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Interview with Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen by Kathy Bossort October 9, 2015 - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory567
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1974-2015
- Length
- 0:12:26
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen’s description of the negotiations between SFU and the City of Burnaby, the City’s 1998 Environment Award to the Society, and how the conservation area has developed. Karen Morcke talks about her participation in the 1974 public he…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen’s description of the negotiations between SFU and the City of Burnaby, the City’s 1998 Environment Award to the Society, and how the conservation area has developed. Karen Morcke talks about her participation in the 1974 public hearings, her concern about development at the bottom of the mountain, and the changing meaning of the term “conservation”.
- Date Range
- 1974-2015
- Length
- 0:12:26
- Names
- Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society
- Simon Fraser University
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 9, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen conducted by Kathy Bossort. Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen were two of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the history and activities of the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society of which Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen were founding members, and the environmental and recreational value of the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Karen Morcke also talks about walking the trails on Burnaby Mountain from 1968 to present and her involvement in other environmental groups.
- Biographical Notes
- Diane Hansen was born in Winnipeg in 1941, trained as a nurse in Toronto, and moved with her husband Ingolf Hansen to the Westridge Area in Burnaby in 1971, where Diane lived until 2010. Diane has one daughter Kristin. Karen Morcke was born in Germany in 1940, immigrating to Canada in 1968 to attend SFU. After completing her Masters degree in 1970 Karen was hired by SFU as a language instructor from which she retired in 1995. She has one son Erik and has lived almost continuously in North Burnaby since 1968. Both Diane Hansen and Karen Morcke have been active volunteers in local environmental groups and were founding members of the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which formed about 1989 to lobby for a conservation area that integrated SFU land below the campus ring road with City of Burnaby parkland on Burnaby Mountain. Diane has also been active in wild bird rescue groups. Karen walked the trails on Burnaby Mountain to and from work, and began lobbying for protection of green space on Burnaby Mountain in the 1970s.
- Total Tracks
- 6
- Total Length
- 1:10:35
- Interviewee Name
- Morcke, Karen
- Hansen, H. Diane
- Interview Location
- Karen Morcke's home in Burnaby
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track five of interview with Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen
Track five of interview with Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-003/MSS196-003_Track_5.mp3Interview with Alekxos Sarter by Kathy Bossort October 16, 2015 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory578
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1958-1992
- Length
- 0:12:40
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s first years of employment with Parks, her sources of knowledge about Burnaby Mountain, and the department’s activities in Burnaby Mountain Park. She talks about the loop trail planned for Burnaby Mountain Park in 1958, the Trans Canada Trail p…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Alekxos Sarter’s first years of employment with Parks, her sources of knowledge about Burnaby Mountain, and the department’s activities in Burnaby Mountain Park. She talks about the loop trail planned for Burnaby Mountain Park in 1958, the Trans Canada Trail project, events and issues at the Pavilion, and keeping track of trails on SFU lands.
- Date Range
- 1958-1992
- Length
- 0:12:40
- Names
- Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department
- Burnaby Mountain Park
- Kamui Mintara
- Trans Canada Trail
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 16, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Alekxos Sarter conducted by Kathy Bossort. Alekxos Sarter was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the history of setting aside parkland on Burnaby Mountain from Alekxos Sarter’s perspective and experience as employee in the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services. The interview provides an excellent explanation of the history and function of kinds of park dedications used by the City of Burnaby; an overview of issues around including the Trans Mountain tank farm in the conservation area; and the background to the land use and ownership disagreement between the City of Burnaby and Simon Fraser University, its resolution, and the subsequent development of SFU’s UniverCity. Alekxos Sarter talks about Richard Bolton, Burnaby’s Acting-Commissioner who was responsible for dedicating the first park on Burnaby Mountain in 1942, and the creation of a park named after him in UniverCity.
- Biographical Notes
- Alekxos Sarter was born in Vancouver in 1961, to Daine and Kasandra Sarter. She grew up in North Vancouver and since 1994 has lived on a sailboat in False Creek. After attending UBC where she studied landscape architecture, she was hired by the City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services in 1986. Working first in parks design, Alekxos quickly moved into parks planning, her preferred career. As Research Officer she covers research, planning, public consultation, parks and facility inventory, parkland acquisition, among other duties.
- Total Tracks
- 9
- Total Length
- 2:20:47
- Interviewee Name
- Sarter, Alekxos T.
