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Interview with W.H. O'Brien July / August 1975 - Track 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory25
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- [1932]-1936
- Length
- 0:11:12
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).
- Date Range
- [1932]-1936
- Photo Info
- Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005
- Length
- 0:11:12
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Interviewer
- Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
- Interview Date
- July / August 1975
- Scope and Content
- Recording is a taped interview with W.H. "Harry" O'Brien by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury. Major themes discussed are: the Army of the Common Good, the Union of the Unemployed and the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union). To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- W.H. “Harry” O’Brien was born in the coal mining town of Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 20, 1914. He came to Burnaby with his parents and five siblings in 1927. Harry’s mother, a school teacher, wanted her children to live closer to school in order to obtain a better education, so the O’Brien family settled at Inman Avenue, Burnaby. Harry's mother, Mary Anne Crossan, was Gilmore Avenue School's first teacher. Harry left school in June of 1929. Harry’s father worked as the caretaker at Central Park around this time and Harry helped him to clear brush, plant trees and enforce the land clearing and wood cutting permit regulations held by men who were on script. Although too young to vote by just over a week, Harry O'Brien worked as a scrutineer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) during the 1935 Federal Election. On October 12, 1940 Harry O'Brien married Gertrude Sutherland at St. John the Divine in Burnaby. The Sutherland family came to Burnaby from Winnipeg in 1933 and settled at Nelson Avenue. Harry began his involvement with the Unemployment Organization in Burnaby by participating in an organised protest against the municipality for homeowner evictions brought on by unpaid taxes. The South Burnaby Union of the Unemployed organised in order to protest rules around receiving Relief. Harry became involved, eventually becoming one of the spearheads of the organization, taking over as secretary by 1936. Harry was an original member of the Army of the Common Good, helping to produce over one hundred and twenty-five tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed Burnaby citizens suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The members of the Army of the Common Good who cut wood for consumption or worked in the gardens were given credit for their work through LU (Labour Units) which they could then use to buy groceries and that at the Army's Cooperative stores, one of which was at McKay Avenue, where Harry began working as Manager of Groceries in 1937. The Credit Union movement of British Columbia was also organized by Harry O'Brien and his fellow Army of the Common Good members. W.H. "Harry" O'Brien died July 1, 1992.
- Total Tracks
- 9
- Total Length
- 1:17:56
- Interviewee Name
- O'Brien, Harry
- 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
- Transcript Available
- None
- 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.
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Track eight of interview with W.H.
Track eight of interview with W.H.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-25/100-13-25_Track_8.mp3tobacco pipe with case
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2818
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV990.18.2
- Description
- Pipe; bowl part of pipe is tan colour, pale mottled; stem is darker; metal ring around bowl top and wide ring connecting stem and bowl; bowl ring has stamped marks 'EAM' in diamond and three symbols; same on connecting ring; end of stem broken off; case is cardboard, hinged, with red 'skin' texture on outside, and gold trim; inside is fawn-coloured felt
- Object History
- The original owner was the donor's paternal grand-father, Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton. He owned and edited Vancouver's first newspaper, the News-Advertiser, was B.C. provincial finance minister from 1898-1900, and was the first chancellor of UBC.
- Reference
- http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/carter_cotton_francis_lovett_14E.html
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment
- Object Term
- Pipe, Smoking
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3164
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV989.25.1
- Description
- Purse, small, pearl-beaded outside; silky fabric lining; gold-coloured metal clasp and chain.
- Object History
- Donor inherited object in 1973 from the estate of his mother, Deloraine Floy (Whitten) Village.
- Marks/Labels
- "Made in France"
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
bodice and skirt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3347
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV989.38.1
- Description
- Bodice and skirt, c.1864-1870. Brown silk taffeta with white checked pattern. Small standing collar, sloping shoulders, long sleeves with ruffle, black buttons down centre front, polonaise attachment at the back. Skirt has elastic waistband, and equal volume all around. Ruffle trim around hem. Hand sewn.
- Object History
- The dress is reported to have been worn by the donor's aunt, Sarah Ellen Thompson, who was born in 1872 which would suggest this is an 1880s bustle dress. However, the short straight waist, sloping shoulders, wide sleeves, piped seams and light boning placed in the darts suggest an earlier date of 1860s or early 1870s. The polonaise is tacked on to the back, instead of a continuation of the bodice, and the skirt does not look like the late bustle period. Likely made in early bustle period of the late 1860s-early 1870s. Elsewhere in the file, it is reported the donor got the dress from a friend, not from her aunt.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes
Images
wedding dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3348
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV989.39.1
- Description
- Wedding dress, 1917. Cream silk, jacket and skirt. Sailor collar, long sleeves, loose cut with fitting, beaded brooch, pleats and button trim on both pieces. The V neck has a large square sailor style collar, with two self covered ball buttons on either side just below the collar ends. At the V point there is a beaded floral brooch with tassels. The sleeves are loose fitting, trimmed with eight buttons at the forearm and gathered to half a cuff. The centre front of the bodice has a bust dart on either side, and cuts off at the waist. Here a belt attaches around the sides, trimmed with four buttons at either side front and back. The bodice's ivory silk lining is not pleated, and it is not attached at the bottom. It closes at centre front with two slide snaps. On the back of the jacket, there is a large pleat on either side. Centre back is fully pleated, and the pleats are sewn down from the neckline to underarm level. At the waistline, there is a narrower band of fabric that joins the side belts together and holds the pleats in place. The back of the jacket extends to the hips, and the sides extend several inches further and each end in a point. The skirt, made with six gores, falls smoothly over the hips. It has a pleated ruffle at the top and a waistband reinforced with a large grosgrain ribbon on the inside. The centre back and centre front are pleated from the waist to hem, the pleats sewn down to the end of the hips. Each side is trimmed with buttons spaced evenly from the waist to hem. The skirt closes at the right side back with slide snaps and hooks and eyes on the grosgrain.
