Fraser Wilson subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [19--]-1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records nd graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of one photographic album of locations in Vancouver photographed in the 1880s, sixteen original illustrations by Fraser Wilson and three files of textual records, including the comic book "Bill Northwood".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [19--]-1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Fraser Wilson subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records nd graphic material
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-06
- BHS1985-23
- BHS1991-25
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of one photographic album of locations in Vancouver photographed in the 1880s, sixteen original illustrations by Fraser Wilson and three files of textual records, including the comic book "Bill Northwood".
- History
- Fraser Wilson was born in Vancouver on July 1, 1905 and brought up in the Grandview area, with fond memories of berry picking in the wilds of North Burnaby as a child.
He left school in 1923 and, although interested in art, he didn’t try to make it a career until a double hernia forced him to stop working in factories and start apprenticing for commercial artists, later opening a sign shop of his own. In 1926 he worked in Australia as a set decoration painter, but had to return to Vancouver when his father fell ill in 1927.
Wilson was a political cartoonist for the Vancouver Sun newspaper from 1937 to 1947. When he moved to Burnaby in April of 1943 he was also the artist and author of the cartoon-type serial “Bill Northwood - the personification of the modern Resource Manager” which served to teach the community why forests are important and should be preserved. He lost his job at the Vancouver Sun in 1947; he was the chairman of the Co-ordinating Committee of Newspaper Unions which was involved in the Vancouver Province strike and his publisher didn’t approve.
Soon after, Bill White, then-president of the Marine Workers’ and Boilermakers Union, asked Wilson to decorate the Marine Workers’ Auditorium at 3337 West Pender, the Union's hall. The mural that Wilson painted depicts the BC labour movement to honour British Columbia’s workers. This mural launched a new career for Wilson; to this day, hospitals and libraries across British Columbia display his work in lobbies. In 1988, when the building housing the Marine Workers’ Auditorium was sold to a new owner, Fraser Wilson’s mural was removed from the wall, restored by Ferdinand Petrov of the Vancouver Centennial Committee, and installed permanently at the new Maritime Labour Centre on Victoria Drive in Vancouver.
Throughout the 1960s, Wilson served as president of the Burnaby Historical Society. He ran for City Council as a Burnaby Citizens Association candidate in 1969 and 1970.
Fraser Wilson died on 31 July 1992.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Wilson, Fraser
- Notes
- PC492, MSS062
- Title based on contents of subseries
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Auvache, Lou - Burnaby Fire Chief
Beamish, Ludlow W. Dr. - Burnaby Politics
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Ludlow W. Beamish and other unidentified men in uniforms inspecting a boat.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 20 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1292
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Ludlow W. Beamish and other unidentified men in uniforms inspecting a boat.
- Names
- Beamish, Dr. Ludlow W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Beamish, Ludlow W. Dr. - Burnaby Politics
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 4.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Ludlow W. Beamish, who served on the Burnaby Family Court Committee. He is wearing a nautical hat and is smoking a pipe.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 4.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1294
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Ludlow W. Beamish, who served on the Burnaby Family Court Committee. He is wearing a nautical hat and is smoking a pipe.
- Names
- Beamish, Dr. Ludlow W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Beamish, Ludlow W. Dr. - Burnaby Politics
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Ludlow W. Beamish, who served on the Burnaby Family Court Committee.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1295
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Ludlow W. Beamish, who served on the Burnaby Family Court Committee.
- Names
- Beamish, Dr. Ludlow W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Orr, Ken
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on verso reads "COLUMBIAN PHOTO B KEN ORR SOCIAL"
- Note on verso reads "Dr. L. W. Beamish"
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Beamish, Ludlow W. Dr. - Burnaby Politics
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic portrait of Photograph of Dr. Ludlow W. Beamish, who served on the Burnaby Family Court Committee.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1296
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photographic portrait of Photograph of Dr. Ludlow W. Beamish, who served on the Burnaby Family Court Committee.
- Names
- Beamish, Dr. Ludlow W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Beamish, Ludlow W. Dr. - Burnaby Politics
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Ludlow W. Beamish, who served on the Burnaby Family Court Committee.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1297
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Ludlow W. Beamish, who served on the Burnaby Family Court Committee.
- Names
- Beamish, Dr. Ludlow W.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Freer, Oswald
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 12.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1348
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man idenified as Oswald "Ossie" Freer.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso reads: "Ossie Freer"
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Frederickson, John C. - Burnaby Schools
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of C. J. Frederickson, the Municipal School Inspector/Superintendent from 1954-1962, pointing to something in a book.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1349
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of C. J. Frederickson, the Municipal School Inspector/Superintendent from 1954-1962, pointing to something in a book.
- Names
- Frederickson, C. J.
- Burnaby School Disctrict no. 41
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso reads: "Municipal School Inspector C. J. Frederickson Bby"
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Flower Decorating Class - Instructor Alice Moulder
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of instructor Alice Moulder, leading eight people in a floral arrangement class. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1353
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of instructor Alice Moulder, leading eight people in a floral arrangement class. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto reads: "Instructor Alice Moulder"
- Photographer's stamp on verso
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Volunteer's Gala - Les Creelman; Mrs. Anna Belle MacKay; Mrs. Florence Godwin; Mrs. Helen Street and Peter Acland
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Les Creelman, Anna Belle MacKay, Florence Godwin, Helen Street, and Peter Acland at the Volunteers Gala. A sign in the background reads, "Volunteers Are Special." The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1354
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Les Creelman, Anna Belle MacKay, Florence Godwin, Helen Street, and Peter Acland at the Volunteers Gala. A sign in the background reads, "Volunteers Are Special." The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
- Subjects
- Persons - Volunteers
- Names
- Godwin, Florence Hart
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto reads: "Les Creelman / Mrs. Anna Belle MacKay / Mrs. Florence Godwin / Mrs. Helen Street (window of Frank) / Peter Acland"
- Note on verso reads: "page 5 Burnaby Today"
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Two men and two women displaying jewelry
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four individuals displaying jewelry inside of a shop or kiosk. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1355
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four individuals displaying jewelry inside of a shop or kiosk. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
- Subjects
- Occupations
- Buildings - Commercial - Stores
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso reads: "page 13 Burnaby Today / PMT 100%"
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Young people in a gymnasium
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two young individuals in a gymnasium, skipping rope. One, whose shirt reads "Skip It," is turning the ropes while the other flips.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1356
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two young individuals in a gymnasium, skipping rope. One, whose shirt reads "Skip It," is turning the ropes while the other flips.
- Subjects
- Persons - Adolescents
- Sports
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso reads: "page 5 Burnaby Today"
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Boy Scouts - Darryl Chan; Robin Hickman and Adrian Chow
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two Boy Scouts and a Scout leader. The leader is explaining something and gesturing; eggs and an egg carton are in front of the two Boy Scouts. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 16 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1357
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two Boy Scouts and a Scout leader. The leader is explaining something and gesturing; eggs and an egg carton are in front of the two Boy Scouts. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto reads: "Darryl Chow / Robin Hickman / Adrian Chow"
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An elderly couple
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified eldery couple, seated on a couch with an open book.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 18 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1358
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified eldery couple, seated on a couch with an open book.
- Subjects
- Persons - Seniors
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso reads: "PMT 112% page 1 Burnaby Today"
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Sailboats on Deer Lake
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sailboats on Deer Lake. Oakalla Prison Farm is visible on the hill in the background.
Brothers Earl and Norman Wild
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925] - 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925] - 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 548-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-31
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.
- Names
- Wild, Norman
- Wild, Earl
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Norman's brother Earl + Norman. Idaho USA"
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City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]-[1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs (39 tiffs ; 2 jpegs ; 3 col. prints, 9 x 9 cm) and 3 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of photographs that were selected for preservation because of their relevance to documenting the heritage and development of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection depict Burnaby citizens, locations, businesses, residences, geography, and events throughout the history…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]-[1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- City of Burnaby Archives photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs (39 tiffs ; 2 jpegs ; 3 col. prints, 9 x 9 cm) and 3 p. of textual records
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2010-01
- 2013-31
- 2016-24
- 2021-10
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of photographs that were selected for preservation because of their relevance to documenting the heritage and development of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection depict Burnaby citizens, locations, businesses, residences, geography, and events throughout the history of the City of Burnaby. The items in this collection are acquisitions of discrete items or small sets of items that do not form a discrete fonds or collection.
- History
- Burnaby’s first municipal archive officially opened on November 10, 2001, and is located in the McGill Branch Public Library at 4595 Albert Street. The City Archives functions as a branch of the Office of the City Clerk and operates as the official repository of Burnaby’s municipal records, containing records dating back to Burnaby’s incorporation in 1892. In 2007, the City of Burnaby Archives expanded its collection mandate to include private as well as public records. Types of records held at the Archives include City Records (Council minutes and reports, bylaws, departmental records and photographs) and records from private individuals and community organizations (correspondence, reports, minutes, photographs, moving images and sound recordings). The Archives storage area is equipped with the sophisticated environmental controls necessary to preserve Burnaby’s unique archival material into the future.
The mandate of the City of Burnaby Archives is to identify, acquire, preserve and make accessible archival material in the form of civic and private records documenting the history of the City of Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection.
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Advisory Planning Commission subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2012
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 40 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of commission records for the Advisory Planning Commission including agendas, minutes, reports, and correspondence and a Commission portrait.
Burnaby Public Library Board subseries
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]-2007
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 3 rolls of microfilm + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of board records for the Burnaby Public Library Board, including appointments, correspondence, and a comissioned portrait.