Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1814 photographs + 219 architectural drawings + 17 technical drawings + 4 videocassettes + 3 audio reels + 17 audio cassettes + 1.6 m of textual records + 2 maps
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created and collected by the Century Park Museum Association (renamed Burnaby Village Museum Association after 1984), which managed Heritage Village (later named Burnaby Village Museum) from its opening in 1971 until it's dissolution in December 1989. Records include archi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1814 photographs + 219 architectural drawings + 17 technical drawings + 4 videocassettes + 3 audio reels + 17 audio cassettes + 1.6 m of textual records + 2 maps
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records created and collected by the Century Park Museum Association (renamed Burnaby Village Museum Association after 1984), which managed Heritage Village (later named Burnaby Village Museum) from its opening in 1971 until it's dissolution in December 1989. Records include architectural drawings and proposals; photographs and films of the site; documentation of exhibits and artifacts, special events and programs; oral history interviews and other sound recordings; association meeting minutes; constitutions and bylaws; financial records; reports; correspondence; publications and research materials.
Fonds has been arranged into the following series:
1) Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series
2) Century Park Museum Association film collection series
3) Century Park Museum Association architectural records and reports series
4) Heritage Village Museum oral history Interviews series
5) Heritage Village Museum presentations and Programming series
6) Century Park Museum Association reports series
7) Century Park Museum Association constitution, bylaws and agreements series
8) Century Park Museum Association minutes of meetings series
9) Century Park Museum association Board of Directors' administrative files series
10) Century Park Museum membership series
11) Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
12) Century Park Museum Association committees' minutes and reports series
13) Museum staff adminstrative files series
14) Century Park Museum Association financial records series
- History
- The Heritage Village Museum was originally created as a British Columbia Centennial Project in 1971 through funding from the Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments. A sub-committee of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee was responsible for the creation of a permanent commemorative project. The concept for an open-air museum was developed with the location to be in Burnaby on lots 8,9, 10 and 11 of District Lot 79 and Lots 2 and 5, Block "R" of Districts Lots 79 and 85. The official sod turning for Heritage Village took place on April 11, 1971. In the spring of 1971, a museum director and curator were hired to oversee the development of the project and the acquisition of artifacts with funding from the Parks and Recreation Commission.
The Century Park Museum Association (CPMA) was founded under the auspices of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee to govern Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative Project, Heritage Village. The CPMA Board of directors were elected on October 26, 1971 with Donald (Don) Copan as the founding president (Don continued to serve on the Board until 1989). The Board of Directors reported directly to the Municipal Council. The association had an overall objective of providing a museum that was a historical resource for Burnaby and the region. The museum mandate was to collect, preserve, research, document and interpret artifacts and historical buildings that illustrated the history and lifestyle of the Lower Mainland in B.C. and Burnaby. The Museum focused on the period between 1890 and 1925 depicting a village lifestyle of a small community. This was achieved through the use of exhibits and displays within historic buildings and built reconstructions along with costumed museum interpreters. Many people contributed to the construction and design of the village. Architect, Rudy Kovach created the initial concept drawings and architecture designs were created by architectural design consultants Hopping, Kovach and Grinnell. Many carpenters and tradespeople worked on the construction of the buildings including Mr. Angelo Giacometti who was respsonible for much of the final decorative elements.
The official opening of Heritage Village took place on November 19, 1971 with Burnaby Mayor Bob Prittie and Canada’s Governor General Roland Michener. Heritage Village was opened up to the public for a few days between November 19 and 21 with approximately 15,000 visitors. On July 1st, 1972 Heritage Village re-opened for the summer season with CPMA president, Don Copan and Mayor Bob Prittie officiating. This opening showcased further development of the site with more buildings and exhibits added.
In 1984, Heritage Village Museum changed its name to “Burnaby Village Museum” and in turn, the Century Park Museum Association changed its name to the “Burnaby Village Museum Association”. Burnaby Village Museum continued to be governed by the Burnaby Village Museum Association until the end of 1989. In 1990, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby assumed the operation and management of Burnaby Village Museum under the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department and the Burnaby Village Museum Association was dissolved.
