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Interview with Shirley Cohn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19597
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (16 min., 57 sec.) (50 min., 36 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (50 min., 36 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two recordings of oral history interviews with Shirley Cohn conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. The first interview was conducted on April 14, 2023 and the second interview was conducted on September 6, 2023. Summary of interview conducted on …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (16 min., 57 sec.) (50 min., 36 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (50 min., 36 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Shirley Cohn Location of Interviews: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Dates: April 14, 2023 and September 6, 2023 Total Number of Tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 67 min., 33 sec. Digital master recording (wav) of second interview (50 min., 36 sec.) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two recordings of oral history interviews with Shirley Cohn conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. The first interview was conducted on April 14, 2023 and the second interview was conducted on September 6, 2023. Summary of interview conducted on September 6, 2023: 0:00 – 16:09 Shirley Cohn shares background information about her parents who immigrated to Detroit from Hungary in the 1930’s. Shirley recalls what it was like for her parents being Jewish during World War II and how many of their relations were killed in the Holocaust. Shirley talks about her Jewish Hungarian heritage, what it was like growing up in Detroit, the Jewish community in Detroit and the Jewish holidays and traditions that her family celebrated. Shirley recalls her high school and University education and experiences, starting her career in social work and how she met her future husband, Theodore “Ted” Cohn. 16:10 – 18:27 Shirley shares the story about her father in law, Dr. Daniel E. Cohn who was Harry Houdini’s doctor at the time of his death in Detroit on Oct. 31, 1926. Shirley explains that she donated some of Dr. Daniel E. Cohn’s original documents pertaining to this event to the New York Public Library. 18:28 – 26:04 Shirley describes her experiences living and working in London Ontario while her husband was a professor at University of Western Ontario and Shirley worked as a social worker in family services. Shirley recalls experiences of anti-Semitism while living in London. Shirley talks about moving to Burnaby in 1977 after her husband took a job as a professor at Simon Fraser University. Shirley describes her experiences living in Burnaby, raising a family and working as a social worker at Burnaby General Hospital. 26:05 – 26:18 Shirley talks about her interests outside of work, her family’s involvement in the Burquest Jewish Community Association and being a member of Temple Shalom. Shirley conveys information about other Jewish synagogues in Greater Vancouver, describes Reform Judaism at Temple Shalom and some Jewish cultural practices that her family has been involved with. 26:19 – 33:12 Shirley describes her family’s experiences living in the Garden Village nieghbourhood in Burnaby, her involvement sharing Jewish cultural traditions at her children’s school and recalls her children’s experiences attending school in Burnaby. 33:13 – 40:46 Shirley conveys the career paths that her children took and talks about what she likes about living in Burnaby including; the walking and hiking trails, the cultural and art performances and her involvement in local politics. Shirley talks about her and her husband’s involvement in the SFU retirees association and the SFURA walking and hiking group. Shirley reflects on her husband’s academic career, experiences teaching at SFU and the role of the Hillel Jewish Students Association at the Simon Fraser University. Shirley talks about the difficulties of discussing political views about the State of Israel. Shirley describes some traditional Jewish foods, the roles that they play and a local bakery that carries Jewish bake goods. 40:47 – 50:36 Shirley describes her current daily life in Burnaby; working one day a week as a social worker, gardening, her involvement at Temple Shalom and the Jewish Community Centre and how she travels in Burnaby. Shirley recalls the changes that she’s encountered in Burnaby and in her career over the years, shares a story about her husband losing his thesis and describes what Burnaby was like while she was raising her family. Shirley shares what she thinks about the areas of development in Burnaby and conveys the importance of having parks and affordable housing. In closing, Shirley reflects on what is like to be a Jewish person living in Burnaby.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Shirley Tanner was born in Detroit in 1947. Her parents were both Jewish. Her mother fled Hungary as a refugee in 1939, while her father emigrated from there in 1934. Shirley attended public schools in Detroit, and then studied social work at the University of Michigan. After marriage, Shirley and Ted Cohn moved to Ontario where Ted had a faculty appointment at the University of Western Ontario in political science. Six years later they moved to Burnaby for Ted’s teaching position in political science at Simon Fraser University. While living in Burnaby, Shirley took care of a growing family while also practicing social work, mainly at Burnaby Hospital. The family enjoyed Burnaby’s libraries and parks. Shirley helped out at her children’s schools, became a Block Watch captain, and the family joined Burquest Jewish Community Association. The Cohns later became members of Temple Sholom Synagogue in Vancouver, while remaining in Burnaby. Beginning in 2009, Ted started an informal hiking group for retired Simon Fraser University staff. This group has been open to others, so now has a wide variety of members. Shirley has also helped lead hikes in the region. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Education
- Recreational Activities - Hiking
- Organizations
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Migration
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Religions - Judaism
- Social Issues - Racism
- Social Issues
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Cohn, Dr. Daniel E.
