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The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume i
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3406
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.1
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.1
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "Kellie" [written and underlined in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst
- Contributor's given name and dates: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- Volume 1 of 8
Images
The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume ii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3407
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.2
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.2
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst
- Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- pages 577-1152.
- Volume 2 of 8.
- 2016 Library Technology exhibit
Images
The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume iii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3408
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.3
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.3
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst
- Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- pages 1153-1728
- Volume 3 of 8.
- 2016 Library Technology exhibit
Images
The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume iv
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3409
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.4
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.4
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst
- Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- pages 1729-2304.
- Volume 4 of 8.
- 2016 Library Technology exhibit
Images
The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume v
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3410
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.5
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.5
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst
- Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- page 2305-2880
- Volume 5 of 8.
- 2016 Library Technology exhibit
Images
The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume vi
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3411
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.36.6
- Call Number
- 032 HOL v.6
- Contributor
- Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Regina
- Publisher
- Holst Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 576, 143 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst
- Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-
- pages 2881-3260
- includes index for volumes 1-6.
- Volume 6 of 8.
- 2016 Library Technology exhibit
Images
Aprons and caps
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5000
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Call Number
- 646 PIC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.14
- Call Number
- 646 PIC
- Author
- Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Physical Description
- 51 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Images
Care of clothing : home laundering, dry cleaning, dyeing, remodeling, the upkeep of clothes, the budget
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4992
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.6
- Call Number
- 646.4 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- 1926
- c1925
- Physical Description
- vi, xxiv, 262 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Clothing and dress
- Laundry
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- Includes index.
Images
Children and misses' garments
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5003
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.17
- Call Number
- 746.9 PIC
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Physical Description
- 62 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Finished" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children's clothing
- Sewing
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Images
Designing with foundation patterns
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5001
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.15
- Call Number
- 746.9 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1923
- Physical Description
- 55 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Dressmaking
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Images
Dress construction and finishing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5004
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.18
- Call Number
- 746.9 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- International Educational Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- c1923
- Physical Description
- 67 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Finished" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Images
Dress development
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4999
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.13
- Call Number
- 746.9 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1923
- Physical Description
- 61 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Garment cutting
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Images
Embroidery stitches, part 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5006
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.20
- Call Number
- 746.5 PIC
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- 1921
- c1916
- Physical Description
- 44 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Embroidery--Study and teaching
- Stitches (Sewing)
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- Part 1 of 2
Images
Embroidery stitches, part 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5007
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.21
- Call Number
- 746.5 PIC
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Women's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- 1921
- Physical Description
- 52 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Embroidery--Study and teaching
- Stitches (Sewing)
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- Part 2 of 2
Images
Essential stitches and seams
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4997
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.11
- Call Number
- 646 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Physical Description
- 38 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Sewing
- Stitches (Sewing)
- Seams (Sewing)
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- "401" -- cover
Images
Simplified sewing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4998
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.12
- Call Number
- 646 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Physical Description
- 51 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Sewing
- Stitches (Sewing)
- Seams (Sewing)
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- "402" --cover
Images
Tight linings and boning
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4996
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.10
- Call Number
- 646 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Education Corp. General
