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Give Art a Home
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumvideo10020
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Video collection
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette; 08m:05s
- Scope and Content
- Michael J. Fox narrates an appeal for community financial support for a new Burnaby Arts Centre, a legacy project for Burnaby’s Centennial year. He describes the Centre’s origin, shows the current Centre with its programs and activities, and mentions the organizations which use it. A model of the p…
1 Video
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Video collection
- Accession Code
- BV005.8.3
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette; 08m:05s
- Material Details
- "Give Art a Home" "Burnaby Arts Centre" "Capital Campaign" "7 Minutes"; with case
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Scope and Content
- Michael J. Fox narrates an appeal for community financial support for a new Burnaby Arts Centre, a legacy project for Burnaby’s Centennial year. He describes the Centre’s origin, shows the current Centre with its programs and activities, and mentions the organizations which use it. A model of the proposed extension and its planned activities are shown in 3D animation, with facts and figures. Members of the local business community show their corporate support and the public is invited to contribute by way of a campaign called “Put your name on Burnaby’s Birthday Present!”.
- Notes
- Title from filmmaker
- Names
- Burnaby Arts Centre Capital Campaign
- The Burnaby Arts Centre
- The Burnaby Arts Centre Capital Campaign Committee
Video Tracks
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Burnaby Arts Centre - Redevelopment
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivetextualrecord56642
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1986-1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Item No.
- 40068
- Storage Location
- 70-5-1-49
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1986-1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Item No.
- 40068
- Storage Location
- 70-5-1-49
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Burnaby Arts Centre Expansion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport10082
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 3816
- Meeting Date
- 2-Nov-1992
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 68
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 3816
- Meeting Date
- 2-Nov-1992
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 68
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Interview with Merrill M. Gordon by Rod Fowler March 19, 1990 - Track 9
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory480
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s work on the Parks Board and involvement in the arts community. He talks about developing an art policy for Burnaby, the conflicting views about building a theatre at Metrotown, and the establishment of the Arts Centre at Deer Lake
- Date Range
- 1987-1990
- Length
- 00:07:57
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Merrill Gordon’s work on the Parks Board and involvement in the arts community. He talks about developing an art policy for Burnaby, the conflicting views about building a theatre at Metrotown, and the establishment of the Arts Centre at Deer Lake
- Date Range
- 1987-1990
- Photo Info
- Burnaby Alderman Merrill Gordon (second from right) following a candidates' meeting, 1973. Item no. 480-263
- Length
- 00:07:57
- Name
- Burnaby Arts Centre
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- March 19, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Merrill Gordon, conducted by Rod Fowler.Gordon Merrill 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 Merrill Gordon’s childhood in the Depression, including his story about the family’s difficult trek to Burnaby from Alberta; his education, teachers and first volunteer activities at Grandview High School; his career at Fleck Brothers and the start of his own company Blaze Industries and later work in India; and his many volunteer activities in Burnaby. He describes how he started the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, the soccer club's subsequent growth and development, some of the people involved, and the founding of the youth soccer exchange. He also describes his work on the Parks Board and in the arts community, including the 1987 arts centre referendum, and involvement with the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society (1988- ), and mentions his work for other groups including the New Vista Society, library board, and Burnaby Mental Health Committee. He also talks about his political career with the Better Burnaby Committee and Burnaby Voters Association, resulting in his 1972 election to Burnaby’s 1973 council. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Merrill M. Gordon was born in Saskatchewan in 1929 to parents farming north of North Battleford. After a fifth year of crop failure the family of four left the farm in 1934 to join relatives living near the corner of Union and Sperling in Burnaby. With little resources the family adapted as well as possible in the Depression years, moving often in the East Vancouver/North Burnaby area in an attempt to better their situation. Merrill’s father obtained work at sawmills including Kapoor’s Sawmill at Barnet, walking to work over Burnaby Mountain. After attending numerous public schools, Merrill Gordon eventually spent three years at Templeton School and then completed his education at Grandview High School of Commerce, majoring in accounting and commercial law. He worked a few years at Canadian Industries Ltd., then joined Fleck Brothers. In 1965 Merrill Gordon and his wife started their own company Blaze Industries of Canada that manufactured wood burning fireplaces, selling the company to AB Electrolux in 1980. After a short retirement, Merrill Gordon went back to work in 1981 for a company manufacturing solar panels, one project taking him and his wife intermittently to India over a four year period. Merrill Gordon helped found the political group Better Burnaby Committee, later the Burnaby Voters Association, with Alan Emmott and Bill Lewarne, ran for Burnaby Municipal Council and served one year as councillor in 1973. Merrill Gordon is well known for his over 40 years of volunteer work in Burnaby, particularly as founder in 1956 and director of the Cliff Avenue United Football Club, one of the largest soccer clubs in BC. He was also the founder of Burnaby Youth Soccer and the first youth soccer exchange with Washington State. His other volunteer work includes library trustee, Parks Commissioner (1987-1992), Director of New Vista Home for Seniors, Chair of campaign raising funds for building Shadbolt Arts Centre, and Chair of the Burnaby Mental Health Committee. In 1988 Merrill Gordon, Betty Gordon, Dean Lamont and several others formed the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which advocated for the return of unused land to Burnaby from SFU and the subsequent creation of Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Merrill Gordon and Elizabeth Balfour (nee Leitch) (1926-2012) married in 1953 and had two children.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:31:44
- Other Tracks
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- Interviewee Name
- Gordon, Merrill
- Interview Location
- unknown
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-020_Track_9
- 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 nine of interview with Merrill Gordon
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Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory498
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the arts community in Burnaby, who is involved, and the pros and cons for a central location for the Arts Centre
- Date Range
- 1970-1990
- Length
- 00:04:35
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about the arts community in Burnaby, who is involved, and the pros and cons for a central location for the Arts Centre
- Date Range
- 1970-1990
- Photo Info
- Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
- Length
- 00:04:35
- Name
- Burnaby Arts Centre
- Subject
- Arts
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 10, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan 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 Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:26:27
- Other Tracks
- View All Tracks
- Interviewee Name
- Kernaghan, Eileen
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-023_Track_8
- 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
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Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 11
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory501
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s knowledge about William F. Wolsey’s “Temple of More Abundant Life”, which occupied the Art Centre’s heritage buildings Ceperley Mansion and Mather House from 1954 to the 1960s, and the stories of ghosts haunting these buildings, the Anderson…
- Date Range
- 1954-1990
- Length
- 00:11:23
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s knowledge about William F. Wolsey’s “Temple of More Abundant Life”, which occupied the Art Centre’s heritage buildings Ceperley Mansion and Mather House from 1954 to the 1960s, and the stories of ghosts haunting these buildings, the Anderson House, and the James Cowan Theatre.
- Date Range
- 1954-1990
- Photo Info
- Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
- Length
- 00:11:23
- Name
- Burnaby Arts Centre
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 10, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan 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 Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:26:27
- Other Tracks
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- Interviewee Name
- Kernaghan, Eileen
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-023_Track_11
- 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
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Burnaby Arts Centre Open House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivetextualrecord56184
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Item No.
- 39610
- Storage Location
- 70-1-2-13
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Item No.
- 39610
- Storage Location
- 70-1-2-13
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Burnaby Arts Centre Project Costs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport10063
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 3818
- Meeting Date
- 9-Nov-1992
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 70
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 3818
- Meeting Date
- 9-Nov-1992
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 70
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Interview with Annie Boulanger by Rod Fowler April 9, 1990 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory486
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Annie Boulanger’s views on the Parks Board and its committee looking into creating both a new theatre in Metrotown and an Arts Centre at Deer Lake, her belief that this proposal did not meet community needs, the 1987 referendum’s failure, and the subsequent cr…
- Date Range
- 1985-1990
- Length
- 00:06:27
1 Audio
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Annie Boulanger’s views on the Parks Board and its committee looking into creating both a new theatre in Metrotown and an Arts Centre at Deer Lake, her belief that this proposal did not meet community needs, the 1987 referendum’s failure, and the subsequent creation of an Arts Policy Committee for Burnaby
- Date Range
- 1985-1990
- Length
- 00:06:27
- Subject
- Persons - Volunteers
- Arts