- Object History
- Photocopy of the original wedding photo is in the acquisition file. Worn by the donor's mother, Mary Edith Pearl Collum (nee Dillabough). She married Eli Wilbert Collum on June 20, 1917, in Winnipeg (she was 25 years old). They moved to Vancouver in 1936, then to Burnaby in 1938. Edith gave the dress to her son first for safe keeping, and then as an inheritance. She passed away February 1, 1989 at age 97 (born 1892).
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes
Images
hat badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3554
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.1
- Description
- Burnaby Police shield; silver colour; geometic shapes in centre of shield surrounded by engraved lettering.
- Marks/Labels
- "BURNABY / SPECIAL / POLICE", stamped into front of badge
- Names
- Burnaby Municipal Police
Images
hat badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3555
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.2
- Description
- Burnaby Police shield; silver colour; fastener missing.
- Marks/Labels
- "Burnaby Police, Special", stamped into the front of the badge
- Names
- Burnaby Municipal Police
Images
hat badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3556
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.3
- Description
- Burnany Police shield; silver colour; small geometic shape in centre of shield surrounded by engraved lettering
- Marks/Labels
- "BURNABY / SPECIAL / POLICE", engraved "55", stamped on front of badge
- Names
- Burnaby Municipal Police
Images
hat badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3558
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.5
- Description
- Burnaby Municipal Police hat badge; silver colour; crown at top, seven pointed sun burst motif; in centre coat of arms with lettering
- Object History
- Burnaby Police Cap badge
- Marks/Labels
- "BURNABY / POLICE", embossed in metal
- Names
- Burnaby Municipal Police
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3559
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.6
- Description
- Brass button; with image of crown
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3560
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.7
- Description
- Brass button; with image of crown
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3561
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.8
- Description
- Brass button; with image of crown
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3562
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.9
- Description
- Button; silver colour.
- Marks/Labels
- "POLICE FORCE", embossed on front of button "J. R. GAUNT & SON Ltd. / MONTREAL", stamped on back of button
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3563
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.10
- Description
- Button; silver colour
- Marks/Labels
- "POLICE", embossed on front of button "W. SOULLY LTD / MONTREAL", stamped on back of button
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact4337
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.48.12
- Description
- Crocheted purse, cream, 4 baubles hang from bottom, drawstring.
- Object History
- Donor acquired object in 1951 from the estates of her mother, Margaret Isabel (Cinnamon) Wray, and her mother-in-law, Flora Isabell (McArthur) McOuat.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact4338
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.48.13
- Description
- Purse, crocheted; cream; drawstring.
- Object History
- Donor acquired object in 1951 from the estates of her mother, Margaret Isabel (Cinnamon) Wray, and her mother-in-law, Flora Isabell (McArthur) McOuat.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact4349
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.48.24
- Description
- Purse, crochet top, floral silk bottom.
- Object History
- Donor acquired object in 1951 from the estates of her mother, Margaret Isabel (Cinnamon) Wray, and her mother-in-law, Flora Isabell (McArthur) McOuat.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
wedding dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact4388
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.48.63
- Description
- Wedding dress, c.1900-1906. Cream lace net lined with white china silk. High collar, pouter pigeon front, puffed sleeves. Comes with a long sash and matching skirt. The collar is made of several bands of lace. The bodice is also lace, with embroidery. On the front there is a pin tucked yoke, and bordering this on the front and back are circles of lace with line embroidery inside. Below this there are more pin tucks and bands of lace. The front puffs out creating a pouter pigeon bodice, and there is a gathered flounce below the waistline. It closes with hooks and eyes at centre back. The sash, a long yellowish-cream piece of silk fabric, would go overtop of the waist. The sleeves are gathered at the cap and again at the cuff. There are bands of lace at the lower forearm, and they end with lace flounce cuffs of the same embroidered circles seen on the bodice. The skirt has a lace top layer and a white china silk lining that is attached at the small waistband. There are tiny pin tucks in the lace layer at the waistband. Halfway down, there is a band of embroidered circles, the same as those on the bodice. They are separated by two bands of lace. There are two more of the same bands of lace near the hem. The net layer has three gores, and the lining has five. There are also two ruffles at the lining hem.
- Object History
- Donor acquired object in 1951 from the estate of her mother-in-law, Flora Isabell (McArthur) McOuat.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact4393
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.50.4
- Description
- Black velvet handbag c. 1905 - 1925; gathered as on a drawstring but at fixed size of opening; no handle; tassel on bottom.
- Object History
- Made by Louisa Killam Richardson.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
woman's suit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact4398
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.50.9
- Description
- Woman's suit, c.1909-1912. White cotton with white embroidery. Jacket with collar and long sleeves, and flared ankle length skirt. The jacket has a large rolled collar covered in hand worked white floral embroidery with a scalloped edge. This embroidery continues down the edges of the centre front opening, and around the jacket hem. The front of the jacket has princess seaming on either side, and the back is made of one piece above the waist. Below, there are three inserted panels creating a peplum. The front closes with a single white button and thread loop at waist level. All the seams on the front and back shaping are flat felled; the others are left unfinished. The skirt waistband is simply folded over and basted into place. It has nine gores, and an opening at the front left with six snaps. The white embroidery goes around hem, and comes halfway up the centre front. The hem is machine sewn, and the seams are left unfinished.
- Object History
- Made by Louisa Killam Richardson.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes