"Douglas Road School" found 7 records

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade five class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as N. Holob (top row far left). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade five class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as N. Holob (top row far left). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.160

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Photographer: Layton

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Item is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "LAYTON PORTRAIT / 2311 YEW ST. VANCOUVER, B.C."; Handwritten note in green on verso of photograph reads: "DRS / 1949"

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Douglas Road school class

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19003

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade two class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as H. Lenheiser (top row far left). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade two class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as H. Lenheiser (top row far left). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.159

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1946

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Photographer: Layton

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Item is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "LAYTON PORTRAIT / 2311 YEW ST. VANCOUVER, B.C."

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Douglas Road school class

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19004

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade four class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as M.A. Wells (standing in top row). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Douglas Road School grade four class. Edith Fleming is one of the students pictured and the teacher is identified as M.A. Wells (standing in top row). The students are arranged into five rows on the steps outside of the entrance to the school.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School

Accession Code: BV016.46.161

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-01-06

Photographer: Layton

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Item is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "LAYTON PORTRAIT / 2311 YEW ST. VANCOUVER, B.C."

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Douglas Road school class, [1948] thumbnail

Douglas Road School students

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4234

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1940 and 1942]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from Douglas Road School, possibly grade seven or eight class. Students and a male teacher are standing and sitting in front of a outside wooden staircase. There are 10 female students and 11 male students. Glen Boal is seated in the front row, third from the right.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Material Details: Handwritten text on back of photograph reads: 'Glen Boal seated front row / 3d from right".

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from Douglas Road School, possibly grade seven or eight class. Students and a male teacher are standing and sitting in front of a outside wooden staircase. There are 10 female students and 11 male students. Glen Boal is seated in the front row, third from the right.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School; Boal, Glen

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4861 Canada Way

Accession Code: BV017.28.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1940 and 1942]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Douglas Road School students

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4235

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1938 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from Douglas Road School, elementary grade. This is possibly a combined class as there are two teachers in the photo and 51 students. The students are in four rows with a male teacher at either end of the third row. Glen Boal is at the left end of the third row standing next …

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm

Material Details: Handwritten text on back of photograph reads: 'Glen Boal / 3d Row far left beside teacher".

Scope and Content: Photograph of students from Douglas Road School, elementary grade. This is possibly a combined class as there are two teachers in the photo and 51 students. The students are in four rows with a male teacher at either end of the third row. Glen Boal is at the left end of the third row standing next to a teacher.

Subjects: Persons - Students

Names: Douglas Road School; Boal, Glen

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4861 Canada Way

Accession Code: BV017.28.32

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1938 and 1940]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 06-Mar-2018

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Douglas Road School students, [between 1938 and 1940] thumbnail

Interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury July 2, 1975 - Track 4

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1922-1942

Length: 0:09:04

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's volunteer work with the Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) with Nurse Woodward and the Well Baby Clinic.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Florence (Hart) Godwin's volunteer work with the Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) with Nurse Woodward and the Well Baby Clinic.

Date Range: 1922-1942

Photo Info: Florence Hart Godwin on her wedding day, August 7, 1922. Item no. 477-601

Length: 0:09:04

Names: Victorian Order of Nurses; Woodward, Maude

Subjects: Organizations - Womens' Societies and Clubs

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: July 2, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with Florence Hart Godwin by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury, July 2, 1975. Major themes discussed are: Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) and the Edmonds Historic Neighbourhood. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes."

Biographical Notes: Florence Hart was born in 1898 in New Westminster. Florence first saw Burnaby in April of 1905 on a trip made by horse and buggy from the family home in New Westminster where her father worked as a real estate agent. By 1911, he had built a permanent home for his family in Burnaby, building what is now known as the Hart house and is currently owned by the municipality. Frederick John “Fred” Hart married Alice Chapman in Yale BC on August 13, 1895. They had four children together; Kingsley Chapman born May 27, 1897, Florence Elizabeth born October 23, 1898, and ten years later, Edwyna and Jack. They followed their family nurse, Miss Maude Woodward to Burnaby and purchased thirteen acres of land at Deer Lake to build a summer cottage. Mrs Hill and the children spent the summer months there while Frederick continued working in New Westminster, joining his family on the weekends. Florence Hart attended Douglas Road School before boarding at Crofton House in Vancouver. Kingsley Hart had enlisted in the army on March 23, 1915 when he was only seventeen years old. He was killed in action on September 26, 1916. The Hart family then moved to Kerrisdale, Vancouver. Florence worked at the Carnegie Library. On August 7, 1922 Florence Hart married Harold “Hal” Godwin and moved back to Edmonds in Burnaby where they remained for their entire married lives. In 1929, Florence and Harold’s daughter, Elizabeth Godwin was born. Alice (Chapman) Hart died May 24, 1935 at the age of sixty-eight. Frederick John Hart died August 29, 1945 at the age of seventy-seven. Florence Hart Godwin was named Good Citizen of Burnaby in 1971 and received a life membership to the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire) for her long tenure. Both Florence and her husband Harold were awarded life memberships from the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) for more than half a century of service. Harold Ward Godwin died December 12, 1962 at the age of sixty-six.

Total Tracks: 8

Total Length: 0:47:57

Interviewee Name: Godwin, Florence Hart

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: None

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

Florence Hart Godwin on her wedding day, August 7, 1922. Item no. 477-601 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track four of interview with Florence Hart Godwin by Bettina Bradbury

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-17/100-13-17_Track_4.mp3

Interview with Roy Brainerd by Eric Damer October 23, 2012 - Track 3

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1941-1983

Length: 0:09:16

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Roy Brainerd's memories of his older brother's and father's work history, as well as his own with Snap on Tools.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Roy Brainerd's memories of his older brother's and father's work history, as well as his own with Snap on Tools.

Date Range: 1941-1983

Photo Info: Roy Brainerd walking along Granville Street in Vancouver, [1945 or 1946]. Item no. 549-016

Length: 0:09:16

Subjects: Occupations

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: October 23, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Roy Brainerd conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 23, 2012. Major theme discussed: growing up in Burnaby with particular focus on school days and the automobile industry.

Biographical Notes: Roy Brainerd’s parents, Lawrence and Violet Brainerd came to Vancouver in 1925 or 1926 and purchased a small house on Harwood Street in North Burnaby. There were two older children in the family already when Roy was born in 1928 at Royal Columbian hospital. His sister Patricia Brainerd (later White) was born in 1931, also at Royal Columbian Hospital. Roy’s father Lawrence rebuilt and renovated the house to fit his growing family, planting abundant vegetable gardens and building a chicken coop. Roy started at Douglas Road School in 1934 and then attended Hugh M. Fraser High School. Roy left his high school at fifteen to work for Snap-On Tools, working his way up from pushing a broom to becoming a branch manager. He retired in 1983 after forty-one years of service. Together with his wife Carol, Roy raised three daughters.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:36:56

Interviewee Name: Brainerd, Roy

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.