Sound heritage : volume 3, number 1
Sound heritage : volume 3, number 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1005 SOU v. 3, no. 2
- Contributor
- Langlois, W. J., 1949-
- Reimer, Derek
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Publisher
- Aural History Provincial Archives of British Columbia
- Publication Date
- 1974
- Series
- Sound heritage, v. 3, no. 2
- Printer
- K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer
- Physical Description
- vii, 37 p. : ill ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Oral history
- Sawmills
- Forests and forestry--British Columbia
- Museums
- Museum techniques
- Periodicals
- Notes
- Contents: Foreward ; The Honourable E. Hall, Provincial Secretary
Notes from Aural History, Provincial Archives of British Columbia
Programme ; Canadian Aural/Oral History Conference : Conference sur l'Histoire Orale et Sonore au Canada
A Museum Approach to Oral History
Aural History and British Columbia's Forest Industry
Jack Whittaker
Working and Quitting on the B.C. Coast
Review: Ten Lost Years, 1929-1939 by Barry Broadfoot
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Sound heritage : volume 3, number 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1005 SOU v. 3, no. 3
- Contributor
- Langlois, W. J., 1949-
- Cauthers, Janet Helen, 1944-
- Reimer, Derek
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, BC
- Publisher
- Aural History Provincial Archives of British Columbia
- Publication Date
- 1974
- Series
- Sound heritage : volume 3, number 3
- Printer
- K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer
- Physical Description
- v, 35 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Oral history
- Oral history--British Columbia
- British Columbia--History
- Japanese Canadians--British Columbia--History
- Japanese--British Columbia--History
- Japanese--British Columbia--Steveston--Social life and customs
- Canada--Politics and government
- Political parties--Canada
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
- Periodicals
- Notes
- "W.J. Langlois, Editor ; Janet Cauthers, Assistant Editor ; Derek Reimer, Assistant Editor." -- title page.
- Contents : Notes from Aural History, Provincial Archives of British Columbia
Steveson: The Japanese-Canadian Experience
Interviewing for Fun and Profit: The Conservative Party, 1956-1967
A Reporter's Oral History Project: Memoirs of the Diefenbaker Era
Oral History Teaching Materials: Canadian Public Figures on Tape
Aural History in the Classroom : The Columbia River Treaty Lecture Series
Review: Nootka: Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast
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Sound heritage : volume 3, number 4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1005 SOU v. 3, no. 4
- Contributor
- Langlois, W. J., 1949-
- Cauthers, Janet Helen, 1944-
- Reimer, Derek
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, BC
- Publisher
- Aural History Provincial Archives of British Columbia
- Publication Date
- 1974
- Series
- Sound heritage : volume 3, number 4
- Printer
- K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer
- Physical Description
- iii, 53 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Oral history
- Oral history--British Columbia
- British Columbia--History
- Periodicals
- Notes
- "W.J. Langlois, Editor ; Janet Cauthers, Assistant Editor ; Derek Reimer, Assistant Editor." -- title page.
- Contents: Notes from Aural History, Provincial Archives of British Columbia
Commentary : Aural History and The World Soundscape Project
Listening
Soundwalking
Cross-Canada Soundscape Tour 1973
Review: The Vancouver Soundscape
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Sound heritage : volume 4, number 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1005 SOU
v. 4, no. 2
- Contributor
- Langlois, W. J., 1949-
- Cauthers, Janet Helen, 1944-
- Reimer, Derek
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, BC
- Publisher
- Aural History Provincial Archives of British Columbia
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Series
- Sound heritage : volume 4, number 2
- Printer
- K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer
- Physical Description
- viii, 54 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Oral history
- Oral history--British Columbia
- British Columbia--History
- Goodwin, Ginger
- Lillooet Indians--Folklore
- Fraser, Simon, 1776-1862
- Haida Indians --Folklore
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History
- Folklore--Canada
- Carr, Emily, 1871-1945
- Sound recordings--Canada
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Notes
- "W.J. Langlois, Editor ; Janet Cauthers, Assistant Editor ; Derek Reimer, Assistant Editor." -- title page.
- "David Day, Guest Editor." -- title page.