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 9, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Annie Boulanger, conducted by Rod Fowler. Annie Boulanger 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 Annie Boulanger’s volunteer community work in Burnaby, including initiating the teaching of french and gymnastics at Seaforth School where her children attended, doing historical research and oral histories for Burnaby Heritage Village and the SFU Archives, becoming a long term member of the Burnaby Writers’ Club, being a member and President of Burnaby Arts Council, and member of the Parks Board's Centre for the Performing Arts Committee (1987). The interview focuses attention on the Arts Council’s financial difficulties between 1985 and 1990, and the need for a comprehensive approach to supporting the arts through a municipal arts policy. Annie Boulanger also talks about her parents’ history, their home on Napier Street and her later home on Government Road, her education and teaching career, and her arts journalism. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Annie Urbanovits Boulanger’s parents emigrated from Hungary to Toronto, Louis in 1925 and Irene in 1930, where they married. Louis and Irene Boulanger moved to Vancouver where Louis worked in the Vancouver Shipyards during WWII and then for Nichols Chemical Company in Barnet for 15 years. While the Urbanovits family lived in Cloverdale, Louis commuted to Kask’s Camp in Barnet, until they moved to Burnaby in 1951 to an old farm purchased on Napier Street. Between 1951 and 1956 Annie completed her BA degree, majoring in chemistry and english with a minor in physical education, and obtained her teaching diploma at UBC. She taught for 4 years in various locations in BC before marrying and moving to Manitoba and Ottawa. She and her husband and five children (two more children to come later) returned to Burnaby in 1964 to a home on Government Street to be close to family. Annie Boulanger became involved in the community first through her children’s school, initiating and teaching french classes in Seaforth School in 1969, and supporting the development of gymnastics in school and as a municipal program. Her interest in Archives lead to doing oral histories for John Adams, curator of Heritage Village [Burnaby Heritage Village], and for SFU Archives. She became a long time member of the Burnaby Writers’ Club in the 1970s, taking a course in writing non-fiction from Chris Potter. In 1983 Annie Boulanger joined the Burnaby Arts Council, becoming President in 1985. She was involved in lobbying the municipality for better monetary support and facilities for the arts and for the creation of a Municipal Arts Policy. She has continued to promote the arts in Burnaby through her appointment to Burnaby’s Visual Arts Advisory Board in 1997, her arts journalism, writing regular book and theatre reviews for the local newspaper, and other activities. She was a member of the Burnaby Centennial Committee and was one of the editors of the book “Burnaby Centennial Anthology”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:41:53
- Other Tracks
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- Interviewee Name
- Boulanger, Annie
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-022_Track_4
- 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 four of interview with Annie Boulanger
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Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory492
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how the Arts Council equipped the James Cowan Theatre, with a grand opening in 1971; hired staff, including Directors Byron Johnstad followed by LLoyd Barry, and Coordinators Phyllis Webb followed by Louise Holst; and developed programming and projects such as…
- Date Range
- 1967-1972
- Length
- 00:04:48
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how the Arts Council equipped the James Cowan Theatre, with a grand opening in 1971; hired staff, including Directors Byron Johnstad followed by LLoyd Barry, and Coordinators Phyllis Webb followed by Louise Holst; and developed programming and projects such as the Sculpture Garden
- Date Range
- 1967-1972
- Photo Info
- Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
- Length
- 00:04:48
- Subject
- Arts
- Persons - Volunteers
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 10, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan 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 Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:26:27
- Other Tracks
- View All Tracks
- Interviewee Name
- Kernaghan, Eileen
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-023_Track_2
- 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.
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Track two of interview with Eileen Kernaghan
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Naming of the Burnaby Arts Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport8184
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 5093
- Meeting Date
- 6-Feb-1995
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 4
- Item No.
- 15
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 5093
- Meeting Date
- 6-Feb-1995
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 4
- Item No.
- 15
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby Arts Centre Capital Campaign Fundraising Process
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport9841
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 12702
- Meeting Date
- 22-Feb-1993
- Type/Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 12702
- Meeting Date
- 22-Feb-1993
- Type/Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby Arts Centre Capital Campaign Committee
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport10278
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 3804
- Meeting Date
- 13-Jul-1992
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 48
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 3804
- Meeting Date
- 13-Jul-1992
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 48
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Development of the Burnaby Arts Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport11108
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 7387
- Meeting Date
- 24-Jun-1991
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 41
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 7387
- Meeting Date
- 24-Jun-1991
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 41
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Malaspina Printmakers Society - Burnaby Arts Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport20923
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 13861
- Meeting Date
- 22-May-1979
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 39
- Item No.
- 14
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 13861
- Meeting Date
- 22-May-1979
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 39
- Item No.
- 14
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
(a) Bonsor Park (b) Burnaby Art Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport29938
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 21956
- Meeting Date
- 24-Jan-1972
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 5
- Item No.
