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Interview with Ron Burton by Kathy Bossort November 16, 2015 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory617
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 2000-2015
- Length
- 0:11:04
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Ron Burton’s description of how volunteers participate in maintaining trails on Burnaby Mountain in cooperation with City staff, which are organized as four Trail Days per year. He talks about the relationship between Burnaby Mountain Biking Association and th…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Ron Burton’s description of how volunteers participate in maintaining trails on Burnaby Mountain in cooperation with City staff, which are organized as four Trail Days per year. He talks about the relationship between Burnaby Mountain Biking Association and the Parks department, the role the BMBA plays in educating its members, and the challenge biking’s “extreme” image has presented.
- Date Range
- 2000-2015
- Length
- 0:11:04
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Geographic Features - Trails
- Sports - Cycling
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- November 16, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Ron Burton conducted by Kathy Bossort. Ron Burton 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 founding, goals, and activities of the Burnaby Mountain Biking Association as told by one of the founders and President of the club, Ron Burton, and about the development of mountain biking and trail construction on Burnaby Mountain, both prior to and after the creation of the conservation area in 1995/96. Ron Burton also talks about his childhood, his work as a Burnaby school trustee, and the sports and recreational activities he has enjoyed on the mountain.
- Biographical Notes
- Ron Burton was born in Burnaby in 1954 to Fred and Shirley Burton. He grew up in East Vancouver and attended Hastings Elementary and Gladstone Secondary schools. He worked on the waterfront for Viterra, became a member of the Grain Workers Union and joined the NDP in 1972. He and his wife moved to Burnaby’s Vancouver Heights in 1982 and Forest Grove in 1988. He has served as a Board of Education Trustee in the Burnaby School District since first being elected in 1987, currently serving as Board Chair. Ron is founder and President of the Burnaby Mountain Biking Association and an active rider on Burnaby Mountain since 1988. The Association was founded in 2000, registering as a society in 2005, with the goals to build sustainable trails on Burnaby Mountain, to provide education about trail riding, and to advocate for and improve the image of mountain biking. Under Ron’s leadership the Association has successfully recruited members and formed a cooperative relationship with Burnaby’s Parks staff and with other park trail users.
- Total Tracks
- 6
- Total Length
- 1:01:32
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, Ronald C. "Ron"
- Interview Location
- Meeting room at the Burnaby School District office
- 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 three of interview with Ron Burton
Track three of interview with Ron Burton
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-010/MSS196-010_Track_3.mp3Interview with Shirley Cohn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19597
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (16 min., 57 sec.) (50 min., 36 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (50 min., 36 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two recordings of oral history interviews with Shirley Cohn conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. The first interview was conducted on April 14, 2023 and the second interview was conducted on September 6, 2023. Summary of interview conducted on …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (16 min., 57 sec.) (50 min., 36 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (50 min., 36 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Shirley Cohn Location of Interviews: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Dates: April 14, 2023 and September 6, 2023 Total Number of Tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 67 min., 33 sec. Digital master recording (wav) of second interview (50 min., 36 sec.) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two recordings of oral history interviews with Shirley Cohn conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. The first interview was conducted on April 14, 2023 and the second interview was conducted on September 6, 2023. Summary of interview conducted on September 6, 2023: 0:00 – 16:09 Shirley Cohn shares background information about her parents who immigrated to Detroit from Hungary in the 1930’s. Shirley recalls what it was like for her parents being Jewish during World War II and how many of their relations were killed in the Holocaust. Shirley talks about her Jewish Hungarian heritage, what it was like growing up in Detroit, the Jewish community in Detroit and the Jewish holidays and traditions that her family celebrated. Shirley recalls her high school and University education and experiences, starting her career in social work and how she met her future husband, Theodore “Ted” Cohn. 16:10 – 18:27 Shirley shares the story about her father in law, Dr. Daniel E. Cohn who was Harry Houdini’s doctor at the time of his death in Detroit on Oct. 31, 1926. Shirley explains that she donated some of Dr. Daniel E. Cohn’s original documents pertaining to this event to the New York Public Library. 