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Scope and Content: File consists of handwritten letters from 1907, typed family histories, photocopies of family crest and family histories, photocopies of photographs from the 1942 Shamrock Tea of East Cedar School, copies of the photograph numbered 550-004 and published works by J. H. Vidal. Key persons include Cap…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-2012]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family papers series

Physical Description: 1.3 cm of textual records : ill.

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS176-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: File consists of handwritten letters from 1907, typed family histories, photocopies of family crest and family histories, photocopies of photographs from the 1942 Shamrock Tea of East Cedar School, copies of the photograph numbered 550-004 and published works by J. H. Vidal. Key persons include Captain Richard Emeric Vidal, a pioneer of Upper Canada, and his son Senator Alexander Vidal.

Names: Vidal, Alexander; Vidal, Captain Richard Emeric; Vidal, J. H.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

The Hillman family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]-[1939] (date of originals), copied [199-]

Collection/Fonds: Mary Forsyth fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 30 photographs : b&w prints and negatives

Scope and Content: Photographs of members of the Hillman family, Hanson family and Linquist families and a photograph of students at Riverway East School.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]-[1939] (date of originals), copied [199-]

Collection/Fonds: Mary Forsyth fonds

Physical Description: 30 photographs : b&w prints and negatives

Description Level: File

Record No.: 572-014

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-27

Scope and Content: Photographs of members of the Hillman family, Hanson family and Linquist families and a photograph of students at Riverway East School.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; 1 b&w copy negative without a copy print; Notes in pencil on verso of photographs identify people within; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-1 reads: "Charlie Hillman on flats"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-2 reads: "Ludwick Hanson mending fish net/ (Byrne Road)"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-3 reads: "1935/ Unknown/ Dundonald Church/ (Searsmiths)"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-5 reads: "Terry Hanson/ cousin/ Micheael Hillman/ (Byre Road)/ Niska's house in distance after move"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-6 reads: "Charlie, Ina, Lilly, Ellen Hillman"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-7 reads: "August Hanson/ Carl Hillman"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-8 reads: "c.1900/ Katherine Hillman"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-9 reads: "c.1930/ Alvita Hillman/ Louie Hillman/ Anne Hillman/ Arthur Hanson"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-10 reads: "Across from Bryne Road - Richmond at Linquits/ Carl Minnie Linquist/ August Manual (mother brother) / Inda/ Lilly/ Ellen/ Charlie Hillman/ Elvie Hillman/ Susan and Ludwick Hanson"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-11 reads: "Ludwick Hanson, Ina Hillman/ Susan Hanson and friends".; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-12 reads: "Charlie, Ina, Elvie Hillman/ Susan and Ludwick (Louie) Hanson"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-13 reads: "Riverway East"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-14 reads: "c. 1906/ Carl and Katherine"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-15 reads: "Susan Hanson/ Katherine/ Ellen/ Carl/ Charlie/ Ina"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-16 reads: "c. 1911/ Katherine Hillman"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-17 reads: "1930?/ Charlie Hillan/ Marine Drive/ behind house"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-18 reads: "Louie (Ludwick) Hanson"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-19 reads: " Charlie Hillman & friends"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-20 reads: "Charlie Hillman/ Louie (Ludwick) Hanson/ boat building place/ Byrne Road"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-21 reads: "Anne Hillman with girls"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-22 reads: "Seattle/ Charlie and Gene"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-23 reads: "Alvida Hillman/ foot of Byrne Rd/ -notice woodpile"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-24 reads: "young friend/ Charlie Hillman/ Art Hanson"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-25 reads: "Leona and Alvida"; Note in pencil on verso of copy print photograph 572-014-26 reads: "Lilly"

Kiewitz family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]-[1950] (date of originals), copied [199-]

Collection/Fonds: Mary Forsyth fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 44 photographs: b&w and sepia ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Scope and Content: Photographs of the Kiewitz and the Dedul families.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]-[1950] (date of originals), copied [199-]

Collection/Fonds: Mary Forsyth fonds

Physical Description: 44 photographs: b&w and sepia ; 20 x 25 cm or smaller

Description Level: File

Record No.: 572-018

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2014-27

Scope and Content: Photographs of the Kiewitz and the Dedul families.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Includes 20 photocopied photographs (572-018-21:572-018-41) and 1 copy negative; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph 572-018-4 reads: "Lizabeth you know where that was taken & who all in it"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph 572-018-6 reads: "Remembrance of the family taken before Xmas 1931"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph 572-018-7 reads: "Dad I think, Bean hay & me"; Stamp on verso of photograph 572-018-8 reads: "Post Card/ Made in Canada/ Correspondence/ Address/ Place Stamp here"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph 572-018-11 reads: "Mary Bolton, Robert Kiewitz, Floyd Butterfield, Dick Dunlap & Gertie Kiewitz on No.99 Highway, Washington/ July, 19, 1938; Note in black ink on verso of photograph 572-018-12 reads: "Snowball tree in bloom of course not this spring. With Chrissie Scott, Margery Mineess, Gertrude in fore ground/ I can't remember whether I've send one of these snaps before"; Stamp on verso of photograph 572-018-14 reads: "127"; Note in ink on verso of photograph 572-018-15 reads: "Mary Bolton near tent pole Silver Lake Camp/ Mt.Everard Washington U.S.A."; Stamp on verso of photograph 572-018-16 reads: "718"; Stamp on verso of photograph 572-018-17 reads: "973"; Stamp on verso of photograph 572-018-18 reads: "465"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph 572-018-19 reads: "W. Kiewitz/ 841-4th St. New West'r"; Note in pencil on envelope for copy-negative reads: "Julia/ Gertie/ Annie/ Jenny/ Bolton's Pond/ Julia on Bolton's

My Memory Book album

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [19--]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 260 photographs ; b&w and sepia) ; 18 x 29.5 cm

Scope and Content: Album contains photographs of Hazel Peterson and her family, at home and around the Lower Mainland, including trips to parks, beaches, and places in towns and cities. The album is likely from the early 1920s.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [19--]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Hazel Peterson subseries

Physical Description: 1 album (ca. 260 photographs ; b&w and sepia) ; 18 x 29.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 504-048

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2000-08

Scope and Content: Album contains photographs of Hazel Peterson and her family, at home and around the Lower Mainland, including trips to parks, beaches, and places in towns and cities. The album is likely from the early 1920s.

Names: Peterson, Hazel

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title taken from cover of album

Burnaby Retired Teachers subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1928] (date of originals), photocopied [1990]-[1991]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other material

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records created by the Burnaby Retired Teachers group in relation to their work in various Burnaby schools. Records include information booklets, photographs, statistics, and other research materials collected by the Burnaby Retired Teachers' Association.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1928] (date of originals), photocopied [1990]-[1991]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Retired Teachers subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other material

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2002-11

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records created by the Burnaby Retired Teachers group in relation to their work in various Burnaby schools. Records include information booklets, photographs, statistics, and other research materials collected by the Burnaby Retired Teachers' Association.

History: Concerned that Burnaby might be losing its educational history, the Retired Teachers’ Association of Burnaby formed the History of Education Committee. The Committee made efforts to assemble types of information that could help in the preparation of school histories, and once this information was assembled, they wrote the “Introductory Resource Materials on Burnaby Schools / 1894-1991” report which gives a one page "introduction" to each school in the Burnaby district, past and present.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Sound Recording

Creator: Burnaby Retired Teachers

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; PC434 and MSS103

Land Sales series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1968-2003

Collection/Fonds: Legal Department fonds

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of records created during the land sale process coordinated by the City of Burnaby’s Legal Department. Records include: correspondence, memos, agreements, proposals, tenders, bids, reports, receipts for fees paid, registration of sale agreements, Land Title forms, surveys, appraisal…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1968-2003

Collection/Fonds: Legal Department fonds

Series: Land Sales series

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of records created during the land sale process coordinated by the City of Burnaby’s Legal Department. Records include: correspondence, memos, agreements, proposals, tenders, bids, reports, receipts for fees paid, registration of sale agreements, Land Title forms, surveys, appraisals, estimates, legal opinions, as well as maps and other cartographic material.