Contents: Foreward - Ernest Hall (Provincial Secretary)
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Aural history, Regional studies and literature in British Columbia
The Creation of Man:
The Creation of Man: One
The Creation of Man: Two
How the Animals and Birds Got Their Names
The Kiskatinaw Songs:
Stranger Song
Captive Song
Inside Song
Sorcerer's Song
The Exploration:
How Simon Fraser Saw the Lillooets
How the Lillooets Saw Simon Fraser
For Simon Fraser
My Father Simon Fraser
The Mackenzie Fraser Thompson River Plot
Eustice Smith - Two Histories
The Ginger Goodwin Controversy
Sergeant Lees' View
William Pritchard's View
Cumberland Graveyard, February 1973
Ginger: A play
Four Statements on Work
Prarie Letter
The Cowichan
The Tooth
Journal Entry
Emily Carr:
Poem from: Emily
Klee Wyck: An Interview
A Short Trip With Young Emily
The Spoils of War : Three Veterans/Three Poems
Canada at War
At Bay With Big Dutch
Remembering Esquimalt
Skookum Country
D.N.A. Stereo Tape Magazine
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Sound heritage : volume 5, number 4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1005 SOU v. 5, no. 4
- Contributor
- Langlois, W. J., 1949-
- Cauthers, Janet Helen, 1944-
- Reimer, Derek
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, BC
- Publisher
- Aural History Provincial Archives of British Columbia
- Publication Date
- 1976
- Series
- Sound heritage : volume 5, number 4
- Printer
- K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer
- Physical Description
- vi, 80 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Oral history
- Oral history--British Columbia
- British Columbia--History
- Haida Art
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Languages--Study and Teaching
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Social Life and Customs
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Social Conditions
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Notes
- "W.J. Langlois, Editor ; Janet Cauthers, Assistant Editor ; Derek Reimer, Assistant Editor." -- title page.
- "Robert Levine, Guest Editor." -- title page
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents: Introduction: Native Lauguages and Culture
The Hesquiat Project : Research in Native Indian Aural History
My Own Native Land : Some Reflections On The Lives of Native People
Recording In The Native Language
The Suppression of B.C. Languages : Filling In The Gaps In The Documentary Record
Interview With Francis Williams, Haida Artist
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Navigating the coast : a history of the Union Steamship Company
Fighting for labour : four decades of work in British Columbia, 1910-1950
Nu-tka : Captain Cook and the Spanish explorers on the coast
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 970 NUT v. 7, no. 1
- Contributor
- Efrat, Barbara S., 1935-2017
- Langlois, W. J., 1949-
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Publisher
- Aural History Program, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry, Provincial Archives of B.C.
- Publication Date
- 1978
- Series
- Sound heritage; v. 7, no.1
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cook, James, 1728-1779
- Nootka Indians--History
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History
- Oral history
- Oral history--British Columbia
- British Columbia--History
- Botany
- Plants, Useful--British Columbia --History
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Notes
- "Edited by Barbara S. Efrat and W.J. Langlois." -- title page
- "The editors of this volume have chosen to emphasize the linguistic spelling of the word Nootka. The word NU-TKA means " circling about" and is explained in detail by the excellent account of Mrs. Winifred David on page 55. " -- title page
- "This volume is the first part of a two-part series to commemorate the Captain Cook Bicentennial. It is the intent of the editors that the two volumes should form one unit. The second volume Nu-tka : the history and survival of Nootkan culture will follow in short order . W.J.L. " -- title page
- Includes bibliographical references
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Nu-tka : the history and survival of Nootkan culture
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 970 NUT v. 7, no. 2
- Contributor
- Efrat, Barbara S., 1935-2017
- Langlois, W. J., 1949-
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Publisher
- Aural History Program, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry, Provincial Archives of B.C.
- Publication Date
- 1978
- Series
- Sound heritage; v. 7, no. 2
- Printer
- K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer
- Physical Description
- 65 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Nootka Indians--History
- Nootka Indians--Social life and customs
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Vancouver Island
- British Columbia--Vancouver Island
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History
- Oral history
- Oral history--British Columbia
- British Columbia--History
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Notes
- "Edited by Barbara S. Efrat and W.J. Langlois." -- title page
- "This volume is the second part of a two-part series to commemorate the Captain Cook Bicentennial. It is the intent of the editors that the two volumes should form one unit. The first volume Nu-tka : Captain Cook and the Spanish Explorers on the Coast provides historical background on the contact period. W.J.L. " -- title page
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Opening doors : Vancouver's East End
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1 MAR
- Author
- Marlatt, Daphne
- Itter, Carole
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, B.C.