- Responsibility
- Century Park Museum Association
- Accession Code
- BV985.6028
- BV005.14
- BV000.18
- BV011.44
- BV011.50
- BV014.30
- BV016.56
- BV017.46
- BV018.21
- BV019.52
- BV020.4
- BV020.5
- BV021.5
- BV022.9
- Date
- 1971-1989
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Textual Record
- Architectural Drawing
- Moving Images
- Cartographic Material
- Technical Drawing
- Related Material
- Donald Copan fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Royal Bank exhibit collection
- Bell's Dry Goods exhibit collection
- Jesse Love farmhouse fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Arrangement
- Records are arranged by types and functions of the Century Park Museum Association. The series reflects how they were maintained by the associaton, it's members and staff of Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) while under the governance of the association.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Further accruals are expected
- Some records within this fonds are Closed - contact Burnaby Village Museum for access
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Donald Copan collection
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records + 3 architectural drawings + 17 photographs + 1 scrapbook album (727 photographs + ephemera)
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of material collected and created by Donald Copan while he was an active member of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and as founding President of the Century Park Museum Association. The fonds includes a scrabpook album of photographs and ephemera documenting the Burnaby Cent…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records + 3 architectural drawings + 17 photographs + 1 scrapbook album (727 photographs + ephemera)
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of material collected and created by Donald Copan while he was an active member of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and as founding President of the Century Park Museum Association. The fonds includes a scrabpook album of photographs and ephemera documenting the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee's involvement in celebrating British Columbia's Centenary of Confederation between January and December 1971 including Burnaby's Commemorative Project - Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum); plans and reports regarding the creation of Heritage Village and a small collection of records regarding British Columbia Summer Games that Burnaby hosted in 1984 and 1997 as well as a small collection of photographs of a wedding taking place at Willingdon Heights United Church.
Fonds is arranged into three series:
1) Copan album series
2) Heritage Village project series
3) Copan family photograph series
4) B.C. Summer Games series
- History
- Donald "Don" A. Copan was born in Victoria B.C. in 1928 and moved with his family to East Vancouver in the mid nineteen thirties. Don graduated from Britannia High School in the nineteen forties and graduated from the BC Provincial Normal School in 1948. In 1952, Don married Barbara Thomson. The couple moved to Highlawn Drive in 1954 where they raised their two sons Angus and Todd. Don and his family were active members of the Willingdon Heights United Church.
Don's teaching career began at Westridge Elementary School. He worked in Burnaby as an educator, including serving as the Principal of Twelfth Avenue Elementary School and retired from teaching in 1983. He served on the 1958 and 1971 Burnaby Centennial Committees and was the founding President of the Century Park Museum Association (the non-profit society that operated the Heritage Village Museum from 1971 to 1989, now Burnaby Village Museum). Don served on the Executive of the Century Park Museum Association (CPMA) every year of the organization's existence. Don's wife Barbara Copan was also active in the CPMA, as a volunteer with a focus on the gift shop. In 1982, Don became Burnaby's first "Citizen of the Year" and was awarded the Kushiro cup for his volunteerism.
Don was also involved in many other community organizations in the 1970s, including serving as President of the Burnaby Region, Boy Scouts (1975), and as a community resource person of the Board of Burnaby Big Brothers Association. He was Chairman of the Burnaby Family Court for seven years and Chairman of the Lower Mainland Family Court Committee for four years. He was also President of the Burnaby Teachers' Association circa 1974. Barbara Copan died in October 2017 and Don died in June 2020.
- Responsibility
- Copan, Donald Angus "Don"
- Accession Code
- BV005.54
- BV021.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Architectural Drawing
- Related Material
- Donald Wrigley fonds; Century Park Museum Association fonds; Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Ephemera from scrapbook is described separately with the Burnaby Village Museum Artifacts collection
- Some photographs have been "Closed" due to poor quality and duplication in content
- For other records regarding the history of Heritage Village Museum see also: Century Park Museum Association fonds; Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection and Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- See also B.C. Summer Games artifacts BV021.4.1 to BV021.4.12 & BV021.4.21; BV021.4.25; BV021.4.26
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36 million minutes
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 42 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a slide show titled "36 Million Minutes". The slide show is intended for students in grades, kingergarden to Grade 2 who are visiting the Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum). Slide show consists of a title slide, five archival photographs, thirty four slides with caricature…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Series
- Heritage Village Museum presentation and programming series
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 42 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a slide show titled "36 Million Minutes". The slide show is intended for students in grades, kingergarden to Grade 2 who are visiting the Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum). Slide show consists of a title slide, five archival photographs, thirty four slides with caricatures of a young girl and boy travelling back in time, views of Heritage Village and two slides of closing credits. An audio narrative accompanies the slide show (BV020.5.727). Narrative and slide show were created for Heritage Village by Stephanie and David Karel and Marta Baresh.
- Creator
- Karel, Stephanie
- Karel, David
- Baresh, Marta
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Responsibility
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.728
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1978]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- For audio recording of narrative see: BV020.5.727
- Slides are numbered sequentially
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Antique cars on Hill Street
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Hill Street inside Heritage Village Museum. Visitors are gathered along the street to view antique cars and buildings are decorated with red, white and blue bunting.
Apothecary bottles and artifacts inside Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of apothecary bottles arranged on shelving and other apothecary artifacts on display inside the Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy exhibit.
Apothecary bottles and show globes inside Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of apothecary bottles and products arranged on shelving and two show globes hanging from the ceiling inside the Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy exhibit.
Apothecary bottles on shelving inside Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of apothecary bottles and packaging arranged on shelving inside glass cabinets inside the Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy exhibit.
Apothecary bottles on shelving inside Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of apothecary bottles arranged on shelving inside the Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy exhibit.
Apothecary items on marble table top inside Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of apothecary items on marble table top inside the Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy exhibit.
Auto shop
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1984
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the inside of the Burnaby Village Museum Auto shop. A portion of a cash register is visible in the left corner of the photograph. A bicycle sits on top of a work bench and various wheels, tires, automotive parts and tools are displayed on shelving at the back of the shop. Automotive m…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Series
- Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the inside of the Burnaby Village Museum Auto shop. A portion of a cash register is visible in the left corner of the photograph. A bicycle sits on top of a work bench and various wheels, tires, automotive parts and tools are displayed on shelving at the back of the shop. Automotive machinery and equipment is scattered throughout the shop.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.685
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1984
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See b&w photograph: BV020.5.681
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1-May-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Baggraw Hall
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 4 x 4 cm transparency film in slide mount 5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Baggraw Hall, the ancestral home of the Burnaby family.
Barn, paddock and out buildings
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the barn, fenced paddocks and out buildings on the Lubbock family farm located at 7803 Burris Street.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Series
- Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the barn, fenced paddocks and out buildings on the Lubbock family farm located at 7803 Burris Street.
- History
- In 1977, Century Park Museum was granted access to the Sprott-Lubbock farm to appraise the heritage buildings for preservation. Buildings that were saved included the old farrier shed (BV985.1240.2) which was also used as a blacksmith shop and the Vorce tram station building (BV985.1240.3) from the old Burnaby Lake Interurban line which was used as a grain storage shed on the property. Segments of the original farmhouse and other out buildings were retained. Other buildings on the site were demolished to make way for a new housing development.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Names
- Lubbock farm
- Geographic Access
- Grandview Highway
- Burris Street
- Street Address
- 7803 Burris Street
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.485
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1977
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 13-Mar-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Basement at Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 17.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the bathtub and toilet in the basement of Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Basement at Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 17.5 x 13 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the sink and the washing machine in the basement at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Basement at Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 17.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the tattered curtain (over a small window) in the basement at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Series
- Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 17.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the tattered curtain (over a small window) in the basement at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
- Names
- Irvine, Tom
- Geographic Access
- Laurel Street
- Accession Code
- BV005.14.15
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- December 1974
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Irvine House basement December 1974 (reprint from slide)"
- Reprint is a Kodak "Type R" print made from an original col. transparency
- Reference file at BVM includes a col. copy slide of this image
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Basement at Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 17.5 x 13 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the chimney bricks (with inspection stickers by Bill Ham) in the basement at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Basement at Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 17.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph detail of the basement joists and wood ceiling at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
BCSME locomotive at Burnaby Village Museum
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1987 and 1989]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified people riding a BCSME minature steam locomotive at the Burnaby Village Museum. The locomotive has stopped outside of the train station. The British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSME) ran the minature railway at Burnaby Village Museum between 1975 and 1991.
BCSME model train at station
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 6 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of visitors getting on the steam locomotive as it arrives at the station inside Burnaby Village Museum. A group of children are standing next to the model locomotive and talking to the engineer who is seated at the front of the train. The British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSM…
BCSME tunnel construction
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1974]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of tunnel construction for British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (BCSE) Burnaby Central Railway at Heritage Village.