Alan Fish collection
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920-1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Alan Fish collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one photographic postcard of the North Pacific Lumber Co. Mill at Barnet Village in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920-1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Alan Fish collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of one photographic postcard of the North Pacific Lumber Co. Mill at Barnet Village in Burnaby.
- History
- John Lawrence Fish was born in 1904 at Oldham, Lancashire, England. His father, Samuel, first immigrated to Canada 1909, eventually bringing his family to Davie Street, Vancouver in 1919.
In 1924, John started working for the Barnet Lumber Company. After working six months at Hanbury Lumber Company in Vancouver in 1926, he came back to the Barnet Mill. In 1927 he began working for the Nichols Chemical plant.
Lucy Isabelle Currie was born in Vancouver in 1911 to Harvey and Jane May “Jennie” (Laidlaw) Currie. After graduating from Magee High School, she studied teaching at the Normal School, then went to work at the Compensation Board.
In 1942 John and Lucy married at Ryerson Church in Kerrisdale, Vancouver and moved to an apartment at 4095 East Hastings Street in Burnaby. Their daughter, Rosemary Ann Fish, was born in 1943 and their son, Alan John Fish, was born in 1945. In 1947 or 1948 the family of four moved to an apartment at Barnet, followed by a move to a house at Nichols Road. By 1956, they were living in house number 28 on the Nichols property.
Alan and Rosemary grew up at Barnet, roaming freely with the other Barnet children around the area of Nichols and the beaches west of the plant. The Fish siblings were taken to school on the Barnet school bus; they attended Rosser Elementary School, Westridge Elementary School, Sperling Elementary School, Kensington Junior High School and Burnaby North High School. As a young adult, Alan worked weekends as a boiler house fireman at the Bestwood shingle mill from 1963 to 1966. He worked at the Nichols Chemical plant from 1966 to 1967.
John worked for the Nichol Chemical plant for over 40 years. On November 3, 1968 he was in an accident at the plant from which he suffered first, second and third degree burns. He succumbed to his injuries in hospital on December 16, 1968.
Rosemary married Larry Meech. They were living together at Barnet while finishing college when John died. The Meeches then bought a house in Capitol Hill. Alan and Lucy moved to an apartment at Westridge.
Lucy passed away in 1974.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Fish, Alan
- Other Title Information
- Title was changed from Alan Fish fonds to Alan Fish collection to better reflect the nature of the materials.
- Notes
- Photo catalogue 539
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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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Disney Family collection
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1914-1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Disney Family collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 6 architectural drawings : pencil and ink on paper ; 52 cm x 77 cm and smaller + 1 p. of textual records (40 cm. x 31 cm.) + 1 plan : col. ; 55 cm x 75 cm folded to 28 cm x 10 cm + 1 map : diazo print ; 39 cm x 28 cm.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of maps and plans created and collected by Jack Disney.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1914-1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Disney Family collection
- Physical Description
- 6 architectural drawings : pencil and ink on paper ; 52 cm x 77 cm and smaller + 1 p. of textual records (40 cm. x 31 cm.) + 1 plan : col. ; 55 cm x 75 cm folded to 28 cm x 10 cm + 1 map : diazo print ; 39 cm x 28 cm.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2016-03
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of maps and plans created and collected by Jack Disney.
- History
- John Howard "Jack" Disney served as Burnaby Surveyor from 1911 to 1919.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
- MSS199
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Corporation of the District of Burnaby, statement of staff's duties and salaries
Health brochures
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1938
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three brochures on the subject of health. One is entitled "Pioneers of Nursing in Canada" issued by the History of Nursing Society of the McGill University School for Graduate Nurses for the International Congress of Nurses. The other two were produced by the Department of Pensions…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1938
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS061-077
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists of three brochures on the subject of health. One is entitled "Pioneers of Nursing in Canada" issued by the History of Nursing Society of the McGill University School for Graduate Nurses for the International Congress of Nurses. The other two were produced by the Department of Pensions and National Health in Ottawa; one of which is entitled "Wells", the other is entitled "The Rat Menace."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Parent-Teacher Federation booklets
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1957
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Parent-Teacher Federation of British Columbia publications (and one Canadian Home and School magazine). Also included in the file are newspaper clippings and two leaflets; one for the 35th annual PTA convention, the other for a Capilano Winter Club Spring Fashion Show and Tea.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1957
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS061-079
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Parent-Teacher Federation of British Columbia publications (and one Canadian Home and School magazine). Also included in the file are newspaper clippings and two leaflets; one for the 35th annual PTA convention, the other for a Capilano Winter Club Spring Fashion Show and Tea.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Publications
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two publications; "The Sew-It Book" by Rachel Taft Dixon and the programme for "Camelot" running July 30 to August 10, 1963 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
Burnaby Branch papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch transportation reports, disbursement statements and tax receipts.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929-1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-045
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch transportation reports, disbursement statements and tax receipts.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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List of tax sale property
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 p. (newsprint)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a "Corporation of the District of / Burnaby, 1929. / LIST OF TAX SALE PROPERTY." This listing is of Tax Sale Property to be sold at Public Auction September 16, 1929.
Dorothy Atkinson fonds
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1929-2004, predominant 1929-1940
- Collection/Fonds
- Dorothy Atkinson fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of school report cards and certificates belonging to Dorothy Atkinson (nee Mallett) along with a Vancouver Daily Province Pioneer's Honour Roll Certificate awarded to her parents, Percy and Alice Mallett (nee Lowry).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Dorothy Atkinson fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of school report cards and certificates belonging to Dorothy Atkinson (nee Mallett) along with a Vancouver Daily Province Pioneer's Honour Roll Certificate awarded to her parents, Percy and Alice Mallett (nee Lowry).
- History
- Alice (nee Lowry) (1879-1954) and Percy Mallett (1882-1955) were married in Vancouver, British Columbia on January 26, 1910. Alice Lowry was born in Kinnear’s Mills, Quebec and Percy Mallett was born in Cornwall, England. Alice and Percy had four children Percival “Perc” (1916-1971), Alan (1919-2006), Dorothy (1923-2016) and a son who died in infancy. Alice and Percy resided in Vancouver until 1914. In 1915, they moved to 3965 Cambridge Street in Burnaby and lived there with their three children until 1934. The Mallett family lived at various other locations in Burnaby including 4119 East Hastings (1935-1937), 4075 Triumph Street (1938-1949) and 4211 Oxford Street (1950-1954). All three children attended Gilmore Avenue School and North Burnaby High School.
After graduating from North Burnaby High School, Dorothy Mallett worked at B.C. Telephone and B.C. Electric in downtown Vancouver. Dorothy attended University of British Columbia for one year with her earnings from these jobs. While working at B.C. Electric, Dorothy met her future husband, Charles McDonald "Mac" Atkinson. In 1949, Dorothy Mallett married Charles McDonald “Mac” Atkinson at Willingdon Heights United Church in Burnaby with Dorothy’s brother, Reverend Percival Mallett officiating. In 1965, Dorothy and Mac moved to Nanaimo. Dorothy taught piano and was an accomplished singer and musician performing in various recitals. Dorothy died in 2016 and her husband Mac Atkinson died in 2012.
- Responsibility
- Atkinson, Dorothy Mallett
- Accession Code
- BV021.28
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- 1929-2004, predominant 1929-1940
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
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Ran Beamish personal papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928-1965
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 6 med. col. prints; and 2 large b&w prints.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of materials related to Ran's personal life as an adult, including: religious papers; photocopies of papers related to his time at UBC; newspaper clippings related to his wedding, his great-aunt, his mother, and his wife and children; his marriage certificate; correspondence with his …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928-1965
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Series
- William Randolph Beamish scrapbook series
- Physical Description
- 2 cm. of textual records; 17 small b&w prints; 6 med. col. prints; and 2 large b&w prints.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 66675
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2023-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of materials related to Ran's personal life as an adult, including: religious papers; photocopies of papers related to his time at UBC; newspaper clippings related to his wedding, his great-aunt, his mother, and his wife and children; his marriage certificate; correspondence with his mother; photographs of him and his birth mother; photographs of his mother's funeral; his UBC degree; and his death certificate.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
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Orders of Board of Railway Commission - Gilmore Avenue crossing
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928-1958
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 folders textual records and cartographic material
- Scope and Content
- Files contains white linen plan that accompanies railway application for highway crossing at Gilmore Avenue (1929) and 2 blueprint plans - one of the railway highway crossing protection at Bell and Sperling Avenue (1952) and the other at Bell and Douglas Avenue (1947).
May Day invitations
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1928
- 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 Sylvia Murley as Burnaby's 1928 May Queen, as well as an invitation to a Complimentary Banquet for "MISS SYLVIA MURLEY / AND MAIDS OF HONOUR". Both events were to take place on May 26, 1928.
Dr. Blythe Eagles correspondence
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928-1929
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence (both personal and professional) addressed to Dr Blythe Eagles, some of which includes accompanying newspaper clippings that were originally sent in envelopes with the letters.
Burrard Brokerage Company file
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a photocopied business diary believed to have been owned by Burrard Brokerage Company Limited along with other photocopied pages of house listings and advertisements for Burrard Brokerage Company.