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Three unidentified women
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82355
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of three unidentified women.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-017
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of three unidentified women.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Unknown"
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "John Barron / Photographer / Sarnia, = Ont."
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Two unidentified girls
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82356
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of two unidentified girls, one perhaps being Blanche Wilkinson.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 4 x 6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-018
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of two unidentified girls, one perhaps being Blanche Wilkinson.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "? and Blanche W.?"
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "Barron & Walker / Artist and Photographer / B & W"
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Unidentified man
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82357
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 4.5 cm + 1 accompanying page
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified man.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 4.5 cm + 1 accompanying page
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-019
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of an unidentified man.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Unknown"
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Maude
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82373
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Maude.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-023
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Maude.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Maude ?"
- Note in blue ink on verso reads: "Maude"
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "J. Foster Elliott, / Photographer, / Sarnia. / Negatives Preserved"
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Guy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82376
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a boy identified as Guy.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-025
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a boy identified as Guy.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Guy ?"
- Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Guy"
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "J. Foster Elliot / Photographer, / Sarnia. / Negatives Preserved"
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Jane Ann Rollason
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82544
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 6 cm + 1 piece of wood
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Jane Ann Rollason.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 6 cm + 1 piece of wood
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-118
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Jane Ann Rollason.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Jane Ann Rollinson / (wife of Richard Hill) / (Grandmother of Minard Hill)
- Note in pencil on verso reads: "Jane Ann nee Rollison (Hill)"
- Photograph stamp on verso reads: "From the Photographic Studio W Sherwoood, / 23 Nook Street, Workincton, / This or ... can be enlar... in oil or water colours. / Negatives ... always be had"
- Note in blue pen on piece of wood taped to the album page reads: "Mother of K Claude Hill B R Hill / Jane Hill Nee Rolston / Grand Mother of K M Peers"
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Jane Ann Rollason
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82545
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Jane Ann Rollason.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1860-1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-119
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Jane Ann Rollason.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "____ Berkeley / (Marian (Berkeley) Hill's mother)"
- Photograph stamp on recto reads: "William Heath / 24 George Street / Plymouth"
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Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory221
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Names
- Foley, John
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.
- Biographical Notes
- John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:44
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, John
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_5.mp3Vancouver Road (Kingsway)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark729
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1860
- Heritage Value
- The street we know as Kingsway is one of the legacies of the Royal Engineers' military defences for New Westminster. The fear of an American attack prompted the construction of the False Creek trail - later known as Vancouver Road and now Kingsway - in 1860 to connect the capital city to the ice-free salt water harbour at English Bay.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Marlborough Area
- Windsor Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Stride Avenue Area
- Edmonds Area
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William Holmes House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark736
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- North Road
- Brunette River
- Associated Dates
- 1860
- Heritage Value
- William Holmes is considered to be the first non-Native resident of Burnaby. In March, 1860, Holmes acquired the first land title in the area that would become the Municipality of Burnaby. Legally known as Lot One, Block One, this parcel was located on North Road and the Brunette River. The eight-member Holmes family built a log cabin on the lot on a bluff above the river in which they lived for many years until a bigger home was built. The log cabin remained and in 1892 was used as an isolation hospital when a smallpox epidemic hit the lower mainland. Afterwards, local health officials burned the cabin to prevent the spread of disease.
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
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Sir John A. MacDonald
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1304
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [186-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 10 cm mounted on heavy card 16.5 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph portrait of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. MacDonald taken in a photographic studio.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 10 cm mounted on heavy card 16.5 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph portrait of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. MacDonald taken in a photographic studio.
- Subjects
- Officials - Prime Ministers
- Names
- MacDonald, John A.
- Accession Code
- BV998.44.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [186-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 02-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w photocopy accompanying
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Unidentified couple
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1949
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [186-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w tintype ; 8 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified couple taken in a photographic studio. The man is standing, wearing a three piece suit (his blazer has been left unbuttoned), with his hat held in his right hand. The woman is seated beside him, in a simple dress with a lace collar.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w tintype ; 8 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified couple taken in a photographic studio. The man is standing, wearing a three piece suit (his blazer has been left unbuttoned), with his hat held in his right hand. The woman is seated beside him, in a simple dress with a lace collar.
- Accession Code
- BV005.59.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [186-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 11-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Richard Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9996
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph portrait of Richard Love seated next to a decorative wooden desk. He is seated on a chair with a velvet and tassels and is wearing a large black suit coat, a white blouse with a tie at the collar, pants with long velvet chaps that go up to his knees and cover the tops of his shoes. He is…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Subseries
- Love family photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph portrait of Richard Love seated next to a decorative wooden desk. He is seated on a chair with a velvet and tassels and is wearing a large black suit coat, a white blouse with a tie at the collar, pants with long velvet chaps that go up to his knees and cover the tops of his shoes. He is holding a wooden cane between his legs and there is a top hat and a book on top of the desk and a back drop hanging from the wall behind him. Richard Love is the father of Jesse Love.
- Names
- Love, Richard
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.181
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 4-Mar-2019
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Dodson, Z.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy print accompanying
- Stamp in black ink on verso of original photograph reads: "Z.DODSON, / Photographer / PROSPECT PLACE, / NEAR VICTORIA STREET / SWINDON."
