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Women's and children's fashions of 1917 : the complete Perry, Dame & Co. catalog
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary810
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Perry, Dame & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Call Number
- 391 PER
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0486271285
- Call Number
- 391 PER
- Author
- Perry, Dame & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dover
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- 149 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Inscription
- "BURNABY VILLAGE / MUSEUM / 1993 / DESIGN", handwritten in ink on cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Costume--United States--History--20th century
- Catalogs
- Notes
- "Complete, unabridged reprint of catalog no. 67, New York styles, spring and summer 1917, as published by Perry, Dame & Co., New York City"--T.p. verso.
500 small houses of the twenties
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary826
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0486263002
- 9780486263007
- Call Number
- 728 SMI
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dover
- Publication Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 312 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Notes
- Reprint, with new introd. Originally published as v. 1 of: The books of a thousand homes. New York : Home Owners Service Institute, 1923.
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 house beautiful : an unabridged reprint of the classic Victorian stylebook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary837
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Cook, Clarence, 1828-1900
- Publication Date
- 1995
- Call Number
- 747.2 COO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0486285863
- 9780486285863
- Call Number
- 747.2 COO
- Author
- Cook, Clarence, 1828-1900
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dover
- Publication Date
- 1995
- Series
- Dover books on architecture.
- Physical Description
- 336 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Interior decoration--History--19th century
- Victoriana
- Notes
- Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1881.
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
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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.mp3The 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
American Family of 1900-1920 : paper dolls in full color
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary875
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0486269485
- Call Number
- 391 TIE
- Author
- Tierney, Tom
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dover
- Publication Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 16 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Costume--History--20th century
- Fashion--United States--History
- Paper dolls
A price guide to Victorian houseware, hardware & kitchenware
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary943
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Barlow, Ronald S.
- Publication Date
- c1992
- Call Number
- 643 BAR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0933846037
- 9780933846036
- Call Number
- 643 BAR
- Author
- Barlow, Ronald S.
- Place of Publication
- El Cajon, Calif.
- Publisher
- Windmill Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- c1992
- Physical Description
- 375 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "Catalogues reproduced in part in VICTORIAN HOUSEWARE price guide. / 1. 1881 Simmons Hardware Company, St. Louis, MO - House Furnishing Catalogue. / 2. 1884 Sargent & Co. New York & New Haven Conn. Illustrated Catalogue of Hardware / 3. 1885 Frankfurth Hardware Co. Milwaukee - Farming Tools and Housefurnishing Goods. / 4. 1875 Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co. New Britain, Conn. General Hardware / 5. 1891 Benj. Allen & Co. Chicago, Ill. - Clocks, silver and silver plated ware. / 6. 1905 Bridge & Beach Mfg. Co. St. Louis, Mo. - Stoves and ranges / 7. 1893 Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, Ill. - Clocks, lamps and silver plated ware.", typed on a piece of paper stapled to the inside of the front cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Household appliances
- Kitchen utensils
- Catalogs
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 362) and index.
The art of blacksmithing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1263
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Bealer, Alex W.
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1995
- Call Number
- 682 BEA
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0785803955
- Call Number
- 682 BEA
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Author
- Bealer, Alex W.
- Place of Publication
- Edison, NJ
- Publisher
- Castle Books
- Publication Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 438 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "Eric Damer", handwritten in ink on cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Blacksmithing
- Notes
- Originally published: New York : Funk & Wagnalls, 1976.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-432) and index.
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
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
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.
The essential gardener : the best plants for design and cultivation : annuals, perennials, bulbs, roses, trees, shrubs, herbs, vegetables
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1283
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0517693399
- 9780517693391
- Call Number
- 635.9 FEL
- Author
- Fell, Derek
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Arch Cape Press
- Publication Date
- c1990
- Physical Description
- 704 p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Gardening
- Notes
- "A Friedman Group book"--T.p. verso.
- Includes index.
For God, country and Coca-Cola : the unauthorized history of the great American soft drink and the company that makes it
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary726
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Pendergrast, Mark
- Publication Date
- c1993
- Call Number
- 338.7 PEN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0684193477
- Call Number
- 338.7 PEN
- Author
- Pendergrast, Mark
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Publication Date
- c1993
- Physical Description
- xvii, 556 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Soft drink industry--United States--History
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-536) and index.
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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
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0001_003.mp3The junior book of camping and woodcraft
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6808
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Mason, Bernard S., 1896-1953
- Publication Date
- c1943
- Call Number
- 796.54 MAS
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.2
- Call Number
- 796.54 MAS
- Author
- Mason, Bernard S., 1896-1953
- Contributor
- Kock, Frederic H., 1902-
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Ronald Press
- Publication Date
- c1943
- Physical Description
- viii, 120p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Inscription
- "Linda Aukey" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "Doris Fowler Training Library Burnaby Area Girl Guides" [stamped in purple ink on page opposing front pastedown] large blue scribble on page 121 Library card pocket affixed to page opposing back pastedown with stamp reading "Doris Fowler Training Library Burnaby Area Girl Guides" stamped in purple ink
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Camping
Knots, and how to tie them
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6888
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Boy Scouts of America
- Publication Date
- c1942
- Call Number
- 623.88 BOY
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV016.49.23
- Call Number
- 623.88 BOY
- Author
- Boy Scouts of America
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Boy Scouts of America
- Publication Date
- c1942
- Physical Description
- 52 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Knots and splices
- Boys--Societies and clubs
- Names
- Boy Scouts Association
- Notes
- Includes index
Kovels' know your antiques
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1210
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kovel, Ralph M.
- Kovel, Terry H.
- Edition
- Rev. and updated.
- Publication Date
- 1993
- Call Number
- 745.1 KOV
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0517578069
- Call Number
- 745.1 KOV
- Edition
- Rev. and updated.
- Author
- Kovel, Ralph M.
- Kovel, Terry H.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Crown
- Publication Date
- 1993
- Physical Description
- xiv, 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Antiques
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-335 ) and index.
- "The best-selling guide to evaluating, buying, and caring for antiques by America's foremost experts in the field" -- cover.
- "This revision was finished in January 1993. The bibliographies and club lists have been totally updated and include new books and addresses not found in other editions." -- verso.
Leader's nature guide : how to do nature before she does you!
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6824
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.17
- Call Number
- 570.7 GAU
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Girl Scouts of the United States of America
- Publication Date
- c1942
- Physical Description
- 93 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "This book is the property of Capitol Hill District" [handwritten in blue ink on inside cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Nature study
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-93).