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Nichols Chemical Company fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1906-1962

Collection/Fonds: Nichols Chemical Company fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 9 technical drawings

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of technical drawings of the Nichols Chemcial Company plant and machinery.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Nichols Chemical Company fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 9 technical drawings

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of technical drawings of the Nichols Chemcial Company plant and machinery.

History: In 1905 the Nichols Chemical Company, acid manufacturers based in Montreal, established their chemical plant on on a tract of land along Burrard Inlet, just east of the North Pacific Lumber Company. This company was later amalgamated and acquired by General Chemical and remains in operation on the original waterfront site. Many of workers at the Nichols Chemical Plant lived in bunkhouses in the community of Barnet including Japanese Canadian families who were employed there. Many of these families were laid off and forcibily removed during the internment of the Japanese in British Columbia during World War II.

Creator: Nichols Chemical Company Limited

Accession Code: BV998.23

Date: 1906-1962

Media Type: Technical Drawing

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Small family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922-2016

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 75 photographs : b&w & col. + 1 plan

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs documenting the transformation of the Burnaby Lake area of Burnaby, B.C. from semi-rural in the 1920s to urbanized in 2016. Photographs depict the land and houses located on the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street as the property was rezoned and its density quad…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1922-2016

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Physical Description: 75 photographs : b&w & col. + 1 plan

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: Open access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2017-01

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs documenting the transformation of the Burnaby Lake area of Burnaby, B.C. from semi-rural in the 1920s to urbanized in 2016. Photographs depict the land and houses located on the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street as the property was rezoned and its density quadrupled. Fonds also includes photographs of the Small family house being moved to 5496 Dominion Street and the original landscape plan for 5118 Douglas Road.

History: In 1915, John W. Roberts and his wife Mary Allen Roberts moved from the United States to Canada along with their daughter, Lauretta. On first moving to Canada, the family lived in a rented house in Vancouver and John worked as a movie projectionist in the city. The couple had three more children, all sons: John A., Edward, and Roland. Circa 1921, John purchased a large parcel of land at the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street in Burnaby. This parcel encompassed the equivalent of at least six 66-foot lots along the south side of Dominion Street and the same along the north side of Norfolk Street. On their property, a barn and small living quarters were built. The family moved in, raising goats and growing potatoes to supplement their income. They also planted cherry, apple, and pear trees; hazelnut and walnut trees; raspberries; and a large vegetable garden, the fruits of which Mary preserved for year-round use. At this time, agricultural activities were common for families in the area: the Roberts' neighbours kept chickens for personal use and for selling eggs; grew mushrooms for commercial sale; and sold manure from an old buckboard drawn by Clydesdale horses. John built a new house in the middle of the Roberts’ lots on the southwest corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street. The house faced Douglas Road and overlooked a large, well-landscaped front yard to the east and a full-sized, clay tennis court to the north. The family moved into this new house in 1925. When the Roberts ceased raising goats, the barn and original living quarters were reduced to a double-car garage with storage space plus a sawdust-insulated “root cellar”. John also built a house on the northwest corner of the lot at Douglas Road and Dominion Street (3093 Douglas Road), which was purchased by the Hardy family. In 1957, part of this property (3071 Douglas Road) was sold to the Brocklebanks who built a house and lived there. In addition, John built a house at the northwest corner of Douglas Road and Norfolk Street (5106 Douglas Road). The original purchaser of this house is unknown, but in 1949, it was bought by the Meyers family. In 1952 or 1953, the Meyers sold part of this property and the Manahans built a house on it, facing Douglas Road. Several other lots that John owned were also sold off over the years. By the 1950s, John owned only five 66-foot lots from Douglas Road west, along the south side Dominion Street. In 1954, John sold the lot furthest from Douglas Road (5486 Dominion Street) to a builder who built a “ranch-style” house and put it up for sale. John retired from his career as a movie projectionist in the 1950s. He, Mary, and Lauretta retained their US citizenship all their lives, although they never returned to the USA except for brief visits. John A., Edward, and Roland who, as children of US citizens, also had US citizenship, eventually moved to the US, where they remained for the rest of their lives. In 1945, Lauretta married Frederick Small. The couple lived in a rented house in Vancouver for a few years before moving in with John and Mary in Burnaby. The couple had four children: Elizabeth, Kathryn, Charles, and Martin. In 1955, Frederick purchased the rancher at 5486 Dominion Street and the family moved in. The Small children grew up enjoying the freedom of having their grandparent’s large property in addition to their parent’s yard to play in. The back lane that ran between Dominion Street and Norfolk Street was filled with trees and bushes, creating a narrow bit of “forest” to explore. In 1957, John died. Mary died in 1969, as did Frederick. Lauretta was executor for her mother’s and husband’s estates. After much consideration, she decided to sell the house at 5486 Dominion Street and move back into her childhood home. By doing so, she was able to settle her mother’s estate to the satisfaction of her brothers. Elizabeth married and moved away. Over the next few years, the “Roberts” house was home to Lauretta, Kathryn, Charles, and Martin, with the three grown children moving in and out several times during the 1970s. In 1981, Lauretta died. Her children discussed at length how to divide up the property, which consisted of four 66-foot lots, according to her will. None of her children wanted to see the old family house destroyed but the house straddled two lots. They finally decided that if one of them wanted to pay to move the house to sit on one of the lots, the “value” of the house would not enter into the settlement of the estate. Kathryn chose to do this. In 1982, the old house was moved to 5496 Dominion Street and Kathryn continued to live in it. Martin died in 1982. Elizabeth and Charles each inherited one lot and the last lot, which would have gone to Martin, was sold, the funds divided equally between Elizabeth, Kathryn, and Charles. The three lots between 5496 Dominion Street and Douglas Road were subdivided into 33-foot lots and six new houses were built. In 1993, the Meyers property and the Manahan property were subdivided into 33-foot lots facing Norfolk Street and the old houses were torn down and four new houses were built.

