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Scope and Content: File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including notes on sources of information, correspondence, and financial reference material. Bernie Simpson was an NDP MLA in Vancouver-Fraserview (1990-1995) and a friend of Jessie Winch's.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch biographical records series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including notes on sources of information, correspondence, and financial reference material. Bernie Simpson was an NDP MLA in Vancouver-Fraserview (1990-1995) and a friend of Jessie Winch's.

Names: Winch, Harold Edward

Accession Code: BV013.12.1

Date: 1933-1995

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, geography, biography, and natural history

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1880

Call Number: 220.3 SMI

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.3894.1

Call Number: 220.3 SMI

Contributor: Smith, William, 1813-1893

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: American Book Exchange

Publication Date: 1880

Physical Description: 467 p. ; 18 cm.

Inscription: Back endpaper: "$1.00" [written in pencil]

Library Subject (LOC): Bible; Bible--History of Biblical events--Poetry

Notes: edited by William Smith, LL.D

The family cyclopaedia of useful knowledge : a complete library of useful information for the masses, embraced in the subjects of history, biography, natural history, travels, manners and customs, manufactures, vegetation, invention and discovery, mining, the sea, familiar science, the law, statistics, etc., etc.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1889

Call Number: 030 FAM

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.21.9

Call Number: 030 FAM

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: John S. Dorn Publisher

Publication Date: 1889

Physical Description: xii, 14-544 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Books

Notes: "with two hundred and seventy-three illustrations" --t.p.

Harold Winch biography

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1934], 1982-1993

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards and correspondence from Winch's death, as well as newspaper clippings about Winch and his political career.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch biographical records series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards and correspondence from Winch's death, as well as newspaper clippings about Winch and his political career.

Names: Winch, Harold Edward

Accession Code: BV013.12.3

Date: [1934], 1982-1993

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Information for Harold Winch biography

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1935-2003

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.

Scope and Content: File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including newspaper clippings, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publicity material, and a photograph of the dedication of MacInnis Park in Vancouver, including Glen Clark, MLA.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch biographical records series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.

Scope and Content: File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including newspaper clippings, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publicity material, and a photograph of the dedication of MacInnis Park in Vancouver, including Glen Clark, MLA.

Subjects: Government - Provincial Government

Names: MacInnis, Grace; MacInnis, Angus; Clark, Glen; Winch, Harold Edward

Accession Code: BV013.12.4

Date: 1935-2003

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

New biography - Boag Foundation

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1933, 1993-2002

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards, correspondence, and memorials from Winch's death, as well as correspondence relating to Ron and Florence Riley's remembrances of Winch.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch biographical records series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards, correspondence, and memorials from Winch's death, as well as correspondence relating to Ron and Florence Riley's remembrances of Winch.

Names: Winch, Harold Edward

Accession Code: BV013.12.2

Date: 1933, 1993-2002

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Adventures in British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Christensen, Susan

Publication Date: c1971

Call Number: 971.1 CHR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 971.1 CHR

Author: Christensen, Susan

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: Ceder House Pub. Co.

Publication Date: c1971

Series: ABC (zuplez) puzzle books ; no. 1

Physical Description: 32 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Geographical recreations; British Columbia; British Columbia--History; Juvenile literature; Biography

A harvest yet to reap : a history of Prairie women

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Rasmussen, Linda, 1950-

Publication Date: c1976

Call Number: 301.41 RAS

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0889610290 pa; 0889610304 bd.

Call Number: 301.41 RAS

Author: Rasmussen, Linda, 1950-

Place of Publication: Toronto, Canada

Publisher: Women's Press

Publication Date: c1976

Physical Description: 240 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Inscription: "To Jean/ TR994 / to library " Handwritten in black ink on subtitle page / "Catherine L. Chew/ 3665 Franklin st. / Vancouver, BC V5K 1Y7 " Stamped in black ink

Library Subject (LOC): Women--Prairie Provinces; Frontier and pioneer life; Biography

A history of policing in Burnaby : 1892 - 1950 : with an emphasis on the years 1892 - 1935

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Trainer, Mary, 1948-

Publication Date: March, 1975

Call Number: 363.2 TRA Copy 2

1 document

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Accession Code: HV979.47.2

Call Number: 363.2 TRA Copy 2

Author: Trainer, Mary, 1948-

Contributor: Bussey, Anthea J.

Place of Publication: [Burnaby]

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication Date: March, 1975

Physical Description: 64 p. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Police; Biography

Subjects: Occupations; Occupations - Police Officers; Public Services - Policing; Public Services

Names: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Notes: "Anthea J. Bussey Editor" -- title page.; "Prepared for members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Burnaby Detachment, in honour of the Centennial of the RCMP May 23, 1873 - May 23, 1973"; Includes bibliographical references.

Documents

1979_0047_0002_001%20History%20of%20Policing%20in%20Bby

Fifty years of medicine and surgery : an autobiographical sketch

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Martin, Franklin H. (Franklin Henry), 1857-1935

Publication Date: 1934

Call Number: 610.9 MAR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV974.27.89

Call Number: 610.9 MAR

Author: Martin, Franklin H. (Franklin Henry), 1857-1935

Contributor: Mayo, William James, 1861-1939; Crile, George Washington, 1864-1943

Place of Publication: [Chicago]

Publisher: The Surgical Publishing company of Chicago

Publication Date: 1934

Printer: Lakeside Press

Physical Description: xxvii, 449 p. : ill., front., plates, ports., facisms. ; 22 cm.

Inscription: "This Book is sent you with the compliments of The Canadian Medical Association 184 College Street Toronto" [printed insert at front of book]

Library Subject (LOC): Biography; Physicians

Object History: Used by Dr. E. H. Funk practicing in Vancouver

Notes: Author's full name and dates: Martin, Franklin H. (Franklin Henry), 1857-1935.; "Two forewords: William J. Mayo...George W. Crile"--title page; "With special reference to the organization and administration of Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, the Clinical Congress, the American College of Surgeons, the Gorgas Memorial Institute, and the participation of the medical professional writings, and digest of professional activities during fifty years."--t.p.

The man for a new country : Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Williams, David R. (David Ricardo), 1923-

Publication Date: 1977

Call Number: 347.711 WIL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0888260687

Call Number: 347.711 WIL

Author: Williams, David R. (David Ricardo), 1923-

Place of Publication: Sidney, B.C.

Publisher: Gray's Pub.

Publication Date: 1977

Physical Description: x, 333 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Judges--British Columbia; Biography

Names: Begbie, Sir Matthew Baillie, 1819-1894

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-323) and index.

Northwest assignment

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Potterton, L.A.N.

Publication Date: 1972

Call Number: 971.1 POT

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV004.23.49

Call Number: 971.1 POT

Author: Potterton, L.A.N.

Place of Publication: [Kelowna, B.C.]

Publisher: Mosaic Enterprises

Publication Date: 1972

Printer: Finlay Printing

Physical Description: 131 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Inscription: Bookplate on front pastedown reads "T. Brue" [handwritten in blue ink] "my best wishes" "to all the Ted Brue" "family." "_ Potterton" [handwritten in black ink on title page]

Library Subject (LOC): Police; British Columbia, Northern--History; Biography

Names: British Columbia Provincial Police; Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Notes: Autographed by author

Opening doors : Vancouver's East End

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Marlatt, Daphne; Itter, Carole

Publication Date: 1979

Call Number: 971.1 MAR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Call Number: 971.1 MAR

Author: Marlatt, Daphne; Itter, Carole

Place of Publication: Victoria, B.C.

Publisher: Aural History Program, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services, Provincial Archives of B.C.

Publication Date: 1979

Series: Sound heritage ; v. 8, nos. 1 & 2

Physical Description: iii, 186 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Vancouver (B.C.)--History; East End (Vancouver, B.C.)--History; Vancouver (B.C.); East End (Vancouver, B.C.); Vancouver (B.C.)--Foreign population; East End (Vancouver, B.C.)--Foreign population; Oral history; Biography

Pertinent portraits

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Mather, Barry, 1909-1982

Publication Date: [c1934]

Call Number: 324.271 MAT

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 324.271 MAT

Author: Mather, Barry, 1909-1982

Contributor: Wilson, Fraser

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: Boag Foundation

Publication Date: [c1934]

Physical Description: 59 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Co-operative Commonwealth Federation; Politicians--Canada; Biography

The Skagway story : a history of Alaska's most famous gold rush town and some of the people who made that history

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Clifford, Howard

Publication Date: c1975

Call Number: 979.8 CLI

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0882400460; 9780882400464

Call Number: 979.8 CLI

Author: Clifford, Howard

Place of Publication: Anchorage

Publisher: Alaska Northwest Pub. Co.

Publication Date: c1975

Physical Description: vii, 167 p. : ill. ; 14 x 22 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Skagway (Alaska)--History; Skagway (Alaska)--Gold discoveries; Skagway (Alaska); Alaska; Biography

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167).

Women of British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Gould, Jan

Publication Date: c1975

Call Number: 305.471 GOU

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0919654428

Call Number: 305.471 GOU

Author: Gould, Jan

Place of Publication: Saanichton, B.C.

Publisher: Hancock House Publishers

Publication Date: c1975

Physical Description: 221 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Women--British Columbia; British Columbia--History; British Columbia--Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Women; Frontier and pioneer life; Biography

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-220) and index.

Harold E. Winch biographical records series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1933-2003

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 5 folders of textual records + 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Series consists of records relating to Harold Edward Winch and the process of writing his biography. Records include newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, publications, and one photograph. Some correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other textual records deal with the potential biography sp…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch biographical records series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 5 folders of textual records + 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Series consists of records relating to Harold Edward Winch and the process of writing his biography. Records include newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, publications, and one photograph. Some correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other textual records deal with the potential biography specifically, including agreements between Jessie Winch and the Boag Foundation and financial records. It is unclear whether the biography was ever written.

Names: Winch, Harold Edward; Winch, Jessie

Accession Code: BV013.12

Date: 1933-2003

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Interview with Bill Gruenthal

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business,…

1 document 1 audio

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: 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Bill Gruenthal Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business, his knowledge and interest in Judaism, places that he and his wife lived before moving to Burnaby, family life in Burnaby and his political involvement in running for the Burnaby school board. 00:27:02 – 00:42:50 Bill Gruenthal talks about the Burquest Jewish Community Association, it’s background and his involvement, experiences of discrimination in his career, a brief history of the Jewish people and some cultural traditions. 00:42:51 – 00:56:04 Bill Gruenthal mentions some of the charities that he supports including Burnaby Hospital, his volunteer work within the community and community organizations including the Nikkei Place Foundation and shares more details on his insurance career. 00:56:05 – 01:14:37 Bill Gruenthal shares information about his Burnaby neighbourhood and Jewish funeral customs and provides his impressions of new development at Brentwood, Burnaby Council and other development projects in Burnaby.

