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Interview with Shirley Cohn

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (16 min., 57 sec.) (50 min., 36 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (50 min., 36 sec.)

Scope and Content: File consists of two recordings of oral history interviews with Shirley Cohn conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. The first interview was conducted on April 14, 2023 and the second interview was conducted on September 6, 2023. Summary of interview conducted on …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (16 min., 57 sec.) (50 min., 36 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (50 min., 36 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Shirley Cohn Location of Interviews: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Dates: April 14, 2023 and September 6, 2023 Total Number of Tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 67 min., 33 sec. Digital master recording (wav) recording of second interview (50 min., 36 sec.) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: File consists of two recordings of oral history interviews with Shirley Cohn conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. The first interview was conducted on April 14, 2023 and the second interview was conducted on September 6, 2023. Summary of interview conducted on September 6, 2023: 0:00 – 16:09 Shirley Cohn shares background information about her parents who immigrated to Detroit from Hungary in the 1930’s. Shirley recalls what it was like for her parents being Jewish during World War II and how many of their relations were killed in the Holocaust. Shirley talks about her Jewish Hungarian heritage, what it was like growing up in Detroit, the Jewish community in Detroit and the Jewish holidays and traditions that her family celebrated. Shirley recalls her high school and University education and experiences, starting her career in social work and how she met her future husband, Theodore “Ted” Cohn. 16:10 – 18:27 Shirley shares the story about her father in law, Dr. Daniel E. Cohn who was Harry Houdini’s doctor at the time of his death in Detroit on Oct. 31, 1926. Shirley explains that she donated some of Dr. Daniel E. Cohn’s original documents pertaining to this event to the New York Public Library. 18:28 – 26:04 Shirley describes her experiences living and working in London Ontario while her husband was a professor at University of Western Ontario and Shirley worked as a social worker in family services. Shirley recalls experiences of anti-Semitism while living in London. Shirley talks about moving to Burnaby in 1977 after her husband took a job as a professor at Simon Fraser University. Shirley describes her experiences living in Burnaby, raising a family and working as a social worker at Burnaby General Hospital. 26:05 – 26:18 Shirley talks about her interests outside of work, her family’s involvement in the Burquest Jewish Community Association and being a member of Temple Shalom. Shirley conveys information about other Jewish synagogues in Greater Vancouver, describes Reform Judaism at Temple Shalom and some Jewish cultural practices that her family has been involved with. 26:19 – 33:12 Shirley describes her family’s experiences living in the Garden Village nieghbourhood in Burnaby, her involvement sharing Jewish cultural traditions at her children’s school and recalls her children’s experiences attending school in Burnaby. 33:13 – 40:46 Shirley conveys the career paths that her children took and talks about what she likes about living in Burnaby including; the walking and hiking trails, the cultural and art performances and her involvement in local politics. Shirley talks about her and her husband’s involvement in the SFU retirees association and the SFURA walking and hiking group. Shirley reflects on her husband’s academic career, experiences teaching at SFU and the role of the Hillel Jewish Students Association at the Simon Fraser University. Shirley talks about the difficulties of discussing political views about the State of Israel. Shirley describes some traditional Jewish foods, the roles that they play and a local bakery that carries Jewish bake goods. 40:47 – 50:36 Shirley describes her current daily life in Burnaby; working one day a week as a social worker, gardening, her involvement at Temple Shalom and the Jewish Community Centre and how she travels in Burnaby. Shirley recalls the changes that she’s encountered in Burnaby and in her career over the years, shares a story about her husband losing his thesis and describes what Burnaby was like while she was raising her family. Shirley shares what she thinks about the areas of development in Burnaby and conveys the importance of having parks and affordable housing. In closing, Shirley reflects on what is like to be a Jewish person living in Burnaby.

