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Interview with Roy Brainerd by Eric Damer October 23, 2012 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory302
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1926-1939
- Length
- 0:08:54
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Roy Brainerd's early memories of growing up in Burnaby, including his school days at Douglas Road School, and his parents' working life.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Roy Brainerd's early memories of growing up in Burnaby, including his school days at Douglas Road School, and his parents' working life.
- Date Range
- 1926-1939
- Photo Info
- Roy Brainerd walking along Granville Street in Vancouver, [1945 or 1946]. Item no. 549-016
- Length
- 0:08:54
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- October 23, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Roy Brainerd conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 23, 2012. Major theme discussed: growing up in Burnaby with particular focus on school days and the automobile industry.
- Biographical Notes
- Roy Brainerd’s parents, Lawrence and Violet Brainerd came to Vancouver in 1925 or 1926 and purchased a small house on Harwood Street in North Burnaby. There were two older children in the family already when Roy was born in 1928 at Royal Columbian hospital. His sister Patricia Brainerd (later White) was born in 1931, also at Royal Columbian Hospital. Roy’s father Lawrence rebuilt and renovated the house to fit his growing family, planting abundant vegetable gardens and building a chicken coop. Roy started at Douglas Road School in 1934 and then attended Hugh M. Fraser High School. Roy left his high school at fifteen to work for Snap-On Tools, working his way up from pushing a broom to becoming a branch manager. He retired in 1983 after forty-one years of service. Together with his wife Carol, Roy raised three daughters.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:36:56
- Interviewee Name
- Brainerd, Roy
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Images
Audio Tracks
Track one of recording of interview with Roy Brainerd
Track one of recording of interview with Roy Brainerd
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-004/MSS171-004_Track_1.mp3Brainerd family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77182
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of originals); digitally copied 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Brainerd family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy print ; 11 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Brainerd family sitting on the front stoop of their house on Harwood Street (since renamed Hardwick Street) in Burnaby. Sitting on the steps are Lawrence and Violet Brainerd with their son Roy Brainerd between them. On either railing at the front of the steps are Roy's step-siblin…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of originals); digitally copied 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Brainerd family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy print ; 11 x 7.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 551-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Brainerd family sitting on the front stoop of their house on Harwood Street (since renamed Hardwick Street) in Burnaby. Sitting on the steps are Lawrence and Violet Brainerd with their son Roy Brainerd between them. On either railing at the front of the steps are Roy's step-siblings; Ernest "Ernie" Moss and Vera Moss.
- Names
- Brainerd, Lawrence Roy
- Brainerd, Violet Baker
- Moss, Ernest Albert "Ernie"
- Moss, Vera Alice
- Brainerd, Roy George
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on border of photograph reads: 3026 Harwood St. Burnaby / Lawrence + Violet Brainerd / with Roy 1929 / Ernest "Ernie" Moss Vera Moss"
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1929 / Brainerd family home / 3026 Harwood St / Burnaby"
- Geographic Access
- Hardwick Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area