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Alvin Burtch papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58347
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923-1946
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the purchase of the lot and building of a house at 1869 18th Avenue in Burnaby, including the original Agreement of Sale between Mabel Carson and Alvin Burtch.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923-1946
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Alvin Burtch subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS067-001
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-02
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the purchase of the lot and building of a house at 1869 18th Avenue in Burnaby, including the original Agreement of Sale between Mabel Carson and Alvin Burtch.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Alvin Burtch subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58348
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual records and 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of textual records pertaining to Alvin Burtch's house in Burnaby, a newspaper clipping, and photograph of Burtch in his BCER uniform.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1923-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Alvin Burtch subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 files of textual records and 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-02
- BHS1993-12
- BHS1995-07
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of textual records pertaining to Alvin Burtch's house in Burnaby, a newspaper clipping, and photograph of Burtch in his BCER uniform.
- History
- Alvin Burtch was a British Columbia Electric Railway conductor who drove for the BCER for 38 years, 30 of those years on the Burnaby Lake Line. He was the driver for the line's final run in 1953, his 37th year of service. Burtch had a daughter named Hazel Cunningham, who grew up in Burnaby and married Friends of the Carousel member Harry Sumner.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Burtch, Alvin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- MSS067, PC493
The American Home magazines
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58075
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932-1938
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of five of "The American Home" magazines. Also included in the file is a "Canadian Homes & Gardens" magazine dated November 1932.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932-1938
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Eagles family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS055-026
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-18
- Scope and Content
- File consists of five of "The American Home" magazines. Also included in the file is a "Canadian Homes & Gardens" magazine dated November 1932.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Ancestral charts re Flemings and Waplingtons
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19017
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [2010]
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two handwritten ancestral charts of Ray Fleming and Frances Louise Waplington. Charts also include their descendants.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two handwritten ancestral charts of Ray Fleming and Frances Louise Waplington. Charts also include their descendants.
- Accession Code
- BV016.46.178
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [2010]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-01-06
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Document is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52
Anne Sievenpiper subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97417
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1889-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records collected by Anne Sievenpiper and her husband Bill pertaining to the city of Vancouver. Records include a painting, cartographic records, and papers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1889-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Anne Sievenpiper subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-02
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records collected by Anne Sievenpiper and her husband Bill pertaining to the city of Vancouver. Records include a painting, cartographic records, and papers.
- History
- Anne Louise Nabocik was born in Podbeil, Slovakia in 1928 to parents Stanley Honsberger Sievenpiper and Alma Rachel Morrison. She married William Stanley "Bill" Sievenpiper and the couple had two daughters: Sharoyne and Shirley. Anne died in 2017.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on collector of subseries
- PC413
Annie Chamberlain (nee McKenzie)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9853
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1988]-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a copy of an obituary along with a copy of a notes taken from an interview with Annie Chamberlain and Albert Parker conducted by curator, Colin Stevens (June 6, 1991). Annie Martha Chamberlain (nee McKenzie) is the daughter of Edith Minnie McKenzie (nee Love).
- 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
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a copy of an obituary along with a copy of a notes taken from an interview with Annie Chamberlain and Albert Parker conducted by curator, Colin Stevens (June 6, 1991). Annie Martha Chamberlain (nee McKenzie) is the daughter of Edith Minnie McKenzie (nee Love).
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.64
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- [1988]-1993
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Annie Elizabeth (Love) Whiting
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9847
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1957] (date of original)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notes and copies of biographical and genealogical information and photocopies of photographs. Ann (Annie) is the eldest daughter of Jesse and Martha Love of Burnaby.
- 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
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notes and copies of biographical and genealogical information and photocopies of photographs. Ann (Annie) is the eldest daughter of Jesse and Martha Love of Burnaby.
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.58
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- [1957] (date of original)-[1998]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Annual reports - Treasurer and auditor, 1929 to 1932
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription1690
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-1946
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- File includes records relating to the annual reports of the municipal Treasurer and Auditor, 1929 to 1932
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-1946
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 3510
- Accession Number
- 2001-02
- Scope and Content
- File includes records relating to the annual reports of the municipal Treasurer and Auditor, 1929 to 1932
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Application for charge by agreement for sale
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10080
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1929-1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of "B.C. Land Registry Act / Form C (Section 126)" for application for a charge by agreement (?) on the property of William and Sarah Parker located on Cumberland Road in Burnaby. The description of land is "Part .308 acres of the southerly 12.687 acres of Block 1, of the easterly por…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Material Details
- "This agreement, made in duplicate this Thirty-first / day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty eight / Between / George Richard Love . . . . . / AND / WILLIAM MICHAEL PARKER . . ./ And SARA MARIA PARKER . . . " printed and typed on the top of the first page.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of "B.C. Land Registry Act / Form C (Section 126)" for application for a charge by agreement (?) on the property of William and Sarah Parker located on Cumberland Road in Burnaby. The description of land is "Part .308 acres of the southerly 12.687 acres of Block 1, of the easterly portion of DL 25" between "Parties" George Richard Love to William Michael and Sarah Maria Parker. The application was originally dated August 7, 1929 and was crossed out and replaced with October 8, 1930.
