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booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17357
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.7
- Description
- Museum & Art Notes - Booklet -- [1949]. The Art Historical and Scientific Association publication of Museum & Art Notes. This is Volume 1, Number 1 of the Second Series, September 1949. The front cover features a picture of the Dimorphodon Macronyx model made by Madam Erna C. von Engel-Baiersdorf. This issue has articles on: The Method of Reconstructiong Human and Animal Remains in Sculpture and in Paintings Early History of the Burnaby Family Indian Native Art Sundews The Aleuts of Attu The Trumpeter Swan Achatina Fulica, The Great African Snail Some Field Work of the Curator Palomar's Giant Eye, the Hale Telescope The Directors, Life and Honorary Members of the Art, Historical and Scientific Association.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Organizations
- Organizations - Art Societies
- Organizations - Historical Societies
- Organizations - Science Societies
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Documents
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17361
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.42.11
- Description
- Two Radio Broadcasts - Booklet -- [1951]. Incidental Papers, Two Radio Broadcasts by Mrs. J. S. Laurie. The front cover features a picture of The Dimorphodon Macronyx reconstructed by Erna C. von Engel-Baiersdorf. The booklet was printed in April 1951.
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Documents
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34033
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.23.1
- Description
- Notes on Nature - Booklet. Handmade booklet by Fanny Waplington called "Notes on Nature". The front cover has a hand painted picture of three birds on a branch filled with pink flowers. The booklet is filled with handwritten pages on birds, plants, trees and insects.
- Object History
- Nature Book was created by Frances Fleming (nee Waplington) while she attended Douglas Road School
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Graphic Documents
- Object Term
- Book
- Colour
- Beige
- Measurements
- 22.5cm x 30.5cm
- Title
- Notes on Nature
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Documents
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34035
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.23.3
- Description
- Wild Flowers - Booklet -- [1925]. School booklet created by Fanny Waplington. The front cover is a cut out illustration of two vases filled with flowers and plants from a magazine. The cover is cut along the right edge. Inside the booklet has handwritten entries about various animals and plants. Most of the entries have a corresponding picture.
- Object History
- Scrapbook journal was created by Frances "Fanny" (Waplington) Fleming while she was a young student.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Graphic Documents
- Object Term
- Book
- Measurements
- 18.5 x 24.3 cm
- Title
- Wildflowers
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Documents
catalogue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90874
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.6.11
- Description
- Commodities Catalogue; China National Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs Import & Export Corp; text in English and Chinese; glossy cover; bifold binding with two staples; 52 pages; title page and table of contents; import and export "Branches" in China and Hongkong and Macao Agents listed on inside of back cover; annotations in pen and pencil on last page and inside of back cover.
- Object History
- Publication "Commodities Catalogue", was part of a scrapbook created by Cecil Chue Kan Lee documenting the time he was employed as a Prodcue Buyer for Kelly Douglas and Company Limited and Western Commodities Limited in the 1970s and early 1980s. As a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas, Cecil Lee worked closely with local farmers along Marine Drive and in the Fraser Valley. The Burnaby company was one of the largest food distributors in Canada. In the mid-1970s, Lee was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with demand, Kelly Douglas looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business.
- Reference
- The first few pages and the last page of this publication are available for viewing on Heritage Burnaby. Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view entire content.
- For other records in this collection see: Business records series of Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Catalog, Sales
- Country Made
- China
- Site/City Made
- Peking
- Title
- Commodities Catalogue
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Documents
newsletter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84683
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.55.1
- Description
- Newsletter; created by Heritage Village Museum [1978]. Printed on newsprint, double sided, folded in centre. Newsletter also served as a map and guide of the village. The front page of the newsletter features articles "Robert Burnaby 1828 - 1878" and "The Steam and Sawmill Collection". The centre two pages open to a list of exhibits in the village with a site map. The back page includes "Operating Times"; "Heritage Village Calendar", and "Application for Membership" of the Century park Museum Association. Design and production by Dave Lovell.
