The City of Burnaby Archives officially opened on Saturday, November 10, 2001. The Archives is Burnaby's first municipal archives, and is located in the McGill Branch Library. The City Archives functions as a branch of the Office of the City Clerk and operates as the official repository of Burnaby's municipal records, containing records dating back to Burnaby's incorporation in 1892. In 2007, the City of Burnaby Archives expanded its collection mandate to include private as well as public records. On February 14, 2007 an agreement was signed with the Burnaby Historical Society and, as a result, the Archives accepted into its custody the collection of community records that had been maintained and managed by the Historical Society since the 1950s. In the Spring of 2007, these records were transferred from the Burnaby Village Museum to their permanent home in the Archives facility.
Photograph of the exterior of Confederation House, the seniors' community centre located on the 4500 block of Albert Street. The photograph is taken from a parking lot, facing north. An adjacent building is visible in the background.
Photograph of the exterior of Confederation House, the seniors' community centre located on the 4500 block of Albert Street. The photograph is taken from a parking lot, facing north. An adjacent building is visible in the background.
Photograph of a City of Burnaby facility closure sign at Confederation Park. Sign is attached to security fencing closing off the playground equipment at the park.
Photograph of a City of Burnaby facility closure sign at Confederation Park. Sign is attached to security fencing closing off the playground equipment at the park.
Photograph was originally mounted in a booklet style folder, with a stamp on the recto that reads: "BURNABY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR REFERENCE USE IN LIBRARY ONLY" a stamp in the interior that reads: "COMPLIMENTS VANCOUVER DAILY PROVINCE" and a stamp on the verso that reads: "Bill Cunningham, Vancouver, B.C."
This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.
This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.
Recording is of an interview with Kathleen Rose by SFU (Simon Fraser University) student Bettina Bradbury, July 14, 1975. Major theme discussed is: the Depression.
Biographical Notes
Kathleen Rose was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1897 and immigrated to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1907 with her family.
Kathleen lived on the Prairie for eighteen years before getting married in 1923 and moving to Burnaby to be with her husband. The couple moved to the 4600 block of Albert Street in North Burnaby, where Kathleen’s husband cleared all of the land by hand. The Roses had help putting in the foundation but otherwise built their house themselves. Kathleen’s husband was a longshoreman at that time.
They had a son, born in 1925, who suffered from rheumatic fever during the Depression.
Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the parking lot and back view of the McGill Branch of the Burnaby Public Library taken from Albert Street. The front is on Pandora Street.
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
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556-404
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
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2013-13
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the parking lot and back view of the McGill Branch of the Burnaby Public Library taken from Albert Street. The front is on Pandora Street.
File contains photographs of staff in new McGill Library, in the final stages of its construction. Photographs depict Linnea Gibbs, the Branch Librarian, viewing Confederation Park through the library's windows, and Gibbs and Kathryn Lee, the children's librarian, at the under-construction informat…
File contains photographs of staff in new McGill Library, in the final stages of its construction. Photographs depict Linnea Gibbs, the Branch Librarian, viewing Confederation Park through the library's windows, and Gibbs and Kathryn Lee, the children's librarian, at the under-construction information counter.
Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2462-1: "Linnea Gibbs, the Branch Librarian at the McGill Library, admires the view of the North Shore Mountains from the library's new building, which is in the final stages of construction behind the old building."
Caption from metadata for 535-2462-2: "Kathryn Lee, the children's librarian, and Linnea Gibbs, the branch librarian, discuss their plans for the giant new information counter at the McGill Library's new home, nearly completed behind the old branch."
Photograph of librarian Linnea Gibbs, vice-chair of the Burnaby Public Library Board Ernest Neumann, and chair Brenda Wagg standing in front of the construction site for the new McGill Library branch on Albert Street.
Photograph of librarian Linnea Gibbs, vice-chair of the Burnaby Public Library Board Ernest Neumann, and chair Brenda Wagg standing in front of the construction site for the new McGill Library branch on Albert Street.
Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Linnea Gibbs (R), the librarian at the McGill branch of the Burnaby Public Library, discusses the progress of construction on the branch's new addition with Ernest Neumann, vice-chair of the Library Board, and Brenda Wagg, the chair."
Photograph of a construction excavator demolishing the old McGill Library building at 4595 Albert Street, with the new Library building visible behind the demolition.
Photograph of a construction excavator demolishing the old McGill Library building at 4595 Albert Street, with the new Library building visible behind the demolition.
Collected by editorial for use in a July 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "The old McGrill Library succumbs to wrecking crews as the new branch, in the background, awaits its grand opening in September."
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Linda Levar, a reference librarian at Burnaby's McGill Library, has organized a workshop on internet awareness for kids and parents. The workshop will give internet users the tools and strategies to protect their personal information."
File contains photographs of the move into the new McGill Library branch. Photographs depict library page Daljit Sidhu shelving books, in silhouette against the Library's windows, and unidentified movers wheeling a cart of library materials into the new building.
File contains photographs of the move into the new McGill Library branch. Photographs depict library page Daljit Sidhu shelving books, in silhouette against the Library's windows, and unidentified movers wheeling a cart of library materials into the new building.
Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2509-1: "Daljit Sidhu, a page at the McGill Library, sorts books onto the shelves in the new library. The McGill branch is closed until September as staff transfer the contents of the old building into the new."
Caption from metadata for 535-2509-2: "Movers tackle the monumental task of transfering the contents of McGill Library's old building into the new one just behind it. The branch is closed until September for the move, and the demolition of the old branch."
Photograph of Kelvin Ting reading inside the McGill Library in North Burnaby next to the library's large windows. Outside, Confederation Park is covered in snow.
Photograph of Kelvin Ting reading inside the McGill Library in North Burnaby next to the library's large windows. Outside, Confederation Park is covered in snow.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "When the weather outside is frightful, there's few things more delightful than staying inside, curled up with a book, as Kelvin Ting discovers at the McGill Library in North Burnaby."