- History
- See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Accession Code
- BV012.31.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1929-1930
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Appraisal documents
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88429
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Krewenchuk family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 5 p. of textual records + 2 photographs : col. (Polaroid) ; 7 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of land appraisal documents for 7460 Salisbury Avenue, Lot 167, D.L.95, Group 1, Plan 30087 and 30088. The appraisal document includes documents regarding the estimated value of the property, a lot plan and two colour photographs of the house and property.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Krewenchuk family fonds
- Physical Description
- 5 p. of textual records + 2 photographs : col. (Polaroid) ; 7 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS192-002
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2015-05
- Scope and Content
- File consists of land appraisal documents for 7460 Salisbury Avenue, Lot 167, D.L.95, Group 1, Plan 30087 and 30088. The appraisal document includes documents regarding the estimated value of the property, a lot plan and two colour photographs of the house and property.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Archives Administration series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96696
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2001-2017
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 14 folders of textual records and 2 optical discs
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created and received by the City Archives during the development and administration of its archival program. Records pertain to the intellectual and physical control of archival material, including appraisal, acquisition, arrangement and description, provision of access, …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2001-2017
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Physical Description
- 14 folders of textual records and 2 optical discs
- Description Level
- Series
- File Class
- 1300 04
- 1300 06
- 1300 30
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created and received by the City Archives during the development and administration of its archival program. Records pertain to the intellectual and physical control of archival material, including appraisal, acquisition, arrangement and description, provision of access, and preservation and conservation.
- History
- In February 2001, Council formally approved the City's Corporate Records Management Program. The Program manages the creation, maintenance, and disposition of the records of the City of Burnaby. An integral part of that program is the Records Classification System and Retention Schedule (RCSRS), which provides standardized classification codes among all municipal departments and identifies the retention periods for all classes of records created or received by the City. The City Archives, opened November 10, 2001, is the official repository for all inactive civic records of permanent administrative, legal, fiscal, historical, evidential, or informational value to the City of Burnaby. The Archives is guided by its Mandate and Acquisition Policy which was first adopted by Council on August 13, 2001, and revised on September 18, 2006 to include the acquisition and preservation of private (non-governmental) records that compliment the official city records and enhance understanding of the history and development of Burnaby. The Archives is located in the McGill Branch of the Burnaby Public Library. City Archivists:
- Michelle Barocca 2001 - 2002
- Arilea Sill 2002 - 2013
- Rebecca Pasch 2013 - Present
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Army of the Common Good papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65603
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Alfred Bingham fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining mainly to the Army of the Common Good, including a Trust Account deposit slip for the Common Good Credit Union (the first Credit Union in Canada), correspondence, notes and minutes. Also included in the file are minutes of the North Burnaby Community Centre Associ…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Alfred Bingham fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS142-004
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining mainly to the Army of the Common Good, including a Trust Account deposit slip for the Common Good Credit Union (the first Credit Union in Canada), correspondence, notes and minutes. Also included in the file are minutes of the North Burnaby Community Centre Association, correspondence and notes regarding logging in Burnaby and a newspaper clipping pertaining to the Vancouver Archives.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
A.R.P. - G.R.A. and C.G.R.A.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88243
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960-[2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary Forsyth fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of research records about the Clinton Glenwood Recreation Association, the Air Raid Protection hall and the Glenwood Ratepayers Association and includes; a typewritten paper titled "A.R.P. - G.R.A. and C.G.R.A." by Mary Forsyth; a handwritten letter to Mary Forsyth from Dorothy E. Joh…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1960-[2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary Forsyth fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS185-042
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- 2014-27
- Scope and Content
- File consists of research records about the Clinton Glenwood Recreation Association, the Air Raid Protection hall and the Glenwood Ratepayers Association and includes; a typewritten paper titled "A.R.P. - G.R.A. and C.G.R.A." by Mary Forsyth; a handwritten letter to Mary Forsyth from Dorothy E. Johnson and newsletters for the Glenwood Recreation Association 1960-1961. Biographical and historical information was compiled by Mary Forysth with the intention of publishing a book.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Art-i-facts
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6724
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 069.53 CCA
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Publisher
- Conservation center for art & historic artifacts
- Publication Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 7 p. : ill ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Museum conservation methods
- Art objects
- Conservation and restoration
- Notes
- "www.ccaha.org" -- back cover
- Copies of the periodical available online at www.ccaha.org under the "news" tab as of 2016.
