Letter from Brigadeer Colin Fox to May Bateman
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 6 Jan. 1943
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (double sided and folded) + 1 envelope
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a letter written by Lt. Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. In his letter, Colin thanks hi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Series
- Bateman family World War II letters series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (double sided and folded) + 1 envelope
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a letter written by Lt. Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. In his letter, Colin thanks his aunt for parcels that he's received and reflects on his Christmas and New Years celebration.
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes
- Names
- Bateman, Marianne May
- Fox, Colin Rhodes
- Accession Code
- BV020.27.13
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 6 Jan. 1943
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Feb-2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Address on front of envelope reads: "Miss M. Bateman / 3896 W. 25th Ave. / Vancouver B.C. / Canada"
- Return address on verso of envelope reads: "K 19022 L/Sgt. C.R. Fox / 44th Fld. Bty. / 13th Fld. Reg't. R.C.A. A.F. / Canadian Army Overseas"
- Stamp on verso of envelope reads: "13 FD. REGT. R.C.A. / OUT GOING MAIL"
- Circular post mark stamp on front of envelope reads: "FIELDPOST_OFFICE_483_JAN. 15 /43"
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Willingdon Heights Neighbourhood
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1925-1954
- Heritage Value
- Willingdon Heights was another new subdivision developed in Burnaby during the post-World War Two building boom. A brochure about the development published in 1948 proclaimed "the Willingdon Heights 500 home development project in Burnaby fulfills its promise to provide a self-contained community for former members of the armed services and their families...the largest single veteran housing project in Canada as far as homes for individual ownership is concerned, Willingdon Heights development was planned by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation...At this date the earlier built rows of homes have passable roads and the owners are improving lawns and gardens in spare time...eventually additional stores and professional services will be installed and recreational projects will add to the amenities of a community of congenial residents..."
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
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Willingdon Heights Neighbourhood
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1955-2008
- Heritage Value
- The convenient location of Willingdon Heights to the Trans Canada Highway, Lougheed Highway and Hastings Street has fostered its development as a primarily residential commuter neighbourhood. Characterised in the post-World War Two period by predominantly single-family developments, the neighbourhood has retained this identity despite some higher density apartment buildings now found there.
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
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Lake City Neighbourhood
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1955-2008
- Heritage Value
- When Simon Fraser University opened in 1965, approximately sixteen industrial properties had been developed in the Lake City Industrial Park. In addition, significant tracts of land in the western portion had been pre-cleared and graded in anticipation of additional development, while most of the eastern half remained forested. Some of the early companies to locate in the area were Nabob Foods, Volkswagen Canada, British Columbia Television Broadcasting, Simpson Sears, and H.Y. Louie Company Limited. Both Imperial Oil and Shell Oil established petroleum storage and distribution facilities in the area. Initially a heavy industrial area, by 1979, single family neighbourhoods south of Lougheed Highway and west of Eagle Creek had been largely developed. By the mid1980's, the Burnaby 200 multi-family development along Forest Grove Drive had also been completed.
- Planning Study Area
- Lake City Area
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Douglas-Gilpin Neighbourhood
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1955-2008
- Heritage Value
- The Douglas-Gilpin Neighbourhood developed into a diverse area incorporating residential, business, educational and park districts in the period after 1955. The BCIT site was built in the early 1960s, shortly after the Burnaby Municipal Hall was located on Canada Way near Deer Lake in 1956. The construction of the Municipal Hall at this location fostered the creation of an administrative and business centre adjacent to the park, while the northern and central areas of the neighbourhood retained their primarily residential character.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
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Morley-Buckingham Neighbourhood
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1955-2008
- Heritage Value
- In the 1980 "Residential Neighbourhood Environment Study," the Morley-Buckingham Neighbourhood is described as "perhaps Burnaby's most prestigious residential area. The lots are larger than most other areas of the Municipality and this, along with the new expensive housing developed over the past 10 years, has created a very desirable residential neighbourhood...The older area of Buckingham lies at the lower edge of the slope and here the homes and streets are more uniform and aged between 20 and 25 years old...to the east of Canada Way lies...a cluster townhouse development."
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
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Portraits of the premiers : an informal history of British Columbia
Guide to marks on early Canadian silver, 18th and 19th centuries
The history of photography, from 1839 to the present day
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 770.9 NEW
- Author
- Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Museum of Modern Art
- Publication Date
- c1949
- Physical Description
- 256 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "D. H. MOORE / 221 PARK ST. / PORT ARTHUR, ONT. CANADA", printed on sticker on inside of front cover.
- "Hal Johnston Images / 4447 Venables Street / Burnaby, B.C. / V5C 3A5", printed on stick on inside of front cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Photography--History
- Notes
- Distributed by Simon and Schuster, New York
- Text first published in the exhibition catalog Photography, 1839-1937 by the Museum of Modern Art in 1937. In 1938 the text and ill. were reprinted with minor revisions as Photography: a short critical history.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index.
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The Gibson's Landing story
Remember yesterday : a century of photographs
The Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada; 50th anniversary, 1897-1947
The inventors : great ideas in Canadian enterprise
The western interior of Canada : a record of geographical discovery, 1612-1917
No power greater : a century of labour in B.C.
Selected stories from Canadian prose
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.40.9
- Call Number
- 810.81 MAC
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- MacMillian Company of Canada Limited
- Publication Date
- 1941
- 1929
- Series
- St. Martin's classics
- Physical Description
- xx, 274 p., iv : 18 cm.
- Inscription
- Scribbles on series page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Short stories
- Short stories, Canadian
- Notes
- "Authorized for use in the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia"
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Chrysler shop manual, 1942-46
Pitman's high speed in typewriting : a series of advanced lessons for the development of expertness in the operation of the standard keyboard typewriter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X5085
- Call Number
- 652.3 PIT
- Edition
- 2nd ed. , rev.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons (Canada) Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1942
- c1918
- Physical Description
- 59 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Typewriting
- Notes
- hinged at the top of the page.
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