- Interview Location
- City of Burnaby Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services meeting room
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Alekxos Sarter
Track two of interview with Alekxos Sarter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-005/MSS196-005_Track_2.mp3Lois Hollands-Coutts and Charles Hollands
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37841
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1945] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lois Holland-Coutts and her father, Charles Hollands, on a path leading to Robert Burnaby Park, near 6th Street at 19th Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1945] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-429
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lois Holland-Coutts and her father, Charles Hollands, on a path leading to Robert Burnaby Park, near 6th Street at 19th Avenue.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- 6th Street
- 19th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
Boy Scout on rocky shore
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20721
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Aug. 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Boy Scout standing on rocky shore at Granthams Landing. View from shore looking towards Keats and Bowen Island. Boy Scout is attending New Westminster District Boy Scout camp at Granthams Landing.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Boy Scout standing on rocky shore at Granthams Landing. View from shore looking towards Keats and Bowen Island. Boy Scout is attending New Westminster District Boy Scout camp at Granthams Landing.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
- Geographic Features - Islands
- Geographic Features - Natural Waterways
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV995.8.152
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Aug. 1926
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 43
Images
Washing up at Sunbury
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20582
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three Boy Scouts from the 2nd Burnaby Boy Scouts troop washing up in the Fraser River at Sunbury.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three Boy Scouts from the 2nd Burnaby Boy Scouts troop washing up in the Fraser River at Sunbury.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
- Geographic Features - Natural Geographic Features
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Geographic Access
- Fraser River
- Accession Code
- BV995.8.13
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1925
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 4
- Inscription in white ink below photograph reads: "WASHING UP"
- Newspaper clipping with heading "SECOND BURNABY TROOP ENJOY HIKE" is adhered to page of album and provides context for the photographs mounted to the page.
Images
Burnaby - Royal Area "Our Campsites"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4944
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [ca. 1975]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 poster : 4 photographs : col. + textual record mounted on board 28 x 40.5 cm and laminated
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten poster titled "Burnaby - Royal Area / "Our Campsites"" with four colour photographs of Girl Guide campsites in Sechelt and West Vancouver. Handwritten annotations describe each photograph from the top right to left "Galalina / at / Camp Olave / on / Sechelt Peninsu…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 poster : 4 photographs : col. + textual record mounted on board 28 x 40.5 cm and laminated
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten poster titled "Burnaby - Royal Area / "Our Campsites"" with four colour photographs of Girl Guide campsites in Sechelt and West Vancouver. Handwritten annotations describe each photograph from the top right to left "Galalina / at / Camp Olave / on / Sechelt Peninsula" "Cottage - sleeps 10 / Six cabins - sleeps 5each / Tent sites / Kitchen & Dining Shelter / Forest setting on / seashore" "Burna [bee] Chalet / on / Hollyburn Mountain / West Vancouver / Summer / Winter" "Two story building - rustic / propane and wood fuel / Water from creek. Hiking / snowshoeing, skiing. / Accomodates 20. A favourite / with all ages" "Reservations through M. Matthews ___-____"
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Recreational Activities - Camping
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Geographic Features - Beaches
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.213
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [ca. 1975]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Images
Campsite Collection
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4589
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1958 and 2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file : 33 photographs + textual records + other material
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs, an illustration, ephemera and histories about Burnaby Guiding Camps including Burnaby Chalet on Cypress Mountain, Galalina Camp at Camp Olave near Sechelt B.C., Burnaby Guide Camp at Wilson Creek and a few postcards of Camp Tsoona, Rosedale B.C. A collection of written…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file : 33 photographs + textual records + other material
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs, an illustration, ephemera and histories about Burnaby Guiding Camps including Burnaby Chalet on Cypress Mountain, Galalina Camp at Camp Olave near Sechelt B.C., Burnaby Guide Camp at Wilson Creek and a few postcards of Camp Tsoona, Rosedale B.C. A collection of written material provides historical background regarding the two storey cabin on Hollyburn Mountain. The cabin was purchased by Burnaby Girl Guides in 1964 and appropriately named Burnaby Chalet. A Chalet Committee was formed with representatives from each Division appointing a Chalet Manageress to handle reservations. This typical ski cabin can accomodate up to 40 people. The file also includes a "Campsite Log Book" for the Hollyburn Chalet with handwritten notes from 1981 and 1982, an embroidered triangular shaped badge "Burnaby Royal / Girl Guides / Hollyburn Chalet" and a dedication ceremony program for "Burnaby Guide Camp / June 8, 1958" (Wilson Creek).
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Recreational Activities - Camping
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Geographic Features - Beaches
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.161
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1958 and 2002]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Gathering firewood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4601
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five young girls gathering firewood on a beach in Sechelt. Three of the girls are identified as Kate Barker and Alice Ellett (back row) and Florence Nuttall ( far right of the front row).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 11 cm
- Material Details
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Kate_Barker,_Alice, / Florence_Nuttall / ?_Gathering_Wood / for_fire / Camp_(Sechelt)_1926"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five young girls gathering firewood on a beach in Sechelt. Three of the girls are identified as Kate Barker and Alice Ellett (back row) and Florence Nuttall ( far right of the front row).
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.296
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1926
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Photograph is part of scrapbook BV015.35.166
Images
Interview with John Templeton, Alan James and Christine Leston by Kathy Bossort October 26, 2015 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory587
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1970-2015
- Length
- 0:14:04
- Summary
- This portion of the interview introduces John Templeton, Alan James and Christine Leston, three members of the stream keepers group Stoney Creek Environment Committee (SCEC), and their description of The Great Salmon Send-Off event on Stoney Creek and its start in 1990. John Templeton also talks ab…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview introduces John Templeton, Alan James and Christine Leston, three members of the stream keepers group Stoney Creek Environment Committee (SCEC), and their description of The Great Salmon Send-Off event on Stoney Creek and its start in 1990. John Templeton also talks about the life cycle of chum and coho salmon.
- Date Range
- 1970-2015
- Length
- 0:14:04
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Streams
- Events
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Persons - Volunteers
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Brunette River
- Stoney Creek
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 26, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Templeton, Alan James & Christine Leston, members of the Stoney Creek Environment Committee, conducted by Kathy Bossort. The three members of SCEC were among 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the history and work of the stream keeper group Stoney Creek Environment Committee (SCEC) and the Stoney Creek Environmental Working Group, and about SCEC’s founder Jennifer Atkinson. The interview is made richer by the complementary views of the three interviewees, John Templeton (SCEC Chair), Alan James (Member-at-Large - Education), and Christine Leston (Treasurer).
- Biographical Notes
- The Stoney Creek Environment Committee is a streamkeeper group and registered non-profit society dedicated to protecting and restoring viable salmon-bearing streams within the Stoney Creek Watershed. (Stoney Creek originates on Burnaby Mountain and is part of the Brunette watershed which empties into the Fraser River.) The volunteer group, formed in 1995, was guided by the tireless efforts of Jennifer Atchison (1938-2010) after whom the Jennifer Atchison Environmental Centre in North Burnaby is named. The volunteer members of SCEC monitor water quality, generate inventories and reports on the biophysical assets and health of the watershed, provide educational opportunities, enhance stream and stream bank habitat, and speak on behalf of the Stoney Creek watershed. One of its key events is The Great Salmon Send-Off, the release of young salmon into Stoney Creek in May, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2015. The Stoney Creek Environmental Working Group (1999-present), managed by the City of Burnaby, undertakes to coordinate the actions of all stakeholders in the Stoney Creek watershed. It is comprised of representatives from community groups, such as SCEC, governmental and institutional agencies, and industries who are committed to sustaining and improving the quality of the Stoney Creek watershed’s water, wildlife and environment. John Templeton, currently SCEC Chair, joined SCEC in 2004. He was born in Coleraine ,County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in 1957, and after immigrating to Canada, came to live in Burnaby in 1992, first in Forest Grove (1992-2014) and then in Forest Hills. He works as a millwright. Alan James,Member-at-large - Education, joined SCEC in 2003 He was born in 1939 in Berkeley, California, and came to live in Burnaby in about 2000. He is a retired geophycisist and computer consultant. Christine Leston joined SCEC in 1997, serving first as Secretary and then as Treasurer. She was born in 1943 in Cheshire, England, and came to live in Burnaby in 1974, first in Greentree Village, then Simon Fraser Village (1974-2004) and now the Edmonds area. She is a retired technical writer.
- Total Tracks
- 9
- Total Length
- 2:08:27
- Interviewee Name
- Templeton, John R.
- James, Alan C.
