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Heritage and travel papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58190
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958-1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to Heritage and travel including Pioneer Tours flyers, newspaper clippings, membership list for what is believed to be the Heritage British Columbia Association and Heritage Canada brochures. Also included in the file are souvenir badges.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958-1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Evelyn Salisbury subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS061-030
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-24
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to Heritage and travel including Pioneer Tours flyers, newspaper clippings, membership list for what is believed to be the Heritage British Columbia Association and Heritage Canada brochures. Also included in the file are souvenir badges.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Hazel Peterson photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62794
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- ca. 60 photographs : b&w and col. -- 2 prints : col. illustrations
- Scope and Content
- File consists of loose photographs of Hazel Peterson (nee Erickson), as well as photographs of her family and parents, Charles and Amanda Erickson, and her husband, Edwin Peterson. Photographs are from all stages of Hazel Peterson's life, including infancy and childhood and later years of her life,…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880-2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Hazel Peterson subseries
- Physical Description
- ca. 60 photographs : b&w and col. -- 2 prints : col. illustrations
- Material Details
- Some photographs remain in frames or paper covers.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 504-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2000-08
- Scope and Content
- File consists of loose photographs of Hazel Peterson (nee Erickson), as well as photographs of her family and parents, Charles and Amanda Erickson, and her husband, Edwin Peterson. Photographs are from all stages of Hazel Peterson's life, including infancy and childhood and later years of her life, including a trip to Hawaii in 1982. File includes studio portraits, cartes de visites, postcards, and some illustrations.
- Subjects
- Travel
- Persons - Children
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
- Note on verso of 504-022 reads: "This was taken several years ago / Your niece / Hazel Petersen (at left)"
- Note on verso of 504-027 reads: "Hazel Erickson Peterson"
- Note on verso of 504-028 reads: "all of us except Ethel" and identifies the siblings in the photo
- Note on verso of 504-029 reads: "not such a bad picture considering" and identifies the people in the photo.
- Note on verso of 504-030 reads: "Agnus McDonald" and "Touch up outline of deer"
- Note on envelope for 504-039:504-041 reads: "Hazel Petersen resided at Dania Home, Burnaby, for 20 years before her death shortly before her 100th birthday."
3900-3978 Hastings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93809
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 12, 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of a two-storey commercial building located at 3900 through 3978 Hastings Street, with a residential tower visible behind it. Stores visible in the photograph include: Budget Video, a dental centre, a produce store, Autoplan Insurance, Da Vinci Travel, Great Pacific Management, and Hea…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 12, 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 622-057
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2017-39
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of a two-storey commercial building located at 3900 through 3978 Hastings Street, with a residential tower visible behind it. Stores visible in the photograph include: Budget Video, a dental centre, a produce store, Autoplan Insurance, Da Vinci Travel, Great Pacific Management, and Head Waze Hair and Skin Studio.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in
- File no. 92-336-B
- Photographer identified as "J.C."
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Joan Bellinger writings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98235
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968-1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of articles, stories, and poems written by Joan Bellinger and published by a variety of outlets including the Vancouver Sun, the Western Producer, Sunday Magazine, and Discover British Columbia and other travel and gardening magazines. The writings are collected in a coil-bound exerc…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968-1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bernard Bellinger subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS035-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-17
- Scope and Content
- File consists of articles, stories, and poems written by Joan Bellinger and published by a variety of outlets including the Vancouver Sun, the Western Producer, Sunday Magazine, and Discover British Columbia and other travel and gardening magazines. The writings are collected in a coil-bound exercise book. File also includes a copy of the Spring 1990 edition of Lougheed Mall's "Discover" magazine that includes an article by Bellinger titled "A Flood of Memories from Years Gone by".
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Image Bank exhibition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88250
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File contains a letter regarding the extended scheduled dates and locations of the "Images of Burnaby" travelling photographic exhibition, which travelled to various locations within Burnaby and Douglas College in New Westminster between 1992-1993.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS187-001
- Access Restriction
- Open Access
- Accession Number
- 2014-28
- Scope and Content
- File contains a letter regarding the extended scheduled dates and locations of the "Images of Burnaby" travelling photographic exhibition, which travelled to various locations within Burnaby and Douglas College in New Westminster between 1992-1993.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Images of Burnaby: Travelling Photograph Exhibition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88362
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one program for [t]he Images of Burnaby/ Travelling Photograph Exhibition and a poster.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1992-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS131-003
- Access Restriction
- Open Access
- Accession Number
- BHS2004-13
- Scope and Content
- File consists of one program for [t]he Images of Burnaby/ Travelling Photograph Exhibition and a poster.
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Burnaby Lake / Goose Egg Addling
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91688
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 17, 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of a group of BCIT students and their instructor addling Canadian geese eggs on Burnaby Lake. Addling is a wildlife management practice used to limit flock growth and stabilize bird populations. Members of the group are depicted wearing orange life jackets and travell…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 17, 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 618-006
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of a group of BCIT students and their instructor addling Canadian geese eggs on Burnaby Lake. Addling is a wildlife management practice used to limit flock growth and stabilize bird populations. Members of the group are depicted wearing orange life jackets and travelling by canoe to geese nests, agitating geese away from their nests, addling eggs, and returning the eggs to the nests. Also included in the file are three photographs of Canadian geese tending to their nests.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from slide sheet
- Geographic Access
- Brunette River
- Burnaby Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
Interview data and images of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88255
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records including correspondence, labels and a brochure for the "Images of Burnaby" travelling photograph exhibition, a brochure authored by Len Evenden titled " Simon Fraser Celebrates the Burnaby Centennial- Projects in Process" and a document titled "SFU (Simon Fraser University…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS187-005
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- 2014-28
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records including correspondence, labels and a brochure for the "Images of Burnaby" travelling photograph exhibition, a brochure authored by Len Evenden titled " Simon Fraser Celebrates the Burnaby Centennial- Projects in Process" and a document titled "SFU (Simon Fraser University)/Burnaby Centennial History Project Interview Data April 1990- Burnaby, The Suburb of Happy Homes in The Space between Two Cities."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
North Fraser Harbour Commission / Fraser River
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91706
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 25, 1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm + 65 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of the Fraser River. Sawmills and industrial buildings line the banks of the river which is populated with tugboats, drifting timber rafts, and sawdust barges. Photographs were taken from a boat travelling down the river and the bow of the boat is visible in one of th…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 25, 1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm + 65 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 618-024
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of the Fraser River. Sawmills and industrial buildings line the banks of the river which is populated with tugboats, drifting timber rafts, and sawdust barges. Photographs were taken from a boat travelling down the river and the bow of the boat is visible in one of the photographs.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from label on slide sheets
- Note in blue ink on recto of slide sheets photographs 618-024-001 : 618-024-15 and 618-024-27 : 618-024-38 were originally housed in read: "May 25 94 / North Fraser Harbour Commission / Fraser River"
- Note in blue ink on recto of slide sheet photographs 618-024-16 : 618-024-26 were originally housed in reads: "May 25 94 / North Fraser Harbour Commission / Fraser River / Irene Frith"
- Note in blue ink on slide sheet photographs 618-039 : 618-039-40 originally housed in read: "Fraser River / May 25 94"
- Note in blue ink on negative envelopes reads: "Fraser River / May 25 94"
- Geographic Access
- Fraser River
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
Planting PULO Beetles, Bby. Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91698
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 28, 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists photographs of leaf-eating beetles being planted in Burnaby Lake. Beetles were released around the lake in order to reduce the population of purple loosestrife in the wetlands. Photographs depict a team of four individuals travelling around the lake by canoe, releasing the beetles f…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 28, 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 618-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- File consists photographs of leaf-eating beetles being planted in Burnaby Lake. Beetles were released around the lake in order to reduce the population of purple loosestrife in the wetlands. Photographs depict a team of four individuals travelling around the lake by canoe, releasing the beetles from white styrofoam containers, and beetles on foliage.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from label on original slide sheets
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
Images
![Interview with Shirley Cohn, [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023 thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0001_001.JPG?width=280)
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) recording 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
Images
![Interview with Shirley Cohn, [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023 thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0001_001.JPG)
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.mp3