- Publication Date
- 1923
- c1915
- Physical Description
- 43 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "This instruction book is not included in your course of study, but is sent to show you just how to prepare your dress form for use. You will not be asked to report on this book." [Typed in purple ink and pasted to first page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Sewing
- Linings (Sewing)
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- "Department of sewing" -- cover
- "Instruction paper with examination questions ; 5-2" -- Cover
- "This lesson is optional. You are not required to report on it unless you so desire. However, you are urged to study it diligently, to apply the instruction contained in it, and to answer the Examination Questions for your own satisfaction." -- Cover
Images
Tissue-paper patterns, part 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4994
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.8
- Call Number
- 646 WOM pt. 1
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- 1923
- c1916
- Physical Description
- 32 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- Part 1 of 2
- "Department of dressmaking" -- coverXXX
- "Instruction paper with examination questions; 32A-2" -- Cover
Images
Tissue-paper patterns, part 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4995
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.9
- Call Number
- 746.9 WOM pt. 2
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1916
- 1923
- Physical Description
- 24 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Answered" [Handwritten and underlined in pencil on front cover] "Netting Needle" [Handwritten, starred, and underlined in pencil on front cover] Some notes throughout.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- Part 2 of 2
- "Department of dressmaking" -- cover
- "Instruction paper with examination questions" -- Cover
Images
Interview with Joanne Smith
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19601
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1986-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 May 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (24 min., 55 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (24 min., 55 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Joanne Smith conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 0:00 - 04:04 Joanne Smith provides a brief overview of her immigration story and how she and her husband Stanis came to emigrate from South Africa t…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (24 min., 55 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (24 min., 55 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Joanne Smith Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: May 11, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 24:55 Photograph information: Joanne and Stanis Smith cycling on the Salt Flats, Argentina Digital master recording (m4a) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Joanne Smith conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 0:00 - 04:04 Joanne Smith provides a brief overview of her immigration story and how she and her husband Stanis came to emigrate from South Africa to Canada in 1986. Joanne explains that they decided to leave South Africa during the Apartheid era and applied to several countries with Canada being their top choice. Joanne relates that they were accepted to Canada based on her professional skills as an occupational therapist. Joanne talks about what she liked about living in South Africa and how she especially loved walking in the game reserves. 04:05 - 11:44 Joanne provides background on her ancestors migration, her life in South Africa and details on her profession. Joanne imparts that her ancestors immigrated to South Africa from Latvia at the turn of the century to avoid conscription and for increased opportunities. Joanne provides a brief overview of her life in South Africa, places that she lived and her education. Joanne provides details and background regarding her practice as an occupational therapist. Joanne explains how she specializes in hand therapy but also works with animals and other varied treatments. 11:45 - 19:29 Joanne talks about her life in Burnaby. Joanne recollects how her family ended up living in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood and provides a brief overview of her community involvement including the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) and the Community Advisory Committee. Joanne shares some of her interests including; riding her tandem bicycle with her husband Stanis, thier love of opera and the symphony, attending concerts in Deer Lake Park and visiting Confederation with her grandchild. Joanne conveys that they like to support the local arts and that they commissioned a twig sculpture for their garden from local artist, Nickie Lewis. 19:30 - 24:55 Joanne shares that ten years after immigrating that they were able to bring family relations including Stanis' parents and brother. Joanne describes the benefits of having Stanis' parents residing with them and provides details on Stanis' parents community involvement in Burnaby. Joanne reflects on her association with her Jewish heritage. Joanne conveys that they aren’t religious but have maintained a few cultural aspects of their Jewish heritage including celebrating bat mitzvahs for both of their daughters and the importance of the Yiddish language. Joanne reflects on what she likes about living in Burnaby and how it’s changed over the 30 years that she’s lived here.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Joanne was born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1958 and also spent some time in Klerksdorp and Johannesburg. Her formal education led to a career in occupational therapy, specializing in hand therapy. Uncomfortable with the social and political climate of South Africa at the time, she and her husband Stanis left for Canada in 1986. They soon settled in North Burnaby, where Joanne had a long-time friend, to pursue their respective careers and raise a family. The Smiths brought Stanis’s parents to Burnaby about 1996 and together built a new home. Joanne has been involved in school and community activities, enjoys Burnaby’s parks, and supports local fine arts, particularly music and performing arts. 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
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Migration
- Religions - Judaism
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Arts
- Performances
- Performances - Concerts
- Sports - Cycling
- Names
- Smith, Joanne
- Smith, Stanis
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Confederation Park
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1986-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 May 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
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Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Joanne Smith, [1986-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 May 2023
Interview with Joanne Smith, [1986-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 May 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0005_003.mp3