- Publisher
- Aural History Program, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services, Provincial Archives of B.C.
- Publication Date
- 1979
- Series
- Sound heritage ; v. 8, nos. 1 & 2
- Physical Description
- iii, 186 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History
- East End (Vancouver, B.C.)--History
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- East End (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--Foreign population
- East End (Vancouver, B.C.)--Foreign population
- Oral history
- Biography
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Royal Bank exhibit series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1974-1999
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 127 photographs + 4 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records and photographs pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, opening and exhibit of the Royal Bank building that was relocated from it's original location at Britannia Beach to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1976.
Fonds is arranged into the following…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Royal Bank exhibit series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 127 photographs + 4 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records and photographs pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, opening and exhibit of the Royal Bank building that was relocated from it's original location at Britannia Beach to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) in 1976.
Fonds is arranged into the following subseries:
1) Royal Bank history and restoration records subseries
2) Royal Bank building photographs subseries
3) Royal Bank exhibit photographs subseries
- History
- The Royal Bank Main Branch Vancouver opened a sub branch operation at Britannia Beach in 1923. The bank provided twice monthly banking service at Britannia Beach and Town site (later named Mt. Sheer) until a permanent branch was established. The new branch building was completed and opened for business on December 1, 1950. The building was designed by bank manager, Mr. Fred Schwab in a simple and traditional design. Since there was no railway and Britannia was only accessible by boat, accommodations for the employees was incorporated into the design. This consisted of two rooms located at the rear of the branch building. The building was furnished with artifacts from the Royal Bank’s central warehouse and soon after with fixtures from the Royal Bank in Nelson including desks and a partition around the manager’s office which was cut down to fit.
The bank had two old “Royal Bank of Canada” signs, one hung over the main entrance and the other located over the gable facing Howe Sound. A memorial plaque mounted on the wall inside the bank was one of 1,495 erected in memory of employees of the Royal Bank who died during World War I. The plaque was dedicated to Goldwin William Harron, who worked as a teller at the Royal Bank and was killed in action on July 5, 1916. Goldwin William Harron was born in Kitchener, Ontario in 1897 and later moved to Venn Saskatchewan and enlisted from the Venn Branch of the Royal Bank in October 1915. He first served with the 53rd Battalion and later joined the 28th Battalion.
Fred Schwab served as bank manager between December 1, 1950 to August 1956 and Ken Moir served as bank manager from August 1956 until March 1958. When copper prices dropped in 1958, the Howe Sound Mining Co. closed down the mine and many miners and their families left the area. In 1964, Anaconda Mines purchased the Howe Sound Mining Co. and later reopened the mine. After 1958, the Britannia Beach branch continued to be operated as a sub-branch of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh branch serving Britannia Beach and vicinity until 1974.
In 1975, the Royal Bank building was donated to Heritage Village by Anaconda Britannia Mines. On April 24, 1976, the building was transported by barge up Howe Sound to North Vancouver and then up the Fraser River to New Westminster where it was then loaded onto a truck and transported to the Heritage Village site. The building and much of the labour was donated along with $15,000 from the Royal Bank of Canada. The bank safe, oak panelling and some of it’s original furnishings came with the building and were incorporated into the building and the Heritage Village Museum collection. A new building foundation and basement were constructed for the Royal Bank building before it was placed at the south end of Hill Street inside Heritage Village. The basement interior finishing, including wiring and plumbing was undertaken and completed by the Burnaby Centennial Lions Club as a service club charitable project. The Lions Club raised funds for the project and in turn were also granted the use of the completed basement space as a meeting room which they referred to as the “Lion’s Den”.
The Royal Bank building and exhibit officially opened on the site of Heritage Village Museum May 23, 1977. The ribbon cutting was done by former bank managers Fred Schwab and Ken Moir. Speakers at the opening ceremony included; Royal Bank representative, M.D. Pollock, President of the Century Park Museum Association, Ted Burnham with closing remarks by Burnaby Mayor, Tom Constable. During the opening ceremony, a presentation of keys for the “Lions Den” was made by Burnaby Centennial Lion’s Club President, Erchil Nordby to Century Park Museum Association President, Ted Burnham and Controller of Anaconda Britannia Mines, Anaconda Canada Ltd. J. MacDonald delivered a speech regarding the donation of the bank building.
- Accession Code
- BV020.5
- BV022.1
- Date
- 1974-1999
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Architectural Drawing
- Related Material
- Century Park Museum Associaton fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Arrangement
- The majority of the records were created and managed by Heritage Village Museum staff. Records follow the arrangement maintained by both Heritage Village Museum staff (1974-1989) and later, Burnaby Village Museum staff (1990-2020).
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Further accruals are expected
- Some records within this collection are subject to FIPPA
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Community Heritage Commission Special Project fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1994-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 79 photograph (jpeg) : col., 300ppi ; 43 photograph (tiff) : col., 600ppi ; 48 interviews (wav) : digital sound files.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of project records created by Burnaby's Community Heritage Commission as part of their initiative and mandate.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1994-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Physical Description
- 79 photograph (jpeg) : col., 300ppi ; 43 photograph (tiff) : col., 600ppi ; 48 interviews (wav) : digital sound files.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- 2012-07
- 2009-10
- 2012-30
- 2016-04
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of project records created by Burnaby's Community Heritage Commission as part of their initiative and mandate.
- History
- The History and Heritage Committee was established in 1992 under Burnaby's Centennial Committee. When the Centennial Committee was disbanded on December 31, 1992, the History and Heritage Committee was made a part of the Burnaby Heritage Advisory Committee. It proceeded under its authority until 1995 when it was renamed The Community Heritage Commission (CHC) as a municipal heritage advisory committee by the Burnaby City Council under section 15 of the Heritage Conservation Act. The commission endeavours to provide comprehensive community heritage and history projects and programs to bring together the personal history of citizens and facilitate a wider understanding and appreciation of Burnaby's collective memory. Projects undertaken by Burnaby's Community Heritage Commission include: Burnaby Centennial Anthology: Stories of Early Burnaby; In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village; the Heritage Burnaby website (www.heritageburnaby.ca); Charting Change: An Interactive Atlas; and various oral history projects. These projects fall under the Community Heritage Commission's mandate to provide the citizens of Burnaby and the wider public with access to information about the city and its unique history through publications and online finding aids.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Sound Recording
- Creator
- Community Heritage Commission
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- PC 615, PC 503, MSS198, MSS171, MSS196, and PC 549
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Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1814 photographs + 219 architectural drawings + 17 technical drawings + 4 videocassettes + 3 audio reels + 17 audio cassettes + 1.6 m of textual records + 2 maps
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created and collected by the Century Park Museum Association (renamed Burnaby Village Museum Association after 1984), which managed Heritage Village (later named Burnaby Village Museum) from its opening in 1971 until it's dissolution in December 1989. Records include archi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1814 photographs + 219 architectural drawings + 17 technical drawings + 4 videocassettes + 3 audio reels + 17 audio cassettes + 1.6 m of textual records + 2 maps
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created and collected by the Century Park Museum Association (renamed Burnaby Village Museum Association after 1984), which managed Heritage Village (later named Burnaby Village Museum) from its opening in 1971 until it's dissolution in December 1989. Records include architectural drawings and proposals; photographs and films of the site; documentation of exhibits and artifacts, special events and programs; oral history interviews and other sound recordings; association meeting minutes; constitutions and bylaws; financial records; reports; correspondence; publications and research materials.
Fonds has been arranged into the following series:
1) Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series
2) Century Park Museum Association film collection series
3) Century Park Museum Association architectural records and reports series
4) Heritage Village Museum oral history Interviews series
5) Heritage Village Museum presentations and Programming series
6) Century Park Museum Association reports series
7) Century Park Museum Association constitution, bylaws and agreements series
8) Century Park Museum Association minutes of meetings series
9) Century Park Museum association Board of Directors' administrative files series
10) Century Park Museum membership series
11) Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
12) Century Park Museum Association committees' minutes and reports series
13) Museum staff adminstrative files series
14) Century Park Museum Association financial records series
- History
- The Heritage Village Museum was originally created as a British Columbia Centennial Project in 1971 through funding from the Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments. A sub-committee of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee was responsible for the creation of a permanent commemorative project. The concept for an open-air museum was developed with the location to be in Burnaby on lots 8,9, 10 and 11 of District Lot 79 and Lots 2 and 5, Block "R" of Districts Lots 79 and 85. The official sod turning for Heritage Village took place on April 11, 1971. In the spring of 1971, a museum director and curator were hired to oversee the development of the project and the acquisition of artifacts with funding from the Parks and Recreation Commission.
