The Business man's library, volume 1 : credits and collections ; the work and scope of the credit department - the organization necessary for judging credits - commercial agencies, how they may best be used - credit and collection methods for the wholesale, retail and manufacturing house - foreign credits and collections - systems for all needs
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.1
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.1
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- viii, 196 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 1 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 2 : business correspondence ; how to write letters that get business - sell goods - win customers - cover territories salesmen cannot reach - turn inquiries into orders - collect debts - settle disputes - build businesses
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.2
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.2
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 221 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 2 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 3 : cost of production ; practical principles of costs - methods and systems for cost computation - how to determine each factor of cost - the part that material and labor play - the great problem of burden, how it is best handled - how to estimate depreciation, selling expense and profit - five complete systems
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.3
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.3
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- viii, 196 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 3 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 4 : book on selling ; what makes up the science of salesmanship - training and handling salesmen - specific methods for selling different lines - how to sell by mail, through the wholesaler and through the retailer - selling campaigns for all lines - systems for the salesman, sales manager and store
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.4
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.4
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- vi, 196 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Dorothy Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 4 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 5 : book on buying ; how to buy right goods at the right prices - how the buyer works - retail buying - supply purchasing - buying for the factory - correspondence for the buying department - systems for all needs, ranging from the simplest to the most complicated - a combined buying and production order system
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.5
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.5
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 216 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Dorothy Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 5 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 6 : organizing a factory ; how businesses are organized - what the duties of the departments are - how factory accounts are kept - how costs are determined - keeping records of labor, stores and finished product - howl abor costs are reduced - keeping the executive in touch with details
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.6
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.6
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 190 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 6 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 7 : book on advertising ; how to advertise a product - the principles of practical publicity for manufacturer and merchant - the tools and methods, mediums and means of the advertiser - how to plan an advertising campaign - how to write copy - how to select mediums - how to keep track of returns - how to judge results
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.7
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.7
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- v, 165 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Dorothy Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 7 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 8 : employer and employee ; how to select, hire, train and retain employees - building up an efficient working force - the best methods of paying employees - the problems of the employee - how to secure and hold a position - how the employee may fit himself for promotion - working up through the ranks
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.8
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.8
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- iv, 219 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 8 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 9 : personality in business ; the part which personal force plays in modern industrial and commerical life - how personality can be developed in a business - how the head of the house can impress his individuality on all its activities - what personality can accomplish with employees and with patrons - personality in various branches of business activity
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.9
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.9
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- vii, 197 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Do
W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 9 of 10
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The Business man's library, volume 10 : accounting and office methods ; theorganization and functions of the various departments of an office - modern accounting systems - how reports may be made to show the executive all details - reports on the condition of a business - how to arrange an office for greatest efficiency - the cost of office work
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.205.10
- Call Number
- 658 SYS v.10
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The System Company
- Publication Date
- 1909
- c1908
- Physical Description
- v,138 p., 45 p., : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "W. H. Higgins" [handwritten in pencil on front endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Notes
- Volume 10 of 10.
- Includes index
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Advertisement display ; Mediums ; Retail management ; Department-store management
The complete library of universal knowledge : ten great books in one volume : the culmination of centuries of human effort showing the newest conditions of industry, commerce, invention, science, art, literature, philosophy, etc., etc. : including also self-instruction in bookkeeping, computation, correspondence, points of law and legal forms, penmanship and shorthand supplemented by review questions for students
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3697.1
- Call Number
- 031 CAR
- Contributor
- Cary, Ferdinand Ellsworth, 1848-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- C.F. Beezley
- Publication Date
- c1904
- Physical Description
- 702 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contains: Modern inventions and discoveries--Wonders of industrial progress--A Vivid array of facts concerning diferent nations--A Thousand things worth knowing--Solid food for sound minds--Facts for the curious--Self-instruction in bookkeeping--Commercial arithmetic and ready reckoner--Law without a lawyer--Self instruction in letter writing--Spelling and punctuation--Self instruction in modern writing--Self instruction in short-hand writing--One hundred ways to make money
- review questions for students are in the back
- Contributor's given name and contribution: Cary, Ferdinand Ellsworth (editor)
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I.C.S. reference library : a series of textbooks prepared for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers examination questions, and keys used in their various courses.