- Leston, Christine
- Interview Location
- Jennifer Atchison Environmental Centre, Burnaby
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with John Templeton, Alan James & Christine Leston
Track one of interview with John Templeton, Alan James & Christine Leston
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-006/MSS196-006_Track_1.mp3Interview with Rajinder and Raj Pandher
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19610
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1942- 2023] (interview content), interviewed Jan. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 4 sound recordings (wav) (186 min., 1 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (186 min., 2 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Rajinder and Raj Pandher conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa and Museum Registrar, James Binks. The interview was conducted on January 10, 2023 and January 24, 2023. 00:00 – 08:52 First part of interview…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 4 sound recordings (wav) (186 min., 1 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (186 min., 2 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewers: Kate Petrusa and James Binks Interviewees: Rajinder and Raj Pandher Location of Interview: Love farmhouse, Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: January 10, 2023 and January 24, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 4 Total Length of all Tracks: (3:06:01 min) Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto four separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Rajinder and Raj Pandher conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa and Museum Registrar, James Binks. The interview was conducted on January 10, 2023 and January 24, 2023. 00:00 – 08:52 First part of interview begins on January 10. Rajinder Pander provides information on where he was born and where he grew up and shares details regarding his family and his childhood including; his elementary and high school education and experiences and his involvement and interest in the sport of field hockey. 08:53 – 23:24 Raj Pander provides information on where she was born and shares details regarding her family and education. Raj recalls details of her family life in India including her family farm, her father’s service in the Indian National Army and other ancestor’s involvement in the military. Rajinder assists with the details regarding Raj’s father’s military service and explains how he was highly decelerated for his heroic actions. Rajinder conveys further information in reference to the Sikh Empire. 23:25 – 35:53 Rajinder and Raj share information on their formal education. Raj explains how she learned English and talks about the other spoken languages that her family used while she was growing up. Rajinder and Raj recall how they first met which lead them to marry in 1971. Rajinder provides information about his older brothers who left India before him. He explains how his elder brother, Kirpal Singh Pandher immigrated to Canada in 1970 and provides details on his other brother who lived in Malaysia and England before coming to Canada in 1975. Rajinder conveys how after his brother, Kirpal Singh Pandher arrived in Canada, he lived in Campbell River and worked at the saw mill there. 35:54 – 1:01:38 Rajinder and Raj share their immigration stories including details of; what lead them to immigrate, their immigration route, what they brought with them and where they lived and worked. Rajinder and Raj tell of how they both faced discrimination in finding work that they were qualified for and describe some of the jobs that they worked at before obtaining their Real Estate licences. 1:01:39 – 1:13:09 Rajinder and Raj share information on where they’ve purchase traditional food supplies in Burnaby and Rajinder provides further details on his employment and recalls how they were able to purchase their first home in Burnaby. 1:13:10 - 1:19:33 Rajinder describes how he began writing for the Sikh newsletter “The Western Sikh Samachar”. Rajinder shares how he first started printing small pamphlets of Sikh Cultural history in 1975 and how he’s been volunteering with the National Democratic Party (NDP) since 1973. 1:19:34 - 1:38:24 Second part of interview continues on January 24, 2023. Rajinder provides further information about the Sikh newsletter “The Western Sikh Samachar”, provides an historical summary of the Sikh Empire and the Sikh religion and describes a book that’s he’s written about his culture and the village he lived in India. 1:38:25 - 1:52:24 Raj describes some of the traditional textiles that she’s created including a dury, embroidered cloth (pakha and pakhi) and clothing. Raj shares a story of a train derailment in India in which her father survived. 1:52:25 - 2:14:53 Raj Pandher talks about her father’s letters and diaries, Rajinder talks about receiving a Diamond Jubilee Medal for his community service and they both talk about their daughter Amanjit’s education and career accomplishments. Raj describes her involvement in the community council of her children’s school and both Raj and Rajinder describe their involvement in multicultural education and events that they were involved with in Burnaby and New Westminster. Interviewer lists Rajinder Pandher’s many volunteer awards and accomplishments. 2:14:54 - 2:39:53 Raj and Rajinder describe some of their family photographs as well as personal items from India including decorative arts and textiles. They talk about celebrating their 30 year wedding anniversary and the origin of their Sikh names. Rajinder describes a visit to Paldi in 1977 when the whole family was baptized at the Sikh temple and provides informaton about Hardial Singh Atwal, the first Sikh child born in Canada. Rajinder discusses what he thinks a cookhouse looked like, his friendship with former Mayor William J. Copeland and wages of South Asians working in sawmills. 2:39:54 - 3:06:01 Raj and Rajinder talk about food including where they’ve purchased traditional South Asian foods and what they grow in their home garden. Rajinder provides details about the Burnaby Multicultural Society, talks about South Asian work ethics and housing and shares some of the cultural and religious traditions of Sikhs and celebrations that take place in Vancouver and Burnaby.
- History
- Interviewees biographies: Rajinder Pandher was born five years prior to the Partition of India in the Village of Jhamat, Ludhiana District, Punjab. Raj Pandher was born in 1948 in the Village of Chapar, Ludhiana District, Punjab. Rajinder played field hockey while living in India and is passionate about the sport. Both Rajinder and Raj Pahndher attended college in India and were married in India in 1971. Rajinder Pandher immigrated to Canada in 1972 and his wife, Raj Pandher joined him in 1973. After arriving in Canada, Rajinder Pandher started working at a sawmill in Campbell River but didn't like the work and moved to Vancouver to find better employment opportunties. In 1976, the couple moved to Burnaby and rented until they could buy a home a year later. They raised two children who attended Second Street Elementary School and Cariboo Hill Secondary School in Burnaby. Rajinder and Raj Pandher were both very involved with multicultural efforts at their childlren's schools including turban tying and sari demonstrations and Rajinder was a founding member of the Burnaby Multicultural Society. Interviewers biographies: Kate Petrusa is the Assistant Curator at the Burnaby Village Museum. In her role, she manages all aspects of the collection – including caring for physical artifacts and making their digital counterpart accessible. Before coming to Burnaby Village Museum in 2019, Kate has worked at several Museums around the Lower Mainland as a Curator and contractor since 2013. 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
- Education
- Housing
- Employment
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Persons - Volunteers
- Religions - Sikhism
- Migration
- Organizations
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Social Issues - Racism
- Social Issues
- Celebrations
- Sports - Field Hockey
- Names
- Pandher, Raj
- Pandher, Rajinder
- Copeland, William J.
- Pandher, Harman
- Pandher, Amanjit
- Burnaby Multicultural Society
- The Western Sikh Samachar
- Responsibility
- Petrusa, Kate
- Binks, James
- Accession Code
- BV023.1.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1942- 2023] (interview content), interviewed Jan. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcripts available upon request
Audio Tracks
Interview with Rajinder and Raj Pandher, [1942- 2023] (interview content), interviewed Jan. 2023
Interview with Rajinder and Raj Pandher, [1942- 2023] (interview content), interviewed Jan. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0001_0002_003.mp32nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19612
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1913-1925, predominant 1923-1925
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 album (151 photographs + ephemera + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a sixty page photograph album titled "2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts" with photographs and ephemera pasted onto fourty one pages. The album includes photographs of the Burnaby Boy Scouts at various events, camps and hikes, the Burnaby Girl Guides and May Day events in Burnaby and New…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 album (151 photographs + ephemera + textual records)
- Material Details
- 41 pages of album have pasted content
- 19 pages at the back of the album are blank
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a sixty page photograph album titled "2nd Burnaby Troop Boy Scouts" with photographs and ephemera pasted onto fourty one pages. The album includes photographs of the Burnaby Boy Scouts at various events, camps and hikes, the Burnaby Girl Guides and May Day events in Burnaby and New Westminster.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs
- Events - May Day
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Accession Code
- BV995.8.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1913-1925, predominant 1923-1925
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-20
- Notes
- Transcribed title from cover of photograph album
- Sticker on lower left of back cover reads, "No. D", "Glendale Album", "Made in Canada by Canadian Kodak Co., Limited. Toronto"
- Individual photographs + ephemera within album are numbered BV995.8.2 to BV995.8.153 - item level descriptions available
Images
Documents
C.P.R. line
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3898
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [192-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a trail overlooking Burrard Inlet that runs down a hill through some evergreen trees.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm
- Material Details
- "You asked me how / far the CPR Line / was from our lot / It is within 1/4 mile / This was taken / right above the / CPR line, there is / quite a sharp descent / from here down to the / line If the piece of / bush to the left was / cut you would see 2nd narrows bridge" written in pencil on the back of the photo.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a trail overlooking Burrard Inlet that runs down a hill through some evergreen trees.
- History
- George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.
- Accession Code
- BV007.45.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [192-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 29-Nov-2018
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Title based on notes on the reverse of the photograph
Images
Bowling
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98035
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Venturer Scouts bowling.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 631-032
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Venturer Scouts bowling.
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photographs
Images
Bowling
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55149
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1970 and 1975]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of a Boy Scout troop bowling at a bowling alley.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1970 and 1975]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 631-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of a Boy Scout troop bowling at a bowling alley.
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
Images
Bowling
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55158
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1972-1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w 18 cm x 23 cm and smaller
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Scout troops, including 7th West, bowling and posing with bowling trophies.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1972-1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- 8 photographs : b&w 18 cm x 23 cm and smaller
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 631-040
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Scout troops, including 7th West, bowling and posing with bowling trophies.
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
- 631-040-1 caption reads: "1st west / Bill O'Doherty"
- 631-040-2 caption identifies one individual in the photograph as Marion Berry
- Note in blue ink on verso of 631-040-3 reads: "Bowling '73"
- Note in red ink on verso of 631-040-4 reads: "Province Bowling Supplement p36 photo comp 5 3/8" x 2" Page 36 Pic #22". Sticky note on verso reads: "Don McIntyre Larry Urquart Barry Cavanagh Jim Brown George Couturier"
- Note in blue and red ink on verso of 631-040-5 reads: "Province Bowling Supplement p36 photo comp 1 5/8" x 2" Page 36 Pic #23". Note in pencil reads: "1974 Bowling"
- Note in blue and red ink on verso of 631-040-6 reads: "Province Bowling Supplement p37 photo comp 1 5/8" x 1 3/4" Page 37 Pic #31". Sticky note on recto reads: "Mike Slark 10th West"
- Identification keys for 631-040-7 and 631-040-8 located in accession file
- Note in blue and red ink on verso of 631-040-6 reads: "Province Bowling Supplement p37 photo comp 5 3/8" x 2 7/16" Page 37 Pic #28".
Images
Bowling Finals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97990
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 29, 1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Boy Scouts' bowing final held January 29, 1972.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 29, 1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- 16 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 631-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Boy Scouts' bowing final held January 29, 1972.
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from label on original negative sleeve
Images
Boys Tumbling Club at Gilmore Avenue Junior High School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37565
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1942 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Boys Tumbling Club at Gilmore Avenue Junior High School. The photograph was taken on school grounds.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1942 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-153
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Boys Tumbling Club at Gilmore Avenue Junior High School. The photograph was taken on school grounds.
- Names
- Gilmore Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Gilmore Avenue
- Street Address
- 50 Gilmore Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
Burnaby District on roller skates
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4845
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Brownies and Girl Guides on roller skates from the Burnaby District. Margaret McGeachie is standing in the back row on the far left and Ivy McGeachie is standing on the far right in the back row.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 13 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of Brownies and Girl Guides on roller skates from the Burnaby District. Margaret McGeachie is standing in the back row on the far left and Ivy McGeachie is standing on the far right in the back row.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.195
- 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
Canada Summer Games
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97973
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 32 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Boy Scouts at the Canada Summer Games, held in Burnaby in 1973.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- 32 photographs : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 631-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Boy Scouts at the Canada Summer Games, held in Burnaby in 1973.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Album note for 631-004-1 read: "Closing cermonies at Swanguard"
- Album note for 631-004-2 read: "Brand new bus
- Album note for 631-004-3 read: "Vincent Massey School"
- Album note for 631-004-4 read: "SFU observer deck". Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "1973 Swim Meet"
- Album note for 631-004-8 read: "Closing cermonies Can Games Swanguard Stadium"
- Album note for 631-004-21 read: "Jerry White Jack Nichol"
- Album note for 631-004-23 read: "Betty Forbes"
- Album note for 631-004-24 read: "George C Betty Forbes"
- Album note for 631-004-25 read: "Betty Forbes". Caption adhered to recto reads: "Relaxation at Mather House"
- Album note for 631-004-27 read: "Doug Forbes Ted Hathaway standing". Caption adhered to recto reads: "Transportation at Yor [sic] Service"
- Album note for 631-004-28 read: "Betty Forbes Miguel Fernandes"
- Album note for 631-004-29 read: "Bob Dyer". Caption adhered to recto reads: "Your Instructions for Today"
- Caption adhered to recto of 631-004-30 reads: "Anyone for a lunch"
- Caption adhered to recto of 631-004-31 reads: "P.S.E. Loading for lunch"
- Album note for 631-004-32 read: "Barney Cavanaugh"
Images
Canada Summer Games
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55147
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 41 photographs: b&w and col.
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Canada Summer Games, held in Burnaby in 1973. Photographs are adhered to poster paper decorated with black marker and captioned with typewritten labels.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Scouts subseries
- Physical Description
- 41 photographs: b&w and col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 631-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-05
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Canada Summer Games, held in Burnaby in 1973. Photographs are adhered to poster paper decorated with black marker and captioned with typewritten labels.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Poster paper cut into smaller pieces prior to transfer to Archives.