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Interview with Florence Strachan June 20, 1975 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory136
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1931-1939
- Length
- 0:05:39
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Florence Strachan's involvement with the Unemployed Organization in North Burnaby as well as her personal life during the Depression.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Florence Strachan's involvement with the Unemployed Organization in North Burnaby as well as her personal life during the Depression.
- Date Range
- 1931-1939
- Length
- 0:05:39
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- McLeod, Ross S.
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- June 20, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Florence Strachan by Ross S. McLeod and Bettina Bradbury, June 20, 1975. Major theme discussed is: The Depression. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- Florence Strachan was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1899. She met and married her husband in Scotland before coming to Atlantic Canada by ship in 1922, then from Quebec to Vancouver by train. When Florence’s husband got a job at Barnet Mills in 1924, the couple moved to Burnaby and rented a house at 2551 East Hastings Street. In 1926, the Strachans bought a house at 290 Ellesmere Avenue and concentrated on paying it off as quickly as possible. By 1931 the Mill had shut down, leaving Florence’s husband out of work, and forced to go on Relief. By this time the couple had two children, one born in 1928, and the other in 1930. Florence and her husband marched and picketed with the unemployed throughout the Depression.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:28:43
- Interviewee Name
- Strachan, Florence
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Audio Tracks
Track four of interview with Florence Strachan
Track four of interview with Florence Strachan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-09/100-13-09_Track_4.mp3![The Kokuryos, Sukegoro Yasui and Louise Irwin, [1980-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0075_001.jpg?width=280)
The Kokuryos, Sukegoro Yasui and Louise Irwin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15256
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1980-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (left to right) the Kokuryos, Sukegoro Yasui and Louise Irwin standing on the former site of the Barnet Mill. The north shore of Burrard Inlet is visible in the distance.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (left to right) the Kokuryos, Sukegoro Yasui and Louise Irwin standing on the former site of the Barnet Mill. The north shore of Burrard Inlet is visible in the distance.
- Subjects
- Persons - Japanese Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.75
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1980-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![The Kokuryos, Sukegoro Yasui and Louise Irwin, [1980-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0075_001.jpg)
![Mr. Irwin with Eleanor, Louise and Dorothy on ladder, [1930] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0076_001.jpg?width=280)
Mr. Irwin with Eleanor, Louise and Dorothy on ladder
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15257
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Henry Irwin standing at the bottom of a ladder holding his daughter Eleanor and Louise Irwin and his neice Dorothy Irwin. Young Louise Irwin is standing near the top of the ladder, Dorothy Irwin is in the middle and Eleanor Irwin (Nelson) is near the bottom. The girls are picking …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Henry Irwin standing at the bottom of a ladder holding his daughter Eleanor and Louise Irwin and his neice Dorothy Irwin. Young Louise Irwin is standing near the top of the ladder, Dorothy Irwin is in the middle and Eleanor Irwin (Nelson) is near the bottom. The girls are picking cherries. The ladder is leaning against a cherry tree in the yard of the Irwin family home at Barnet mill.
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.76
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- see page 47 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village" with caption "Picking cherries at Barnet. Top to Bottom: Louise Irwin, Cousin Dorothy Irwin, Eleanor Irwin and Mr. Irwin, 1929"
- Date of photograph based on birth date for Louise Irwin (July 1927)
Images
![Mr. Irwin with Eleanor, Louise and Dorothy on ladder, [1930] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0076_001.jpg)
Opening of the Hastings-Barnet Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38661
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 27 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of twenty-six men seated around a table set. The men (all unidentified) were lunch guests at the Barnet Mill during the official opening of the Hastings-Barnet Road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- North Burnaby Board of Trade subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 27 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 476-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-8
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of twenty-six men seated around a table set. The men (all unidentified) were lunch guests at the Barnet Mill during the official opening of the Hastings-Barnet Road.
- Subjects
- Events - Openings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
Rental Cabin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35535
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927 (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 first rental cabin at Kask's Camp. An additional 30 to 33 would be built. Note the piles of cord wood in the background and the outhouse to the left. The renters were mainly workers at the nearby Barnet Mill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927 (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.
- 204-393
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first rental cabin at Kask's Camp. An additional 30 to 33 would be built. Note the piles of cord wood in the background and the outhouse to the left. The renters were mainly workers at the nearby Barnet Mill.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Cabins
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Street Address
- 7501 Barnet Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
Yasui family photographs series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription21423
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1923-1937] (date of originals), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs (tiffs)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of copies of photographs pertaining to the Yasui family while Sukegoro (Shoyen) Yasui worked for the Nichols Chemical Company and the family lived on the site of Barnet. These photographs were published in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 11 photographs (tiffs)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of copies of photographs pertaining to the Yasui family while Sukegoro (Shoyen) Yasui worked for the Nichols Chemical Company and the family lived on the site of Barnet. These photographs were published in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village".
- History
- Sukegoro (Shoyen) Yasui (1884-1972) and his wife Tane (Hirata) Yasui (d.1987) emigrated from Japan to Canada in 1919. Sukegoro and Tane had two children Yasue Margaret (Matsumura) (1921-2019) and Harding Yasui (1923-2008). Sukegoro worked as a burner operator for the Nichols Chemical Company of Barnet B.C. The family lived on the site with five other families in a bunkhouse including the three Kokuryo brothers and their families and the Kojima family. The children attended Barnet School for three years before the family moved to Surrey in 1934 after purchasing farm land. Sukegoro and Tane Yasui grew strawberries and raised chickens on the farm and Sukegoro continued to work shift work at the Nichols plant. In 1942, the Yasui family were interned and sent to work on a sugar beet farm near Lethbridge, Alberta. While living in Picture Butte, Alberta,Yasue married Matsuo Matsumura. Following the war, the whole family moved to Kingston, Ontario where Harding completed his senior year of high school. A few years later, Harding moved to Montreal and his parents joined him. The Barnet Lumber Company also known as the Barnet mill was in operation between 1925 and 1932. The mill was located on Burrard Inlet in the neighbourhood of Barnet and was one of the most successful local employers in Burnaby until the 1930s when the Great Depression resulted in a strike at the mill. The City of Burnaby eventually assumed control of the site including all of the homes when the company failed to pay it's taxes. The city then dismantled the mill and sold the property in two parts - the eastern section would become the Kapoor Sawmills Limited and the western portion, the McColl-Frontenac Oil Company.
- Accession Code
- BV019.32
- Date
- [1923-1937] (date of originals), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See also, City of Burnaby Archives: Burnaby Historical Society fonds - "In the Shadow by the Sea subseries"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series