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Scope and Content: Item consists of an audio recording of a Zoom interview with Denise Fong conducted by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC. The interview was conducted with Denise Fong as part of the students' research for their podcast "Where is your food from?". This podcast…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: UBC Partnership series

Subseries: Back to the Roots Podcast series - 2020 subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:60:38 min.)

Material Details: Interviewers: Rose Wu; Wei Yan Yeong Interviewee: Denise Fong Interview Date: September 2020 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all tracks: 00:60:38 Recording device: Zoom video communication platform Photograph info: Store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C., 1975. BV017.7.191

Scope and Content: Item consists of an audio recording of a Zoom interview with Denise Fong conducted by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC. The interview was conducted with Denise Fong as part of the students' research for their podcast "Where is your food from?". This podcast was part two in a series of three "Back to the Roots" podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. In this series the students connected their knowledge of food systems to their shared Chinese heritage in order to discover how Chinese Canadian history is rooted in their local food systems. "Where is your food from?" explores contemporary versus historical alternative food movements and how early Chinese farmers in the lower mainland had to be creative in their business tactics in order to survive in a local food system that discriminated against their race. 00:00 - 4:51 Denise Fong introduces herself and provides a summary of the work that she has done while working as a researcher on the Chinese Canadian History Research project for the Burnaby Village Museum. Denise explains how much of her research has focused on the history of Chinese Canadian market gardeners and green grocers and their presence in Burnaby. Denise tells of how many Chinese immigrants found it hard to find work due to racial discrimination which led many Chinese men to work in agriculture and farming. Her research has shown that many of the Chinese farms were located in the Big Bend area of Burnaby. 04:52 – 08:24 In this segment, Denise elaborates on the “truck” or “market” farming industry for Chinese farmers in Burnaby. Denise explains how “truck” farming was a mode for distributing produce from Chinese farms and some of the challenges the Chinese farmers faced. 08:25 – 14:10 In this segment Denise talks about peddling as another mode to distribute farm produce and how this was often dominated by Chinese Canadians since they were restricted from accessing other jobs. Denise explains how the Chinese peddlers would have their own routes with customers who depended on them to bring the produce to them. Denise provides an example of racial discrimination whereby a Burnaby Bylaw prevented people of Chinese descent from working for the city. 14:11 – 22: 39 In this segment, Denise describes how in the 1950s and 1960s, produce distribution networks for Chinese Canadian farmers in Burnaby expanded to larger stores and wholesalers including Woodward’s, Safeway in Burnaby, MacDonald’s Consolidated and Kelly Douglas. Denise provides specific examples of Burnaby families and tells the story of Chinese Canadian Cecil Lee, a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas. In the mid 1970s Lee, was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada and was responsible for the design of a new cardboard box to replace the wooden crates that held the mandarin oranges. 22:40 – 33:28 In this segment, Denise provides information on Chinese farming methods and practices that she gathered through her research. Information gathered from interviews, research papers and an article in Harrowsmith magazine suggest that many of the Big Bend farms in Burnaby relied on crop rotation, companion planting and intercropping along with traditional organic fertilizers that were available. Denise also tells of how Chinese farmers often relied on traditional methods that they brought from Southern China including the creation of raised beds to avoid damage due to flooding. Wei Yan comments that many of these traditional methods are being reintroduced as a new sustainable way of farming. Research done by Wei Yan found that when chemical fertilizers were introduced informational brochures included Chinese translations. 33:29 – 38:30 In this segment Rose and Wei Yan speak to Denise about the cultural demographic of farmers in the Big Bend area of Burnaby and what types of crops were grown. Denise comments that to her knowledge there were mostly Chinese farmers in this area but there were some European farmers as well. Produce that was grown on the farms was mostly market driven by the local consumers and it wasn’t until the 1970s that there was a bigger demand to grow Chinese vegetables to supply the growing Chinese population. Denise shares personal experience of what she learned after a visit to a local farm and the different methods that the farmer used for growing crops. The three discuss the importance of innovation and adaptability in growing techniques that Chinese farmers have used. 38:31 – 46:23 In this segment, Rose and Wei Yan speak to Denise about the discrimination barriers that Chinese farmers had to face. Denise speaks about discriminatory bylaws and regulations that targeted Chinese farmers including the Peddling tax. She tells of how this tax, persecution to peddlers and restrictions resulted in the emergence of a new industry of Chinese green grocers. Denise names Chinese trade organizations that were formed in response to the social and economic segregation and marginalization that Chinese farmers and retailers faced. Denise references research done by Natalie Gibb and Hannah Wittman from their article “Parallel Alternatives: Chinese-Canadian farmers and the Metro Vancouver local food movement” as well as research by Harry Con and Edgar Wickberg. Denise also provides information that she has gathered from Chinese farmers in Burnaby including the Yip family who were able to purchase land after World War II through the Veterans Land Act and how prior to World War II it was very difficult for Chinese immigrants to purchase land. 46:24 – 1:00:38 In this segment the group discusses how Chinese farmers have adapted in the market garden farm distribution system and the introduction of retail spaces on their farms as part of the new local food movement. Denise, Rose and Wei Yan reflect on how their interview with Denise Fong and research resources will support their podcast series and exhibits at Burnaby Village Museum.

History: Interviewer biographies: Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong are University of British Columbia students in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. Interviewee biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Social Issues - Discrimination; Social Issues - Racism; Agriculture; Agriculture - Crops; Agriculture - Farms; Gardens - Market Gardens; Foods

Names: Fong, Denise

Responsibility: Wu, Rose; Yeong, Wei Yan

Accession Code: BV020.28.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 2020

Media Type: Sound Recording

Related Material: BV020.28.4

Notes: Title based on contents of recording; Item was originally recorded as an mp4 video and converted to an mp3 sound recording for public access on Heritage Burnaby. To access the video recording, contact Burnaby Village Museum.; For recording of podcast "Where is your food from?" see BV020.28.4

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Interview with Denise Fong by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, 2020

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Planning Map of Chinese Market Gardens on Marine Drive

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1950 and 1959] (date of original), 2017 (date of duplication)

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Scanned copy of a survey plan of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, near the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Herbert Yee Law family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col. ; 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Scanned copy of a survey plan of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, near the Chinese Market Gardens along Marine Drive.

History: Survey plan of district lots 163, 162, 157, 158, and 165, which is primarily the area farmed by Chinese and Chinese-Canadian market gardeners around Marine Drive between Royal Oak and Mandeville (present-day Nelson). Two Chinese/Chinese Canadian land owners can be seen on the map: N.G. Wah Sing (or Ng Wah Sing) and Yee Law (or Herbert Law).

Subjects: Agriculture - Crops; Agriculture - Farms; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Law, Yee "Herbert"; Chinese Market Gardens

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Accession Code: BV017.40.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1950 and 1959] (date of original), 2017 (date of duplication)

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 11/19/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of copy scan of map; Herbert Yee Law was donor's father and this map may have originally been his copy of the city planning/engineering documents.

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The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of England : together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches ; and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Church of England

Publication Date: 1902

Call Number: 264.03 CHU

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.3902.1

Call Number: 264.03 CHU

Author: Church of England

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Henry Frowde

Publication Date: 1902

Printer: Oxford University Press

Physical Description: 1 vol. ; 12 cm.

Inscription: "THE BOOK OF Common Prayer" "E R" "VII" front centre "COMMON PRAYER" "HYMNS A&M", "OXFORD"; "Presented to [blank] In Commemoration of the Coronation of KING EDWARD VII" "JUNE 26, 1902"; page, "The Royal Commemoration Prayer Book" "Oxford 1902" "FEAR GOD, HONOUR THE KING"; "HORACE HART PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY"; 197pp; illustrated

Library Subject (LOC): Church of England--Liturgy--Texts; Church of England--Prayers and devotions; Prayer books

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books

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Britain's King and Queen : the story of their lives , with sixty-eight illustrations

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Paul, Thomas

Edition: New enl. ed.

Publication Date: 1902

Call Number: 923.1361 PAU

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.3852.1

Call Number: 923.1361 PAU

Edition: New enl. ed.

Author: Paul, Thomas

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: John F. Shaw And Co.

Publication Date: 1902

Physical Description: xii, 387 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Inscription: "BRITAIN'S KING & QUEEN" "J.F. SHAW & CO." 388pp; sepia floral endpapers, pencil scribbles; several pages of advertising at the end for other books.

Library Subject (LOC): Great Britain--Kings and rulers

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books

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Coronation of Queen Victoria : 28th June, 1838

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: [1838]

Call Number: 394.4 BRO

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV976.185.1

Call Number: 394.4 BRO

Place of Publication: Southampton

Publication Date: [1838]

Printer: Broadbere

Physical Description: 1 vol. : ill. (col.) ; 14 x17 cm.

Inscription: "CORONATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA" "28TH JUNE, 1838"; sticker "BOUND BY BROADBERE HANOVER BUIL.GS SOUTHAMPTON",

Library Subject (LOC): Victoria, Queen of Great Britain,--1819-1901

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Souvenirs; Souvenirs - Royalty; Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books

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The letters of Queen Victoria : a selection from her majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861, vol. 1 - 1837-1843

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

Publication Date: 1908

Call Number: 941.08 VIC

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.136.1

Call Number: 941.08 VIC

Author: Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

Contributor: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925; Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount, 1852-1930

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: John Murray

Publication Date: 1908

Physical Description: xii, 512 p. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "W37a" [written in blue ink on first page, crossed out] "Mrs. J. A. Elliot" [written and underlined on first page]

Library Subject (LOC): Europe--Politics and government--1848-1871; Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain,--1819-1901; Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901; Letters

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Souvenirs; Souvenirs - Royalty; Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books

Notes: "Edited by Arthur Christopher Benson, M.A. and Viscount Esher, G.C.V.O., K.C.B."--title page; "Published by the authority of His Majesty the King"--title page; Contributor's full names and dates: Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount, 1852-1930 Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925

The letters of Queen Victoria : a selection from her Makesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861, published by the authority of His Majesty the King, vol. ii, 1844-1853

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Murray, John, 1808-1892

Publication Date: 1902

Call Number: 942.08 MUR

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.136.2

Call Number: 942.08 MUR

Author: Murray, John, 1808-1892

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: John Murray

Publication Date: 1902

Physical Description: xi, 472 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "Mrs. J. A. Elliott" [handwritten in black ink on front endpapers]

Library Subject (LOC): Victoria, Queen of Great Britain,--1819-1901; Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901; Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Souvenirs; Souvenirs - Royalty; Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books

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The life of her most gracious Majesty the Queen : in two volumes, vol. i

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Tytler, Sarah, 1827-1914

Publication Date: n.d.

Call Number: 940.2 TYT v. 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV992.19.2

Call Number: 940.2 TYT v. 1

Author: Tytler, Sarah, 1827-1914

Contributor: Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord, 1845-1916

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: J. S. Virtue

Publication Date: n.d.

Physical Description: 236 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Victoria, Queen of Great Britain,--1819-1901; Queens--Great Britain

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Souvenirs - Royalty; Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books

Notes: "Edited, with an introduction, by Lord Ronald Gower, F.S.A." -- title page; Volume 1 of 2

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magazine

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV984.11.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV984.11.1

Description: Magazine: red cover, gold print and border; at centre is silver medallion facsimile of King George V and Queen Mary; spine and edge repaired with red cloth tape.

Marks/Labels: "THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS" "SILVER JUBILEE RECORD NUMBER" "1910 - 1935";

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Souvenirs; Souvenirs - Royalty; Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books

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Princess Mary's gift book

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood, 1897-1965

Call Number: 820.9 MAR

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV974.113.17

Call Number: 820.9 MAR

Author: Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood, 1897-1965

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Physical Description: 140 p. : ill. [9 p.] of plates ; 26 cm.

Inscription: "PRINCESS MARY'S / GIFT BOOK", printed title inside raised oval on front of book "ALL PROFITS ON SALE GIVEN TO THE QUEEN'S "WORK FOR WOMEN" FUND", printed in black on the spine of the book. "Painted for Princess Mary's Gift Book by J.J. Shannon, R.A.", printed under portrait of Princess Mary in frontispiece of book "BUCKINGHAM PALACE", printed in red on page following frontispiece "To Annie Coulter From Aunt Lizzie Christmas 1915" [handwritten in pencil on first page]

Library Subject (LOC): Gift books; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Gift books

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Souvenirs; Souvenirs - Royalty; Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books

Notes: "All profits from sale are given to the Queen's 'Work for Women' Fund which is acting in conjunction with The National Relief Fund"

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Queen Alexandra's Christmas gift book : photographs from my camera, to be sold for charity

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1908

Call Number: 929.7201 DAI

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.136.3

Call Number: 929.7201 DAI

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Daily Telegraph

Publication Date: 1908

Physical Description: 1 vol. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Inscription: "QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S CHRISTMAS GIFT BOOK / PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MY CAMERA", printed in green on cover of book in upper left corner "To be Sold for Charity" / "THE DAILY TELEGRAPH", printed in frontispiece

Library Subject (LOC): Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Collectibles; Denmark--Kings and rulers--Collectibles

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Souvenirs; Souvenirs - Royalty; Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books

Object History: This book was published as a charitable fund raiser. It features photographs, taken by Queen Alexandra, of the Royal homes and family. The book was published by the Daily Telegraph, London, 1908.

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Second Street School literacy program

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Second Street Community School students participating in a grade 4 literacy program for boys. Photographs depict the students working with Plasticine to create dioramas based on Where the Wild Things and reading a Goosebumps novel.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-1856

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Second Street Community School students participating in a grade 4 literacy program for boys. Photographs depict the students working with Plasticine to create dioramas based on Where the Wild Things and reading a Goosebumps novel.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Documentary Artifacts - Books

Names: Second Street School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-1856-1: "Harriss Brammell, James Do and Andy Hehar work on plastecine dioramas based on scenes from a book they've been reading in their Grade 4 classroom, Where the Wild Things Are. Their teacher, Barton Lim, has developed a literacy program to encourage boys to read, which includes getting them involved in activities related to stories."; Caption from metadata for 535-1856-2: "Sonu Kainth, a Grade 4 student at Second St. Community School, says he likes to read scary books, like Goosebumps. His teacher, Barton Lim, has developed a literacy program to encourage boys to read."

Geographic Access: 2nd Street

Street Address: 7502 2nd Street

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

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