Advanced lessons in cookery : book III
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV977.37.145
- Call Number
- 641.5941 FER
- Author
- Ferguson, Kathleen
- Place of Publication
- Dublin, [Ireland]
- Publisher
- James Duffy and Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Physical Description
- 31 p. ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cookbooks--1900-1909
- Cookbooks--Ireland
- Cooking for the sick
- Desserts
- Bread
- Soups
- Object History
- From the family home of Thomas Seaborn McNair and Mary Vida (nee McMillan) McNair who lived on West 33rd Avenue in Vancouver. Thomas McNair ran Edwards, McNair and Russell, an established estate agent business.
- Notes
- "by Kathleen Ferguson, First Class Diplomée, Dublin School of Cookery." -- title page
- " Price one penny." -- title page
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Air mail letter from Colin Fox to May Bateman
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 27 Dec. 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (double sided and folded)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a typewritten air mail letter from 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 with the 44th and 78th Canadian Field Battery.
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- 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)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a typewritten air mail letter from 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 with the 44th and 78th Canadian Field Battery.
In his letter Colin reflects on how he spent Christmas day and how he discovered that the camp cook came from the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes
- Names
- Fox, Colin Rhodes
- Bateman, Marianne May
- Accession Code
- BV020.27.32
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 27 Dec. 1944
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Feb-2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Air mail letter is addressed to: "Miss M. Bateman / c/o C.P.R. Land Dept. / Vancouver B.C. / Canada"
- Circular postmark stamps read: "FIELD POST OFFICE 403 / 8 / DE 29 / 44"
- Stamp on outside of air mail letter reads: "PASSED BY / CENSOR / No. / 11800"
- Return address on outside of air mail letter reads: "K19022 Sgt. / C.R.Fox"
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B.C. home canning and fruit recipe booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV019.37.5
- Call Number
- 641.42 BCH
- Author
- B.C. Tree Fruits Limited
- Place of Publication
- [Kelowna, B.C.]
- Publisher
- B.C. Tree Fruits Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 16 p. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canning and preserving
- Cookbooks--British Columbia
- Cooking--Canada
- Fruit--Preservation
- Cooking--British Columbia
- Object History
- Elmer Wilson Martin was a professional engineer who lived much of his life in Burnaby. He married Ellen Renetta "Reta" (Boyd) Martin in approx. 1930 and the couple moved to Burnaby in 1931 for him to attend UBC. He later enlisted in the RCAF during WWII where he served as a pilot and wing commander. Elmer ran Martin's Auto Villa at 6604 East Hastings Street (later 6574 East Hastings Street) and was heavily involved in local Burnaby politics and with the North Burnaby Board of Trade. The donor states that he ran for Burnaby mayor in 1959 and also donated land to S.F.U. in the late 1960's. He had many businesses throughout his life including Paneloc Buildings, a pre-fab building manufacturing company. His last position was as Director with the construction company Webb & Knapp Canada Ltd.
- Notes
- "Edited by one of Canada's foremost home cooking experts" -- cover
"Sales agents for Canada's finer fresh fruits
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British Columbia fruit : its qualities and uses
Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1914-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 22 scrapbooks : photographs + textual records + illustrations + digital files : col. (pdfs) + photographs : col. (tiffs) + col. (jpegs) + 222 photographs : b&w ; col. + 12 cm of textual records + ephemera
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a collection of scrapbooks containing photographs, textual records, illustrations and ephemera along with individual photographs and textual records related to Burnaby Girl Guides. Records document the activities and functions of Burnaby Girl Guides through histories, journals, ne…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 22 scrapbooks : photographs + textual records + illustrations + digital files : col. (pdfs) + photographs : col. (tiffs) + col. (jpegs) + 222 photographs : b&w ; col. + 12 cm of textual records + ephemera
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a collection of scrapbooks containing photographs, textual records, illustrations and ephemera along with individual photographs and textual records related to Burnaby Girl Guides. Records document the activities and functions of Burnaby Girl Guides through histories, journals, newspaper clippings, certificates, awards, programmes, photographs, illustrations and newsletters. Scrapbooks were created by Burnaby Girl Guides and Girl Guide leaders and deposited with the Burnaby Girl Guide Archivist prior to being donated to the Burnaby Village Museum. Record descriptions are available at both item and file level.
Fonds is arranged into the following series:
1) Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
2) Burnaby Girl Guides administrative records and histories series
3) Burnaby Girl Guides newsletters series
4) Burnaby Girl Guides memorabilia series
- History
- The Girl Guide Movement began in England in 1909 when girls in England demanded to take part in a Boy Scouts rally at the Crystal Palace in London, organized by Chief Scout and Boy Scout founder Lord Robert Baden-Powell. Following this event, Baden Powell asked his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell to help him start a similar organization for girls and Girl Guides was formed. Girl Guides came to Canada in 1910 and the first troop in British Columbia was registered in Victoria in 1912.
In 1913 Amy Leigh moved to Burnaby from England and enquired about a Guiding company in her area and was disappointed to find none. On June 11, 1914 at the age of 17 years, Amy registered the 1st Burnaby Girl Guide Company and became the captain. On April 2, 1916 the 2nd Burnaby Guide Company registered and met at Edmonds School. In this same year, the very first Burnaby Girl Guide Rally event took place at Central Park and by 1920 another took place at the Burnaby Municipal Hall (Edmonds) and was attended by both Burnaby and New Westminster Guides. The First Burnaby Brownie Pack was registered on December 1922 with Mrs. W.J. Matherson as Brown Owl. The Brownie Pack met in a West Burnaby facility. The First Burnaby Land Ranger Co. was formed on November 29, 1923 and by 1924 Burnaby became a District with four Guide companies, four Brownie Packs and the Rangers. In 1923 records show Mrs. Gavin as commissioner, Mrs. C.F. Carter in 1924 and Miss Amy Leigh between 1926 and 1928. The first District camp was held near Sechelt in 1927 on the property of Mrs. Deal and Mrs. Nixon with annual camps held here until 1930 when the Guide camp at Wilson Creek was established. In 1929 Guides and Brownies began taking part in the Annual May Day Celebrations at Central Park.
In 1930 Burnaby became a Division with Mrs. C.F. Carter as Division Commissioner and Mrs. G. Peel as District Commissioner for South Burnaby and in 1931 Miss Amy Leigh became the first North Burnaby Commissioner. The 5th Burnaby Girl Guide Company in North Burnaby began publishing a bulletin in 1935. In this same year Burnaby Girl Guides attended a rally for Lord and Lady Powell who were visiting Vancouver and Burnaby Girl Guides became affiliated with Greater Vancouver Girl Guide Council. The packs and companies of North Burnaby were attached to the eastern section of Vancouver while South Burnaby and South Vancouver District became another Division. Mrs. Pochin organized the Burnaby Lake District in 1943 becoming the first District commissioner (In 1927 Mrs. Peel had guides in this area). The first training classes for Girl Guides were held in 1943 in a hall on Buller Avenue at the BCER tracks and also Phillips Hall on McKay Avenue. By 1945 a training camp was held on Mrs. Pochin’s property on Deer Lake. South Vancouver, South Burnaby and Burnaby Lake Districts took part in the training which was a change over from war time service and the return of Pioneer camping. Miss E. Perition was in charge of camp which was attended by Mrs. J. Quinnell, Mrs. J. Albertson and many guiders. In 1946 Lady Baden Powel returned for a visit to Vancouver and there was a rally at Connaught Park and Chief Scout Lord Rowallyn held a rally at Brocton Point. In 1947 Mrs. J. Albertson became Division Commissioner for South Vancouver and South Burnaby. Districts of Burnaby Lake and South Burnaby each adopted a European child and undertook to send regular parcels and by 1948 these Districts became a Burnaby Division once more under Division Commissioner Mrs. W.M. Wall. In September 1949 the first Sea Ranger Crew “S.R.S. Royal Oak” was formed under the Skipper, Miss E. Periton. The S.R.S. Royal Oak met at All Saint’s Church Hall on Royal Oak Ave. In 1950 Packs and Companies in North Burnaby organized into a District under Mrs. Hebron and in 1953 Sperling District was organized by District Commissioner Mrs. Hancock. 1953 was also the same year that South Burnaby District was divided into three Districts: Central Park District under Commissioner Miss Perition, Douglas District under Commissioner Mrs. J. McKee Wilson and Kingsway under Commissioner Mrs. J.G. Fowler.
A few years later, in 1955 the guides and brownies were out in force to welcome Lady Baden Powel at a rally held in the PNE Gardens building and by March 1956 Burnaby ceased to be a part of Greater Vancouver Area and was organized under two Divisions of the Province. The Sperling, Willingdon and Vancouver Heights Districts in North Burnaby became North Burnaby Division with Mrs. H. Hebron as Division Commissioner. With rapid population growth further decentralization became necessary and South Burnaby Division was split in two, adding the new division of Central Burnaby under Commissioner Miss E. Perition. Central Burnaby was composed of three Districts: Burnaby Lake, Central Park and a new District named “Windsor” under Mrs. C. Dumfries. South Burnaby was composed of three Districts: Kingsway, Edmonds and Lakeview (the latter two also referred to as Douglas with Mrs. McGeachie and Mrs. J. Park as the first commissioners of these two Districts). In 1957 Burnaby became an Area unto itself with three Divisions, and 9 Districts under Miss Periton as the first Area Commissioner.
