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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
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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.mp3Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and officials during Royal visit to Burnaby Municipal Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3560
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 7 May 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II followed by acting-mayor Hugh Ladner and his wife Valerie Ruth Ladner (in white), Prince Philip, federal Consumer Affairs Minister Ron Basford and his wife, Health Minister Ralph Loffmark, Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington and other dignitaries and a…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II followed by acting-mayor Hugh Ladner and his wife Valerie Ruth Ladner (in white), Prince Philip, federal Consumer Affairs Minister Ron Basford and his wife, Health Minister Ralph Loffmark, Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington and other dignitaries and attendants. The Queen visited Burnaby Municipal Hall on May 7, 1971. A large crowd has gathered outside the municipal hall to see her.
- Names
- Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
- Ladner, Hugh G.
- Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-2021
- Ladner, Valerie Ruth Grant
- Loffmark, Ralph
- Basford, S. Ronald "Ron"
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 7 May 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Jul-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Queen Elizabeth II and officials at Royal visit to Burnaby Municipal Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3559
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 7 May 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II followed by acting-mayor Hugh Ladner and his wife Valerie Ruth Ladner (in white), Prince Philip, federal Consumer Affairs Minister Ron Basford and his wife, Health Minister Ralph Loffmark, Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington and other dignitaries and a…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II followed by acting-mayor Hugh Ladner and his wife Valerie Ruth Ladner (in white), Prince Philip, federal Consumer Affairs Minister Ron Basford and his wife, Health Minister Ralph Loffmark, Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington and other dignitaries and attendants. The Queen visited Burnaby Municipal Hall on May 7, 1971. Queen Elizabeth II and officials are walking along the road outside of Burnaby Municipal Hall while a crowd is formed to greet them. People in the crowd are waving Canadian flags.
- Names
- Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
- Ladner, Hugh G.
- Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-2021
- Ladner, Valerie Ruth Grant
- Loffmark, Ralph
- Basford, S. Ronald "Ron"
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 7 May 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 13, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Queen Elizabeth II and officials during Royal visit to Burnaby Municipal Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1961
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 7 May 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II followed by acting-mayor Hugh Ladner and his wife Valerie Ruth Ladner (in white), Prince Philip, federal Consumer Affairs Minister Ron Basford and his wife, Health Minister Ralph Loffmark, Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington and other dignitaries and a…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II followed by acting-mayor Hugh Ladner and his wife Valerie Ruth Ladner (in white), Prince Philip, federal Consumer Affairs Minister Ron Basford and his wife, Health Minister Ralph Loffmark, Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington and other dignitaries and attendants. The Queen visited Burnaby Municipal Hall on May 7, 1971. The group is walking down the road, while a crowd looks on from either side.
- Names
- Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
- Ladner, Hugh G.
- Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-2021
- Ladner, Valerie Ruth Grant
- Loffmark, Ralph
- Basford, S. Ronald "Ron"
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.9
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 7 May 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Jul-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and officials during Royal visit to Burnaby Municipal Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3558
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 7 May 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II followed by acting-mayor Hugh Ladner and his wife Valerie Ruth Ladner (in white), Prince Philip, federal Consumer Affairs Minister Ronald Basford and his wife, Health Minister Ralph Loffmark, Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington and other dignitaries an…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II followed by acting-mayor Hugh Ladner and his wife Valerie Ruth Ladner (in white), Prince Philip, federal Consumer Affairs Minister Ronald Basford and his wife, Health Minister Ralph Loffmark, Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington and other dignitaries and attendants. The Queen visited Burnaby Municipal Hall on May 7, 1971. The group is walking down the road, while a crowd looks on from either side.
- Names
- Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
- Ladner, Hugh G.
- Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-2021
- Ladner, Valerie Ruth Grant
- Loffmark, Ralph
- Basford, S. Ronald "Ron"
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 7 May 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Jul-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from Copan Album page
Images
Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and officials during Royal visit to Burnaby Municipal Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3561
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 7 May 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II followed by acting-mayor Hugh Ladner and his wife Valerie Ruth Ladner (in white), Prince Philip, federal Consumer Affairs Minister Ronald Basford and his wife, Health Minister Ralph Loffmark, Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington and other dignitaries an…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II followed by acting-mayor Hugh Ladner and his wife Valerie Ruth Ladner (in white), Prince Philip, federal Consumer Affairs Minister Ronald Basford and his wife, Health Minister Ralph Loffmark, Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington and other dignitaries and attendants. A large crowd has gathered to see the Queen who visited the Burnaby Municipal Hall on May 7, 1971.
- Names
- Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
- Ladner, Hugh G.
- Barrington, James Alfred "Jim"
- Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-2021
- Ladner, Valerie Ruth Grant
- Loffmark, Ralph
- Basford, S. Ronald "Ron"
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 7 May 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Jul-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and officials during Royal visit to Burnaby Municipal Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3562
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 7 May 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II followed by acting-mayor Hugh Ladner and his wife Valerie Ruth Ladner (in white), Prince Philip, federal Consumer Affairs Minister Ronald Basford and his wife, Health Minister Ralph Loffmark, Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington, other dignitaries and a…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II followed by acting-mayor Hugh Ladner and his wife Valerie Ruth Ladner (in white), Prince Philip, federal Consumer Affairs Minister Ronald Basford and his wife, Health Minister Ralph Loffmark, Centennial '71 Committee chair, James Barrington, other dignitaries and attendants. A large crowd has gathered to see the Queen who visited the Burnaby Municipal Hall on May 7, 1971.
- Names
- Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
- Ladner, Hugh G.
- Barrington, James Alfred "Jim"
- Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-2021
- Ladner, Valerie Ruth Grant
- Loffmark, Ralph
- Basford, S. Ronald "Ron"
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.13
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 7 May 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Jul-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph