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Class at Sperling Avenue School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38579
- 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 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of fourty-six students and their teacher on the steps of the school. A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Shirley's class at Sperling, Margaret Allen, teacher." At the bottom left corner of the photograph is the name of the photographer (Layton) and in the opposite corner is the…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-017
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of fourty-six students and their teacher on the steps of the school. A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Shirley's class at Sperling, Margaret Allen, teacher." At the bottom left corner of the photograph is the name of the photographer (Layton) and in the opposite corner is the year, 1950.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Photographer identified as "Layton"
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Sperling Avenue School Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38569
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of thirty-two unidentified children and their teacher, Mrs. V. Cuthbertson, on the steps of Sperling Avenue school. Written on the bottom of the photograph are the name of the photographer (Layton) and the year in which the picture was taken (1952).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of thirty-two unidentified children and their teacher, Mrs. V. Cuthbertson, on the steps of Sperling Avenue school. Written on the bottom of the photograph are the name of the photographer (Layton) and the year in which the picture was taken (1952).
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identified as "Layton"
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Sperling Avenue School Class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38571
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of thirty-five unidentified children and their teacher, Mrs. V. Cuthbertson, sitting and standing in four rows standing outside. Written along the bottom of the photograph is the name of the photographer (Layton) and the name of the school along with the year the picture was taken.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of thirty-five unidentified children and their teacher, Mrs. V. Cuthbertson, sitting and standing in four rows standing outside. Written along the bottom of the photograph is the name of the photographer (Layton) and the name of the school along with the year the picture was taken.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Photographer identified as "Layton"
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Sperling Avenue School during construction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36027
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Sperling Avenue School during construction. This was the first school ever built by Bruce Patterson.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Patterson family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 213-009
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Sperling Avenue School during construction. This was the first school ever built by Bruce Patterson.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Hand written note on verso of photograph reads: "1st School Bruce built"
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Sperling Avenue School site
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11137
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- March 8, 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm
- Scope and Content
- Survey plan of "Sperling Avenue School Site / Burnaby Municipality" "Being a 4.11 acre portion of the south half of Block 7 of subd. part of Lot 131, Grroup 1" "New Westminster District".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm
- Material Details
- Scale 40 feet = 1 inch
- Scope and Content
- Survey plan of "Sperling Avenue School Site / Burnaby Municipality" "Being a 4.11 acre portion of the south half of Block 7 of subd. part of Lot 131, Grroup 1" "New Westminster District".
- Creator
- McGugan, Donald Johnston
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Responsibility
- Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV003.83.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- March 8, 1915
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
- Scan Resolution
- 440
- Scan Date
- 22-Dec-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of plan
- handwritten on back, "1748"
- Oath on plan reads: "I, D.G. McGugan..." "...person- ally superintend the survey..." "...completed on the 8th day of March 1915"; signed by D.J. McGugan, notarized by "R.E. Chapman", sworn "...12th day of April 1915" "Burnett and McGugan" "B.C. Land Surveyors Etc. New Westminster, B.C..";
Images
Sperling Avenue School staff members
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38572
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958 or 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of ten women and four men in the gymnasium of the school building - all are unidentified. A sign in front of the group reads: "Sperling Avenue School Staff 1958-1959."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958 or 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of ten women and four men in the gymnasium of the school building - all are unidentified. A sign in front of the group reads: "Sperling Avenue School Staff 1958-1959."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Sperling Avenue School staff members
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38574
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958 or 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the fifteen staff members of Sperling Avenue School. The group (all unidentified) appear to be gathered in the school gymnasium for the picture and a sign in front of them reads: "Sperling Ave. Elem. Staff 1959-1960."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958 or 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-012
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the fifteen staff members of Sperling Avenue School. The group (all unidentified) appear to be gathered in the school gymnasium for the picture and a sign in front of them reads: "Sperling Ave. Elem. Staff 1959-1960."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Sperling Avenue School staff members
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38576
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960 or 1961]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the fourteen staff members of Sperling Avenue School in the school gymnasium. All are unidentified. A sign in front of the group reads: "Sperling Ave. Elem. Staff 1960-1961."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960 or 1961]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-014
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the fourteen staff members of Sperling Avenue School in the school gymnasium. All are unidentified. A sign in front of the group reads: "Sperling Ave. Elem. Staff 1960-1961."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Sperling Avenue School staff members
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38578
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961 or 1962]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group identified as the staff from Sperling Avenue school in the school gymnasium. All fourteen people are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961 or 1962]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group identified as the staff from Sperling Avenue school in the school gymnasium. All fourteen people are unidentified.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Sperling Avenue School students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37694
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1922] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sperling Avenue School students, Grades 1 to 8.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1922] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 5.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-282
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sperling Avenue School students, Grades 1 to 8.
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Grade 3, Division 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38573
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958 or 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a class picture with thirty-one unidentified children and their teacher, Mrs. V. Cuthbertson, in the gymnasium of the school building. A sign in front of the group reads: "Sperling Avenue School Grade 3 Div. 8. 1958-1959."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958 or 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-011
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a class picture with thirty-one unidentified children and their teacher, Mrs. V. Cuthbertson, in the gymnasium of the school building. A sign in front of the group reads: "Sperling Avenue School Grade 3 Div. 8. 1958-1959."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Grade 3, Division 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38575
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960 or 1961]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Grade 3, Division 8 class at Sperling Avenue School. All of the thirty-five children and one teacher pictured are unidentified; the other teacher is Mrs. V. Cuthbertson. The picture appears to have been taken in the school gymnasium and a sign placed in front of the group reads:…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960 or 1961]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Grade 3, Division 8 class at Sperling Avenue School. All of the thirty-five children and one teacher pictured are unidentified; the other teacher is Mrs. V. Cuthbertson. The picture appears to have been taken in the school gymnasium and a sign placed in front of the group reads: "Sperling Ave. Elem. Gr 3 Div 8, 1960-1961."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Grade 3, Division 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38577
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961 or 1962]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Grade 3, Division 8 class at Sperling Avenue School. The children are unidentified and the teacher is Mrs. V. Cuthbertson.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961 or 1962]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-015
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Grade 3, Division 8 class at Sperling Avenue School. The children are unidentified and the teacher is Mrs. V. Cuthbertson.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
Images
Interview with Jack Davy and Thomas James Sanderson 22-Jul-75 - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory86
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1931-1940
- Length
- 0:09:31
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Jack Davy and Tommy Sanderson's descriptions of the neighbourhoods surrounding the schools that they worked at during the Depression. They also discuss the structure of elementary through high school as it was during this time.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to Jack Davy and Tommy Sanderson's descriptions of the neighbourhoods surrounding the schools that they worked at during the Depression. They also discuss the structure of elementary through high school as it was during this time.
- Date Range
- 1931-1940
- Length
- 0:09:31
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods
- Interviewer
- McLeod, Ross S.
- Interview Date
- 22-Jul-75
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with two school principals who were working during the depression; John "Jack" Davy and Thomas James "Tommy" Sanderson by Ross S. McLeod. Major themes discussed are: the Depression and scholastic studies. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- John “Jack” Davy was raised in New Westminster and his family and the Eagles' family were close friends, with the grandparents and parents getting together regularly to play cards. As a child, Jack delivered the Columbian newspaper. Jack Davy worked for Burnaby schools for over fifty years; twenty-five of those years as principal at Edmonds Street School. During the depression, he worked as a principal of Kitchener Street School. Thomas James “Tommy” Sanderson was born to Ellen Jane Garvin and Thomas F. Sanderson. The couple married on January 14, 1903 at Mount Pleasant and lived first at English Bay. Tommy had an older brother, Gordon John and a sister, Flora Jane (later Rawden). The three children were raised in the Sanderson family home at 3812 Inman Avenue, one block north of Central Park. From 1919 to 1920, their father, Thomas F. Sanderson served as Reeve of Burnaby. Tommy Sanderson attended Inman Avenue School, then Kingsway West before graduating from Burnaby South High School in 1926. In 1931, he began his teaching career back at Burnaby South High School. From 1938, Tommy was principal at Sperling Avenue School. During the course of his career, he also worked as vice-principal of Edmonds Street School, principal at Capitol Hill School, Kingsway West School, McPhearson Junior High and Burnaby North High School. Tommy married Dorothy Alberta Reid of Chilliwack July 12, 1932 and had two children Robert “Bobby” and Margaret. The family first lived at 1921 Gilley Avenue, New Westminster then 2073 Waverley Avenue, Burnaby while Bobby and Margaret attended Nelson Avenue School, then Burnaby South High School.
- Total Tracks
- 5
- Total Length
- 0:43:20
- Interviewee Name
- Davy, Jack
- Sanderson, Thomas "Tommy" James
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Audio Tracks
Track one of interview with Jack Davy and Thomas James Sanderson
Track one of interview with Jack Davy and Thomas James Sanderson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-24/100-13-24_Track_1.mp3Interview with James Haddon, Jean Haddon, Amy Wright and Logan Wright June 27, 1975 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory104
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1921-1927
- Length
- 0:07:12
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to James Haddon and Logan Wright's school days in the Lozells neighbourhood of Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to James Haddon and Logan Wright's school days in the Lozells neighbourhood of Burnaby.
- Date Range
- 1921-1927
- Length
- 0:07:12
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- June 27, 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with James "Jim" Haddon, Jean Haddon, Amy Wright and Logan Wright by Simon Fraser University student Bettina Bradbury, June 27, 1975. Major theme discussed is: the Depression. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- James "Jim", "Jimmy" Haddon was born in 1914 at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. Jim's father used to hunt in Burnaby as a boy and liked it so much that when he grew up, he built a house at Government Road and Piper Avenue and moved his young family there. Jim's father was a logger and contractor with a team of two horses. Jim began his schooling at Sperling Avenue School in 1921. He attended Sperling for one year, then switched to Seaforth School from 1922 on. Jim's older brother Art hauled gravel for the municipality while Jim was at Seaforth. In 1929, at sixteen years old, Jim left school to work for his father driving the truck, helping to haul logs, wood and gravel. Throughout the 1930s, he did contracting for the municipality. Jim Haddon met his wife Jean when her family moved into the neighbourhood in the 1930s. Jean Haddon was born in Saskatchewan in 1914. Her father's work had gone into receivership and so the family of nine packed up and drove out west in a Dodge Touring car. With two brothers and four sisters, Jean was the oldest. The family settled on Government Road and Phillips Avenue. Jean and her husband Jim Haddon were at a dance together at Cultus Lake when the war broke out. Logan Wright was born in 1915 and moved with his family from Mount Pleasant to Burnaby in 1923 to Phillips Avenue and Greenwood. The Wright family had five acres of land that held one hundred and twenty fruit trees. His father worked for BC Electric in Vancouver, and faced a ten dollar a month cut in pay during the Depression. Logan began at Sperling Avenue School in 1923, then Seaforth School in 1924. He attended Seaforth until 1932 when he left to begin working, first as a farmer, then a gold miner, and a construction worker before securing a job at BC Electric. Amy Wright was born in 1920. Her family lived at the 4300 block of Cambridge Street in the Vancouver Heights neighbourhood of North Burnaby, moving there just a year before she was born. Her father worked at Mac and Mack's in downtown Vancouver five and a half days a week. On the weekends, her family took the Union Steamship to Gibson's. Amy's mother was an active member of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). Amy graduated high school in 1938 and went on to University. Logan Wright met his wife Amy in 1946 through Logan's sister Francis, who invited her neighbour Amy to dinner.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:16:28
- Interviewee Name
- Haddon, James "Jimmy"
- Haddon, Jean
- Wright, Amy
- Wright, Logan
- Interview Location
- Gibsons, British Columbia
- Interviewer Bio
- Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with James Haddon, Jean Haddon, Amy Wright and Logan Wright
Track two of interview with James Haddon, Jean Haddon, Amy Wright and Logan Wright
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-15/100-13-15_Track_2.mp3Interview with Maureen Olofson by Kathy Bossort October 14, 2015 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory570
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1942-1952
- Length
- 0:14:54
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the operation and location of the Olofson’s mink ranch, the challenges of raising mink, and when the family gave up the farm in 1950/51. She describes how she and her sister Anita Lea used a bicycle to go to school.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the operation and location of the Olofson’s mink ranch, the challenges of raising mink, and when the family gave up the farm in 1950/51. She describes how she and her sister Anita Lea used a bicycle to go to school.
- Date Range
- 1942-1952
- Length
- 0:14:54
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Westridge Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 14, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Maureen Olofson conducted by Kathy Bossort. Maureen Olofson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Maureen Olofson’s memories of growing up on her parent’s Burnaby Mountain mink ranch between 1942 and 1950 and about the operation of the farm. She also talks about her parents’ history, her teaching career, and her thoughts about the beauty and value of Burnaby Mountain’s natural area.
- Biographical Notes
- Maureen Olofson was born 1938 in Glote, Harjedalen, Sweden, to Axel (1906-1998) and Kerstin Margareta (1906-1980). Axel and Kerstin Olofson, who had separately immigrated to Canada in 1928 and 1913 respectively, married in Canada and then returned to Sweden where Maureen was born. They moved to Burnaby in 1942 with their daughters Maureen and Anita Lea, and bought land and a mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain with their partners Gus Skofteby and Karin Ericksson (Kerstin’s sister). The GAK Fur Farm, located in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on 4th Avenue near Curtis Street, was one of the largest mink ranches in BC, an award winning operation with over 1200 mink animals. In 1950 the partners sold the land and the Olofson family moved to rented homes on Sperling Avenue. In 1952 Axel sold the last of his minks and opened a sporting goods store on Hastings Street. In 1954 the family moved to North Vancouver where Axel Olofson reestablished his sports business. Maureen attended Sperling Avenue School from Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 and Burnaby North High School to Gr. 11, completing school in North Vancouver, before going to UBC where she trained as a teacher. She returned to Burnaby in 1977 to teach, retiring in 1997. She is a volunteer with the Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association and the Dania Homes Society. Maureen continues to enjoy activities on Burnaby Mountain and works toward preserving the natural beauty of the mountain.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:19:04
- Interviewee Name
- Olofson, B. Maureen
- Interview Location
- Maureen Olofson's home in Burnaby
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Maureen Olofson
Track two of interview with Maureen Olofson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-004/MSS196-004_Track_2.mp3Interview with Maureen Olofson by Kathy Bossort October 14, 2015 - Track 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory576
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1942-1952
- Length
- 0:06:57
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson telling several stories about events she remembers from her childhood on her parents mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain and going to Sperling Avenue School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson telling several stories about events she remembers from her childhood on her parents mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain and going to Sperling Avenue School.
- Date Range
- 1942-1952
- Length
- 0:06:57
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 14, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Maureen Olofson conducted by Kathy Bossort. Maureen Olofson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Maureen Olofson’s memories of growing up on her parent’s Burnaby Mountain mink ranch between 1942 and 1950 and about the operation of the farm. She also talks about her parents’ history, her teaching career, and her thoughts about the beauty and value of Burnaby Mountain’s natural area.
- Biographical Notes
- Maureen Olofson was born 1938 in Glote, Harjedalen, Sweden, to Axel (1906-1998) and Kerstin Margareta (1906-1980). Axel and Kerstin Olofson, who had separately immigrated to Canada in 1928 and 1913 respectively, married in Canada and then returned to Sweden where Maureen was born. They moved to Burnaby in 1942 with their daughters Maureen and Anita Lea, and bought land and a mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain with their partners Gus Skofteby and Karin Ericksson (Kerstin’s sister). The GAK Fur Farm, located in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on 4th Avenue near Curtis Street, was one of the largest mink ranches in BC, an award winning operation with over 1200 mink animals. In 1950 the partners sold the land and the Olofson family moved to rented homes on Sperling Avenue. In 1952 Axel sold the last of his minks and opened a sporting goods store on Hastings Street. In 1954 the family moved to North Vancouver where Axel Olofson reestablished his sports business. Maureen attended Sperling Avenue School from Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 and Burnaby North High School to Gr. 11, completing school in North Vancouver, before going to UBC where she trained as a teacher. She returned to Burnaby in 1977 to teach, retiring in 1997. She is a volunteer with the Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association and the Dania Homes Society. Maureen continues to enjoy activities on Burnaby Mountain and works toward preserving the natural beauty of the mountain.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:19:04
- Interviewee Name
- Olofson, B. Maureen
- Interview Location
- Maureen Olofson's home in Burnaby
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track eight of interview with Maureen Olofson
Track eight of interview with Maureen Olofson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-004/MSS196-004_Track_8.mp3Playground at Sperling Elementary School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14738
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 9 Apr. 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum COVID-19 collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg) : col. ; 72 dpi.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the playground outside of Sperling Elementary School in Burnaby. The playground equipment is surrounded by yellow caution tape to prevent anyone from using it. The playground was closed down along with other parks by the City of Burnaby in the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandem…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum COVID-19 collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg) : col. ; 72 dpi.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the playground outside of Sperling Elementary School in Burnaby. The playground equipment is surrounded by yellow caution tape to prevent anyone from using it. The playground was closed down along with other parks by the City of Burnaby in the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and public health orders.
- History
- Tristan Johnson took photos around Burnaby because as a parent of two elementary school aged children during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most notable things about COVID-19 during Spring 2020 was the closure of playgrounds and the playgrounds being taped up.
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Accession Code
- BV020.21.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 9 Apr. 2020
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
- Photographer
- Johnson, Tristan
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Playground in Montecito Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14739
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 9 Apr. 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum COVID-19 collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg) : col. ; 72 dpi.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the playground inside of Montecito Park in Burnaby. The playground equipment is surrounded by yellow caution tape to prevent anyone from using it. The playground was closed down along with other parks by the City of Burnaby in the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and public…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum COVID-19 collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg) : col. ; 72 dpi.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the playground inside of Montecito Park in Burnaby. The playground equipment is surrounded by yellow caution tape to prevent anyone from using it. The playground was closed down along with other parks by the City of Burnaby in the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and public health orders.
- History
- Tristan Johnson took photos around Burnaby because as a parent of two elementary school aged children during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most notable things about COVID-19 during Spring 2020 was the closure of playgrounds and the playgrounds being taped up.
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Accession Code
- BV020.21.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 9 Apr. 2020
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
- Photographer
- Johnson, Tristan
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Sperling Avenue Div 8 Gr 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38580
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the unidentified students in the Grade 3, Division 8 class at Sperling Avenue school with their teacher, Mrs. V. Cuthbertson, outside the school building.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 463-018
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the unidentified students in the Grade 3, Division 8 class at Sperling Avenue school with their teacher, Mrs. V. Cuthbertson, outside the school building.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Sperling Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Photographer identified as "Layton"
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 2200 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area