- Cohn, Shirley
- Cohn, Theodore H. "Ted"
- Burquest
- Hillel Jewish Students Association
- Simon Fraser University
- SFURA walking and hiking group
- Simon Fraser University Retirees Association "SFURA"
- Temple Shalom
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Summary, recording and transcript of second interview available on Heritage Burnaby
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Interview with Shirley Cohn, [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023
Interview with Shirley Cohn, [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0001_003.mp3Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 - Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription6970
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1906-1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 7 plans : blueprint ink on paper + 2 plans : black ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 cm x 102 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of six New Westminster District Gp 1 subdivision plans mounted on one side and three New Westminster District Gp 1 subdivision plans mounted on the other side with scales ranging from one chain equals one inch to four chains equals one inch. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Pl…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 7 plans : blueprint ink on paper + 2 plans : black ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 cm x 102 cm
- Material Details
- Scales [1:792] and [1:3168]
- Index number on edge of board reads: "1"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of six New Westminster District Gp 1 subdivision plans mounted on one side and three New Westminster District Gp 1 subdivision plans mounted on the other side with scales ranging from one chain equals one inch to four chains equals one inch. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of a portion / of / Lot 13, GR.1 / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by Cumberland Street, Tenth Ave., Cariboo Street, Armstrong Street, "See Bd.145", Map No891 (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2."Plan / of Subdivision / of a portion / of / Lot 13, GR.1 / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by Cumberland Street, Tenth Ave., Cariboo St. and Armstrong St. Pencilled annotations on plan read: "for Subdivisions see Board 145"; "Subdivided by H. Neville Smith". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / of a part / of / Lot 155 / Group 1 / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by North Arm of Fraser, Wiggins Rd. and Lot 173. Plan created by "NB Gauvreau" (Geographic location: Burnaby) Side B: 1. Blueprint plan which reads: "Albert J. Hill / P.L.S." at top with handwritten annotation: "Lot 85". The plan is bordered by Hastings Rd. and Burnaby Lake with names on lots identified as:"Laura Troop; Jas. Anderson and A. de W. Haszard". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Blueprint plan which reads: "Albert J. Hill / P.L.S" at top with handwritten annotation: "Lot 85". The plan is bordered by Hastings Rd. and Burnaby Lake with names on lots identified as:"Laura Troop; A. de W. Haszard". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3.Plan of "Survey of Road / for / Burnaby Council". "Albert J. Hill, M.A. Civil Engineer". Plan identifies "Centre Line Lot 10 / Present Road" at the centre and is bordered by Gunn Rd. at the top and Brunette River at the bottom. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4.Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision / Lot 97 Group 1/ N.W.D." Plan is bordered by Lots 93, 94 and 96 and Webster Road. Vancouver and New Westminster Road crosses the upper right corner of the plan and the New Westminster Vancouver Tramway runs through from Power House Rd. to Webster Road. Lower right corner identifies "W.N. Draper, P.LotS." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. Blueprint "Plan / of / The Subdivision of / Portion of / Lot 85, GP.1 / New Westminster District" Plan is bordered by Lots 79 / Byrne Drive; Burnaby Lake/ Esplanade and Lot 87. Plan is identified with "Albert J. Hill / B.C.LotS. / 19/6/09" (Geographic location: Burnaby) 6. Blueprint "Plan / of Subdivision/ of / Lot 155B, Group One / New Westminster District". Plan is bordered by Lots 155A, 155C, 162 / Byrne Road, 166A / Wiggins Road with Spruce Street running through the middle and Westminster- Eburne Ry. Right of Way running diagonally. Plan is identified with "Albert J. Hill (Geographic location: Burnaby)
- Accession Code
- HV977.93.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1906-1910]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 2019-07-16
- Scale
- 72
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Stamp on plans reads: "ALBERT J. HILL M.A. / CIVIL ENGINEER / and / PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR / NEW WESTMINSTER / BC"
- Scale is measured in chains. (One chain equals 792 inches)
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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription6977
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1906-1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 5 plans : blueprint ink on paper + 1 plan : pencil on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of three New Westminster District Gp 1 - plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Plan / of / Lot 155A Group 1 / Showing / Water Courses and General Topography, etc. / Scale…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 5 plans : blueprint ink on paper + 1 plan : pencil on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
- Material Details
- Scales [between 1:396 and 1:3168]
