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Interview with Kathleen Rose July 14, 1975 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory146
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1897-1934
- Length
- 0:10:37
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.
- Date Range
- 1897-1934
- Length
- 0:10:37
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residences - Houses
- Geographic Access
- Albert Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July 14, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Kathleen Rose by SFU (Simon Fraser University) student Bettina Bradbury, July 14, 1975. Major theme discussed is: the Depression.
- Biographical Notes
- Kathleen Rose was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1897 and immigrated to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1907 with her family. Kathleen lived on the Prairie for eighteen years before getting married in 1923 and moving to Burnaby to be with her husband. The couple moved to the 4600 block of Albert Street in North Burnaby, where Kathleen’s husband cleared all of the land by hand. The Roses had help putting in the foundation but otherwise built their house themselves. Kathleen’s husband was a longshoreman at that time. They had a son, born in 1925, who suffered from rheumatic fever during the Depression.
- Total Tracks
- 4
- Total Length
- 0:35:42
- Interviewee Name
- Rose, Kathleen
- 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
- 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.
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Kathleen Rose
Track one of interview with Kathleen Rose
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-21/100-13-21_Track_1.mp3
Interview with W.H. O'Brien July / August 1975 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory18
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1914-1932
- Length
- 0:08:44
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's early childhood including the reasons why his family first moved to Burnaby, his first experiences of unemployment and what initially drew him to the Working Organization in Burnaby and their protest against evictions.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's early childhood including the reasons why his family first moved to Burnaby, his first experiences of unemployment and what initially drew him to the Working Organization in Burnaby and their protest against evictions.
- Date Range
- 1914-1932
- Photo Info
- Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005
- Length
- 0:08:44
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Protests and Demonstrations
- Geographic Access
- Inman Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July / August 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with W.H. "Harry" O'Brien by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury. Major themes discussed are: the Army of the Common Good, the Union of the Unemployed and the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union). To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- W.H. “Harry” O’Brien was born in the coal mining town of Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 20, 1914. He came to Burnaby with his parents and five siblings in 1927. Harry’s mother, a school teacher, wanted her children to live closer to school in order to obtain a better education, so the O’Brien family settled at Inman Avenue, Burnaby. Harry's mother, Mary Anne Crossan, was Gilmore Avenue School's first teacher. Harry left school in June of 1929. Harry’s father worked as the caretaker at Central Park around this time and Harry helped him to clear brush, plant trees and enforce the land clearing and wood cutting permit regulations held by men who were on script. Although too young to vote by just over a week, Harry O'Brien worked as a scrutineer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) during the 1935 Federal Election. On October 12, 1940 Harry O'Brien married Gertrude Sutherland at St. John the Divine in Burnaby. The Sutherland family came to Burnaby from Winnipeg in 1933 and settled at Nelson Avenue. Harry began his involvement with the Unemployment Organization in Burnaby by participating in an organised protest against the municipality for homeowner evictions brought on by unpaid taxes. The South Burnaby Union of the Unemployed organised in order to protest rules around receiving Relief. Harry became involved, eventually becoming one of the spearheads of the organization, taking over as secretary by 1936. Harry was an original member of the Army of the Common Good, helping to produce over one hundred and twenty-five tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed Burnaby citizens suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The members of the Army of the Common Good who cut wood for consumption or worked in the gardens were given credit for their work through LU (Labour Units) which they could then use to buy groceries and that at the Army's Cooperative stores, one of which was at McKay Avenue, where Harry began working as Manager of Groceries in 1937. The Credit Union movement of British Columbia was also organized by Harry O'Brien and his fellow Army of the Common Good members. W.H. "Harry" O'Brien died July 1, 1992.
- Total Tracks
- 9
- Total Length
- 1:17:56
- Interviewee Name
- O'Brien, Harry
- 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
- 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
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with W.H.
Track one of interview with W.H.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-25/100-13-25_Track_1.mp3Montgomery family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77525
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927-1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Montgomery family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists mainly of photographs taken outside the Cunningham house which depict members of both the Montgomery and Cunningham families.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927-1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Montgomery family fonds
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : b&w
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2013-09
- 2013-04
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists mainly of photographs taken outside the Cunningham house which depict members of both the Montgomery and Cunningham families.
- History
- Samuel Clifford “Monty” Montgomery was born on July 24, 1894, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He studied Mechanical Engineering at McGill University in Montreal before serving in World War I. After the war, Monty came out west to Vancouver. Marjorie Elizabeth Carpenter was born on May 5, 1900, in Montreal, Quebec. She studied to be a teacher before moving out west with her sister Mildred Carpenter, brother Harold Carpenter, and widowed mother Claire Carpenter in 1920. Marjorie trained to be a nurse from 1920 to 1923 when she moved to Hawaii with her sister and mother. While living in separate countries, Monty and Marjorie courted through correspondence. On July 16, 1927, Monty and Marjorie were married in Hawaii. The couple had two daughters, Margery Kathleen “Kathleen” Montgomery (later Green) born in 1928 and Janet Montgomery (later Fernau) born in 1934. Monty met Fred Cunningham when they were young men. Monty is believed to have helped in the design of the Fred and Edna Cunningham house built in 1923 at 3555 Douglas Road in Burnaby. From 1926 to 1930, both Fred and Monty were working in Ocean Falls, British Columbia. Monty was working at a mill and Fred was an insurance agent. Marjorie (Carpenter) Montgomery was ill with tuberculosis during this time, so their only daughter at the time, Kathleen, was sent to live with Edna Cunningham in Burnaby from the spring of 1929 to the fall of 1930. Though the Montgomery family had settled in Rossland, British Columbia, they would make frequent trips to Vancouver to visit the Cunninghams. Kathleen met Lewis Green in Vancouver and on September 16, 1950, they were married. Their wedding reception was held at the Cunningham’s house. They lived most of their married lives in Vancouver, and each month Kathleen would visit her ‘Aunty’ Edna Cunningham. Janet would visit her ‘Aunty' Edna each week; later she moved permanently to the United Kingdom. The Cunningham and Montgomery families have remained close friends over generations.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Montgomery family
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Photo catalogue 554
Sir John Macdonald
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary563
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.5.22
- Call Number
- 923.271 WAL
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- MacMillian Company of Canada Limited
- Publication Date
- 1924
- Series
- Canadian statesmen ; no. 1
- Physical Description
- 132 p. : port. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "The Royal Bank of Canada LIBRARY Montreal, P Q. Canada." [stamped in purple ink on front pastedown] "CANCELLED Date ______ _______" [stamped in red ink on top of "The Royal Bank of Canada" stamp on front pastedown] "M14w" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown] "Property of The Royal Bank of Canada Montreal" [embossed on title page] "X M14w" [handwritten in black ink on back pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--Politics and government
- Notes
- "The series editied by W. Stewart Wallace" --series title page.
- "List of authorities": p.131-132
- Author's given name and dates: Wallace, W. Stewart (William Stewart), 1884-1970
77 winning recipes : home tested methods for making cakes, pastries and bread
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3782
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.58.107
- Call Number
- 641.5971 ROB
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Robin Hood Mills
- Publication Date
- c1929
- Physical Description
- 36 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking, Canadian
- Robin Hood Flour Mills
- Cookbooks--1920-1929
Annual report
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2408
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.216.38
- Call Number
- 332.11097105 ROY 1923
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Publication Date
- 1923
- Series
- Annual Report, 1923
- Printer
- Ronalds Press Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 64 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Banks and banking
- Names
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Notes
- Includes index.
Annual report
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2410
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.216.40
- Call Number
- 332.11097105 ROY 1928
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Series
- Annual Report, 1928
- Printer
- Ronalds Co. Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 71 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Banks and banking
- Names
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Notes
- "1869 A Local Bank / 1929 An International Force" -- front board paper
- Includes index.
Around the world cruise 1924
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6585
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.126.6
- Call Number
- 910 CAN
- Place of Publication
- [Montreal]
- Publisher
- Canadian Pacific
- Publication Date
- 1924
- Printer
- Southam Press Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 40 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Railroads--Canada
- Ocean liners--Canada
- Tourism
- Subjects
- Transportation
The bakers companion and pastry book : containing three hundred recipes including buns, rolls, yeast raised cakes, pastes, patties, pies, tarts, cakes, hot puddings ; sauces, side dishes, jellies, icings, water ices, ice cream, as well as miscellaneous recipes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2394
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.144.4
- Call Number
- 641.59
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Rose & Laflamme Ltd
- Publication Date
- 1922
- Physical Description
- 148 p. : ill ; 15 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Baking
- Pastry
- Desserts
- Cookbooks--1920-1929
- Object History
- Wile's Bakery
- Notes
- Includes index
- "This book is extended to our patrons gratis and is not for sale" in the preface
Banking forms and their uses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary453
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.5.57
- Call Number
- 346.73082 ROY
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Publication Date
- 1925
- Physical Description
- 16 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Burnaby B.C. June 22, 1925 / Mckay Branch, Burnaby B.C." -- handwritten in pen on sample cheque
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Banks and banking
- Notes
- Compliments of the Royal Bank of Canada.
- Form A-39.
- Includes sample cheque.
Canada's postal code directory 1991
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1227
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 383 CAN
- Place of Publication
- Montreal, Quebec
- Publisher
- Canada Post Corporation
- Publication Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 1744 p. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Postal codes--Canada
- Postal service--Canada
- Directories
- Notes
- Text in English and French.
Cariboo Hill Secondary students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78969
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 27, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Cariboo Hill Secondary school students raising money for their trip to Montreal and Quebec City.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 27, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0228
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Cariboo Hill Secondary school students raising money for their trip to Montreal and Quebec City.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "792 C Bby"
- Scan is cropped
Images
Catalogue and price list of Jenkins Bros: manufacturers of Jenkins Valves, packing and other mechanical rubber goods No. 9
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5482
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Jenkins Bros.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Call Number
- 621.8 JEN 1926
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.37.5
- Call Number
- 621.8 JEN 1926
- Author
- Jenkins Bros.
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Jenkins Bros.
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Physical Description
- 262 p. :ill. ; 11 x 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Industrial equipment
- Catalogs
- Notes
- Includes Index.
Documenting your collections : Info-Muse Network documentation guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6506
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Publication Date
- c1992
- c2002
- Call Number
- 069.52 SIM
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 2891720741
- Call Number
- 069.52 SIM
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Contributor
- Harnois, Michel, 1960-
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Société des musées québécois
- Publication Date
- c1992
- c2002
- Series
- Caring for Your Collections
- Physical Description
- xxvi, 474 p. (in loose-leaf binder) : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Museum registration methods
- Classification--Museums
- Antiques
- Art objects
- Conservation and restoration
- Notes
- Translation of: Comment documenter vos collections? Le guide de documentation du Resasu Info-Muse.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "François Simard, Manger, Info-Muse Network
- "France Desmarais, Advisor, computerization of collections, Info-Muse Network
- "Michel Harnois, museologist, Technoculture enr."
Gems of the world's best classics; a collection of complete short stories and essays, chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries, vol. 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1840
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Jones, Llewellyn, 1884-1961
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Call Number
- 824 JON v. 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.76.15
- Call Number
- 824 JON v. 2
- Author
- Jones, Llewellyn, 1884-1961
- Contributor
- Gaul, Cecelia C.
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Oxford Society
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- 544 p. ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Short stories
- Essays
- Notes
- "Assisted by Cecilia C. Gaul, A.B." Tp.
- Contributor's given name: Gaul, Cecelia Catherine.
- Volume 2 of 5 (Volume 1 and 3 are not in the collection).
Gems of the world's best classics; a collection of complete short stories and essays, chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries, vol. 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4237
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Jones, Llewellyn, 1884-1961
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Call Number
- 824 JON v. 4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.76.28
- Call Number
- 824 JON v. 4
- Author
- Jones, Llewellyn, 1884-1961
- Contributor
- Gaul, Cecelia C.
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Oxford Society
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- 1024 p., ill.
- Inscription
- [Dark green pencil scribbles on back endpapers]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Short stories
- Essays
- Notes
- "Assisted by Cecilia C. Gaul, A.B." Tp.
- Contributor's given name: Gaul, Cecelia Catherine.
- Volume 4 of 5 (Volume 1 and 3 are not in the collection.)
Gems of the world's best classics; a collection of complete short stories and essays, chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries, vol. 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4238
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Jones, Llewellyn, 1884-1961
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Call Number
- 824 JON v. 5
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.76.29
- Call Number
- 824 JON v. 5
- Author
- Jones, Llewellyn, 1884-1961
- Contributor
- Gaul, Cecelia C.
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Oxford Society
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- 1278 p., ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Short stories
- Essays
- Notes
- "Assisted by Cecilia C. Gaul, A.B." Tp.
- Contributor's given name: Gaul, Cecelia Catherine.
- Volume 5 of 5. (Volume 1 and 3 are not in the collection)
General catalogue no. 4 : telephone apparatus, wires and cables, electrical supplies
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2029
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.74
- Call Number
- 621.3 NOR
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Publisher
- Northern Electric Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1924
- Physical Description
- 1119 p. : ill. : 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "GD Perry 600 14th Avenue Vancouver, B. C." [Handwritten in pencil on pre-title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Northern Electric Company
- Electric apparatus and appliances
- Commercial catalogs
- Catalogs
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Cross-reference with 621.3 NOR / BV985.5269.1
![Grocery store ATM, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3262.jpg?width=280)
Grocery store ATM
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98184
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified person, with a Bank of Montreal name tag, holding a shopping basket and leaning on an ATM inside of a grocery store.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3262
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified person, with a Bank of Montreal name tag, holding a shopping basket and leaning on an ATM inside of a grocery store.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on original file name
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![Grocery store ATM, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3262.jpg)
Interview with Bill Gruenthal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19636
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business,…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Bill Gruenthal Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business, his knowledge and interest in Judaism, places that he and his wife lived before moving to Burnaby, family life in Burnaby and his political involvement in running for the Burnaby school board. 00:27:02 – 00:42:50 Bill Gruenthal talks about the Burquest Jewish Community Association, it’s background and his involvement, experiences of discrimination in his career, a brief history of the Jewish people and some cultural traditions. 00:42:51 – 00:56:04 Bill Gruenthal mentions some of the charities that he supports including Burnaby Hospital, his volunteer work within the community and community organizations including the Nikkei Place Foundation and shares more details on his insurance career. 00:56:05 – 01:14:37 Bill Gruenthal shares information about his Burnaby neighbourhood and Jewish funeral customs and provides his impressions of new development at Brentwood, Burnaby Council and other development projects in Burnaby.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Bill Gruenthal was born in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1935 after his parents had fled Germany in advance of the then worsening political situation. Bill’s father died in 1942; some years later his mother remarried to an Irish-born senior civil servant in that government. He had a difficult and somewhat dangerous job. Soon after marriage, the family, including Bill’s older brother, Martin, immigrated to Canada in January 1947 on the strength of his step-father’s British Passport. They traveled via New York, where Bill’s uncle and his family resided and who put up the family. Later that month, the parents travelled by CP rail from Montreal to Vancouver, followed by Bill and his brother in March 1947 who travelled from New York to White Rock on an American railroad. While passing through the Fraser Valley Bill’s parents took an interest in Silverdale, a small hamlet west of Mission where the four eventually settled. Bill finished High School in Mission and soon joined the insurance industry. Bill connected with the Jewish Community in Vancouver where he met his soon-to-be wife. Upon marriage they were transferred to Calgary; after five years suffering its cold weather they were transferred back to Vancouver. They settled in Burnaby in 1966 as an affordable neighbourhood with easy access to his office downtown Vancouver. Outside work, Bill helped raise his family of three daughters who all graduated Burnaby High School (Alpha). They joined Temple Sholom in Vancouver, and he volunteered and still volunteers for a number of non-profits, including The Jewish Museum and Archives and Nikkei Place Foundation (Burnaby). He was an early long-term supporter and a past president of Burquest Jewish Community Association, mostly involving persons from Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area (hence the name). He ran for political office in Burnaby in 1976 but was not elected. He delivers food in Burnaby for the Food Bank and is a donor to many worthy causes including Burnaby General Hospital. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Migration
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Transportation
- Transportation - Rail
- Religions - Judaism
- Cemeteries
- Organizations
- Elections
- Names
- Gruenthal, Bill
- Gruenthal, Noemi Yadlow
- O'Connor, Herta Ingrid Gruenthal
- O'Connor, John
- Burquest
- Jacobson, Max Alec
- Temple Shalom
- Brentwood Shopping Centre
- Brentwood Park School
- Alpha Secondary School
- Burnaby School Board
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0014_003.mp3