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2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19612
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1913-1925, predominant 1923-1925
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 album (151 photographs + ephemera + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a sixty page photograph album titled "2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts" with photographs and ephemera pasted onto fourty one pages. The album includes photographs of the Burnaby Boy Scouts at various events, camps and hikes, the Burnaby Girl Guides and May Day events in Burnaby and New…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 album (151 photographs + ephemera + textual records)
- Material Details
- 41 pages of album have pasted content
- 19 pages at the back of the album are blank
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a sixty page photograph album titled "2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts" with photographs and ephemera pasted onto fourty one pages. The album includes photographs of the Burnaby Boy Scouts at various events, camps and hikes, the Burnaby Girl Guides and May Day events in Burnaby and New Westminster.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
- Events - May Day
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Accession Code
- BV995.8.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1913-1925, predominant 1923-1925
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-20
- Notes
- Transcribed title from cover of photograph album
- Sticker on lower left of back cover reads, "No. D", "Glendale Album", "Made in Canada by Canadian Kodak Co., Limited. Toronto"
- Individual photographs + ephemera within album are numbered BV995.8.2 to BV995.8.153 - item level descriptions available
Images
Documents
Burnaby Girl Guides
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4592
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920 (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (textual records + 2 digital files : (pdfs) + 102 photographs : (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images and selected contents from a scrapbook with 38 double sided pages containing mostly photographs with some newspaper clippings, written material and emphemera including a page of badges and ribbons which reads "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926 / 1st Burnaby" …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (textual records + 2 digital files : (pdfs) + 102 photographs : (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images and selected contents from a scrapbook with 38 double sided pages containing mostly photographs with some newspaper clippings, written material and emphemera including a page of badges and ribbons which reads "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926 / 1st Burnaby" and an embroidered alphabet of the Morse Code. The third page of the scrapbook includes a four page chronology titled "History of Guiding - Burnaby / 1913 - 1960" compiled by Mrs. Dolly Weber, Mrs. J. Heaps, Miss Eileen Periton, Mrs. J. Albertson and D. Fowler. The scrapbook also includes an original letter and post-script from Lady Olave Baden-Powell to Mrs. Fowler dated November 5, 1961; a typewritten copy of: "TSOONA" / PROVINCIAL GUIDE CAMPSITE - ROSEDALE B.C." and a three page typewritten copy of "THE CAMPFIRE / Volume 1, No. 4 _ November 1935 _ Vancouver, B.C.". Many of the events documented in photographs [between 1914 and 1969] are identified on each page and read as the following: "Burnaby Brownies - Guides & Rangers" / "Early 1920" (1 photograph); "Ambulance / Display / 1st. Co."; "Girl Guide Rally - New Westminster and / Burnaby - June 16, 1923" (5 photographs); "Girl Guide Rally - New Westminster and / Burnaby - June 16, 1923" (5 photographs); "Burnaby Guides and / Brownies / June 17, 1923" (5 photographs); "April 1923" (1 photograph); "June 1923 / 2nd Burnaby Company" (1 photograph); "Burnaby May Day / 26.5.28"(2 photographs); "Sechelt 1929_ 2nd "B" Company" (2 photographs); "Leaders and Seconds / 2nd Burnaby / Grouse Mountain" (1 photograph); "Sechelt 1929 / Commandant Mrs. Peal" (1 photograph); "2nd Company / June 1930" (1 photograph); "1932 / 2nd Company at Rally / Municipal Hall Grounds" (1 photograph) ; "First Burnaby Folk Dancing team / Winners of the E.F.D. cup 1940--41-42" (1 photograph); "1st Burnaby Company / winners of Bessborough Shield / 1942 / Captain L. Crane" (1 photograph); "May 6th 1935 / Dedication of flag at Central Park" (1 photograph); "May Day Celebration / Burnaby B.C. May 6th 1935 / Stride Studios Photos" (1 photograph); "Mrs. Don Wilks / Mrs. Georgie / Runcie / Publicity Photo re- / Brownie / Training / 1958-60" (1 photograph); "Kathleen Anderson / about 1958-60?" (1 photograph); "1957 / Burnaby Camp Site / at / Wilson Creek" (1 photograph); "Work Party (1958)" (1 photograph); "Burnaby Camp Site / Spring 1958 / Cabins & Staff Houses / Dining Shelter / Cabins" (3 photographs); "Can. Girl Guide Assoc. - Provincial Leaders Conference / April 14-15/61 Civic Centre, Prince George, BC" (1 photograph) ; "June 8th, 1958 / Opening / Ceremonies / Burnaby Site / Wilson Creek / Camp Site" (4 photographs); 2 unidentified photographs [ca.1915] of a large group of Girl Guides gathered on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds (photo credit- Leonard Frank); 1 unidentified photograph of a group of Girl Guides gathered for a group portrait [ca.1914]; "Girl Guide Camp / Granthams / Landing / July 1923" (4 photographs); 4 unidentified photographs of girl guides gathered on the ship "Lady Evelyn" [ca. 1920]; "Burnaby Girl Guides" 1918; "First Burnaby Girl Guides 1920" (2 photographs on page); "2nd Co. 1923" (1 photograph) "1st Burnaby Co." [1923] (1 photograph); "Gypsy Scene - Concert / Mar 17, 1923 / Unveiling / War / Memorial / Edmonds / 1923" (3 photographs on page); "Faith Jacobson / 1961" (2 photographs); "Eve MacLean / 1961" (1 photograph); "Beverley Simkin of Montreal and Judy Robins / of the S.R.S. Royal Oak taken on the day they / sailed from Montreal for the Ranger Camp at / "Our Chalet" in Adelboden, Switzerland, May 1962" (1 photograph) and "Religion & Life Emblem / Diane Peters 11th Bby. Co. / Rev. G.W. Luetkehodeter / 1961" (2 photographs on one page).
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.164
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920 (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
- Maywood Area
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Digital images were created of the scrapbook prior to selective retention of original records that were removed for conservation purposes
- Some textual records that were selected for retention have been described at file level under BV015.35.164: "Tsoona" Provincial Guide Campsite - Rosedale B.C." and Burnaby Girl Guides newsletter, "The Campfire" (November 1935)
- Photographs that were retained from scrapbook have been described at item level (BV015.35.221 to BV015.35.284)
- Some textual records and ephemera that were selected for retention have been described at item level (BV015.35.320, BV015.35.321, and BV015.35.334 to BV015.35.348).
Images
Documents
Burnaby May Day proclamation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19579
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 8 Apr. 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 p. textual record
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a Burnaby May Day Proclamation April 8, 1925 from chairman, Mrs. Hawkshaw. One is a signed copy and the other is unsigned draft.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 p. textual record
- Material Details
- orignal and transcript copy
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a Burnaby May Day Proclamation April 8, 1925 from chairman, Mrs. Hawkshaw. One is a signed copy and the other is unsigned draft.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Accession Code
- HV977.17.4
- Date
- 8 Apr. 1925
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Documents
Correspondence re: estate of Ann Elisabeth Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10086
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1915-1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a series of letters from solicitors in England concerning the settlement of the estate and properties of Ann Elisabeth Love (sister of Jesse Love) as well as disbursement of stocks invested in the English railways. The file also includes an add taken out bythe Executors in Swindon …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a series of letters from solicitors in England concerning the settlement of the estate and properties of Ann Elisabeth Love (sister of Jesse Love) as well as disbursement of stocks invested in the English railways. The file also includes an add taken out bythe Executors in Swindon regarding five houses on Lots 1-5 that were owned by Ann Elisabeth Love.
- History
- See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Accession Code
- BV012.31.18
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1915-1920
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Love family correspondence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10087
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1880-1911
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a series of personal letters from family members in England to Jesse and Martha Love., including; Sept 22, 1880- to Jesse and Martha Love from Jesse's mother Elizabeth Love; June 7th, 1880- to Jesse from his mother Elizabeth Love; June 9th, 1880- Letter to Jesse Love from his moth…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a series of personal letters from family members in England to Jesse and Martha Love., including; Sept 22, 1880- to Jesse and Martha Love from Jesse's mother Elizabeth Love; June 7th, 1880- to Jesse from his mother Elizabeth Love; June 9th, 1880- Letter to Jesse Love from his mother Elizabeth Love; April 26, 1880 - to Jesse and Martha Love from Jesse's mother Elizabeth Love; May 21, 1881 -To Jesse Love from one of his sisters regarding his mother's death; Jan 18, 1892 - Swindon - to Jesse from his sister, informing him of his father's death; 8th Jan 1906 - to Jesse from his sister,Torie Love; 28 Oct 1910 - to Martha Love from Jesse's sister Torie Love; 27th, (month?) 1910 - to Jesse Love and one of his sisters from Jesse's sister Torie; 14th July 1911 - Letter to Jesse and Martha Love from Jesse's sister Torie; an envelope - addressed to "Mr. Jesse Love / East Burnaby, New Westminster / B.C." postmarked "Jan __ 05 / SWINDON STATION" (does not appear to relate to any of the dates of the letters) and a small evelope addressed to : "Mrs Love / Burnaby".
- History
- See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Accession Code
- BV012.31.19
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1880-1911
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- Feb-02-2012
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Images
Memorial cards for Martha Love
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10093
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1920
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a three memorial cards for Martha Love which read: "In Loving Memory / OF / Martha Love / BELOVED WIFE OF JESSE LOVE / CUMBERLAND ROAD, BURNABY, B.C. / Died August 24RD. 1920 / AGED 62 YEARS / INTERRED IN I.O.O.F. CEMETERY, SAPPERTON / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., AUGUST 26TH, 1920". A s…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a three memorial cards for Martha Love which read: "In Loving Memory / OF / Martha Love / BELOVED WIFE OF JESSE LOVE / CUMBERLAND ROAD, BURNABY, B.C. / Died August 24RD. 1920 / AGED 62 YEARS / INTERRED IN I.O.O.F. CEMETERY, SAPPERTON / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., AUGUST 26TH, 1920". A short, religious poem is printed on the inside face of the card. "IN LOVING / MEMORY" with an image of a rose is printed on the front face of the card.
- History
- See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Accession Code
- BV012.31.25
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1920
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 7-May-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Images
50th Anniversary G.G.C.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4594
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1926-1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (51 photographs + 1 postcard + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a scrapbook with a handpainted wood cover titled "50th Anniversary / G.G.C". The scrapbook documents events and ceremonies of the 4th Guide Company with the first half of the scrapbook containing photographs and documents regarding the 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides which was cele…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (51 photographs + 1 postcard + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a scrapbook with a handpainted wood cover titled "50th Anniversary / G.G.C". The scrapbook documents events and ceremonies of the 4th Guide Company with the first half of the scrapbook containing photographs and documents regarding the 50th Anniversary of Girl Guides which was celebrated at St. Nicholas Church in 1960 while the second half documents earlier events from 1926, as well as other events in the 1960s such as; "Year of the Golden Jubilee", a parade in North Burnaby as well as Thinking Day 1976-1978, banquets, a disco contest, camping on Hollyburn mountain and a visit to Victoria in 1979. On November 3rd, 1926 the company was registered as the 5th Burnaby Guide company, in 1951 the number was changed to the 4th Vancouver Guide Company and in 1956 the number was changed to the 4th Burnaby Company.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.166
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1926-1979]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Items within scrapbook have been redacted in compliance with Section 22 of FIPPA
- A selection of photographs are described at item level (BV015.35.285 to BV.015.35.300).
Images
Documents
Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19284
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1900-1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (429 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph album consists of photographs of various members of the Love family, relatives, friends and descendants including the members of the Brandrith, Stanley, Whiting and MacKenzie families. Album includes photographs taken by family members as well as portrait photographers that document even…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph album (429 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph album consists of photographs of various members of the Love family, relatives, friends and descendants including the members of the Brandrith, Stanley, Whiting and MacKenzie families. Album includes photographs taken by family members as well as portrait photographers that document events, celebrations, gatherings, travels throughout British Columbia, various residences and vacation homes. Album and annotations were created by Esther Love Stanley and descendants.
- Creator
- Stanley, Esther Love
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1900-1928]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of album
- Individual photographs within album are described at item level BV022.32.2 to BV022.32.430
- Duplicate photographs within album were not accessioned or described
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Documents
May Day invitations
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57753
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of invitations to the crowning of Beulah Toebaert as Burnaby's 1927 May Queen, as well as invitations to a Complimentary Banquet for "MISS BEULAH TOEBAERT / AND MAIDS OF HONOUR". Both events were to take place on May 28, 1927.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS013-002
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of invitations to the crowning of Beulah Toebaert as Burnaby's 1927 May Queen, as well as invitations to a Complimentary Banquet for "MISS BEULAH TOEBAERT / AND MAIDS OF HONOUR". Both events were to take place on May 28, 1927.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
May Day invitations
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57754
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation to the crowning of Sylvia Murley as Burnaby's 1928 May Queen, as well as an invitation to a Complimentary Banquet for "MISS SYLVIA MURLEY / AND MAIDS OF HONOUR". Both events were to take place on May 26, 1928.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- George Jeffery subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS013-003
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- File consists of an invitation to the crowning of Sylvia Murley as Burnaby's 1928 May Queen, as well as an invitation to a Complimentary Banquet for "MISS SYLVIA MURLEY / AND MAIDS OF HONOUR". Both events were to take place on May 26, 1928.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Yanko family album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74513
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917-1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Yanko family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 album (219 photographs : b&w and col.) + 10 accompanying photographs and 4 newspaper clippings
- Scope and Content
- Photographic album documenting John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and their daughters as well as early photographs of the Carman and Yanko families. Photographs depict baby and young childhood photographs of the daughters, other family members, family parties and events …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1917-1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Yanko family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 album (219 photographs : b&w and col.) + 10 accompanying photographs and 4 newspaper clippings
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 545-251
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2012-09
- Scope and Content
- Photographic album documenting John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko and their daughters as well as early photographs of the Carman and Yanko families. Photographs depict baby and young childhood photographs of the daughters, other family members, family parties and events (including weddings), and the family home and travels. Included with the album are loose newspaper clippings from the 1950s.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
Blythe Eagles papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58060
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers belonging to Drs Blythe Eagles which pertain to his schooling at the University of Toronto, including report cards, notes, textbooks, examination booklets, Centenary programmes and event invitations. Also included in the file are two Christmas cards and a bankbook.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920-1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Eagles family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS055-013
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-18
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers belonging to Drs Blythe Eagles which pertain to his schooling at the University of Toronto, including report cards, notes, textbooks, examination booklets, Centenary programmes and event invitations. Also included in the file are two Christmas cards and a bankbook.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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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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