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Interview with Annie Boulanger by Rod Fowler April 9, 1990 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory483
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1951-1980
- Length
- 00:05:11
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Annie Boulanger’s original move to Burnaby in 1951 with her parents and return in 1964 with her own family. She describes her first involvement in the community through french and gymnastics programs at her children’s school Seaforth and creation of Burnaby’s …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Annie Boulanger’s original move to Burnaby in 1951 with her parents and return in 1964 with her own family. She describes her first involvement in the community through french and gymnastics programs at her children’s school Seaforth and creation of Burnaby’s first gymnastics club.
- Date Range
- 1951-1980
- Length
- 00:05:11
- Names
- Seaforth School
- Subjects
- Sports - Gymnastics
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 9, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Annie Boulanger, conducted by Rod Fowler. Annie Boulanger was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Annie Boulanger’s volunteer community work in Burnaby, including initiating the teaching of french and gymnastics at Seaforth School where her children attended, doing historical research and oral histories for Burnaby Heritage Village and the SFU Archives, becoming a long term member of the Burnaby Writers’ Club, being a member and President of Burnaby Arts Council, and member of the Parks Board's Centre for the Performing Arts Committee (1987). The interview focuses attention on the Arts Council’s financial difficulties between 1985 and 1990, and the need for a comprehensive approach to supporting the arts through a municipal arts policy. Annie Boulanger also talks about her parents’ history, their home on Napier Street and her later home on Government Road, her education and teaching career, and her arts journalism. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Annie Urbanovits Boulanger’s parents emigrated from Hungary to Toronto, Louis in 1925 and Irene in 1930, where they married. Louis and Irene Boulanger moved to Vancouver where Louis worked in the Vancouver Shipyards during WWII and then for Nichols Chemical Company in Barnet for 15 years. While the Urbanovits family lived in Cloverdale, Louis commuted to Kask’s Camp in Barnet, until they moved to Burnaby in 1951 to an old farm purchased on Napier Street. Between 1951 and 1956 Annie completed her BA degree, majoring in chemistry and english with a minor in physical education, and obtained her teaching diploma at UBC. She taught for 4 years in various locations in BC before marrying and moving to Manitoba and Ottawa. She and her husband and five children (two more children to come later) returned to Burnaby in 1964 to a home on Government Street to be close to family. Annie Boulanger became involved in the community first through her children’s school, initiating and teaching french classes in Seaforth School in 1969, and supporting the development of gymnastics in school and as a municipal program. Her interest in Archives lead to doing oral histories for John Adams, curator of Heritage Village [Burnaby Heritage Village], and for SFU Archives. She became a long time member of the Burnaby Writers’ Club in the 1970s, taking a course in writing non-fiction from Chris Potter. In 1983 Annie Boulanger joined the Burnaby Arts Council, becoming President in 1985. She was involved in lobbying the municipality for better monetary support and facilities for the arts and for the creation of a Municipal Arts Policy. She has continued to promote the arts in Burnaby through her appointment to Burnaby’s Visual Arts Advisory Board in 1997, her arts journalism, writing regular book and theatre reviews for the local newspaper, and other activities. She was a member of the Burnaby Centennial Committee and was one of the editors of the book “Burnaby Centennial Anthology”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:41:53
- Interviewee Name
- Boulanger, Annie
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Annie Boulanger
Track one of interview with Annie Boulanger
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-022/MSS187-022_Track_1.mp3Interview with Annie Boulanger by Rod Fowler April 9, 1990 - Track 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory488
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1925-1970
- Length
- 00:07:42
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Annie Boulanger’s family history, her parents’ origin, work and move to Burnaby, what the Napier Street area looked like in the 1950s and the Government Street neighbourhood in the 1960s, her education and teaching career, and her marriage. She explains why Go…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Annie Boulanger’s family history, her parents’ origin, work and move to Burnaby, what the Napier Street area looked like in the 1950s and the Government Street neighbourhood in the 1960s, her education and teaching career, and her marriage. She explains why Government Street has a jog in it at Brighton.
- Date Range
- 1925-1970
- Length
- 00:07:42
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Government Road Area
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- April 9, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Annie Boulanger, conducted by Rod Fowler. Annie Boulanger was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Annie Boulanger’s volunteer community work in Burnaby, including initiating the teaching of french and gymnastics at Seaforth School where her children attended, doing historical research and oral histories for Burnaby Heritage Village and the SFU Archives, becoming a long term member of the Burnaby Writers’ Club, being a member and President of Burnaby Arts Council, and member of the Parks Board's Centre for the Performing Arts Committee (1987). The interview focuses attention on the Arts Council’s financial difficulties between 1985 and 1990, and the need for a comprehensive approach to supporting the arts through a municipal arts policy. Annie Boulanger also talks about her parents’ history, their home on Napier Street and her later home on Government Road, her education and teaching career, and her arts journalism. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Annie Urbanovits Boulanger’s parents emigrated from Hungary to Toronto, Louis in 1925 and Irene in 1930, where they married. Louis and Irene Boulanger moved to Vancouver where Louis worked in the Vancouver Shipyards during WWII and then for Nichols Chemical Company in Barnet for 15 years. While the Urbanovits family lived in Cloverdale, Louis commuted to Kask’s Camp in Barnet, until they moved to Burnaby in 1951 to an old farm purchased on Napier Street. Between 1951 and 1956 Annie completed her BA degree, majoring in chemistry and english with a minor in physical education, and obtained her teaching diploma at UBC. She taught for 4 years in various locations in BC before marrying and moving to Manitoba and Ottawa. She and her husband and five children (two more children to come later) returned to Burnaby in 1964 to a home on Government Street to be close to family. Annie Boulanger became involved in the community first through her children’s school, initiating and teaching french classes in Seaforth School in 1969, and supporting the development of gymnastics in school and as a municipal program. Her interest in Archives lead to doing oral histories for John Adams, curator of Heritage Village [Burnaby Heritage Village], and for SFU Archives. She became a long time member of the Burnaby Writers’ Club in the 1970s, taking a course in writing non-fiction from Chris Potter. In 1983 Annie Boulanger joined the Burnaby Arts Council, becoming President in 1985. She was involved in lobbying the municipality for better monetary support and facilities for the arts and for the creation of a Municipal Arts Policy. She has continued to promote the arts in Burnaby through her appointment to Burnaby’s Visual Arts Advisory Board in 1997, her arts journalism, writing regular book and theatre reviews for the local newspaper, and other activities. She was a member of the Burnaby Centennial Committee and was one of the editors of the book “Burnaby Centennial Anthology”.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 0:41:53
- Interviewee Name
- Boulanger, Annie
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track six of interview with Annie Boulanger
Track six of interview with Annie Boulanger
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-022/MSS187-022_Track_6.mp3
Plan of Survey Lot A of Block 1 District Lot 42
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18823
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 1957
- Collection/Fonds
- Seaforth School fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan : blueline print ; 42.5 x 47 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a survey plan of Lot A, of Block 1, District Lot 42, Group 1, New Westminster District. According to Explanatory Plan 5421 Burnaby, B.C. Seaforth School and grounds are noted on plan on the corner of Piper Avenue and Government Street.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Seaforth School fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan : blueline print ; 42.5 x 47 cm
- Material Details
- Scale: 1 inch = 50 feet
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a survey plan of Lot A, of Block 1, District Lot 42, Group 1, New Westminster District. According to Explanatory Plan 5421 Burnaby, B.C. Seaforth School and grounds are noted on plan on the corner of Piper Avenue and Government Street.
- Creator
- Burnett, David H.
- Names
- Seaforth School
- Accession Code
- BV987.2.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- June 1957
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-07-07
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Title reads: "PLAN OF SURVEY / LOT "A", OF BLOCK 1 / DISTRICT LOT 42, 'GROUP 1 , / NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT / ACCORDING TO EXPLANATORY PLAN 5421 / BURNABY, B.C."
Images
Seaforth School Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37341
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twenty-seven students and their teacher seated and standing in rows in front of the school building. A black dog is sitting in the front, facing the rows of children. A label on the back of the photograph states that the students are from Seaforth School. Identified in the photograp…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Seaforth School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 355-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twenty-seven students and their teacher seated and standing in rows in front of the school building. A black dog is sitting in the front, facing the rows of children. A label on the back of the photograph states that the students are from Seaforth School. Identified in the photograph are: Mrs. Mary Johnson (nee MacDonald) teacher, in the far back. Back row (l to r): Sandra ?, Shirley Colden, Marcia Noel, Eldon Clarke, Billy Beaton, David Park, Graeme Smith, Calvert Broomfield, Leigh Tucker and Lillian Savage. Middle row (l to r): Sharon Milne, Gail Simpson, Thelma Mornes, Joan Dachiuk, Barbara Smith, Betty Hadfield, Judy Haddon, Wilma Heather, Merle Beaton and Sammy Savage. Front row (l to r): Dennis Dachiuk, Jerry Hadfield, Mike Lawrence, David MacPhail, Sydney Clarke, Joe Haddon and Jerry Green.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Seaforth School
- Johnson, Mary MacDonald
- Colden, Shirley
- Noel, Marcia
- Clarke, Eldon
- Beaton, Billy
- Park, David
- Smith, Graeme
- Broomfield, Calvert
- Tucker, Leigh
- Savage, Lillian
- Anderson, Gail
- Sampson, Gail
- Mornes, Thelma
- Dachiuk, Joan
- Smith, Barbara
- Hadfield, Betty
- Haddon, Judy
- Heather, Wilma
- Beaton, Merle
- Savage, Sammy
- Dachiuk, Dennis
- Hadfield, Jerry
- Lawrence, Mike
- MacPhail, David
- Clarke, Sydney
- Haddon, Joe
- Green, Jerry
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on label on verso of photograph
- Photographer identified as "Layton"
- Geographic Access
- Government Road
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 7881 Government Road
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Government Road Area
Images
Seaforth School Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37342
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twenty-seven students and their teacher seated and standing in rows outside. A label on the back of the photograph states that the students are from Seaforth School. Identified are as follows: Mrs. Mary Johnson (nee MacDonald) teacher, far right. Back row (l to r): Glen Richardson,…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Seaforth School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 355-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-14
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twenty-seven students and their teacher seated and standing in rows outside. A label on the back of the photograph states that the students are from Seaforth School. Identified are as follows: Mrs. Mary Johnson (nee MacDonald) teacher, far right. Back row (l to r): Glen Richardson, Leigh Tucker, Brian Clarke, Sammy Savage, Eldon Clarke, David Park, Tommy Richardson, and Joe Haddon. Second row (l to r): Mike Lawrence (standing to the left), Sandra ?, Joan Olsen, Betty Hadfield, Donna Anderson, Wilma Heather, Barbara Smith, Gail Simpson and Shirley Colden. Third row (l to r): Lois Brown, Jackie Peskett, Gail Anderson, Joan Pescott, Merle Beaton, Judy Haddon, Joan Dachiuk, Thelma Mornes, and Jerry Hadfield (standing to the right). Front row (l to r): Dennis Dachiuk, Roy Olsen, David ?, Allen Beaton, Sydney Clarke, David McPhail, and Terry Burstyk.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Seaforth School
- Johnson, Mary MacDonald
- Richardson, Glen
- Tucker, Leigh
- Clarke, Brian
- Savage, Sammy
- Clarke, Eldon
- Park, David
- Richardson, Tommy
- Haddon, Joe
- Lawrence, Mike
- Olsen, Joan
- Hadfield, Betty
- Anderson, Donna
- Heather, Wilma
- Smith, Barbara
- Sampson, Gail
- Colden, Shirley
- Brown, Lois
- Peskett, Jackie
- Anderson, Gail
- Pescott, Joan
- Beaton, Merle
- Haddon, Judy
- Dachiuk, Joan
- Mornes, Thelma
- Hadfield, Jerry
- Dachiuk, Dennis
- Olsen, Roy
- Beaton, Allen
- Clarke, Sydney
- MacPhail, David
- Burstyk, Terry
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on label on verso of photograph
- Photographer identified as "Layton"
- Geographic Access
- Government Road
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 7881 Government Road
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Government Road Area
Images
Seaforth School fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18824
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1922-1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Seaforth School fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan + 4 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records from Seaforth School in Burnaby including a Register of Pupils (1922-1924); a Visitors' Book (1922-1972) and a survey plan from 1957.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Seaforth School fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan + 4 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records from Seaforth School in Burnaby including a Register of Pupils (1922-1924); a Visitors' Book (1922-1972) and a survey plan from 1957.
- History
- Seaforth school was built in 1922 in District Lot 42 on the corner of Piper and Goverment Streets in Burnaby. The school was named after its sponsor, the Seaforth Chapter of the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire. Bowman and Cullerne, the architects for the Burnaby School Board, designed the one room schoolhouse which was constructed by local contractor, Alphonse J. Toebaert. The school was moved to Burnaby Village Museum in 1983, and was opened to the public after extensive restoration in 1987.
- Creator
- Seaforth School
- Names
- Seaforth School
- Accession Code
- BV987.2
- Date
- 1922-1972
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Seaforth School subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription118
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1945] (date of original)-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of Seaforth School classes ca. 1945-1951.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1945] (date of original)-1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Seaforth School subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-14
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of Seaforth School classes ca. 1945-1951.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Seaforth School
- Notes
- PC355
- Title based on contents of subseries
![Songbook - music journal, [between 1954 and 1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Artifacts/2020/2020_0041_0010_001.jpg?width=280)
Songbook - music journal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15354
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1954 and 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handmade songbook - music journal that was created by Susanne Hughes while a student at Seaforth School in Burnaby. The booklet consists of six pages of cartridge paper bound together with staples. The booklet includes copies of mimiographed song lyrics pasted to the pages along …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Material Details
- last three pages of booklet are blank
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handmade songbook - music journal that was created by Susanne Hughes while a student at Seaforth School in Burnaby. The booklet consists of six pages of cartridge paper bound together with staples. The booklet includes copies of mimiographed song lyrics pasted to the pages along with hand written entries in pencil and a copy of sheet music for "B.C. Land of Our Fathers" adhered to one page.
- Creator
- Hughes, Susanne
- Accession Code
- BV020.41.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1954 and 1959]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- March 25, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Images
![Songbook - music journal, [between 1954 and 1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Artifacts/2020/2020_0041_0010_001.jpg)
Visitors' book Seaforth School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18822
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1922-1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Seaforth School fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book : textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Vistors' Book from Seaforth School with handwritten entries of names and events. Includes guests at the 1922 opening of the school with entries made by Mrs. Postill and entries and program of the official opening of the new building in December 1958. Last entry is for 50th Anniv…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Seaforth School fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book : textual record
- Material Details
- pages within last half of book are blank
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Vistors' Book from Seaforth School with handwritten entries of names and events. Includes guests at the 1922 opening of the school with entries made by Mrs. Postill and entries and program of the official opening of the new building in December 1958. Last entry is for 50th Anniversary Tea in December 1972.
- Creator
- Seaforth School
- Names
- Seaforth School
- Accession Code
- BV987.2.2
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1922-1972
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Entry from first page of book reads: "Vistors' Book, / Seafforth School, / Burnaby"