Media Type: Photograph; Technical Drawing

Creator: Small family

Besly grinders and accessories

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Charles H. Besly & Company

Publication Date: 1940

Call Number: 670 CHA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV977.29.72

Call Number: 670 CHA

Author: Charles H. Besly & Company

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: Charles H. Besly & Co.

Publication Date: 1940

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. : 29 cm.

Inscription: "General ____ RECD NOV-4 1920 ANS.... Seattle Wash." [Stamped in purple ink on front cover] "See net price __ in ___ Working Paid Book 'G'" [Handwritten in blue ink on title page]

Library Subject (LOC): Grinding machines; Machinery; Machinery industry; Catalogs

Highroads to reading. Book three

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Beresford, M. A.

Publication Date: 1940

Call Number: 428.6 BER

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.195.17

Call Number: 428.6 BER

Author: Beresford, M. A.

Place of Publication: Toronto, Ont.

Publisher: Macmillans in Canada; Ryerson Press

Publication Date: 1940

Series: Highroads to reading

Physical Description: viii, 280 p. : ill (some col.) ; 18 cm.

Inscription: "Second Street School" -- stamped on endpaper (front). "S 33" -- handwritten in pen on title page

Library Subject (LOC): Readers

Notes: Includes index.

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Publication Date: 1940

Call Number: 822.33 SHA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV005.42.3

Call Number: 822.33 SHA

Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Contributor: Ratcliff, A. J. J. (Arthur James John), 1894-1961

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons

Publication Date: 1940

Series: Nelson's school Shakespeare

Physical Description: viii, 9-212 : ill. ; 16 cm.

Inscription: "40" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown]

Library Subject (LOC): English literature--Textbooks

Notes: "Edited by A. J. J. Ratcliff" --t.p.; Author's given name and dates: Ratcliff, A. J. J. (Arthur James John), 1894-

A song book for Saskatchewan schools

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Kinley, Ethel Adams

Publication Date: 1940

Call Number: 782 KIN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.21.28

Call Number: 782 KIN

Author: Kinley, Ethel Adams

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Clarke, Irwin

Publication Date: 1940

Physical Description: iv, 188 p. : music ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "55" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "W W Moore" [handwritten in blue ink on front endpaper] "Jeremiah" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] 90 Lune 464 choir There is a fountain 118 Lord Jesus I long (Cree) 217" [handwritten in pencil on back endpaper]

Library Subject (LOC): School songbooks

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Books

Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1939-1940

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1940

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1940

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV016.27.5

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1940

Place of Publication: Burnaby, BC

Publisher: Burnaby South Secondary School

Publication Date: 1940

Physical Description: 72 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Inscription: "Gwen Parker" [handwritten on first page in ink] signatures throughout

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1940-1949; School yearbooks

Names: Burnaby South High School

Notes: High school annual for Burnaby South High School; "Editor: Margaretta Verner Assistant Editor: Hazel Simnett Business Manager: Allan Coe"

Canada : the foundations of its future

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944

Publication Date: 1941

Call Number: 971 LEA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.5.21

Call Number: 971 LEA

Author: Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944

Place of Publication: Montreal

Publisher: Privately printed

Publication Date: 1941

Printer: [Gazette Printing Company Ltd.]

Physical Description: xxx, 257 p. : ill., maps (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Canada--History

Notes: "Illustrated by Canadian artists" -T.p.

American College of Surgeons : 1941 supplement to the twenty-sixth year book

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: American college of surgeons

Publication Date: 1941

Call Number: 610.69 AME 1941

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV974.27.15

Call Number: 610.69 AME 1941

Author: American college of surgeons

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: American College of Surgeons

Publication Date: 1941

Physical Description: 1077 p.: ill.

Library Subject (LOC): Surgeons; Surgery; Directories

Corporal to field officer

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Langford, Robert John Spinluff

Edition: 5th ed.

Publication Date: 1941

Call Number: 356.10971 LAN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV993.17.21

Call Number: 356.10971 LAN

Edition: 5th ed.

Author: Langford, Robert John Spinluff

Contributor: MacBrien, James Howden

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Copp, Clark

Publication Date: 1941

Printer: Copp, Clark

Physical Description: xvi, 192 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Inscription: "The Clarke & Stuart Co. Limited" "550 Seymour St. Vancouver, B.C." -- stamped on foreword page.

Library Subject (LOC): Canada. Canadian Army; Infantry drill and tactics

Notes: Maj.-Gen. Sir James Howden MacBrien,1878 - 1938, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.; Lieut-Colonel, Robert John Spinluff Langford, 1887-?.; 5th Edition amended up to date.; Includes index.

Davis dainty dishes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1941

Call Number: 641.864 DAV

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV002.65.2

Call Number: 641.864 DAV

Edition: Rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Canada

Publisher: Davis Gelatine Organization

Publication Date: 1941

Printer: Brigdens Ltd.

Physical Description: 67p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Gelatin; Cooking; Cookbooks--1940-1949

Notes: Includes index; "50c"- front cover; "The Davis Gelatine Organization, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England"-title page.; "Davis Gelatine (Canada) Ltd. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver" -back cover

The Canadian mother and child

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Couture, Ernest, 1891-1970

Publication Date: 1941

Call Number: 618 COU

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV008.40.5

Call Number: 618 COU

Author: Couture, Ernest, 1891-1970

Place of Publication: Ottawa

Publisher: The Hon. Ian A. Mackenzie, Minster of Pensions and National Health

Publication Date: 1941

Printer: Edmond Cloutier

Physical Description: 231 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Inscription: "Miss. Bricher" [ hand writen in pencil at top of front cover. The "h" may be a "k".]

Library Subject (LOC): Canada. Department of National Health and Welfare; Obstetrics; Infants--Health and hygiene

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books

Notes: Published by authority of the Hon. Paul Martin, Minister of Health and Welfare"

Hydraulic mining methods.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Holland, Stuart S.

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 622.061711 HOL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV977.29.87

Call Number: 622.061711 HOL

Author: Holland, Stuart S.

Place of Publication: Victoria, B.C.

Publisher: Charles F. Banfield

Publication Date: 1942

Series: British Columbia. Dept. of Mines. Bulletin ; no. 15.

Physical Description: v, 76 p. incl. illus. (incl. plans, diagr.) tables : plates. 27 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Hydraulic mining; Gold mines and mining

Notes: Inludes Bibliography: p. 76.

Notes on map reading, 1929 (reprinted with amendments (nos. 1 to 4), 1939)

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 623.71 GRE

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV993.17.12

Call Number: 623.71 GRE

Place of Publication: Ottawa, Ont.

Publisher: Great Britain. War Office

Publication Date: 1942

Printer: Edmond Cloutier

Physical Description: 95 p. : maps (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Military maps; Military topography

Notes: "Notified in army orders for September, 1929" -- cover; by command of the army council, Sir Herbert (James) Creedy (1878-1973).; Includes index.

Home preservers handbook : canning, jams, marmalades, jellies, pickling, conserves

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 641.42 BCE

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV988.44.209

Call Number: 641.42 BCE

Place of Publication: [Vancouver]

Publisher: British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited

Publication Date: 1942

Physical Description: 19 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + 1 insert

Inscription: "Jack Spades"--handwritten in red pencil on back of recipe insert.

Library Subject (LOC): Canning and preserving; Cooking, Canadian; Cooking--British Columbia; Cookbooks--British Columbia; Cookbooks--1940-1949

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Notes: Insert has additional sugar rationing recipes

B.R. 77 : machinery handbook

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 621.1 BRS

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: X3270

Call Number: 621.1 BRS

Place of Publication: Ottawa

Publication Date: 1942

Printer: King's Printer

Physical Description: xiv, 226 p. :ill. ; 21 cm

Inscription: "B.R. OFFICER JUN 8 1942 H.M.C.S., "NADEN" ESQUIMALT, B.C." [Stamped in blue ink on verso of front and back covers] "#1303" [Handwritten in black ink within the stamp, below "B.R. OFFICER", on verso of front and back covers]

Library Subject (LOC): Boilers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Mechanical engineering; Stokers, Mechanical

Object History: No known history

Notes: Includes index.

Canadian army training pamphlet no. 1 : a general instructional background for the young soldier

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canada. Department of National Defence

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 355.54097 EDM

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV993.17.15

Call Number: 355.54097 EDM

Author: Canada. Department of National Defence

Place of Publication: Otawa

Publisher: Edmond Cloutier

Publication Date: 1942

Series: Canadian army training pamphlet, part 1.

Physical Description: [4] of leaves plates, 196 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "No.1 (Reserve) Armored Corps Bronance Workshop (Div. Section) R.C.O.C." -- stamped at bottom.

Library Subject (LOC): Canada. Canadian Army

Notes: "Not to be published" -- Front cover.; "Prepared under the direction of The Chief of the General Staff, Canada." -- Front cover.; "This edition supersedes all previous issues of this pamphlet." -- Front cover.; part 1 of 7.; Includes index.