History: Interviewee biography: Shirley Tanner was born in Detroit in 1947. Her parents were both Jewish. Her mother fled Hungary as a refugee in 1939, while her father emigrated from there in 1934. Shirley attended public schools in Detroit, and then studied social work at the University of Michigan. After marriage, Shirley and Ted Cohn moved to Ontario where Ted had a faculty appointment at the University of Western Ontario in political science. Six years later they moved to Burnaby for Ted’s teaching position in political science at Simon Fraser University. While living in Burnaby, Shirley took care of a growing family while also practicing social work, mainly at Burnaby Hospital. The family enjoyed Burnaby’s libraries and parks. Shirley helped out at her children’s schools, became a Block Watch captain, and the family joined Burquest Jewish Community Association. The Cohns later became members of Temple Sholom Synagogue in Vancouver, while remaining in Burnaby. Beginning in 2009, Ted started an informal hiking group for retired Simon Fraser University staff. This group has been open to others, so now has a wide variety of members. Shirley has also helped lead hikes in the region. 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: Education; Recreational Activities - Hiking; Organizations; Organizations - Societies and Clubs; Migration; Persons - Jewish Canadians; Religions - Judaism; Social Issues - Racism; Social Issues; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Cohn, Dr. Daniel E.; Cohn, Shirley; Cohn, Theodore H. "Ted"; Burquest; Hillel Jewish Students Association; Simon Fraser University; SFURA walking and hiking group; Simon Fraser University Retirees Association "SFURA"; Temple Shalom

Responsibility: Damer, Eric

Accession Code: BV023.16.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Summary, recording and transcript of second interview available on Heritage Burnaby

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Interview with Shirley Cohn, [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023

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Jane Ann Rollason

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860-1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Jane Ann Rollason.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1860-1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-119

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a woman identified as Jane Ann Rollason.

Names: Hill, Jane Sophia Ann Rollason

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "____ Berkeley / (Marian (Berkeley) Hill's mother)"; Photograph stamp on recto reads: "William Heath / 24 George Street / Plymouth"

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Jane Rollason Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1885]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Jane Hill (nee Rollason), wife of Richard Hill and mother to Louis Claude and Bernard Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1885]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-1041

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Jane Hill (nee Rollason), wife of Richard Hill and mother to Louis Claude and Bernard Hill.

Names: Hill, Jane Rollason

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Janet and Stefanie Goh

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 7, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of mother and daughter, Janet and Stefanie Goh.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 7, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0734

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of mother and daughter, Janet and Stefanie Goh.

Names: Goh, Janet; Goh, Stephanie

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "1070 Bby"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Jennifer Branston with Carol McKenzie and Kyla

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 8, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mother’s Day contest winner Jennifer Branston with her daughter Kyla and her mother Carol McKenzie.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 8, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0288

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mother’s Day contest winner Jennifer Branston with her daughter Kyla and her mother Carol McKenzie.

Names: Branston, Jennifer; McKenzie, Carol

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "1216 Bby"; Scan is cropped

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Jesse Love family reunion

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Dec. 27, 1990

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Love family reunion. Groups of senior members of the Love family are seated at dining room tables. Gona Whiting and Dick Whiting along with Les and Lousie Barnes are identified sitting across from each other near the window of the table on the right.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse restoration photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Material Details: Photocopy of photograph with notes in pencil and blue ink accompanies photograph. Notes read from left to right: "Edna Whiting / wife of Dick. / Dick Whiting / 80 years old. / his father Wallace / Whiting + mother / Annie Love. / (related to Claytons) / Les' 2nd wife, / Louise / Les Barnes" "Identification / 1990 by family / + notes by Curator / Colin Stevens"

Scope and Content: Photograph of a Love family reunion. Groups of senior members of the Love family are seated at dining room tables. Gona Whiting and Dick Whiting along with Les and Lousie Barnes are identified sitting across from each other near the window of the table on the right.

Accession Code: BV018.41.105

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: Dec. 27, 1990

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 24-Feb-19

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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John and Lillian at the train station

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 18, 1948

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of newlyweds John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko with Lillian's mother Eugenia "Jenny" (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy and unidentified woman at the train station at Nelson, British Columbia.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 18, 1948

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-141

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of newlyweds John Ivan Yanko and Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" (Carman) Yanko with Lillian's mother Eugenia "Jenny" (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy and unidentified woman at the train station at Nelson, British Columbia.

Names: Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman; Yanko, John Ivan; Nagy, Eugenia "Jenny" Haresomovych Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "18 October 1948 / Nelson BC" and "Blue gabardine suit, blue tie, white shirt, black shoes / Greyish blue suit, white blouse, blue shoes"

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John Burton subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1923]-[194?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the John Burton family home at 420 12th Avenue in Burnaby, BC.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1923]-[194?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: John Burton subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1989-05

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the John Burton family home at 420 12th Avenue in Burnaby, BC.

