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Sign for Heritage Village sod turning

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2344
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
April 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of sign for "Official Sod Turning" on April 11th at the Museum- Heritage Park Complex. Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) was Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of sign for "Official Sod Turning" on April 11th at the Museum- Heritage Park Complex. Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) was Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project.
Subjects
Celebrations - Centennials
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Events
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV005.54.390
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
April 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
4-Aug-2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Simpsons-Sears and Brentwood Shopping Centre posters

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13258
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of "Simpsons-Sears" and "Brentwood Shopping Centre" posters displayed on a rack in a parking lot.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of "Simpsons-Sears" and "Brentwood Shopping Centre" posters displayed on a rack in a parking lot.
Subjects
Celebrations - Centennials
Advertising Medium - Poster
Names
Brentwood Shopping Centre
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV005.54.272
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1971
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
July 23, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Skydiver at Burnaby Rhododendron Festival

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2098
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
8 May 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of skydiver being interviewed Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee vice chair, Rose Bancroft during the opening ceremonies at the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival, May 8. 1971. Burnaby Rhodendron queen is seated on the stage to the right.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of skydiver being interviewed Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee vice chair, Rose Bancroft during the opening ceremonies at the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival, May 8. 1971. Burnaby Rhodendron queen is seated on the stage to the right.
Subjects
Sports
Celebrations - Centennials
Names
Bancroft, Rose
Accession Code
BV005.54.147
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
8 May 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
July 21, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Skydiver over Deer Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13190
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
8 May 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a skydiver with a parachute over top of Deer Lake. Skydiving, mechanical rides and games were part of Burnaby's Centennial festival opening ceremonies and events sponsored by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and Burnaby Rhododendron Society.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a skydiver with a parachute over top of Deer Lake. Skydiving, mechanical rides and games were part of Burnaby's Centennial festival opening ceremonies and events sponsored by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and Burnaby Rhododendron Society.
Subjects
Sports
Celebrations - Centennials
Accession Code
BV005.54.146
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
8 May 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
July 20, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Speaker at Heritage Village sod-turning

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
11 April 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mayor Bob Pritte speaking at the official Heritage Village sod-turning event on April 11, 1971. Speeches took place on the porch of the Elworth house. Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) was Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mayor Bob Pritte speaking at the official Heritage Village sod-turning event on April 11, 1971. Speeches took place on the porch of the Elworth house. Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) was Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project.
Subjects
Celebrations - Centennials
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Events
Names
Prittie, Robert W. "Bob"
Accession Code
BV005.54.411
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
11 April 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
August 11, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Speakers at Heritage Village sod-turning

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13665
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
11 April 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a member of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee speaking from a microphone at official sod-turning at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), April 11, 1971. He is standing on the front porch of the Elworth house and wearing a golden coloured jacket with Centennial insignia. O…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a member of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee speaking from a microphone at official sod-turning at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), April 11, 1971. He is standing on the front porch of the Elworth house and wearing a golden coloured jacket with Centennial insignia. Other members of the committee, Sandy Stewart and James Barrington are standing behind him.
Subjects
Events
Celebrations - Centennials
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Names
Stewart, A.B. "Sandy"
Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee
Burnaby Village Museum
Barrington, James Alfred "Jim"
Accession Code
BV005.54.569
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
11 April 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
August 18, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Spectators watching opening ceremonies and skydiving

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2094
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
8 May 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of spectators standing on a field to watch the opening ceremony with a skydiving display. Burnaby councillor, George McLean is standing to the far left. Skydiving was part of Burnaby's Centennial festival events sponsored by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and Burnaby Rhododendron S…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of spectators standing on a field to watch the opening ceremony with a skydiving display. Burnaby councillor, George McLean is standing to the far left. Skydiving was part of Burnaby's Centennial festival events sponsored by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and Burnaby Rhododendron Society.
Subjects
Sports
Celebrations - Centennials
Names
McLean, George H.F.
Accession Code
BV005.54.143
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
8 May 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
July 21, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Spectators watching opening ceremonies and skydiving

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13189
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
8 May 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of spectators standing on a field to watch the opening ceremony with a skydiving display. A trailer and carousel are in the background. Skydiving, mechanical rides and games were part of Burnaby's Centennial festival events sponsored by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and Burnaby Rh…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of spectators standing on a field to watch the opening ceremony with a skydiving display. A trailer and carousel are in the background. Skydiving, mechanical rides and games were part of Burnaby's Centennial festival events sponsored by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and Burnaby Rhododendron Society.
Subjects
Sports
Celebrations - Centennials
Accession Code
BV005.54.144
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
8 May 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
July 21, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Trophies for Centennial '71 Golf Tournament

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13300
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
11 Sept 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a display of trophies and awards for the Centennial '71 Golf Tournament which took place at Burnaby Mountain Golf Course on September 11, 1971.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a display of trophies and awards for the Centennial '71 Golf Tournament which took place at Burnaby Mountain Golf Course on September 11, 1971.
Subjects
Recreational Activities - Golf
Celebrations - Centennials
Personal Symbols - Trophies
Names
Burnaby Mountain Golf Course
Geographic Access
Halifax Street
Street Address
7600 Halifax Street
Accession Code
BV005.54.316
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
11 Sept 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Sperling-Broadway Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
July 23, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

uniform

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11638
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.3526.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.3526.1
Description
Uniform; women's jacket and skirt. Jacket in yellow, adorned with a B.C. Centennial badge with the offical emblem of a stylized grouping of the three "C's" representing Canada, Confederation, Centennial, with the provincial floral emblem, the dogwood, in the centre; two plastic buttons in tortoise shell design as centre fasteners; jacket style with lapels and two waist level pockets. Straight style short skirt in brown fabric.
Object History
The jacket and skirt were issued to female members of Burnaby's 1971 Centennial Committee. It is believed that these pieces belonged to Mary D. Trainer, who was the Centennial Co-ordinator hired to help organize a variety of community events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of British Columbia's entry into Confederation. Burnaby's Centennial Committee was chaired by Mr. James Barrington. The committee organized a variety of community events, including the construction of a Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). Mrs. Trainer altered her skirt to be shorter than the standard issue skirt: shorter skirts were a more fashionable look for a young woman at the time.
Category
08. Communication Artifacts
Classification
Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols
Object Term
Uniform
Subjects
Clothing
Clothing - Costumes
Celebrations - Centennials
Names
Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee
Images
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Vancouver Fire Department La France truck in parade

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13372
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
11 April 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Vancouver Fire Department "1926 La France" fire truck in antique car parade leading to the Heritage Village sod-turning event on April 11, 1971. Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) was Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Vancouver Fire Department "1926 La France" fire truck in antique car parade leading to the Heritage Village sod-turning event on April 11, 1971. Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) was Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project.
Subjects
Celebrations - Centennials
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Events
Events - Parades
Transportation - Fire Trucks
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV005.54.396
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
11 April 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
4-Aug-2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Viewing floral display

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2119
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of acting-mayor Hugh Ladner, Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee vice chair, Rose Bancroft (right) and an unidentified woman viewing a floral display at the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival. The Rhodendron Festival was held inside of the James Cowan Centre as was part of the Burnaby Centennial…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of acting-mayor Hugh Ladner, Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee vice chair, Rose Bancroft (right) and an unidentified woman viewing a floral display at the Burnaby Rhododendron Festival. The Rhodendron Festival was held inside of the James Cowan Centre as was part of the Burnaby Centennial '71 celebrations.
Subjects
Events - Festivals
Celebrations - Centennials
Plants - Flowers
Names
Ladner, Hugh G.
Bancroft, Rose
Accession Code
BV005.54.167
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
May 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
July 21, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Vintage automobile in parade

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13242
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
20 July 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a vintage automobile as part of the Centennial celebration event "The Day We Joined - a Confederation Celebration 1871 - 1977" held at Empire Stadium, Vancouver.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a vintage automobile as part of the Centennial celebration event "The Day We Joined - a Confederation Celebration 1871 - 1977" held at Empire Stadium, Vancouver.
Subjects
Events - Parades
Celebrations - Centennials
Transportation - Automobiles
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV005.54.256
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
20 July 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
July 23, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Woman on Pioneer Day

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13325
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
22 September 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified woman standing outside of the James Cowan Centre on Pioneer Day. Pioneer Day was part of the Burnaby Centennial '71 celebrations and included entertainment, games, displays, dinner and dancing. A giant birthday cake was created for the occasion marking Burnaby's sevent…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified woman standing outside of the James Cowan Centre on Pioneer Day. Pioneer Day was part of the Burnaby Centennial '71 celebrations and included entertainment, games, displays, dinner and dancing. A giant birthday cake was created for the occasion marking Burnaby's seventy-ninth birthday.
Subjects
Events
Celebrations - Centennials
Persons - Seniors
Persons - Pioneers
Names
James Cowan Theatre
Accession Code
BV005.54.343
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
22 September 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
4-Aug-2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Woman with two men at Centennial Ball

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2131
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
15 May 1971
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified woman with two unidentified men at the Burnaby Centennial Ball held at British Columbia Institute of Technology arena. The Centennial Ball was part of The Rhodendron Festival and sponsored by Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Donald Copan collection
Series
Copan album series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified woman with two unidentified men at the Burnaby Centennial Ball held at British Columbia Institute of Technology arena. The Centennial Ball was part of The Rhodendron Festival and sponsored by Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee.
Subjects
Events - Festivals
Celebrations - Centennials
Names
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Accession Code
BV005.54.179
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
15 May 1971
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
July 21, 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Interview with Barry Jones by Kathy Bossort December 9, 2015 - Track 3

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1967-2015
Length
0:09:36
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Barry Jones’ talking about the rhododendron garden planted in 1967 on Centennial Way for Canada’s Centennial and the gardens current neglect. He talks about management of the conservation area and the Pavilion area, the trails on the mountain, and the people w…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Barry Jones’ talking about the rhododendron garden planted in 1967 on Centennial Way for Canada’s Centennial and the gardens current neglect. He talks about management of the conservation area and the Pavilion area, the trails on the mountain, and the people who use the trails.
Date Range
1967-2015
Length
0:09:36
Names
Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park
Burnaby Mountain Park
Subjects
Geographic Features - Parks
Plants - Flowers
Celebrations - Centennial
Geographic Access
Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
Interviewer
Bossort, Kathy
Interview Date
December 9, 2015
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Barry Jones conducted by Kathy Bossort. Barry Jones was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Barry Jones talking about his home and the conservation area on Burnaby Mountain, and about the negotiations that resulted in the agreement between Simon Fraser University and the City of Burnaby in 1995. He talks about the building of Burnaby Mountain Parkway and its link to the 1995 agreement, and about his experiences with Trans Mountain tank farm and pipeline. He also talks about his education and career as teacher, school board trustee and politician.
Biographical Notes
Barry Jones was born 1940 in Princeton, BC. His father moved the family to a home on Georgia Street in North Burnaby in 1944 where Barry grew up. He attended UBC majoring in mathematics and chemistry, and unable to find work in his field, taught two years in northern BC. He liked teaching and returned to school, enrolling in education at the newly opened Simon Fraser University in 1965. He taught one year at Moscrop Secondary School in Burnaby and finished his 25 year teaching career in Coquitlam. Barry served ten years as a Burnaby School board trustee, and then ten years as North Burnaby MLA (NDP) beginning in 1986, serving five years in Official Opposition and five years in government under then-premier Mike Harcourt. During his time in government, Barry Jones successfully lobbied for freedom of information legislation. He also played a role in resolving the dispute between SFU and Burnaby over control and ownership of land on Burnaby Mountain and in creating the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area in 1995. He continues to live on Burnaby Mountain in a home he bought in 1971.
Total Tracks
7
Total Length
1:06:23
Interviewee Name
Jones, J. Barry
Interview Location
City of Burnaby City Hall law libary
Interviewer Bio
Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
Collection/Fonds
Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
Series
Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project series
Media Type
Sound Recording
Audio Tracks

Track three of interview with Barry Jones

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Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 9

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1980-1990
Length
00:19:08
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s involvement with the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko and her interest in the link between BC’s aboriginals and the Ainu of Japan. She describes Toko’s visits, her arrangement for Toko to meet Haida carver Bill Reid, and the events surrounding Burnaby…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s involvement with the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko and her interest in the link between BC’s aboriginals and the Ainu of Japan. She describes Toko’s visits, her arrangement for Toko to meet Haida carver Bill Reid, and the events surrounding Burnaby’s sister-city Kushiro’s gift of Toko’s sculptures to Burnaby for the Centennial. She also describes Toko’s appreciation of the Haida totems and the native people of BC, and his gift of a set of carving tools to Chief Saul Terry
Date Range
1980-1990
Length
00:19:08
Names
Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park
Burnaby Mountain Park
Kamui Mintara
Subjects
Celebrations - Centennial
Indigenous wood-carving - Totem poles
Woodworking Tools and Equipment
Geographic Access
Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
February 27, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.
Total Tracks
11
Total Length
01:34:10
Interviewee Name
Miyashita, Toki
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
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 Toki Miyashita

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Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 10

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory525
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
1989-1990
Length
00:06:41
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s description of how Toko Nuburi and his son [Shusei] worked to create the pole carvings in 1989. She also relates that seeing Toko, a man of the north of Japan, explains her own physical characteristics
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s description of how Toko Nuburi and his son [Shusei] worked to create the pole carvings in 1989. She also relates that seeing Toko, a man of the north of Japan, explains her own physical characteristics
Date Range
1989-1990
Length
00:06:41
Names
Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park
Burnaby Mountain Park
Kamui Mintara
Subjects
Celebrations - Centennial
Ceremonial Artifacts - Totem Poles
Woodworking Tools and Equipment
Geographic Access
Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
Interviewer
Fowler, Rod
Interview Date
February 27, 1990
Scope and Content
Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.
Total Tracks
11
Total Length
01:34:10
Interviewee Name
Miyashita, Toki
Interviewer Bio
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Collection/Fonds
SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
Series
Centennial Oral History project series
Transcript Available
Transcript available
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks

Track ten of interview with Toki Miyashita

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Copies of photographs from Esther (Love) Stanley albums

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10003
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1915-1950] (date of originals), copied 1989
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
36 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photographs copied from various photograph albums including; Albert Paker, George Love, Gordon Love and Esther (Love) Stanley. Content includes: Love family in front of the piano inside parlour; Love family members with musical instruments inside parlour; Ben Brandrith and Robert Love in uniforms; …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Jesse Love farmhouse series
Subseries
Love family photographs subseries
Description Level
File
Physical Description
36 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photographs copied from various photograph albums including; Albert Paker, George Love, Gordon Love and Esther (Love) Stanley. Content includes: Love family in front of the piano inside parlour; Love family members with musical instruments inside parlour; Ben Brandrith and Robert Love in uniforms; unidentified Asian man in field with hoe and young trees behind him; wedding cake from Frank Charles Stanley and Esther Love's wedding; land clearing for Love farmhouse; Jesse Love feeding chickens; Jesse and Hannah (Girlie) Love in hats outside on Love farm; large picnic on grass; four generations of Love family members; gatherings of Love family members outside; Love family posed in a car inside a studio (Will, Sarah, George, Phoebe and Martha); Leonard Love dressed as a boy scout; Martha (Dot) with children; Love family members celebrate centennial; Jesse Love and Martha (Dot) Love outside Love farmhouse; Love farmhouse with porch and garden; swing at Love farmhouse; Parker family in living room and view of the Love farmhouse from the front.
Subjects
Buildings - Heritage
Plants - Flowers
Plants - Trees
Musical Instruments - Pianos
Names
Stanley, Esther Love
Love Family
Geographic Access
Cumberland Street
Street Address
7651 Cumberland Street
Accession Code
BV018.41.184
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1915-1950] (date of originals), copied 1989
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Scan Date
4-Mar-2019
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
36 b&w copy prints accompanying
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