History: Interviewee biography: Bill Gruenthal was born in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1935 after his parents had fled Germany in advance of the then worsening political situation. Bill’s father died in 1942; some years later his mother remarried to an Irish-born senior civil servant in that government. He had a difficult and somewhat dangerous job. Soon after marriage, the family, including Bill’s older brother, Martin, immigrated to Canada in January 1947 on the strength of his step-father’s British Passport. They traveled via New York, where Bill’s uncle and his family resided and who put up the family. Later that month, the parents travelled by CP rail from Montreal to Vancouver, followed by Bill and his brother in March 1947 who travelled from New York to White Rock on an American railroad. While passing through the Fraser Valley Bill’s parents took an interest in Silverdale, a small hamlet west of Mission where the four eventually settled. Bill finished High School in Mission and soon joined the insurance industry. Bill connected with the Jewish Community in Vancouver where he met his soon-to-be wife. Upon marriage they were transferred to Calgary; after five years suffering its cold weather they were transferred back to Vancouver. They settled in Burnaby in 1966 as an affordable neighbourhood with easy access to his office downtown Vancouver. Outside work, Bill helped raise his family of three daughters who all graduated Burnaby High School (Alpha). They joined Temple Sholom in Vancouver, and he volunteered and still volunteers for a number of non-profits, including The Jewish Museum and Archives and Nikkei Place Foundation (Burnaby). He was an early long-term supporter and a past president of Burquest Jewish Community Association, mostly involving persons from Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area (hence the name). He ran for political office in Burnaby in 1976 but was not elected. He delivers food in Burnaby for the Food Bank and is a donor to many worthy causes including Burnaby General Hospital. 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: Migration; Persons - Jewish Canadians; Transportation; Transportation - Rail; Religions - Judaism; Cemeteries; Organizations; Elections

Names: Gruenthal, Bill; Gruenthal, Noemi Yadlow; O'Connor, Herta Ingrid Gruenthal; O'Connor, John; Burquest; Jacobson, Max Alec; Temple Shalom; Brentwood Shopping Centre; Brentwood Park School; Alpha Secondary School; Burnaby School Board

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Accession Code: BV023.16.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

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Audio Tracks

Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

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Interview with David Skulski

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, at…

1 document 1 audio

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: 2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: David Skulski Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 6 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 80 min., 38 sec. Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, attending school in New Westminster and Burnaby and Hebrew school in Vancouver. David recalls his early experiences in music, instruments that he played and describes some of his Jewish family traditions. 00:22:23 – 00:49:57 David talks about his experiences studying music at university and following his passion as a musician and oboist. He recalls his experiences of working with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Orchestra, Vancouver Society for Early Music, the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra, other musical ensembles and venues where he’s performed. 00:49:58 – 01:00:00 David talks about living in Burnaby in the Deer Lake neighbourhood. David describes some his experiences playing traditional music from different countries. 01:01:01 – 01:14:15 David comments on the changes that he’s seen in Burnaby over the years, some of his favourite places, activities, cultural amenities and development on the Fraser River. David talks about the Jewish community in Burnaby, his involvement with the Peretz Centre and examples of Jewish cuisine. 01:14:16 – 01:20:38 David talks about Yiddish being his first language, his language studies in Lithuania, the roots of the language and provides some examples of speaking Yiddish.

History: Interviewee biography: Murray "David" Skulski was born in 1942 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and moved to British Columbia with his parents in 1948. Skulski and his family settled in New Westminster before moving to Burnaby in the late 1950's. Skulski took piano lessons at an early age and began playing obo while attending junior high school in New Westminster. In 1960 at the age of 17 years, Skulski began performing with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as solo English horn and is the youngest player to ever be employed with the VSO. In 1991, Skulski started playing with the Vancouver Folk Orchestra and was the conductor between 1997 and 2004. Skulski has been the principal oboe player in many orchestras. In 1968, Skulski founded the Hortulani Musicae; in 1970, he founded the Vancouver Society for Early Music and in 1983 he founded Harmonie, an ensemble concentrating in classical wind music. In 2003, Skulski became president of the Pertez Centre for Secular Jewish Culture. In 2005, Skulski became principal oboist of the Philharmonic Orchestra and the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra and between 2009 and 2019 he was the principal oboist for the Pilgrim Orchestra under Pilwon Suk. David has served as president of the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture and since 2022, he’s served on the board of the Vancouver Chamber Music Society. Skulski has taught summer courses in Renaissance music in Austria (1972-1979), has been a music resident at Simon Fraser University (1973-1976), has lectured on the history of musical instruments at SFU and UBC and in 2008 began teaching at the Pacific Coast School of Music, Richmond School of Music and Oakridge Music Studios. 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.