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clipboard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24489
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.984
- Description
- File board, "The Ottawa"; and cardboard for top of board, "The Ottawa File", "The Eclipse Manufacturing Co., Limited Ottawa, Canada" with metal clips.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C. Industrial 2-Ring Metal Ledger Clipboard Binder by the Steel Equipment Company of Ottawa and manufactured in Pembroke, Ontario. The original patent date is stamped 1911, however this item was likley used in the 1940s-50s. The original cardboard backing piece with the manufacturer information is still intact.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Sign reads " THE OTTAWA FILE/ The Eclipse Manufacturing Co./LIMITED/OTTAWA CAN." Chinese characters on label, which literally translate to "good smell or fragrant"; "harbour"; "Hong Kong"; "come"; "products or good"; "incoming products or goods"; "bill or list"; "tax"; "foot"; "bill or list". When adjusted for comprehension product is a packing list from Hong Kong.
- Measurements
- 34 cm height x 20 cm width
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commemorative plate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact83636
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.41.2
- Description
- Souvenir plate. Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of St. Stephen the Martyr, Anglican Church. It is a white ceramic plate with a gold edge. An image of the church is in the centre of the plate. The makers logo is on the bottom of the plate. "The Anglican Church of St. Stephen the Martyr / Burnaby, B.C. / 1913 - 1988"printed on the face of the plate in gothic letters. "DECORATED IN CANADA / 22 K GOLD / CAN. ART CHINA / COLLINGWOOD, ONT." text is printed in gold over and around a maple leaf logo.
- Object History
- plate is from the St. Stephen's, Anglican Church in East Burnaby.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia
- Object Term
- Commemorative
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Collingwood
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
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dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact32391
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.114.1
- Description
- Dress, c.1884. Beige silk taffeta and ivory silk floral brocade, mauve trim. Bodice with low square neck, half length sleeves with ruffle cuffs. Skirt with train, drapery around hips, ruffles down front. Trousseau for wedding. The bodice is made of beige taffeta, lined with white silk twill sewn together with the main fabric. It has a low square neckline. Its half length sleeves are attached at the armscye with a corded seam, and at the cuff they have a large pleated ruffle in mauve silk taffeta lined with the same fabric as the skirt. Besides this, there is no decoration on the bodice (it is noted in the accession file that the trim is missing from the bodice). Shaping comes from two darts on either side front and six panels in the back. There is boning in each dart and one in each side seam. The bodice extends to the hips, cinching in at the waist. At the centre back of the waist there is a white silk ribbon the extends to the left, and may have also been on the right as well originally. It closes at centre front with hooks and eyes. The skirt is made of ivory brocade with a sparse pattern of small pink floral bouquets. It has a grosgrain waistband that closes with two hooks and eyes at centre back. The opening in the skirt below does not have any closures. There are six gores, all sewn together with the cotton voile lining except for the centre front seam. At the top of the skirt there is a section of drapery (also lined in cotton voile) that circles around the hips to the side backs. It is ruched at centre front in three vertical lines. Under the drapery on the right side, there is a pocket with a cotton twill bag inserted into the seam. The skirt is heavily pleated at the back, where there is also a long train. The front or the skirt, extending to the front two gores, has a thin band of mauve ribbon right under the top drapery. Regularly spaced down the front of the skirt there are two rows of mauve pleated ruffles, like those on the bodice cuffs. At the hem there is another pleated ruffle that runs its whole length, made of the main dress fabric. The bodice is entirely hand sewn. The straight seams on the skirt are sewn with a chain stitch machine, and the rest is done by hand. The seams are finished with whip-stitching where the selvedge is not used.
- Object History
- This dress was part of Bella Rebecca Max's trousseau. She married Louis Levy in 1880 in Ontario.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes
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Edgar Elliott and his father in a buggy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription987
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.0 x 9.7 cm mounted on cardboard 11.5 x 16.0 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edgar Elliot and his father riding in a buggy. The boy and the bearded man, both dressed in suits and hats, are riding a buggy drawn by two white horses. They are stopped by a fence running by a field. The record also notes that the location is near Wawanesa, Ontario, and the famil…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.0 x 9.7 cm mounted on cardboard 11.5 x 16.0 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edgar Elliot and his father riding in a buggy. The boy and the bearded man, both dressed in suits and hats, are riding a buggy drawn by two white horses. They are stopped by a fence running by a field. The record also notes that the location is near Wawanesa, Ontario, and the family were old Empire Loyalists stock in Ontario.
- Names
- Elliot, Edgar
- Accession Code
- HV973.37.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1905]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-09
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Edgar Elliott and his father in a buggy, [1905] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1973/1973_0037_0001_001.jpg)
Four men in a parking lot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3620
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men in a parking lot, likely in Ontario. From the left is Cliff Cranswick, an unknown man, Gordon Robertson, and Art Egan. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men in a parking lot, likely in Ontario. From the left is Cliff Cranswick, an unknown man, Gordon Robertson, and Art Egan. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.
- Accession Code
- BV011.60.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1973
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- MacLeod, John Archy "Archie"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp in red ink on slide frame reads: "3_SEP73V2"
Images
Gerald F. Sanders outside house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9901
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1942
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Gerald F. Sanders stands on grass at the back of the family's house on Spruce Street. He wears pants and a t-shirt with RCAF insignia.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 4 cm
- Material Details
- Text in blue ink on verso "GFSANDERS. / 1942 AIRFORCE / ST THOMAS. / ONTARIO."
- Scope and Content
- Gerald F. Sanders stands on grass at the back of the family's house on Spruce Street. He wears pants and a t-shirt with RCAF insignia.
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Sanders, Gerald Frank
- Geographic Access
- Spruce Street
- Street Address
- 4092 Spruce Street
- Accession Code
- BV018.34.26
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1942
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cascade-Schou Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-07-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
History of Burnaby and vicinity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
t o r i c a l B . C . "
�W a l t e r Moberly. B o r n at Steeple-Ashton, Oxfordshire, E n g l a n d , on A u -
gust 15th, 1832, (1) he h a d spent his life heretofore i n Ontario, and h a d
been a surveyor there as a young man. C o m i n g to the Pacific Coast i n
1858, he had already done
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.1
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Place of Publication
- [S.l.]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Name Access
- Green, George
- Notes
- Autographed by author
- "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
- Copy 2 of 2
Images
Digital Books
History of Burnaby Resource Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7492
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2019
, Ontario. Like many
displaced Japanese Canadian families,
they did not return to BC for many
generations.
Yasui family, 1918.
Courtesy of Yasui family.
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Following the Second World War,
Burnaby became one of Canada’s fastest
growing suburbs.
All the activity in Burnaby during the Second World War
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV019.63.1
- Author
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 21 p. : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Directories
- Object History
- Created from research gathered by Burnaby Village Museum staff into the diverse History of Burnaby.
Images
Digital Books
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
Images
Digital Books
instructional pamphlet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39856
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.17.31
- Description
- Pamphlet, four pages; "Revised Edition October 15, 1942" "Read Carefully These Instructions About Your Gas Mask" "(The Civilian Respirator)"; "Prepared and Issued by the Office of the Director of Civil Air Raid Precautions, Daly Building, Ottawa, Canada, 1942"
- Object History
- Item was referred to by Harry Charles Cutress who was a volunteer with the Burnaby Air Raid Precautions unit in South Burnaby during the 1940s.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Instructional Documents
- Object Term
- Pamphlet, Instruction
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Ottawa
- Publication Date
- October 15, 1942
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![Interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter, [1977-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0015_003.jpeg?width=280)
Interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19637
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1977-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (65 min., 30 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (65 min., 9 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, James Binks on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 - 00:07:59 Interview opens with introductions. Lama Tenzin Sherpa provides biographical details about himself …
- 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
- 1 sound recording (wav) (65 min., 30 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (65 min., 9 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: James Binks Interviewees: Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue (Suzanne Salter) Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:05:30 Sound recording (wav) was converted to mp3 format for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, James Binks on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 - 00:07:59 Interview opens with introductions. Lama Tenzin Sherpa provides biographical details about himself and his family life in Nepal and explains how his father sent him to the Sonada Monastery in India to become a monk in 1989 and how he took a vow to become a monk in 1992. He recalls his early years of living at the monastery. 00:08:00 - 00:18:38 Lama Tenzin recalls how he came to be a monk at the Salugara Monastery and describes the teachings and skills that he learned there including making tormas and playing traditional musical instruments. Lama Tenzin describes his three year retreat in Kalimpong, India 2008-2012 and how he became Lama Tenzin. Lama Sue Salter assists Lama Tenzin in telling his story. 00:18:39 - 00:25:10 Lama Tenzin talks about returning to the Sonada Monastery after completing his three year retreat and coming to Canada in 2015 to begin his work as a Lama at the Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling centre (KKC) in Burnaby as well as the retreat centre on Salt Spring Island. 00:25:11 - 00:32:38 Lama Tenzin talks about learning English after arriving in Canada and finding his way around the city as a new immigrant. 00:32:59 - 00:43:13 Lama Susan Salter talks about meeting Lama Tenzin, her involvement with the Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling Centre and it’s history in Burnaby on Sidley Street since 1977. 00:43:14 - 00:53:52 Lama Tenzin and Lama Susan Salter describe daily and weekly practices at the Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling Centre in Burnaby, what a membership entails and types of educational programs offered at the centre. 00:53:53 - 00:59:23 Lama Tenzin and Lama Susan Salter talk about the location of their current centre in an apartment in Yale Town and retreat centre on Salt Spring Island and the challenges of finding affordable space for their centre. They reflect on the positive aspects of having their former centre location in Burnaby. 00:59:24 - 01:05:09 Lama Tenzin and Lama Susan Salter reflect on the future of the Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling (KKC) and Kunzang Dechen Osel Ling (KDOL) meditation retreat centre on Salt Spring Island.
- History
- Interviewees' biographies: Lama Tenzin Sherpa was born in Nepal in 1977. When he was around 11 years old his father sent him to the Sonada Monastery (also known as sthe Samdrub Dhargay Choling Monastery) in West Bengal to begin his training to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. In 1989, the same year that Kalu Rinpoche died, Lama Tenzin became a monk. He continued to live at the monastery for 20 years. In 2012, Lama Tenzin completed his three year retreat and took up various responsibilities at the Salagura Stupa Kunchab Chodey. In 2015, Lama Tenzin was invited to Canada as a resident teacher at the Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Centre “Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling” (KKC) located at 4941 Sidley Street, Burnaby and the Niguma Meditation Centre's retreat centre Kunzang Dechen Osel Ling (KDOL) on Saltspring Island. Lama Sue Salter (Karma Lhamo) has been a student of Kalu Rinpoche since 1974. In 1980, she completed a three year retreat at the Palden Shangpa La Boulaye in France. She's served on the Board of Directors, as a retreat coordinator and a teacher in Tibetan at the Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling and Kunzang Dechen Osel Ling (KDOL). Lama Sue also worked for years as a registered nurse and registered social worker and retired in 2018. Interviewer biography: James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Religions - Buddhism
- Buildings - Religious - Monasteries
- Migration
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Names
- Sherpa, Lama Tenzin
- Salter, Suzanne "Lama Sue"
- Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling "KKC"
- Rinpoche, Lama Kalu
- Rinpoche, Lama Kyabje Kalu "Kalu Rinpoche"
- Kunzang Dechen Osel Ling "KDOL"
- Responsibility
- Binks, James
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1977-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Images
![Interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter, [1977-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0015_003.jpeg)
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter, [1977-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
Interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter, [1977-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0015_002.mp3
Interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19604
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1949-2023 (interview content), interviewed 29 May 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (68 min., 6 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (68 min., 7 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, James Binks. 00:00:00 - 00:13:30 Interview opens with introductions. Samuel (Sam) and Angela Nalliah provide biographical details including their p…
- 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) (68 min., 6 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (68 min., 7 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: James Binks Interviewees: Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah Location of Interview: Nalliah family home Interview Date: May 29, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 68 min., 6 sec. Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby Photograph information: Ruth (Angela) Nalliah with husband Samuel Nalliah WARNING: Some of the content discussed in this interview (00:40:58 – 00:57:31) regarding the Tamil genocide may be upsetting to some people.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, James Binks. 00:00:00 - 00:13:30 Interview opens with introductions. Samuel (Sam) and Angela Nalliah provide biographical details including their parentage, place of birth (Sri Lanka), spoken language and education. Sam Nalliah shares details on his education while living in Sri Lanka, his later education in Wales where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Computer Science and his migration to Halifax in 1978 after obtaining a job at Dalhousie University as a systems analyst. Sam conveys how he decided to relocate from Halifax to Vancouver in 1986 and started his employment with BC Tel. Angela Nalliah shares details on her education and employment after immigrating to Canada from Sri Lanka in 1986. Angela conveys how she first lived in Ottawa, moved to Toronto in 1989 where she began working for TD bank and moved to Vancouver in 1999. 00:13:31 – 00:20:03 Sam Nalliah talks about how he and his wife Angela first met and married in 1999 and moved to Vancouver. Sam shares information on where his other family members immigrated to and why he decided to immigrate to Canada. Angela shares information on other members of her family who immigrated to Canada before her and how her uncle sponsored them all to come. 00:20:04 – 00:29:30 Sam provides further details regarding his family make up including; his first wife, his daughters (born in 1983 and 1985), his step daughter (born in 1991) and his youngest daughter (born in 2000). Sam tells how he worked as a Systems and Operations Manager at Shaughnessy Hospital and later at BC Hydro. Sam provides locations of homes that they lived in Burnaby and Vancouver. Sam and Angela describe what they liked about living in Burnaby, where their daughter attended school and where they did their shopping. 00:29:31 – 00:32:11 Angela talks about working for Prospera Credit Union from 2003 after TD bank downsized. Sam describes how they rented out their house in Vancouver and lived in a rental home in Burnaby that was owned by the City of Burnaby. Sam and Angela recollect the time period that they lived in Burnaby and Vancouver before deciding to move to Surrey in 2015. 00:32:12 – 00:35:59 Sam and Angela provide details regarding their daughter’s post-secondary education and careers. Angela talks about her social activities, volunteer work and involvement with the Thamil Cultural Society of British Columbia, the Women’s Network as well as the Westminster Bible Chapel Church in Burnaby and the Green Timbers Evangelical Covenant Church in Surrey. 00:36:00 – 00:40:57 Sam recalls hearing Prime Minster Pierre Elliott Trudeau speak about the Charter of Rights and Freedoms at Dalhousie University and the effect that his speech made on him. Sam talks about joining the National Democratic Party when Peter Julian was elected as a Member of Parliament for Burnaby. 00:40:58 – 00:57:31 (WARNING: Some of the content discussed in this portion of the interview may be upsetting to some people) Sam and Angela speak about their involvement with the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC). Angela describes the brutal violence that she witnessed while living in Sri Lanka during the Anti-Tamil state sponsored genocide in the 1980’s. Sam and Angela recollect and discuss their views and actions pertaining to the MV Sun Sea incident where a Thai cargo ship carrying Sri Lankan Tamil refugees to British Columbia were identified as terrorists by the Canadian Government and held in detention facilities. 00:57:32 – 01:08:07 Sam reflects on what he likes about Burnaby. Angela and Sam talk about Hindu temples attended by many Tamil and Sri Lankan people living in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Angela talks about the many cultural events and celebrations that are celebrated within the Tamil and Sri Lankan community including the Pongal Festival. Angela and Sam reflect on how grateful they are to be residents of Canada.
- History
- Interviewees biographies: Samuel (Sam) Nalliah was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1949. Sam immigrated to Halifax in 1977 after obtaining a position as a systems analyst at Dalhousie University. In 1986, Sam sponsored his parents to come to Canada. In 1986, after being introduced to the milder weather in Victoria, Sam decided to move to British Columbia. He moved to Burnaby in 1990 and began working for BC Tel in Burnaby. Following his job at BC Tel, Sam worked as a Systems and Operations Manager at Shaughnessy Hospital and later at BC Hydro. Ruth (Angela) Nalliah was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1964 and immigrated to Canada in 1986. As a Tamil living in Sri Lanka in the 1980’s Angela witnessed first hand the brutal violence during the Anti-Tamil state sponsored genocide. In 1986 Angela was relieved to be able to immigrate to Canada after being sponsored by her uncle. Angela first lived and worked in Ottawa and Toronto before marrying Samuel Nalliah in Ottawa in 1999 and the couple moved to Burnaby. Angela worked for TD bank in both Toronto and Vancouver until it downsized in 2003 and she began working for Prospero Credit Union. While living in Burnaby, Angela attended the Westminster Bible Chapel and after moving to Surrey she became a member of the Green Timbers Evangelical Covenant Church. Sam and Angela Nalliah have four daughters and since moving to British Columbia they’ve lived in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey. Both Sam and Angela are involved with the Tamil Cultural Association of British Columbia and the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) as well as participates in Sri Lankan and Tamil community cultural events. Interviewer biography: James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Education
- Events - Festivals
- Government
- Government - Federal Government
- Migration
- Occupations
- Organizations - Political Parties
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Religions
- Religions - Christianity
- Religions - Hinduism
- Rights
- Rights - Human Rights
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Social Issues - Discrimination
- Names
- Nalliah, Ruth "Angela"
- Nalliah, Samuel "Sam"
- Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC)
- Westminster Bible Chapel
- Thamil Cultural Society of British Columbia (TCSBC)
- Responsibility
- Binks, James
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1949-2023 (interview content), interviewed 29 May 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available upon request - contact Burnaby Village Museum
Images
Audio Tracks
Interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah, 1949-2023 (interview content), interviewed 29 May 2023
Interview with Samuel Nalliah and Ruth (Angela) Nalliah, 1949-2023 (interview content), interviewed 29 May 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0008_003.mp3![Interview with Shirley Cohn, [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023 thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0001_001.JPG?width=280)
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
Images
![Interview with Shirley Cohn, [1926-2023] (interview content), interviewed 2023 thumbnail](/media/Hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0001_001.JPG)
Documents
Audio Tracks
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.mp3![John Burkman at his blacksmith shop, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900080092.jpg?width=280)
John Burkman at his blacksmith shop
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1378
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John August Burkman at his blacksmith shop in Port Arthur, Ontario.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John August Burkman at his blacksmith shop in Port Arthur, Ontario.
- Names
- Burkman, John August
- Accession Code
- BV999.8.92
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [193-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Grampa [sic] Burkman at his blacksmith shop in Port Aurther [sic]"
Images
![John Burkman at his blacksmith shop, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900080092.jpg)
lard tin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41438
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.212
- Description
- Lard tin of Burns and Co., White Carnation Brand, lard. The container is cylindrical, metal with a lid; It is red with green writing and white accents. The image of a caranation flower is on the side of the tin. It has a wire, bail style, handle. The lid is stuck fast. It has slight rust and the writing is faded
- Object History
- P Burns and Company was a successful western Canada industrial and retail company. Patrick Burns was born in Ontario, and spent his early years driving cattle and ranching in Winnipeg. The expansion of the railway drew him further west and in 1890 he established an abbatoir in Calgary and further expanded into BC in 1895. The P.Burns and Company Butcher Shop still exists today as a heritage site in Port Moody. (From City of Port Moody website; more information available.)
- Marks/Labels
- "Burns White Carnation Brand Lard Compound" "P. Burns & Co. Limited" "Calgary Vancouver Edmonton"
- Country Made
- Canada
- Subjects
- Product Packaging
- Container
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
leaflet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact4321
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.47.17
- Description
- Leaflet, "NEW INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO FIGHT FIRE BOMBS!"; white paper with black print; title is on grey bar at top with illustration of man, hat blown off, and explosion; then, "ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS, OTTAWA"; "ACCORDING to the latest reports from Britain..."; 4 pp; 3 pages are basic instructions, last page has "These are the New Instructions...", 8 points made; at bottom, "EDMOND CLOUTIER, PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, OTTAWA, 1942"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Leaflet
- Colour
- White
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Ottawa
- Title
- New Instructions on How to Fight Fire Bombs!
- Subjects
- Emergency Measures - Civil Defence
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Documentary Artifacts - Leaflets
Images
leaflet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact32585
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.122.127
- Description
- How to Prevent Consumption - Leaflet -- [1913]. "Leaflet No. 1" "Sixth Edition, 1913"; "Published by the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis" "Central Office 102 Bank St., Ottawa"; stained
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Ottawa
- Publication Date
- 1913
Images
leaflet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact33446
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.173.121
- Description
- Auto Knitting - Advertizing leaflet -- [192-]. The leaflet folds out into three panels; "Auto Knitting" with photo of smiling woman seated using auto knitter, "In The Comfort Of Your Own Home". The leaflet provides information about the Auto Knitter including what can be made and pricing for the machine.
- Object History
- Acquisition Record form in accession file lists knitting machine related objects being donated and states: "Material came from St. Annes Boys School at Duncan B.C. - run by Sisters of St. Annes - closed in 1970."
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Toronto
Images
leaflet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact33447
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.173.122
- Description
- The Beehive Aladdin Sock - Advertising Leaflet -- [194-]. Advertisement promoting the Beehive Aladdin Sock. This product allows one to replace the heel of the sock when it is worn out. The cost of the pamphlet was 5 cents and the Beehive Aladdin Sock was produced by Patons & Baldwins Limited, Toronto. The inside of the leaflet gives directions on how to replace the heel of a sock. The back cover makes reference to the producing knitted goods for soldiers in the army.
- Object History
- Acquisition Record form in accession file lists knitting machine related objects being donated and states: "Material came from St. Annes Boys School at Duncan B.C. - run by Sisters of St. Annes - closed in 1970."
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Toronto
Images
leaflet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36717
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.9.36
- Description
- Mead's Precision Scales for Infants - Leaflet -- [192-?]. Advertising leaflet for Mead's Precision Scales for Infants. On the front of the leaflet is a small logo for Mead Johnson and Company for Infant Diet Materials. Inside the leaflet has two photographs of different scales along with information and price regarding each scale. On the back of the leaflet is the conditions of delivery. The leaflet measures 8.5cm x 13cm when closed.
- Object History
- Donor inherited object from the estate of his father, Dr. Stanley H. Sievenpiper.
- Colour
- White
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Belleville
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Leaflets
- Weights and Measurements Tools and Equipment
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