Easthope photograph album
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 40 photographs : b&w on 8 album pages : 22 cm x 30 cm
- Scope and Content
- George and Dorothy Easthope photograph album. Album includes photographs of the couple on holiday, with family and pets, and building their home at 6671 Halifax Street in Burnaby, BC.
Typewritten directory excerpts
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1879-1918 (date of originals), [197-] (date copied)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File includes typewritten copies of sections from three directories: an 1897-1898 directory headed with New Westminster containing six names and longer list of names for Central Park district; Burnaby residents listed in Henderson's Greater Vancouver Directory 1914 (except North Burnaby residents)…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1879-1918 (date of originals), [197-] (date copied)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 64998
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File includes typewritten copies of sections from three directories: an 1897-1898 directory headed with New Westminster containing six names and longer list of names for Central Park district; Burnaby residents listed in Henderson's Greater Vancouver Directory 1914 (except North Burnaby residents); and Burnaby Lake, Capitol Hill, Central Park, East Burnaby, Edmonds, Fraser Arm, Jubilee Station, Lochdale, Lozells, McKay district sections of a 1918 directory.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Oakalla Prison administrative records
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 6 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of administrative records related to the regular functions of the Oakalla Prison, including staff appointments, staff wages, the creation of staff uniforms, a comprehensive staff list from August 31, 1915, transfers of prisoners, and more. Featured in the file are details of staff req…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison fonds
- Physical Description
- 6 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 66670
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2022-13
- Scope and Content
- File consists of administrative records related to the regular functions of the Oakalla Prison, including staff appointments, staff wages, the creation of staff uniforms, a comprehensive staff list from August 31, 1915, transfers of prisoners, and more. Featured in the file are details of staff required to go on leave in order to serve in World War I. The file also contains a report on the conditions of the prison from 1938.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
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W.F. Silver house
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1931] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs : b&w panorama ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm prints
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the William F. Silver house and surrounding lan An automobile, believed to be the family's 1927 Pierce-Arrow, is parked in front of the house. Three photographs form the panorama.
Burnaby Fire Department papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1924-1943
- 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 the development of a unified Fire Department; including Bylaw 451, a letter addressing the unlawfulness of the previous system of fire protection from lawyer P. McD. Kerr and related correspondence between the North Burnaby Board of Trade and Burnaby Council.
North Burnaby Board of Trade papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926-1943
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers collected by the North Burnaby Board of Trade including Bylaw 660, Bylaw 1649 and its Schedule "A", an agreement between Burnaby district and British Columbia Gas Company, a copy of the Post-war Rehabilitation Act and the National Housing Act (and a number of mailing envelop…
North Burnaby Board of Trade papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932-1934
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of reports collected by the North Burnaby Board of Trade including "An Investigation and Survey into the Municipal Organization of Burnaby B.C." and Corporation of the District of Burnaby Financial Reports for 1932, 1933 and 1934.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1932-1934
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- North Burnaby Board of Trade subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS118-007
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-8
- Scope and Content
- File consists of reports collected by the North Burnaby Board of Trade including "An Investigation and Survey into the Municipal Organization of Burnaby B.C." and Corporation of the District of Burnaby Financial Reports for 1932, 1933 and 1934.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- "An Investigation and Survey into the Municipal Organization of Burnaby B.C." has "North Burnaby Board of Trade" stamped on its front cover
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Bailey family Ephemera
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933-1941
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains Ephemera pertaining to the Bailey family including an Unemployment Insurance booklet, a Souvenir Programme and Souvenir ribbon for the "Visit of their Most Gracious Majesties King George and Queen Elizabeth" on May 29, 1939 as well as a "Big-4" Relief Fund receipt.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1933-1941
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Bailey family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS115-002
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-55
- Scope and Content
- File contains Ephemera pertaining to the Bailey family including an Unemployment Insurance booklet, a Souvenir Programme and Souvenir ribbon for the "Visit of their Most Gracious Majesties King George and Queen Elizabeth" on May 29, 1939 as well as a "Big-4" Relief Fund receipt.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Items were originally found housed in the Bailey family Bible
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Columbian newspaper
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 9, 1899
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper + 1 supplement
- Scope and Content
- File contains the newspaper; "The Daily Columbian" September 8, 1899 which covers topics such as the Boer War and the Dreyfus Affair along with the paper's supplement; "The Columbian Fire Anniversary Supplement" September 9, 1899 which marks the anniversary of Great Fire of New Westminster, 1898 an…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 9, 1899
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Bailey family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 newspaper + 1 supplement
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS115-004
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-55
- Scope and Content
- File contains the newspaper; "The Daily Columbian" September 8, 1899 which covers topics such as the Boer War and the Dreyfus Affair along with the paper's supplement; "The Columbian Fire Anniversary Supplement" September 9, 1899 which marks the anniversary of Great Fire of New Westminster, 1898 and describes the progress and rebuilding that had been accomplished over the year.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
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Publications
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of publications (mostly manuals on health and training of talking birds) collected by "the Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
Oakalla Prison Farm papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 (date of original) -1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of paper records created or collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the file are; newspaper clippings, the "Official Closing Tour / Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre / Oakalla Prison Farm" programme as well as photocopies …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 (date of original) -1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Ed Eckley subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS120-001
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2006-01
- Scope and Content