18:28 – 26:04 Shirley describes her experiences living and working in London Ontario while her husband was a professor at University of Western Ontario and Shirley worked as a social worker in family services. Shirley recalls experiences of anti-Semitism while living in London. Shirley talks about moving to Burnaby in 1977 after her husband took a job as a professor at Simon Fraser University. Shirley describes her experiences living in Burnaby, raising a family and working as a social worker at Burnaby General Hospital. 26:05 – 26:18 Shirley talks about her interests outside of work, her family’s involvement in the Burquest Jewish Community Association and being a member of Temple Shalom. Shirley conveys information about other Jewish synagogues in Greater Vancouver, describes Reform Judaism at Temple Shalom and some Jewish cultural practices that her family has been involved with. 26:19 – 33:12 Shirley describes her family’s experiences living in the Garden Village nieghbourhood in Burnaby, her involvement sharing Jewish cultural traditions at her children’s school and recalls her children’s experiences attending school in Burnaby. 33:13 – 40:46 Shirley conveys the career paths that her children took and talks about what she likes about living in Burnaby including; the walking and hiking trails, the cultural and art performances and her involvement in local politics. Shirley talks about her and her husband’s involvement in the SFU retirees association and the SFURA walking and hiking group. Shirley reflects on her husband’s academic career, experiences teaching at SFU and the role of the Hillel Jewish Students Association at the Simon Fraser University. Shirley talks about the difficulties of discussing political views about the State of Israel. Shirley describes some traditional Jewish foods, the roles that they play and a local bakery that carries Jewish bake goods. 40:47 – 50:36 Shirley describes her current daily life in Burnaby; working one day a week as a social worker, gardening, her involvement at Temple Shalom and the Jewish Community Centre and how she travels in Burnaby. Shirley recalls the changes that she’s encountered in Burnaby and in her career over the years, shares a story about her husband losing his thesis and describes what Burnaby was like while she was raising her family. Shirley shares what she thinks about the areas of development in Burnaby and conveys the importance of having parks and affordable housing. In closing, Shirley reflects on what is like to be a Jewish person living in Burnaby.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Shirley Tanner was born in Detroit in 1947. Her parents were both Jewish. Her mother fled Hungary as a refugee in 1939, while her father emigrated from there in 1934. Shirley attended public schools in Detroit, and then studied social work at the University of Michigan. After marriage, Shirley and Ted Cohn moved to Ontario where Ted had a faculty appointment at the University of Western Ontario in political science. Six years later they moved to Burnaby for Ted’s teaching position in political science at Simon Fraser University. While living in Burnaby, Shirley took care of a growing family while also practicing social work, mainly at Burnaby Hospital. The family enjoyed Burnaby’s libraries and parks. Shirley helped out at her children’s schools, became a Block Watch captain, and the family joined Burquest Jewish Community Association. The Cohns later became members of Temple Sholom Synagogue in Vancouver, while remaining in Burnaby. Beginning in 2009, Ted started an informal hiking group for retired Simon Fraser University staff. This group has been open to others, so now has a wide variety of members. Shirley has also helped lead hikes in the region. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Education
- Recreational Activities - Hiking
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Migration
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Religions - Judaism
- Social Issues - Racism
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Cohn, Dr. Daniel E.
- Cohn, Shirley
- Cohn, Theodore H. "Ted"
- Burquest
- Hillel Jewish Students Association
- Simon Fraser University
- SFURA walking and hiking group
- Simon Fraser University Retirees Association "SFURA"
- Temple Shalom
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Summary, recording and transcript of second interview available on Heritage Burnaby
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Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Shirley Cohn, [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023
Interview with Shirley Cohn, [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0001_003.mp3Interview with Steve Mancinelli by Kathy Bossort September 13, 2015 - Track 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory554
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1995-2015
- Length
- 0:10:34
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society’s reaction to the final 1995 agreement which met its goal to preserve the conservation area. Steve Mancinelli describes the ceremony at which Mayor Drummond awarded the Society Burnaby’s 1998 Environment Award. He talk…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society’s reaction to the final 1995 agreement which met its goal to preserve the conservation area. Steve Mancinelli describes the ceremony at which Mayor Drummond awarded the Society Burnaby’s 1998 Environment Award. He talks about his letter writing and his belief about the positive impact people can have if they get politically involved. He illustrates his point with examples.
- Date Range
- 1995-2015
- Length
- 0:10:34
- Subjects
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Persons - Volunteers
- Protests and Demonstrations
- Public Services
- Ceremonies - Award
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- September 13, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Steve Mancinelli conducted by Kathy Bossort. Steve Mancinelli 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 activities of the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society between 1988 and 1997 and its advocacy for the protection of green space on Burnaby Mountain prior to the land transfer from SFU to Burnaby in 1995. Steve Mancinelli also talks about his other environmental and political activities, recreation on Burnaby Mountain, and the value of its natural assets.
- Biographical Notes
- Stephen Mancinelli was born in Vancouver in 1953 to Mario and Joan Mancinelli, one of three sons. The Mancinelli family moved to Burnaby in 1955 to the Cascade-Schou District. Steve attended Schou School (Gr. 1- 7) and Moscrop School (Gr. 8-10), playing as a child in the bush on the future Discovery Park site, before the family moved to Port Coquitlam. Steve moved back to Burnaby when he was 18, married his wife Glenda in 1980, and raised his family of two daughters (Julia and Aimee) in the Capital Hill District, before moving to Coquitlam in 2002. Employed as a sheet metal worker for 25 years, Steve has recently worked as a custodian for Coquitlam School District 43 for 19 years. Steve was one of the founding members of the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, and has also been a member of the Capital Hill Community Association, on the Board of Directors for Burnaby Psychiatric Services, and a Regional Director for the Green Party. Steve took an early interest in organic gardening, planting trees, and finding inventive ways to recycle waste and promote responsible use of the environment. Steve’s experience working on environmental issues was an important asset to the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which formed ca. 1988 to become a key advocate for preserving parkland on Burnaby Mountain. The Society was awarded the City of Burnaby 1998 Environment Award in Communications for its work in preserving the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. In 2001 Steve was awarded an Environmental Star in Community Stewardship for being “active in preserving and enhancing Burnaby’s natural environment for over thirty years”.
- Total Tracks
- 9
- Total Length
- 1:31:42
- Interviewee Name
- Mancinelli, Stephen J. "Steve"
- Interview Location
- Steve Mancinelli'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 eight of interview with Steve Mancinelli
Track eight of interview with Steve Mancinelli
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-001/MSS196-001_Track_8.mp3Ivy McGeachie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4855
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia hand-tinted into col. ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Hand coloured photograph of Ivy McGeachie in her Girl Guide in uniform. She is wearing a blue uniform and is in a standing pose in front of a rose coloured curtain.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia hand-tinted into col. ; 14 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Hand coloured photograph of Ivy McGeachie in her Girl Guide in uniform. She is wearing a blue uniform and is in a standing pose in front of a rose coloured curtain.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.206
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06/11/2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is a part of original scrapbook "Girl Guiding. -- 1939-1951" (page 13/18) Item BV015.35.160
Images
May Aikenhead Scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9664
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 75 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty pages of pasted copies of newspaper clippings of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1940 . The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of the British Royal Family, newspaper clip…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 75 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Material Details
- Pre-printed design on front cover of scrapbook reads: “SCRAP / BOOK", with red, green, and black illustrations of scissors and a bottle of paste.
- White, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "FORGET-ME-NOT PATROL / SCRAP BOOK" in red ink.
- More recent white, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "From: May Aikenhead / 97 years old / Burnaby Royal Trefoil / 2001".
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty pages of pasted copies of newspaper clippings of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1940 . The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of the British Royal Family, newspaper clippings about the death of King George V, the not-to-be coronation of Edward VIII, and the eventual coronation of King George IV. Miscellaneous general clippings and photographs about Girl Guides and Scouts are also present.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.326
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1936-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of scrapbook
- Selected ephemera from scrapbook are described at as artifact (BV015.35.328 to BV015.35.330)
Images
Documents
May Aikenhead Scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 77 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty-six pages of pasted copies of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1937. The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of Canadian Governor General John Buchan, the British Royal Fam…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (2 digital files : col. (pdfs) + 77 photographs : col. (tiffs))
- Material Details
- Pre-printed design in black on front cover of scrapbook reads: “SCRAPS".
- White, rectangular paper label adhered to upper right corner of cover reads: "From: May Aikenhead / 97 years old / Burnaby Royal Trefoil / 2001 / (1936)".
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images of a scrapbook of sixty-six pages of pasted copies of the "Girl Guide News" column, dating between January 3, 1936 and January 18, 1937. The scrapbook also contains pasted copies of photographs and illustrations of Canadian Governor General John Buchan, the British Royal Family, the death of King George V, the not-to-be coronation of Edward VIII, and the eventual coronation of King George IV. Miscellaneous general clippings and photographs about Girl Guides and Scouts are also present.
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.327
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1935-1940] (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of scrapbook
Images
Documents
Our baby Midgie Townsend
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5069
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jun 1935
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Midgie Townsend dressed as a baby in a white bonnet, white diaper and white t shirt and is holding a small doll while sucking on a soother. This photograph may have been on display in 1960 at the Burnaby Girl Guide Reunion held in the auditorium of Edmonds Junior High School in recog…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Material Details
- Note in black ink on scrapbook page reads: " "Our Baby" / Midgie Townsend"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Midgie Townsend dressed as a baby in a white bonnet, white diaper and white t shirt and is holding a small doll while sucking on a soother. This photograph may have been on display in 1960 at the Burnaby Girl Guide Reunion held in the auditorium of Edmonds Junior High School in recognition of the 50th Anniversary (Golden Jubilee) of Guiding in Canada.
- Other Title Information
- Transcribed title
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.304
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jun 1935
- Media Type
- Photograph
Images
Pages from May Aikenhead scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5245
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1930-1935]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records : 1 p. + 1 illustration : col. ; graphite and watercolour + 1 digital file : col. (pdf) + 10 photographs : col. (tiffs)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of pages from a scrapbook created by May Aitkenhead. Pages include an illustration of a Girl Guide in uniform done in pencil and watercolour along with two pages (double sided) of clippings from newspapers, magazines and a programme. The illustration page includes the name "Mabel McIn…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records : 1 p. + 1 illustration : col. ; graphite and watercolour + 1 digital file : col. (pdf) + 10 photographs : col. (tiffs)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of pages from a scrapbook created by May Aitkenhead. Pages include an illustration of a Girl Guide in uniform done in pencil and watercolour along with two pages (double sided) of clippings from newspapers, magazines and a programme. The illustration page includes the name "Mabel McIntyre / Cl. 16" handwritten in pencil at the top of the page along with a sticker of a wreath. The newspaper clippings page is titled "Guide News" and includes selected clippings about the 5th Burnaby Girl Guides, while two other pages include information titled "Patrol Portfolio Chart No. 9 _ Digging"; "The Aims of the Girl Guides" and "Girl Guiding" with photographic images of Mrs. Alan Morkill (Provincial Commissioner for British Columbia); Countess Bessborough (Honourary President of the Canadian Girl Guide Association); His Excellency Rt. Hon. the Earl of Bessborough (Governor General and Commander in Chief of the Dominion of Canada- Chief Scout of Canada) as well as Lady and Lord Baden Powell. The last page is clipped and pasted from a programme and/or poster "Grand Rally / Scouts / and / Guides / April 15th 1935 / Hastings Park / Vancouver BC" and includes a page of the programme.
- Creator
- Aitkenhead, May
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.168
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1930-1935]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Digital images were created of the scrapbook prior to selective retention of original records
- Selected pages were removed from original scrapbook and were retained under BV015.35.168
- Selected photographs were removed from scrapbook prior and are described at item level (BV015.35.292 to BV015.35.300)
Images
Documents
Second Burnaby Company
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4888
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jun 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company and leaders. All Girl Guides are in uniforms and unidentified. On April 2, 1916 the 2nd Burnaby Guide Company registered and met at Edmonds School.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company and leaders. All Girl Guides are in uniforms and unidentified. On April 2, 1916 the 2nd Burnaby Guide Company registered and met at Edmonds School.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.246
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jun 1930
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See also photograph HV972.204.4
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 4, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Lorimy, G.
- Notes
- Title based on content of photograph
- Script in white ink on lower right corner of photograph reads: "Photo by / Edmonds Studio 1930."
