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Douglas Road School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66853
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- William Martin family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class at Douglas Road School. Margaret Martin (later Greenall) (later Andrusiak) is in the front row, fourth from the right. The others are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- William Martin family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 525-022
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class at Douglas Road School. Margaret Martin (later Greenall) (later Andrusiak) is in the front row, fourth from the right. The others are unidentified.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Douglas Road School class photograph
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66699
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- William Martin family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16. 5 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students sitting and standing in rows outside Douglas Road School. Annie Adair, is standing behind her students, towards the centre. Standing in the back row, left to right, are; John Waplington, Albert Dawkins, Bob Pontifex, Jean [last name unknown], Eva Scott, [unidentified], Leona …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- William Martin family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16. 5 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 525-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2006-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students sitting and standing in rows outside Douglas Road School. Annie Adair, is standing behind her students, towards the centre. Standing in the back row, left to right, are; John Waplington, Albert Dawkins, Bob Pontifex, Jean [last name unknown], Eva Scott, [unidentified], Leona Smith, Ying Jung, Bernice Woods, Montague "Monty" Moore and Carl Banning. Seated in the middle row are; [unidentified], Betty Turner, Nancy [last name unknown], Betty Blott, Winona Woods, Margaret Turner, Cora [last name unknown], Greg Waplington, Ella Larson, Mary Lee, Margaret Martin (later Greenall) (later Andrusiak), Scott Johnston, Bobby Foster. Seated in the front row are; [unidentified], Jack Lort, Douglas Henderson, Clive Cunningham, [unidentified], John Moore, Jack Scott, [unidentified], George Tyre, [unidentified], Victor Donnell and Ken Blott.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Adair, Annie T.
- Waplington, John
- Dawkins, Albert
- Pontifex, Bob
- Scott, Eva
- Smith, Leona
- Woods, Bernice
- Moore, A.G. "Al"
- Moore, Montague Hutchings "Monty"
- Banning, Carl
- Turner, Betty
- Blott, Betty
- Woods, Winona
- Turner, Margaret
- Waplington, Greg
- Larsen, Ella
- Lee, Mary
- Andrusiak, Margaret Martin Greenall
- Johnston, Scott
- Foster, Bobby
- Lort, Jack
- Henderson, Douglas
- Cunningham, Clive
- Moore, John Gifford
- Scott, Jack
- Tyre, George
- Donnell, Victor
- Blott, Ken
- Jung, Suey Ying "Laura"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Douglas Road School grade eight class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66854
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 1929 (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- William Martin family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the grade eight class at Douglas Road School. Margaret Martin (later Greenall) (later Andrusiak) is in the back row, second from the right. The others are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 1929 (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- William Martin family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 525-023
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the grade eight class at Douglas Road School. Margaret Martin (later Greenall) (later Andrusiak) is in the back row, second from the right. The others are unidentified.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Interview with Norman Dowad
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. 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
- Agriculture - Farms
- Education
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Migration
- Sports
- Sports - Football
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
- Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
- Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
- Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
- Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
- Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Douglas Road School
- W. Dowad Limited
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5533 Buckingham Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Images
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3