The Century Park Museum Association (CPMA) was founded under the auspices of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee to govern Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative Project, Heritage Village. The CPMA Board of directors were elected on October 26, 1971 with Donald (Don) Copan as the founding president (Don continued to serve on the Board until 1989). The Board of Directors reported directly to the Municipal Council. The association had an overall objective of providing a museum that was a historical resource for Burnaby and the region. The museum mandate was to collect, preserve, research, document and interpret artifacts and historical buildings that illustrated the history and lifestyle of the Lower Mainland in B.C. and Burnaby. The Museum focused on the period between 1890 and 1925 depicting a village lifestyle of a small community. This was achieved through the use of exhibits and displays within historic buildings and built reconstructions along with costumed museum interpreters. Many people contributed to the construction and design of the village. Architect, Rudy Kovach created the initial concept drawings and architecture designs were created by architectural design consultants Hopping, Kovach and Grinnell. Many carpenters and tradespeople worked on the construction of the buildings including Mr. Angelo Giacometti who was respsonible for much of the final decorative elements.
The official opening of Heritage Village took place on November 19, 1971 with Burnaby Mayor Bob Prittie and Canada’s Governor General Roland Michener. Heritage Village was opened up to the public for a few days between November 19 and 21 with approximately 15,000 visitors. On July 1st, 1972 Heritage Village re-opened for the summer season with CPMA president, Don Copan and Mayor Bob Prittie officiating. This opening showcased further development of the site with more buildings and exhibits added.
In 1984, Heritage Village Museum changed its name to “Burnaby Village Museum” and in turn, the Century Park Museum Association changed its name to the “Burnaby Village Museum Association”. Burnaby Village Museum continued to be governed by the Burnaby Village Museum Association until the end of 1989. In 1990, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby assumed the operation and management of Burnaby Village Museum under the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department and the Burnaby Village Museum Association was dissolved.
- Responsibility
- Century Park Museum Association
- Accession Code
- BV985.6028
- BV005.14
- BV000.18
- BV011.44
- BV011.50
- BV014.30
- BV016.56
- BV017.46
- BV018.21
- BV019.52
- BV020.4
- BV020.5
- BV021.5
- BV022.9
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Textual Record
- Architectural Drawing
- Moving Images
- Cartographic Material
- Technical Drawing
- Related Material
- Donald Copan fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Royal Bank exhibit collection
- Bell's Dry Goods exhibit collection
- Jesse Love farmhouse fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Arrangement
- Records are arranged by types and functions of the Century Park Museum Association. The series reflects how they were maintained by the associaton, it's members and staff of Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) while under the governance of the association.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Further accruals are expected
- Some records within this fonds are Closed - contact Burnaby Village Museum for access
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Centennial Oral History project series
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records and 10 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records from the Simon Fraser University (SFU)/Burnaby Centennial Committee Oral History project including transcripts and sound recordings of eleven interviews.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Series
- Centennial Oral History project series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records and 10 audio cassettes
- Description Level
- Series
- Access Restriction
- Open Access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-28
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records from the Simon Fraser University (SFU)/Burnaby Centennial Committee Oral History project including transcripts and sound recordings of eleven interviews.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- 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.
- MSS187
- Centennial Oral History project series
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Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1990-2019
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Over 3000 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + technical drawings + 25 videocassettes + 43 video recordings (mp4) + 2 video recordings (m4v) + 56 sound recordings (mp3) + 5 audio cassettes + approx. 2 m. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a selection of curatorial records created and collected by the Burnaby Village Museum in the course of their work. Records pertain to the village site, exhibits, programs, curatorial projects, outreach and special events.
Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Museum photo…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- Over 3000 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + technical drawings + 25 videocassettes + 43 video recordings (mp4) + 2 video recordings (m4v) + 56 sound recordings (mp3) + 5 audio cassettes + approx. 2 m. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a selection of curatorial records created and collected by the Burnaby Village Museum in the course of their work. Records pertain to the village site, exhibits, programs, curatorial projects, outreach and special events.
Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Museum photographs series
2) Museum film collection series
3) Museum architectural records series
4) Museum Marketing photographs series
5) Museum exhibits series
6) Museum reports series
7) Curatorial Collections adminstrative records series
8) Museum Oral Histories series
9) Jesse Love farmhouse series
10) Bell's Dry Goods series
11) Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series
12) C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
13) Royal Bank exhibit series
14) UBC Partnership series
15) Burnaby Community Heritage Commission 125 Video Collection series
- History
- Burnaby Village Museum is an open air museum that represents a typical tram-stop community. Museum interpreters welcome visitors, provide demonstrations and on site programming. The museum’s collection consists of thousands of artifacts, community records as well as several original Burnaby heritage buildings, a 1912 carousel, 1912 B.C. Electric Railway interurban tram, a Chinese Market Garden and Indigenous Learning House and Matriarch's Garden.
In 1990, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby assumed the operation and management of Burnaby Village Museum from the Burnaby Village Museum Association. Burnaby Village Museum (formerly named Heritage Village) was originally created by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee in 1971 as a commemorative project for British Columbia's Centennial. A concept for an open-air museum was developed near Deer Lake on Districts Lots 79/ 85. The official sod turning for Heritage Village took place on the site on April 11, 1971. In the spring of 1971, a museum director and curator were hired to oversee the development of the project and the acquisition of artifacts with funding from the Parks and Recreation Commission.
The Century Park Museum Association (later named Burnaby Village Museum Association) was formed on October 26, 1971 as a governing body for Heritage Village Museum. The museum opened on November 19, 1971 with Mayor Bob Pritte and Canada's Governor General Roland Michener. IN July 1972, the museum opened for it's first public season. The Village was described as depictive of the 1890 to 1920 era of the lower mainland.
Since 1990, the site expanded from it’s original four acre size to it's current ten acres. In the 1990s and early 2000s staff and volunteers created exhibits and programs about Burnaby with an emphasis on the 1920s. Since it's 40th anniversary in 2011, the museum has implemented changes to make the museum more interactive and inclusive in telling the story of Burnaby's history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- X2294
- X5124
- X5125
- BV013.19
- BV017.39
- BV017.45
- BV018.6
- BV018.12
- BV018.14
- BV018.18
- BV018.41
- BV019.2
- BV019.13
- BV019.15
- BV019.18
- BV019.19
- BV019.36
- Bv019.39
- BV019.52
- BV019.61
- BV020.4
- BV020.5
- BV020.12
- BV020.28
- BV020.29
- BV021.5
- BV021.7
- BV021.14
- BV021.17
- BV021.31
- BV022.1
- BV022.2
- BV022.27
- Date
- 1990-2019
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Moving Images
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Technical Drawing
- Textual Record
- Arrangement
- The following series have been arranged into subseries: Exhibits series; Oral History series; Jesse Love farmhouse series; Bell's Dry Goods exhibits series; Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series; C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series; Royal Bank exhibits series; UBC Partnership series
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Further accruals expected
- For other records pertaining to the history of Burnaby Village Museum see: Don Copan collection; Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection; Century Park Museum Association fonds; Don Wrigley fonds
- See Artifacts descriptions for Publications and Newsletters produced by Burnaby Village Museum and Century Park Museum Association
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Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1893-1970] (date of originals), copied 1988-1998, predominant 1988-2000
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- approx. 84 cm of textual records + approx. 1,910 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + 3 audio cassettes + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records involved in the purchase, moving, restoration, research, conservation and exhibiting of the Love family farmhouse by Burnaby Village Museum.
Records have been arranged into the following subseries:
1) Love farmhouse conservation work files subseries
2) Love farmhouse re…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- approx. 84 cm of textual records + approx. 1,910 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + 3 audio cassettes + 1 videocassette
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records involved in the purchase, moving, restoration, research, conservation and exhibiting of the Love family farmhouse by Burnaby Village Museum.
Records have been arranged into the following subseries:
1) Love farmhouse conservation work files subseries
2) Love farmhouse restoration photographs subseries
3) Love farmhouse curatorial files subseries
4) Love farmouse research files subseries
5) Love family photographs
6) Love farmhouse Oral History subseries
7) Love farmhouse architectural drawings subseries
- History
- Jesse Love was born in Swindon, England in 1847 and left England to work on a dairy farm in the Toronto area. While working on the farm in Toronto, he met Martha Leonard who he married in 1879. Martha was born on February 3, 1858 in Bedfordshire, England and had come to Canada with her parents George and Ann Leonard. While living in Toronto, Jesse and Martha had two children, George born March 22, 1880 and Annie Elizabeth on August 24, 1881. About one year after Annie was born, the Love family moved to North Dakota to grow wheat. While living there, they had two more children, Henry who was born August 24, 1883 and Edith Minnie born October 9, 1885. The family decided to move further west after hearing about the fairer weather conditions from Martha’s father, George Leonard, who had settled in Vancouver in 1885. On May 23, 1887, Jesse, Martha and their four children arrived in Vancouver after travelling across Canada from Winnipeg on the first transcontinental train. The Loves made their home in Vancouver while Jesse helped clear land on Granville Street. Their fifth child, Thomas Robert was born on September 17, 1887 and soon after, the family moved to Lulu Island in Richmond where they lived growing vegetables and selling them to Vancouver hotels. While living and farming on Lulu island, the couple had two more girls, Martha (Dot or Dorothy) born on December 17, 1889 and Sarah Marie, born February 8, 1892.
On October 6, 1893 an agreement was signed by Jesse Love to purchase 14.52 acres of land from Joseph C. Armstrong. The acreage covered the north east section of District Lot 25 within the newly incorporated District of the Municipality of Burnaby. It was here where the original Love house was built (between October 1893 and April 15, 1894) by Jesse Love with the help of local builder George Salt and father in law, George Leonard. The house consisted of an entrance hall, dining room, lean to kitchen, master bedroom and three bedrooms upstairs. A road was constructed and named Cumberland in 1905 and ran from District Lot 25 through to District Lot 11. The address for the Love home was 1390 Cumberland Road and in the early 1960’s the address was renumbered 7651 Cumberland Street. On the land surrounding the house, Jesse Love planted an orchard along with strawberries and raspberries which he sold at the Fraser Valley Market, T.S. Anandale’s Grocery Store in New Westminster and to hotels around Vancouver. Jesse Love served on the Burnaby School Board and also as a District Councillor in 1901 and from 1904-1907. While living in the house, Jesse and Martha had four more children, Phoebe Leonard, born April 15, 1894, Esther, born August 28, 1896, John Leonard, born June 7, 1899 and Hannah Victoria (also known as Girlie) who was born May 12, 1902. As the family grew to eleven children, additions along with some substantial remodelling in the craftsman style took place. In about 1898, a north wing addition was added to include a parlour with two windows, the construction of two more bedrooms and the relocation of the stair case to the North West wall. In 1903 the front door moved to the north elevation, a front porch was extended along the east wall and a summer lean to kitchen was added to the west elevation. Between 1905 and 1910, a tin embossed ceiling was installed along with an addition of the main kitchen which included a pantry, bathtub and a back porch. In about 1912, five craftsman style windows replaced the original pioneer tent style, the front verandah was enlarged to wrap around the south and east elevations, a back door was installed in the kitchen to access the verandah and wood shingle siding and brackets were added to the exterior.
In 1918, at the age of 31 years, Robert Love fell ill due to an influenza epidemic and died on November 23, 1918. Following their son’s death, Martha Love became weak and on August 24, 1920, she passed away. By this time, Jesse had sold off a large percentage of his land and his youngest daughter, Girlie decided to stay on to live and care for him. Since the house was too large for just the two of them, Jesse invited any other children to return and share the residence. For a while his son, George and his wife joined them until 1925, followed by his daughter Sarah Parker (nee Love), her husband William and their three children, Albert, Bill and Elsie. The house remained pretty unchanged until 1928 after Jesse Love died of pneumonia (March 10, 1928) and the house was purchased by Sarah and her husband William Parker who continued to live there with their children.
The master bedroom wall on the main floor opened up to the dining room, the kitchen pantry and bathtub converted to an alcove with a marble counter and enlarged window and sink while the bathroom was moved to the upstairs and the furnace and coolers were installed in the crawl space under the kitchen. A hot water tank was installed in the house in 1966. Sarah continued to live in the house until a little while after her husband William died in 1961. She sold the house to her daughter Elsie and husband John Hughes in 1966, who lived in the house along with their son Brent, until August 23, 1971.