- Stamp in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "The Edmonds Studi / (G.Lorimy, Photographer) / 1188 Edmonds St. / Phone New Westminster 1618L1"
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "2nd Co June 1930 / 1930 (circled)"
- Photograph is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
Images
Second Burnaby Girl Guide Company at rally
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4889
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jun 20, 1932
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company and leaders at a Burnaby Division rally on the grounds of the Burnaby Municipal Hall on Saturday June 20, 1932. The rally took place in the presence of the deputy provincial commissioner, Miss G. Davies who was accompanied by the divisional…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company and leaders at a Burnaby Division rally on the grounds of the Burnaby Municipal Hall on Saturday June 20, 1932. The rally took place in the presence of the deputy provincial commissioner, Miss G. Davies who was accompanied by the divisional commissioner, Mrs. A. Moxon Pt. Grey and Mrs. Dallas Perry district commissioiner West Point Grey, parents and friends. Visitors were welcomed by Mrs. Carter, divisional commissioner for Burnaby and the district commissioners Mrs. Peel and Miss A. Leigh. The district captain Mrs. John Graham took charge of the programme designed to illustrate the various phases of camp training including nature studies, crafts and fire and life saving drills.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.247
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jun 20, 1932
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
- Related Material
- See also photograph HV972.204.4
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 4, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on content of photograph
- Note in black ink on scrapbook page reads: "1932 / 2nd Company at Rally / Municipal Hall Grounds"
- Information for description gathered from newspaper clipping "...Give Interesting Programme on Municipal Grounds at Edmonds"
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "2nd Co. at Rally in Municipal Hall Grounds / 1932 / 32"
- Photograph is a part of scrapbook (page 31) "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
Images
Sixth Burnaby Girl Guides Log Book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4591
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1933-1934
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (1 photograph + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a scrapbook with a cardboard cover containing 37 pages of handwritten entries documenting Girl Guide meetings between May 23 through October 2, 1934; newspaper clippings about Girl Guide leaders and events and one photograph. The photograph has a handwritten annotation on the botto…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (1 photograph + textual records)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a scrapbook with a cardboard cover containing 37 pages of handwritten entries documenting Girl Guide meetings between May 23 through October 2, 1934; newspaper clippings about Girl Guide leaders and events and one photograph. The photograph has a handwritten annotation on the bottom which reads: "Beach Party July 26-33 / 6th Burnaby Girl Guides".
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.163
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1933-1934
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
The twins (three sets)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5068
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Jun 1935
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of eight young girls dressed in white shorts and dresses with a small young girl identified as Midgie Townsend near the centre. Midgie is dressed as a baby in a white bonnet and is holding a soother in her mouth. Six of the girls appear to be twins. This photograph may have b…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Material Details
- Note in black ink on scrapbook page reads: "June 1935 / The twins (three sets) / The Baby & / Another baby"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of eight young girls dressed in white shorts and dresses with a small young girl identified as Midgie Townsend near the centre. Midgie is dressed as a baby in a white bonnet and is holding a soother in her mouth. Six of the girls appear to be twins. This photograph may have been on display in 1960 at the Burnaby Girl Guide Reunion held in the auditorium of Edmonds Junior High School in recognition of the 50th Anniversary (Golden Jubilee) of Guiding in Canada.
- Other Title Information
- Transcribed title
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.303
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Jun 1935
- Media Type
- Photograph
Images
Warrants for Burnaby Girl Guide leaders
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4595
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1925-1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of cancelled warrants for Burnaby Girl Guide commisoners, captains, lieutenants and Brownie leaders that were on file at the Burnaby Guide Office. The Girl Guide warrants also cover the Third Burnaby Girl Guide company; the Third Burnaby Brownie company and the First Burnaby Lake Brow…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of cancelled warrants for Burnaby Girl Guide commisoners, captains, lieutenants and Brownie leaders that were on file at the Burnaby Guide Office. The Girl Guide warrants also cover the Third Burnaby Girl Guide company; the Third Burnaby Brownie company and the First Burnaby Lake Brownie company.
- History
- When you became a girl guide leader such as a Commissioner, Captain, Lieutenant, or Brown Owl they issued a warrant saying that you were trained and official. The warrants were cancelled when the leader left.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.167
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1925-1939
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Travels to England # 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85247
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (10 min., 25 sec.) : digital, b&w, si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized silent black and white film segment identified as Reel 10. This film continues from item number 562-003-11, following the Digney family as they continue to travel through England. It interchanges with views of the seaside and the Henley airshow, followed by footage of the Chang…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (10 min., 25 sec.) : digital, b&w, si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-003-10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized silent black and white film segment identified as Reel 10. This film continues from item number 562-003-11, following the Digney family as they continue to travel through England. It interchanges with views of the seaside and the Henley airshow, followed by footage of the Changing of the Guards, Liverpool, a storm on the Atlantic, an iceberg and the St. Lawrence seaway.