A treatise on cake making : to assist the baker in gaining the cake business which should rightfully be his
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1309
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Standard Brands Incorporated
- Publication Date
- c1935
- Call Number
- 664.75 STA
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 664.75 STA
- Author
- Standard Brands Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Fleischmann Division, Standard Brands Inc.
- Publication Date
- c1935
- Physical Description
- 468 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cake
- Bakers and bakeries
- Notes
- Includes index.
Attractively Priced Lands
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65835
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 brochure
- Scope and Content
- Item is a brochure of Burnaby Land prices entitled "Attractively Priced Lands / For Homesites / For Industries / For Small Farming / For Investment" produced by the Property Department, Corporation of Burnaby, Edmonds BC (via New Westminster).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Municipal record subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 brochure
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 42690
- Accession Number
- BHS2000-09
- Scope and Content
- Item is a brochure of Burnaby Land prices entitled "Attractively Priced Lands / For Homesites / For Industries / For Small Farming / For Investment" produced by the Property Department, Corporation of Burnaby, Edmonds BC (via New Westminster).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Attractively Priced Lands
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66717
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Maurice Phillips collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 brochure
- Scope and Content
- Item is a brochure of Burnaby Land prices entitled "Attractively Priced Lands / For Homesites / For Industries / For Small Farming / For Investment" produced by the Property Department, Corporation of Burnaby, Edmonds BC (via New Westminster).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Maurice Phillips collection
- Physical Description
- 1 brochure
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS158-001
- Accession Number
- 2011-13
- Scope and Content
- Item is a brochure of Burnaby Land prices entitled "Attractively Priced Lands / For Homesites / For Industries / For Small Farming / For Investment" produced by the Property Department, Corporation of Burnaby, Edmonds BC (via New Westminster).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Audit Committee subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96328
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2012-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 4 folders of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Audit Committee including agendas, minutes, and reports.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2012-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Council Committee series
- Subseries
- Audit Committee subseries
- Physical Description
- 4 folders of textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of committee records for the Audit Committee including agendas, minutes, and reports.
- History
- The Audit Committee was established on April 16, 2012. The Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing the work of external auditors. This oversight is meant to enhance the credibility and reliability of financial reporting while helping to ensure the independence of the external auditors.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Bailey family Ephemera
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64467
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933-1941
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains Ephemera pertaining to the Bailey family including an Unemployment Insurance booklet, a Souvenir Programme and Souvenir ribbon for the "Visit of their Most Gracious Majesties King George and Queen Elizabeth" on May 29, 1939 as well as a "Big-4" Relief Fund receipt.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933-1941
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bailey family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS115-002
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-55
- Scope and Content
- File contains Ephemera pertaining to the Bailey family including an Unemployment Insurance booklet, a Souvenir Programme and Souvenir ribbon for the "Visit of their Most Gracious Majesties King George and Queen Elizabeth" on May 29, 1939 as well as a "Big-4" Relief Fund receipt.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Items were originally found housed in the Bailey family Bible
Baldwin family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65666
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1964-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consist of records pertaining to the Baldwin family home. Included in the fonds are newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and photographs of the house taken by Basil King.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1964-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Baldwin family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-03
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consist of records pertaining to the Baldwin family home. Included in the fonds are newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and photographs of the house taken by Basil King.
- History
- In 1959 Dr. William "Bill" Baldwin (d. 1987) and his wife Ruth (d. 2009) bought a cottage and approximately two and a half acres of land on the shores of Deer Lake for $16,000. The cottage and land had been owned by one of Dr. Baldwin’s colleagues at Burnaby Hospital. The couple lived in the cottage with their two young children John (b.1958) and Susan (b.1959) for a few years before deciding to renovate and expand their home. William was close friends with Arthur Erickson, the two having gone to Prince of Wales High School and McGill University together. Ruth decided that they needed a lakeshore home rather than a renovation on their cottage and Arthur Erickson would be the man to design it. Local builder Torstein Kravik completed the house in 1965. The home is considered an early example of Erickson’s design aesthetic, demonstrating his vision of "site, light and cadence." It is thought to be the best example of West Coast contemporary architecture in Burnaby. In 2001, at the age of seventy-eight, Ruth approached the City of Burnaby about buying the property,on the condition that the house be protected and that Ruth could continue to rent the home. The City purchased it and gave it Heritage designation. As of 2010, the Baldwin home and garden is on lease to The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) to serve as a “guest house.” It is available for lease to local residents and visitors for overnight stays.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Baldwin, Ruth
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Photo catalogue 357, MSS145