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Kenneth Caple

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46103

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1968]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kenneth Caple, a renowned school teacher who played a key role in the beginning of regularly-scheduled broadcasts for schools in BC, eventually becoming Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) Regional Director of Programming in 1944. From 1947 to 1968 he was CBC Regional Director o…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1968]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-991

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kenneth Caple, a renowned school teacher who played a key role in the beginning of regularly-scheduled broadcasts for schools in BC, eventually becoming Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) Regional Director of Programming in 1944. From 1947 to 1968 he was CBC Regional Director of Broadcasting, and from 1969 to 1975 he was Simon Fraser University's Chancellor.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Caple, Kenneth; Simon Fraser University; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Baron Studios

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Kenneth Caple / CBC / Regional Representative"

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Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 2

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4636

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: July 8 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette (0:14:49 min)

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the family’s new house, Jean’s parents, and what it was like to live in Vancouver Heights at that time. Jean describes what it was like to live in the house before it was finished, and how the family did their chores. She discusses the changes to c…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Oral History collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette (0:14:49 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Teresa Ballentine Interviewee: Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg) Total Number of Tracks: 6 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:09:29

Scope and Content: Track 2: This portion of the recording pertains to the family’s new house, Jean’s parents, and what it was like to live in Vancouver Heights at that time. Jean describes what it was like to live in the house before it was finished, and how the family did their chores. She discusses the changes to chores, such as doing laundry, which occurred as the family adopted new technologies. Jean talks about her siblings, and the relativity of age. She recalls the birth of her younger brother, at home. She describes her parents’ backgrounds and how they met, after immigrating to Vancouver, as part of a close-knit Irish community. Jean recalls what the Vancouver Heights area was like in the 1920s. She mentions her father’s job, and recalls her mother’s daily occupations. She describes what she wore as a child, and the recreational activities of the time.

History: Recording is an interview with Jean Hogg conducted by her daughter Teresa Ballentine. Jean talks about her life as a resident of Burnaby from her childhood in the 1910s to widowhood in the 1960s. Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright was born in Burnaby in August 1915, two years after her family moved to 3871 East Pender Street. She was one of five children of Joseph Wright and Wilhelmina Williams. Her first husband was Walter Angus McCallum, who she was married to from 1940-1965; they raised two daughters: June and Teresa. Her second husband's last name was Hogg.

Creator: Ballentine, Teresa

Names: Wright Family; Hogg, Jean Wright McCallum

Accession Code: BV018.17.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: July 8 1992

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on content of sound recording; Label on audio cassette case reads: "Jean & Terry / Re / Jeans Memories & / Her Life History"; Label on Side A of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg - Memories / 1"; Label on Side B of audio cassette reads: "Jean Hogg Memories / 2"

Audio Tracks

Interview with Margaret Jane (Jean) Wright 1992 - Track 2, July 8 1992

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0017_0001_002.mp3