Gregg shorthand dictionary
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.36
- Call Number
- 653 GRE
- Edition
- New and rev. ed.
- Author
- Gregg, John Robert, 1867-1948
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Gregg Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- c1901
- c1916
- Physical Description
- 208 p. : ill. : 16.5 cm.
- Inscription
- "________" [Handwritten in blue ink, crossed out with black marker]
"Sprott Shaw
Vancouver
BC" [Handwritten in blue ink on front endpaper]
"S
2636 L" [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
"Grace Horwood
4304 Oxford St.
Vancouver
B.C." [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"Student
Sprott Shaw School" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"H209" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
"lan McMaster
336 Hast.
Sprott-Shaw Schools
Vancouver BC." [Handwritten in blue ink on title page]
"Except [symbol]
Expect [symbol]
Accept [symbol]" [Handwritten in pencil on page 206]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Shorthand
- Shorthand--Gregg
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Science and progress
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X3424
- Call Number
- 373.3 ENG
- Edition
- First ed.
- Author
- English, H. O.
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Sons (Canada) Limited
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Wrigley Printing
- Physical Description
- Textbook "Science & Progress", by H.O. English , T. B. Edwards, D. M. Flather, W.C. Ozard and J.A. Spragge ( all teachers in BC schools), published by J.M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Limited. "Made in British Columbia, Canada By Wrigley Printing Company Limited, Vancouver.", copyright , Canada 1947. The book has blue cloth covers and is 14.5 cm wide by 20 cm high and 3.5 cm thick, 711 pages with the last page torn out. Locally produced BC school textbook.
- Inscription
- "Bill R__" and various numbers [handwritten on front pastedown]
"Grace Kellie
Turn in all experiments Rm. 6 B. R.
Edna-Gace Kellie
Lois Van Horne" [handwritten in pencil and ink on page opposing front pastedown]
[handwritten notes and underlined passages throughout book, chiefly in pencil]
"Downtown at noon. I have to go to Agnes'" [handwritten on back endpapers]
[various scribbles and notes, including 15 barely legible names and page 203-404 handwritten in pencil on page opposing back pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Textbooks
- Notes
- "By H. O. English, T. B. Edwards, D. M. Flather, W. C. Ozard, J. A. Spragge"--t.p.
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An English history
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.35.14
- Call Number
- 941 SYM
- Author
- Symes, E. S. (Edward Spence), 1852-1901
- Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Copp, Clark Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1905
- Physical Description
- 286 p. : ill., maps (some col), port. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "George Pratt / Bradner School. / BC / Canada. / 12 - 12 - 12"--Hand written in pencil on front paste down.
Study [?] notes hand written in black ink on p. 18.
"Thomson / Stationary / Company / Vancouver"--White label with blue print on back paste down.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Great Britain--History
- Notes
- Includes index.
Front fly leaf, title page, back fly leaf, and other pages in front and back are missing.
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1939-1940
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV016.27.5
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1940
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- Burnaby South Secondary School
- Publication Date
- 1940
- Physical Description
- 72 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- "Gwen Parker" [handwritten on first page in ink]
signatures throughout
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1940-1949
- School yearbooks
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby South High School
- "Editor: Margaretta Verner
Assistant Editor: Hazel Simnett
Business Manager: Allan Coe"
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1942-1943
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV016.27.6
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1943
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- Burnaby South Secondary School
- Publication Date
- 1943
- Printer
- Columbian Company Limited (The)
- Physical Description
- 34 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "Joyce Parker
Class 19 [handwritten on cover in ink]
Class of '46"
parts of letters on title page coloured in with pencil
signatures throughout
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1940-1949
- School yearbooks
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby South High School
- "Editors: R. McDonald, M. Bryenton, S. Stewart, D. Connor"
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1943-1944
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV016.27.4
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1944
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- Burnaby South Secondary School
- Publication Date
- 1944
- Printer
- Columbian Company Limited (The)
- Physical Description
- Teepee Town - School Annual -- [1944]. School annual or yearbook for Burnaby South High School for the year 1944. The cover green with silver text and illustration of a teepee and surroundings
There are some handwritten annotations inside the annual.
