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Interview with Lizette Pappas
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20334
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 7 Nov. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 sound recordings (wav) (137 min., 12 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (137 min., 12 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Lizette Pappas conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 7, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:41:04 Lizette provides details on her family background in Greece, recalls her early childhood in Naxos, her families’ migrati…
- 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
- 3 sound recordings (wav) (137 min., 12 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (137 min., 12 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: James Binks Interviewees: Lizette Pappas Location of Interview: Fraser Wilson Room, Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: November 7, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 3 Total Length of all Tracks: 02:17:12 Digital master recordings (wav) were converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Lizette Pappas conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 7, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:41:04 Lizette provides details on her family background in Greece, recalls her early childhood in Naxos, her families’ migration to Canada and their experiences as new immigrants living in Penticton. Lizette shares information about her husband including his Greek origins, his migration story, and how they met as well as information about their careers and raising their family in Burnaby. 41:05 – 01:10:52 Lizette talks about living in Penticton and helping out in the family restaurant business. Lizette describes some of the challenges that they faced and describes some of the foods that they served and reflects on what it means to be a Greek immigrant in British Columbia. 01:10:53– 01:36:32 Lizette talks about her life in Burnaby, her involvement with the Ladies Philoptochos Society, a back to your roots group, the Hellenic Community, the importance of sharing Greek culture, traditions and food with the younger generation and her experiences celebrating Greek culture while attending university. 01:36:33 – 01:54:39 Lizette talks more about her families’ life in Penticton as Greek immigrants, their experiences and accomplishments, her experiences visiting Greece after immigrating to Canada and her husbands’ experiences living in Greece. 01:54:40 – 02:03:59 Lizette reflects on the impacts of COVID in the restaurant industry, community building and urban development in Burnaby and makes comparisons to communities in Greece. 02:04:00 – 02:17:14 Talks about the origin of her name, shares the story of how her name evolved over time after she immigrated to Canada and shares examples of some of the traditional family names that have been passed down through generations.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Lizette Pappas was born in Apeiranthos on the island of Naxos in Greece in 1948 to parents Florio Vassilakakis and Paraskevi Vassilakis. In 1956, Lizette immigrated to Canada with her parents and her two older brothers. With the help of Lizette’s uncle, her family settled in Penticton and in 1958, Lizette’s younger sister was born. Lizette’s birth name was Elisa Vassilakakis but when she immigrated to Canada she was given the first name “Alice” on her immigration documents. Soon after, when she was enrolled in elementary school, her aunt suggested that she use the name “Lizette” instead of “Alice” and Lizette became the first name she’s continued to use since. While living in Penticton, Lizette’s parents first worked doing manual labour in the fruit industry before buying their own restaurant in 1968. Lizette obtained her teaching degree from the University of British Columbia. In 1972, Lizette met her future husband Basile Pappas and they were married in 1975. After marrying, Lizette and her husband settled in the Brentwood area of Burnaby and began raising their two children. Lizette, her husband and children moved back to Penticton in late 1979 to join her family running two restaurants and a nightclub. After a number of years, Lizette, her husband and two children returned to their home in the Brentwood area of Burnaby. Lizette has worked as a teacher with the Vancouver School Board and has been involved with various organizations including “Back to our Roots” and “Philoptochos Ladies Society”. Interviewer biography: James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Religions
- Organizations - Women's Societies and Clubs
- Persons - Greek Canadians
- Migration
- Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
- Names
- Pappas, Elisa Alice "Lizette" Vassilakakis
- Vassilakakis, Florio
- Vassilakis, Paraskevi
- Love, John Agapitos
- Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society
- Hellenic Community of Vancouver
- Responsibility
- Binks, James
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.20
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 7 Nov. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcript available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Lizette Pappas, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 7 Nov. 2023
Interview with Lizette Pappas, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 7 Nov. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0020_004.mp3![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) 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
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
Ivy and Margaret McGeachie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4856
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1941
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia : 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie with her sister Margaret. Both girls are dressed in Girl Guide uniforms and standing outside in what might be their backyard.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia : 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie with her sister Margaret. Both girls are dressed in Girl Guide uniforms and standing outside in what might be their backyard.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.207
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1941
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 14/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
Ivy and Margaret McGeachie on roller skates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4846
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 8.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in their Girl Guide uniforms and wearing roller skates. The sisters have their hands clasped together and appear to be dancing while wearing white roller skates.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 8.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in their Girl Guide uniforms and wearing roller skates. The sisters have their hands clasped together and appear to be dancing while wearing white roller skates.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.197
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1948
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page5/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
Ivy and Margaret McGeachie saluting
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4857
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1942
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia : 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie with her sister Margaret. Both girls are dressed in Girl Guide uniforms and making the Girl Guide salute with their right hands. They are standing outside in a garden.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia : 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie with her sister Margaret. Both girls are dressed in Girl Guide uniforms and making the Girl Guide salute with their right hands. They are standing outside in a garden.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.208
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1942
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 14/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Ivy McGeachie, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0199_001.jpg?width=280)
Ivy McGeachie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4848
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1948]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie wearing a Girl Guide uniform and sitting on the ground before the 2nd Burnaby Girl Guides go hiking.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie wearing a Girl Guide uniform and sitting on the ground before the 2nd Burnaby Girl Guides go hiking.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.199
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 6/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Ivy McGeachie, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0199_001.jpg)
![Ivy McGeachie, [between 1948 and 1955] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0202_001.jpg?width=280)
Ivy McGeachie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4852
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie wearing a Girl Guide uniform and seated in a wooden adirondack style chair in a garden outside an unidentified house.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie wearing a Girl Guide uniform and seated in a wooden adirondack style chair in a garden outside an unidentified house.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.202
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1948 and 1955]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 10/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Ivy McGeachie, [between 1948 and 1955] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0202_001.jpg)
Ivy McGeachie at Topysy Turvy Day Camp
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4843
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie standing in uniform in front of a white tent at "Topsy Turvy Day Camp 1948".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie standing in uniform in front of a white tent at "Topsy Turvy Day Camp 1948".
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.194
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1948
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 3/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
Ivy McGeachie in Sea Ranger uniform
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4858
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1942
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 6.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie dressed in what may be a Sea Ranger uniform with a white cap and white shirt. She is standing outside at a camp.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 6.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie dressed in what may be a Sea Ranger uniform with a white cap and white shirt. She is standing outside at a camp.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.209
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1942
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on front of photograph reads: "Camp__1942"
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 14/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
Ivy McGeachie in tent
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4842
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie holding a book and seated on the ground inside a white tent at the Burnaby District Camp in Aldergrove, B.C.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie holding a book and seated on the ground inside a white tent at the Burnaby District Camp in Aldergrove, B.C.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.193
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1948
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 2/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Ivy McGeachie on roller skates, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0192_001.jpg?width=280)
Ivy McGeachie on roller skates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4841
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1948]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie in a Girl Guide uniform and wearing white roller skates. Ivy has her arms outstreched in the air and is balancing on one skate.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie in a Girl Guide uniform and wearing white roller skates. Ivy has her arms outstreched in the air and is balancing on one skate.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.192
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note handwritten in pencil on front of photograph reads: "Love / from / Ivy"
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Ivy McGeachie on roller skates, [1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0192_001.jpg)
Ivy McGeachie on roller skates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4844
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 8.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie in her Girl Guide uniform and wearing roller skates.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 8.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ivy McGeachie in her Girl Guide uniform and wearing roller skates.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.196
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1948
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page5/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![The Magic Forest, [194-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0171_001.jpg?width=280)
The Magic Forest
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4819
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of unidentified members of the 5th Burnaby Brownie Pack dressed in white bunny costumes. The Brownies are dressed in costume to perform "The Magic Forest" story at the Girl Guide Rally at the Hastings Auditorium. The group of girls are gathered together on the floor of the auditorium wit…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of unidentified members of the 5th Burnaby Brownie Pack dressed in white bunny costumes. The Brownies are dressed in costume to perform "The Magic Forest" story at the Girl Guide Rally at the Hastings Auditorium. The group of girls are gathered together on the floor of the auditorium with members of the audience in the bleachers behind them.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.171
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [194-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- March 8, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Label beneath photograph reads: "BROWNIES IN WHITE. BROWNIES' CONTRIBUTION TO THE GIRL / GUIDE RALLY SATURDAY NIGHT AT HASTINGS AUDITORIUM CONSISTED / OF A FANTASY STORY KNOWN TO ALL / THEIR MEMBERS."
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "5th Brownie Pack" 1948-1965 Item BV015.35.156
Images
![The Magic Forest, [194-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0171_001.jpg)
![Margaret McGeachie on roller skates, [ca. 1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0191_001.jpg?width=280)
Margaret McGeachie on roller skates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4840
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [ca. 1948]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Margaret Knoke (nee McGeachie) in a Girl Guide uniform and wearing white roller skates
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 18 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Margaret Knoke (nee McGeachie) in a Girl Guide uniform and wearing white roller skates
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.191
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [ca. 1948]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Margaret McGeachie on roller skates, [ca. 1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0191_001.jpg)
![May Aikenhead Scrapbook, [1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0326_folded.jpg?width=280)
May Aikenhead Scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9664
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 75 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty pages of pasted copies of newspaper clippings of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1940 . The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of the British Royal Family, newspaper clip…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 75 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Material Details
- Pre-printed design on front cover of scrapbook reads: “SCRAP / BOOK", with red, green, and black illustrations of scissors and a bottle of paste.
- White, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "FORGET-ME-NOT PATROL / SCRAP BOOK" in red ink.
- More recent white, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "From: May Aikenhead / 97 years old / Burnaby Royal Trefoil / 2001".
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty pages of pasted copies of newspaper clippings of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1940 . The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of the British Royal Family, newspaper clippings about the death of King George V, the not-to-be coronation of Edward VIII, and the eventual coronation of King George IV. Miscellaneous general clippings and photographs about Girl Guides and Scouts are also present.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.326
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of scrapbook
- Selected ephemera from scrapbook are described at as artifact (BV015.35.328 to BV015.35.330)
Images
![May Aikenhead Scrapbook, [1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0326_folded.jpg)
Documents
![May Aikenhead Scrapbook, [1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0327_folded.jpg?width=280)
May Aikenhead Scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 77 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty-six pages of pasted copies of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1937. The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of Canadian Governor General John Buchan, the British Royal Fam…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 77 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Material Details
- Pre-printed design in black on front cover of scrapbook reads: “SCRAPS".
- White, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "From: May Aikenhead / 97 years old / Burnaby Royal Trefoil / 2001 / (1936)".
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty-six pages of pasted copies of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1937. The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of Canadian Governor General John Buchan, the British Royal Family, the death of King George V, the not-to-be coronation of Edward VIII, and the eventual coronation of King George IV. Miscellaneous general clippings and photographs about Girl Guides and Scouts are also present.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.327
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of scrapbook
Images
![May Aikenhead Scrapbook, [1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0327_folded.jpg)
Documents
![Peggy Barley, [1949] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0210_001.jpg?width=280)
Peggy Barley
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4859
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1949]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 6.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of 16 yr. old Peggy Barley dressed in a Girl Guide uniform and standing on the front stairs outside of a house. Peggy Barley was the first Burnaby girl to win the coveted Gold Cords. Peggy is the daughter of Mrs. W. Barley of 697 Richmond Street and received this distinction at a ceremon…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 6.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of 16 yr. old Peggy Barley dressed in a Girl Guide uniform and standing on the front stairs outside of a house. Peggy Barley was the first Burnaby girl to win the coveted Gold Cords. Peggy is the daughter of Mrs. W. Barley of 697 Richmond Street and received this distinction at a ceremony at the All Saints South Burnaby Church when she passed from the 2nd Company to the Royal Oak Sea Rangers. Peggy was first a Girl Guide in eastern Canada before moving to Burnaby when she joined the 2nd Burnaby Company.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.210
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1949]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 16/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
![Peggy Barley, [1949] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2015/2015_0035_0210_001.jpg)
Personal Logs 1947-1966
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55144
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947-1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record and 14 photographs : b&w negatives ; 16 mm
- Scope and Content
- File includes photographs of a swim meet
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947-1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record and 14 photographs : b&w negatives ; 16 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 39313
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- File includes photographs of a swim meet
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
Presentation of 3 proficiency badges and 17 golden bars
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4817
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- April 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken on April 7th, 1948 of the "Presentation of 3 Proficiency Badges and 17 Golden Bars". The item is a group photograph of twenty two Brownies and three Girl Guide leaders in uniforms in front of an unidentified church in Burnaby. The Girl Guide leaders are standing behind the girls an…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken on April 7th, 1948 of the "Presentation of 3 Proficiency Badges and 17 Golden Bars". The item is a group photograph of twenty two Brownies and three Girl Guide leaders in uniforms in front of an unidentified church in Burnaby. The Girl Guide leaders are standing behind the girls and are identified from L to R as: Betty McPherson, Mrs. Coupland and Mrs. Hebron. The Brownies are seated on the steps in front of the Girl Guide leaders and are identified first row L to R: Dianne Smith, June Walker, __, __, Sheila McRae, Judy Beatty; second row L to R : Grace Martin, __,Lorna Steele, __, Norma Davidson, Joan Bates, ___,___; third row L to R : ___, Doreen Hayward, ___, ___, Ethel Smedley, Marilyn Cooper.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Ceremonies - Awards
- Buildings - Religious - Churches
- Names
- 5th Burnaby Brownie Pack
- Bate, May
- Girl Guides of Canada
- McPherson, Betty
- Hebron, Kathleen Billingham
- Bates, Joan
- McRae, Sheila
- Walker, June
- Beatty, Judy
- Steele, Lorna
- Davidson, Norma
- Smith, Dianne
- Martin, Grace
- Hayward, Doreen
- Smedley, Ethel
- Cooper, Marilyn
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.169
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- April 1948
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- October 22, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Transcribed title from page of scrapbook
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook page from "5th Brownie Pack" 1948-1965 Item BV015.35.156
Images
![Robert Peers in his Cadet uniform, [1940] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-429.jpg?width=280)
Robert Peers in his Cadet uniform
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39110
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers, wearing a cadet uniform at the family home in Winnipeg.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-429
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers, wearing a cadet uniform at the family home in Winnipeg.
- Names
- Peers, Robert C.K.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Robert Peers in his Cadet uniform, [1940] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-429.jpg)