In February 1957, Burnaby entered into a contract with Vancouver Girl Guide Council to lease a part of the Wilson Creek campsite. Under the leadership of Area Commissioner, Miss Periton, work started on the development of the site with funds raised by both the Girl Guides, local citizens and associations. A camp committee was formed with representation from each Division and a lot of help from Miss Norah Weller, the Wilson Creek camp manager. Plans were laid for the site with a dining shelter, store room and cook stove contracted for while a subcommittee of men was appointed to purchase building supplies and organize work parties to build cabins, a staff house, water pipes and sanitary facilities. The site opened in May 1958 with $6000 expended on building and equipping the camp, while an official opening took place on June 8 and by July Girl Guides began camping on the site.
The Burnaby Area Committee became a member of the Burnaby Community Council and a participant in Community Chest in 1958 and on May 1, the Burnaby Area office opened. By 1959, with further participation in North Burnaby, Sperling District was split to form Sperling and Hillview Districts and by 1960 Kingsway District of South Burnaby split to form Kingsway and Royal Oak Districts. By December 1960, Burnaby Area had 3 Divisions, 11 Districts with a total membership of 2, 331.
- Creator
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35
- BV015.36
- BV016.49
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1914-2009
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Some scrapbooks are only available in digital formats
- Accessions that form part of this fonds include: BV015.35; BV015.36; BV016.49
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Camp Olave - Galalina
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1973 and 1975]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 poster : 8 photographs : col. + textual record mounted on board 44.5 x 33 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large poster titled "CAMP OLAVE / GALALINA". The poster consists of eight colour photographs mounted on a board documenting time spent by Burnaby Girl Guides at Camp Olave Galalina Girl Guide camp, north of Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast. Photographs are arranged into two columns…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Series
- Burnaby Girl Guides administrative records and histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 poster : 8 photographs : col. + textual record mounted on board 44.5 x 33 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large poster titled "CAMP OLAVE / GALALINA". The poster consists of eight colour photographs mounted on a board documenting time spent by Burnaby Girl Guides at Camp Olave Galalina Girl Guide camp, north of Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast. Photographs are arranged into two columns and four rows. The poster includes two photographs (top row) identified with text "Beach at Camp Olave"; two photographs (second row) identified with text "Girl Guide Huts on Galalina" and "Guiders Cottage on Galaina"; two photographs (third row) identified with text "Cook Kitchen" and two photographs (bottom row) identified with text "Outdoor Showers on Galalina - Continental Style.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Recreational Activities - Camping
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.212
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1973 and 1975]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Transcribed title
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Captain James Cook and his times
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 brochure
- Scope and Content
- Item is a brochure for the "international and interdisciplinary conference" entitled "Captain James Cook and his times" held at Simon Fraser University. The conference focused on Cook's third voyage and celebrated the bicentenary of Captain Cook's landing at Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island.
Collected publications
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922-1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of publications collected by Dr Blythe Eagles. One is titled "Epistaxis" published by the Medical Society of the University of Toronto and the other is titled "Evolution and the Bible; or Is Evolution opposed to Christianity?" a Sermon by Reverened [sic] A.E. Cooke / First Congregatio…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922-1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Eagles family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS055-015
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-18
- Scope and Content
- File consists of publications collected by Dr Blythe Eagles. One is titled "Epistaxis" published by the Medical Society of the University of Toronto and the other is titled "Evolution and the Bible; or Is Evolution opposed to Christianity?" a Sermon by Reverened [sic] A.E. Cooke / First Congregational Church, Vancouver BC.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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The designer, vol. xxiii, no. 5
Eclipse tempting recipes
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV019.37.3
- Call Number
- 641.59 RIL
- Author
- Riley, Dickson
- Place of Publication
- Winnipeg, [Manitoba]
- Publisher
- Western Pure Foods Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1931
- Physical Description
- 32 pages : ill.; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- Handwritten text on front cover reads: "Mrs. EW Martin".
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking, Canadian
- Cooking
- Desserts
- Cake
- Cookies
- Cookbooks--1930-1939
- Object History
- Elmer Wilson Martin was a professional engineer who lived much of his life in Burnaby. He married Ellen Renetta "Reta" (Boyd) Martin in approx. 1930 and the couple moved to Burnaby in 1931 for him to attend UBC. He later enlisted in the RCAF during WWII where he served as a pilot and wing commander. Elmer ran Martin's Auto Villa at 6604 East Hastings Street (later 6574 East Hastings Street) and was heavily involved in local Burnaby politics and with the North Burnaby Board of Trade. The donor states that he ran for Burnaby mayor in 1959 and also donated land to S.F.U. in the late 1960's. He had many businesses throughout his life including Paneloc Buildings, a pre-fab building manufacturing company. His last position was as Director with the construction company Webb & Knapp Canada Ltd.