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Elizabeth Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9997
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph portrait of Elizabeth Love (nee Prince) seated next to a decorative wooden desk with a book on top. She is seated on a velvet chair and is wearing a long black silk dress with a decorative lace collar and bonnet. Eizabeth Love was married to Richard Love and is the mother of Jesse Love.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Subseries
- Love family photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph portrait of Elizabeth Love (nee Prince) seated next to a decorative wooden desk with a book on top. She is seated on a velvet chair and is wearing a long black silk dress with a decorative lace collar and bonnet. Eizabeth Love was married to Richard Love and is the mother of Jesse Love.
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.182
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 4-Mar-2019
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy print accompanying
- Stamp in black ink on verso of original photograph reads: "Z.DODSON, / PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE / PHOTOGRAPHER / PROSPECT PLACE, / (Near Victoria Street.) / SWINDON."
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Letter re payment of Lot No. 1, Group 1, New Westminster District
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10404
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 6 Mar. 1860
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. textual record ; folded
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten letter on blue paper dated "6th March 1860". The letter is addressed to Mr. Wm. Holmes from Colonel Moody regarding payment of a contract on Harrison Lilloet Road and two pounds two shillings scrip payment for land on Burrard Inlet Road..."Lot No. 1, Group 1, Rural La…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. textual record ; folded
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten letter on blue paper dated "6th March 1860". The letter is addressed to Mr. Wm. Holmes from Colonel Moody regarding payment of a contract on Harrison Lilloet Road and two pounds two shillings scrip payment for land on Burrard Inlet Road..."Lot No. 1, Group 1, Rural Land, New Westminster District..."
- Accession Code
- BV997.50.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 6 Mar. 1860
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 06-May-2019
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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Certificate of Title
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10408
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 22 Mar. 1860
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of "Certificate of Title" to Mr. William Holmes for land in Burnaby/NE Westminster; "40 Acres", "Twenty Second Day of March AD 1860". Description reads: "On West Side at termination of North Road to Port Moody Burrard Inlet". The blue Provincial seal is affixed to the certificate and…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of "Certificate of Title" to Mr. William Holmes for land in Burnaby/NE Westminster; "40 Acres", "Twenty Second Day of March AD 1860". Description reads: "On West Side at termination of North Road to Port Moody Burrard Inlet". The blue Provincial seal is affixed to the certificate and it is signed by R.C. Moody, "Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works".
- Accession Code
- BV997.50.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 22 Mar. 1860
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 06-May-2019
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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Certificate of Title
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10409
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 22 Mar. 1860
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of "Certificate of Title" to Mr. William Holmes for land in Burnaby/NE Westminster; "68 Acres", "Tenth Day of March AD 1860". Description reads: "On West Side of North Road to Port Moody Burrard Inlet, shown on the [?] Plan as Lots 2 / Group 1". The blue Provincial seal is affixed to…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Holmes fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of "Certificate of Title" to Mr. William Holmes for land in Burnaby/NE Westminster; "68 Acres", "Tenth Day of March AD 1860". Description reads: "On West Side of North Road to Port Moody Burrard Inlet, shown on the [?] Plan as Lots 2 / Group 1". The blue Provincial seal is affixed to the certificate and it is signed by R.C. Moody "Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works".
- Accession Code
- BV997.50.7
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 22 Mar. 1860
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 06-May-2019
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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Book reading given by Pixie McGeachie January 10, 1973 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory239
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1859-1867
- Length
- 0:09:26
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Pixie McGeachie's continued reading of "Archdeacon on Horseback" by Canon Cyril E.H. Williams and herself. This section of the reading describes early missionary experiences in Lytton, including descriptions from the diary of Bishop Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Pixie McGeachie's continued reading of "Archdeacon on Horseback" by Canon Cyril E.H. Williams and herself. This section of the reading describes early missionary experiences in Lytton, including descriptions from the diary of Bishop Hill.
- Date Range
- 1859-1867
- Photo Info
- Pixie McGeachie (left) and Florence Godwin, 1992. Item no. 330-003
- Length
- 0:09:26
- Interview Date
- January 10, 1973
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of a book reading given by Pixie McGeachie on January 10, 1973 to the Burnaby Historical Society from the book "Archdeacon on Horseback" by Canon Cyril E.H. Williams (then archivist in the Vancouver School of Theology, University of British Columbia) and Pixie McGeachie.
- Biographical Notes
- Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine.
- Total Tracks
- 6
- Total Length
- 0:54:31
- Interviewee Name
- McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Audio Tracks
Track three of recording of a book reading given by Pixie McGeachie
Track three of recording of a book reading given by Pixie McGeachie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-017-2/MSS137-017-2_Track_3.mp3Photograph and case
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3219
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1854 and 1870]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : ambrotype ; 8.5 x 9.5 cm in leather case
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : ambrotype ; 8.5 x 9.5 cm in leather case
- Material Details
- Photograph case with convex glass front with ambrotype photograph of man in dress suit, from waist up. The subject's cheeks have been toned pink.The interior back of the case is lined with cream paper and printed with "MYRON SHEW, Dealer in Daguerreotype Materials No. 116 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA". Gold matting; "CHASE" stamped into matting, lower right; exterior of frame is covered in leather; interior is red-coloured velvet; both surfaces embossed with floral motif.
- Accession Code
- BV000.8.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [between 1854 and 1870]
- Media Type
- Photograph
Images
Sir Richard Hill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82543
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1850-1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 21.5 x 15.5 cm + 1 accompanying typed note
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Richard Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1850-1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 21.5 x 15.5 cm + 1 accompanying typed note
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-117
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of a man identified as Richard Hill.
- Names
- Hill, Richard Jr.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "Sir Richard Hill - died in Dieppe, France / Father of Bernard Richard Hill & Louis Claude HIll"
- Attached to verso of album page is a typed note written by A S Hill