Biography Conference for Writers
Biography- HEW - Bernie Simpson
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1933-1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including notes on sources of information, correspondence, and financial reference material. Bernie Simpson was an NDP MLA in Vancouver-Fraserview (1990-1995) and a friend of Jessie Winch's.
Harold Winch biography
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1934], 1982-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards and correspondence from Winch's death, as well as newspaper clippings about Winch and his political career.
Information for Harold Winch biography
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1935-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including newspaper clippings, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publicity material, and a photograph of the dedication of MacInnis Park in Vancouver, including Glen Clark, MLA.
New biography - Boag Foundation
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1933, 1993-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards, correspondence, and memorials from Winch's death, as well as correspondence relating to Ron and Florence Riley's remembrances of Winch.
Shari Meakin Bursary and Biography
The autobiography of Dr. Alexander Carlyle of Inveresk, 1722-1805
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.73
- Call Number
- 922.5 CAR
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Carlyle, Alexander, 1722-1805
- Contributor
- Burton, John Hill, 1809-1881
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- T. N. Foulis
- Publication Date
- 1910
- Printer
- Morrison & Gibb Limited
- Physical Description
- xix, 615 p., [32] leaves of plates : ports. ; 22 cm
- Inscription
- "W 60" [phrase crossed out and written in black in at top of front pastedown]
Newspaper clipping of "The other Thomas Carlyle" glued to front paste down. Brief biography of Thomas Carlyle (1803-1855) a Scottish lawyer not to be confused with the author Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Biography
- Notes
- "Edited by John Hill Burton"--title page
- "New edition, with many addtional notes & thirty-two portraits of eminent men of the time in photogravure"--title page.
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Bill McNeil presents Voice of the pioneer
British Columbia from the earliest times to the present, volume 1
British Columbia from the earliest times to the present, volume 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.29.21
- Call Number
- 971.1 HOW v.2
- Author
- Howay, F.W. (Frederic William), 1867-1943
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- The S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- xiv,, 727 p. : ill. : 27 cm.
- Inscription
- "S-10 c" [Handwritten and crossed out in blue ink on pre title page]
"S-12 c" [Handwritten and crossed out in black ink on pre title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia--History
- British Columbia
- British Columbia--Bibliography
- Biography
- Notes
- "Volume II" -- title page
- Includes index.
- Other three volumes by: E. O. S. Scholefield (Ethelbert Olaf Stuart), 1875-1919
- Author's full name and dates: Howay, F. W. (Frederic William), 1867-1943
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British Columbia from the earliest times to the present, volume 3
British Columbia from the earliest times to the present, volume 4
British Columbia : the pioneer years
The Canadian annual review of public affairs
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.200
- Call Number
- 971.005 HOP
- Author
- Hopkins, J. Castell (John Castell), 1864-1923
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Annual Review Publishing Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1913
- Printer
- William Briggs
- Physical Description
- 699 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Rec' by mail / 16 July '13" -- Inside back cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada
- Canada--Politics and government
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Includes a "Special Supplement Containing Important Public Addresses of the year and Historical Data Regarding Canadian Interests and Institutions."
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C.W. Parker : the carnival king
The dusty road from Perth
Florence Nightingale : the wounded soldier's friend
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.133.38
- Call Number
- 610.7309 POL
- Author
- Pollard, Eliza F., 1840-1911
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- S. W. Partridge & Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- ix, 11-160 p., 32 p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "253" [stamped in blue ink on front pastedown]
"Campbell" [faded and handwritten in black ink on front paste down]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Nurses--Great Britain
- History of Nursing--19th century
- Biography
- Notes
- "Fully illustrated" -- title page
- 32 page catalogue of other books published by S.W. Partridge in the back.
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The founder of New France : a chronicle of Champlain, v.3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.106.38
- Call Number
- 971 CHR v.3
- Author
- Colby, Charles W. (Charles William), 1867-1955
- Contributor
- Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948
- Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby), 1862-1953
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Glasgow, Brook & Company
- Publication Date
- 1915
- Series
- Chronicles of Canada, 3
- Printer
- T. and A. Constable
- Physical Description
- vii, 158 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.). map, ports. ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--History
- Explorers--Canada
- Biography
- Notes
- "Edited by George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton"
- "In thirty-two volumes"
- "Part II The Rise of New France"
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- Author's given names and dates: Colby, Charles W. (Charles William), 1867-1955
- Editor's given names and dates: Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948
- Editor's given names and dates: Langton, H.H. (Hugh Hornby), 1862-1953
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Image please : early radio broadcasting in British Columbia