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Biography Conference for Writers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription56270
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1981
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1981
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Arts Council subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 39698
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Biography- HEW - Bernie Simpson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3644
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1933-1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including notes on sources of information, correspondence, and financial reference material. Bernie Simpson was an NDP MLA in Vancouver-Fraserview (1990-1995) and a friend of Jessie Winch's.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including notes on sources of information, correspondence, and financial reference material. Bernie Simpson was an NDP MLA in Vancouver-Fraserview (1990-1995) and a friend of Jessie Winch's.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.1
- Date
- 1933-1995
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Harold Winch biography
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1934], 1982-1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards and correspondence from Winch's death, as well as newspaper clippings about Winch and his political career.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards and correspondence from Winch's death, as well as newspaper clippings about Winch and his political career.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.3
- Date
- [1934], 1982-1993
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Information for Harold Winch biography
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3647
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1935-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including newspaper clippings, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publicity material, and a photograph of the dedication of MacInnis Park in Vancouver, including Glen Clark, MLA.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including newspaper clippings, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publicity material, and a photograph of the dedication of MacInnis Park in Vancouver, including Glen Clark, MLA.
- Subjects
- Government - Provincial Government
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.4
- Date
- 1935-2003
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
New biography - Boag Foundation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3645
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1933, 1993-2002
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards, correspondence, and memorials from Winch's death, as well as correspondence relating to Ron and Florence Riley's remembrances of Winch.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including sympathy cards, correspondence, and memorials from Winch's death, as well as correspondence relating to Ron and Florence Riley's remembrances of Winch.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.2
- Date
- 1933, 1993-2002
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Shari Meakin Bursary and Biography
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription56371
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Arts Council subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 39798
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Bill McNeil presents Voice of the pioneer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1105
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McNeil, Bill, 1924-
- Publication Date
- c1988
- Call Number
- 971.06 MCN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0385251955
- 9780385251952
- Call Number
- 971.06 MCN
- Author
- McNeil, Bill, 1924-
- Contributor
- Bagnell, Kenneth, 1934-
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Publication Date
- c1988
- Physical Description
- xii, 255 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Voice of the Pioneer (Radio program)
- Interviews
- Canada--History--20th century
- Canada
- Biography
British Columbia : the pioneer years
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1451
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0889830150
- 0889830134
- Call Number
- 971.1 PAT
- Place of Publication
- Langley, B.C.
- Publisher
- Stagecoach Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- c1980
- Physical Description
- 128 p. : ill., ports.
- Inscription
- "Bev Sandercock / TR", written in pencil on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
Cop in the closet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3855
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Fossum, Jack, 1905-
- Publication Date
- c1981
- Call Number
- 971.2 FOS
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.23.60
- ISBN
- 0888390815
- Call Number
- 971.2 FOS
- Author
- Fossum, Jack, 1905-
- Place of Publication
- North Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers
- Publication Date
- c1981
- Physical Description
- 169 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- Bookplate on front pastedown reads "Property of Ted Brue" "from daughter Anita + Don" [handwritten in blue ink] "Birthday Greetings" "Oct. 21, 1982" [handwritten in black ink on front end paper]
C.W. Parker : the carnival king
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1080
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Goldsack, Bob
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Publication Date
- c1988
- Call Number
- 791.06 GOL Copy 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 791.06 GOL Copy 1
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Author
- Goldsack, Bob
- Place of Publication
- Leavenworth, KS
- Publisher
- C. W. Parker Carousel Museum
- Publication Date
- c1988
- Physical Description
- 75 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Carnival owners--Kansas
- Carnivals--Kansas--History
- Biography
- Notes
- Addendum added for the 2nd edition. plus website addresses
The dusty road from Perth
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6892
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Morton, James, 1922-
- Publication Date
- c1981
- Call Number
- 929.2 MOR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.3
- ISBN
- 0888943210
- Call Number
- 929.2 MOR
- Author
- Morton, James, 1922-
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Publication Date
- c1981
- Physical Description
- 179 p. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Scottish Canadians
- Biography
Image please : early radio broadcasting in British Columbia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5858
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Duffy, Dennis, 1956-
- Publication Date
- 1983
- Call Number
- 384.54 DUF
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 384.54 DUF
- Author
- Duffy, Dennis, 1956-
- Publisher
- Sound and Moving Image Division, Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Govt. Services, Provincial Archives
- Publication Date
- 1983
- Series
- Sound heritage series no. 38
- Physical Description
- iv, 92 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Radio broadcasting
- Radio broadcasters
- Oral history
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibiographical references
On the shady side : Vancouver, 1886-1914
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1136
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0920663044
- 9780920663042
- Call Number
- 971.1 KEL
- Author
- Keller, Betty
- Place of Publication
- Ganges, B.C.
- Publisher
- Horsdal & Schubart
- Publication Date
- c1986
- Physical Description
- ix, 121 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History--Anecdotes
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
Images
Digital Books
Records of noble lives : a book of notable English biographies
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1574
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3873.1
- Call Number
- 920 ADA
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- T. Nelson & Sons
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- vii, [9]-309 p., [10] p. ; 19 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Biography
- Notes
- Contents: Sir Philip Sidney -- Francis Bacon (Lord Verulam) -- Robert Blake -- George Monk, duke of Albemarle -- William Penn.
- Author's given name and dates: Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891
The story of my life
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3429
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Call Number
- 371.911 KEL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV994.3.3
- Call Number
- 371.911 KEL
- Author
- Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
- Contributor
- Macy, John Albert, 1877-1932
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Publication Date
- 1903
- Physical Description
- 1 v. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "Office of H.A. Dike Bralle [sic] Jobs For Blind, 148 N., Saginaw St. Pontiac -- MICH." [stamped in purple ink on front end paper and p. 433] "State Agent" [handwritten in black in on front end paper and p. 433] "One binding only" "Price $1.50 Post paid to customers" "Name, Strret number, number of books and price" [handwritten in black ink on lined blank papes found after p. 433] Lines 1-63 numbered and handwritten in black ink on lined blank pages found after p. 433
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Biography
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher Anne Mansfield Sullivan. By John Albert Macy" --T.p. "Facsimile of part of letter to Philip Brooks" handwritten by Helen Keller: p.xiii-xiv. This copy is a demostration model and a majority of the pages are not included There are 24 pages of lined blank paper after p. 433
Vancouver, the way it was
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1369
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kluckner, Michael
- Publication Date
- c1984
- Call Number
- 971.1 KLU
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0920620566
- 9780920620564
- Call Number
- 971.1 KLU
- Author
- Kluckner, Michael
- Place of Publication
- North Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Whitecap Books
- Publication Date
- c1984
- Physical Description
- 239 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 x 32 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--Pictorial works
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
Wings over the West : Russ Baker & the rise of Pacific Western Airlines
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1274
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0920080499
- Call Number
- 387.74 CON
- Author
- Condit, John
- Place of Publication
- Madeira Park, B.C.
- Publisher
- Harbour Pub.
- Publication Date
- 1984
- Physical Description
- xi, 235 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "Bill Tidball / Kelowna 87", handwritten in ink on page before title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pacific Western Airlines--History
- Air Pilots
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 228) and index.
Harold E. Winch biographical records series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3639
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1933-2003
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records relating to Harold Edward Winch and the process of writing his biography. Records include newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, publications, and one photograph. Some correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other textual records deal with the potential biography sp…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5 folders of textual records + 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records relating to Harold Edward Winch and the process of writing his biography. Records include newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, publications, and one photograph. Some correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other textual records deal with the potential biography specifically, including agreements between Jessie Winch and the Boag Foundation and financial records. It is unclear whether the biography was ever written.
- Accession Code
- BV013.12
- Date
- 1933-2003
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
Interview with Bill Gruenthal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19636
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business,…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Bill Gruenthal Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business, his knowledge and interest in Judaism, places that he and his wife lived before moving to Burnaby, family life in Burnaby and his political involvement in running for the Burnaby school board. 00:27:02 – 00:42:50 Bill Gruenthal talks about the Burquest Jewish Community Association, it’s background and his involvement, experiences of discrimination in his career, a brief history of the Jewish people and some cultural traditions. 00:42:51 – 00:56:04 Bill Gruenthal mentions some of the charities that he supports including Burnaby Hospital, his volunteer work within the community and community organizations including the Nikkei Place Foundation and shares more details on his insurance career. 00:56:05 – 01:14:37 Bill Gruenthal shares information about his Burnaby neighbourhood and Jewish funeral customs and provides his impressions of new development at Brentwood, Burnaby Council and other development projects in Burnaby.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Bill Gruenthal was born in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1935 after his parents had fled Germany in advance of the then worsening political situation. Bill’s father died in 1942; some years later his mother remarried to an Irish-born senior civil servant in that government. He had a difficult and somewhat dangerous job. Soon after marriage, the family, including Bill’s older brother, Martin, immigrated to Canada in January 1947 on the strength of his step-father’s British Passport. They traveled via New York, where Bill’s uncle and his family resided and who put up the family. Later that month, the parents travelled by CP rail from Montreal to Vancouver, followed by Bill and his brother in March 1947 who travelled from New York to White Rock on an American railroad. While passing through the Fraser Valley Bill’s parents took an interest in Silverdale, a small hamlet west of Mission where the four eventually settled. Bill finished High School in Mission and soon joined the insurance industry. Bill connected with the Jewish Community in Vancouver where he met his soon-to-be wife. Upon marriage they were transferred to Calgary; after five years suffering its cold weather they were transferred back to Vancouver. They settled in Burnaby in 1966 as an affordable neighbourhood with easy access to his office downtown Vancouver. Outside work, Bill helped raise his family of three daughters who all graduated Burnaby High School (Alpha). They joined Temple Sholom in Vancouver, and he volunteered and still volunteers for a number of non-profits, including The Jewish Museum and Archives and Nikkei Place Foundation (Burnaby). He was an early long-term supporter and a past president of Burquest Jewish Community Association, mostly involving persons from Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area (hence the name). He ran for political office in Burnaby in 1976 but was not elected. He delivers food in Burnaby for the Food Bank and is a donor to many worthy causes including Burnaby General Hospital. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Migration
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Transportation
- Transportation - Rail
- Religions - Judaism
- Cemeteries
- Organizations
- Elections
- Names
- Gruenthal, Bill
- Gruenthal, Noemi Yadlow
- O'Connor, Herta Ingrid Gruenthal
- O'Connor, John
- Burquest
- Jacobson, Max Alec
- Temple Shalom
- Brentwood Shopping Centre
- Brentwood Park School
- Alpha Secondary School
- Burnaby School Board
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0014_003.mp3