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- Abbott, George Knapp, 1880-1959 1
- Anders, James M. (James Meschter), 1854-1936 1
- Andrews, Albert Henry, 1907- 1
- Boston, L. Napoleon (Leonard Napoleon), 1871-1931 1
- Buffum, Herbert 1
- Burnaby Village Museum 1
- Cattell, Henry W. (Henry Ware), 1862-1936 2
- Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury), 1876-1944 1
- Comrie, John D. (John Dixon), 1875-1939 1
- Dr. Miles Medical Co. 1
- Druggists Circular Press 2
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Library of health : complete guide to prevention and cure of disease, containing practical information on anatomy, physiology and preventive medicine ; curative medicine, first aid measures, diagnosis, nursing, sexology, simple home remedies, care of teeth, occupational diseases, garden plant remedies, alcohol and narcotics, treatment by fifteen schools of medicine, beauty culture, physical culture, the science of breathing and the dictionary of drugs; twenty books - one volume
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary205
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.136.95
- Call Number
- 603 SCH
- Edition
- 1920 ed.
- Contributor
- Scholl, B. Frank (Benjamin Franklin), 1860-1933
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- Historical Publishing Co.
- Publication Date
- 1920, c1916
- Physical Description
- xvi, 1774 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "W27" [handwritten and crossed out in black ink on front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Medicine
- Notes
- "Edited by B. Frank Scholl, Ph.G., M.D." -- title page
- Author's full given name and dates: Scholl, B. Frank (Benjamin Franklin), 1860-1933
The Druggists circular formula book : in which may be found recipes for hundreds of unofficial preparations in daily demand
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary434
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Druggists Circular Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Publication Date
- c1920
- c1915
- Call Number
- 615.13 DRU
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.68.8
- Call Number
- 615.13 DRU
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Author
- Druggists Circular Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Druggists' Circular, Inc.
- Publication Date
- c1920
- c1915
- Physical Description
- 257 p. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "W.A. Hartbeig" "W.J. Cairns" "Vancouver B.C." "W.J. Cairns Limited" "Incorporated 1917" "22 82" "6 2"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Formulas, recipes, etc.
- Medicine
- Notes
- Includes index.
The modern materia medica : the source, chemical and physical properties, therapeutic action, dosage, antidotes and incompatibles of all additions to the newer materia medica that are likely to be called for on prescriptions.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary441
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Druggists Circular Press
- Edition
- 3rd ed., rev. and enl.
- Publication Date
- c1912
- Call Number
- 615.1 DRU
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.68.18
- Call Number
- 615.1 DRU
- Edition
- 3rd ed., rev. and enl.
- Author
- Druggists Circular Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Druggists Circular
- Publication Date
- c1912
- Physical Description
- iii-v, 282p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "Cedar Cottage Pharmacy" [purple, rectangular ink stamp] "Phone Fair 159" "Laidlaw & Cunningham" "Dec.4 1912" "W.J. Cairns Limited" [circular, blue ink stamp] "W.J. Cairns, incorporated 1917 [seal embossed in paper] inside back cover: paper sticker label: "W.J. Cairns" "phone Seymour 545" "Cor. Smythe and Granville Sts." "Vancouver, B.C."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Materia medica
- Pharmaceutical chemistry
- Pharmacy
- Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
- Notes
- "The source, chemical and physical properties, therapeutic action, dosage, antidotes and incompatibles of all additions to the newer materia medica that are likely to be called for on prescriptions, together with the name and address of the manufacturer, proprietor, and in the case of foreign articles, of the American agent"
The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English : or, medicine simplified
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2069
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Ninetieth ed.
- Publication Date
- c1918
- Call Number
- 610.03 PIE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV979.17.3
- Call Number
- 610.03 PIE
- Edition
- Ninetieth ed.
- Contributor
- Pierce, Valentine Mott
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- World's Dispensary Medical Association
- Publication Date
- c1918
- Physical Description
- 1008 p. , [4] leaves of plates : ill. , ports. ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine
- Health
- Hygiene
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Editor: Pierce, Valentine Mott,
- Author's given name and dates: Pierce, R. V. [Ray Vaughn] , 1840-1914.
The Practical medicine series : comprising ten volumes on the year's progress in medicine and surgery, volume III
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2639
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.27.26
- Call Number
- 617.8 WOO v. 3
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The Year Book Publishers
- Publication Date
- c1912
- Physical Description
- 358 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Opposite of front end paper: Lower right hand corner of page: "The J.F. HARTZ CO' "LIMITED" "MEDICAL BOOKS" "TORONTO" [Red label with white font]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases
- Medicine
- Periodicals
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Author's given name: Head, Gustavus P. (Gustavus Philemon), 1861-1913
- Mix, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1869-1935
- Contributor's given name: Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942.
- Andrews, Albert Henry, 1907-
Principles and practice of hydrotherapy for students and practitioners of medicine : embodying a consideration of the scientific basis, technique and therapeutics of hydrotherapy and some allied branches of physiologic therapy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2644
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- 2nd ed, rev and enl.
- Publication Date
- c1914
- Call Number
- 615.85 ABB
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.27.30
- Call Number
- 615.85 ABB
- Edition
- 2nd ed, rev and enl.
- Place of Publication
- Loma Linda, CA
- Publisher
- College Press
- Publication Date
- c1914
- Physical Description
- 521 p.: ill. ; 23cm.
- Inscription
- "E.H. Funk April 30. 1916." handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hydrotherapy
- Notes
- Contains index.
Electricity in medicine; a practical exposition of the methods and use of electricity in the treatment of disease, comprising electrophysics, apparatus, electrophysiology and electropathology, electrodiagnosis and electroprognosis, general electrotherapeutics and special electrotherapeutics.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2666
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.27.53
- Call Number
- 615.5
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- P. Blakiston's Son & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1919
- Printer
- Maple Press
- Physical Description
- xxii, 612 p.: ill; 23.5 cm.
- Inscription
- "Dr. E.H. Funk 1920" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Physical--Electrotherapy
- Notes
- Bibliography: p. 581-583
- "with 262 illustrations" -- title page
An index of treatment by various writers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2669
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Various
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Publication Date
- January 1910
- 1907
- Call Number
- 615.5 VAR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.27.56
- Call Number
- 615.5 VAR
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Author
- Various
- Contributor
- Hutchison, Robert, Sir, 1871-1960
- Hilton, Reginald
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- John Wright and Sons
- Publication Date
- January 1910
- 1907
- Printer
- John Wright and Sons
- Physical Description
- xvi, 926 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- Inside front cover, lower right corner: printed paper label: circular, white and burgundy ink, seal/medallion design, two hearts in overlapping circles, text: "THE J.F. HARTZ CO. LIMITED TORONTO"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine
- Therapeutics
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Edited by:
- Hutchison, Robert, Sir, 1871-1960.
- Hilton, Reginald, 1895-
"Speaking of operations--"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2688
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.27.75
- Call Number
- 817 COB
- Contributor
- Sarg, Tony, 1882-1942
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : 4 leaves of plates, ill. ; 19cm.
- Inscription
- inside front page: "Dr. E.H. Funk" "904 76th Ave. W." [handwritten in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine
- Satire, American
- Notes
- "Illustrations by Tony Sarg."
- Author's given name and dates: Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury, 1876-1944.
A text-book of medical diagnosis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2697
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Anders, James M. (James Meschter), 1854-1936
- Boston, L. Napoleon (Leonard Napoleon), 1871-1931
- Publication Date
- c1912
- Call Number
- 616.075 AND
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.27.84
- Call Number
- 616.075 AND
- Author
- Anders, James M. (James Meschter), 1854-1936
- Boston, L. Napoleon (Leonard Napoleon), 1871-1931
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Publisher
- W. B. Saunders Co.
- Publication Date
- c1912
- Printer
- W.B. Saunders Co. Press
- Physical Description
- 1195 p., 25 leaves of plates (most col.) : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front page: small, printed paper label, rectangular, red with white lettering: "The J.F. HARTZ CO." "LIMITED" "MEDICAL BOOKS" "TORONTO"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "WIth 418 illustrations in the text and 25 plates, 17 of them in colors."
- Features a 16 page publisher's catalog following the index.
- Author's full name: Anders, James M. (James Meschter), 1854-1936.
The household physician : a twentieth century medica ; a practical description in plain language of all the diseases of men, women and children with the latest discoveries in medicine, and most approved methods of treatment
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4936
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Buffum, Herbert
- et al.
- Edition
- New ed.
- Publication Date
- c1910
- Call Number
- 610 BUF
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV005.11.6
- Call Number
- 610 BUF
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Buffum, Herbert
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Woodruff
- Publication Date
- c1910
- Physical Description
- 1444 p. : ill., plates (some col.) ; 27 cm.
- Inscription
- The / Household Physician
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine--Popular Works
- Object History
- This item belonged to the donor's grandparents, Franklin and Amanda Ketcheson, who came from the Prairies.
A synopsis of the British pharmacopoeia preparations : designed for the use of pharmaceutical and medical students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5885
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Publication Date
- c1916
- c1893
- Call Number
- 615.11 HEE 1916
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.68.13
- Call Number
- 615.11 HEE 1916
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Chas. F. Heebner
- Publication Date
- c1916
- c1893
- Printer
- University of Toronto Press
- Physical Description
- 109 p. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "The J.F. Hartz Co. Limited" [paper sticker label] "Medical Books Toronto" inside front page: "2.00" [handwritten in pencil] "Druggist and Stationer" [purple ink stamp] "G.S. Wood, Phan.B." "Prince George, B.C."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacopoeias--Great Britain
- Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Author full name: Heebner, Chas. F. (Charles Frederick), 1859-1933.
The people's home library : a library of three practical books : the people's home medical book : the people's home recipe book : the people's home stock book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6747
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X5087
- Call Number
- 610 BAR
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Publisher
- The R.C. Barnum Co.
- Publication Date
- 1917
- c1910
- Physical Description
- iv, 315 p., [32] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Cooking, American
- Veterinary medicine
- Notes
- Book contains three separate books
- "The People's Home Medical Book" by T.J. Ritter M.D.
- "The People's Home Recipe Book" by Mrs. Alice G. Kirk
- "The People's Home Stock Book" by W.C. Fair V.S.
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.mp3Health and longevity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2734
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Richardson, Joseph Gibbons, 1836-1886
- Scholl, B. Frank (Benjamin Franklin), 1860-1933
- Ford, William H. (William Henry), 1839-1897
- et al.
- Publication Date
- 1910
- Call Number
- 612 RIC 1910
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.97.1
- Call Number
- 612 RIC 1910
- Author
- Richardson, Joseph Gibbons, 1836-1886
- Scholl, B. Frank (Benjamin Franklin), 1860-1933
- Ford, William H. (William Henry), 1839-1897
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Home Health Society
- Publication Date
- 1910
- Physical Description
- 1382 p., xxxiv p. : ill. (part col.) plates (part col.)
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine--Popular Works
- Medicine
- Health
- Notes
- "assisted by B.F. Scholl, W H. Ford, and ...
- Authors' given name : Richardson, Joseph Gibbons, 1836-1886. B Scholl (Benjamin Franklin), 1860-1933 William H Ford (William Henry), 1839-1897
- Includes index
The Canadian formulary of unofficial preparations
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5886
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.68.12
- Call Number
- 615.11 ONT
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Ontario College of Pharmacy
- Publication Date
- 1910
- Physical Description
- 58 p. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "Gordon S. Wood" [handwritten in ink] "Ontario College of Pharmacy" "Toronto, Ont." "Apr.4 '13" notes in text
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacopoeias--Canada
- Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "by Authority of The Ontario College of Pharmacy"
Royal army medical corps training. 1911.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1888
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Great Britain. War Office
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Call Number
- 355.3450941 GRE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.27
- Call Number
- 355.3450941 GRE
- Author
- Great Britain. War Office
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Harrison and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- ix, 453 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "35" -- handwritten in pencil under front cover. "A.T.D" -- handwritten in pencil on title page. ""Frank B. Street" "1205 Cumberland Rd. New Westminster B.C." -- handwritten in ink on page iii. "Allan T. Duncan" "1022 - 3rd Ave. New Westminster B.C." -- handwritten in ink and crossed-out in crayon on page iii.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Great Britain. Army
- Medicine, Military
- Sanitation
- Notes
- "Printed under the authority of His Majesty's stationery office." -- title page.
- "This manual is issued by command of the Army Council for the guidance of all concerned" -- p. iv
- Includes index.
International clinics: a quarterly of illustrated clinical lectures and especially prepared original articles, vol.ii, twenty-first series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2681
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Call Number
- 616 INT v. ii, twenty-first series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.27.68
- Call Number
- 616 INT v. ii, twenty-first series
- Contributor
- Cattell, Henry W. (Henry Ware), 1862-1936
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- London
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Co.
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- ix, 297 p.; ill.: 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Property of BH Funk" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Clinical medicine
- Medicine
- Periodicals
- Notes
- Full subtitle: "A Quarterly of Illustrated Clinical Lectures and Especially Prepared Original Articles on Treatment, Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Orthopaedics, Pathology, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Otology, Rhinology, Laryngology, Hygiene and Other Topics of Interest to Students and Practitioners by Leading Members of the Medical Profession throughout the World".
- "edited by Henry W. Cattell, A.M., M.D"
- Includes index.
- Twenty-first series.
Merck's manual of the materia medica : a ready reference pocket book for the physician and surgeon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3549
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Merck & Co.
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Call Number
- 615.1 MER
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.24.12
- Call Number
- 615.1 MER
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Author
- Merck & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Merck & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Physical Description
- ii-vi, 493 p. ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- inside, "W. Fisher", sketch of person, crossed-out "J.W.W. McArthur" and "Lck 12" on front flyleaf
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Therapeutics
- Medicine
- Materia medica
International clinics: a quarterly of illustrated clinical lectures and especially prepared original articles, vol. ii, twenty-third series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2680
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 1913
- Call Number
- 616 INT v. ii, twenty-third series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.27.67
- Call Number
- 616 INT v. ii, twenty-third series
- Contributor
- Cattell, Henry W. (Henry Ware), 1862-1936
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- London
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Co.
- Publication Date
- 1913
- Physical Description
- ix, 312 p.: ill.; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Dr. E.H. Funk/July 4, 1913" handwritten in ink on inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Clinical medicine
- Medicine
- Periodicals
- Notes
- Full subtitle: "A Quarterly of Illustrated Clinical Lectures and Especially Prepared Original Articles on Treatment, Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Orthopaedics, Pathology, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Otology, Rhinology, Laryngology, Hygiene and Other Topics of Interest to Students and Practitioners by Leading Members of the Medical Profession throughout the World".
- "edited by Henry W. Cattell, A.M., M.D."
- Twenty-third series.
- Includes index.