Burnaby Citizens Association papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955-1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newsletters from the Burnaby Citizen's Association as well as a copy of the Constitution. Also included in the file is a "Poll by Poll" printout of the 1972 election results. The Burnaby Citizens' Association platform for 1968 including press releases (and pertinent newspaper clipp…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955-1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Robert Prittie subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS127-002
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-01
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newsletters from the Burnaby Citizen's Association as well as a copy of the Constitution. Also included in the file is a "Poll by Poll" printout of the 1972 election results. The Burnaby Citizens' Association platform for 1968 including press releases (and pertinent newspaper clippings) are included.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Burnaby Citizens' Association election materials
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955-1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Prittie collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Burnaby Citizens' Association election materials, mostly pertaining to Mayor Robert W. Prittie and his running mates.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955-1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Prittie collection
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS128-002
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- 2009-13
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Burnaby Citizens' Association election materials, mostly pertaining to Mayor Robert W. Prittie and his running mates.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Burnaby Citizens Association pamphlet
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 pamphlet
- Scope and Content
- Item is a pamphlet from the Burnaby Citizen's Association promoting their 1969 election candidates including Bob Prittie for mayor and Fraser Wilson for council. Also on the bill are Andy Blair, Jim Dailly and Geo. H.F. McLean for council and Jack Fleming, Joan Johnston and Maurits Mann for the sch…
Burnaby 1975
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1974-1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of various papers pertaining to Burnaby, primarily newspaper clippings from various newspapers. Also included in the file is the October 28, 1975 Buzzer (transportation bulletin), Council meeting minutes from July 21, 1975, and municipal election promotional materials from the Burnaby…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1974-1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Pixie McGeachie subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS054-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-16
- Scope and Content
- File consists of various papers pertaining to Burnaby, primarily newspaper clippings from various newspapers. Also included in the file is the October 28, 1975 Buzzer (transportation bulletin), Council meeting minutes from July 21, 1975, and municipal election promotional materials from the Burnaby Citizen's Association and the Voters Association.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
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Burnaby Municipal Election papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968-1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the municipal elections including results lists as well as promotional materials from all parties (although mostly from the Burnaby Citizens' Association). A number of press releases and pertinent newspaper clippings are included.
Fraser Wilson subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [19--]-1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records nd graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of one photographic album of locations in Vancouver photographed in the 1880s, sixteen original illustrations by Fraser Wilson and three files of textual records, including the comic book "Bill Northwood".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [19--]-1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Fraser Wilson subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records nd graphic material
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-06
- BHS1985-23
- BHS1991-25
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of one photographic album of locations in Vancouver photographed in the 1880s, sixteen original illustrations by Fraser Wilson and three files of textual records, including the comic book "Bill Northwood".
- History
- Fraser Wilson was born in Vancouver on July 1, 1905 and brought up in the Grandview area, with fond memories of berry picking in the wilds of North Burnaby as a child.
He left school in 1923 and, although interested in art, he didn’t try to make it a career until a double hernia forced him to stop working in factories and start apprenticing for commercial artists, later opening a sign shop of his own. In 1926 he worked in Australia as a set decoration painter, but had to return to Vancouver when his father fell ill in 1927.
Wilson was a political cartoonist for the Vancouver Sun newspaper from 1937 to 1947. When he moved to Burnaby in April of 1943 he was also the artist and author of the cartoon-type serial “Bill Northwood - the personification of the modern Resource Manager” which served to teach the community why forests are important and should be preserved. He lost his job at the Vancouver Sun in 1947; he was the chairman of the Co-ordinating Committee of Newspaper Unions which was involved in the Vancouver Province strike and his publisher didn’t approve.
Soon after, Bill White, then-president of the Marine Workers’ and Boilermakers Union, asked Wilson to decorate the Marine Workers’ Auditorium at 3337 West Pender, the Union's hall. The mural that Wilson painted depicts the BC labour movement to honour British Columbia’s workers. This mural launched a new career for Wilson; to this day, hospitals and libraries across British Columbia display his work in lobbies. In 1988, when the building housing the Marine Workers’ Auditorium was sold to a new owner, Fraser Wilson’s mural was removed from the wall, restored by Ferdinand Petrov of the Vancouver Centennial Committee, and installed permanently at the new Maritime Labour Centre on Victoria Drive in Vancouver.
Throughout the 1960s, Wilson served as president of the Burnaby Historical Society. He ran for City Council as a Burnaby Citizens Association candidate in 1969 and 1970.
Fraser Wilson died on 31 July 1992.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Wilson, Fraser
- Notes
- PC492, MSS062
- Title based on contents of subseries
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