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Rooted : Chinese Canadian stories in Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- ISBN
- 978-0-9689849-2-5
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
- Contributor
- Fong, Denise
- Lemke, Jane
- Codd, Lisa
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Printer
- Metropolitan Fine Printers
- Physical Description
- 203 p. : ill. ; 30.5 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Race discrimination -- Canada
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Farms
- Persons - Families
- Rights
- Rights - Human Rights
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Notes
- There are two versions of the book: English and Simplified Chinese (left, below) and the other in English and Traditional Chinese (right, below).
- From the late 1800s to the present day, Chinese Canadians have made Burnaby into a more vibrant and livable city. Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby brings together a collection of diverse stories and photographs from the community, celebrating the legacy and contributions of Burnaby’s Chinese Canadian community spanning over a century. This coffee-table book features oral histories and interviews with descendants of multigenerational family farms, green grocers, corner stores, restaurants, and places of worship. Also included are archival research and community perspectives on anti-Asian racism, community activism, courage, and resilience.
- The publication has been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act by the Government of Canada in 1923. This federal legislation followed decades of discriminatory legislation by Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments that targeted Chinese Canadians by limiting opportunities to live, work and raise families in Canada. The Chinese Exclusion Act banned almost all migration from China and remained in place until 1947. Publishing this book in 2023 is an effort by the City of Burnaby to recognize the impact of discriminatory legislation on Chinese Canadians in our community, including discriminatory bylaws and practices implemented by Burnaby’s early municipal government.
- Edited by Denise Fong (Lead Researcher), Jane Lemke (Burnaby Village Museum Curator) and Lisa Codd (City of Burnaby Heritage Planner).
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Digital Books
autograph book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7129
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.407.6
- Description
- Autograph Book - Booklet -- [1915]. Autograph book produced by Rose & Co at 44 Above Bar, Southhampton. The book was a gift to Mrs. Orman from the Teachers and Children of All Saints Sunday School, Eastleigh, Southhampton, upon her departure to Canada. The first four pages lists all the teachers and children's names. The front cover of the book is green with two painted purple flowers and "Autographs" embossed in white on the bottom right.
- Object History
- This accession appears to be connected to the Orman family. Ada Leila Orman was born June 2, 1901 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. According to the 1915 Census, the Orman family came to Canada in 1911 and settled in Calgary. Father Willoughby Henry Orman is listed there as working as a C.P.R. foreman, while mother Daisy Marie (Harklett) Orman worked at home. Older sister Daisy Hilda (Targett) Orman, worked as a stenographer. At five years old Leila began a long fight with a crippling type of rheumatoid arthritis. By the time she was thirteen, she experienced completely ankylosed joints. Her family travelled all over hoping to find a cure, but to no avail. While living in Calgary, Leila developed an interest in painting, knitting, and composing her own poems. She began writing news articles for the Calgary Daily Herald in the 1930s, and her first sonnet published was in that paper on August 28, 1934. She had a strong interest in the arts, often writing about music and the visual arts. While living in Calgary, she became a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club as well as a member of the Canadian Author’s Association. Three members of the family moved to B.C. when Willoughby retired, ca. 1938. In the 1940 BC Directory, the family are listed as living at 407 Campbell Street, Burnaby. Willoughby died in Burnaby in 1945. Daisy Marie died in 1955 after living 15 years in Burnaby. Her address at the time of her death is listed as 407 Rosewood Avenue, Burnaby. Leila was living with her at that time. Older sister Daisy Hilda married Edgar Harold Targett in 1922. They moved to B.C. from Alberta some years after the other three members of the family (ca. 1962). Daisy Hilda died in 1972. Her address at the time of her death was 7969 Rosewood Avenue, Burnaby. Leila wrote on a typewriter with two sticks to type out the letters. She was an avid reader and was able to turn the pages with a special stick with elastic bands wound around the ends. Canadian novelist Maida Parlow French became her lifelong friend and encouraged her to write her own autobiography - unfortunately it was never finished. Leila wrote “The Giving Heart” in October of 1948. By 1952, she was writing a column for the British Columbia Saturday Magazine entitled “Across the Board” with the intention of inspiring other “incapacitated folk” to live up to their full potential, “If [she] could reach a few people, and encourage them to reach up and out, [she] should feel the effort well worthwhile.” A member of the St. Alban’s Prayer Healing Fellowship group, Leila wrote the “Christian Manifesto for World Peace” in 1963. The Prayer Group met twice monthly at one of the members’ homes and undertook to pray daily for the sick and for world peace. After Leila’s mother died in 1955, Leila’s friend Jeanie Brown kept house for her and was her constant companion. Jeanie Brown and Leila lived together for over thirteen years until an accident sent Leila to hospital and later to nursing home where she died on February 16, 1976.
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booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36401
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV983.9.62
- Description
- Elto Fastest - Booklet -- [1925]. Promotional booklet created by Elto to market their Fastest Light Twin Motor. The booklet includes coloured pictures of the motors being used and testimonials from Elto customers. The booklet has also been stamped with a list of distributors in British Columbia and Alberta, along with the address of Ensign Motor Supply Company of Vancouver.
- Object History
- Object inherited by donor from the estate of his parents, Albert Vincent Scott and Myrtle Edna (Broderick) Scott.
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certificate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17055
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.37.2
- Description
- Guaranteed Dental Plan - Certificate -- [1918]. Dental plan certificate for Mrs. T. Osecki-? which entitled her to a year of dentistry work including teeth cleaning and polishing three times a year, extraction of bad teeth, free examination and diagnosis. The certificate cost $2.50. The Dental Office was in Calgary, Alberta.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Certificates
- Occupations
- Occupations - Dentists
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Pages
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36425
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5287.1
- Description
- Pages, loose, from a book; 1. Prince Albert; 2. royal family; 3. Marriage of Victoria and Albert; 4. Marriage of Prince of Wales and Alexandra; 5. Death of Queen Victoria; 6. Scene in Mortuary Chapel, Osborne; 7. Services at Westminster Abbey; 8. Embroidering the Royal Pall; 9. start of the Funeral Procession; 10. Embarkation at Cowes; 11. Voyage of the Alberta; 12. coffin passes through Marble Arch in London; 13. coffin passes through Hyde Park; 14. funeral cortege passes through Apsley Gate; 15. funeral service; 16. King Edward VII's first act of government; with loose page showing five portraits: Queen Victoria at centre, upper left 'Helena', upper right 'Louise', lower left 'Jane Churchill', lower right 'Beatrice'
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postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47142
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.36.1
- Description
- Postcard: colour photo, glossy; horizontal; two-storey tan stucco building "OFFICE", with balcony, round steps, people on steps, car, drive, row of single-storey white bungalows behind at left, with crenellated fronts; blue sign with yellow lettering "MOTEL AUTO COURT", white "MOUNTAIN VIEW" above, top of sign shaped like peaks, "STEAM HEAT"? below; on reverse in green "MOUNTAIN VIEW AUTO COURT & TRAILER PARK" "3510 Kingsway Ave. -- Vancouver, B.C., Canada" "Phone HE 1-3911" "42 Modern Cottages.." "...Your Host - - - A.J. Pound"; up centre, MADE IN CANADA BY GRANT-MANN LITHOGRAPHERS LTD. "COLOR CARD" DIVISION, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA."; at bottom "C-49"; at upper right, "POST CARD" "ADDRESS"; red Queen Elizabeth II stamp "4" "CANADA" "POSTES POSTAGE" and powerline support pole symbol?; addressed in blue pen to "Mrs. C.A. Course" "c/o Aux. Hospital" "Lamont, Alberta"; postmarked "VANCOUVER B.C." "APR 26" "6 PM" "1966"; stamp is cancelled with black "IF YOU DRINK DON'T DRIVE" "SI VOUS -- NE CONDUI---"; message "Dearest Gran, Trailer left Mon. but we're not gone yet maybe tomorrow. At motel with Jon's folks but they return home tomorrow. Will let you know later how things go where we are. Love from All. Ingrid"; lightly soiled, wear on corners
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- Mountain View Auto Court & Trailer Park / 3510 Kingsway Ave. / Vancouver, B.C., Canada / Mrs. C.A. Course
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Mountain View Auto Court & Trailer Park C-49
- Publication Date
- April 26 1966
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
- Buildings
- Buildings - Commercial
- Buildings - Commercial - Hotels and Motels
Images
postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48610
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.41.4
- Description
- Postcard: colour aerial photo of Simon Fraser University; horizontal; on reverse in navy, "N.W. 49" "SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY" "N. Burnaby (Vancouver), B.C. Canada" "The aerial view shows..."; illustration of R.C.M.P. officer at left; at bottom left, "S-2587"; navy line up centre with "NATURAL COLOR PRODUCTIONS, LTD., VANCOUVER, B.C."; at bottom, "MADE IN CANADA" "GRANT-MANN", logo; at upper right, illustration of mounted R.C.M.P. officer, "POST CARD" "ADDRESS"; large beige stamp at upper right corner, "6" "VINCENT MASSEY 1887-1967" "GOVERNOR GENERAL" "GOUVERNEUR GENERAL" "1952-1959" "CANADA"; round postmark "VANCOUVER B.C." "7 -M" "OCT --" "19-9"; rectangular cancellation "HADASSAH BAZAAR" "P.N.E. SHOWMART" "PURE FOODS BLDG." "OCT.22 - --"; addressed in pencil, "Mr. Russell H. Lane" "Box 898," "High River, Alberta"; message "Tuesday P.M." "Vancouver, B.C." "Oct 14/69" "Looking forward to tomorrow! K"; slight smudging
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- Simon Fraser University / N. Burnaby (Vancouver), B.C. Canada
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Simon Fraser University S-2587
- Publication Date
- October 14 1969
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
- Buildings
- Buildings - Schools
- Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
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sheet music
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact6823
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.222.1
- Description
- O Mistress Mine - Sheet Music -- [1906]. Sheet music O Mistress Mine from "Three Shakespeare Songs". The music was written by Roger Quilter and was produced by Boosey & Co., Ltd of New York. The front cover has been stamped by James Ramsey Limited, Edmonton Alberta. The back cover advertises six other songs and gives previews for all.
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New York
- Site/City Made
- NEW YORK
- Patent Date
- Copyright 1906
- Title
- O Mistress Mine
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sheet music
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30612
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.5.21
- Description
- Sheet music: "THEY'LL NEVER BRING UP FATHER 'TILL THEY TEAR DOWN DINTY MOORE'S"; cover has red, black and white illustration by Geo. McManus of large woman in elaborate hat with smaller man in evening dress; title is at top in black and red; "OPERATIC EDITION" in grey screened border at top; black "LYRICS AND MUSIC BY" "J. VINCENT HEALY AND DAVE REED"; "MADE IN U.S.A." at lower left; along bottom, "c 1923 BY INT'L FEATURE SERVICE, INC." "JEROME H. REMICK & CO. NEW YORK DETROIT" "GREAT BRITAIN RIGHTS RESERVED"; purple stamp "THE ART MUSIC CO, LTD. 10141-101ST STREET EDMONTON, - ALBERTA"; handwritten "J.O.G." at upper right; back cover has teaser ad; copyrighted in Canada, U.S.A., and Mexico; 518-4; last page has six extra choruses; 23.5cm x 30.5cm; darkened along spine, soiled
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Patent Date
- 1923
- Title
- They'll Never Bring Up Father 'Till They Tear Down Dinty Moore's 518-4
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