- File consists of paper records created or collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the file are; newspaper clippings, the "Official Closing Tour / Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre / Oakalla Prison Farm" programme as well as photocopies of "British Columbia / Gaol Rules & Regulations / 1912" and photocopied aerial photographs of the site.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Included in the file is a resume for former Oakalla prison guard Robert Evans Shelly
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Oakalla Prison farm papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-[1939] (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (photocopies)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopies of the "Oakalla Weekly Spotlite" newsletter for August 24, 1938 and a speech delivered ca. 1939 by Oakalla Prison Warden Walter Owen.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-[1939] (date of originals)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Ed Eckley subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (photocopies)
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS120-006
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2006-01
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopies of the "Oakalla Weekly Spotlite" newsletter for August 24, 1938 and a speech delivered ca. 1939 by Oakalla Prison Warden Walter Owen.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Less detail
Oakalla Prison Farm reference materials
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1936 (date of original) -1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of handwritten notes and reference materials believed to have been used in creating the oral report "Oakalla Prison Farm \ A Short History" presented by Ed Eckley to the Burnaby Historical Society on January 14, 1998. Reference materials include; photocopied plans, correspondence, yea…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1936 (date of original) -1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Ed Eckley subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS120-008
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS2006-01
- Scope and Content
- File consists of handwritten notes and reference materials believed to have been used in creating the oral report "Oakalla Prison Farm \ A Short History" presented by Ed Eckley to the Burnaby Historical Society on January 14, 1998. Reference materials include; photocopied plans, correspondence, yearly financial statements, an "Oakalla Closes" programme along with various essays and statistics pulled from the Internet (and other sources).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Correspondence
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence from Ernest and Alfred Winch sent from Canada to their mother and two sisters Emma and Carolyn (Carrie) in England. Also includes correspondence between the two brothers when they began living in different parts of Canada.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS129-003
- Accession Number
- 2010-06
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence from Ernest and Alfred Winch sent from Canada to their mother and two sisters Emma and Carolyn (Carrie) in England. Also includes correspondence between the two brothers when they began living in different parts of Canada.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Included in the file are typed pages written much later that briefly describe the contents of the letters.
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Correspondence
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898-1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence from Ernest Winch sent from Canada to his mother and sister Carolyn (Carrie) in England. As well, correspondence from Ernest to his brothers Alfred and Walter, containing many of Ernest's early Socialist ideas.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898-1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS129-004
- Accession Number
- 2010-06
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence from Ernest Winch sent from Canada to his mother and sister Carolyn (Carrie) in England. As well, correspondence from Ernest to his brothers Alfred and Walter, containing many of Ernest's early Socialist ideas.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Less detail
Newspaper clippings
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935-1957
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch and his eldest son, Harold. Ernest was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Harold served as Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and to…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935-1957
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS129-005
- Accession Number
- 2010-06
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch and his eldest son, Harold. Ernest was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Harold served as Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and together they set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Political pamphlets
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1957
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of political pamphlets and other paper records pertaining to Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch and his eldest son, Harold. Ernest was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Harold served as Member of Parliament f…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1899-1957
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS129-006
- Accession Number
- 2010-06
- Scope and Content
- File consists of political pamphlets and other paper records pertaining to Ernest E. (Ernie) Winch and his eldest son, Harold. Ernest was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Harold served as Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and together they set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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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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Alfred Bingham papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to a housing conference sponsored by the Labour Progressive Party, presented by Alfred Bingham, LLP Secretary. Also included in the file are personal correspondence, pamphlets on housing from 1938 and 1944 as well as a magazine titled "The C…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Alfred Bingham subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS001-001
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence and literature pertaining to a housing conference sponsored by the Labour Progressive Party, presented by Alfred Bingham, LLP Secretary. Also included in the file are personal correspondence, pamphlets on housing from 1938 and 1944 as well as a magazine titled "The Canadian Unionist", dated July 1945.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Alfred Bingham papers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Alfred Bingham fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Alfred Bingham’s notes on the lives of various Burnaby Pioneers as well as his own writtings; “The Stump Ranchers “ with a great deal of information on the history of the Army of the Common Good. Also included in the file is a series of stories of Alf Bingham’s first memories of mo…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1963
- Collection/Fonds
- Alfred Bingham fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS142-001
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Alfred Bingham’s notes on the lives of various Burnaby Pioneers as well as his own writtings; “The Stump Ranchers “ with a great deal of information on the history of the Army of the Common Good. Also included in the file is a series of stories of Alf Bingham’s first memories of moving to Burnaby; “I Arrive in Burnaby and We Build a Shingle Mill”, “We Build a Home and Dig a Well”, “What the Lochdale District Looked Like in 1919-20-21-22”,“Second Settlers in the Lochdale District”, “The Death of Mary Hawthorn”, “The Rum Runners and Bootleg Whiskey in Burnaby”, “Burnaby, North, South, East and West, 1892-1943”, “The Ice Age and other observations before Burnaby”, “Our House Burns Down” and “History of the Working People of Burnaby.”
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Less detail