History: In 2017, responsibility for City land sales was transferred to Realty and Lands.

Media Type: Textual Record

Peers family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a Peer family album of photographs of “Greyfriars,” the Peers’ family home, and various places throughout British Columbia where Arthur Francis Peers travelled and worked. The album is annotated with notes and titles made by members of the Peers family.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900-1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of a Peer family album of photographs of “Greyfriars,” the Peers’ family home, and various places throughout British Columbia where Arthur Francis Peers travelled and worked. The album is annotated with notes and titles made by members of the Peers family.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Peers family

Notes: Annotations likely written by Kitty Peers; Title based on contents of subseries; PC020

Patterson family papers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1900-2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File contains papers pertaining to the Patterson family. Included in the file is a Deed of Land from 1910, student report cards for Bruce and Dugald Campbell Patterson as well as histories and correspondence pertaining to the Webb family (Frances Mabel Webb Patterson's family). Also included is a p…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1900-2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Patterson family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS039-002

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Accession Number: BHS1996-05

Scope and Content: File contains papers pertaining to the Patterson family. Included in the file is a Deed of Land from 1910, student report cards for Bruce and Dugald Campbell Patterson as well as histories and correspondence pertaining to the Webb family (Frances Mabel Webb Patterson's family). Also included is a photocopied history of D.C. Patterson Senior (from an early publication).

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Bancroft family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]-1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]-1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bancroft family subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1986-44; BHS2004-06

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.

History: Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks. On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927). The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42. In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942. Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Cartographic Material

Creator: Bancroft, Rose

Notes: MSS030, PC490, PC507, and MSS110; Title based on creator and contents of subseries

Interview with John Ferguson July 3, 1975 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1900-1939

Length: 0:08:23

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Ferguson's memories of first coming to Burnaby in 1931. He describes the neighbourhood of Vancouver Heights and the people that lived there. He also describes the types of goods he sold at his Vancouver Heights Hardware Store.

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Ferguson's memories of first coming to Burnaby in 1931. He describes the neighbourhood of Vancouver Heights and the people that lived there. He also describes the types of goods he sold at his Vancouver Heights Hardware Store.

Date Range: 1900-1939

Length: 0:08:23

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Hardware Stores

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Interviewer: McLeod, Ross S.

Interview Date: July 3, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with John Ferguson by history student Ross S. McLeod, July 3, 1975. Major themes discussed are: the Depression.

Biographical Notes: John Ferguson was born in Glasgow in 1900. He came to Canada with his family in 1910, and settled on Vancouver Island. In 1931 John Ferguson purchased the hardware store on the 3900 block of Hastings Street.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:32:21

Interviewee Name: Ferguson, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

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.

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with John Ferguson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-18/100-13-18_Track_1.mp3

Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1900-1946

Length: 00:07:05

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, and her Oikawa grandparent’s immigration to BC and settlement on Lion and Don Islands at the mouth of the Fraser River. She describes how the family was moved to the internment camp “The Orchard” in New Denver,…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, and her Oikawa grandparent’s immigration to BC and settlement on Lion and Don Islands at the mouth of the Fraser River. She describes how the family was moved to the internment camp “The Orchard” in New Denver, but managed to find a place to live outside the camp where her grandmother grew a large garden from seeds brought in the seams of her clothing. She notes that the Lion Islands were named Oikawa-shima by the Japanese settlers.

Date Range: 1900-1946

Length: 00:07:05

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Persons - Japanese Canadians

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 27, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita 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 about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.

Total Tracks: 11

Total Length: 01:34:10

Interviewee Name: Miyashita, Toki

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

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

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.

