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The history of photography, from 1839 to the present day
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1070
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993
- Publication Date
- c1949
- Call Number
- 770.9 NEW
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 770.9 NEW
- Author
- Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Museum of Modern Art
- Publication Date
- c1949
- Physical Description
- 256 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "D. H. MOORE / 221 PARK ST. / PORT ARTHUR, ONT. CANADA", printed on sticker on inside of front cover.
- "Hal Johnston Images / 4447 Venables Street / Burnaby, B.C. / V5C 3A5", printed on stick on inside of front cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Photography--History
- Notes
- Distributed by Simon and Schuster, New York
- Text first published in the exhibition catalog Photography, 1839-1937 by the Museum of Modern Art in 1937. In 1938 the text and ill. were reprinted with minor revisions as Photography: a short critical history.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index.
The 26 letters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5978
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Ogg, Oscar
- Publication Date
- c1961
- c1948
- Call Number
- 745.6 OGG
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 745.6 OGG
- Author
- Ogg, Oscar
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company
- Publication Date
- c1961
- c1948
- Physical Description
- 262 p. ; ill., maps ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Alphabets
- Writing
- Lettering
- Type and type-founding
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Includes pictures of different types
A Latin grammar for schools : based on the principles and requirements of the Grammatical Society
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1490
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3715.2
- Call Number
- 475 SON
- Edition
- 12th ed.
- Place of Publication
- London ; New York
- Publisher
- George Allen & Co., Ltd.
- The MacMillan Company
- Publication Date
- 1911
- c1889
- Series
- Parallel Grammar series
- Physical Description
- 2 pts. in 1 v.(vii, 219 p.) ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front end paper:[middle of page] "Annie Hill" [handwritten in ink] "McGill Univ. Coll. " "Vancouver, B.C."[handwritten in pencil] Back end paper: "as/1.00" [top left corner; handwritten in pencil] "Thomson Staionery Company Ltd. Vancouver" [bottom left corner, white rectangler label with dark blue lettering]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Latin language--Grammar
- Latin language--Composition and exercises
- Latin language
- Notes
- Contains two seperate books: Part I - Accidence (1911) and Part II - Syntax (1909).
- Includes index
- Author's given name and dates : Sonnenschein, E. A. (Edward Adolf), 1851-1929.
A romance of two worlds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2956
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924
- Publication Date
- c1888
- Call Number
- 823.8 COR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.110.13
- Call Number
- 823.8 COR
- Author
- Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Mershon Company
- Publication Date
- c1888
- Physical Description
- 348, [2] p.
- Inscription
- "Miss Stewart / Vancouver B.C.", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
The carpenters' steel square, and its uses. : being a description of the square, and its uses in obtaining the lengths and bevels of all kinds of rafters, hips, groins, braces, brackets, purlins, collar beams, and jack-rafters ; also its application in obtaining the bevels and cuts for hoppers, spring mouldings, octagons, stairs, diminished stiles, etc., etc., etc.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3554
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- 3rd ed., rev. and greatly enl.
- Publication Date
- 1901
- c1880
- c1883
- Call Number
- 694 HOD
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.44.3
- Call Number
- 694 HOD
- Edition
- 3rd ed., rev. and greatly enl.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Industrial Publication Co.
- Publication Date
- 1901
- c1880
- c1883
- Physical Description
- 98 p. : ill. : 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Claude De Vall Seattle June 3 1902" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf, underlined] "CLAUDE L. DE VALL 1412 8 AVE. SEATTLE" [Stamped in purple ink on front flyleaf] "469 - SINCLAIR ST EDMONTON. ALTA." [Stamped in blue ink on front flyleaf] "BUILDING DESIGNER 11 - DOMINON BLDG" [Stamped in black ink on front flyleaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Carpentry--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Hodgson, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919
The century illustrated monthly magazine : November 1886; to April 1887, vol. xxxiii, new series vol. xi
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2011
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.28
- Call Number
- 050 CEN
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Century
- Publication Date
- c1887
- Printer
- De Vinnie Press
- Physical Description
- 976 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- American literature
- Notes
- Includes index.
