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Notes: Contents: [1] 100 years of British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009 -- [2] 100 Women of the British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009. Includes index.

100 years of British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009, vol. 2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: British Columbia Women's Institute

Publication Date: 2008

Call Number: 305.406 BRI Vol 2

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9780980911411; 0980911419

Call Number: 305.406 BRI Vol 2

Author: British Columbia Women's Institute

Place of Publication: Kamloops, British Columbia

Publisher: British Columbia Women's Institute

Publication Date: 2008

Physical Description: 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia Women's Institute--History; British Columbia Women's Institute; Women--British Columbia; Biography

Notes: Contents: [1] 100 years of British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009 -- [2] 100 Women of the British Columbia Women's Institute, 1909-2009.; Includes index.

Accent on the archives- Burnaby history and camp

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 2002 and 2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col. + laser copies

Scope and Content: File consists of master copies of articles which were created by Paulene Hall for the newsletter "Guidelines Burnaby Royal Area" - "Accent on the Archives". Burnaby Guide archival materials were compiled from scrapbooks, photographs, newspapers, biographies and research to create articles for th…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides newsletters series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col. + laser copies

Scope and Content: File consists of master copies of articles which were created by Paulene Hall for the newsletter "Guidelines Burnaby Royal Area" - "Accent on the Archives". Burnaby Guide archival materials were compiled from scrapbooks, photographs, newspapers, biographies and research to create articles for the newsletter. Subject matter within these master copies is about the history of Burnaby Girl Guides and camp.

Creator: Hall, Paulene

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Recreational Activities - Camping

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV016.49.91

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 2002 and 2004]

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Accent on the Archives - Girl Guide Trefoil Guild

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 2004 and 2009]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records + 13 photographs

Scope and Content: File consists of master copies of articles which were created for the newsletter "Guidelines Burnaby Royal Area" - "Accent on the Archives". Burnaby Guide archival materials were compiled from scrapbooks, photographs, newspapers, biographies and research to create articles for the newsletter. Sub…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides newsletters series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records + 13 photographs

Scope and Content: File consists of master copies of articles which were created for the newsletter "Guidelines Burnaby Royal Area" - "Accent on the Archives". Burnaby Guide archival materials were compiled from scrapbooks, photographs, newspapers, biographies and research to create articles for the newsletter. Subject matter within this file includes the Burnaby Trefoil Guild as well as biographical information and photographic material related to activities of it's members: Kay Thomas, Rosemary Meech, Ivy Brunet McGeachie, Dorothy Sherritt, Pat Cole, Wendy Burton, Lorna Cloutier, Joanne Stregger.

Creator: Hall, Paulene

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Girl Guides of Canada; Trefoil Guild

Accession Code: BV016.49.88

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 2004 and 2009]

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Accent on the Archives - Sea Ranger Kathy Hardy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2008

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a master copy of an article created by Paulene Hall for the newsletter "Guidelines Burnaby Royal Area" - "Accent on the Archives" November 2008. Burnaby Guide archival materials were compiled from scrapbooks, photographs, newspapers, biographies and research to create articles…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides newsletters series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a master copy of an article created by Paulene Hall for the newsletter "Guidelines Burnaby Royal Area" - "Accent on the Archives" November 2008. Burnaby Guide archival materials were compiled from scrapbooks, photographs, newspapers, biographies and research to create articles for the newsletter. Subject matter within this file is about South Burnaby resident Kathy Raadsheer (nee Hardy) and her experiences as a Ranger in Burnaby.

Creator: Hall, Paulene

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Girl Guides of Canada; Raadsheer, Kathryn Hardy; Hall, Paulene

Accession Code: BV016.49.89

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 2008

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Accent on the Archives- Vivian Henderson

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2007

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records + 4 photographs : col. + laser copies : col.

Scope and Content: File consists of a master copy of an article created by Paulene Hall for the newsletter "Guidelines Burnaby Royal Area" - "Accent on the Archives" May 2007. Burnaby Guide archival materials were compiled from scrapbooks, photographs, newspapers, biographies and research to create articles for …

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides newsletters series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records + 4 photographs : col. + laser copies : col.

Scope and Content: File consists of a master copy of an article created by Paulene Hall for the newsletter "Guidelines Burnaby Royal Area" - "Accent on the Archives" May 2007. Burnaby Guide archival materials were compiled from scrapbooks, photographs, newspapers, biographies and research to create articles for the newsletter. Subject matter within this file is about Vivian (Vi) Henderson who was the second Burnaby Royal Area Commissioner from 1974 to 1979. File also includes a memorial card in remembrance of Vivian Ellen Susan Henderson.

Creator: Hall, Paulene

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Girl Guides of Canada; Henderson, Vivian; Hall, Paulene

Accession Code: BV016.49.90

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 2007

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file

A dictionary of the English language : with supplement, containing over 12,500 new words and antries, and a vocabulary of synonyms of words in general use : and an appendix, which embodies a pronouncing dictionary of biography, embracing the names of newarly then thousand persons of all ages and countries : pronouncing vocabularies of modern Christian names and Latin proper names, and scripture proper names, together with various other useful tables

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Worcester, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1784-1865

Edition: New ed.

Publication Date: 1897; c1886

Call Number: 423 WOR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV976.18.1

Call Number: 423 WOR

Edition: New ed.

Author: Worcester, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1784-1865

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Co.

Publication Date: 1897; c1886

Library Subject (LOC): English language--Dictionaries

Notes: Author's full name and dates: Worchester, Joseph Emerson, 1784-1865

A hurricane in the basement, and other Vancouver experiences : stories and photos from the millennium collection

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Constantine, Barbara

Publication Date: 2000

Call Number: 971.133 CON

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 971.133 CON

Author: Constantine, Barbara

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: City of Vancouver, Office of Cultural Affairs

Publication Date: 2000

Physical Description: 96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Vancouver (B.C.)--History--Anecdotes; Vancouver (B.C.); Biography

Notes: "Published as part of Portrait V2K: The City of Vancouver Millennium Project ..."--P. 2.; Includes index.

Alexander MacKay : missionary hero of Uganda

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Melrose, Andrew, 1860-1928

Edition: 2nd ed.

Publication Date: 1893

Call Number: 266.92 MEL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV971.169.8

Call Number: 266.92 MEL

Edition: 2nd ed.

Author: Melrose, Andrew, 1860-1928

Contributor: Wilson, T. C.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: The Sunday School Union

Publication Date: 1893

Series: Splendid lives series

Printer: Morrison and Gibb Limited

Physical Description: 144 p. : ill., ports. ; 19 cm.

Inscription: "Heritage Village S3 h" [handwritten in black ink on white label stuck to front pastedown. "S3 h" is crossed out] "For Dear Philly from Mr. and Mrs. Minsh_ll [Minshull] 21st Dec 1894" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "144 Pages 5/8" thick C to C" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown]

Library Subject (LOC): Missionaries--Uganda; Missions--Uganda; Biography

Notes: "By the author of 'The Story of Stanley'" --title page; "Fifteenth thousand" --t.p.; "Preface to second edition by the Rev. T.C. Wilson" --p.7

The ambitious city: a history of the City of North Vancouver

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Sommer, Warren, 1951-

Publication Date: c2007

Call Number: 971.133 SOM

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9781550174113; 1550174118

Call Number: 971.133 SOM

Author: Sommer, Warren, 1951-

Place of Publication: Madeira Park, BC

Publisher: Harbour

Publication Date: c2007

Physical Description: 342 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): North Vancouver (B.C.)--History; North Vancouver (B.C.); Biography

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-337) and index.; Maps on lining papers.

Artism

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Gibbons-Barrett, Stephen; Hing, Sue

Publication Date: 2009

Call Number: 759.21 GIB

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 759.21 GIB

Author: Gibbons-Barrett, Stephen; Hing, Sue

Place of Publication: [Mission, BC]

Publisher: Blurb.com

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: 199 p. : ill (chiefly col.) ;

Inscription: "TO MY FRIENDS @ B.V.M. /S G BARRETT/JUNE 16TH/2012", hand written in black ink on the front endsheet of the book

Library Subject (LOC): Painters--British Columbia; Art; Merry-go-round art; Biography

Notes: Signed by the author.; Self-published: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/793103; Stephen Gibbons-Barrett was involved in the restoration of the 1912 Parker Carousel and he completed a series of paintings of the carousel horses.

The beautiful life of Frances E. Willard, a memorial volume

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Gordon, Anna A. (Anna Adams), 1853-1931

Edition: Memorial ed.

Publication Date: c1898

Call Number: 923.6 GOR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV976.194.10

Call Number: 923.6 GOR

Edition: Memorial ed.

Author: Gordon, Anna A. (Anna Adams), 1853-1931

Contributor: Somerset, Henry, Lady, 1851-1921; Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Place of Publication: Chicago, Ill.

Publisher: Woman's Temperance Publishing Association

Publication Date: c1898

Physical Description: 416 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Social reformers--United States; Biography

Notes: Includes index.

Biographical dictionary of well-known British Columbians : with a historical sketch

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Kerr, J. B. (John Blaine)

Publication Date: 1890

Call Number: 920.711 KER

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.60.1

Call Number: 920.711 KER

Author: Kerr, J. B. (John Blaine)

Place of Publication: Vancouver, B.C.

Publisher: Kerr & Begg

Publication Date: 1890

Printer: News-Advertiser Printing and Publishing Co.

Physical Description: xxx, 326 p., [42] leaves of plates : ports. ; 23 cm.

Inscription: "Hold for refe" [handwritten in pencil on p. after front endpaper] "From the Library of Ted Dobb" [stamped in black ink on p. after front endpaper. with some ink transfered to previous p.] "A.M. Pound Vancouver, B.C." [stamped in red ink on p. after front endpaper]

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia; British Columbia--History; Biography

Notes: Author's given name: Kerr, J.B. (John Blaine)

Burnaby Girl Guides administrative records and histories series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1920]-2002

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records + 33 photographs

Scope and Content: Series consists of administrative records and histories pertaining to the Burnaby Girl Guides. Records include correspondence, histories, biographies and cancelled warrants for Girl Guide commissioners.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Girl Guides fonds

Series: Burnaby Girl Guides administrative records and histories series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 5 cm of textual records + 33 photographs

Scope and Content: Series consists of administrative records and histories pertaining to the Burnaby Girl Guides. Records include correspondence, histories, biographies and cancelled warrants for Girl Guide commissioners.

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

Accession Code: BV015.35; BV016.49

Date: [1920]-2002

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Fighting for dignity : the Ginger Goodwin story

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Stonebanks, Roger

Publication Date: c2004

Call Number: 331.81223 GOO

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 1894000064

Call Number: 331.81223 GOO

Author: Stonebanks, Roger

Place of Publication: St. John's, [N.L.]

Publisher: Canadian Committee on Labour History

Publication Date: c2004

Physical Description: 206 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Goodwin, Ginger; Labor leaders--British Columbia; Coal miners--Labor unions--British Columbia--Officials and employees; Biography

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-198) and index.

From manger to throne : embracing a new life of Jesus the Christ and a history of Palestine and its people

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt), 1832-1902

Publication Date: c1890

Call Number: 232.9 TAL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV982.24.33

Call Number: 232.9 TAL

Author: Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt), 1832-1902

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa.

Publisher: Historical Publishing Company

Publication Date: c1890

Physical Description: 655 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Inscription: "Mrs. W.J. Chase from her son John S. Chase Christmas 1893" -- handwritten

Library Subject (LOC): Jesus Christ; Palestine--History; Bible stories; Biography

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and Index.

Harold E. Winch biographical records series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1933-2003

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 5 folders of textual records + 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Series consists of records relating to Harold Edward Winch and the process of writing his biography. Records include newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, publications, and one photograph. Some correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other textual records deal with the potential biography sp…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch biographical records series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 5 folders of textual records + 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Series consists of records relating to Harold Edward Winch and the process of writing his biography. Records include newspaper clippings, correspondence, cards, publications, and one photograph. Some correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other textual records deal with the potential biography specifically, including agreements between Jessie Winch and the Boag Foundation and financial records. It is unclear whether the biography was ever written.

Names: Winch, Harold Edward; Winch, Jessie

Accession Code: BV013.12

Date: 1933-2003

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Information for Harold Winch biography

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1935-2003

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.

Scope and Content: File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including newspaper clippings, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publicity material, and a photograph of the dedication of MacInnis Park in Vancouver, including Glen Clark, MLA.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch biographical records series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records + 1 photograph : col.

Scope and Content: File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including newspaper clippings, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) publicity material, and a photograph of the dedication of MacInnis Park in Vancouver, including Glen Clark, MLA.

Subjects: Government - Provincial Government

Names: MacInnis, Grace; MacInnis, Angus; Clark, Glen; Winch, Harold Edward

Accession Code: BV013.12.4

Date: 1935-2003

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Interview with Bill Gruenthal

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business,…

1 document 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Bill Gruenthal Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business, his knowledge and interest in Judaism, places that he and his wife lived before moving to Burnaby, family life in Burnaby and his political involvement in running for the Burnaby school board. 00:27:02 – 00:42:50 Bill Gruenthal talks about the Burquest Jewish Community Association, it’s background and his involvement, experiences of discrimination in his career, a brief history of the Jewish people and some cultural traditions. 00:42:51 – 00:56:04 Bill Gruenthal mentions some of the charities that he supports including Burnaby Hospital, his volunteer work within the community and community organizations including the Nikkei Place Foundation and shares more details on his insurance career. 00:56:05 – 01:14:37 Bill Gruenthal shares information about his Burnaby neighbourhood and Jewish funeral customs and provides his impressions of new development at Brentwood, Burnaby Council and other development projects in Burnaby.

History: Interviewee biography: Bill Gruenthal was born in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1935 after his parents had fled Germany in advance of the then worsening political situation. Bill’s father died in 1942; some years later his mother remarried to an Irish-born senior civil servant in that government. He had a difficult and somewhat dangerous job. Soon after marriage, the family, including Bill’s older brother, Martin, immigrated to Canada in January 1947 on the strength of his step-father’s British Passport. They traveled via New York, where Bill’s uncle and his family resided and who put up the family. Later that month, the parents travelled by CP rail from Montreal to Vancouver, followed by Bill and his brother in March 1947 who travelled from New York to White Rock on an American railroad. While passing through the Fraser Valley Bill’s parents took an interest in Silverdale, a small hamlet west of Mission where the four eventually settled. Bill finished High School in Mission and soon joined the insurance industry. Bill connected with the Jewish Community in Vancouver where he met his soon-to-be wife. Upon marriage they were transferred to Calgary; after five years suffering its cold weather they were transferred back to Vancouver. They settled in Burnaby in 1966 as an affordable neighbourhood with easy access to his office downtown Vancouver. Outside work, Bill helped raise his family of three daughters who all graduated Burnaby High School (Alpha). They joined Temple Sholom in Vancouver, and he volunteered and still volunteers for a number of non-profits, including The Jewish Museum and Archives and Nikkei Place Foundation (Burnaby). He was an early long-term supporter and a past president of Burquest Jewish Community Association, mostly involving persons from Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area (hence the name). He ran for political office in Burnaby in 1976 but was not elected. He delivers food in Burnaby for the Food Bank and is a donor to many worthy causes including Burnaby General Hospital. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Migration; Persons - Jewish Canadians; Transportation; Transportation - Rail; Religions - Judaism; Cemeteries; Organizations; Elections

Names: Gruenthal, Bill; Gruenthal, Noemi Yadlow; O'Connor, Herta Ingrid Gruenthal; O'Connor, John; Burquest; Jacobson, Max Alec; Temple Shalom; Brentwood Shopping Centre; Brentwood Park School; Alpha Secondary School; Burnaby School Board

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Accession Code: BV023.16.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

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Audio Tracks

Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023

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Interview with David Skulski

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, at…

1 document 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: David Skulski Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 6 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 80 min., 38 sec. Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, attending school in New Westminster and Burnaby and Hebrew school in Vancouver. David recalls his early experiences in music, instruments that he played and describes some of his Jewish family traditions. 00:22:23 – 00:49:57 David talks about his experiences studying music at university and following his passion as a musician and oboist. He recalls his experiences of working with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Orchestra, Vancouver Society for Early Music, the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra, other musical ensembles and venues where he’s performed. 00:49:58 – 01:00:00 David talks about living in Burnaby in the Deer Lake neighbourhood. David describes some his experiences playing traditional music from different countries. 01:01:01 – 01:14:15 David comments on the changes that he’s seen in Burnaby over the years, some of his favourite places, activities, cultural amenities and development on the Fraser River. David talks about the Jewish community in Burnaby, his involvement with the Peretz Centre and examples of Jewish cuisine. 01:14:16 – 01:20:38 David talks about Yiddish being his first language, his language studies in Lithuania, the roots of the language and provides some examples of speaking Yiddish.

History: Interviewee biography: Murray "David" Skulski was born in 1942 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and moved to British Columbia with his parents in 1948. Skulski and his family settled in New Westminster before moving to Burnaby in the late 1950's. Skulski took piano lessons at an early age and began playing obo while attending junior high school in New Westminster. In 1960 at the age of 17 years, Skulski began performing with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as solo English horn and is the youngest player to ever be employed with the VSO. In 1991, Skulski started playing with the Vancouver Folk Orchestra and was the conductor between 1997 and 2004. Skulski has been the principal oboe player in many orchestras. In 1968, Skulski founded the Hortulani Musicae; in 1970, he founded the Vancouver Society for Early Music and in 1983 he founded Harmonie, an ensemble concentrating in classical wind music. In 2003, Skulski became president of the Pertez Centre for Secular Jewish Culture. In 2005, Skulski became principal oboist of the Philharmonic Orchestra and the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra and between 2009 and 2019 he was the principal oboist for the Pilgrim Orchestra under Pilwon Suk. David has served as president of the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture and since 2022, he’s served on the board of the Vancouver Chamber Music Society. Skulski has taught summer courses in Renaissance music in Austria (1972-1979), has been a music resident at Simon Fraser University (1973-1976), has lectured on the history of musical instruments at SFU and UBC and in 2008 began teaching at the Pacific Coast School of Music, Richmond School of Music and Oakridge Music Studios. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.