- 13
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 21956
- Meeting Date
- 24-Jan-1972
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 5
- Item No.
- 13
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby Arts Centre and Parks and Recreation Programs; Burnaby Arts Centre - Open House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivetextualrecord56604
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1973-1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Item No.
- 40032
- Storage Location
- 70-5-1-13
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1973-1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Item No.
- 40032
- Storage Location
- 70-5-1-13
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory491
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Eileen Kernaghan became involved with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and, as a representative of this club, a member of the Burnaby Arts Council in Canada’s Centennial Year 1967. She describes how the structure of the Arts Council changed, and its focus on t…
- Date Range
- 1967-1972
- Length
- 00:05:55
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about how Eileen Kernaghan became involved with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and, as a representative of this club, a member of the Burnaby Arts Council in Canada’s Centennial Year 1967. She describes how the structure of the Arts Council changed, and its focus on the newly acquired Art Centre buildings at Deer Lake
- Date Range
- 1967-1972
- Photo Info
- Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
- Length
- 00:05:55
- Subject
- Arts
- Persons - Volunteers
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 10, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan 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 Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:26:27
- Other Tracks
- View All Tracks
- Interviewee Name
- Kernaghan, Eileen
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-023_Track_1
- 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
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Burnaby Arts Centre - Facility Survey and Long Range Plans
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivetextualrecord56617
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1975-1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Item No.
- 40045
- Storage Location
- 70-5-1-26
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1975-1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Item No.
- 40045
- Storage Location
- 70-5-1-26
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Press Clippings : Century Park, Burnaby Arts Centre and Lloyd Berry
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivetextualrecord56620
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977-1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Item No.
- 40048
- Storage Location
- 70-5-1-29
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1977-1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Item No.
- 40048
- Storage Location
- 70-5-1-29
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Road Allowance between Canada Way and Burnaby Arts Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport22824
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 16302
- Meeting Date
- 15-Aug-1977
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 55
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 16302
- Meeting Date
- 15-Aug-1977
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 55
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby Arts Centre - Arts Symposium : "Creativity for Life: The Arts and You"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivetextualrecord56636
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Item No.
- 40062
- Storage Location
- 70-5-1-43
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1983
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Item No.
- 40062
- Storage Location
- 70-5-1-43
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- Media Type
- Textual Record
A Social, Cultural and Economic Impact Study of the Burnaby Arts Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivetextualrecord56643
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Item No.
- 40069
- Storage Location
- 70-5-1-50
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1985
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Arts Council fonds
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Item No.
- 40069
- Storage Location
- 70-5-1-50
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Extension of Mandate of Burnaby Arts Centre Capital Campaign Committee until 1993 December 31
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport9967
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 12668
- Meeting Date
- 4-Jan-1993
- Type/Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 12668
- Meeting Date
- 4-Jan-1993
- Type/Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby Arts Centre - Purchase of Kiln, Advance Approval to Expend 1985 Capital Budget Funds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport16483
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 8576
- Meeting Date
- 11-Mar-1985
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 19
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 8576
- Meeting Date
- 11-Mar-1985
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 19
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Deer Lake Park - BC Hydro and BC Tel Request for a Right-of-Way to Service Burnaby Arts Centre Expansion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport9279
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 6400
- Meeting Date
- 12-Oct-1993
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 61
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 6400
- Meeting Date
- 12-Oct-1993
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 61
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Letter from the Malaspina Printmakers Society which appeared on the Agenda for the 1979 July 30 Meeting of Council re: Occupation of Space at the Burnaby Arts Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/councilreport20698
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 14089
- Meeting Date
- 13-Aug-1979
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 53
- Item No.
- 17
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 14089
- Meeting Date
- 13-Aug-1979
- Type/Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 53
- Item No.
- 17
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 9810 - Capital Works, Machinery and Equipment Reserve Fund Expenditure Bylaw No 17, 1992
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/bylaw14569
- Repository
- Office of the City Clerk
- Bylaw Number
- 9810
- Final Adoption
- 1992 Nov 30
- Status
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Provenance
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- Office of the City Clerk
- Bylaw Number
- 9810
- Final Adoption
- 1992 Nov 30
- Status
- Bylaws - Adopted
Documents
Bylaw Number: 9604 - Capital Works, Machinery and Equipment Reserve Fund Expenditure Bylaw No 8, 1991
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/bylaw14775
- Repository
- Office of the City Clerk
- Bylaw Number
- 9604
- Final Adoption
- 1991 Jul 22
- Status
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Provenance
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
2 Documents
- Repository
- Office of the City Clerk
- Bylaw Number
- 9604
- Final Adoption
- 1991 Jul 22
- Status
- Bylaws - Adopted
Documents
Burnaby Centennial Committee correspondence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivetextualrecord62870
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald N. Brown collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Item No.
- MSS098-039
- Storage Location
- Bay 66 - Shelf 5
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence pertaining to various events undertaken during Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file is information on the Burnaby Arts Centre sod-turning ceremony.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1990-1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald N. Brown collection
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Series
- Burnaby Centennial Committee series
- Item No.
- MSS098-039
- Storage Location
- Bay 66 - Shelf 5
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-12
- Scope and Content
- File consists of correspondence pertaining to various events undertaken during Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file is information on the Burnaby Arts Centre sod-turning ceremony.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Creator
- Donald N. Brown
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
fundraising form
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumartifact34874
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.10.5
- Description
- Celebrate Our Centennial - Fundraising Form -- [1992]. Capital Campaign fundraising form for the expansion of the Burnaby Art Centre. The campaign was part of the Burnaby Centennial Celebration. The goal was to raise 3.5 Million Dollars for a four phase expansion project for Music and Sound Studios…
1 Image
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.10.5
- Description
- Celebrate Our Centennial - Fundraising Form -- [1992]. Capital Campaign fundraising form for the expansion of the Burnaby Art Centre. The campaign was part of the Burnaby Centennial Celebration. The goal was to raise 3.5 Million Dollars for a four phase expansion project for Music and Sound Studios, Performing Arts Studios, Community Art Gallery, Multi-use Studio Theatre and a Community Theatre. The form folds into an envelope that can be mailed to the City of Burnaby. The form measures 28cm x 21.5cm.
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.10.7
- Description
- Passport to Burnaby - Leaflet -- [1992]. A commemorative leaflet as part of the Burnaby Centennial Celebration. The goal was to promote travel to host centres to receive a stamp as part of a passport. When all stamps were collected the page could be entered into a draw. Participating Host Centres w…
1 Image
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.10.7
- Description
- Passport to Burnaby - Leaflet -- [1992]. A commemorative leaflet as part of the Burnaby Centennial Celebration. The goal was to promote travel to host centres to receive a stamp as part of a passport. When all stamps were collected the page could be entered into a draw. Participating Host Centres were C.G. Brown Memorial Swimming Pool, Cameron Recreation Centre, Confederation Centre, Burnaby Mountain Golf Course, Burnaby Municipal Hall, Burnaby Village Museum, Bob Prittie Metrotown Branch, The Burnaby Arts Centre, Still Creek Recycling Depot, and Bonsor Recreation Complex. The passport has been stamped for Burnaby Municipal Hall. The leaflet was produced by the Finance Department and the Centennial Committee. The leaflet measures 28cm x 21.5cm.
- Title
- Passport to Burnaby
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Leaflets
- Celebrations
- Celebrations - Centennial
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
Give Art a Home campaign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivemultipleformat64770
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1992]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records + 1 videocassette (7 min.)
- Item No.
- MSS133-001
- 599-001
- Storage Location
- 67-1-5-19
- A/V Storage
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records pertaining to the Burnaby Arts Centre for their Capital Campaign entitled, "Give Art a Home" including a seven minute Video Home System (VHS) tape and correspondence. Also included in the file is a box of "Mr. Dressup" crayons.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1992]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society Community Archives Collection
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records + 1 videocassette (7 min.)
- Description Level
- Item
- Series
- Burnaby Historical Society Manuscript Collection
- Item No.
- MSS133-001
- 599-001
- Storage Location
- 67-1-5-19
- A/V Storage
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- BHS2001-14
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records pertaining to the Burnaby Arts Centre for their Capital Campaign entitled, "Give Art a Home" including a seven minute Video Home System (VHS) tape and correspondence. Also included in the file is a box of "Mr. Dressup" crayons.
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Image used in the campaign is by Joe Average
- VHS tape has been placed in A/V Storage for preservation purposes
Mather Home, “Altnadene”
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumphoto4291
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b & w ; 17.5 cm x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Mather Home, “Altnadene” taken in 1985. Caption on original matte read: "Mather home, "Altnadene", built in 1912, at 6450 Gilpin Street. W.J. Mather was the owner and he was associated with the B.C. Milling Company. It was designed by F.W. Macey. From 1939-1966 the house was used …
- Administrative History
- Donated by the Burnaby Historical Society.
1 Image
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b & w ; 17.5 cm x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Mather Home, “Altnadene” taken in 1985. Caption on original matte read: "Mather home, "Altnadene", built in 1912, at 6450 Gilpin Street. W.J. Mather was the owner and he was associated with the B.C. Milling Company. It was designed by F.W. Macey. From 1939-1966 the house was used by Benedictine monks. It was then purchased by the municipality of Burnaby. It is now used as part of the Burnaby Arts Centre.".
- Administrative History
- Donated by the Burnaby Historical Society.
- Creator
- [unknown]
- Other Title Information
- Title based on content of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 6490 Deer Lake Avenue
- Burnaby - Deer Lake Avenue
- Burnaby - 6450 Gilpin Street
- Burnaby - Gilpin Street
- Accession Code
- BV017.32.21
- Date
- [1985]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Mar-2018
Images
Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory493
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is Eileen Kernaghan’s description of the Arts Council’s development of the Sunday crafts festival in the park, starting in 1971 or ’72 and continuing for about 20 years, with speculations as to why interest decreased.
- Date Range
- 1971-1990
- Length
- 00:05:54
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is Eileen Kernaghan’s description of the Arts Council’s development of the Sunday crafts festival in the park, starting in 1971 or ’72 and continuing for about 20 years, with speculations as to why interest decreased.
- Date Range
- 1971-1990
- Photo Info
- Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
- Length
- 00:05:54
- Name
- Burnaby Arts Council
- Subject
- Arts
- Persons - Volunteers
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 10, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan 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 Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:26:27
- Other Tracks
- View All Tracks
- Interviewee Name
- Kernaghan, Eileen
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-023_Track_3
- 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.
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan taking on the job of Coordinator for the Arts Council from 1979 to 1984, the start of Burnaby Summer Theatre, Playground Theatre, and a newsletter, and the choice to do less risky programming due to the 1980’s recession.
- Date Range
- 1971-1990
- Length
- 00:04:58
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan taking on the job of Coordinator for the Arts Council from 1979 to 1984, the start of Burnaby Summer Theatre, Playground Theatre, and a newsletter, and the choice to do less risky programming due to the 1980’s recession.
- Date Range
- 1971-1990
- Photo Info
- Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
- Length
- 00:04:58
- Name
- Burnaby Arts Council
- Subject
- Arts
- Persons - Volunteers
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 10, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan 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 Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:26:27
- Other Tracks
- View All Tracks
- Interviewee Name
- Kernaghan, Eileen
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-023_Track_4
- 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
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s involvement with the Burnaby Writers’ Society, serving variously as newsletter editor, President and Treasurer. She describes the club’s diverse membership, its role, and how it functions
- Date Range
- 1967-1990
- Length
- 00:06:19
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s involvement with the Burnaby Writers’ Society, serving variously as newsletter editor, President and Treasurer. She describes the club’s diverse membership, its role, and how it functions
- Date Range
- 1967-1990
- Photo Info
- Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
- Length
- 00:06:19
- Subject
- Arts
- Persons - Volunteers
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 10, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan 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 Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:26:27
- Other Tracks
- View All Tracks
- Interviewee Name
- Kernaghan, Eileen
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-023_Track_5
- 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
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Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 6
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s writing career, beginning in elementary school, but becoming a focus in 1968. She talks about how the Burnaby Writers’ Club helped her, her contribution to the writing of the writer’s handbook, and her works published up to 1990
- Date Range
- 1950-1990
- Length
- 00:11:24
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s writing career, beginning in elementary school, but becoming a focus in 1968. She talks about how the Burnaby Writers’ Club helped her, her contribution to the writing of the writer’s handbook, and her works published up to 1990
- Date Range
- 1950-1990
- Photo Info
- Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
- Length
- 00:11:24
- Subject
- Occupations - Writers
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 10, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan 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 Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:26:27
- Other Tracks
- View All Tracks
- Interviewee Name
- Kernaghan, Eileen
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-023_Track_6
- 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
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Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 7
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s childhood, her education and teaching career, her marriage to Pat Kernaghan and their move to Burnaby, his work at Oakalla Prison, the opening of their Neville Street bookstore, and changes in their neighbourhood
- Date Range
- 1939-1990
- Length
- 00:09:08
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s childhood, her education and teaching career, her marriage to Pat Kernaghan and their move to Burnaby, his work at Oakalla Prison, the opening of their Neville Street bookstore, and changes in their neighbourhood
- Date Range
- 1939-1990
- Photo Info
- Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
- Length
- 00:09:08
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 10, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan 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 Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:26:27
- Other Tracks
- View All Tracks
- Interviewee Name
- Kernaghan, Eileen
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-023_Track_7
- 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.
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Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 9
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s decreased involvement with the Arts Council, and a discussion about the lack of political support for the arts and speculations as to why sports seems to have more funding through the Parks and Recreation Commission. She talks about the cont…
- Date Range
- 1970-1990
- Length
- 00:12:18
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Eileen Kernaghan’s decreased involvement with the Arts Council, and a discussion about the lack of political support for the arts and speculations as to why sports seems to have more funding through the Parks and Recreation Commission. She talks about the controversy about the proposed Metrotown theatre, the unique characteristics of arts groups in Burnaby, and the difficulty of recruiting volunteers
- Date Range
- 1970-1990
- Photo Info
- Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
- Length
- 00:12:18
- Name
- Burnaby Arts Council
- Subject
- Arts
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 10, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan 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 Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:26:27
- Other Tracks
- View All Tracks
- Interviewee Name
- Kernaghan, Eileen
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-023_Track_9
- 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.
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Interview with Eileen Kernaghan by Rod Fowler April 10, 1990 - Track 10
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is Eileen Kernaghan’s observations about the changes on Neville Street, the mix in ethnic and cultural groups, and the nature of multicultural activity in the arts community
- Date Range
- 1966-1990
- Length
- 00:08:22
1 Audio
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is Eileen Kernaghan’s observations about the changes on Neville Street, the mix in ethnic and cultural groups, and the nature of multicultural activity in the arts community
- Date Range
- 1966-1990
- Photo Info
- Eileen Kernaghan standing in front of four poets at the Poetry Pocket Cafe in New Westminster, October 15, 1995. Item no. 535-0014
- Length
- 00:08:22
- Subject
- Arts
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 10, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Eileen Kernaghan, conducted by Rod Fowler. Eileen Kernaghan 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 Eileen Kernaghan’s activities with the Burnaby Writers’ Society and the Burnaby Arts Council, describing the history of these organizations between 1967 and 1990. She describes the financial and other challenges facing the arts community, the various programs initiated by the Arts Council, and the development of the Burnaby Arts Centre facilities at Deer Lake. She also talks about her education, writing career, the Neville Street neighbourhood, and her and her husband’s bookstore business. Ghosts believed to inhabit some of the Arts Centre's heritage buildings are also a topic of conversation. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Eileen Kernaghan was born January 6, 1939, to William Alfred Monk (1910-2003) and Belinda Maude Monk (1908-1996), and grew up on a dairy farm near Grindrod in the North Okanagan. She attended a two room school in Grindrod, completed Junior and Senior High School in Enderby, and at age 17 in 1956, left home to attend UBC. She taught school in the North Okanagan area in the late 1950s, during which time she married her husband Patrick Kernaghan. They moved to Vancouver in 1961, Burnaby in 1963, and settled on Neville Street in the South Slope area in 1966 with their three children. Pat Kernaghan worked at Oakalla Prison as a correctional officer until his retirement in 1988. Eileen and Patrick Kernaghan owned and operated a bookstore on Neville Street from 1987 to 1999. They later moved to New Westminster. Eileen Kernaghan began her writing career at twelve years old with a story published in the Vancouver Sun. After her youngest child began school, with more free time, she started writing again and has become an award winning author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She helped found the Burnaby Writers’ Society in 1967, taught writing workshops, and wrote its popular Newsletter for many years. In 1971 the Society put together a small handbook for BC writers, a venture that was expanded and published by Douglas MacIntyre in 1975 as “The Upper Left-Hand Corner: a writer’s handbook for the Northwest”. The book became a Canadian best-seller. During this same period Eileen Kernaghan began her successful “Grey Isles” trilogy. In 1967 she joined the Burnaby Arts Council, worked as its Coordinator from 1973 to 1984, and was a determined advocate for municipal government support for the arts in Burnaby.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 1:26:27
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- Interviewee Name
- Kernaghan, Eileen
- 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
- Item No.
- MSS187-023_Track_10
- 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.
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Track ten of interview with Eileen Kernaghan
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