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Edith Adams' barbecue book : successful recipes for outdoor meals at home picnic spot or camp
Edith Adams' modern guide to home canning
Edith Adam's wartime cook book : prize winning wartime recipes, substitutions, lunch boxes, budget stretching, wartime canning
The Etude : a monthly journal for the musician, the music student, and all music lovers
The etude : a monthly journal for the musician, the music student, and all music lovers
Games for parties
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV017.25.4
- Call Number
- 793.2 EDI
- Author
- Adams, Edith
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver, B.C.]
- Publisher
- Vancouver Sun
- Publication Date
- n.d.
- Physical Description
- 26 p. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Games
- Canada--Social life and customs
- Edith Adams
- Object History
- The cook books are from her mother's kitchen. The Edith Adams cook books and the BC Electric Home Service Bulletin were published by the Vancouver Sun and BC Electric respectively to promote the modern kitchen.
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Jell-O : Canada's most famous dessert at home everywhere
Larry Lee family fonds
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs + 3 p. of texutal records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the Dragon Inn restaurant in Burnaby, Lee family photographs and certificates awarded to Larry Lee.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Larry Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs + 3 p. of texutal records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs of the Dragon Inn restaurant in Burnaby, Lee family photographs and certificates awarded to Larry Lee.
- History
- Larry Lee was born in Dawan village, Kaiping, Guangdong, China in 1932. As a child, he attended school at the Dawan village primary school, and later the Kaiqiao middle school. During the Second World War, the Japanese army took over parts of Guangdong. Due the circumstances at the time, Larry quit school and returned to the village. He arrived in Vancouver, Canada in 1949 at the age of 16 by plane, which stopped in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Guam, Hawaii, and Seattle before reaching its final destination in Vancouver. With no English language skills upon arrival, he attended Sir William Dawson School in Vancouver and was placed in grade five surrounded by mostly white children.
His father Lee Soon was already in Canada many years before Larry arrived, and paid the Chinese head tax to come to Canada. Lee Soon operated the Puss and Boots coffee shop located on Robson Street and Richards Street and was one of the restaurant’s cooks. As a teenager, Larry's first job in Canada was working at the Puss and Boots as a restaurant helper. Later on, he took a full time job working at the Bamboo Terrace restaurant in Chinatown, and was eventually promoted to become a buyer for the restaurant. He met his wife Git Nung Lee "Kathy" who came from Xinhui county, Guangdong, in the 1950s while she was working for the produce wholesaler Tom Yee, which was located on Keefer Street between Gore and Main Street in Chinatown. Kathy's grandfather originally operated a fireworks factory in Vancouver. After an accident which involved an explosion at the factory, her father closed down the company and opened the Fong Lee BBQ Meatshop in Chinatown. Kathy and Larry married in 1958. Larry and Kathy lived in Burnaby where they raised their eight children.
In the late 1950s, Larry and Kathy opened the first Dragon Inn restaurant on Slocan Road and Kingsway area along with seven other partners who mostly originated from Larry's hometown in Kaiping. The business partners eventually parted ways, and a second Dragon Inn restaurant opened in the Willingdon and Kingsway area. The third restaurant, named the Park Inn, opened up at Welwyn Street and Kingsway. A fourth restaurant, also named the Dragon Inn, was established on Willingdon and Hastings Street. Finally, a fifth Dragon Inn restaurant was opened in New Westminster on Columbia Street. Larry retained ownership of the Willingdon and Kingsway location, and sold the remaining businesses. Over the years, he purchased property around the block of his restaurant, and sold the land to developers who constructed the Crystal Mall. Larry and Kathy operated the Grand Buffet restaurant on Kingsway in the late 1990s for five years before they sold the business and retired. The Dragon Inn was known for its exterior neon sign which was removed in 1997.
Larry Lee was a member of the International Association of Lions Club and a duly elected member of the Lions Club of Vancouver Champlain Heights. Larry Lee died in 2019 and his wife Kathy died in 2022.
- Responsibility
- Lee, Larry
- Accession Code
- BV017.37
- BV022.19
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
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Magic baking powder cookbook
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV006.20.1
- Call Number
- 641.5 STA Copy 1
- Author
- Standard Brands Limited
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Standard Brands
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 32 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "A Family Tradition" [Cover]
"Ice Box Cookies" [Hand written in blue ink on cover.]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Cooking
- Cookbooks--1930-1939
- Object History
- Used in Burnaby post 1945
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