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
Images
Video
Travels to England # 3, 1935
Travels to England # 3, 1935
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-10.m4vInterview with Robert Lowe by Eric Damer November 5, 2012 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory355
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1939-1972
- Length
- 0:10:04
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of growing up in Burnaby. He discusses transportation in Burnaby, including the first cars in his family. Bob talks about recreational activities available to Burnaby residents in the late nineteen-thirties and early nineteen-fo…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Robert "Bob" Lowe's memories of growing up in Burnaby. He discusses transportation in Burnaby, including the first cars in his family. Bob talks about recreational activities available to Burnaby residents in the late nineteen-thirties and early nineteen-forties, as well as changes that he has seen from his time growing up to the time of raising his own children.
- Date Range
- 1939-1972
- Photo Info
- Robert "Bob" Lowe (at center) and friends riding soap box race cars, [1939]. Item no. 549-041.
- Length
- 0:10:04
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- November 5, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Robert "Bob" Lowe conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 5, 2012. Major theme discussed: the rise of the automobile and its effect on development in Burnaby.
- Biographical Notes
- Robert "Bob" Lowe has lived his entire life in Burnaby. During his childhood, Bob’s family lived at several addresses near Royal Oak and what is now Canada Way. He attended Douglas Road Elementary and South Burnaby High Schools. After graduating, Bob worked for a few years before enrolling in Normal School for a teaching certificate. He began teaching in Vancouver, married in 1952, and started a family. The Lowes moved to Government Road in 1961 and began a hobby farm, while Bob upgraded his formal education and became an administrator in the new college system.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:36:54
- Interviewee Name
- Lowe, Robert "Bob"
- Interview Location
- Interviewee's residence
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track three of recording of interview with Bob Lowe
Track three of recording of interview with Bob Lowe
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-016/MSS171-016_Track_3.mp3Jim Bowman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35040
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jim Bowman with a dog at a farm looking east towards Sperling Avenue. The description in the accession file states this is "Taxi man (at C.P.R. station) Jim Bowman [with] his car, which was a taxi," and that he "lived [in a] hotel across from [the station]"
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1935 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Chamberlain family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 179-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-27
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jim Bowman with a dog at a farm looking east towards Sperling Avenue. The description in the accession file states this is "Taxi man (at C.P.R. station) Jim Bowman [with] his car, which was a taxi," and that he "lived [in a] hotel across from [the station]"
- Names
- Bowman, Jim
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Travels to Ontario, Quebec and England
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85245
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (11 min., 42 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 8. Most of the film is in black and white but switches to a pinky hue about 3/4 of the way through. The film footage provides views of road travels with the Digney family as they drive around Ontario and into Detroit via the Windsor Bridge.…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1937 and 1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (11 min., 42 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-003-8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 8. Most of the film is in black and white but switches to a pinky hue about 3/4 of the way through. The film footage provides views of road travels with the Digney family as they drive around Ontario and into Detroit via the Windsor Bridge. Footage includes travels to Niagara Falls and the power plant, the gates of the CNE and the Toronto skyline, a scene in Quebec where the Digney car is being loaded on board a large ship, followed by glimpses of life aboard the oceanliner as the family travels to England. Once in England, the family is seen enjoying a picnic with relatives and the film cuts and ends with a scene of a polo match.
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
Images
Video
Travels to Ontario, Quebec and England, [between 1937 and 1938]
Travels to Ontario, Quebec and England, [between 1937 and 1938]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-8.m4v1934 V-8 Ford
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38082
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 1934 V-8 Ford in front of 3825 Hazel Street (later renumbered 4673 Hazel Street).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-669
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 1934 V-8 Ford in front of 3825 Hazel Street (later renumbered 4673 Hazel Street).
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Hazel Street
- Street Address
- 4673 Hazel Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Images
1935 Ford
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36885
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman standing beside a 1935 Ford decorated for an International Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) parade.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-343
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman standing beside a 1935 Ford decorated for an International Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) parade.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
1935 Ford and 1918 "Tin Lizzie"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36886
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a George Grant with a 1935 Ford (right) and Bill Grant with a 1918 "Tin Lizzie" (left). The "Tin Lizzie" belonged to William Wright.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-344
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a George Grant with a 1935 Ford (right) and Bill Grant with a 1918 "Tin Lizzie" (left). The "Tin Lizzie" belonged to William Wright.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph