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Jermyn family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64492
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records pertaining to the Jermyn family mushroom farm at 4840 Ardingly Avenue. Records include insurance papers, cancelled cheques, bank receipts, tax demands, Horticultural Circulars, and a photograph.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Jermyn family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-54
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records pertaining to the Jermyn family mushroom farm at 4840 Ardingly Avenue. Records include insurance papers, cancelled cheques, bank receipts, tax demands, Horticultural Circulars, and a photograph.
- History
- Chester Stephen Jermyn was born February of 1908. His wife Mary Magdalene was born May of 1909. Chester and Mary had three sons: Wayne S., born August 1938, Morris J., born February 1942, and Ralph J. Jermyn born October 1947. The family lived together at 4840 Ardingly Avenue in Burnaby and ran a mushroom farm on their property.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Jermyn family
- Notes
- MSS116 and PC509
- Title based on contents of subseries
Brothers Earl and Norman Wild
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80586
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925] - 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925] - 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 548-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-31
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.
- Names
- Wild, Norman
- Wild, Earl
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Norman's brother Earl + Norman. Idaho USA"
Images
City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93710
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]-[1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs (39 tiffs ; 2 jpegs ; 3 col. prints, 9 x 9 cm) and 3 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of photographs that were selected for preservation because of their relevance to documenting the heritage and development of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection depict Burnaby citizens, locations, businesses, residences, geography, and events throughout the history…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]-[1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs (39 tiffs ; 2 jpegs ; 3 col. prints, 9 x 9 cm) and 3 p. of textual records
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2010-01
- 2013-31
- 2016-24
- 2021-10
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of photographs that were selected for preservation because of their relevance to documenting the heritage and development of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection depict Burnaby citizens, locations, businesses, residences, geography, and events throughout the history of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection are acquisitions of discrete items or small sets of items that do not form a discrete fonds or collection.
- History
- Burnaby’s first municipal archive officially opened on November 10, 2001, and is located in the McGill Branch Public Library at 4595 Albert Street. The City Archives functions as a branch of the Office of the City Clerk and operates as the official repository of Burnaby’s municipal records, containing records dating back to Burnaby’s incorporation in 1892. In 2007, the City of Burnaby Archives expanded its collection mandate to include private as well as public records. Types of records held at the Archives include City Records (Council minutes and reports, bylaws, departmental records and photographs) and records from private individuals and community organizations (correspondence, reports, minutes, photographs, moving images and sound recordings). The Archives storage area is equipped with the sophisticated environmental controls necessary to preserve Burnaby’s unique archival material into the future. The mandate of the City of Burnaby Archives is to identify, acquire, preserve and make accessible archival material in the form of civic and private records documenting the history of the City of Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection.
Columbian Newspaper subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97177
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1865]-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper collected by the Burnaby Historical Society.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1865]-1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Columbian Newspaper subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-19
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs from the Columbian Newspaper collected by the Burnaby Historical Society.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- The Columbian
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC 222
- History/Bio adapted from New Westminster Archives
Disney Family collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97178
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1914-1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Disney Family collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 6 architectural drawings : pencil and ink on paper ; 52 cm x 77 cm and smaller + 1 p. of textual records (40 cm. x 31 cm.) + 1 plan : col. ; 55 cm x 75 cm folded to 28 cm x 10 cm + 1 map : diazo print ; 39 cm x 28 cm.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of maps and plans created and collected by Jack Disney.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1914-1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Disney Family collection
- Physical Description
- 6 architectural drawings : pencil and ink on paper ; 52 cm x 77 cm and smaller + 1 p. of textual records (40 cm. x 31 cm.) + 1 plan : col. ; 55 cm x 75 cm folded to 28 cm x 10 cm + 1 map : diazo print ; 39 cm x 28 cm.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2016-03
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of maps and plans created and collected by Jack Disney.
- History
- John Howard "Jack" Disney served as Burnaby Surveyor from 1911 to 1919.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
- MSS199
Interview with W.H. O'Brien July / August 1975 - Track 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory25
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- [1932]-1936
- Length
- 0:11:12
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).
- Date Range
- [1932]-1936
- Photo Info
- Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005
- Length
- 0:11:12
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July / August 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with W.H. "Harry" O'Brien by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury. Major themes discussed are: the Army of the Common Good, the Union of the Unemployed and the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union). To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- W.H. “Harry” O’Brien was born in the coal mining town of Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 20, 1914. He came to Burnaby with his parents and five siblings in 1927. Harry’s mother, a school teacher, wanted her children to live closer to school in order to obtain a better education, so the O’Brien family settled at Inman Avenue, Burnaby. Harry's mother, Mary Anne Crossan, was Gilmore Avenue School's first teacher. Harry left school in June of 1929. Harry’s father worked as the caretaker at Central Park around this time and Harry helped him to clear brush, plant trees and enforce the land clearing and wood cutting permit regulations held by men who were on script. Although too young to vote by just over a week, Harry O'Brien worked as a scrutineer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) during the 1935 Federal Election. On October 12, 1940 Harry O'Brien married Gertrude Sutherland at St. John the Divine in Burnaby. The Sutherland family came to Burnaby from Winnipeg in 1933 and settled at Nelson Avenue. Harry began his involvement with the Unemployment Organization in Burnaby by participating in an organised protest against the municipality for homeowner evictions brought on by unpaid taxes. The South Burnaby Union of the Unemployed organised in order to protest rules around receiving Relief. Harry became involved, eventually becoming one of the spearheads of the organization, taking over as secretary by 1936. Harry was an original member of the Army of the Common Good, helping to produce over one hundred and twenty-five tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed Burnaby citizens suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The members of the Army of the Common Good who cut wood for consumption or worked in the gardens were given credit for their work through LU (Labour Units) which they could then use to buy groceries and that at the Army's Cooperative stores, one of which was at McKay Avenue, where Harry began working as Manager of Groceries in 1937. The Credit Union movement of British Columbia was also organized by Harry O'Brien and his fellow Army of the Common Good members. W.H. "Harry" O'Brien died July 1, 1992.
- Total Tracks
- 9
- Total Length
- 1:17:56
- Interviewee Name
- O'Brien, Harry
- 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
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- None
- 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.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track eight of interview with W.H.
Track eight of interview with W.H.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-25/100-13-25_Track_8.mp3Hastings Street and Gamma Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41111
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37968
- Meeting Date
- 28-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37968
- Meeting Date
- 28-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Acquisition of Property East End of Chancellor Boulevard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41112
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37967
- Meeting Date
- 28-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37967
- Meeting Date
- 28-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Election Results
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41113
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37970
- Meeting Date
- 28-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37970
- Meeting Date
- 28-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Imperial - Jubilee Intersection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41114
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37969
- Meeting Date
- 28-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37969
- Meeting Date
- 28-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
28-Dec-1959 Regular Council Minutes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilminutes51306
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Meeting Date
- 28-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Regular Council Minutes
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Meeting Date
- 28-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Regular Council Minutes
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
28-Dec-1959 Public Hearing Minutes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilminutes80563
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Meeting Date
- 28-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Public Hearing Minutes
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Meeting Date
- 28-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Public Hearing Minutes
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Monthly Report of the RCMP
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41115
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37957
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37957
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Monthly Report of the Medical Health Officer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41116
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37958
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37958
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Expenditures of the Parks and Recreation Commission
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41117
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37960
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37960
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Expenditures
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41118
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37961
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37961
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Engineer's Estimates of Works
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41119
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37962
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37962
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
McPherson Avenue Industrial Development
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41120
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37963
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 7
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37963
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 7
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Lease of Bestwood Cedar Shingle Company Covering Blocks 4 to 7 inclusive, DL 212, Plan 3080
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41121
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37964
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37964
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Interim Report on Freeway through Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41122
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37965
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37965
- Meeting Date
- 21-Dec-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds