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Mother Daughter Walk
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97513
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Cheerios Mother Daughter Walk taking place at an unidentified stadium. Photographs depict participants walking around the stadium's track and warming up before the walk, and Diane Dawson with her daughter, Meredith Patterson, and granddaughter Alicia.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2852
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Cheerios Mother Daughter Walk taking place at an unidentified stadium. Photographs depict participants walking around the stadium's track and warming up before the walk, and Diane Dawson with her daughter, Meredith Patterson, and granddaughter Alicia.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ponne, Simone
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2852-1: "Over 300 people start off their walk by going around the track first."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2852-2: "The start of the walk had participant loop around the track first."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2852-3: "Three generations Diane Dawson ,grandmother, Meredith Patterson with baby Alicia Patterson."
Images
Applegate and Pearce family genealogical records
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription100663
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records related to Beamish's family history on his biological mother's side, including a letter from the Post Office confirming his mother's address, and printouts from Ancestry.com related to the efforts of Ran's daughter Joanne to track down Ran's biological father. The individua…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951-2009
- Collection/Fonds
- William Randolph Beamish fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm. of textual records.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 66677
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2023-03
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records related to Beamish's family history on his biological mother's side, including a letter from the Post Office confirming his mother's address, and printouts from Ancestry.com related to the efforts of Ran's daughter Joanne to track down Ran's biological father. The individual information of several people bearing the surname Applegate are included as potential paternal relatives, as well as that of Gertrude Francis Pearce, Ran's biological mother. Also included are handwritten notes taken by Ran when he met his biological mother (for the first time?) in Fredericton during a Reeves and Mayors convention, and telegrams sent to Ran to report his mother's death.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
Derek Corrigan campaign victory
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97726
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Derek Corrigan celebrating with his mother, campaign workers, and wife, Kathy Corrigan, at his campaign victory for mayor of City of Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3000
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Derek Corrigan celebrating with his mother, campaign workers, and wife, Kathy Corrigan, at his campaign victory for mayor of City of Burnaby.
- Names
- Corrigan, Derek
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a November 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-3000-1: "Burnaby's new mayor-elect, Derek Corrigan, gets a congratulatory hug from his mother, at his campaign victory party Saturday night."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3000-2: "Burnaby's new mayor-elect toasts his campaign workers, at their victory part on Saturday night."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3000-3: "Burnaby's new mayor-elect, Derek Corrigan, celebrates his victory with his wife, Kathy."
Images
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 - Societies and Clubs
- Migration
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Religions - Judaism
- Social Issues - Racism
- 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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Documents
Audio Tracks
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.mp3Roots of Empathy at Stoney Creek Community School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97740
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Roots of Empathy program at Stoney Creek Community School. Photographs depict Kelly Savela and her baby daughter Lauryn with Rhonda Cuthbert, the program's facilitator, and grade 1 and 2 students interacting with Lauryn during the program.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3014
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Roots of Empathy program at Stoney Creek Community School. Photographs depict Kelly Savela and her baby daughter Lauryn with Rhonda Cuthbert, the program's facilitator, and grade 1 and 2 students interacting with Lauryn during the program.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a November 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-3014-1: "Lauryn Savela, 4 months, relaxes in front of a classroom of Grade 1-2 students, in the Roots of Empathy program at Stoney Creek Elementary."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3014-2: "Rhonda Cuthbert, the Facilitator for the Roots of Empathy program at Stoney Creek Elementary, welcomes Kelly Savela and her daughter, Lauryn, 4 months, to the classroom."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3014-3: "Grade 1-2 students in the Roots of Empathy program at Stoney Creek Elementary sing the "Goodbye Song" at the end of baby Lauryn's half-hour visit."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3014-4: "Tanner Pinto, 7, takes a keen interest in the Roots of Empathy class at Stoney Creek Elementary. The Grade 1-2 students learn to understand the lives of babies during a half hour visit by a mother and her child."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3014-5: "Klaudine Ann Magbitang, 7, and her classmates in the Grade 1-2 Roots of Empathy program learn about the lives of babies during a visit by Kelly Savela and her 4-month old daughter, Lauryn."
- Geographic Access
- Beaverbrook Crescent
- Street Address
- 2740 Beaverbrook Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lyndhurst Area
Images
Seventh Annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96743
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the seventh annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival, held at the Michael J. Fox Theatre. Photographs depict a performance of a traditional dance by several young performers, and Katy Wheelhouse dressing in preparation for a performance with her mother, Sonja.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2342
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the seventh annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival, held at the Michael J. Fox Theatre. Photographs depict a performance of a traditional dance by several young performers, and Katy Wheelhouse dressing in preparation for a performance with her mother, Sonja.
- Names
- Michael J. Fox Theatre
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2342-1: "A Ukrainian dance troupe performs at the 7th Annual Ukrainian Cultural Festival at Micheal J. Fox Theatre on Saturday. Dancers from around British Columbia and Alberta competed in various styles of Ukrainian dance and celebrated their heritage with Ukrainian music and craft displays."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2342-2: "Katy Wheelhouse gets a little with her headdress from her mom, Sonja, before competing with the Kvitka Ukrainian Dance Group at the 7th Annual Ukrainian Cultural at Burnaby's Micheal J. Fox Theatre. Dancers from around British Columbia and Alberta competed in various styles of Ukrainian dance and celebrated their heritage with Ukrainian music and craft displays."
- Geographic Access
- MacPherson Avenue
- Street Address
- 7373 MacPherson Avenue
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
Vera Jackson papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58352
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946 (date of original) -1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists mainly of photocopied newspaper articles pertaining to the McKay branch of the Royal Bank armed robberies of 1946 and 1948 which Vera Jackson (later Pel) witnessed while she was working there as a clerk. Also included in the file are photocopies of photographs of her and her mother Fl…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1946 (date of original) -1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Vera Jackson Pel subseries
- Physical Description
- 0.5 cm of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS069-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists mainly of photocopied newspaper articles pertaining to the McKay branch of the Royal Bank armed robberies of 1946 and 1948 which Vera Jackson (later Pel) witnessed while she was working there as a clerk. Also included in the file are photocopies of photographs of her and her mother Florence and younger brother Ron (along with captions and identifying marks) along with various papers (mostly photocopies) pertaining to the history of the Royal Bank.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Photocopy of Albert Parker album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9953
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1900-1960] (date of originals), copied 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (photocopies)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopies from a photograph album owned by Albert Parker with notes that were added by Lisa Langlet as she went through the content with Albert. Photocopies of photos mostly pertain to Albert Parker and family along with a few of the Love family and farmhouse including: Albert's …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Subseries
- Love family photographs subseries
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records (photocopies)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photocopies from a photograph album owned by Albert Parker with notes that were added by Lisa Langlet as she went through the content with Albert. Photocopies of photos mostly pertain to Albert Parker and family along with a few of the Love family and farmhouse including: Albert's early childhood; Albert's cousins from his mother's side (the Stanleys); Albert's cousins from his father's side (the Parkers); exterior of Love farmhouse; house at 1390 Newcombe Street; Love farmhouse porch and garden with Love family members (ca. 1900); swing at farmhouse; William Parker's half brothers and their families (Deacon); Bill Parker and his family at Christmas in the farmhouse; Pioneer day with Sarah (Love) and William Parker dressed in costume; Albert and Margaret (Peggy) Parker; Elsie (nee Parker) Hughes and family including children's class photos and Love farmhouse in winter.
- History
- Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Parker lived in the Jesse Love farmhouse with their children: Albert, Bill and Elsie from 1925. Elsie married John Hughes in 1942 and they had three children; Brent, Anne and John. Sarah Parker sold the Love farmhouse to her daughter Elsie and husband John Hughes in 1966. Elsie and John Hughes had four children; John Jr., Ann, Brent and Merle. They lived in the Love farmhouse with their son Brent until 1971.
- Names
- Parker, Albert "Bert"
- Hughes, Elsie Roberta Parker
- Parker, Sarah Maria Love
- Parker, Margaret "Peggy"
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.205
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1900-1960] (date of originals), copied 1998
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file