File consists of the Burnaby Historical Society's correspondence, notes and papers pertaining to the Heritage Trust Student Employment Program and newspaper clippings collected by Evelyn Salisbury.
File consists of the Burnaby Historical Society's correspondence, notes and papers pertaining to the Heritage Trust Student Employment Program and newspaper clippings collected by Evelyn Salisbury.
Photograph of the Burnaby Historical Society float travelling along Hastings Street in Vancouver as part of the Pacific National Exhibition parade. The float consisted of a retired British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram car.
Photograph of the Burnaby Historical Society float travelling along Hastings Street in Vancouver as part of the Pacific National Exhibition parade. The float consisted of a retired British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram car.
ca. 130 linear feet of textual records
30 linear feet of graphic and other material
Description Level
Fonds
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of the Burnaby Historical Society's administrative records and community archives collection.
History
The Burnaby Historical Society was founded in 1957. The Historical Society developed a community archives by collecting, compiling and preserving various materials with historical value to the City of Burnaby. It gathered miscellaneous documents, photographs and other items while also soliciting and acquiring entire collections or groups of archival records.
In 1991, the Historical Society was provided a permanent space to house their growing collection at the Burnaby Village Museum and they continued to collect and expand their holdings.
After the creation of the City of Burnaby Archives in 2001, the Burnaby Historical Society and the City of Burnaby began discussing the possibility of uniting the two collections. In February 2007, an agreement was signed between the two institutions which resulted in the merger of the Society's Community Archives with the City Archives. All records and photographs that had been collected by the Historical Society were transferred into the custody of the City and were moved from the Burnaby Village Museum to the City Archives in the McGill Branch of the Burnaby Public Library.
The Burnaby Historical Society disbanded in 2018.
File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Historical Society. Included in the file are newspaper clippings, reports, correspondence and promotional material.
File consists of papers pertaining to the Burnaby Historical Society. Included in the file are newspaper clippings, reports, correspondence and promotional material.
Subseries consists of administrative papers pertaining to the Burnaby Historical Society and the Century Park Museum Association, including the Burnaby Historical Society’s constitution. Also included are membership lists, directors reports and donation records for the Century Park Museum Associati…
Subseries consists of administrative papers pertaining to the Burnaby Historical Society and the Century Park Museum Association, including the Burnaby Historical Society’s constitution. Also included are membership lists, directors reports and donation records for the Century Park Museum Association, as well as protocol for volunteering at the Manor House.
History
The Century Park Museum Association was founded under the auspices of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee, to administer Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative Project, Heritage Village.
Letter from Mrs. Evelyn Salisbury which appeared on the Agenda for the 1984 December 10 Meeting of Council re: Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee Correspondence from Burnaby Historical Society
Subseries consists of record collected by the Burnaby Historical Society that were created by or pertain to the work of Burnaby historian George Green.
Subseries consists of record collected by the Burnaby Historical Society that were created by or pertain to the work of Burnaby historian George Green.
Photograph of the "Yesterday and Today" display, Burnaby Chamber of Commerce. Signs on either side of the display read, "Burnaby has ten miles of Fraser River frontage" and "Burnaby has ten miles of deepsea frontage." In the centre is a display of photographs. Signs on both sides of the display …
Photograph of the "Yesterday and Today" display, Burnaby Chamber of Commerce. Signs on either side of the display read, "Burnaby has ten miles of Fraser River frontage" and "Burnaby has ten miles of deepsea frontage." In the centre is a display of photographs. Signs on both sides of the display read, "'Burnaby Yesterday and Today!' / Photo display by Burnaby Historical Society."
Photograph of people at the Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner. Left to right (as identified on the back of the photo): Barry Mather, president; Miss B.P. Choate, secretary-treasurer; and Fraser Wilson, director. They are holding photograph of Robert Burnaby. The banner behind them r…
Photograph of people at the Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner. Left to right (as identified on the back of the photo): Barry Mather, president; Miss B.P. Choate, secretary-treasurer; and Fraser Wilson, director. They are holding photograph of Robert Burnaby. The banner behind them reads, "First Annual Dinner: Burnaby Historical Society / Burnaby Centennial Pavilion [on Burnaby Mountain] / Friday, November 27, [1959].
Photograph of the Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner held at the the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain on November 27, 1959. Men and women are seated at rows of tables.
Photograph of the Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner held at the the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain on November 27, 1959. Men and women are seated at rows of tables.
Photograph of the Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner held at the the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain on November 27, 1959. Men and women are seated at rows of tables.
Photograph of the Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner held at the the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain on November 27, 1959. Men and women are seated at rows of tables.
267 photographs : col. ; 18 cm x 13 cm and smaller
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of various events, meetings, and other activities hosted by the Burnaby Historical Society as well as events and ceremonies attended by Society members.
267 photographs : col. ; 18 cm x 13 cm and smaller
Description Level
File
Record No.
633-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2020-06
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of various events, meetings, and other activities hosted by the Burnaby Historical Society as well as events and ceremonies attended by Society members.
Photographs were originally contained in a photograph album and removed by Archives staff for preservation purposes. Original order of photographs within the album is maintained.
Most photographs in file have handwritten notes on verso identifying the individuals and events depicted in the photographs.
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-1:633-003-10 reads: "BHS field trip to Yale 1973"
Identification key for 633-003-15 available in accession file
Identification key for 633-003-22 available in accession file
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-23:633-003-35 reads: "Christmas Party at the Home of Violet and Blythe Eagles"
Identification key for 633-003-36 available in accession file
633-003-37:633-003-42 depict a presentation of the publication "Windows to Burnaby's Past"
Labels on sleeves housing 633-003-43:633-003-50 reads: "1992 Conference BC Historical Federation / May 7, 8, 9, 1992 at Burnaby BC / Held at Sheraton Villa"
Sticky noted adhered to verso of 633-003-54 read: 'Honorary life member Margaret Stoneberg with Past President John Spittle"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-59:633-003-74 reads: "Luncheon at Hart House May 7 1 pm".
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-68 reads: "Honorary Life Member, Margaret Stoneberg - May 8, 1992"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-69 reads: "Lunch at Hart House - Anne Yandle and Francis Wellwood in foreground"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-74 reads: "Ilma Dunn (Whiterock) Nancy Peter (Burnaby) Ernest Harris (Vancouver) Naomi Miller (Wasa)"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-75:633-003-85 reads: "Tour of Burnaby Village Museum 2pm"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-78 reads: "The visitors at Burnaby Village Museum - May 8, 1992"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-81 reads: "History Revisited! Don Sale at the teacher's desk in Seaforth School, Burnaby Village. Don took his practice teaching in this school!"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-92:633-003-103 reads: "Tour of Simon Fraser University"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-104:633-003-109 reads: "Lunch at SFU"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-110:633-003-144 reads: "Awards Banquet - Burnaby Lake Pavilion"
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-144 reads: "Four Burnaby Ladies / Joan Bellinger, Florence Hart Godwin, Helen Brown and Winn Roff relax before the Awards Banquet"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-145:633-003-151 reads: "Hart House Tea June 17/92"
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-152:633-003-154 reads: "Discovery Day 1994"
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-155:633-003-158 reads: "BHS receives first Burnaby Heritage Award 1993"
Identification key for 633-003-155 available in accession file
Sticky note adhered to 633-003-158 reads: "front row (l to r) Hazel L'Estrange, Mary Coe, Kay Moore / 2nd row (l to r) Una Carlson, Helen Street / 3rd row (l to r) Margaret Matorich, Pixie McGeachie"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-159:633-003-178 reads: "Official opening of the garden and restored Jubilee Arch Central Park 1994"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-180:633-003-235 reads: "Burnaby Historical Society June 25, 1997 40th Anniversary"
Letter from the Beckleys, photographers of 633-003-236:633-003-239 available in accession file. Identification key for 633-003-237:633-003-238 available in accession file. Identification key for 633-003-239 available in accession file. Photographs depict 1989 sod turning ceremony for administration building at Burnaby Village Museum.
Note accompanying 633-003-240 available in accession file
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-241:633-003-242 reads: "Burnaby Discovery Day Shadbolt Centre 1998"
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-243:633-033-246 reads: "BHS field trip to Kilby General Store and Farm June, 1998"
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-247:633-003-249 reads: "Fraser Wilson Room Archives"
Identification key for 633-003-252 available in accession file
Label on sleeves housing 633-003-253:633-003-257 reads: "Heritage Award"
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-258:633-003-261 reads: "BCHF Conference May, 1999 Merritt, B.C."
Label on sleeve housing 633-003-262:633-003-264 reads: "Burnaby "Hero" 2002"
633-003-267 is annotated: "Catherine Rees 90th Birthday Party". Photo is an inkjet print on paper.
Photograph of Burnaby Historical Society members at the first Society dinner at the Burnaby Pavilion. Four men are looking at documents, including newspapers.
Photograph of Burnaby Historical Society members at the first Society dinner at the Burnaby Pavilion. Four men are looking at documents, including newspapers.