George Jeffery subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of personal and professional records, notebooks and papers pertaining to George Jeffery. Also included in the subseries are May Day programmes, invitations, and photographs of May Day, Diamond Jubilee of Confederation celebrations, and the Burnaby Police department.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of personal and professional records, notebooks and papers pertaining to George Jeffery. Also included in the subseries are May Day programmes, invitations, and photographs of May Day, Diamond Jubilee of Confederation celebrations, and the Burnaby Police department.
- History
- George Jeffery was a well-respected Burnaby police constable, having served first as a solider. Upon joining the police force in 1912, he was appointed to patrol the Central Park district, a position he held for 22 years. From his experiences confronting young shoplifters, he determined the reason groups of boys were getting into trouble was due to a lack of recreational activities on offer. He established the Burnaby Athletics Association in an old barn behind the Royal Oak Hotel to combat this, turning it into a competitive boxing ring and gym.
George and his wife Harriet lived most of their married life in Central Park district with their three daughters: Patricia, a teacher in Burnaby prior to her marriage; Winnifred, Burnaby's 1929 May Queen; and Elsie who excelled at badminton. Patricia married William Poole; Winnifred married Fred Shaughnessy; and Elsie married Art Winteford.
In 1935, when the BC Provincial police replaced the Burnaby Police, George quit the force in order to stay in Burnaby and worked at Oakalla Prison farm. He retired in 1945.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Jeffery, George
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- MSS013, PC013
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Booking photograph
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1924 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a two-part, right-profile and front-view booking photograph of a prisoner, said to have escaped from Oakalla Prison Farm on July 14, 1930.
Booking photograph
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1926 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a two-part, right-profile and front-view booking photograph of a prisoner, said to have escaped from Oakalla Prison Farm on July 14, 1930.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1926 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 013-022
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a two-part, right-profile and front-view booking photograph of a prisoner, said to have escaped from Oakalla Prison Farm on July 14, 1930.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten note on verso of photograph reads: "Escaped from Oakalla / 14.7.30 / 18255 / EDWARD BOYD / @ / SILAS SIMON / 14290 / Welsh. / Age 24. / 5 ' 5 5/8. Weight 136 / DK BROWN Curly Hair / Brown Eyes"
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Burnaby May Day
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 96 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby May Day celebrations at Burnaby Park with a band in the foreground and children maypole dancing with a crowd watching. Parked cars and trees can be seen in the background.
Coronation and celebration papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to celebrations attended by George Jeffery. Included in the file are brochures entitled, "Canada's Diamond Jubilee of Confederation / July 2nd / Burnaby's Official Programme" and "Civic Coronation Service / Sunday, May the Ninth, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven"…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927-1937
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS013-017
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to celebrations attended by George Jeffery. Included in the file are brochures entitled, "Canada's Diamond Jubilee of Confederation / July 2nd / Burnaby's Official Programme" and "Civic Coronation Service / Sunday, May the Ninth, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven". There are also notes that appear to be for a speech written on several envelopes and a white Diamond Jubilee of Confederation committee ribbon.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Letters of recommendation
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1907-1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of letters of recommendation for George Jeffery as well as a 104th Regiment tax certificate and a certificate of discharge from the militia.
May Day Celebration
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 20, 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.0 x 17.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young women being escorted across a field by men during the Burnaby May Day celebrations. Two uniformed youth, possibly boy scouts, are in the foreground carrying Union Jacks, and a uniformed man is to the right of the procession. Children, maypoles and crowds are in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 20, 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.0 x 17.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 013-015
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young women being escorted across a field by men during the Burnaby May Day celebrations. Two uniformed youth, possibly boy scouts, are in the foreground carrying Union Jacks, and a uniformed man is to the right of the procession. Children, maypoles and crowds are in the background.
- Subjects
- Symbols - Flags
- Events - May Day
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Notes
- Title based on caption of photographs
- Annotation at bottom of photographs reads, "May Day Celebration / Burnaby, BC, May 20, 1933 / Stride Studios photo / 3"
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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May Day Celebration
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 20, 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.0 x 17.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby May Day celebrations. Two young women are seated on a stage platform, with a girl standing between them. Four men are standing on the stage (2nd from right: Constable Jeffery), and boys and girls can be seen at the sides of the photograph. There is a microphone on the right si…
May Day invitation
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 invitation
- Scope and Content
- Item is an invitation addressed to Mr and Mrs G. Jeffery to attend the crowning of Ada Hatt as Burnaby's 1933 May Queen, beginning with the May Day procession and ending with dinner. The entire event was scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 20, 1933. This invitation was typed on Burnaby May Day…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 invitation
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS013-007
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is an invitation addressed to Mr and Mrs G. Jeffery to attend the crowning of Ada Hatt as Burnaby's 1933 May Queen, beginning with the May Day procession and ending with dinner. The entire event was scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 20, 1933. This invitation was typed on Burnaby May Day Committee letterhead which includes a blueprint photograph and committee member names and positions.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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May Day invitations
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation to the crowning of Edna Smith as Burnaby's 1930 May Queen, as well as invitations to a Complimentary Dinner for "MISS EDNA SMITH / AND MAIDS OF HONOUR". Both events were to take place on May 17, 1930.
May Day invitations
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of invitations to the crowning of Gladys Holme as Burnaby's 1931 May Queen, as well as invitations to a Complimentary Dinner for "MISS GLADYS HOLME / AND MAIDS OF HONOUR". Both events were to take place on May 16, 1931.
May Day invitations
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation to the crowning of Margaret Hall as Burnaby's 1932 May Queen, as well as invitations to a Complimentary Dinner for "MISS MARGARET HALL / AND MAIDS OF HONOUR". Both events were to take place on May 21, 1932.
May Day papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925-1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of official programmes of the 1925 May Day celebration, the Order of Parade for the 1931 May Day celebration as well as a purple Burnaby May Day Committee ribbon.
Name index for complaints
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1913 and 1933]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a name index of citizens' complaints made to the Burnaby Police Detachment.
Occurrence Book Central Park District
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930-1933
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a notebook containing a handwritten Patrol Reports written by Constable George Jeffery while on patrol in the Central Park District.
Patrol Reports
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925-1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a notebook containing a handwritten Patrol Reports written by constables on patrol in Burnaby. The handwriting looks to be that of Constable George Jeffery.
Termination letter
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 31, 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (correspondence)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a letter of termination for Constable George Jeffery from Commissioner John Bennett. The letter reads, "To: G. Jeffrey [sic], / TAKE NOTICE that your engagement with the Corporation of the District of Burnaby will be and the same is hereby terminated on the 31st day of January 1933. / Date…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 31, 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (correspondence)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS013-008
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a letter of termination for Constable George Jeffery from Commissioner John Bennett. The letter reads, "To: G. Jeffrey [sic], / TAKE NOTICE that your engagement with the Corporation of the District of Burnaby will be and the same is hereby terminated on the 31st day of January 1933. / Dated this 31st day of December, 1932. / John Bennett / COMMISSIONER."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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