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The arts and crafts movement in the Pacific Northwest
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5483
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780881928495
- Call Number
- 709.795 KRE
- Place of Publication
- Portland, Or.
- Publisher
- Timber Press
- Publication Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- 398 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Arts, Modern--20th century
- Arts and crafts movement
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-382) and index.
The arts & crafts furniture work of L. & J.G. Stickley
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary968
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- L. and J.G. Stickley Inc.
- Publication Date
- 1978
- Call Number
- 684.1 STI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0892570431
- 9780892570430
- Call Number
- 684.1 STI
- Author
- L. and J.G. Stickley Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Watkins Glen, N.Y.
- Publisher
- American Life Foundation
- Publication Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 55 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Furniture
- Catalogs
- Arts and crafts movement
- Notes
- Photoreprint ed. of The work of L. & J.G. Stickley, Fayetteville, New York.
Arts crafts lamps & shades : how to make them
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1352
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0921335253
- 9780921335252
- Call Number
- 745.5932 ADA
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- Algrove Pub.
- Publication Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 87, 114 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Lampshades
- Electric lamps
- Arts and crafts movement
- Notes
- Combined reprint, including original title pages, of the editions published Chicago : Popular Mechanics Co., 1911 in the series Popular mechanics handbooks.
Crafts for everyone
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1032
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Tonn, Maryjane Hooper
- Publication Date
- c1975
- Call Number
- 745.5 TON
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 745.5 TON
- Author
- Tonn, Maryjane Hooper
- Place of Publication
- Milwaukee, Wisc.
- Publisher
- Ideals Publishing Corp.
- Publication Date
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 63 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Handicraft
Have yourself a very vintage Christmas : crafts, decorating tips, and recipes, 1920s-1960s
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5851
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Waggoner, Susan
- Publication Date
- 2011
- Call Number
- 745.594 WAG
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978158479923
- Call Number
- 745.594 WAG
- Author
- Waggoner, Susan
- Contributor
- Elkins, Jeff
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Stewart, Tabori & Chang
- Publication Date
- 2011
- Physical Description
- 144 p.: ill. (some col.) ,photos.; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christmas decorations
- Handicraft--United States
- Christmas--United States--History
- Notes
- Includes index
McCall's needlework & crafts : fall-winter 1959-60
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3861
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Publication Date
- 1960
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV004.73.4
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Contributor
- Comstock, Nanina, 1908-
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- McCall Corporation
- Publication Date
- 1960
- Inscription
- Needlework and Crafts / Fall-Winter 1959-60
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Needlework
- Handicraft
- Crocheting
- Knitting
- Sewing
- Rugs
- Weaving
- Woodwork
- Object History
- Belonged to donor
- Notes
- "Nanina Comstock, Editor-in-Chief" -- title page.
- "Canadian section, page 80-1" -- cover.
- "50 " -- cover.
- "Published every January and July by McCall Corporation" -- Title page
- Includes index.
Images
McCall's needlework & crafts : spring-summer 1958
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Publication Date
- 1958
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV004.73.3
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- McCall Corporation
- Publication Date
- 1958
- Inscription
- Needlework and Crafts / Spring-Summer 1958
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Needlework
- Handicraft
- Crocheting
- Knitting
- Sewing
- Rugs
- Weaving
- Woodwork
- Object History
- Belonged to donor
- Notes
- "Nanina Comstock, Editor-in-Chief" -- title page.
- "Canadian section, page 80-1" -- cover.
- "50 " -- title page.
- "Published every January and July by McCall Corporation" -- Title page
- Includes index.
Images
McCall's needlework & crafts : spring-summer 1959
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3862
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Publication Date
- 1959
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV004.73.5
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- McCall Corporation
- Publication Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 112 p. : ill. : 35 cm.
- Inscription
- Needlework and Crafts / Spring-Summer 1959"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Needlework
- Handicraft
- Crocheting
- Knitting
- Sewing
- Rugs
- Weaving
- Woodwork
- Notes
- "Nanina Comstock, Editor-in-Chief" -- title page.
- "Canadian section, page 80-1" -- cover.
- "50 " -- cover.
- "Published every January and July by McCall Corporation" -- Title page
- Includes index.
Images
McCall's needlework & crafts : spring-summer 1963
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3859
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Publication Date
- 1963
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV004.73.2
- Call Number
- 746 MCC
- Author
- McCall's Needlework & Crafts
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- McCall Corporation
- Publication Date
- 1963
- Inscription
- Needlework and Crafts / Spring-Summer 1963
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Needlework
- Handicraft
- Crocheting
- Knitting
- Sewing
- Rugs
- Weaving
- Woodwork
- Object History
- Belonged to donor
- Notes
- "Nanina Comstock, Editor-in-Chief" -- title page.
- "Canadian edition -- cover.
- 75 cents -- cover.
- "Published every January and July by McCall Corporation" -- Title page
- Includes index.
Images
Phyllis Fiarotta's nostalgia crafts book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1317
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Fiarotta, Phyllis
- Publication Date
- 1974
- Call Number
- 745.5 FIA
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0911104437
- 0911104445
- Call Number
- 745.5 FIA
- Author
- Fiarotta, Phyllis
- Contributor
- Rousseau, Will
- Francisco, Gustavo
- Baillie, Allan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 232 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Handicraft
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40988
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5983.1
- Description
- Bear Brand - Booklet -- [1922]. Booklet for Bear Brand, Bucilla and Glossilla clothing featuring Light Sweaters for Sportwear. This issue is Volume 40 for 1922. The cover is blue with white text and a picture of a woman wearing a riding outfit with a red and white sweater vest. The booklet was priced at 15 cents in the USA and stamped underneath is the Canadian price at 20 cents. Inside the booklet gives knitting instructions for the various sweaters. The booklet measures 15cm x 23cm
Images
McCall's needlework treasury : a learn & make book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5588
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 746.4 MCC
- Contributor
- Editors of McCall's Needlework & Crafts magazine
- Place of Publication
- New York ; Toronto
- Publisher
- Random House
- McCall's
- Publication Date
- c1964
- Physical Description
- 390 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Needlework
- Fancy work
- Notes
- Includes index
- embroidery, knitting, quilts, rugs, crochet, tatting, and hand loom weaving
Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19350
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 32 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 32 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar conducted by interviewer Anushay Malik. The interview is conducted in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. During the interview Surjeet Kaur Parmar provides information on; her ancestral background, family relations in India and…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (75 min., 32 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (75 min., 32 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Anushay Malik Interviewee: Surjeet Kaur Parmar Language of Interview: Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi Location of Interview: home of Surjeet Kaur Parmar in Burnaby Interview Date: December 6, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of tracks: (1:15:32) Digital master recordings (wav) were edited into one recording and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar conducted by interviewer Anushay Malik. The interview is conducted in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. During the interview Surjeet Kaur Parmar provides information on; her ancestral background, family relations in India and Canada, her personal experiences and her ancestors’ stories as South Asian immigrants, reflections on and personal experiences of racial discrimination as a South Asian immigrant, her places of residence, her employment background, her cultural practices and traditions including food, clothing and craft. The interview begins with introductions from interviewer Anushay Mailik. Surjeet Kaur Parmar imparts her own family’s migration story beginning with her very first elders that immigrated to Canada from India. A relative (unnamed) immigrated to Canada first and a few years later (around 1905) returned to India and brought back three cousins that included; Ginaya Singh (Ghania Singh Manhas) and Doman Singh . Mayo Singh (Ghania Singh’s younger brother) came in 1906 on his own to join them. Surjeet’s grandfather (Shair/Sher Singh Manhas) also wanted to immigrate at this time, but he was too young and weak to manage such a long trip. Surjeet conveys that while living in British Columbia, Mayo and Ginaya Singh worked together at saw mills. With their knowledge and understanding of mill work they ended up owning and operating a mill in Paldi near Duncan on Vancouver Island. At this time, most of the men from Surjeet’s family region in Punjab were abroad and with no men living at home. Mayo Singh’s father (Bhulla Singh) looked after her father (Lashman Singh Manhas) and paternal uncle (Kashmir Singh Manhas) back in Punjab. When Mayo’s father died, Mayo Singh adopted her paternal uncle (Kashmir Singh) and brought him to Canada in 1926. Surjeet describes her ancestors’ immigration journey from India to Canada. They all travelled by ship and if someone ran out of money en route, they could work on the ship. Surjeet explains that both Mayo and Ginaya Singh are Surjeet’s grandfather’s first cousins and her father’s second cousins. Surjeet recollects her grandfather (Shair/Sher Singh Manhas) saying “now that you’ve arrived there, take one cousin from each side with you”. Surjeet explains that the cousins were all from the same village in Punjab and her great grandfather wanted someone to go abroad, so he sent a few and had them bring more as the years went on. Surjeet says that she’s uncertain as to why they chose Canada rather than America but thinks that they did some form of research and determined that it was a good place to come to. Surjeet admits that she doesn’t know the name of her paternal grandfather or other elders since she never met them. Surjeet shares that it was a traditional practice to mark pots and pans with family names and imparts that she discovered her father’s name “Lashman Singh” written on the bottom of a glass. Surjeet expresses that she’s marked her own pots and pans with her name to identify which ones are hers when she gets together with family or does catering. Surjeet refers to a kohl bottle that she has and how she’d like to offer it to the museum. She explains how the kohl bottle is no longer in use but was used by her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas) and daughter and her grandchildren. Surjeet describes a blanket that she made called a “phulkari”, now on display in a small museum in Coquitlam, a wedding shawl, that her daughter now owns and a silk sari with embroidery. Surjeet and Anushay discuss the possibility of donating the kohl bottle and the sari to the museum. Surjeet explains how the kohl is used and how her mother used to make kohl. She describes how you rub the kohl with your hands, put cardamom in it, one or two other ingredients and fill the kohl bottle up with water. Surjeet says that she used kohl as eyeliner when living in India. The interviewer asks Surjeet more about Ginaya Singh. Surjeet conveys that Ginaya Singh ended up leaving the mill on Vancouver Island and moved to Vancouver. After Ginaya Singh died from a heart attack (in 1953) his family moved from Vancouver to Burnaby. Surjeet recalls that following the death of Ginaya Singh’s youngest son, her family didn’t celebrate “Lohri” (a winter festival celebrating newborns and newly married people) for three years. She shares that she was very young at this time but remembers there being beautiful photographs of young children all dressed up and displayed in her family home. She expresses that dressing up for photos has changed over time and adds that suits didn’t really come into fashion until after the 1970s or 1980s. Surjeet conveys that her uncle named Kashmira Singh first worked at the mill in Paldi near Duncan then moved to Vancouver and opened up his own mill in North Vancouver. Surjeet’s father, Lashman Singh Manhas arrived in 1953. Surjeet expresses that Kapoor Singh was educated and worked as a manager at the mill on Vancouver Island. Surjeet recollects meeting Mayo Singh, his wife and eldest son in 1952 when they travelled to India for a cousin’s wedding. Surjeet remembers that Mayo Singh’s family had a very large house in India. She describes the house as a very opulent two story house with indoor plumbing for a bathtub, a kitchen with a woodstove, coloured mirrors, bejeweled curtains, a motor room to park cars, a buffalo and more. Surjeet refers to Nand Singh, a younger brother of Mayo Singh, who travelled from India to San Franciso and spent a year wandering around before deciding to return to India. She describes him as living in Bombay with his wife Vishan Kaur and having a transport business. Nand had two kids that came to Canada. Surjeet recollects the tragic death of Ganda Singh (Ginaya Singh) who died of a heart attack on someone’s doorstep, they thought that he was drunk so didn’t open the door. Surjeet conveys that Mayo Singh’s wife, Mission Kaur (Saradani Bishan Kaur) died while visiting India (in 1952) and that some of Mayo’s sons were married in Canada and one in India. Surjeet expresses that it was hard for Mayo’s sons to have one of their parents die in India and one die in Canada (Mayo Singh died in B.C. in 1955). Surjeet describes the hospital that Mayo built in the village of Paldi. She mentions that there were festivals and functions that took place there, there were many nurses and doctors. She recalls there being a school where their land was. She recalls that if they got headaches they were treated with medicine and that it didn’t cost much, only a six pence. Surjeet talks about her arranged marriage to Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar. Surjeet explains that her father and brother immigrated to British Columbia first (1953) and after a few months they brought Surjeet and her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas). She recollects that when she was in Grade 10 and around 17 years of age, her family made plans to travel to India to attend a family wedding. During this time, her father suggested that it would be a good opportunity to take Surjeet with them to find her a husband in India to marry. After meeting and marrying Nadeem Parmar in India, Surjeet and Nadeem moved to England. Surjeet recollects that in order to immigrate to Canada, each family member had to pass a medical exam and how difficult it was. Her two sisters, mother and brother all had to take the test in Delhi. Surjeet recalls living in England with Nadeem. While living in England, Nadeem worked during the day and studied engineering at college in the evening. Surjeet expresses that she liked living in England and was sad to leave. While living there, they enjoyed a close knit Punjabi community and they all lived in the same area. Surjeet states later in her interview that living in Canada was different from living in England. In England, family and friends lived closer together whereas in Canada places were further apart. Surjeet says that while living in England she could walk to do her shopping. While living in England, after her children were a bit older, she worked as a seamstress in a shirt factory for a few years before coming to Canada. Surjeet imparts that her father (Lashman Singh Manhas) died of a heart attack in 1970 and her mother (Budhan Kaur Manhas) died in 1998. Her father and her family first lived in North Vancouver and then her parents bought a house on Eton Street in Burnaby, near the Ocean. After her father died, her brother and mother bought a house and moved to the Capitol Hill neighbourhood in Burnaby. In 1973, Surjeet, Nadeem and their two children immigrated to Canada and moved in with her brother and mother. Surjeet includes that her paternal aunt (Koshali Kaur Manhas) and cousins also moved to Burnaby and that her aunt and some of her cousins were sponsored by her son who came earlier. Surjeet recalls that after arriving in Canada she got work sewing in a factory located on Water Street in Gastown. Surjeet recollects travelling to her job by bus. Surjeet shares that she brought saris and quilted blankets “rijai”, not household items, in her suitcase when she came to Canada from England. Surjeet explains that the “rijai” (quilted blankets) were made from cotton from her home village in India. The blankets were made by women and then brought back to her to quilt on her sewing machine. Surjeet recalls that when she returned to Canada (in 1973 with her husband and children) they first lived with her mother and brother on Capitol Hill in Burnaby before moving to a house on Fell Avenue and then to their current home in 1982. In 1981, she worked at “Canadian Window Covering” factory making window coverings. The factory was located in the Brentwood area of Burnaby. Surjeet recalls how the factory became unionized and of how she left the factory and found union work at the Labatt’s brewery (Winery and Distillery Workers Local 300). Surjeet describes the work that she did while working at Labatt’s brewery which was located next to the Royal Columbian Hospital in Burnaby. Around 1995, when the Labatt’s factory closed down in Burnaby, she got union work as a bottle sorter for BDL Brewers Distributor Limited, where bottles were gathered for distribution at Braid Station. Surjeet left this job in 2000. Surjeet talks about traditional foods like bindi, sabji, aam and karela and where she’s shopped to find traditional ingredients for South Asian cuisine. She recollects how at first she could only find traditional ingredients at stores in Gastown, Chinatown and on Main Street in Vancouver but now they are more readily available at major grocery stores. Surjeet expresses that traditional spices and dry goods have been hard to find, apart from stores like, Famous Foods and Patels when it was located on Commercial Drive. Surjeet talks about using ingredients such as green pea flour and Besan flour to make pakoras and kahdri. Surjeet states that many immigrants didn’t wear their traditional clothing until she came later. She expresses that many South Asian immigrants didn’t wear their clothes “because there were no rights, we had to try to become like them”. Surjeet conveys that even though some were able to purchase property (she provides an example of family members in Duncan who faced discrimination by the owner/seller of a piece of property they were purchasing) that they had very little rights and they were all living in fear. She expresses that she herself didn’t experience this but in the beginning when people settled here (in B.C.) that it was very difficult. Surjeet says that when she goes to the Gurdwara and to work, she wears a sari and conveys that while working at the factory, she was encouraged to wear a sari, it was accepted then. She brought printed saris to work and her co workers said that they’d wear them to parties. Surjeet reflects on her own experiences of racism and discrimination and expresses that her generation “has learned how to stand up in front, then they got scared of saying anything”. “The people who came here first were afraid because they were alone, they had to settle down here and make a home from scratch, but the ones who came after had everything already built and made”. She explains how they helped one another when they came (to British Columbia). She describes how the Gurdwara was located on 2nd Street and all of the ships went there (new immigrants?), people would gather, get water, help one another and there would be a place for all people. Surjeet shares a personal experience of helping members of her husband’s family to immigrate to Canada. She tells of the complications of some being left behind in India and that some came to Canada as refugees that she and her husband sponsored. Surjeet expresses their struggles with raising a family, working and trying to pay for their own house while also trying to assist and support family members. Surjeet describes in detail how her husband Nadeem went back to India after his mother died to help his father, sister and her family immigrate. She explains that the immigration process took about four years and his father had to apply as a refugee. Nadeem’s sister came with her children but had to return to India so Surjeet and her family had to look after Nadeem’s sister’s child/children. Surjeet expresses that during this time she continued to work at Canadian Window Coverings, working an afternoon shift and sometimes taking her son with her. She expresses that this as a very hectic time, working the whole day, making food for everyone, grocery shopping, looking after a her sister in law’s younger child at night and getting no rest. Surjeet describes the time when she was working and her children were attending the local school. She expresses the challenges of working long days and often arriving home after her children. She recollects a time when there was a snow storm and how she was worried about her children making it home and being alone while she was at work, there were no cell phones in those days but they had phone numbers of her brother and sister. Surjeet tells of how they tried to help the rest of the Nadeem’s family immigrate including his brother who was a soccer player in India. They were able to buy a house for the whole family to live but expresses after several months Nadeem’s brother decided to stay in India. Surjeet expresses the complications and frustrations of trying to bring all family members to Canada.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Surjeet Kaur Parmar was born in Punjab, India in 1942 to parents Lashman Singh Manhas (1913-1970) and Budhan Kaur Manhas (1906-1998). Surjeet’s ancestors, Ghania Singh Manhas, Doman Singh and Mayo Singh immigrated to British Columbia in 1905 and 1906. The group got work in saw mills and soon began owning and operating their own saw mills, first in Chilliwack and Rosedale districts and later in 1920 on Vancouver Island near Duncan (Paldi) (known as the Mayo Lumber Company). In 1927, Surjeet’s paternal uncle, Kashmir Singh Manhas left Paldi, Punjab at the age of 18 years with Mayo Singh Manhas and after months of travel they arrived at Paldi on Vancouver Island. In 1953, Surjeet’s father, Lashman Singh Manhas and her two brothers immigrated to Canada and soon after brought her and her mother, Budhan Kaur Manhas. After immigrating, her father began working at “Kashmir Lumber Company” in North Vancouver which was owned by his brother Kashmira Singh Manhas. Surjeet, her parents and two brothers first made their home in North Vancouver and the 1960s they moved to 3824 Eton Street in Burnaby. In 1959, Surjeet and her family returned to India for her brother’s wedding. During this time a marriage was arranged for Surjeet to marry Nadeem Parmar and they were married in 1960. Following their marriage, Surjeet and Nadeem moved to England where they began raising their two children. While living in England, Surjeet worked as seamstress at a factory. In 1973, following the death of Surjeet’s father who died in 1970, Surjeet and Nadeem decided to immigrate to British Columbia. For the first few years, Surjeet, Nadeem and their two children lived with her mother and brother in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Burnaby before purchasing their own home on Fell Avenue. While living in Burnaby Surjeet has worked as a seamstress for Canadian Window Covering, Labatt's Brewery and BDL Brewers Distributor Limited which she left in 2000. In 1982, Surjeet and her family moved into a new home that they had built on Woodsworth Street where they still live today. Interviewer biography: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Saw Mills
- Clothing
- Crafts
- Employment
- Migration
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Occupations - Labourers
- Occupations - Millworkers
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Names
- Parmar, Surjeet Kaur
- Parmar, Kalwant Singh "Nadeem"
- Manhas, Ghania Singh
- Singh, Mayo
- Manhas, Kashmir Singh
- Manhas, Sher Singh
- Manhas, Budhan Kaur
- Manhas, Lashman Singh
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Related Material
- See also BV022.29.1 - interview with Kalwant Singh "Nadeem" Parmar
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription of interview translated to English from Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi to English created by Rajdeep
- Transciption available on Heritage Burnaby
- Spelling of "Ginaya Singh" found as "Ghania Singh Manhas" in obituary and death certificate
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar, [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022
Interview with Surjeet Kaur Parmar, [1905-2022] (interview content), interviewed 6 Dec. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0005_003.mp3
Paper heart by Sophie Armstrong
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14749
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- March 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum COVID-19 collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 drawing : wax crayon on pink construction paper ; 20 x 23.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a heart that has been cut out of pink coloured construction paper. One side of the heart has contains a child's drawing with markings in purple crayon while the other side is blank. The side with the markings is faded from exposure due to sunlight after being hung in a window.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum COVID-19 collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 drawing : wax crayon on pink construction paper ; 20 x 23.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a heart that has been cut out of pink coloured construction paper. One side of the heart has contains a child's drawing with markings in purple crayon while the other side is blank. The side with the markings is faded from exposure due to sunlight after being hung in a window.
- History
- This was a heart the Armstrong family made in the last week of March when things were starting to get very scary and they wanted to share their message of love and support to the world. The heart was decorated on one side by Sophie (age 1), Kimberly's youngest daughter (of two). The heart remained on the window until mid July 2020.
- Creator
- Armstrong, Sophie
- Subjects
- Arts - Drawings
- Crafts
- Pandemics - COVID-19
- Responsibility
- Paneloc Marketing Limited
- Accession Code
- BV020.24.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- March 2020
- Media Type
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1261
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 745.54 BRA
- Place of Publication
- Benicia, Calif.
- Publisher
- Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers
- Publication Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.)
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Wallpaper
- Catalogs
- Arts and crafts movement
- Notes
- Sales catalogue.
- In 3-ring binder.
- Includes colour samples for "Burnaby Wall", "Burnaby Border" and "Claire's Willow".
- Includes price lists.
- Includes catalogue: "Additionals Vol. 2 Arts & Crafts", with a section on "The Burnaby Village Papers".
Burnaby's heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5437
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Edition
- Rev.
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
, the Ceperley mansion is considered an
outstanding example of the British Arts and Crafts
style, with exceptional interior and exterior detailing
and craftsmanship. Also important is the association
with the English-born and trained architect Robert
Percival Sterling Twizell, as this was one of his grandest
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282893
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
- Edition
- Rev.
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Physical Description
- 157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Historic buildings
- Buildings
- Historic sites
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Buildings - Heritage
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 2 copies held: copy 1.
Digital Books
Deer Lake Park : heritage resource inventory
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5468
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Wolf, Jim
- Publication Date
- c1998
- Call Number
- 971.133 WOL COPY 2
and Chiselhampton
Street, 1905.
provided the confidence for others to build man-
sions at Deer Lake. The estate's impressive
scale and beautifully designed English Arts and
Crafts styled buildings and garden by English-
born architect R.P.S. Twizell also challenged
other architects and homeowners of Deer Lake
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282834
- 9780969282839
- Call Number
- 971.133 WOL COPY 2
- Author
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby, Community Heritage Commission
- Publication Date
- c1998
- Physical Description
- 47 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Deer Lake Park (Burnaby, B.C.)--History
- Historic buildings--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Burnaby (B.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Notes
- 2 copies held : copy 2.
Digital Books
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
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Digital Books
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
prize ribbon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79333
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV006.32.1
- Description
- Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) 2nd place prize ribbon in Creative Crafts; won by John Slawson in Augush 1988 for a doll house complete with furniture. The ribbon is arrow-shaped, pointed at the top and notched at the bottom. It has two layers of ribbon. The back layer is a white ribbon. The front layer is a red ribbon, with text in gold reading: "PNE / Creative / Crafts / SECOND / PACIFIC / NATIONAL / EXHIBITION / VANCOUVER / CANADA".
- Object History
- Donor's father built the dollhouse in the 1980's after he retired from teaching. His hand-made home, furniture, and accessories won him 2nd prize in his age category at the 1988 PNE Creative Crafts competition.
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