The elements of French composition
An introductory English grammar
A school geometry parts I-VI : containing plane and solid geometry, treated both theoretically and graphically
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3826.1
- Call Number
- 516 HAL 1921
- Author
- Hall, H.S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
- Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1921
- c1903
- Printer
- University Press by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd
- Physical Description
- xvii, 442 p. : diagr. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Chass Dobbner"
"Jones"
"Eleamas"
"Jella Hotel Delta B.C."
"1.85"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geometry
- Geometry--Textbooks
- Mathematics--Historical texts
- Mathematics--Textbooks
- Euclid's Elements
- Notes
- Authors' given name and dates: Hall, H. S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933
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A text-book of Euclid's Elements for the use of schools : books I-VI and XI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3838.1
- Call Number
- 516.2 HAL
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Hall, H.S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
- Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933
- Euclid
- Place of Publication
- London [England]
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1915
- c1900
- Printer
- University Press by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd
- Physical Description
- xiii, 456 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "E. L. Keyes / New Westminster / B C." - handwritten in ink on inside of front cover.
"E. L. Keyes / 231 Keary St. New Westminster" - handwritten in pencil on cover page.
"Prop 11412." - handwritten in pencil on cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Euclid's Elements
- Geometry
- Object History
- Ernest Leslie Keyes was born August 29 1902 to Richard and Isabella Keyes (nee McGregor) in Vancouver. Richard Keyes worked for the CPR. Ernest Keyes later married Beryl Edna Palmer in 1930. Ernest died in 1954 in Victoria. His cousin by marriage was BVM donor Alma Keyes.
- Notes
- Authors' given name and dates: Hall, H. S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
Stevens, F. H. (Frederick Haller), 1853-1933
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The short rule arithmetic and accountant's referee : illustrated ... : the whole designed as a self-instructor
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3838.2
- Call Number
- 511 DAV
- Author
- David, Wm. K. (William King)
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- Wm. K. David
- Publication Date
- 1902
- c1889
- c1896
- Physical Description
- 88 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "E. L. Keyes" - handwritten in ink on preface page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Ready-reckoners
- Business mathematics
- Object History
- Ernest Leslie Keyes was born August 29 1902 to Richard and Isabella Keyes (nee McGregor) in Vancouver. Richard Keyes worked for the CPR. Ernest Keyes later married Beryl Edna Palmer in 1930. Ernest died in 1954 in Victoria. His cousin by marriage was BVM donor Alma Keyes.
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A laboratory course in physics for secondary schools
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3844.1
- Call Number
- 530 MIL
- Author
- Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
- Gale, Henry Gordon, 1874-1942
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Ginn & Company
- Publication Date
- 1906
- c1906
- Printer
- The Athenaeum press
- Physical Description
- iii-x; 134 p. : diagr. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "Annie Graham Hill"
"McGill Univ. Chapel Vancouver, B.C."
"Oct 2nd 1912"
"Thomson Stationery Company Ltd. Vancouver"
"Fri AM Alg" "Mon AM. Sat PM. Sat" "Thurs AM Phy. PM. Trig"
"Table 6"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Physics--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
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Our home and its surroundings : a first book of modern geography
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3874.1
- Call Number
- 917.1 MOR
- Publisher
- Morang Educational Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1910
- c1904
- Series
- Morang's modern text-books
- Tarr and McMurry geographies
- Physical Description
- iii-vii, 152 p. : ill. , maps (some col.) ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Do not steal this book for fear of shame. For in it is the owners name.
If this book should chance to roam, box its ears and send it home."
"Lillian Keyes Dawson School Room 201 1333 Howe St. Vanc. B.C."
label "The Book Shop"
"C.S. Forsyth & Co." "Booksellers & Stationers, Vancouver, B.C."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geography
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- Morang's Modern Geography, Part I.
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