Mahbir Molchan Papan and his wife Geraldine Papan bought the house August 23, 1971 and by 1982, the house was sold to Nirmal Singh Singha and Narinder Singha. The Papans continued to rent the house from Nirmal Singh Singha and Narinder Singha until the late 1980s. In 1988, the house was scheduled for demolition with the remaining property to be subdivided. Fortunately, a neighbour, Mr. Harvey Elder recognized the farmhouse's historical significance and contacted the Burnaby Historical Society. Following this event, the owners agreed to donate the building to the Burnaby Village Museum (under the Century Park Museum Association) who financed the move of the house from Cumberland Street to the museum site. Heritage planner and architect, Robert Lemon provided guidance for the project. Prior to the move, the two porches were removed and demolished while the kitchen and roof were both separated from the main house. The kitchen and roof of the house were transported to Burnaby Village Museum on May 20, 1988 by Nickel Bros. House Moving company, while the main frame of the house completed its transportation to the museum near the end of May 1988 (due to low overhead wires). The house was moved down Cumberland Street to 10th Avenue, up Canada Way to Sperling and set on temporary footings near Hart House.
Robert Lemon oversaw structural improvements such as, upgrading floor joists and creating new foundations to replace the original timber foundation of the farmhouse. The restoration went through several phases of work between 1988 until it opened in November 1998. Restoration began on both the interior and exterior features to be interpreted from the period of 1925. On November 23, 1992, the building was designated a heritage building under Heritage Designation Bylaw 1992, Bylaw Number 9807. In 1993, the architecture firm of Brian G. Hart Associates was appointed for the design and construction supervision of the restoration project. Plans were created for a foundation on the museum site in 1989 and the farmhouse was eventually settled on a permanent foundation behind the Burnaby Village Museum administration building in 1993 along with the reattachment of the roof. The kitchen section was reattached to the main house in 1994 along with skirting around the foundation and the reshingling of the exterior.
In 1996, the tin ceiling was removed to make way for the installation of the internal electrical system along with sprinklers, ceiling heating and fire break gyprock. The dining room ceiling joists were consolidated, a pantry and bathroom were added to the kitchen, the downstairs bedroom wall was opened and filled, the dining and kitchen doorways were widened. In 1997, a wheelchair ramp was installed along with a concrete sidewalk, stair rails, cement pads at the base of the stairs and a gravel sink for any excess water. Interior work included painting of the kitchen, restoration and furnishing of the kitchen pantry, insulation of the house floor to protect from rodents along with the reconstruction of the kitchen and house chimneys. The registrar worked together with the curator and conservator and was tasked with a large research project on the house including the family contacts and family history, property information, plans, photographs, artifacts, furnishings, stories etc. all organized in files for easy retrieval. A great deal of research and conservation was undertaken in order to make the interior of the house authentic to the time period as possible.
One of the biggest projects was selecting and obtaining wall coverings since much of the original wallpaper was incomplete and poor condition. The conservator and registrar were lucky enough to locate a few samples of the original paper and engage the Bradbury and Bradbury Art Wallpaper Company of Benica, California to reproduce replica designs for free. The City of Burnaby now has its own series “Burnaby Village Papers” produced by this company which are titled “Burnaby Wall”; “Burnaby Border” and “Burnaby Ceiling”. All three of these wallpaper designs have been used in the Love farm house and are also commercially available through the Bradbury and Bradbury Art Wallpaper Company.
In 1997, restoration of the kitchen was completed and opened to the public. After the completion of the dining room, main floor bedroom and parlour, the Love farmhouse exhibit opened on November 29, 1998 with an open invitation to the public and extended members of the Love family. Officials including the Mayor, Doug Drummond and Love family members were all present to cut the ribbon for the special event.
- Accession Code
- BV018.41; BV020.5
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Date
- [1893-1970] (date of originals), copied 1988-1998, predominant 1988-2000
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Architectural Drawing
- Sound Recording
- Moving Images
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- The majority of the records within series and subseries were arranged by a staff members of Burnaby Village Museum who worked on the historical research and restoration of the house. Other photographs documenting the move and further restoration work were added later and included in the arrangment by format and subject.
- Notes
- Title based on content of series
- Jesse Love farmhouse is described as an Artifact under BV988.33.1
- Some records within this collection have restricted access and are subject to FIPPA
- Accessions BV018.41 and BV020.5 form this fonds
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Heritage Village Museum presentation and programming series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 2 audio reels + 10 audio cassettes + 344 photographs + 10 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of audio recordings, photographs and textual records of Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum) presentations involving staff orientation and training, interpretive guides as well as school and public programming while under the governance of Century Park Museum Association…