History: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, Edmonds, 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. 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.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Burton, John

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries; PC216

Joseph De Souza, Theresa De Souza and Gary Gartner

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 6, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joseph De Souza with his mother Theresa at Royal Columbian hospital receiving a teddy bear from Lions’ Club member Gary Gartner.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 6, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0695

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Joseph De Souza with his mother Theresa at Royal Columbian hospital receiving a teddy bear from Lions’ Club member Gary Gartner.

Names: De Souza, Joseph; De Souza, Theresa; Gartner, Gary

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "#783 Mario Bby / Bby p. 2 56%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1941-1988]

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 35 photographs + 1.5 cm textual records + 1 map + 1 book

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and documents relating to Joseph (Joe) Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie during his service with the RCAF during World War II (1942-1945) along with photographs and docments relating to his personal and professional life (. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Joseph H.C. Co…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 35 photographs + 1.5 cm textual records + 1 map + 1 book

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs and documents relating to Joseph (Joe) Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie during his service with the RCAF during World War II (1942-1945) along with photographs and docments relating to his personal and professional life (. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Joseph H.C. Corsbie RCAF records series 2) Joseph H.C. Corsbie personal and professional records series

History: Joseph “Joe” Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie was born in 1913 in Peace River (Doe River) to parents Joseph Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie and Winnifred Ann Mapleton Corsbie. As an adult Joe trained and served with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a navigator between 1942 and 1945. In 1945, while serving with the RCAF during World War II, Joe was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. After World War II, Joe returned to Peace River where he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly serving as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLA for one term between 1945 and 1948. In April 1948, Joe Corsbie married Margaret Carr in the Metropolitan United Church in Victoria followed by a reception held at the B.C. Legislature buildings. On their wedding day, the couple were honoured with a hand painted congratulatory certificate signed by members of the B.C. Legislature. In late, 1948, Joe lost the election and moved with his wife Margaret to Black Creek, B.C. to manage a co-op store. In 1949, the couple welcome their first child who they named Margaret after her mother. In 1950, Joe, Margaret and their daughter moved to a home on Charles Street in Burnaby and Joe began working as the General Manager of the Gulf and Fraser Fishermen’s Credit Union. In 1951, Joe and Margaret welcomed their second child, named Josesph after his father and in 1952, Joe, Margaret and family moved to 84 Springer Avenue, Burnaby where they lived until 1989. Between 1959 and 1976, Joe worked as a General Manager for the CU & C Health Services Society (later became Pacific Blue Cross). While working there, he focused on organizing both extended healthcare benefits and dental coverage for employee groups. In 1964, Joe Corsbie was elected to Burnaby Municipal Council and served one term between 1964 and 1968. Joe also served on the Burnaby Parks Commission (after 1968); served on the Board of Directors for Heritage Village, worked for a short period as a temporary curator for Heritage Village, represented the United Church in organizing and building St. Michael’s Care Centre and served on the Board of Director's. Joe Corsbie died in 1992 and his wife Margaret Corsbie died in 2004.

Creator: Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"

Accession Code: BV020.31

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1941-1988]

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Arrangement: Arrangement of fonds is based on the original arrangement by donor.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Joyce Stanley watching man with baby bear

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of young Joyce Stanley and woman watching man with baby bear. Woman standing next to Joyce may be her mother Esther (Love) Stanley. Man is squating down next to baby bear that he has on a leash.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of young Joyce Stanley and woman watching man with baby bear. Woman standing next to Joyce may be her mother Esther (Love) Stanley. Man is squating down next to baby bear that he has on a leash.

Subjects: Animals - Bears

Names: Warner, Joyce Stanley

Accession Code: BV022.32.632

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-29

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431); Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "JOYCE"; Note in white ink on album page reads:"JOYCE"

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Judith Annette Shaw

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1944?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of young Judith Annette Shaw taken in a portrait studio. Judith is wearing a dress that was made by her mother Lois (Gilbert) Shaw. The photograph portrait was put on display in the window of the photograph studio.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of young Judith Annette Shaw taken in a portrait studio. Judith is wearing a dress that was made by her mother Lois (Gilbert) Shaw. The photograph portrait was put on display in the window of the photograph studio.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Shaw, Judith A.

