- CA SCNSAB F503
- Fonds
- 1934-1964
This fonds consists of records created, accumulated and used from 1934 to 1964 by Jerry Burianyk of Vancouver, British Columbia. The records relate mainly to Burianyk's twenty-seven year career with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).
The records include correspondence written by Burianyk to his fiancé and wife, Betty Bates (1940-1943, 1945); photocopies of transcripts of correspondence written by Burianyk to Betty Burianyk while he was stationed overseas (1944-1945); and correspondence written by Burianyk to Marj and Gord Malcolm of Hollyburn and West Vancouver, British Columbia (1944-1945).
The fonds also includes poetry; newsletters (The Swamp Breeze, March 14, 1944; The Slipstream, December 1941 issue and pages from April 1941 and 1942 issues; and The Messenger, June-July 1959); Burianyk's service history (1938-1945); and a scrapbook compiled by Burianyk which contains correspondence from the Department of National Defence; two photographs; newspaper clippings; telegrams; a citation; invitations; foreign currency and postcards. The scrapbook contains some personal items, including a copy of Burianyk's Saskatchewan teaching certificate; a pencil sketch of a child titled "Donia"; and telegrams and newspaper clippings regarding his children.
No series have been applied to the records in this fonds.