicentenary of Captain Cook's landing at Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 brochure
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS081-019
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-10
- Scope and Content
- Item is a brochure for the "international and interdisciplinary conference" entitled "Captain James Cook and his times" held at Simon Fraser University. The conference focused on Cook's third voyage and celebrated the bicentenary of Captain Cook's landing at Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Burnaby Now
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58412
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Item is a "Burnaby Now" booklet which was "used as a text to introduce local government to high school students and to the community through the adult education program of the Community Education Department."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Gladys Killip subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS081-025
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-12
- Scope and Content
- Item is a "Burnaby Now" booklet which was "used as a text to introduce local government to high school students and to the community through the adult education program of the Community Education Department."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
One Arbour Lane
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64866
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two pamphlets promoting the "new" townhouse complex at One Arbour Lane.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS139-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two pamphlets promoting the "new" townhouse complex at One Arbour Lane.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
The Family Tree of Robert Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66642
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Millway family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item is "The Family Tree of Robert Burnaby / Showing the More Significant Lines of Descent" compiled by Betty Millway as part of the research that she undertook for her essay "Robert Burnaby's Roots."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Millway family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS157-004
- Accession Number
- 2011-05
- Scope and Content
- Item is "The Family Tree of Robert Burnaby / Showing the More Significant Lines of Descent" compiled by Betty Millway as part of the research that she undertook for her essay "Robert Burnaby's Roots."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Continuation of title: "... Showing the More Significant Lines of Descent"
Club Library Record of Books - Borrowers and Dates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription71184
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Gem and Mineral fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Item is the "Club Library Record of Books - Borrowers and Dates" for the Burnaby Gem and Mineral Club.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Gem and Mineral fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS160-003
- Accession Number
- 2012-03
- Scope and Content
- Item is the "Club Library Record of Books - Borrowers and Dates" for the Burnaby Gem and Mineral Club.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Interview with John Kirbyson by Kathy Bossort September 28, 2015 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory557
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1978-2005
- Length
- 0:14:04
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about John Kirbyson’s career with City of Burnaby Parks and Recreation Dept. 1978-2005. He talks about returning to SFU for his Masters degree in the new Natural Resource Management program; trail management on Burnaby Mountain; and relationship between SFU and Park…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about John Kirbyson’s career with City of Burnaby Parks and Recreation Dept. 1978-2005. He talks about returning to SFU for his Masters degree in the new Natural Resource Management program; trail management on Burnaby Mountain; and relationship between SFU and Parks staff managing trails on the mountain.
- Date Range
- 1978-2005
- Length
- 0:14:04
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- September 28, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Kirbyson conducted by Kathy Bossort. John Kirbyson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about John Kirbyson’s education and career as parks planner for the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, and the development of the 1999 Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area Management Plan. The interview explores how parks management balances environmental and recreational values and safety, and the importance of good guidelines and public input in the parks planning process. John Kirbyson also talks about recreational activities and various developments on Burnaby Mountain in the 1990s, such as the Kamui Mintara sculptures.
- Biographical Notes
- John Kirbyson was born in Vancouver in 1954, to Arnold and Winnifred Kirbyson. After several years spent in Winnipeg and Calgary, the Kirbyson family moved to Hunter Street in Burnaby in 1969 where John remembers living near the City’s nursery. John earned his BSc degree at SFU in Physical Geography (1973-1978) and then worked for the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services between 1978 and 2005, where he moved from labourer to management positions. Supported by the City, he returned to SFU to earn his Masters degree in the School of Resource and Environment Management in 1991, his thesis being on restoration of Deer Lake. He was Manager of Parks Planning, Design and Development in the 1990s at the time that land on Burnaby Mountain was transferred from SFU to the City of Burnaby, and had the opportunity to direct the development of the first management plan for the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. From 2005 to 2010 John was Manager of the Parks, Recreation and Culture Dept. in Penticton, after which he has worked as an environmental consultant for Lees & Associates Landscape Architects and Planners. He is married to wife Linda and has three children: Linnaea, Jeremy and Colin.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 1:33:43
- Interviewee Name
- Kirbyson, John W.
- Interview Location
- John Kirbyson's son's home in Langley
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with John Kirbyson
Track two of interview with John Kirbyson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-002/MSS196-002_Track_2.mp3Welcome to Eastburn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription56649
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Booklet details the Eastburn Neighbourhood Improvement program which was undertaken 1977.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 40078
- Accession Number
- 2008-16
- Scope and Content
- Booklet details the Eastburn Neighbourhood Improvement program which was undertaken 1977.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Burnaby Chamber of Commerce meeting minutes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58141
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 bound minute book
- Scope and Content
- Item is a bound minute book filled with Burnaby Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Annual Meeting minutes (as well as correspondence and financial statements).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Chamber of Commerce subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 bound minute book
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS057-012
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-20
- Scope and Content
- Item is a bound minute book filled with Burnaby Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Annual Meeting minutes (as well as correspondence and financial statements).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Burnaby Lake Report - SPEC
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription71821
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1977]
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item contains "Burnaby Lake Students' Projects (Abstracts and Excerpts)."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1977]
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 46206
- Accession Number
- 2012-15
- Scope and Content
- Item contains "Burnaby Lake Students' Projects (Abstracts and Excerpts)."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Deer Lake Park - A Plan for Development
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription8835
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- Planning report prepared by the Deer Lake Design Team of Charles Torrence, Norman Hotson, D. John Moore, and Barbara Lindsay.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Planning Department fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 11795
- Accession Number
- 2003-17
- Scope and Content
- Planning report prepared by the Deer Lake Design Team of Charles Torrence, Norman Hotson, D. John Moore, and Barbara Lindsay.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Interview with Mayor Derek Corrigan by Kathy Bossort January 28, 2016 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory680
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1977-1990
- Length
- 0:05:40
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Mayor Corrigan talking about living in the Stoney Creek neighbourhood and family walks along the creek. He also talks about Simon Fraser University: working in the Criminology Dept. as a teaching assistant, the university’s architecture, the student population…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Mayor Corrigan talking about living in the Stoney Creek neighbourhood and family walks along the creek. He also talks about Simon Fraser University: working in the Criminology Dept. as a teaching assistant, the university’s architecture, the student population it served and its radical reputation.
- Date Range
- 1977-1990
- Length
- 0:05:40
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Stoney Creek
- Planning Study Area
- Lyndhurst Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- January 28, 2016
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Mayor Derek Corrigan conducted by Kathy Bossort. Derek Corrigan was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Mayor Corrigan talking about the history and value of protecting the environment and green space in Burnaby, and the different positions held by the City and SFU about land use and control on Burnaby Mountain between 1964 and 1995. He talks about the increasing awareness that a solution needed to be found that gave certainty to the protection of the conservation area on Burnaby Mountain. Mayor Corrigan also talks about what conservation means to him, the role that the Centennial Pavilion area plays on Burnaby Mountain, and the future for the urban forest on Burnaby Mountain. Other topics include his childhood, education, formative events in his life, and his career in politics.
- Biographical Notes
- Derek Corrigan was born and grew up in Vancouver. He attended a number of elementary schools in East Vancouver, Queen Elizabeth Elementary School (Gr. 4-7) and Sir Charles Tupper High School. He attended UBC, majoring in philosophy and political science, and after travel in Europe, successfully applied to enter law school without completing his bachelors degree. He graduated in 1977, articled with Jim Lorimer in Burnaby and was called to the bar in 1978. In 1977 Derek Corrigan and his wife Kathy moved to Burnaby, first to the Stoney Creek neighborhood and then to a home on the South Slope where they raised their family of four children. Derek Corrigan first ran for Burnaby Council in 1979 with the Burnaby Citizens Association, and after three more tries was elected to council in 1987. He has served Burnaby for 28 years, first as a councillor and then as mayor since 2002. During his career he has served on many committees at the local, regional and national levels.
- Total Tracks
- 9
- Total Length
- 1:31:24
- Interviewee Name
- Corrigan, Derek
- Interview Location
- Mayor’s office at Burnaby City Hall
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Mayor Derek Corrigan
Track two of interview with Mayor Derek Corrigan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-018/MSS196-018_Track_2.mp3