- Inscription
- signatures throughout
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1940-1949
- School yearbooks
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby South High School
- "Annual editors: Pat. MacIntosh, Bev. Pulling, Jim Blain"
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1944-1945
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV016.27.1
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1945
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- Burnaby South Secondary School
- Publication Date
- 1945
- Printer
- Columbian Company Limited (The)
- Physical Description
- 63 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "Joyce Parker" [handwritten on cover in ink]
signatures throughout
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1940-1949
- School yearbooks
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby South High School
- "Annual editors: Pat Whittle, Kae Irwin, Vici Vernon"
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1944-1945
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.28.2
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1945
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- Burnaby South Secondary School
- Publication Date
- 1945
- Printer
- Columbian Company Limited (The)
- Physical Description
- 63 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "Ann Lockhart, / Class 20" [handwritten on first page in ink]
student names written throughout
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1940-1949
- School yearbooks
- Names
- Boal, Ann Lockhart
- Burnaby South High School
- Object History
- Material belonged to Glen and Ann Boal (nee Lockhart), who grew up in Burnaby and attended Burnaby South High School. They met and became engaged and married in 1954.
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby South High School
- "Annual editors: Pat Whittle, Kae Irwin, Vici Vernon"
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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1945-1946
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV016.27.2
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1946
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- Burnaby South Secondary School
- Publication Date
- 1946
- Printer
- Columbian Company Limited (The)
- Physical Description
- 84 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "Joyce Parker" [handwritten in ink on cover]
signatures throughout
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1940-1949
- School yearbooks
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby South High School
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Canadian history notes
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.106.2
- Call Number
- 971 HEN
- Author
- Henderson, George E.
- Fraser, Charles G.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Educational Publishing Co.
- Publication Date
- 1906
- Series
- School helps series
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : maps ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "Katie Milton
(Eva)" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown]
"Katie Milton
Nelson
BC" [handwritten in pencil on title page]
Notes handwritten in black ink on title page verso, preface and p. [5]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Civics, Canadian--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- Canada--History--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- Notes
- "By Geo. E. Henderson and Chas. G. Fraser" --Title page.
- "For third, fourth and fifth classes" --Title page.
- "Price, - 15 cents" --Title page.
- Author's given name and date: Fraser, Charles G. (Charles Gordon), b. 1861
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The care and management of electrical machinery : a handbook for the use of power users and attendants
Chrysler shop manual, 1942-46
The concise ready reckoner and interest tables with valuable tables of weights and measures
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.35.13
- Call Number
- 513.9 THO
- Edition
- Enlarged ed.
- Author
- Thomas, Arnold W.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- Copp Clark Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Physical Description
- 186 p. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "Geo F. Pralt Abbotsford BC" -- handwritten in ink on endpaper (front).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Ready-reckoners
- Notes
- Includes index.
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Files, rasps
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 621.9 NIC
- Author
- Nicholson File Company
- Place of Publication
- Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
- Publisher
- Nicholson File Company
- Publication Date
- c1949
- Physical Description
- 50 p. : ill. ; 24 x 31 cm.
- Inscription
- Middle of title page uder date of 1949:
"-----FROM-----
F. DREXEL CO. LTD.
INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES
HASTINGS 5241-2-3
633 POWELL STREET
VANCOUVER, BC '' [STAMPED IN BLACK INK]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Files and rasps
- Tools
- Catalogs
- Notes
- "Black Diamond, Made in Canada" -- title page
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General chemical division Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Catalogue
- Accession Code
- BV022.22.1
- Call Number
- 661 GEN
- Publisher
- General Chemical Division, Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation
- Publication Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 175 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemical industry
- Catalogs
- Names
- Nichols Chemical Company Limited
- Object History
- Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation catalogue at one time used by the Manager of the The Nichols Chemical Company Limited, William H. Main in Barnet BC. His business card is paper clipped to the first page. Page 106 has an ad from the Nichols company.
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Hugh M. Fraser Secondary School yearbook : 1942
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV016.27.3
- Call Number
- 373.71 HUG 1942
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- Hugh M. Fraser High School
- Publication Date
- 1942
- Printer
- Columbian Company Limited (The)
- Inscription
- "Connie Parker" [handwritten in pencil on cover]
"Joyce Parker" [handwritten in ink on first page]
signatures throughout
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1940-1949
- School yearbooks
- Names
- Burnaby South High School
- Notes
- High school annual for Hugh M. Fraser High School
- "Editors: Edith Cochrane, Phyllis Wunch, Muriel Proskin"
- Burnaby South High School was renamed Hugh M. Fraser High in 1941?, but was changed back to the original name a short time later. -- from BV005.35.19
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Introduction to inorganic chemistry
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.127
- Call Number
- 546 SMI
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Author
- Smith, Alexander, 1865-1922
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Century Co.
- Publication Date
- 1919
- c1905
- Physical Description
- v-xiv; 925 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "T J M Roy Agassiz, B.C."
"Arts '23"
"U.B.C." "Sept. 1919"
"1426 - 8th Ave. W. Vancouver, BC"
crossed-out "W111"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemistry, Inorganic
- Chemistry--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
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The man from Glengarry: a tale of the Ottawa
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV996.3.1
- Call Number
- 813.5 CON
- Author
- Connor, Ralph, 1860-1937
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Westminster Company Limited
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- 473 p.
- Inscription
- "MITCHELL'S CONFECTIONERY / 2950 McKay Ave. - Carl. 1028-O / Used Magazines - Ice Cream & School Supplies", hand-stamped in green inside front cover
"15-", in pencil inside front cover
"Cicely Chandler", handwritten in pencil inside front cover and on front endpaper
"2535 Elizabeth Ave / New Westminster BC", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper
"THOMSON / STATIONERY / COMPANY / LTD. / VANCOUVER", on label inside back cover
"2896", in pencil inside back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
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The modern baker confectioner and caterer : a practical and scientific work for the baking and allied trades, vol. iv
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.29.1
- Call Number
- 641 KIR v.4
- Contributor
- Kirkland, John, 1958-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- The Gresham Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Physical Description
- x, 152p. 1-8, : ill. plates.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Bread
- Cake
- Cake decorating
- Pastry
- Confectionery
- Caterers and catering
- Object History
- Antique Dealer is from Courtenay BC. He had acquired this book in that area. The rest of the set was missing. This single volume was spotted in a Burnaby Antique Show by Curator Colin Stevens at a table rented by Bluechicken Antiques of Courtenay. After determining that it was identical to the volume missing from our set, it was purchased. The set we have is HV975.70, and was acquired from Ivan Sayers. He had acquired his set in Alberta. His set was missing Volume 4. [CMS 1991 FEB 20]
- Notes
- "Edited by John Kirkland"
- With contributions from leading specialists and trade experts"
- Includes index
- "Divisional Vol. IV"
- Volume 4 of 6
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Nursing history
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3910.1
- Call Number
- 610 GOO
- Edition
- 7th ed., reset
- Author
- Goodnow, Minnie, 1871-1952
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- London
- Publisher
- W. B. Saunders Co.
- Publication Date
- 1944
- Physical Description
- xiii, 495 p.: ill.
- Inscription
- "Eileen Fanell / 218" -handwritten in ink inside front cover.
"Given to BVM for use as / a reference book / 26 Sept 1986 / by M.S. Thrift Store / 9516-120 St / Surrey BC / M. Stevens" -handwritten in pencil inside front cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Nursing--History
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