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Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory221
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.
- Date Range
- 1860-1932
- Photo Info
- Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002
- Length
- 0:08:48
- Names
- Foley, John
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.
- Biographical Notes
- John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.
- Total Tracks
- 7
- Total Length
- 0:58:44
- Interviewee Name
- Burton, John
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
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Audio Tracks
Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_5.mp3
newspaper
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91105
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1992
- Description
- Newspaper; one sheet of newsprint folded in half; black ink printed on side only; heading on first page reads: "THE HERITAGE VILLAGE / NEWS"; "VOLUME 7 - NUMBER _ SPRING 1978_Price 10 Cents"; image on cover at top of Heritage Village bandstand; back page numbered "THE NEWS P. 4: (printed content on pages 2 and 3 are missing)
- Object History
- Newspaper was printed on a printing press inside Heritage Village News and Art Printing shop and produced by Heritage Village and the Century Park Museum Association.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Serial
- Measurements
- Height: 28 cm x Width: 21.5 cm (folded)
- Maker
- Heritage Village
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Title
- The News
- Publication Date
- Summer 1976
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
Images
Documents
newspaper
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91106
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1991
- Description
- Newspaper; one sheet of newsprint folded in half; black ink printed both sides; pages numbered 2-4; heading on cover page reads: "THE HERITAGE VILLAGE / NEWS"; "VOLUME 6 - NUMBER 1 [sic]_ SPECIAL EDITIOIN: CHRISTMAS 1977_Price 10 Cents"; image on cover at top of Heritage Village bandstand; page 2 (verso of cover) includes publishing credits: "THE NEWS / PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY / THE NEWS ART PUBLISHING / COMPANY / HILL STREET, HERITAGE VILLAGE / BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA / Editor- R. MacPherson / Writer - P. McGeachie / Composite- D. Lovell / Printers - R. McCrae / B. Henderson, D. Lovell"
- Object History
- Newspaper was printed on a printing press inside Heritage Village News and Art Printing shop and produced by Heritage Village and the Century Park Museum Association.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Serial
- Measurements
- Height: 28 cm x Width: 21.5 cm (folded)
- Maker
- Heritage Village
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Title
- The News
- Publication Date
- Christmas 1977
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
Images
Documents
newspaper
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91266
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.232.33
- Description
- newspaper; four pages folded in half; pages numbered 1-15; black ink printed on both sides; published [Summer 1977]; heading on first page reads: "No. 1 Volume 1 / Heritage Herald / Welcome to / Heritage Pioneer Village"; front page includes 1912 photograph of welcome arch "Burnaby Welcome You" erected at Edmonds and Kingsway to welcome Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught. Stories with newspaper include events at the Heritage Village in the Summer of 1977, accompanied by advertisements for local Burnaby businesses and the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE).
- Object History
- Newspaper was printed on a printing press inside Heritage Village News and Art Printing shop and was donated by a member of the Burnaby '71 Centennial Committee. The newspaper was handed out to visitors of Heritage Village and provided to members of the Century Park Museum Association.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Serial
- Measurements
- Length: 41 cm x Width: 58 cm folded to Length: 41 cm x Width: 29 cm
- Maker
- Heritage Village
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Title
- Heritage Herald
- Publication Date
- [1977]
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
Images