Cooking out-of-doors : fire building, outdoor kitchens, cook-out hikes, food planning, recipes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6823
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.16
- Call Number
- 641.575 GIR
- Contributor
- Melick, Sharon F.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Girl Scouts of the United States of America
- Publication Date
- c1946
- Physical Description
- 123 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "D. Bain" [handwritten in black ink on inside cover] "4th Co. N Burnaby Girl Guides" [stamped in red ink on title page and cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cookbooks--1940-1949
- Camping
- Outdoor cooking
- Notes
- "Illustrations by Sharon F. Melick"-- title page
C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17810
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-] (date of originals) - 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 238 photographs + 3 audio cassettes + 2 sound recordings (mp3) + 6 videocassettes + 8 video recordings (mp4)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created and adminstered by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, preservation and documentation of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. Series have been arranged into the following subseries: 1) Carousel photographs subseries 2) Caro…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 238 photographs + 3 audio cassettes + 2 sound recordings (mp3) + 6 videocassettes + 8 video recordings (mp4)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of records created and adminstered by the Burnaby Village Museum pertaining to the history, acquistion, restoration, preservation and documentation of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. Series have been arranged into the following subseries: 1) Carousel photographs subseries 2) Carousel sound recordings and films subseries
- History
- "The C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was built in 1912 in Leavenworth Kansas by the Charles Wallace Parker Company. It was the one hundred and nineteenth carousel made by the company and was so named the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel. In 1913 the carousel was sold to Mr. F.K. Leggett of Houston Texas for $5,886.00 and was originally equipped with a steam engine and ""wishbones/grass-hopper/jumping horse"" mechanisms. It toured Texas for two years with the Lone Star Circus until 1915 when the machine was shipped back to the factory. It is believed that the machine was rebuilt by the factory with fancier horses and heavier rounding boards referred to as the “Superior” style. Some of the horses were built around 1917 and some between 1920 and 1922. The factory records consulted do not tell for certain where the machine went between 1915 and 1936, possibly to San Jose, California from 1918 until 1922 and then to San Francisco California, or Tacoma, Washington. Accounts from the family of James W. "Jimmy" Robertson, supervisor of rides for Happyland, tell of him travelling with his wife Dora Robertson to Washington, Oregon and California in the fall of 1935 or early 1936 to pick up a new carousel for Happyland. By May 1936, the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was in operation in Happlyland inside Hastings Park. The Parker #119 carousel was installed in a pavilion in Happyland which had been built in 1928 by a rival company (Philadelphia Toboggan Company - P.T.C.) and was located next to the "Shoot the Chutes" ride in Hastings Park. Here it remained until Happyland was demolished in 1957. The C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was then moved to a new small pavilion in Playland until that too was demolished in 1972. From 1972 to 1990, the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel was operated outdoors inside Playland, and was put away each winter. In 1989 it was announced that the carousel would be sold off horse by horse at an auction in New York. Venus Solano and Doug McCallum and other local people came together to save the carousel and formed The Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel (also known as "Friends of the Carousel"). The first directors of the society consisted of, President and Chairman, Venus Solano; Secretary, Doug McCallum; Director, Keith Jamieson and Director, Nina Freid Rhodes. In May 1989, the Friends of the Carousel approached the Burnaby Village Museum Association who agreed to provide a home for the carousel, pending the approval of Burnaby Municipal Council. Don Wrigley who was president of the Burnaby Village Museum Association joined the board of The Friends of the Carousel as a liaison. The Friends of the Carousel first acquired two horses from the carousel, who were named Julius and Belle. These two carousel horses were used in fundraising over the summer of 1990, at which time the carousel was operating again for a short time inside Playland. The carousel horse named Julius was restored by William Dentzel III (a descendant of one of North America’s original carousel manufacturers) and the carousel horse named Belle was partially stripped and repaired. These carousel horses served as before and after examples of restoration. In June 1990 Don Wrigley was elected as president of The Friends of the Carousel and they set about raising the $350,000 to purchase the carousel and begin restoration work. With a lot of hard work, the help of the Government of British Columbia and the support of the Municipality of Burnaby, the carousel was purchased. Funds were also raised by The Friends of the Carousel to pay for the restoration, and Burnaby agreed to build a new pavilion for it as a Centennial project. Keith Jamieson, a carousel expert, was brought in to coordinate the rebuilding project and restoration work. The Centennial Parker Carousel (C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel) and the Don Wrigley Pavilion where the carousel is housed, opened at Burnaby Village Museum on March 25, 1993.
- Accession Code
- BV013.19
- BV019.21
- BV019.39
- BV020.5
- BV020.12
- BV022.2
- X5124
- X5125
- Date
- [190-] (date of originals) - 2012
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Moving Images
- Sound Recording
- Related Material
- Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel fonds
- Keith Jamieson fonds
- Faye Diamond fonds
- See also: Burnaby Village Museum artifacts for the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel as well as souvenir memorabilia from Lower Mainland Association of Friends of the Vancouver Carousel
- Arrangement
- Records have been created by various staff members of Burnaby Village Museum during the acquistion and research of the carousel. Some records were compiled together into a collection by subject and arranged according to their general material designations within the Burnaby Village Museum archival collection.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Further accruals are expected
- Contact Burnaby Village Museum to access sound recordings and moving images
Dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, geography, biography, and natural history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1582
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3894.1
- Call Number
- 220.3 SMI
- Contributor
- Smith, William, 1813-1893
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- American Book Exchange
- Publication Date
- 1880
- Physical Description
- 467 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- Back endpaper: "$1.00" [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible--History of Biblical events--Poetry
- Notes
- edited by William Smith, LL.D
The dolls of yesterday
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1040
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- St. George, Eleanor
- Publication Date
- c1948
- Call Number
- 745.592 STG
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0517108100
- Call Number
- 745.592 STG
- Author
- St. George, Eleanor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Bonanza
- Publication Date
- c1948
- Physical Description
- xvii, 204 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dolls
- Dolls--Collectors and collecting
- Notes
- "Dolls and doll collecting in Europe and America during the past 200 years, illustrated with photographs of more than 450 dolls" -- cover.
- Includes index.