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Toki Miyashita

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_1.mp3

Interview with Rick Sporns by Kathy Bossort October 30, 2015 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1900-2015

Length: 0:17:11

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Rick Sporn’s discussion of the value of natural areas to Burnaby, the city’s history of protecting green spaces, and the complementary role the Pavilion area plays in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. He talks about how the rose garden and “Playground of…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Rick Sporn’s discussion of the value of natural areas to Burnaby, the city’s history of protecting green spaces, and the complementary role the Pavilion area plays in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. He talks about how the rose garden and “Playground of the Gods” sculptures (Kamui Mintara) help Pavilion area visitors more fully appreciate the mountain setting. He also talks about the history of the construction of the Kamui Mintara sculptures.

Date Range: 1900-2015

Length: 0:17:11

Names: Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden; Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park; Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area; Kamui Mintara; Central Park

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Planning; Recreational Activities

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: October 30, 2015

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Rick Sporns conducted by Kathy Bossort. Rick Sporns was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Rick Sporn’s description of the history and design of Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden and the significance of the Centennial Pavilion area in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Rick Sporns also talks about his career with the City of Burnaby’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, management of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area, and the value of natural areas to Burnaby.

Biographical Notes: Richard Sporns was born in 1957 in Daly Municipality, Manitoba, to Ulrich and Charlotte Sporns. The family moved to the Burquitlam Area of Burnaby in about 1965. Rick Sporns obtained his BSc degree in biology at SFU and a degree in landscape architecture at UBC. In 1985 he began his career in the City of Burnaby’s Park, Recreation and Cultural Services department where he currently is Assistant Manager - Parks Design. Rick was responsible for designing Burnaby Mountain Centennial Rose Garden, a legacy project proposed by Mark Stockdale to commemorate Burnaby’s 1992 Centennial. The rose garden opened to the public July 18, 1992.

Total Tracks: 6

Total Length: 1:01:40

Interviewee Name: Sporns, Richard "Rick"

Interview Location: City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services meeting room

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

Series: Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with Rick Sporns

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-008/MSS196-008_Track_4.mp3

Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1900-1948]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (262 photographs)

Scope and Content: Photograph album containing family photographs of the Love, Stanley, Brandrith and Shankie families.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 photograph album (262 photographs)

Scope and Content: Photograph album containing family photographs of the Love, Stanley, Brandrith and Shankie families.

Creator: Stanley, Esther Love

Names: Love Family

Accession Code: BV022.32.431

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1900-1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of album; Individual photographs within album are described at item level BV022.32.432 to BV022.32.694; Duplicate photographs within album were not accessioned or described

Harry Royle fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1880-1969]

Collection/Fonds: Harry Royle fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 42 photographs + 2 cm textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and documents pertaining to Harry Royle's family, his personal life and his buisnesses including the Rose Bowl bowling alley and Harry's confectionery store.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harry Royle fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 42 photographs + 2 cm textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and documents pertaining to Harry Royle's family, his personal life and his buisnesses including the Rose Bowl bowling alley and Harry's confectionery store.

History: Henry "Harry" Cecil Royle was born in 1898 in Gibraltar to parents Joseph Royle and Juanita (Jane) [Bermuda] Royle. Harry and his family lived in Vancouver before moving to North Burnaby in the 1920's. Harry and his two brothers, Joe F. Royle and George V. Royle all served in the First World War. Harry served with the Tobins Tigers 29th Battlion during the First World War, signing up in Vancouver, on 18th of March, 1915. When Harry returned from the war he worked at the Hudson's Bay Company before opening his own confectionary and general store "Harry's" in 1924, located at 5527 Hastings Street. The shop advertised groceries, light lunches, tobacco and Harry also operated Harry's Taxi from the store driving the taxi cab himself. In 1928, Harry Royle married Burnaby resident Rita Mary Fennings (daughter of Frederick John Fennings and Rosa Webster Fennings). Harry and his wife Rita lived near the store on Hastings Street. In 1949, Harry opened the Rose Bowl bowling alley and coffee shop located at 3680 Hastings Street Vancouver (address after 1974 became 407 Boundary Road). Harry sponsored softball teams and bowling teams for many years. Harry and his wife Rita ran the Rose Bowl and resided at this adress (3680 Hastings Street) until about 1974 or 1975 when they moved to Ridgelawn Drive in Burnaby. Harry died in 1985 and his wife Rita died in 1991.

Names: Royle, Henry "Harry" Cecil

Accession Code: BV005.20; BV006.39

Date: [1880-1969]

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Arrangement: Arrangement of records were based on the original order in which they were acquired.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Leonard Love

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1899 (date of original)-2008

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of vital statistical, biographical and historical information about Leonard Love and family. Records include copies of vital statistics, interview notes, a newspaper clipping on the BC Society of Model Engineers at BVM, correspondence from descendents of Leonard Love and their memori…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse research files subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of vital statistical, biographical and historical information about Leonard Love and family. Records include copies of vital statistics, interview notes, a newspaper clipping on the BC Society of Model Engineers at BVM, correspondence from descendents of Leonard Love and their memories of the Love family and time spent in the farmhouse and an obituary for Gordon Wesley Love. Leonard Love was born in 1899, married Jenny Kennedy in 1922 and is the son of Jesse Love and Martha Love (nee Leonard).

Names: Love, John Leonard

Accession Code: BV018.41.72

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 1899 (date of original)-2008

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of file

George Jeffery subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57762

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1899-1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of personal and professional records, notebooks and papers pertaining to George Jeffery. Also included in the subseries are May Day programmes, invitations, and photographs of May Day, Diamond Jubilee of Confederation celebrations, and the Burnaby Police department.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1899-1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Jeffery subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of personal and professional records, notebooks and papers pertaining to George Jeffery. Also included in the subseries are May Day programmes, invitations, and photographs of May Day, Diamond Jubilee of Confederation celebrations, and the Burnaby Police department.

History: George Jeffery was a well-respected Burnaby police constable, having served first as a solider. Upon joining the police force in 1912, he was appointed to patrol the Central Park district, a position he held for 22 years. From his experiences confronting young shoplifters, he determined the reason groups of boys were getting into trouble was due to a lack of recreational activities on offer. He established the Burnaby Athletics Association in an old barn behind the Royal Oak Hotel to combat this, turning it into a competitive boxing ring and gym. George and his wife Harriet lived most of their married life in Central Park district with their three daughters: Patricia, a teacher in Burnaby prior to her marriage; Winnifred, Burnaby's 1929 May Queen; and Elsie who excelled at badminton. Patricia married William Poole; Winnifred married Fred Shaughnessy; and Elsie married Art Winteford. In 1935, when the BC Provincial police replaced the Burnaby Police, George quit the force in order to stay in Burnaby and worked at Oakalla Prison farm. He retired in 1945.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Jeffery, George

Notes: Title based on contents of subseries; MSS013, PC013

Political pamphlets

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64761

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1899-1957

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of political pamphlets and other paper records pertaining to Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch and his eldest son, Harold. Ernest was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Harold served as Member of Parliament f…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1899-1957

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS129-006

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: File consists of political pamphlets and other paper records pertaining to Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch and his eldest son, Harold. Ernest was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Harold served as Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and together they set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Interview with Florence Strachan June 20, 1975 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory133

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1899-1931

Length: 0:09:59

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Florence Strachan's early years, her move to Burnaby and her husband's employment at the Barnet Mill.

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Florence Strachan's early years, her move to Burnaby and her husband's employment at the Barnet Mill.

Date Range: 1899-1931

Length: 0:09:59

Interviewer: McLeod, Ross S.; Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: June 20, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Florence Strachan by Ross S. McLeod and Bettina Bradbury, June 20, 1975. Major theme discussed is: The Depression. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: Florence Strachan was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1899. She met and married her husband in Scotland before coming to Atlantic Canada by ship in 1922, then from Quebec to Vancouver by train. When Florence’s husband got a job at Barnet Mills in 1924, the couple moved to Burnaby and rented a house at 2551 East Hastings Street. In 1926, the Strachans bought a house at 290 Ellesmere Avenue and concentrated on paying it off as quickly as possible. By 1931 the Mill had shut down, leaving Florence’s husband out of work, and forced to go on Relief. By this time the couple had two children, one born in 1928, and the other in 1930. Florence and her husband marched and picketed with the unemployed throughout the Depression.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:28:43

Interviewee Name: Strachan, Florence

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

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.

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Florence Strachan

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-09/100-13-09_Track_1.mp3

Millway family fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97224

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1898-1986

Collection/Fonds: Millway family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 4.5 cm. of textual records + 8 photographs (1 b&w , 18.5 x 23.5 cm ; 2 col. , 15 x 10 cm ; 5 col. , 10 x 30.5 cm) + 1 audio disc (66 min., 47 sec).

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of material collected and complied by Reginald and Betty Millway.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1898-1986

Collection/Fonds: Millway family fonds

Physical Description: 4.5 cm. of textual records + 8 photographs (1 b&w , 18.5 x 23.5 cm ; 2 col. , 15 x 10 cm ; 5 col. , 10 x 30.5 cm) + 1 audio disc (66 min., 47 sec).

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2011-05

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of material collected and complied by Reginald and Betty Millway.

History: Reginald E. "Reg" Millway was born on December 20, 1915, at Milton Regis in the County of Kent. He graduated from London University (via Regent Street Polytechnic) and was appointed to the Air Ministry Technical Division in 1937, where he remained throughout World War II. Due to a hearing impairment he was unable to join the services and instead joined the Home Guard and served on fire bomb patrol in central London. Betty was born November 16, 1916, and married Reginald Millway in 1940. Together they had four daughters: Catherine; Penelope “Penny”; Jennifer; and Francis “Fran” (later Malcolm). Reginald left Britain with his family in March of 1948. They were on the last voyage of the Acquitania to Halifax, took a parlour car in a C.N. train to New Westminster and took up residence in South Burnaby. After two or three years, Reginald had established his own business, Marine Electronics. When the United Flower Growers Cooperative formed in the late 1950s, Reginald helped them assemble property at Roseberry and Marine Way in cooperation with the Director of Planning. A large auditorium was built there and Reginald helped them design, manufacture and install a complete electronic system. Modifications and additions have occurred along the way to the point that it is handling millions of dollars worth of flowers annually and it is the largest operation of its kind in Canada. Reginald ran in the Burnaby elections of 1957. Newly elected Mayor Alan Emmot offered him the chairmanship of the Zoning Board of Appeal (later the Board of Variance). He remained continuously chairman for the next 35 years. In 1962, Reginald joined the Rotary Club of Burnaby. He served as president in 1969 and remained a member for over 45 years. Betty was an accomplished writer and was the recipient of the 1984 Canadian Author’s Association Allan Sagster Award for long and meritorious service. Reginald was an early member of the Burnaby Historical Society and served as its president for three terms. He and Blythe Eagles went to Loughborough, England, on behalf of the Society to locate and clean up the site of Robert Burnaby's grave. Reginald was also on the committee that acquired the property and organised the establishment of the Burnaby Village Museum. Betty developed Robert Burnaby's family tree for the Historical Society and in the process made many contacts with prominent citizens of the Loughborough area, including the executive controller of the area, who introduced the Millways to the Mayor and Council. This formed the groundwork for a close relationship which Mayor Bill Lewarne formerly developed as a SisterCity relationship in 1985. The Millways were longstanding members of the Burnaby Beautification Committee and their garden was featured in Gardens West in the 1998 November/December issue. Betty died on July 21, 2005. Reginald died on November 7, 2010.

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record; Sound Recording

Creator: Millway, Reginald E. "Reg"; Millway, Betty

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; MSS157, PC 353

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