I.C.S. reference library, v 15 : mathematics , arithmetic, mensuration, elementary algebra and trigonometric functions, elementary mechanics, logarithms
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.140
- Call Number
- 510 INT Ver. 2
- Author
- International Correspondence Schools
- Place of Publication
- Scranton
- Publisher
- International Textbook Co.
- Publication Date
- c1905
- c1897
- Series
- I.C.S. Reference library
- Printer
- Burr Printing House
- Physical Description
- various pagings : diag. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover : "Property of Oakalla Prison Farm" [ink stamp]
inside title page: "11 - 8808" [ink stamp]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Mathematics--Textbooks
- Mathematics--Historical texts
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site in October 1991
- Notes
- "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."
- Includes index.
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The twentieth century speaker
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV994.13.4
- Call Number
- 801 LUM
- Author
- Lumm, Emma Griffith
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- J. H. Moore & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1898
- Physical Description
- 432 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Recitations
- Notes
- "containing the best and noblest readings and orations that have been presented during the last one hundred years" --T.p.
"including dramas, drills and tabeaux with old time costumes, also recent patriotic pieces, both pathetic and humorous, as well as selections appropriate for Christmas, New Year's, Easter, Thanksgiving, old settlers' gatherings, Labor Day, Arbor Days, etc., etc." --T.p.
"complete for both private and pubic entertainment" --T.p.
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The business guide; or, Safe methods of business
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV994.14.12
- Call Number
- 650 HAN
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Author
- Hansford, J. E
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. L. Nichols
- Publication Date
- 1894
- c1892
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : ill. : 18.5 cm
- Inscription
- "Peter Byrne"
"27/3/1900" [handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Commerce
- Notes
- Author's full name and date: Hansford, J. E. (Jeffery E.), -1905?
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Illustrated natural history
Elsie at Ion
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.19
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1893
- Physical Description
- 291 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "H. Morey & Co.
Booksellers, New Westminster, B. C." [sticker on back pastedown]
"Mrs. W. Whiting" [handwritten on page opposing front pastedown in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian life
- Families
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting.
This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
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Pediatrics : the hygienic and medical treatement of children
English wit and humor : classified under appropriate subject headings, with, in many cases, a reference to a table of authors
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV005.42.4
- Call Number
- 827 HOW v.1
- Contributor
- Howe, W. H. (Walter Henry), 1848-
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- George W. Jacobs & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1898
- Physical Description
- 220 p. : port. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- English / Wit and / Humor / Philadelphia / George W. Jacobs & Co. / Publishers / copyright, 1898
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Humor
- Notes
- Preface signed: W.H. Howe
- Author full name given as follows: Howe, W. H. (Walter Henry), b. 1848.
- Published originally in London in 1891 under title: Everybody's book of English wit and humour.
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Scotch wit and humor : classified under appropriate subject headings, with, in many cases, a reference to a table of authors
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV005.42.5
- Call Number
- 827 HOW v.2
- Contributor
- Howe, W. H. (Walter Henry), 1848-
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- George W. Jacobs & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1898
- Physical Description
- 222 p. : port. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- Scotch / Wit and / Humor / Philadelphia / George W. Jacobs & Co. / Publishers / copyright 1898
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Humor
- Notes
- Preface signed: W.H. Howe
- Author full name given as follows: Howe, W. H. (Walter Henry), b. 1848.
- Published originally in London in 1891 under title: Everybody's book of Scotch wit and humour.
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Irish wit and humor : classified under appropriate subject headings, with, in many cases, a reference table to a table of authors
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV005.42.6
- Call Number
- 827 HOW v.3
- Contributor
- Howe, W. H. (Walter Henry), 1848-
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Publisher
- George W. Jacobs & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1898
- Physical Description
- 233 p. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- Irish / Wit and / Humor / Philadelphia / George W. Jacobs & Co. / Publishers / copyright 1898
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Humor
- Notes
- Preface signed: W.H. Howe
- Author full name given as follows: Howe, W. H. (Walter Henry), b. 1848.
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The parson's miracle and my grandmother's grandmother's Christmas candle: Christmas in America
Methodist hymn and tune book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.121.18
- Call Number
- 783.9 MET Ver.2
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Methodist Book and Pub. House
- Publication Date
- c1894
- Printer
- Methodist Book and Pub. House
- Physical Description
- xix, 530 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "C. C. Hockridge
Cedarville
Ont. 1900"
"910.19 _____
Vancouver BC."
[handwritten in black ink on endpaper opposing title page]
"C. C. Hockridge"[written in pencil in the middle of title page]
"1894"
[written in pen on the bottom of title page]
various numbers written in pencil on back pastedown
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Methodist Church
- Hymns, English
- Object History
- Donor's father inscribed his name and address inside book.
- Notes
- "Compiled and published by authority of the General Conference of the Methodist Church."
- Includes index.
- music and lyrics in English
- Version 2 of 2
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A synopsis of the British pharmacopoeia preparations : designed for the use of pharmaceutical and medical students
Heat for advanced students
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.4.28
- Call Number
- 536 EDS
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Author
- Edser, Edwin, -1932
- Contributor
- Bligh, N. M. (Neville Melton), 1890-
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- c1936
- c1899
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons
- Physical Description
- v-x, 487 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "Nabil Sabbagh" [handwritten in ink] "Student in the Faculty of Sciences"
crossed-out "S17" "S 11" [handwritten in ink]
"ADIB F SABBAGH [INK STAMP] c/o Queen's University"
"Kingston (Ontario)
Canada"
inside front page: "G
"6 Talliha Street, [handwritten in ink]
"Heliopolis" "Electrical Engineering Student" "LEC/571334"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Heat
- Heat--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes indexes.
- Revised by Bligh, N. M. (Neville Melton), 1890-.
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The high school arithmetic for use in high schools, collegiate institutes and senior forms of public schools
Elementary trigonometry
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.4.23
- Call Number
- 516.24 HAL 1899
- Author
- Hall, H.S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
- Knight, S.R. (Samuel Ratcliffe)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1899
- c1893
- Printer
- J. & C. F. Clay, at the University Press
- Physical Description
- v-xv, 394 p. : diagr. ; 18cm.
- Inscription
- inside front page: "S17", crossed-out "S16" [handwritten in ink]
"Charles W. Wright" [handwritten in ink] "1901"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Trigonometry
- Plane trigonometry
- Mathematics--Textbooks
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Hall, H. S. (Henry Sinclair), 1848-1934
- Author's given name: Knight, S. R. (Samuel Ratcliffe)
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Crowning glory no. 1 : a choice collection of gospel hymns ; Crowning glory no. 2 : a collection of gospel hymns
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.89.4
- Call Number
- 783.9 BIL
- Author
- Bilhorn, P. P. (Peter Philip), 1865-1936
- Contributor
- Beirly, Alfred
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- P. Bilhorn
- Publication Date
- c1891
- Printer
- W. B Conkey Co.
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (unpaged) : music ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "isa 53=6 [written in pencil on first page]
rom 3=23
ijoh 1=29
Hart 11=2-8 [crossed out] 18=3
John 6=37
Halt 11=28
luke 19=10
Act 8=29=31
John 5=24
ron 10=910"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Gospel music
- Hymns, English
- Notes
- "Assisted by A. Beirly."-- first title page
- Includes index.
- music and lyrics in English.
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Hallowed hymns new and old
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.121.20
- Call Number
- 783.9 HAL
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Biglow & Main Co.
- Publication Date
- c1890
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (unpaged) : music ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "C. C. Hockridge
Cedarville
Ont" [handwritten in ink on front pastedown]
"Chas. C. Hockridge"
"C. C. Hockridge
Cedarville
Ont." [handwritten in pencil on first page]
"Chas. C. Hockridge,
General Merchant
Cedarville, Ont." [stamped on first page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hymns, English
- Object History
- Donor's father inscribed his name and address inside book.
- Notes
- With Gipsy Smith special supplement
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Methodist hymn and tune book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3907.1
- Call Number
- 783.9 MET Ver. 1
- Author
- Methodist Church (Canada)
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Methodist Book and Pub. House
- Publication Date
- c1894
- Printer
- Methodist Book and Pub. House
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (unpaged) : music ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- numbers written in pencil on first page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Methodist Church
- Hymns, English
- Notes
- "Compiled and published by authority of the General Conference of the Methodist Church."
- Includes index.
- music and lyrics in English
- Version 1 of 2
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