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Graduation records
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82734
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930-1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two envelopes and one dictionary. One envelope is empty and is addressed to: "To Whom it May Concern" and is from: "Hugh M. Fraser High School / 2350 Kingsway / New Westminster, BC". It most likely contained the reference letter from May 12, 1941 written by the principal of Hugh M.…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930-1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS167-013
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- File consists of two envelopes and one dictionary. One envelope is empty and is addressed to: "To Whom it May Concern" and is from: "Hugh M. Fraser High School / 2350 Kingsway / New Westminster, BC". It most likely contained the reference letter from May 12, 1941 written by the principal of Hugh M. Fraser Senior and Junior High Schools. The second envelope is addressed to "Miss Hazel Simnett / 4019 Kingsway / New Westminster, BC" from the Department of Education in Victoria, BC. It contains the reference letter as discussed previously, a University Entrance Examination certificate, a High School Graduation certificate from Burnaby South High School, a Grade Twelve Examination Junior Matriculation certificate and a purple and gold ribbon. The dictionary is a Nelson's "Highroads" English Dictionary. Inside an inscription reads: "Hazel Simnett / 4019 Kingsway / Burnaby / BSHS / Hazel Simnett / Kingsway West School".
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols - Certificates
- Names
- Simnett, Hazel
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Simnett personal papers series
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
Personal material
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82732
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlai…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS167-008
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlain from Liverpool and a letter from the Office of the Mayor addressed to Mary Ann Simnett for her ninetieth birthday. Also included is a photograph (see item 559-001). Also included are newsclippings regarding Robert Burnaby and the "Bygones of Burnaby" book, a programme of the Robert Burnaby Commemorative Dinner, a photocopy of "The Argus" (Burnaby South High School's newspaper) from 1938, a programme from Madys Pridmore Brown's Variety Programme, "The Buzzer" Volume 40 Issue 16 advertising Vancouver street cars, New Vista Society certificate addressed to Hazel Simnett, an envelope of Fenwick Lansdowne bird prints from 1957 and a print of the Royal Family found in a cardboard envelope postmarked 1972.
- Subjects
- Arts - Paintings
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
- Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
- Performances - Concerts
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Personal Symbols - Certificates
- Transportation
- Persons - Royalty
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying file on folder ; The Argue was stapled together
- Simnett personal papers series
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
![Charmaine Yanko (later Bayntun) nursing a goat from a bottle, [1969]. Item no. 549-015. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-015.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Charmaine Bayntun by Eric Damer October 22, 2012 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory294
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1929-2012
- Length
- 0:09:03
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Charmaine (Yanko) Bayntun's father and the influence he had on her in her enjoyment of school as well as on her decision to become an educator herself. She discusses her family's interest in music and gardening, and how it is closely tied to being members o…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Charmaine (Yanko) Bayntun's father and the influence he had on her in her enjoyment of school as well as on her decision to become an educator herself. She discusses her family's interest in music and gardening, and how it is closely tied to being members of the Ukrainian Community.
- Date Range
- 1929-2012
- Photo Info
- Charmaine Yanko (later Bayntun) nursing a goat from a bottle, [1969]. Item no. 549-015.
- Length
- 0:09:03
- Names
- Yanko, John Ivan
- Subjects
- Education
- Occupations - Musicians
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- October 22, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Charmaine (Yanko) Bayntun conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 22, 2012. Major themes discussed are: education and family heritage.
- Biographical Notes
- At the age of twenty, John Ivan Yanko met his future wife Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman while visiting relatives in Burnaby. Lillian received a rail pass because of her dad’s employment with the CPR and at fourteen had gone to visit her Godmother in Burnaby. John Ivan Yanko and Lillian Doris (Carman) Yanko were married October 16, 1948 in Nelson, British Columbia and moved into the basement of John’s sister’s house on Union Street. Lillian began working at the downtown Woodward’s store as a cashier in 1948. In 1950, the young couple bought property at 7385 (later renumbered 7391) Broadway in Burnaby and began constructing a house as they could afford it. Knowing she’d be let go if she was pregnant, when Lillian was expecting her first child, Jenny sewed her several versions of the same outfit; they all used the same material, but each was a little bit larger than the last to accommodate her expanding girth. Rhonda, born in 1953 and Charmaine, born in 1955, grew up in the Broadway home. They attended school at Sperling Elementary, and later at Burnaby North high school. Lillian left her job to be a stay-at-home mom when Rhonda was born, but that changed in 1963 when John and Charmaine were in a car accident that left John temporarily unable to work. John Yanko later returned to work, establishing his own tile setting business and working until age eighty-two. John and Lillian lived out the rest of their married lives on the Broadway property. John Ivan Yanko passed away in 2010; his wife Lillian Doria Leida (Carman) Yanko passed away in 2011. Charmaine (Yanko) Bayntun completed her schooling in Burnaby and became a teacher for twenty-two years, followed by ten years as a Burnaby elementary school principal.
