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Information for Harold Winch biography
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3647
- 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
- 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
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.4
- Date
- 1935-2003
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
New biography - Boag Foundation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3645
- 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
- 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
100 years of British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009, vol. 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1370
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780980911404
- 0980911400
- Call Number
- 305.406 BRI Vol 1
- Place of Publication
- Kamloops, British Columbia
- Publisher
- British Columbia Women's Institute
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia Women's Institute--History
- British Columbia Women's Institute
- Women--British Columbia
- Biography
- Notes
- Contents: [1] 100 years of British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009 -- [2] 100 Women of the British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009. Includes index.
100 years of British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009, vol. 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1371
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780980911411
- 0980911419
- Call Number
- 305.406 BRI Vol 2
- Place of Publication
- Kamloops, British Columbia
- Publisher
- British Columbia Women's Institute
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia Women's Institute--History
- British Columbia Women's Institute
- Women--British Columbia
- Biography
- Notes
- Contents: [1] 100 years of British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009 -- [2] 100 Women of the British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009.
- Includes index.
A hurricane in the basement, and other Vancouver experiences : stories and photos from the millennium collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1235
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Constantine, Barbara
- Publication Date
- 2000
- Call Number
- 971.133 CON
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 CON
- Author
- Constantine, Barbara
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- City of Vancouver, Office of Cultural Affairs
- Publication Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History--Anecdotes
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- "Published as part of Portrait V2K: The City of Vancouver Millennium Project ..."--P. 2.
- Includes index.
The ambitious city: a history of the City of North Vancouver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1409
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Sommer, Warren, 1951-
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Call Number
- 971.133 SOM
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781550174113
- 1550174118
- Call Number
- 971.133 SOM
- Author
- Sommer, Warren, 1951-
- Place of Publication
- Madeira Park, BC
- Publisher
- Harbour
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Physical Description
- 342 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- North Vancouver (B.C.)--History
- North Vancouver (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-337) and index.
- Maps on lining papers.
Artism
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1397
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 759.21 GIB
- Place of Publication
- [Mission, BC]
- Publisher
- Blurb.com
- Publication Date
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 199 p. : ill (chiefly col.) ;
- Inscription
- "TO MY FRIENDS @ B.V.M. /S G BARRETT/JUNE 16TH/2012", hand written in black ink on the front endsheet of the book
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Painters--British Columbia
- Art
- Merry-go-round art
- Biography
- Notes
- Signed by the author.
- Self-published: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/793103
- Stephen Gibbons-Barrett was involved in the restoration of the 1912 Parker Carousel and he completed a series of paintings of the carousel horses.
Fighting for dignity : the Ginger Goodwin story
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1333
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Stonebanks, Roger
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Call Number
- 331.81223 GOO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1894000064
- Call Number
- 331.81223 GOO
- Author
- Stonebanks, Roger
- Place of Publication
- St. John's, [N.L.]
- Publisher
- Canadian Committee on Labour History
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 206 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Goodwin, Ginger
- Labor leaders--British Columbia
- Coal miners--Labor unions--British Columbia--Officials and employees
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-198) and index.
Land of promise : Robert Burnaby's letters from colonial British Columbia, 1858-1863
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5465
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Call Number
- 971.1 BUR COPY 3
Quotation from Letter 9 ~ see page 63
� L a n d o f P r o m i s e 11
Preface
It is a pleasure to present this book to the citizens of Burnaby and,
indeed, to all those interested in the biography of our city’s namesake,
Robert Burnaby.
For many years Robert Burnaby existed in our history books as a
man
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282850
- 9780969282853
- Call Number
- 971.1 BUR COPY 3
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Physical Description
- 199 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby, Robert--Correspondence
- Merchants--British Columbia--Correspondence
- British Columbia--History--1849-1871
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190) and index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1179
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Call Number
- 971.1 PRI COPY 1
in Publication Data
Pride, Harry, 1925-
Life with the Moores of Hart House : pioneer days on Burnaby's Deer Lake / Harry Pride.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-9692828-7-7
1. Frontier and pioneer life—British Columbia-Burnaby. 2. Pioneers—British
Columbia-Burnaby-Biography. 3. Burnaby (B.C
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282877
- Call Number
- 971.1 PRI COPY 1
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby, Community Heritage Commission
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Physical Description
- iv, 92 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "To Burnaby Village Museum / Harry Pride", handwritten in ink on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Moore family
- Hart House (Burnaby, B.C.)--History
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Pioneers
- Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 87) and index.
- Signed by the author.
- 2 copies held : copy 1.
Digital Books
Louis' place : taming the bush..., making and selling Canadian electronics..., creating something from nothing : the story of Louis Potvin from Bonnyville to Lillooet Lake via Tokyo and Havana
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5586
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 155212293X
- Call Number
- 920.71 POT
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, B.C.
- Publisher
- Trafford
- Publication Date
- c2001
- Physical Description
- 299 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Radio broadcasters
- Lillooet Region (B.C.)
- Prairie Provinces
- Biography
Radio wizard : Edward Samuel Rogers and the revolution of communication
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6891
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.2
- ISBN
- 771580509
- Call Number
- 621.38 ANT
- Author
- Anthony, Ian
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Gage
- Publication Date
- c2000
- Printer
- Friesens
- Physical Description
- xii, 130 p. : ill., plates ; 24 cm.
Records of noble lives : a book of notable English biographies
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1574
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3873.1
- Call Number
- 920 ADA
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- T. Nelson & Sons
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- vii, [9]-309 p., [10] p. ; 19 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Biography
- Notes
- Contents: Sir Philip Sidney -- Francis Bacon (Lord Verulam) -- Robert Blake -- George Monk, duke of Albemarle -- William Penn.
- Author's given name and dates: Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891
Royal city : a photographic history of New Westminster, 1858 - 1960
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1386
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Wolf, Jim
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publication Date
- c2005
- Call Number
- 971.133 WOL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1894384849
- 1894384970
- Call Number
- 971.133 WOL
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Author
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Surrey, BC
- Publisher
- Heritage House
- Publication Date
- c2005
- Physical Description
- 191 p. : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- New Westminster (B.C.)--Pictorial works
- New Westminster (B.C.)--History
- Photographers--British Columbia--New Westminster
- Biography
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Notes
- Includes biographical references and index.
The story of my life
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3429
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Call Number
- 371.911 KEL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV994.3.3
- Call Number
- 371.911 KEL
- Author
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
- Contributor
- Macy, John Albert, 1877-1932
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- 1 v. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "Office of H.A. Dike Bralle [sic] Jobs For Blind, 148 N., Saginaw St. Pontiac -- MICH." [stamped in purple ink on front end paper and p. 433] "State Agent" [handwritten in black in on front end paper and p. 433] "One binding only" "Price $1.50 Post paid to customers" "Name, Strret number, number of books and price" [handwritten in black ink on lined blank papes found after p. 433] Lines 1-63 numbered and handwritten in black ink on lined blank pages found after p. 433
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Biography
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher Anne Mansfield Sullivan. By John Albert Macy" --T.p. "Facsimile of part of letter to Philip Brooks" handwritten by Helen Keller: p.xiii-xiv. This copy is a demostration model and a majority of the pages are not included There are 24 pages of lined blank paper after p. 433
Tong : the story of Tong Louie, Vancouver's quiet titan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1361
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Perrault, E. G. (Ernest G.)
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Call Number
- 921 PER
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 155017231X
- Call Number
- 921 PER
- Author
- Perrault, E. G. (Ernest G.)
- Place of Publication
- Madeira Park, B.C.
- Publisher
- Harbour Pub.
- Publication Date
- c2002
- Physical Description
- 191 p. : ill. (some col.), ports ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "Gift from H. Y. Louie Co. / Oct. 17/07", handwritten in ink on piece of paper inserted in cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Vancouver
- Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Biography
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Notes
- Includes index.
Yi Fao : speaking through memory : a history of New Westminster's Chinese community 1858-1980
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1421
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Wolf, Jim
- Owen, Patricia, 1978-
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publication Date
- c2008
- Call Number
- 971.133 WOL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781894974400
- 1894974409
- Call Number
- 971.133 WOL
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Author
- Wolf, Jim
- Owen, Patricia, 1978-
- Place of Publication
- Victoria
- Publisher
- Heritage House
- Publication Date
- c2008
- Physical Description
- 141 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--New Westminster--History
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--New Westminster
- New Westminster (B.C.)--History
- New Westminster (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 141).
Harold E. Winch biographical records series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3639
- 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
- 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.
- Accession Code
- BV013.12
- Date
- 1933-2003
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Interview with Bill Gruenthal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19636
- 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,…
- 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
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0014_003.mp3Interview with David Skulski
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19606
- 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…
- 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.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Education
- Foods
- Music
- Musical Instruments
- Occupations - Musicians
- Performances - Concerts
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Religions - Judaism
- Names
- Burnaby Symphony Orchestra
- Burnaby South High School
- Burquest
- Skulski, Murray "David"
- Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
- Vancouver Society for Early Music
- Peretz Centre
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Deer Lake Park
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with David Skulski, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023
Interview with David Skulski, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023
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