booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.286
- Description
- booklet; grey textured paper cover and content; single fold; staplebound; black and purple ink stamped text and illustrations; 10 pages; cover reads "ISBN 0-77119-9887-2 / British Columbia Board of Parole / Inmate's Guide to Parole" with purple logo of circle with stylized person at centre, shadowy figure on either side; at bottom, "Province of British Columbia" and provincial logo; back cover reads: Printed in Canada / Queen's Printer for British Columbia / Victoria, 1984 C. / ILLUS BY PETER LYNDE / LOGO & ART BY JERRY WONG GRAPHICS INC. / PRINTED BY SUDDEN GRAPHICS INC. / M28-698"; verso of front cover includes forward by John Konrad "c", "ILLUS. BY PETER LYNDE" "LOGO & ART BY JERRY WONG GRAPHICS INC." "M28-698"
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison Farm site in October 1991
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Pamphlet
- Maker
- British Columbia Board of Parole
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Title
- British Columbia Board of Parole Inmate's Guide to Parole
- Publication Date
- 1984
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre
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booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.59.33
- Description
- Booklet, titled "Oakalla Closes"; 15 pages; single folded sheets of newsprint glued together at fold; black, blue and red ink text and photographs on front paper cover; text and photographs within in black ink; title on front cover reads: "Oakalla Closes"; text in blue text box bottom left on front cover reads: "Closing Weekend Ceremonies / Oakalla History / The Future of Oakalla Lands". Publication includes table of contents on page 4 with note "printed and produced for the Burnaby / Hospital Foundation's Oakalla Closing / Ceremonies. Distributed by Canada Post, / third class bulk"; photographs within credited to photographer "Basil King" and "Vancouver Public Library"; text on back cover reads "Please Recycle".
- Object History
- After Oakalla closed in 1991 and was scheduled for demolition, tours of the facility were made available to the public. This booklet was published in recognition of the closing and readily available.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Pamphlet
- Measurements
- L: 26.2cm W: 20.4cm H: 0.2cm
- Maker
- Burnaby Hospital Foundation
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Title
- Oakalla Closes
- Publication Date
- [1991]
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
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boots
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.69.21
- Description
- Pair of boots, man's; leather, 21 eyelets and strap and buckle at the top; sole is nailed on
- Object History
- Donor and his family lived in Burnaby for many years and he worked at Oakalla Prison Farm.
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
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controller
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.66
- Description
- A brass and steel controller used for opening and closing cell doors at Oakalla Prison. The top is composed of a brass plate and is round in shape. A brass handle is present in the center of the plate and rotates to aim a pointer at any of numbers 1 to 9 and the letter A at the beginning of the numbers. The handle is spring loaded and can rotate whenever it is pushed down releasing it from a pin. Under this brass plate are two steel gears held within a steel frame all of which are held together with locking nuts.
Markings on the top of the brass plate: "A" and the numbers in consecutive order from "1" to "9" . The numbers 7, 8 and 9 have been stamped in and appear to have been added later whereas the numbers "1" to "6" are present in raised format. The number "7" appears twice likely since the handle only locks at that point in between the two "7s"
Markings on the small gear: "KANA" "NK 40B 15".
- Reference
- See locking photograph of locking system that this controller came from: Q:\51305 BVM Collections\51305-05 Acquisitions\_DigitalAssets\1991\1991_0045_0662_001.tif
- Category
- 01. Built Environment Objects
- Classification
- Building Components - - Door & Window Elements
- Object Term
- Element, Door
- Measurements
- Overall measurements: Length: 24.8 cm Width: 22.5 cm Height: 18.9 cm
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
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cup
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.113.17
- Description
- Aluminum mug; closed round handle one side; '16' stamped opposite side in series of dots; 'L' or '7' between this and handle; scarred, stained, rusty inside
- Object History
- Used at the Oakalla Prison Farm.
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
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disc
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.32.19
- Description
- Disc, brass, round; two rectangular slots. Used to back a hat badge or similar ensignia; British Columbia Gaol Service/British Columbia Corrections Service.
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
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folder with brochures
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV016.7.37
- Description
- Folder with two brochures, titled, Official Closing Oakalla Prison - [1991]. Dark grey report folder, "OFFICIAL CLOSING / OAKALLA PRISON / (L.M.R.C.C.) / 1914 - 1991" printed label glued to the front. The folder contains a one page, double sided copy on blue paper of the tour schedule titled, "CLOSURE TOUR GUIDE / OAKALLA PRISON FARM / LOWER MAINLAND REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL CENTRE / 1914-1991..." with historical background and a copy of a four page booklet "OFFICIAL CLOSING TOUR" with site map and information about buildings.
Brochures were made available during the official Closing tours of the Oakalla site and buildings between July 15 and July 28th, 1991.
- Object History
- After Oakalla closed in 1991 and was scheduled for demolition, tours of the facility were made available to the public. This brochure was handed out to visitors when touring Oakalla in 1991. The brochure was collected by a former prison guard and Assistant Project Manager when the prison was scheduled for demolition.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Brochure
- Colour
- Blue
- Measurements
- w: 24 cm h: 29.5 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Publication Date
- [1991]
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
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game piece
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.25
- Description
- Game piece, wooden, for game of chequers; 7" in diameter, 3" thick; made of layers of wood screwed together; not perfectly round; painted white except for underside; paint is peeling, wood splintering
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site in October 1991
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
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game piece
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.26
- Description
- Game piece, wooden, for game of chequers; 7" in diameter, 3" thick; made of layers of wood screwed together; not perfectly round; painted red, but top and bottom surfaces retain only traces; doesn't sit flat; paint peeling, wood splintering
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site in October 1991
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
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handcuffs
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.47
- Description
- Burnaby Municipal Police issue handcuffs. The cuffs are secured by three links of chain. There is no key.
- Object History
- These handcuffs were used by Constable George Jeffery. George Jeffery served as a Constable on the Burnaby Police Force from 1912 - 1935. His patrolled the large Central Park District by foot, stretching from Boundary to Royal Oak and Marine Drive to Moscrop. Over the coarse of his duties, Constable Jeffery saw the need for recreational activities in the area. He founded the Burnaby Athletic Association which featured a competitive boxing ring and gym. In 1935, when the Burnaby Police became the British Columbia Provincial Police, rather than leave the community he chose to leave the force. George Jeffery than worked at the nearby Oakalla Prison Farm until retiring in 1945.
- Subjects
- Public Services
- Public Services - Policing
- Regulative and Protective Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Jeffery, George
- Burnaby Municipal Police
- Oakalla Prison Farm
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Handcuffs
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.32.6
- Description
- Gray metal handcuffs, in locked position. Cuffs joined by three links.
- Object History
- Ross was known as "Padre" at Oakalla. Padre means 'father' and is a word often used in a military context for chaplain.
Ross joined the Oakalla staff full time as a Presbeterian Minister in 1971, employed by the BC Correctional Services Branch. He worked there as Chaplain until 1991 when Oakalla closed. He was often called in from home to help with high pressure situations that arose at Oakalla to help defuse incidents like hostage taking and other high pressure conflicts.
Ross collected several items from Oakalla when it closed, but some were given to him because of the significance of his time there.
- Category
- 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
- Classification
- Regulative & Protective T&E
- Marks/Labels
- SAF-LOK-MK.1 / MADE IN AUSTRALIA
- Colour
- Silver
- Country Made
- Australia
- Subjects
- Building Components
- Government - Provincial Government
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
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