Accession Code: BV023.18.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1944?]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-09-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Notes on verso of photograph read: "PICTURE WAS PUT / IN THE WINDOW OF / PHOTO PLACE WHERE / PICTURE WAS TAKEN- / JUDITH ANNETTE / SHAW / BORN NOV 8, 1943 / DRESS MADE BY / LOIS SHAW FROM / PARACHUTE SILK"; Handwritten identifier on verso of photograph reads: "SHAW_432-1388"

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Kay North subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-[1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of Riverway Mission Sunday school classes and the Cropley/Rorison family, as well as a 1914 Deed of Land and 1913 Agreement of Sale of Land for the Cropley family.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913-[1958]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Kay North subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1991-04; BHS1991-38

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of Riverway Mission Sunday school classes and the Cropley/Rorison family, as well as a 1914 Deed of Land and 1913 Agreement of Sale of Land for the Cropley family.

History: Kay Rorison North was one of the twin daughters of Burnaby carpenter William Rorison and Alma Cropley Rorison. Kay and her twin Evelyn were nine month old when her parents moved them and her two older brothers, Bill and Hugh, to Burnaby in 1922. Her younger brother, John, was not yet born. Kay's grandmother, Matilda Louise Cropley, bought three acres of land on Marine Drive (then called River Road) in South Burnaby and William built two houses on the property: one for his family and, six years later, one for his wife's widowed mother. They built a barn and kept cows, goats and the occasional pig. Her father built wooden toys and board games for the children. Kay went to Riverway West School with thirty-one other children, with grades one to four taught together in the one-room school house. She also attended Sunday school at Riverway mission for eight years and taught it there for another fifteen. Kay and her husband Doug have two daughters.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: North, Kay Rorison

Notes: Title based on contents and creator of subseries; PC269, MSS051

Knight family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1982

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photgraphs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938-1982

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Knight family subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and photgraphs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1992-53

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.

History: Milton "Milt" Waller Knight was born in Canada circa 1904. His wife Virginia Harrington was born in Duluth, Minnesota circa 1905 and lived most of her life in Canada. Virginia was the first person in British Columbia to breed budgies when she began in 1932 and by 1939 she and her husband created the first crested budgie in the world. By 1942, Virginia was also housing two-hundred and fifty birds at the home of her mother, Mrs. N.M. Herington, which was located at 1775 West 13th Avenue in Burnaby. Milton and Virginia Knight moved into their own home during the war years but, as they could not get their large aviary moved, they were forced to sell their crested birds. When they started up in their birds again, they obtained some of their crested back. By 1948 they had created two types of crested: those with a miniature cockatiel crest and those with a crest like a crested canary. By 1950 they had created the crested in over twelve colours of budgie, including cobalt and yellow-wing greens. The Knights lived together at 3718 Sperling Avenue (later renumbered 5255 Sperling Avenue) and opened Lakeview Aviaries on their one acre property at Deer Lake where Virginia specialized in budgies (Budgerigars) and bred the first albino in Canada and the first crested variety in the world. She kept Java rice birds, button quail, red factor canaries, cockatiels, finches, love birds and twelve varieties of budgerigar. She was a member of the British Columbia Budgerigar and Foreign Bird Society. The facilities at Lakeview Aviaries included two heated aviary cages and three outdoor flight cages constructed by Milton. Lakeview housed the only "hospital" facilities in the city for cage birds, which featured an electrically heated, thermostatically controlled hospital cage. Virginia, known in the community as “the Bird Doctor” nursed many sick birds back to health free of charge for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or SPCA. The Knights often donated their trained birds to sick and injured children, for Virginia believed, “Budgies do wonders for the kiddies. They make them forget their troubles and of course a happy mental outlook is a definite aid to better physical health.” The couple’s personal pets included eight different types of parrot, three talking budgies, a dancing bare-eyes cockatoo, three talking cockatiel, and “Hoppy” her pet owl. By 1952, they had a toucan and a macaw as pets. In later years, they added two small dogs. By 1965, Milton had over 25 years of service as a truck driver at the Vancouver Service Department. He was also an avid collector of antique watches and clocks. He reconditioned the timepieces, systematically restoring them to their original condition. He was a member of the National Association of Clock and Watch Collectors. Milt also treasured old music boxes and restored their large metal discs and rolls to “as new” condition. Milton Knight died March 7, 1966 at 62 years of age. Virginia Knight lived alone at 5755 Sperling Avenue after her husband’s death and continued her work at the Lakeview Aviary where she “doctored 700-800 [birds] a year free of charge (except medicine) and gave SPCA donations up to $1000 a year.” Virginia Knight passed away November 10, 1987 at 82 years of age.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Knight, Milton; Knight, Virginia

Notes: MSS117, PC510; Title based on contents and creator of subseries

Leila Orman subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1918-1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1918-1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Leila Orman subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.

History: A. Leila Orman was born June 2, 1901 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. She is the youngest daughter of Daisy Marie Orman, her sister Daisy Hilda Orman (later Targett) being three and a half years her senior. At five years old Leila began a long fight with a crippling type of rheumatoid arthritis. By the time she was thirteen, she experienced completely ankylosed joints. Her family travelled all over hoping to find a cure, but to no avail. In 1913 her father joined his two brothers in Calgary, and by 1915 the family had joined him. Leila developed an interest in painting and knitting, and composed her own poems. She began writing news articles for the Calgary Daily Herald in the 1930s, and her first sonnet was published in that paper on August 28, 1934. She had a strong interest in the arts, often writing about music and the visual arts. While living in Calgary, she became a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club as well as a member of the Canadian Author’s Association. When her father retired in 1938, the family moved to Rosewood Avenue in Burnaby. Leila wrote on a typewriter with two sticks to type out the letters. She was an avid reader and was able to turn the pages with a special stick with elastic bands wound around the ends. Canadian novelist Maida Parlow French became her lifelong friend and encouraged her to write her own autobiography, but she was not able to finish it. Leila wrote “The Giving Heart” in October of 1948. By 1952, she was writing the "Across the Board" column for the British Columbia Saturday Magazine with the intention of inspiring other “incapacitated folk” to live up to their full potential: “If [she] could reach a few people, and encourage them to reach up and out, [she] should feel the effort well worthwhile.” A member of the St. Alban’s Prayer Healing Fellowship group, Leila wrote the “Christian Manifesto for World Peace” in 1963. The Prayer Group met twice monthly at one of the members’ homes and undertook to pray daily for the sick and for world peace. After Leila’s mother died in 1955, Leila’s friend Jeanie Brown kept house for her and was her constant companion. Jeanie Brown and Leila lived together for over thirteen years until an accident sent Leila to hospital and later to nursing home where she died on February 16, 1976.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Orman, A. Leila

Notes: MSS104 and PC506; Title based on content of subseries

Letter written by Gerald Frank Sanders

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 30 Apr. 1945

Collection/Fonds: Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of an air mail letter from Gerald Frank Sanders to his mother, Mrs. F (Harriet Agnes) Sanders, 4312 Spruce St., New Westminster, B.C.; written April 30/45. The letter is numbered "No. 32" and contains news of Gerald's time while stationed in Yorkshire, England during World War Two; a …

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds

Series: Sanders family personal papers series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of an air mail letter from Gerald Frank Sanders to his mother, Mrs. F (Harriet Agnes) Sanders, 4312 Spruce St., New Westminster, B.C.; written April 30/45. The letter is numbered "No. 32" and contains news of Gerald's time while stationed in Yorkshire, England during World War Two; a hand-written note on the front in pencil states: "Received / V-E-Day / May 7th / 1945".

Accession Code: BV018.34.6

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 30 Apr. 1945

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-07-12

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Lillian and her parents

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77901

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lelia Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko), her step-father Joseph Nagy and her mother Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy standing arm in arm, along a planked sidewalk in Nelson, British Columbia.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1948

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-089

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lelia Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko), her step-father Joseph Nagy and her mother Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy standing arm in arm, along a planked sidewalk in Nelson, British Columbia.

Names: Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman; Nagy, Joseph; Nagy, Eugenia "Jenny" Haresomovych Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "1948 Nelson, BC"

Images

Lillian and Jenny

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77832

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) and her mother Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy standing in front of an unidentified building in Nelson, British Columbia.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x6 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-058

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) and her mother Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy standing in front of an unidentified building in Nelson, British Columbia.

Names: Nagy, Eugenia "Jenny" Haresomovych Carman; Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1946"

Images

Lillian and Jenny

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77834

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) and her mother Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy standing in front of an unidentified building in Nelson, British Columbia.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-059

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) and her mother Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy standing in front of an unidentified building in Nelson, British Columbia.

Names: Nagy, Eugenia "Jenny" Haresomovych Carman; Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1946"

Images

Lillian and Jenny

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77906

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) and her mother Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy, taken in the summer.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-091

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) and her mother Eugenia “Jenny” (Haresomovych) (Carman) Nagy, taken in the summer.

Names: Nagy, Eugenia "Jenny" Haresomovych Carman; Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "Lil Mom"

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