script booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.44.34
- Description
- At the Movies - Script Booklet -- [1921]. A script for the play "At the Movies" by Harold B. Allen and Joseph Upper. The script was published by Samuel French Limited. The play includes parts for five characters. The booklet has been stamped with "Property of C.J. Caunt". Handwritten in ink on the front cover is "2 - 3" Inside, the booklet advertises for other plays that are published by Samuel French. The booklet measures 11.5cm x 19cm.
- Colour
- Green
- Maker
- Samuel French Limited
- Patent Date
- Copyright 1922
- Title
- At the Movies
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Scripts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
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script booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.44.68
- Description
- The Baby on the Shore - Script booklet. Short script booklet for the sketch "The Baby On The Shore", for two performers. The script was typed and the text is purple. There are six pages and front and back covers, held together with a pin. Typed on the front cover is "Property of C.J. Caunt (M. Courtier)" and stamped on the cover is "PROPERTY OF C.J. CAUNT". The script measures 21cm x 14cm.
- Colour
- White
- Title
- The Baby on the Shore
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Documentary Artifacts - Scripts
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script booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.44.69
- Description
- The Bathtub Salesman - Script Booklet. Short script booklet for the sketch "The Bathtub Salesman", a comedy double. The script was typed and the text is purple. The pages of the booklet are held together with two staples. Typed on the front cover is "Property of M. Courtier", and stamped on the cover is "PROPERTY OF C.J. CAUNT". There are handwritten notes on the back cover of the script. The script measures 21.5cm x 14cm.
- Colour
- White
- Title
- The Bathtub Salesman
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Documentary Artifacts - Scripts
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A Canadian song book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.3
- Call Number
- 784.8 MAC
- Contributor
- MacMillan, Ernest, 1893-1973
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- London
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- xii, 180 p.: music; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "With Mother's love/To Hazel/May 28, 1929./From Victoria/National Convention I.O.D.E." and "E. Fountain - 1957" written in pencil, endpapers (front).
"B. Geosits 1" written in ink, endpapers (front).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Songs, English
- United Church of Canada
- Hymns
- Methodist Church
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Documentary Artifacts - Sheet Music
- Notes
- "Edited by Ernest MacMillan"
- "Published under the auspices of the National Council of Education" -- Title page verso
- "'The exercise of singing is delightful to nature, and good to preserve the health of Man.' William Byrd" -- Title page
- Includes index.
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advertisement
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV997.47.5
- Description
- Robertson's Chocolates - Advertising Card. Advertising card for Robertson's Chocolates. Black and white photograph of two children at a small table sampling chocolates. There is a small dog standing on the table. There is a caption at the bottom of the photograph "Where Do I Come In?". The clothing of the children has been colour tinted with a light blue. On the back of the card is "Rotary Photo. England" and pencilled in is "$3.00 FC Mar 7391". The card measures 8.5cm x 13.5cm.
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers between 1993 and 1997.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Labels
- Advertising Medium
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
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The "Albatross" hymn book : 278 of the latest new hymns and solos for mission choirs, solo singers, and the home
autograph book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.407.6
- Description
- Autograph Book - Booklet -- [1915]. Autograph book produced by Rose & Co at 44 Above Bar, Southhampton. The book was a gift to Mrs. Orman from the Teachers and Children of All Saints Sunday School, Eastleigh, Southhampton, upon her departure to Canada. The first four pages lists all the teachers and children's names. The front cover of the book is green with two painted purple flowers and "Autographs" embossed in white on the bottom right.
- Object History
- This accession appears to be connected to the Orman family.
Ada Leila Orman was born June 2, 1901 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. According to the 1915 Census, the Orman family came to Canada in 1911 and settled in Calgary. Father Willoughby Henry Orman is listed there as working as a C.P.R. foreman, while mother Daisy Marie (Harklett) Orman worked at home. Older sister Daisy Hilda (Targett) Orman, worked as a stenographer. At five years old Leila began a long fight with a crippling type of rheumatoid arthritis. By the time she was thirteen, she experienced completely ankylosed joints. Her family travelled all over hoping to find a cure, but to no avail.
While living in Calgary, Leila developed an interest in painting, knitting, and composing her own poems. She began writing news articles for the Calgary Daily Herald in the 1930s, and her first sonnet published was in that paper on August 28, 1934. She had a strong interest in the arts, often writing about music and the visual arts. While living in Calgary, she became a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club as well as a member of the Canadian Author’s Association.
Three members of the family moved to B.C. when Willoughby retired, ca. 1938. In the 1940 BC Directory, the family are listed as living at 407 Campbell Street, Burnaby. Willoughby died in Burnaby in 1945. Daisy Marie died in 1955 after living 15 years in Burnaby. Her address at the time of her death is listed as 407 Rosewood Avenue, Burnaby. Leila was living with her at that time.
Older sister Daisy Hilda married Edgar Harold Targett in 1922. They moved to B.C. from Alberta some years after the other three members of the family (ca. 1962). Daisy Hilda died in 1972. Her address at the time of her death was 7969 Rosewood Avenue, Burnaby.
Leila wrote on a typewriter with two sticks to type out the letters. She was an avid reader and was able to turn the pages with a special stick with elastic bands wound around the ends. Canadian novelist Maida Parlow French became her lifelong friend and encouraged her to write her own autobiography - unfortunately it was never finished.
Leila wrote “The Giving Heart” in October of 1948. By 1952, she was writing a column for the British Columbia Saturday Magazine entitled “Across the Board” with the intention of inspiring other “incapacitated folk” to live up to their full potential, “If [she] could reach a few people, and encourage them to reach up and out, [she] should feel the effort well worthwhile.”
A member of the St. Alban’s Prayer Healing Fellowship group, Leila wrote the “Christian Manifesto for World Peace” in 1963. The Prayer Group met twice monthly at one of the members’ homes and undertook to pray daily for the sick and for world peace.
After Leila’s mother died in 1955, Leila’s friend Jeanie Brown kept house for her and was her constant companion. Jeanie Brown and Leila lived together for over thirteen years until an accident sent Leila to hospital and later to nursing home where she died on February 16, 1976.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
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Basic training for A. R. P. workers
B C driver's licence
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV990.16.1
- Description
- British Columbia Driver's Licence - License -- [1928]. Driver's Licence issued to Jean Caldwell Thompson on August 8, 1928. The front cover has the Provincial Coat of Arms and the issue number for the licence "No. 144650". The fee for obtaining the licence was $1. It states that "The Licence Must Be Carried With You At All Times When Driving". Inside provides detailed information about Jean and rules and regulations to driving. The address given for Jean was "General Hospital Vancouver". The license has been stamped by the Provincial Police in Vancouver, B.C. and signed by Superintendent of the Provincial Police E. McArthur. The licence measures 6.5cm x 10cm.
- Colour
- White
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Licenses
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