- Total Tracks
- 5
- Total Length
- 0:47:24
- Interviewee Name
- Bayntun, Charmaine "Sherrie" Yanko
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- 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
![Charmaine Yanko (later Bayntun) nursing a goat from a bottle, [1969]. Item no. 549-015. thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/540/549-015.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track four of recording of interview with Charmaine Bayntun
Track four of recording of interview with Charmaine Bayntun
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-002/MSS171-002_Track_4.mp3
Robert C.K. Peers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38729
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers at Oak Bay High School in Victoria, BC, holding two trophies.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-048
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers at Oak Bay High School in Victoria, BC, holding two trophies.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols - Trophies
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Robert Peers and trophies
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38717
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert C.K. Peers posing in front of six trophies, three of which are identified as the Anscomb Trophy, the Murdoch Cup and the Aggregate Cup.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-036
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert C.K. Peers posing in front of six trophies, three of which are identified as the Anscomb Trophy, the Murdoch Cup and the Aggregate Cup.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols - Trophies
- Names
- Peers, Robert C.K.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Swim team with trophy, [1943] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-034.jpg?width=280)
Swim team with trophy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38715
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1943]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five young people in swimming outfits and three men in suits posing in front of a trophy. Robert C.K. Peers is standing on the far right, he was a member of the Oak Bay High Swim Team.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1943]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-034
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five young people in swimming outfits and three men in suits posing in front of a trophy. Robert C.K. Peers is standing on the far right, he was a member of the Oak Bay High Swim Team.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Gibson, Wilfred
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Swim team with trophy, [1943] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-034.jpg)
![Willie James Field with a trophy, [194-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/521-007.jpg?width=280)
Willie James Field with a trophy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65774
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Willie James Field standing in the centre, accepting a Lawn Bowling trophy with his fellow Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club teammates.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Material Details
- Item is a scan of a photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 521-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2010-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Willie James Field standing in the centre, accepting a Lawn Bowling trophy with his fellow Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club teammates.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols - Trophies
- Organizations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Willie James Field with a trophy, [194-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/521-007.jpg)
Children on Victory in Europe Day
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37715
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1945 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.2 x 3.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children on V.E. Day (Victory in Europe Day). The Johnson children and Bobby Ellis (far right) are holding flags (Union Jacks and another) on the 2900 block of Silver Avenue (later renumbered as the 6100 block). The street and Ford Motor plant are visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1945 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.2 x 3.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.1 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-303
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of children on V.E. Day (Victory in Europe Day). The Johnson children and Bobby Ellis (far right) are holding flags (Union Jacks and another) on the 2900 block of Silver Avenue (later renumbered as the 6100 block). The street and Ford Motor plant are visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Animals - Dogs
- Symbols - Flags
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Silver Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Girl Guide troop, [1940] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/045-001.jpg?width=280)
Girl Guide troop
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34554
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Girl Guide troop in uniform outside. The group includes girls and leaders, and the girl standing in the centre is holding a flag.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 045-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Girl Guide troop in uniform outside. The group includes girls and leaders, and the girl standing in the centre is holding a flag.
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Girl Guide troop, [1940] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/045-001.jpg)
![Raising the flag, [between 1939 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/580/581-006.jpg?width=280)
Raising the flag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription88400
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014
- Collection/Fonds
- James Massey family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of James Massey as he raises the Union Jack flag up the flag pole in Robert Burnaby Park. James Massey was the caretaker of the park from 1933 until 1947 and raised the flag on all public holidays.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014
- Collection/Fonds
- James Massey family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : sepia ; 600 dpi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 581-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2014-34
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of James Massey as he raises the Union Jack flag up the flag pole in Robert Burnaby Park. James Massey was the caretaker of the park from 1933 until 1947 and raised the flag on all public holidays.
- Subjects
- Symbols - Flags
- Names
- Massey, James
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Images
![Raising the flag, [between 1939 and 1947] (date of original), copied 2014 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/580/581-006.jpg)
![Valleyview Community Centre May Queen, [1940] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/009-016.jpg?width=280)
Valleyview Community Centre May Queen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34081
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.1 x 12.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre May Queen and her suite dressed in white with sashes and standing outside on a stage. The Queen is wearing a crown and holding a bouquet of flowers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.1 x 12.8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 009-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre May Queen and her suite dressed in white with sashes and standing outside on a stage. The Queen is wearing a crown and holding a bouquet of flowers.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Symbols - Flags
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Valleyview Community Centre May Queen, [1940] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/009-016.jpg)
![Ernie Winch, [194-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-506.jpg?width=280)
Ernie Winch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35648
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ernie Winch (left) and an unidentified helper working as stone masons building a brick chimney.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-506
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ernie Winch (left) and an unidentified helper working as stone masons building a brick chimney.
- Names
- Winch, Ernest "Ernie"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Ernie Winch, [194-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-506.jpg)
![Farrington brothers, [194-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-088.jpg?width=280)
Farrington brothers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35231
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Farrington brothers; Richard and Thomas. Thomas and Richard Farrington founded Wheat Sheaf Poultry Ranch in 1919. It was located at 3907 Chesham Avenue (later renumbered 5384 Chesham Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-088
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Farrington brothers; Richard and Thomas. Thomas and Richard Farrington founded Wheat Sheaf Poultry Ranch in 1919. It was located at 3907 Chesham Avenue (later renumbered 5384 Chesham Avenue).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Farrington brothers, [194-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/204/204-088.jpg)
Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory497
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1939-1990
- Length
- 00:09:08
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s childhood, her education and teaching career, her marriage to Pat Kernaghan and their move to Burnaby, his work at Oakalla Prison, the opening of their Neville Street bookstore, and changes in their neighbourhood
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s childhood, her education and teaching career, her marriage to Pat Kernaghan and their move to Burnaby, his work at Oakalla Prison, the opening of their Neville Street bookstore, and changes in their neighbourhood
- Date Range
- 1939-1990
- Photo Info
- Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
- Length
- 00:09:08
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 10, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:26:27
- Interviewee Name
- Kernaghan, Eileen
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track seven of interview with Eileen Kernaghan
Track seven of interview with Eileen Kernaghan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-021/MSS187-021_Track%207.mp3
Interview with Sev Morin by Rod Fowler April 4, 1990 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory540
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1938-1990
- Length
- 00:04:02
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s friendship and business partnership with CKNW broadcaster Jack Cullen; the entertainment people Sev Morin met; and a brief description of his early education at the Jesuit College in Edmonton
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s friendship and business partnership with CKNW broadcaster Jack Cullen; the entertainment people Sev Morin met; and a brief description of his early education at the Jesuit College in Edmonton
- Date Range
- 1938-1990
- Photo Info
- Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712
- Length
- 00:04:02
- Names
- Gai Paree Supper Club
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 4, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.
- Total Tracks
- 10
- Total Length
- 00:56:44
- Interviewee Name
- Morin, Severin "Sev"
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track four of interview with Sev Morin
Track four of interview with Sev Morin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-021/MSS187-021_Track%204.mp3
John and Lois Shaw
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55572
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 25, 1942
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Shaw and Lois Shaw (nee Gilbert) on their wedding day. At the time of the wedding, John was working as a non-commissioned officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force but both John and Lois worked for the Municipality of Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 25, 1942
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Military series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 485-047
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Shaw and Lois Shaw (nee Gilbert) on their wedding day. At the time of the wedding, John was working as a non-commissioned officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force but both John and Lois worked for the Municipality of Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Occupations - Civic Workers
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Air force cadets, [1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/485-035.jpg?width=280)
Air force cadets
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55560
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 4.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six air force cadets standing together in two rows outside their barracks in Vernon. Each of the three cadets in the front row have cigarettes in their hands. Written on the back of the photograph is: "Some of the boys on the porch." John Shaw is the third from the left; the rest are …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Military series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 4.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 485-035
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six air force cadets standing together in two rows outside their barracks in Vernon. Each of the three cadets in the front row have cigarettes in their hands. Written on the back of the photograph is: "Some of the boys on the porch." John Shaw is the third from the left; the rest are unidentified.
- Names
- Shaw, John Horace "Jack"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Air force cadets, [1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/485-035.jpg)
![Air force cadet singing group, [1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/485-028.jpg?width=280)
Air force cadet singing group
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55553
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of fifteen air force cadets performing on stage at a show in Calgary, Alberta. John Shaw was a part of this musical group and he has written on the back of the picture: "The Captain looks a little nervous in this one, he's biting his lip. Sgt. Moody, leaning on the piano, takes the scrip…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Military series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 485-028
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of fifteen air force cadets performing on stage at a show in Calgary, Alberta. John Shaw was a part of this musical group and he has written on the back of the picture: "The Captain looks a little nervous in this one, he's biting his lip. Sgt. Moody, leaning on the piano, takes the script. Syd Bending is violinist, darn good too."
- Subjects
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Musical Instruments
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Bending, Syd
- Moody, Sgt.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Tigerstedt Studio
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's stamp on verso
Images
![Air force cadet singing group, [1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/485-028.jpg)
![Air force office, [1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/485-036.jpg?width=280)
Air force office
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55561
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of an air force office. John Shaw has written on the back of the picture: "The Orderly Room. Corporal Honey in the foreground leaning on the counter which holds all our forms in those pigeon holes you can see."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Military series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 485-036
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of an air force office. John Shaw has written on the back of the picture: "The Orderly Room. Corporal Honey in the foreground leaning on the counter which holds all our forms in those pigeon holes you can see."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Buildings - Military
- Furniture
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Honey, Corporal
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Air force office, [1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/485-036.jpg)
![Air Force personnel, [1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/485-006.jpg?width=280)
Air Force personnel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55531
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twelve men in Royal Canadian Air Force uniforms outside their barracks in Vernon, BC. John Shaw is in the middle row, second from left.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Military series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 485-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twelve men in Royal Canadian Air Force uniforms outside their barracks in Vernon, BC. John Shaw is in the middle row, second from left.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Buildings - Military
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "All the gang from 220. Joe on my left and then Bill Hatton on his left, another fine lad. He was posted to Prince Edward Island, 60 miles from home. Will you please keep this for me?"
Images
![Air Force personnel, [1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/485-006.jpg)