- Object History
- Newsletter created by Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum) and given out free to visitors. Design and production of the newsletter was created by Dave Lovell.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Serial
- Colour
- Beige
- Measurements
- Height: 30 cm x Width: 44 cm folded to Height: 30 cm x Width: 22 cm
- Maker
- Heritage Village
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Publication Date
- [1978]
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pamphlet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14657
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.35.1
- Description
- Beautiful Burnaby - Pamphlet -- [1925]. Pamphlet providing updates on the status of Burnaby, current Reeve and Councillors, government spending, population, tax rate, as well as general information. There are advertisements from local businesses and photographs of Burnaby. The front cover of the pamphlet has the title "Beautiful Burnaby British Columbia". There is a photograph of Burnaby with a green tint. There are also various stamps and writing on the pamphlet.
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schedule
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact25116
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.19.7
- Description
- Vancouver Street Car Timetables - Booklet -- [1933]. The cover is blue and white with a drawing of a street car. "VANCOUVER STREET CAR/ TIME TABLES". This schedule shows street car and interurban tram times and includes early and late cars. The schedule is for Vancouver City and Interurban Lines. The timetable was printed for March 16, 1933 by the British Columbia Electric Railway Company.
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Vancouver Street Car Time Tables
- Publication Date
- March 16 1933
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Transportation
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
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Documents
souvenir booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91080
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1803
- Description
- Souvenir booklet; cover with brown ink printed on light blue card stock; two staple binding at centre; pages within numbered 1-35; cover reads: "Burnaby Village Museum / HERTIAGE PASTPORT / Take this "pastport" with you as you visit / the exhibits. match the number of the / exhibit with the number on each page of / this booklet. Look for the mail boxes at the / exhibits - they hold the "pastport" stamps!"; circular logo of Burnaby Village Museum with carousel horse and interurban tram; pages within contain stamps taken from the various exhibits inside Burnaby Village Museum.
- Object History
- Item was found in Burnaby Village Museum printshop along with other Heritage Village / Burnaby Village Museum ephemera created between 1971 and [2000].
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Object Term
- Souvenir
- Colour
- Blue
- Brown
- White
- Black
- Measurements
- 11.5 x 7.5 cm
- Maker
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Publication Date
- [200-]
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
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Cylinder records 1901-1919
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13109
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1901-1919] (date of original content), April 1987 (date of recording), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (28 min., 48 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Audio recording titled "Cylinder Records 1901-1919". Recording consists of samples of music recorded from the Burnaby Village Museum cylinder record collection. This recording may have been used for an exhibit or as part of a public or school program.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 audio cassette (28 min., 48 sec.)
- Material Details
- Track Number: 1 (side A of audio cassette)
- Total Number of Tracks : 1
- Scope and Content
- Audio recording titled "Cylinder Records 1901-1919". Recording consists of samples of music recorded from the Burnaby Village Museum cylinder record collection. This recording may have been used for an exhibit or as part of a public or school program.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Music
- Responsibility
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.729
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1901-1919] (date of original content), April 1987 (date of recording), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of sound recording
- Label on audio cassette reads: "Cylinder Records 1901-1919 / Recorded at BVM Apr 1987)
- Label on audio cassette case reads: "CYLINDER RECORDS 1901-1919"
Audio Tracks
Cylinder records 1901-1919, [1901-1919] (date of original content), April 1987 (date of recording), digitized in 2020
Cylinder records 1901-1919, [1901-1919] (date of original content), April 1987 (date of recording), digitized in 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2020_0005_0729_001.mp3
drawing book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87479
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.89
- Description
- drawing book; brown paper book of sketches from nature; 27 pages; hand drawn and painted; botanical samples of pressed wildflowers are also adhered to pages inside book and identified; "EMERALD / DRAWING / BOOK." commerically printed on front cover in green ink along with illustrations; "Nellie Gosling" handwritten on front cover in black ink; "Nellie Gosling / 1st Blackrock Company (Ireland) / Naturalists 1916" handwritten inside front cover; hand drawn and coloured flag display "UNITED WE STAND" on last page of book; flags of World War I allies Italy, France, Belgium, Great Britain, the United States of America, Portugal, Russia and Japan.
