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Dominion Bridge Company Twenty-five Year Club Dinner
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- November 8, 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the seventh annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Sitting in the front row are; (left to right): H. V. Appleton, E. B. Westover (ex Winnipeg), J. McStay, P. Pamphlet, J. Jagger, R. Smith, E. Cockriell, A. Lu…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the seventh annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Sitting in the front row are; (left to right): H. V. Appleton, E. B. Westover (ex Winnipeg), J. McStay, P. Pamphlet, J. Jagger, R. Smith, E. Cockriell, A. Lucas, R. Strachan, A. Daly, J. A. Joslin (ex Toronto), G. V. E. Logan, H. B. Vicars and R. C. Birkinshaw. Kneeling (or sitting in chairs) in the middle row are; A. E. Strubin, A. Pruden, F. Fletcher, J. M. Hughes, H. Daly, E. J. Jarman, W. Jones, T. A. Carter, Mrs. D. White, W. Sutherland, H. McInnis, J. Buckthorp, W. Kier (ex Winnipeg) and A. Bockus. Standing in the back row are; J. Scott, T. Duncan, J. G. Baxter, R. A. McLachlan, R. Drummond (ex Winnipeg), C. Ross, J. Koss (ex Winnipeg), J. L. Heald (ex Montreal), C. Stromnes, T. Williams, W. Fyvie, R. Butchor, W. Morton, T. A. Walker, H. H. Minshall, C. G. Lewin, B. L. Mills, A. S. Gentles, W. M. Stobbart, T. Nield, J. Swan, B. H. McNamee, R. H. Baylis, D. B. Armstrong (ex Montreal) and J. Wilson (T. Bate, H. E. Foster, J. Nelson, J. Ross, J. W. Stewart and D. P. Urry are not pictured).
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Names
- Dominion Bridge Company
- Appleton, H. V.
- Westover, E.B.
- McStay, Jack
- Pamphlet, J. Piercy
- Jagger, Jim
- Smith, Ralph
- Cockriell, S. Eddie
- Lucas, A.
- Strachan, Robert "Bob"
- Daly, J. Art
- Joslin, J. A.
- Logan, Gordon V. E.
- Vicars, H. B. "Bert"
- Birkinshaw, R.C. "Reg"
- Strubin, A. Ed
- Pruden, G. Arthur
- Fletcher, Frank
- Hughes, John Malcolm
- Daly, L. Harry
- Jarman, Ernie J.
- Jones, W. C. "Bill"
- Carter, Tommy A.
- White, Doris E.
- Sutherland, W.
- McInnis, H.
- Buckthorp, Jack
- Kier, W.
- Bockus, Archie C.
- Scott, J. R.
- Duncan, Tommy J.
- Baxter, John G.
- McLachlan, R. Angus
- Drummond, R.
- Ross, Clair
- Koss, J.
- Heald, J. Lester
- Stromnes, C.
- Williams, Tom G.
- Fyvie, W. J. "Bill"
- Butchor, Ron
- Morton, W.
- Walker,T. A.
- Minshall, Harry H.
- Lewin, C. George
- Mills, B. L.
- Gentles, Alan S.
- Stobbart, W. M
- Nield, T.
- Swan, Jim C.
- McNamee, B. H.
- Baylis, R. H. "Bob"
- Armstrong, D.B.
- Wilson, Jack
- Accession Code
- BV003.46.9
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- November 8, 1958
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Graphic Industries Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Printed in border on recto of photograph: "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY/ SEVENTH ANNUAL 25-YEAR CLUB DINNER (PACIFIC DIVISION) NOVEMBER 8, 1958/ FRONT ROW - left to right H. V. Appleton, E. B. Westover (ex Winnipeg), J. McStay, P. Pamphlet, J. Jagger, R. Smith, E. Cockriell, A. Lucas, R. Strachan, A. Daly,/ J. A. Joslin (ex Toronto), G. V. E. Logan, H. B. Vicars, R. C. Birkinshaw. SECOND ROW - left to right A. E. Strubin, A. Pruden, F. Fletcher, J. M. Hughes, H. Daly,/ E. J. Jarman, W. Jones, T. A. Carter, Mrs. D. White, W. Sutherland, H. McInnis, J. Buckthorp, W. Kier (ex Winnipeg), A. Bockus. BACK ROW - left to right J. Scott,/ T. Duncan, J. G. Baxter, R. A. McLachlan, R. Drummond (ex Winnipeg), C. Ross, J. Koss (ex Winnipeg), J. L. Heald (ex Montreal), C. Stromnes, T. Williams, W./ Fyvie, R. Butchor, W. Morton, T. A. Walker, H. H. Minshall, C. G. Lewin, B. L. Mills, A. S. Gentles, W. M. Stobbart, T. Nield, J. Swan, B. H. McNamee, R. H. Baylis,/ D. B. Armstrong (ex Montreal), J. Wilson, ABSENT T. Bate, H. E. Foster, J. Nelson, J. Ross, J. W. Stewart, D. P. Urry."
- Photographer's mark on verso of card mount reads: "[Studio logo] / GRAPHIC INDUSTRIES LTD. Vancouver's Most Complete Photographic Service 54 West Hastings, Vancouver 4, B.C. Phone Pacific 4174 File No: [stamped] 6071 2"
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Dominion Bridge Company Twenty-five Year Club Dinner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1741
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- November 2, 1957
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the sixth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row are; J. W. Stewart, C. Stromnes, W. J. Fyvie, J. G. Baxter, H. H. Minshall, T. A. Carter, T. A. Walker, L. H. Daly, R. Butchor, B. L. …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the sixth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row are; J. W. Stewart, C. Stromnes, W. J. Fyvie, J. G. Baxter, H. H. Minshall, T. A. Carter, T. A. Walker, L. H. Daly, R. Butchor, B. L. Mills, T. J. Duncan, J. C. Swan, J. Jagger, J. L. Heald (Ex Montreal), T. D. Bate, J. T. Nelson, S. E. Cockriell, F. Fletcher, T. Nield, C. W. Morton, B. H. McNamee, W. M. Stobbart, A. C. Bockus, G. V. E. Logan, J. R. Scott, W. Kier (Ex Winnipeg) and H. E. Foster. Kneeling (or sitting in chairs) in the center row are; G. A. Pruden, J. Wilson, H. V. Appleton, D. P. Urry, W. C. Jones, Mrs. D. E. White, A. S. Gentles, E. J. Jarman, A. E. Strubin, H. Leader (Ex Winnipeg), J. M. Hughes, H. H. McInnes, R. H. Baylis and J. A. Daly. Sitting in the front row are; T. I. White, R. A. McLachlan, C. G. Lewin, J. McStoy, E. Stewart (Ex Winnipeg), H. B. Vicars, R. Smith, C. Ross, J. P. Pamphlet, D. B. Nelson, T. G. Williams and R. C. Birkinshaw (J. A. Ross, J. S. Buckthorp and R. W. Strachan are not pictured).
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Names
- Dominion Bridge Company
- Stewart, Jim W.
- Stromnes, C.
- Fyvie, W. J. "Bill"
- Baxter, John G.
- Minshall, Harry H.
- Carter, Tommy A.
- Walker,T. A.
- Daly, L. Harry
- Butchor, Ron
- Mills, B. L.
- Duncan, Tommy J.
- Swan, Jim C.
- Jagger, Jim
- Heald, J. Lester
- Bate, Tom D.
- Nelson, J. Tommy
- Cockriell, S. Eddie
- Fletcher, Frank
- Nield, T.
- Morton, C. W.
- McNamee, B. H.
- Stobbart, W.M.
- Bockus, Archie C.
- Logan, Gordon V. E.
- Scott, J. R.
- Kier, W.
- Foster, H. E.
- Pruden, G. Arthur
- Wilson, Jack
- Appleton, H. V.
- Urry, Doug P.
- Jones, W. C. "Bill"
- White, Doris E.
- Gentles, Alan S.
- Jarman, Ernie J.
- Strubin, A. Ed
- Leader, H.
- Hughes, John Malcolm
- McInnes, Harold
- Baylis, R. H. "Bob"
- Daly, J. Art
- White, Tom I.
- McLachlan, R. Angus
- Lewin, C. George
- McStoy, J.
- Stewart, Ed
- Vicars, H. B. "Bert"
- Smith, Ralph
- Ross, Clair
- Pamphlet, J. Piercy
- Nelson, Dave B.
- Williams, Tom G.
- Birkinshaw, R.C. "Reg"
- Accession Code
- BV003.46.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- November 2, 1957
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Graphic Industries Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Printed in border on recto of photograph: "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY,/ SIXTH ANNUAL 25-YEAR CLUB DINNER (PACIFIC DIVISION), NOVEMBER 2, 1957/ BACK ROW: J. W. Stewart, C. Stromnes, W. J. Fyvie, J. G. Baxter, H. H. Minshall, T. A. Carter, T. A. Walker, L. H. Daly, R. Butchor, B. L. Mills, T. J. Duncan, J. C. Swan, J. Jagger, J. L. Heald (Ex Montreal), T. D. Bate, J. T. Nelson, S. E. Cockriell, F. Fletcher, T. Nield, C. W. Morton, B. H. McNamee, W. M. Stobbart, A. C. Bockus, G. V. E. Logan, J. R. Scott, W. Kier (Ex Winnipeg), H. E. Foster / CENTRE: G. A. Pruden, J. Wilson, H. V. Appleton, D. P. Urry, W. C. Jones, Mrs. D. E. White, A. S. Gentles, E. J. Jarman, A. E. Strubin, H. Leader (Ex Winnipeg), J. M. Hughes, H. H. McInnes, R. H. Baylis, J. A. Daly / FRONT ROW: T. I. White, R. A. McLachlan, C. G. Lewin, J. McStoy, E. Stewart (Ex Winnipeg), H. B. Vicars, R. Smith, C. Ross, J. P. Pamphlet, D. B. Nelson, T. G. Williams, R. C. Birkinshaw / ABSENT: J. A. Ross, J. S. Buckthorp, R. W. Strachan."
- Photographer's stamp on verso of photograph reads: "-PHOTO BY-/ GRAPHIC INDUSTRIES/ LTD./ File No. 3938 = 3/ VANCOUVER, CANADA/ PAcific 4174/ NOV 14 1957"
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Dominion Bridge Company Twenty-five Year Club Dinner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1743
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- November 3, 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the fifth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row are; T. A. Carter, R. H. Baylis, C. Stromnes, C. Ross, L. H. Daly, B. H. McNamee, J. T. Nelson, C. G. Lewin, R. Butchor, T. White, T. …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 23.5 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a hall for the fifth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row are; T. A. Carter, R. H. Baylis, C. Stromnes, C. Ross, L. H. Daly, B. H. McNamee, J. T. Nelson, C. G. Lewin, R. Butchor, T. White, T. A. Walker, A. E. Strubin, J. McStay, H. H. McInnes, J. Wilson, T. D. Bate, T. G. Williams, J. Stewart, J. L. Herald (Ex-Montreal), J. A. Daly, J. A. Ross, R. C. Birkinshaw and A. C. Bockus. Kneeling (or sitting in chairs) in the middle row are; P. Pamphlet, J. G. Baxter, W. J. Fyvie, G. V. E. Logan, H. E. Mattson, R. A. McLachlan, Mrs. D. E. White, B. L. Mills, J. C. Swan, R. W. Strachan, E. J. Jarman. Sitting in the front row are; H. V. Appleton, T. J. Duncan, A. Pruden, C. E. Cockriell, H. B. Vicars, J. Jagger, F. Fletcher, R. Smith, A. S. Gentles. J. S. Buckthorp is not pictured.
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Names
- Dominion Bridge Company
- Carter, Tommy A.
- Baylis, R. H. "Bob"
- Stromnes, C.
- Ross, Clair
- Daly, L. Harry
- McNamee, B. H.
- Nelson, J. Tommy
- Lewin, C. George
- Butchor, Ron
- White, Tom I.
- Walker,T. A.
- Strubin, A. Ed
- McStay, Jack
- McInnes, Harold
- Wilson, Jack
- Bate, Tom D.
- Williams, Tom G.
- Stewart, Jim W.
- Daly, J. Art
- Birkinshaw, R.C. "Reg"
- Bockus, Archie C.
- Pamphlet, J. Piercy
- Baxter, John G.
- Fyvie, W. J. "Bill"
- Logan, Gordon V. E.
- McLachlan, R. Angus
- White, Doris E.
- Mills, B. L.
- Swan, Jim C.
- Strachan, Robert "Bob"
- Jarman, Ernie J.
- Appleton, H. V.
- Duncan, Tommy J.
- Pruden, G. Arthur
- Cockriell, S. Eddie
- Vicars, H. B. "Bert"
- Jagger, Jim
- Fletcher, Frank
- Smith, Ralph
- Gentles, Alan S.
- Accession Code
- BV003.46.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- November 3, 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Graphic Industries Limited
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Printed in border on recto of photograph: "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY, LIMITED - VANCOUVER, B. C./ FIFTH ANNUAL 25-YEAR CLUB DINNER (PACIFIC DIVISION), NOVEMBER 3, 1956/ BACK ROW: T. A. Carter, R. H. Baylis, C. Stromnes, C. Ross, L. H. Daly, B. H. McNamee, J. T. Nelson, C. G. Lewin, R. Butchor, T. White, T. A. Walker, A. E. Strubin,/ J. McStay, H. H. McInnes, J. Wilson, T. D. Bate, T. G. Williams, J. Stewart, J. L. Herald (Ex-Montreal), J. A. Daly, J. A. Ross, R. C. Birkinshaw, A. C. Bockus, MIDDLE/ ROW: P. Pamphlet, J. G. Baxter, W. J. Fyvie, G. V. E. Logan, H. E. Mattson, R. A. McLachlan, Mrs. D. E. White, B. L. Mills, J. C. Swan, R. W. Strachan, E. J. Jarman./ FRONT ROW: H. V. Appleton, T. J. Duncan, A. Pruden, C. E. Cockriell, H. B. Vicars, J. Jagger, F. Fletcher, R. Smith, A. S. Gentles. NOT IN PICTURE: J. S. Buckthorp./ ABSENT: D. B. Nelson, D. P. Urry, W. C. Jones, H. E. Foster."
- Photograph mounted on a card provided by the photographic studio
- Photographer's mark on verso of card mount reads: "[Studio logo] / GRAPHIC INDUSTRIES LTD. Vancouver's Most Complete Photographic Service 54 West Hastings, Vancouver 4, B.C. Phone Pacific 4174 File No: [stamped] 9659 6"
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Dominion Bridge Company Twenty-five Year Club Dinner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1751
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- November 5, 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 34 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a banquet hall with carpeted floors for the fourth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row (l to r) are: Bill Jones, Ron Butchor, Bill Fyvie, Piercy Pamphlet, Reg Birkinshaw, Jim Swan, Lester Hea…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 34 cm, mounted on card 20.5 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dominion Bridge Company staff gathered together in a banquet hall with carpeted floors for the fourth annual Pacific Division Twenty-five Year Club Dinner. Standing in the back row (l to r) are: Bill Jones, Ron Butchor, Bill Fyvie, Piercy Pamphlet, Reg Birkinshaw, Jim Swan, Lester Heald (Ex Montreal), Harry Daly, Angus McLachlan, Dave Nelson, Doug Urry, Tommy Nelson, Ben McNamee, Tom Bate, Hans Mattson, Archie Bockus. Standing in the third row are: Arthur Pruden, Harry Minshall, Bob Baylis, Tom Williams, Gordon Logan, Frank White (Ex- Winnipeg), Allan Gentles, Ed Stewart (Ex-Winnipeg), John Ross, Tommy Carter, Art Daly, and Clair Ross. Sitting in the third row are: Jack Buckthorp, Frank Fletcher, Ed Strubin, Mrs. Doris White, John Baxter, Ernie Jarman, Jim Jagger and Harold McInnes. Sitting on the floor in the front row are: Bob Strachan, Tommy Duncan, Jim Stewart, Jack McStay, Tom White, Eddie Cockriell, Ralph Smith, George Lewin, Jack Wilson and Bert Vicars. Bert Mills and Chris Stromnes are not pictured.
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Names
- Dominion Bridge Company
- Jones, W. C. "Bill"
- Butchor, Ron
- Fyvie, W. J. "Bill"
- Pamphlet, J. Piercy
- Birkinshaw, R.C. "Reg"
- Swan, Jim C.
- Heald, J. Lester
- Daly, L. Harry
- McLachlan, R. Angus
- Nelson, Dave B.
- Urry, Doug P.
- Nelson, J. Tommy
- Bate, Tom D.
- Mattson, Hans E.
- Bockus, Archie C.
- Pruden, G. Arthur
- Minshall, Harry H.
- Baylis, R. H. "Bob"
- Williams, Tom G.
- Logan, Gordon V. E.
- White, Frank
- Gentles, Alan S.
- Stewart, Ed
- Ross, John
- Carter, Tommy A.
- Daly, J. Art
- Ross, Clair
- Buckthorp, Jack
- Fletcher, Frank
- Strubin, A. Ed
- White, Doris E.
- Baxter, John G.
- Jarman, Ernie J.
- Jagger, Jim
- McInnes, Harold
- Strachan, Robert "Bob"
- Duncan, Tommy J.
- Stewart, Jim W.
- McStay, Jack
- White, Tom I.
- Cockriell, S. Eddie
- Smith, Ralph
- Lewin, C. George
- Wilson, Jack
- Vicars, H. B. "Bert"
- Accession Code
- BV003.46.18
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- November 5, 1955
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Printed in border on recto of photograph: "DOMINION BRIDGE CO., LIMITED/ PACIFIC DIVISION"
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Nov. 5/ 1955"
- Printed caption glued to verso reads: "DOMINION BRIDGE COMPANY, LIMITED - Vancouver, B. C. (Pacific Division)/ Fourth Annual 25-Year Club Dinner - November 5, 1955/ Back Row, Left to Right (Standing):/ Bill Jones, Ron Butchor, Bill Fyvie, Piercy Pamphlet, Reg Birkinshaw, Jim Swan,/ Lester Heald (Ex Montreal), Harry Daly, Angus McLachlan, Dave Nelson, Doug Urry,/ Tommy Nelson, Ben McNamee, Tom Bate, Hans Mattson, Archie Bockus./ Third Row, Left to Right (Standing):/ Arthur Pruden, Harry Minshall, Bob Baylis, Tom Williams, Gordon Logan, Frank White,/ Ex- Winnipeg, Allan Gentles, Ed Stewart Ex-Winnipeg, John Ross, Tommy Carter, Art/ Daly, Clair Ross./ Second Row, Left to Right (Seated):/ Jack Buckthorp, Frank Fletcher, Ed Strubin, Mrs. Doris White, John Baxter, Ernie/ Jarman, Jim Jagger, Harold McInnes./ Front Row, Left to Right (seated on Floor):/ Bob Strachan, Tommy Duncan, Jim Stewart, Jack McStay, Tom White, Eddie Cockriell,/ Ralph Smith, George Lewin, Jack Wilson, Bert Vicars./ Absent: Bert Mills, Chris Stromnes."
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Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory516
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1900-1946
- Length
- 00:07:05
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, and her Oikawa grandparent’s immigration to BC and settlement on Lion and Don Islands at the mouth of the Fraser River. She describes how the family was moved to the internment camp “The Orchard” in New Denver,…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, and her Oikawa grandparent’s immigration to BC and settlement on Lion and Don Islands at the mouth of the Fraser River. She describes how the family was moved to the internment camp “The Orchard” in New Denver, but managed to find a place to live outside the camp where her grandmother grew a large garden from seeds brought in the seams of her clothing. She notes that the Lion Islands were named Oikawa-shima by the Japanese settlers.
- Date Range
- 1900-1946
- Length
- 00:07:05
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 27, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 01:34:10
- Interviewee Name
- Miyashita, Toki
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Toki Miyashita
Track one of interview with Toki Miyashita
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_1.mp3Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory517
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1942-1969
- Length
- 00:07:41
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s growing interest in Japanese culture and arts, studying the Japanese language after she was 22 in Montreal. She talks about how she learned paper-folding (origami), to make silk dolls, flower-arranging (Ikebana), and how to wear a kimono, and …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s growing interest in Japanese culture and arts, studying the Japanese language after she was 22 in Montreal. She talks about how she learned paper-folding (origami), to make silk dolls, flower-arranging (Ikebana), and how to wear a kimono, and then began to teach others these skills in Montreal .
- Date Range
- 1942-1969
- Length
- 00:07:41
- Subjects
- Education
- Arts
- Persons - Japanese Canadians
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 27, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 01:34:10
- Interviewee Name
- Miyashita, Toki
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Toki Miyashita
Track two of interview with Toki Miyashita
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_2.mp3Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory522
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1930-1990
- Length
- 00:13:56
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s memories of the internment, separation of her father from the family to work on road camps, where she was born in Richmond at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, confiscation of home in 1942, eventual Redress, and lingering feelings of fear and dis…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s memories of the internment, separation of her father from the family to work on road camps, where she was born in Richmond at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, confiscation of home in 1942, eventual Redress, and lingering feelings of fear and distrust in her family. She also talks about visiting Hiroshima on her trip to Japan in 1980
- Date Range
- 1930-1990
- Length
- 00:13:56
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 27, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 01:34:10
- Interviewee Name
- Miyashita, Toki
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track seven of interview with Toki Miyashita
Track seven of interview with Toki Miyashita
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_7.mp3