Photograph of programmer Sherrard Bostwick posing with the artwork "Bound and Released," by Burnaby Central Secondary School students Owen James and another student, as promotion for the Burnaby Art Gallery's "Watching Change" exhibit.
Photograph of programmer Sherrard Bostwick posing with the artwork "Bound and Released," by Burnaby Central Secondary School students Owen James and another student, as promotion for the Burnaby Art Gallery's "Watching Change" exhibit.
Collected by editorial for use in an April 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Sherrard Bostwick, programmer at the Ceperly House Gallery, admires "Bound and Released," a sculpture by Burnaby Central high school student, Owen James. The work was originally started by another student, who was killed in a car accident, and languished in storage until rescued and finished by James for the "Watching Change" show."
Photograph of the exterior of the Burnaby Public Library administration office and storage warehouse, located at 4455 Alaska Street, off Willlingdon Avenue. The photograph is taken from across the street, facing east.
Photograph of the exterior of the Burnaby Public Library administration office and storage warehouse, located at 4455 Alaska Street, off Willlingdon Avenue. The photograph is taken from across the street, facing east.
Photograph of the exterior of the Burnaby Public Library administration office and storage warehouse, located at 4455 Alaska Street, off Willlingdon Avenue. The photograph is taken from across the street, facing north.
Photograph of the exterior of the Burnaby Public Library administration office and storage warehouse, located at 4455 Alaska Street, off Willlingdon Avenue. The photograph is taken from across the street, facing north.
Photograph of the exterior of the Burnaby Public Library Administration Office and storage, located at 4455 Alaska Street, off Willingdon Avenue. Signs for Brakedrome and other warehouses are also visible. The photograph is taken facing north, across the railway tracks.
Photograph of the exterior of the Burnaby Public Library Administration Office and storage, located at 4455 Alaska Street, off Willingdon Avenue. Signs for Brakedrome and other warehouses are also visible. The photograph is taken facing north, across the railway tracks.
File contains photographs of the Community Centred College for the Retired just before the grand opening of its home at the Alan Emmott Centre. Photographs depict Mac Robinson, Delphine Lupis, Babe Diwell, and Pat Wilson in an organ class, and Krystyna Clarke viewing a schedule board with an uniden…
File contains photographs of the Community Centred College for the Retired just before the grand opening of its home at the Alan Emmott Centre. Photographs depict Mac Robinson, Delphine Lupis, Babe Diwell, and Pat Wilson in an organ class, and Krystyna Clarke viewing a schedule board with an unidentified man seated in the background.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2031-1: "Mac Robinson, Delphine Lupis and Babe Diwell enjoy Pat Wilson's (standing) organ class, at the Community College for the Retired. The College will celebrate its 30th anniversary next Friday by officially opening their new home in the Alan Emmett [sic] Centre."
Caption from metadata for 535-2031-2: "Krystyna Clarke checks the schedule board at the Community College for the Retired. The College will be celebrating its 30th anniversary next Friday with the grand opening of its new home in the Alan Emmett [sic] Centre."
Photograph of the exterior of Confederation House, the seniors' community centre located on the 4500 block of Albert Street. The photograph is taken from a parking lot, facing north. An adjacent building is visible in the background.
Photograph of the exterior of Confederation House, the seniors' community centre located on the 4500 block of Albert Street. The photograph is taken from a parking lot, facing north. An adjacent building is visible in the background.
Collected by editorial for use in a December 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Dr. Jim Grant is the chair of St. Michael's capital campaign to raise funds for a new 16-bed hospice unit, Burnaby's first, to be built at the Seniors' care centre."
This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.
This portion of the interview is about Al Nixon describing the importance of good record keeping, using an example of an 1936 fire record used in a civic law suit. He expressed concerned about the lack of museum and archives facilities in Burnaby.
Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon 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 mainly about the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
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.
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.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Misty McQueen, the aquatic leader at Eileen Dailly Leisure Pool, says she'll increase lifeguard staffing during afternoon public swimming hours in case Burnaby schools are on strike next week."
Photograph of City of Burnaby archivist Arilea Sill holding up restored pages of City council minutes from 1895-1898. Sill stands in the council chambers of Burnaby's City Hall.
Photograph of City of Burnaby archivist Arilea Sill holding up restored pages of City council minutes from 1895-1898. Sill stands in the council chambers of Burnaby's City Hall.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Arilea Sill, the City of Burnaby's archivist, displays restored pages of city council minutes from 1895-1898, which were recently found in Victoria. The pages were officially presented to council, to be stored in the city's archives, at Monday's council meeting."
Photograph of Bob Prittie with Chief Librarian Bryan Bacon at "Burnaby's new public Library branch" Crest Neighbourhood Library. Robert W. Prittie was New Democratic Party's Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnaby-Richmond from 1962 to 1968. He was a Burnaby Councillor from 1959 to 1962, and served a…
Photograph of Bob Prittie with Chief Librarian Bryan Bacon at "Burnaby's new public Library branch" Crest Neighbourhood Library. Robert W. Prittie was New Democratic Party's Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnaby-Richmond from 1962 to 1968. He was a Burnaby Councillor from 1959 to 1962, and served as Mayor of Burnaby from 1969 to 1973.
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Burnaby Mayor Bob Prittie eyes an appropriate book, How to Avoid Unnecessary Surgery, following opening ceremonies at Burnaby's new public library branch Crest Nieghborhood [sic] Library in Crest Shopping Centre. At right is Chief Librarian Bryan Bacon. (see column item).
Title taken from caption given to photograph in original pamphlet
Photographs copies of originals used in "UNITE BURNABY" pamphlet which asked citizens to "VOTE YES" to the construction of a new Municipal Hall in Burnaby
Photograph of Burnaby Municipal Council and staff seated in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Hall, 4949 Canada Way. Councillors, anti-clockwise starting at upper left: Camille Mather, Malcolm J. Harper, John D. Drummond, Charles W. MacSorley, Donald H. Jamieson, Russell E. Hicks, James H. Edwa…
Photograph of Burnaby Municipal Council and staff seated in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Hall, 4949 Canada Way. Councillors, anti-clockwise starting at upper left: Camille Mather, Malcolm J. Harper, John D. Drummond, Charles W. MacSorley, Donald H. Jamieson, Russell E. Hicks, James H. Edwards, and Robert W. Prittie. Staff, seated at table at back, left to right: J.H. Shaw (Clerk), H.W. Balfour (Manager), and S.B. McCafferty (Treasurer). Reeve Alan H. Emmott is seated on the dias.
Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Burnaby Council Members - 1960"
Stamp and annotation on back of photograph reads, "Croton Studio / Don Leblanc / Middlegate Shopping Centre, 406-7155 Kingsway, South Burnaby B.C. / Lakeview 2-2848 / File Number: 1114, Negative Number: 2"
Photograph is an official photograph of the Burnaby Municipal Council members, in the Council Chambers. From left to right (clockwise) around the table are: Hugh Ladner, Warren Clark, Jim Dailly, William Blair, Anthony Parr (Municipal Planner), Ted Ward (Deputy Municipal Clerk), Mayor Bob Prittie …
Photograph is an official photograph of the Burnaby Municipal Council members, in the Council Chambers. From left to right (clockwise) around the table are: Hugh Ladner, Warren Clark, Jim Dailly, William Blair, Anthony Parr (Municipal Planner), Ted Ward (Deputy Municipal Clerk), Mayor Bob Prittie (at the back), John Shaw (Municipal Clerk), Mel Shelley (Municipal Manager), George H.F. McLean, Dave Mercier, Alan Emmott, and Doug Drummond.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Paul Whitney, chief librarian in Burnaby, pictured here Thursday morning at the Metrotown Library, will be moving to the Vancouver Public Library."
Photograph of two young women standing at the bottom of the steps at the Burnaby Municipal Hall. The women are are holding hands. A note on the back of the photograph identifies Lois Shaw (nee Gilbert) on the left with a co-worker, both of whom were employed by the municipality of Burnaby.
Photograph of two young women standing at the bottom of the steps at the Burnaby Municipal Hall. The women are are holding hands. A note on the back of the photograph identifies Lois Shaw (nee Gilbert) on the left with a co-worker, both of whom were employed by the municipality of Burnaby.
Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Ken Smibert, a horticulture subforeman for the City of Burnaby, is in charge of keeping the new Millenium Garden, at City Hall, looking its best. The garden officially opened on Saturday."