Druggists circular and chemical gazette : a practical journal of chemistry as applied to pharmacy and sciences
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary393
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.6.25
- Call Number
- 615.19 WIL
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- William O. Allison
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- 288 p. ; 35 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmaceutical chemistry
- Periodicals
- Notes
- "A practical Journal of Chemistry as applied to Pharmacy and Sciences ; General Business Organ for Druggists, Chemists and Apothecaries and all branches connected with the Drug business".
- Volume XXXIII. - 1889.
The druggists circular and chemical gazette : a practical journal of chemistry, as applied to pharmacy, arts and sciences; and general business organ for druggists, chemists, and apothecaries, and all branches connected with the drug business
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary396
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.6.28
- Call Number
- 615 DRU
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- John Newton
- Publication Date
- 1886
- Printer
- Macgowan & Slipper
- Physical Description
- viii, 81-288 : ill. : 36 cm.
- Inscription
- "D. E. Campbell" [Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf] "FROM D. E. CAMPBELLXXX____ prior ___ Cor. Fort & Douglas Sts., VICTORIA, B. C." [Stamped in purple ink on front flyleaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmaceutical chemistry
- Periodicals
- Notes
- Includes index.
The elements of chemistry: a text-book for beginners
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1958
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927
- Publication Date
- 1892
- c1886
- Call Number
- 540 REM
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.98
- Call Number
- 540 REM
- Author
- Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Publication Date
- 1892
- c1886
- Series
- American Science Series
- Printer
- Robert Drummond
- Physical Description
- iii-x; 272 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
- Inscription
- notes in front; inside, "Gertre Jenkins" [Spelling may be incorrect] "Judson Dichieson" [Spelling may be incorrect] "Esther A. Abbott" "Madge Henderson" "Charlottetown" "Sept. 1st 1896"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemistry--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "American science series, elementary course"- title page
Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1769
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.31.20
- Call Number
- 814.3 EME
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes & Company
- Publication Date
- c1888
- Printer
- American Book -- Stratford Press, Inc.
- Physical Description
- viii, 376 p.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
The family cyclopaedia of useful knowledge : a complete library of useful information for the masses, embraced in the subjects of history, biography, natural history, travels, manners and customs, manufactures, vegetation, invention and discovery, mining, the sea, familiar science, the law, statistics, etc., etc.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5054
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.9
- Call Number
- 030 FAM
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- John S. Dorn Publisher
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- xii, 14-544 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Notes
- "with two hundred and seventy-three illustrations" --t.p.
Favorite poems
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1973
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.113
- Call Number
- 808.81 FAV
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- H. M. Caldwell Co.
- Publication Date
- 1880
- Physical Description
- 256 p. : 16 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mrs. F. B. Street 6176 Walker Ave Burnaby, B.C." [Handwritten in blue pen and pasted to front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- American poetry
Hand saws : their use, care and abuse : how to select, and how to file them
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5417
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X3375
- Call Number
- 621.154 HOD
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Industrial Publication Co.
- Publication Date
- 1883
- Physical Description
- vi, 96 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Saws
- Saw industry
- Notes
- "Being a complete guide for selecting, using and filing all kinds of hand-saws, back-saws, compass and key-hole saws web, hack and butcher's saws; showing the shapes, forms, angles, pitches and sizes of saw-teeth suitable for all kinds of saws, and for all kinds of wood, bone, ivory and metal; together with hints and suggestions on the choice of files, saw-sets, filling clamps, and other matters pertaining to the care and management of all classes of hand and other small saws. The work is intended more particularly for operative carpenters, joiners, cabinet-makers, cariage builders, and wood-workers generally, amateurs or professionals. Illustrated by over seventy-five engravings." -- Title page
- Author's full name and dates: Hodgson, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919
The home-made cookbook : a complete manual of practical, economical, palatable, healthful, and useful cookery.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2536
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.61.41
- Call Number
- 641 NAT
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- M.J. Ivers & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1885
- Physical Description
- 47 p.
- Inscription
- "Mrs O. E. Ciuttler Monklands O _ _" [Hand written in blue ink across top of title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking, American
- Cookbooks--United States
- Cookbooks--1850-1859
- Notes
- "price 10 cents" -- Cover
- Advertisements on last page and inside covers
Hygienic physiology: with special reference to the use of alcoholic drinks and narcotics
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2967
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Enl. ed. with sel. rea.
- Publication Date
- 1888
- c1884
- c1872
- Call Number
- 612 STE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.113.4
- Call Number
- 612 STE
- Edition
- Enl. ed. with sel. rea.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- American Book Company
- Publication Date
- 1888
- c1884
- c1872
- Series
- Pathfinder physiology
- Printer
- A.S. Barnes & Co.
- Physical Description
- xiv, 276 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "XIII" written above "150" on inside front page in pencil.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Physiology
- Hygiene
- Notes
- "Being a revised edition of the author's Fourteen Weeks in Human Physiology."
- "Edited for the use of Schools, in accordance with the recent Legislation upon Temperance Instruction."
- Includes index and a glossary.
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Interview with Shirley Cohn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19597
- 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 …
- 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
Interview with Shirley Cohn, [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023
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