- Index number on edge of board reads: "8"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of three New Westminster District Gp 1 - plans mounted on one side and two New Westminster District Gp 1 - subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Blueprint "Plan / of / Lot 155A Group 1 / Showing / Water Courses and General Topography, etc. / Scale 200' = 1 / 171, G. 1 " Plans identifies Woodland, North Arm Road, Chinese Gardens, Woollard's Ditch and Woollard's Brook. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Blueprint plan (no title) with handwritten annotation at the top "Lot 13. G.1" Streets on the plan are identified as Armstrong Street, Cariboo Road and Lillooet Street with the subdivided area lying above District Lot 1. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Blueprint plan (no title) of subdivision of a portion of Lot 85. Subdivision is bordered by Deer Lake, Pole Line Road, Lot 85, Lot 86, Lot 92, Lot 93 and Lot 84. Plan is signed by "H.Neville Smith / C.E., B.C.L.S." "New Westminster / November 1906". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Plan drawn in pencil "Lot 85, Gr.1 / Scale 2 in = 1 ch / Albert E. Hill / 6/5/08". Plan identifies Pole (Line Rd.) and Hastings Road. (Geographic location: Burnaby) Side B: 1. Blueprint "Subdivision of / Certain portion / of / Lot 28, Gr.1 /Sc. 100 ' = 1"" Plan identifies: Westminster & Vancouver Tramway Co.s Property, Block A, Douglas Street, May Street, Mary Street, Fourth Avenue, Fifth Avenue, Sixth Avenue, Seventh Avenue, Eighth Avenue, Ninth Avenue, Tenth Avenue, Eleventh Avenue and Westminster & Vancouver Tramway. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Blueprint "Plan, Shewing Subdivision / DL 171 & Part of DL 160 / N.W.D.". Top of Plan includes an identifier: "REC. Map 992 / BD. 174". Plan is signed by G.E. Jorgenson B.C.L.S. Vancouver, B.C. May 14, 1907 and by Peter Byrne, Reeve. (Geographic location: Burnaby)
- Creator
- Smith, H. Neville
- Accession Code
- HV977.93.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1906-1908]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scale
- 72
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Scale is measured in chains and feet. (One chain equals 792 inches)
- Photograph only shows 1. Plan, L. 155A Gr.1
- The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot"
Images
Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription6993
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1905-1909]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 11 plans : 8 plans : black ink on paper + 2 plans : graphite on paper + 1 plan : graphite and ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of seven New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on one side and four New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Small subdivision plan of "Lot 2, Gr.1" drawn in black ink with annotation "Now Lot 1 of Subd of Lot 2 /…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 11 plans : 8 plans : black ink on paper + 2 plans : graphite on paper + 1 plan : graphite and ink on paper mounted on 2 sides of cardboard 76 x 102 cm
- Material Details
- Scales [between 1:1200 and 1:3600]
- Index number on edge of board reads: "24"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of seven New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on one side and four New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Small subdivision plan of "Lot 2, Gr.1" drawn in black ink with annotation "Now Lot 1 of Subd of Lot 2 / see Bd. 5". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) with "Scale 3 ch = 1 in" and signed by "Albert J. Hill / P.L.S." (in graphite). (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Plan of "Lot 43, G.1" north of Burnaby Lake and surrounded by Lot 59, Lot 44, Lot 42. Lot 43 identifies physical features including: " roads / beaver dam / cranberry bog / roads / large brook / cutting / spruce / cedar / vine paper and alder / cedar / light spruce". Lot 59 identifies physical features: "heavy timber / alder and cedar etc" (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. "Plan / Shewing Subdivision of part of / Lot 156 G.1 / Burnaby / N.W.D. / BC / Scale 300 ft = 1 inch" Annotation at top of plan reads: "#1030_Deposited / in the Land Registry Office / at New Westminster BC / 24th February 1908 / C.S. Keith Dist Reg I / RB". Plan is signed by "Peter Byrne / Reeve" and "H.G. Youdall [sic] _ BCLS" (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. "Plan / of / Subdivision of Part / Lot 25, Group 1, N.W.D. / Burnaby Municipality / Scale: 3 chains = 1 inch" (drawn in graphite). Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) and signed by "H.N. Smith" and "1024 / Deposited 25th / Jan. 1908 / Keith" (graphite) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. Handrawn plan in graphite is identified as "Lots 89 & 90 Gr.1" and intialed "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 7. Plan of "Lot 95 Gr. 1". Plan includes a portion of District Lot 95 near the intersection of centre line of B.C.E.R. and B.C.E.Ry - Vancouver Road. Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and initialed by "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 6. "Plan of Subdivision / of Sub Lot XI, Block 11 / DL 25, Gr.1 / (Burnaby) / N.W.D. / Scale 100 feet = 1 inch". Plan is dated "May 13, 1909" and signed by "W.R. Williams / Owner _ H.M. Smith" . Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) Side B: 1. "Plan / of Subdivision / of / Block "F" / in the Subdivision / of / Lot 29, Group 1. / New Westminster District / Scale 2chs = 1in" . Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C.". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Plan of "Portion Lot B Gr.1". Plan includes annotations in graphite reading: "See Board 52-8 & 56-53" / "Sketch / see orig. plan". Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) 3. Untitled plan drawn in black ink showing the "Brunette River", the "V.W. & Y.RY" and "Gunn Road _Diversion" running through Lot 13, Lot 2 - H.Gunn, Lot 4 - A.Lewis, Lot 10 - Geo. Love and W. Leonard and Lot 40. Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and initialed by "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4."Plan / of / a Portion of the Foreshore / of / The North Arm of the Fraser River / Fronting / A Portion of Lot 166 Gr.1 / N.W. Dist. B.C. / Scale 100' = 1 " / Soundings taken from Map of D.P.W. Surveys". Plan is initialed by: "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) and includes annotations in red ink reading: "Office Copy" / "Plotted / Dec. 9th 1908 / G.K.B." (Geographic location: Burnaby)
- Creator
- Hill, Albert James
- Smith, H. Neville
- Accession Code
- HV977.93.24
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1905-1909]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scale
- 72
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Scale is measured in chains and feet. (One chain equals 792 inches)
- The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot"