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lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48592
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.35.19
- Description
- Pin, high school; yellow, gold, maroon, black; writing in three black bars across front golden yellow panel; "HUGH M / FRASER / HIGH"; maroon and gold geometric shapes fan out behind it; screw fastener
- Object History
- Burnaby South High School was renamed Hugh M. Fraser High in 1941?, but was changed back to the original name a short time later. Hugh M. Fraser was appointed commissioner of the municipality of Burnaby when it was forced into receivership and at the end of 1932, after a dispute with the Provincial government about relief payments for the unemployed. A Provincial Commission stepped in to take over the governance of the city, under Hugh M. Fraser.
- Marks/Labels
- "HUGH M. / FRASER / HIGH", gold letters in three black bars across front panel
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Geographic Access
- Rumble Street
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ring
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48591
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.35.18
- Description
- Ring, high school; yellow, gold, maroon, black; writing in three black bars across front yellow panel; maroon and gold geometric shapes fan out behind it; some chips and discolouration.
- Object History
- Burnaby South High School was renamed Hugh M. Fraser High in 1941?, but was changed back to the original name a short time later. Hugh M. Fraser was appointed commissioner of the municipality of Burnaby when it was forced into receivership and at the end of 1932, after a dispute with the Provincial government about relief payments for the unemployed. A Provincial Commission stepped in to take over the governance of the city, under Hugh M. Fraser.
- Marks/Labels
- "HUGH M. / FRASER / HIGH", gold letters in three black bars across front panel
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Jewelry
- Geographic Access
- Rumble Street
Images
Interview with Norm and Kathleen Henderson by Eric Damer October 25, 2012 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory339
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1936-1944
- Length
- 0:08:54
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Norman "Norm" Henderson's memories of his early life in Saskatchewan and his family's move to Burnaby. He talks about Old Orchard Auto Park, where his father was owner and operator for three years.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Norman "Norm" Henderson's memories of his early life in Saskatchewan and his family's move to Burnaby. He talks about Old Orchard Auto Park, where his father was owner and operator for three years.
- Date Range
- 1936-1944
- Length
- 0:08:54
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- October 25, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Norm and Kathleen Henderson conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 25, 2012. Major themes discussed are: the making of the film "Investment in Youth" in 1945 and working as an educator system in British Columbia.
- Biographical Notes
- Norm Henderson came from Saskatchewan to Burnaby with his parents in December of 1940 to visit his grandmothers. Norm and his parents stayed on and bought the Old Orchard Auto Park on the corner of Kingsway and Willingdon Avenue, which they ran until 1944. Norm attended Burnaby South High School from 1941 to 1947, during which time he was involved in the production of the Burnaby School Board film; “Investment in Youth." In 1945 Norm got a part time job at Woodward’s Department Store in Vancouver where he worked until he went into teacher training at Vancouver Normal School in the early nineteen-fifties. Kathleen MacFarlane (later Henderson) was born in 1929 and grew up in Vancouver. Kathleen also went through teacher training at Vancouver Normal School. Norm and Kathleen (MacFarlane) Henderson were married in 1953 and moved to a small suite at Patterson Avenue and Kingsway. Norm was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School and Kathleen taught at Nelson Avenue Elementary School. Norm was a member of West Burnaby United Church from 1941 until he and Kathleen moved to Richmond in 1959.
- Total Tracks
- 5
- Total Length
- 0:47:34
- Interviewee Name
- Henderson, Kathleen
- Henderson, Norman "Norm"
- 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
Audio Tracks
Track one of recording of interview with Norm and Kathleen Henderson
Track one of recording of interview with Norm and Kathleen Henderson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-012/MSS171-012_Track_1.mp3