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Bea Carpenter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37535
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 10, 1947 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.7 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bea Carpenter in the driveway of the George Derby Health Centre on opening day. She is in her nurses uniform and carrying flowers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 10, 1947 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.7 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-123
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bea Carpenter in the driveway of the George Derby Health Centre on opening day. She is in her nurses uniform and carrying flowers.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Street Address
- 7550 Cumberland Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
Bea Carpenter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37536
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bea Carpenter in her nurses uniform with the George Derby Health Centre in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-124
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bea Carpenter in her nurses uniform with the George Derby Health Centre in the background.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Street Address
- 7550 Cumberland Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
![Florence Jackson, [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-107.jpg?width=280)
Florence Jackson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36752
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-107
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Florence Jackson in her nurse uniform in front of the family home at 2706 Cassie Avenue (later 6457 Cassie Avenue). She worked for the Red Cross in Vancouver during the Second World War.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Nurses
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Cassie Avenue
- Street Address
- 6457 Cassie Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Florence Jackson, [between 1939 and 1945] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-107.jpg)
Nurse Elizabeth Smellie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65536
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1940
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 19 cm, matted in frame 35 x 28 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of VON nurse Elizabeth Smellie in uniform. She was Chief Superintendent of the Victorian Order of Nurses from 1924 to May 1947, except during World War II, when she was called back into the Canadian army as Colonel and Matron-in-chief of the Canadian Women's Army Medical Corps from 1940 …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1940
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 19 cm, matted in frame 35 x 28 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 153-074
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of VON nurse Elizabeth Smellie in uniform. She was Chief Superintendent of the Victorian Order of Nurses from 1924 to May 1947, except during World War II, when she was called back into the Canadian army as Colonel and Matron-in-chief of the Canadian Women's Army Medical Corps from 1940 until 1944. She was the first woman to achieve the rank of colonel in the Canadian army.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Karsh, Yousuf
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer’s name "Karsh" signed on recto of card mount at bottom left, “Elizabeth Smellie” signed on card mount at bottom right.
- Sticker on verso of frame reads: “Framed by The Stride Studios / Chas. E. Stride / 657 Columbia St. New Westminster B.C. / We carry an exclusive line of framed pictures”
![Victorian Order of Nurses uniforms, [194-], published February 1973 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/153-002.jpg?width=280)
Victorian Order of Nurses uniforms
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34884
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-], published February 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three women modelling Victorian Order of Nurses uniforms. "The VON uniform has changed through the years - left, the 1898 version; centre, the 1925 model and on the right, the style of 1940."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-], published February 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Victorian Order of Nurses subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 12.6 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 153-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-26
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three women modelling Victorian Order of Nurses uniforms. "The VON uniform has changed through the years - left, the 1898 version; centre, the 1925 model and on the right, the style of 1940."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Victorian Order of Nurses uniforms, [194-], published February 1973 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/126/153-002.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
Golden Anniversary 1947
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66149
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a family photograph taken on the steps of the Peers family home in Burnaby on the occasion of the Golden Anniversary of Francis Peers and his wife Annie Elizabeth (nee Frisby). The photograph was taken on November 16, 1947 although the actual anniversary date was November 14. The da…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 15 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-913
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a family photograph taken on the steps of the Peers family home in Burnaby on the occasion of the Golden Anniversary of Francis Peers and his wife Annie Elizabeth (nee Frisby). The photograph was taken on November 16, 1947 although the actual anniversary date was November 14. The date also coincided with the 18th birthday of Anne Peers, daughter of Kitty and Bob Peers. Pictured in the photograph are: Front row (l to r) - Lawrence Peers (son of Geoffrey), Veronica Peers (daugher of Mike), Tommy Freebairn-Smith (husband of Betty), Michael Peers (son of Geoff), Ian Freebairn-Smith (son of Tommy and Betty). Middle row (l to r) - Rod Freebairn-Smith (son of Betty and Tommy), Francis J. Peers, Annie Elizabeth Peers, Babs Peers (between Francis and Annie, daughter of Bob and Kitty Peers), Betty Freebairn-Smith (daughter of Francis and Annie, wife of Tommy), John Peers (son of Mike Peers). Back row (l to r) - Enid Peers (wife of Geoff), Kitty Peers (wife of Bob), Bob Peers (son of Francis and Annie and husband to Kitty), Anne Peers (daughter of Kitty and Bob), Geoff Peers (son to Francis and Annie and husband to Enid), and Dick Peers (son of Francis and Annie).
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Names
- Peers, Lawrence
- Peers, Veronica
- Freebairn-Smith, Thomas
- Peers, Michael
- Freebairn-Smith, Ian
- Freebairn-Smith, Rod
- Peers, Francis J.
- Peers, Annie Elizabeth Frisby
- Jeffrey, Barbara Peers "Babs"
- Freebairn-Smith, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Peers
- Peers, John
- Peers, Enid
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Peers, William John "Bob"
- Latham, Anne Peers
- Peers, Geoffrey Hugh
- Peers, Richard Dominic "Dick"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso reads: "Golden Anniversary - 1947 Nov. 16th / Anne's 18th birthday / Actual anniv. date Nov. 14th"
- Geographic Access
- Rugby Street
- Street Address
- 5289 Rugby Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Harriett Thrussell's 70th Birthday
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36482
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1945
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harriett Fenwick Thrussell seated in front of her children; Frederick T., Ethel, Eva, Mary Anne, and Edith on the occassion of her 70th Birthday.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1945
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Thrussell family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 275-014
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harriett Fenwick Thrussell seated in front of her children; Frederick T., Ethel, Eva, Mary Anne, and Edith on the occassion of her 70th Birthday.
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Names
- Thrussell, Harriett Fenwick
- Thrussell, Frederick T.
- Thrussell, Ethel
- Thrussell, Eva
- Welsh, Mary Anne "Annie" Thrussell Phillips
- Cleghorn, Edith Thrussell
- 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?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)
![Air force personnel, [1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/485-022.jpg?width=280)
Air force personnel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55547
- 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 five men, all in air force uniforms, standing outside. The man on the far left is John Shaw and he has written on the back of the photograph: "Another candid shot. My stand would be complete with a halo."
- 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.
- 485-022
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five men, all in air force uniforms, standing outside. The man on the far left is John Shaw and he has written on the back of the photograph: "Another candid shot. My stand would be complete with a halo."
- Names
- Shaw, John Horace "Jack"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Air force personnel, [1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/485-022.jpg)
Air force personnel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55574
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1941
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of fifty-three men sitting and standing in front of a building in their air force uniforms. The photograph is captioned "PL # 2 - No. 3 Co. / T.C. # 110 January 1941 / Vernon BC." This is the group of air force cadets that went through training with John Shaw at Vernon during the winter …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1941
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Military series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 485-049
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of fifty-three men sitting and standing in front of a building in their air force uniforms. The photograph is captioned "PL # 2 - No. 3 Co. / T.C. # 110 January 1941 / Vernon BC." This is the group of air force cadets that went through training with John Shaw at Vernon during the winter of 1941. John can be seen third from the left in the second row (standing, with eyes closed).
- Subjects
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Buildings - Military
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Shaw, John Horace "Jack"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Kermode, Douglas
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Air Force recruits, [1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/485-011.jpg?width=280)
Air Force recruits
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55536
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six men standing outside in the snow at the air force training camp in Vernon. All of the men are holding rifles.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Series
- Military series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 485-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2005-15
- 2006-01
- 2007-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six men standing outside in the snow at the air force training camp in Vernon. All of the men are holding rifles.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Armament - Firearms
- Buildings - Military
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file.
Images
![Air Force recruits, [1941] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/485/485-011.jpg)