- Object History
- Drawing book was created by Nellie Gosling, First Blackrock Company, Ireland. The book may have been created to earn a badge. The drawing book was donated with items belonging to Dorothy Pitman, but it is unknown how she acquired it since she doesn't appear to have done the drawings herself. Dorothy Pitman was a Girl Guide in the 1st Burnaby Company. She was known to be involved with guiding from 1919 to 1931. Textual records and photographs of the Pitman family, including one of Dorothy and her sister Gwen, are held by the City of Burnaby Archives. Dorothy and Gwen's parents, Ernest and Jean Pitman, owned McKay Dry Goods and Jubilee Dry Goods.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Painting T&E
- Object Term
- Sketchbook
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Interview with Allan Nixon by Rod Fowler February 21, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory464
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1911-1990
- Length
- 00:05:22
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Dep…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Al Nixon began collecting and saving photographs, records and stories about the history of the Burnaby Fire Department in the mid 1980's. Finding the first scrapbook of photographs lead to other discoveries that placed the beginning of the Burnaby Fire Department in 1911.
- Date Range
- 1911-1990
- Length
- 00:05:22
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 21, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Al Nixon, conducted by Rod Fowler. Al Nixon 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 the history and operations of the Burnaby Fire Department from its beginning in 1911 to 1990, and Al Nixon’s stories about the various ways photographs, records and artifacts about the department were collected and saved. The interview takes place while looking at photographs, but the information is clear nonetheless (His photographs have been deposited in the Burnaby Archives). Al Nixon also talks about his father's career as a firefighter, and about his Douglas grandparents and their home “The Gables” [Seven Gables] and neighbourhood in Burquitlam. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Al Nixon was born in New Westminster Feb. 8, 1936, the son of Provincial Fire Marshal Basil Nixon (1904-1975) and Agnes Douglas (1909-?). His mother’s family immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1922 and lived in a large ca. 1900 home in Burquitlam at 9957 Sullivan Road called “Seven Gables” (recently demolished). His grandfather Thomas Douglas, a Coquitlam Councillor and Socialist, was murdered in 1934 in his North Road service station. Al Nixon began his career as a firefighter with the Burnaby Fire Department in 1957, eventually becoming Deputy Fire Chief Operations in 1987 and Fire Chief in 1991, before retiring in 1993. In the mid 1980's Al Nixon became interested in the department’s history after finding a photograph scrapbook at one of the firehalls. It was in very bad condition but he recognized its value and began a project to collect and save photographs, artifacts and stories about the Burnaby Fire Department, a 6 month project that turned into years. The photographs and information gathered by Al Nixon became part of Douglas Penn’s book “Follow that Fire: the history of the Burnaby Fire Department”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:43:35
- Interviewee Name
- Nixon, Al
- 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.
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Al Nixon
Track one of interview with Al Nixon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-014/MSS187-014_Track_1.mp3![Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/216-002.jpg?width=280)
Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory219
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1920-1949
- Length
- 0:09:21
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of a court case between the Sun and the Province newspapers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of a court case between the Sun and the Province newspapers.
- Date Range
- 1920-1949
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:09:21
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.
- Biographical Notes
- John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:44
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, John
- 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.
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![Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/216-002.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track three of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Track three of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_3.mp3
Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory221
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Names
- Foley, John
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.
- Biographical Notes
- John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:44
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, John
- 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.
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Audio Tracks
Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_5.mp3Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 10
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory525
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1989-1990
- Length
- 00:06:41
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s description of how Toko Nuburi and his son [Shusei] worked to create the pole carvings in 1989. She also relates that seeing Toko, a man of the north of Japan, explains her own physical characteristics
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s description of how Toko Nuburi and his son [Shusei] worked to create the pole carvings in 1989. She also relates that seeing Toko, a man of the north of Japan, explains her own physical characteristics
- Date Range
- 1989-1990
- Length
- 00:06:41
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Centennial
- Ceremonial Artifacts - Totem Poles
- Woodworking Tools and Equipment
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 27, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita 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 about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 01:34:10
- Interviewee Name
- Miyashita, Toki
- 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.
Audio Tracks
Track ten of interview with Toki Miyashita
Track ten of interview with Toki Miyashita
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_10.mp3![Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/231-012.jpg?width=280)
Interview with William A. Lewarne by Rod Fowler March 14, 1990 - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory445
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1970-1990
- Length
- 00:01:29
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about acquiring and maintaining streetcars for Burnaby Heritage Village
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about acquiring and maintaining streetcars for Burnaby Heritage Village
- Date Range
- 1970-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012
- Length
- 00:01:29
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 14, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with former Mayor William “Bill” Lewarne, conducted by Rod Fowler. Bill Lewarne 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 Bill Lewarne’s business and political careers, and memories of growing up in South Burnaby in the 1930s. Bill Lewarne talks about his parent’s origins, his family and community struggles during the Depression, the interurban, his education, war service, and joining his father's business. He describes the start, operation and expansion of the family ice cream business, and how business life compared to political life. The interview explores the role of politics in community affairs, his political activities, the history of the BVA, and his involvement in various community organizations. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track, expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- William Alfred “Bill” Lewarne was born in Burnaby in 1926 to Ethel Cecilia Leer (1899- ) and Alfred Lewarne (1893-1962). The family, Ethel, Alfred and their three children Patricia, Beverley and William, moved to a house on Nelson Avenue in Alta Vista in 1931. Ethel still lived in the family home in 1990. Bill Lewarne attended Nelson Avenue School and South Burnaby High School (1932-1944). His father Alfred worked at Colony Farms as a dairy inspector and then for the Port of Vancouver Dairy before being laid off early in the Depression. The family struggled until in 1936 Alfred started his own ice cream business. After graduation Bill was in the army for two years, taking a refrigeration course under the veteran’s training benefit, before joining his father’s business. Three generations of the family operated the successful company, expanding from wholesale, retail and distribution of ice cream products into refrigerated warehouses and the wholesale ice business, until the business was sold to its competitor Dairyland in 1989. Bill Lewarne entered politics in 1965, first with the Nonpartisan Association (NPA) and then as a founder of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). He served as an alderman on Burnaby Council 1973-1975 and 1977-1981 and as Mayor 1981-1987. In 1979 he ran for provincial office for the Social Credit Party against Rosemary Brown but lost. Bill Lewarne married June Lawrence and they had three children Robert, Leslie and Janice. He was active in many organizations: Burnaby/Willingdon Liberal Association, Seton Villa, Irish Fusileers of Canada, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, and the Burnaby Hospital Foundation, and continued to be active on the Board of the BCA. Bill Lewarne died in 1995.
- Total Tracks
- 14
- Total Length
- 1:34:40
- Interviewee Name
- Lewarne, William A. "Bill"
- 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 business computerization 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
![Burnaby Alderman, Bill (William) Lewarne, [1973]. Item no. 231-012 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/205/231-012.jpg)
Audio Tracks
Track five of interview with Bill Lewarne
Track five of interview with Bill Lewarne
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-019/MSS187-019_Track_5.mp3
leaflet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90017
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.321
- Description
- leaflet; buff paper with black text reading: "GRAND RALLY / BRITISH COLUMBIA GIRL GUIDES / AGRICULTURAL GROUNDS, DUNCAN / SATURDAY, JULY 8th, 1922"; rally had a programme of sports events, followed by a high tea, and in the evening, a camp fire with entertainment.
- Object History
- Leaflet is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV015.35.164)
- Note in blue ink on scrapbook page reads: "Burnaby Guides attended this Rally".
