513 records – page 26 of 26.

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
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
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Letter from Mrs. M. MacLean re: Burnaby Art Gallery Association

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport19167
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
1839
Meeting Date
15-Jun-1981
Format
Council - Manager's Report
Manager's Report No.
27
Item No.
2
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
1839
Meeting Date
15-Jun-1981
Format
Council - Manager's Report
Manager's Report No.
27
Item No.
2
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Operating Agreement between the Burnaby Art Gallery Association and the Corporation of the District of Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport15886
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
10146
Meeting Date
25-Nov-1985
Format
Council - Manager's Report
Manager's Report No.
75
Item No.
3
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
10146
Meeting Date
25-Nov-1985
Format
Council - Manager's Report
Manager's Report No.
75
Item No.
3
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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People file - Grace and H.T. Ceperley

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66136
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1984-2000
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of information pages pertaining to Henry Tracy Ceperley, his wife Grace (Dixon) and their mansion "Fairacres" (presently the site of the Burnaby Art Gallery).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1984-2000
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
People files subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
42730
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
File consists of information pages pertaining to Henry Tracy Ceperley, his wife Grace (Dixon) and their mansion "Fairacres" (presently the site of the Burnaby Art Gallery).
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Political records

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77051
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1938-1955
Collection/Fonds
Brainerd family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
0.5 cm. of textual records.
Scope and Content
File consists of an election slip naming Lawrence Brainerd as agent for Ernie Winch, a Canadian Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publication entitled "Policy for British Columba", a leaflet created in Vancouver for and about single, unemployed men staging a sit-in in the Post Office and Art Gallery en…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1938-1955
Collection/Fonds
Brainerd family fonds
Physical Description
0.5 cm. of textual records.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS172-002
Accession Number
2013-05
Scope and Content
File consists of an election slip naming Lawrence Brainerd as agent for Ernie Winch, a Canadian Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publication entitled "Policy for British Columba", a leaflet created in Vancouver for and about single, unemployed men staging a sit-in in the Post Office and Art Gallery entitled "Post Office / 'Sitdowner's' / Gazette" and a Korean War propaganda leaflet describing the strength of the United Nations position (written in Chinese).
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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R.C. Hawkshaw

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2808
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1937
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of L / Sgt. R.C. Hawkshaw standing in front of the Jasper train station.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Hawkshaw family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of L / Sgt. R.C. Hawkshaw standing in front of the Jasper train station.
Subjects
Clothing - Uniforms
Names
Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"
Accession Code
BV996.6.43
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1937
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2/24/2011
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Caption for photograph reads: "L. / Sgt. R.C. Hawkshaw"
Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Art"
Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
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Renewal of Licence Agreement Burnaby Art Gallery Association and the Corporation of the District of Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport14276
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
9836
Meeting Date
4-Jan-1988
Format
Council - Manager's Report
Manager's Report No.
1
Item No.
3
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
9836
Meeting Date
4-Jan-1988
Format
Council - Manager's Report
Manager's Report No.
1
Item No.
3
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Retirement - Mr. Art Lorencis

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport16230
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
9292
Meeting Date
2-Jul-1985
Format
Council - Manager's Report
Manager's Report No.
46
Item No.
5
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
9292
Meeting Date
2-Jul-1985
Format
Council - Manager's Report
Manager's Report No.
46
Item No.
5
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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Riverway East and Riverway West Schools

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription87921
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926-1967 (date of originals), copied [1990]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
24 photographs : b&w copy prints + 25 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photographs of Dundonald, Riverway East, Glenwood and Riverway West schools and negatives.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1926-1967 (date of originals), copied [1990]
Collection/Fonds
Mary Forsyth fonds
Physical Description
24 photographs : b&w copy prints + 25 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
Description Level
File
Record No.
572-002
Access Restriction
In Archives only
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2014-27
Scope and Content
Photographs of Dundonald, Riverway East, Glenwood and Riverway West schools and negatives.
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Names
Riverway East School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Most of the photographs are copy prints taken from the Riverway West PTA scrapbook MSS068-001 (Bay 64 - Shelf 6)
Many of the photographs contain annotations on verso
Note in pencil on verso of photograph 572-002-1 reads: "Riverway East"
Note in pencil on verso of photograph 572-002-2 reads: "school site for/ 1) Dundonald with shed/ 2) Riverway East 1905/ 3) Glenwood"
Note in blue pen on verso of photograph 572-002-38 reads:"back row/ Miss Kidd, Donald Kin, William Waldner, Sammy Gilbert, Lucy Checkowsky, Geraldine McIntyre, Beatrice MacGowen, Jean Banon, Dorren McClure, Sady Mann, Sonny McClure, 2 Normal Students/2nd row/Eva Eng, Florence MacGowen, Evelyn Rorison, Kay Rorison, Nelie Wilson, Jessie Gilbert, Margaret Corothers, Audrey Banon, Betty Mann, Jean MacMullin/3rd row/ Hughie Rorison, Engine Banoff, David Downs, Donald McIntyre, Fred Chambers, George Eng, Anthony Checkowsky, Jimmy Wintson, Art McClure, Leonard Geall, Jack Rorison, Peter Smith, Gum Eng."
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
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Riverway West School Parent-Teachers Association subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription110
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923-1967
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
1 scrapbook.
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of a Riverway West School PTA scrapbook and photographs.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1923-1967
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Riverway West School Parent-Teachers Association subseries
Physical Description
1 scrapbook.
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1992-03
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of a Riverway West School PTA scrapbook and photographs.
History
The original Riverway West School was a one room school house built in 1923 just west of the ravine at Sussex Avenue and Marine Drive. Miss Marion Swanson was the first teacher at the school ande Mr. Morrison its first custodian. Miss Carrie Kidd taught from 1924 to 1935, with the enrolment increasing from 18 in 1924 to 42 pupils in 1929, and including grades one to seven. In 1930 grades one to four were at Riverway while the older students went to Nelson. It continued on as a one-room school of four grades until 1952. As the school was seen by parents to be “greatly lacking” for students and teachers “in comfortable accommodations and vital equipment necessary for their extra curricular and recreational needs, such as were enjoyed by children in the larger schools” they formed a parent-teacher association in September 1951 to remedy the situation. From the beginning the PTA was very active in making its desires known to the School Board and “the school was very fortunate to have an organisation which put forth such a united effort on behalf of the children”. Their first bazaar fundraiser allowed the PTA to purchase a hot plate and the necessary utensils to provide the students with soup and cocoa during the cold weather. At their request, the School Board improved the electrical wiring in the school and built a roof over the stairs to the basement and provided more sports equipment for the children. Art classes and piano classes were started through the efforts of the members and in 1953 a cub pack and a brownie pack with PTA members as Cub Leaders and Brownie Leaders was created. A ditto machine and school library were the direct results of successful bazaars held by the PTA. The PTA also made a survey of the school district in 1951 to analyse the future school population and presented the results to the School Board. Following this, a portable unit was erected beside the existing school house for use the following September. It was in use until 1958. In the late 1950s, the PTA approached the School Board and the Burnaby Parks and Recreation Commission and proposed a park on the grounds adjacent to their school to relieve a playfield deficiency. The creation of Riverway West Park was the direct result of this proposal. As Parks Planner Paul Stocksted pointed out in 1961, “All of this would not have been possible had not the people associated with the PTA insisted on the solution to the problem of inadequate play areas.” In 1957 the first unit of the new Riverway West School underwent construction. Designed by Carlberg and Jackson with Remigio Maniaga as the contractor, it was completed in September of 1957 and consisted of four classrooms, an activity room and administration facilities. A two classroom addition, also designed by Carlberg and Jackson. was completed on the last day of 1959, three months after its construction began.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Riverway West School Parent-Teachers Association
Notes
PC273, MSS068
Title based on creator and contents of subseries
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South Burnaby Garden Club minutes and correspondence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66674
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989-1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of meeting minutes and correspondence from the South Burnaby Garden Club. Included with the meeting minutes are membership lists, as well as newsletters/bulletins for Art Knapp, Mandeville Garden Centres, the BC Council of Garden Clubs and the Vancouver Rose Society.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1989-1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
South Burnaby Garden Club subseries
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS124-062
Access Restriction
Subject to FOIPPA
Reproduction Restriction
Reproductions subject to FOIPPA
Accession Number
BHS2008-17
Scope and Content
File consists of meeting minutes and correspondence from the South Burnaby Garden Club. Included with the meeting minutes are membership lists, as well as newsletters/bulletins for Art Knapp, Mandeville Garden Centres, the BC Council of Garden Clubs and the Vancouver Rose Society.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Contents of file originally held in 3-ring binder
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Stanley family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19843
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[193-]
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of five members of the Stanley family (four adults and a baby). People standing are identified left to right as; Mary Stanley, Arthur Stanley and Gertie Stanley. Man seated at table is holding a baby. The family is posed outside in front of small building.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Esther Love Stanley fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of five members of the Stanley family (four adults and a baby). People standing are identified left to right as; Mary Stanley, Arthur Stanley and Gertie Stanley. Man seated at table is holding a baby. The family is posed outside in front of small building.
Names
Stanley, Mary
Stanley, Gertrude "Gertie"
Stanley Family
Accession Code
BV022.32.265
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[193-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-05-08
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Art with his mouth open / Mary_Gertie_Baby"
Annotation in white below photograph on album page reads: "Arthur (Back)"
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Summer School classroom

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1365
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1938
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Summer School classroom furnished with tables, chairs, bookshelves, a chalkboard and easels. The school is located in Victoria, British Columbia. Five women are seated at the left side and fourteen primary grade students are engaged on various art activities.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Summer School classroom furnished with tables, chairs, bookshelves, a chalkboard and easels. The school is located in Victoria, British Columbia. Five women are seated at the left side and fourteen primary grade students are engaged on various art activities.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Buildings - Schools
Persons - Students
Accession Code
BV999.2.55
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1938
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
08-Jun-09
Scale
100
Photographer
McAllister, Kenneth "Ken"
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "K. McALLISTER/ VICTORIA/ BC"
Note in brown ink on verso of photograph reads: "1938/ Summer School"
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