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts
- Measurements
- L: 22.2 cm W: 13.9 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
Documents
magazine
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90893
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.6.30
- Description
- magazine; quarterly publication in English aimed at providing a forum for information exchange in China and Hong Kong trading; glossy cover; 32 p., black text and photographs on newsprint; bifold with two staples; printed by Food Hing Offset Printing Company Limited; front cover reads: "Business Pleasure" / "Special Issue / 1978 Canton Spring Fair"; photograph on front of small ceramic bowl filled with coins and red carnation standing in centre, bowl is seated on a pedestal, two small carved lion sculptures are seated on either side; bottom of front cover includes an ad for "Seiko" watches; back cover includes ad for "Bulova" watches.
- Object History
- Publication "Business Pleasure", was part of a scrapbook created by Cecil Chue Kan Lee documenting the time he was employed as a Prodcue Buyer for Kelly Douglas and Company Limited and Western Commodities Limited in the 1970s and early 1980s. As a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas, Cecil Lee worked closely with local farmers along Marine Drive and in the Fraser Valley. The Burnaby company was one of the largest food distributors in Canada. In the mid-1970s, Lee was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with demand, Kelly Douglas looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business.
- Reference
- The first few pages of articles within the publication are available for viewing on Heritage Village. Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view entire published content.
- For other records in this collection see: Business records series of Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Serial
- Country Made
- Hong Kong
- Title
- Business Pleasure
- Publication Date
- 1978
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Magazines
Images
Documents
newsletter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84117
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV012.20.31
- Description
- Newsletter; legal sized paper, 4 pages (3 pages stapled together); letterhead with brown ink background on cover page reads "Newsletter CENTURY PARK / HERITAGE VILLAGE" followed by "4900 DEER LAKE AVE. BURNABY, B.C. PHONE 291-8525"; dated April 6, 1972; addressed to "Fellow-Members" of Century Park Museum Association; last page is a blank "CENTURY PARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATON / INFORMATION BLANK" form printed on yellow paper to be returned to Century Park Museum Association. The newsletter has been folded into four for mailing purposes. An additional page is addressed to members requesting donations of display items for the General Store. Return address stamp on back page reads "CENTURY PARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION / operating / HERITAGE VILLAGE / 4900 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby 2, B.C." and is addressed to: "Mr. A.T. Copan / 4667 Highlawn Drive / Burnaby 2, B.C." Newsletter provides updates regarding the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee's project "Heritage Village" including the hiring of Mr. P.A. (Tony) Scott as permanent Executive Director of Heritage Village.
- Object History
- Newsletter published by the Century Park Museum Association in regards to news of Heritage Village Museum and the Century Park Museum Association, renamed Burnaby Village Museum Association and Burnaby Village Museum in 1984. The newsletter was mailed to A.T. Copan, 4667 Highlawn Drive, Burnaby B.C.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Serial
- Colour
- White
- Yellow
- Measurements
- Height: 35.5 cm x Width: 22 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Title
- Newsletter Century Park Heritage Village
- Publication Date
- April 6, 1972
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Newsletters
Images
Documents
newsletter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84661
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.50.22
- Description
- Newsletter; yellow paper cover with black ink folded in half; white pages within folded in half, numbered 1-8; stapled in centre fold; cover with illustration of the east side of Hill Street inside Heritage Village and Village bandstand; stylized hand drawn title reads: "the Villager / CHRISTMAS '81"" and hand drawn script in lower left corner reads: "Heritage Village / 4900 Deer Lake Avenue / Burnaby, B.C. V5G 3T6"; first page includes credits "Published by: Century Park Museum Association / Christmas 1981 / Editor: Ethel Derrick"; Handwritten in ink on the front cover is "Reg Millway". Illustrations and typewritten script throughout content covering news and events of Heritage Village during Winter 1981.
- Object History
- Newsletter published by the Century Park Museum Association in regards to news of Heritage Village Museum and the Century Park Museum Association, renamed Burnaby Village Museum Association and Burnaby Village Museum in 1984.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Serial
- Colour
- Yellow
- White
- Measurements
- Height: 21.5 cm x Width: 35.5 cm; folded to Height: 21.5 cm x Width: 17.75 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Title
- the Villager
- Publication Date
- 1981
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Newsletters
Images
