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The Epic of the Outhouse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10137
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- William Harold Carr fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 album (26 photographs) + 1 photograph : col. 9 x 13 cm mounted on paper 25.5 x 33 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a thirty three page photograph album documenting the building of an outhouse by Century Park Museum Association volunteer, Harold Carr on the site of Heritage Village in Century Park (Burnaby Village Museum). The album is titled: "THE EPIC OF THE / OUTHOUSE / The Only (Privy) Biff…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- William Harold Carr fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 album (26 photographs) + 1 photograph : col. 9 x 13 cm mounted on paper 25.5 x 33 cm
- Material Details
- Pages include typewritten text pasted below each photograph
- Cover page and pages 30 to 32 are blank
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a thirty three page photograph album documenting the building of an outhouse by Century Park Museum Association volunteer, Harold Carr on the site of Heritage Village in Century Park (Burnaby Village Museum). The album is titled: "THE EPIC OF THE / OUTHOUSE / The Only (Privy) Biffy in Heritage Village with the Good Housekeeping / Seal of disApproval, 1977" / "Built by Mr. W. H. Carr / Privy Councillor / and Builder Emeritus". Photography by R. S. Banford & M. Smith, Marbo Photographics, North Vancouver."
- Creator
- Carr, William Harold
- Subjects
- Buildings - Other
- Accession Code
- BV011.59.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1977
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Arrangement
- Individual photographs are described at item level
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-04-29
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Marbo Photographics
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph album
- Continuation of the title reads : "The Only (Privy) Biffy in Heritage Village with the Good Housekeeping / Seal of disApproval, 1977" / "Built by Mr. W. H. Carr / Privy Councillor / and Builder Emeritus".
- Photographs from scrapbook have been described at item level (BV011.59.3 to BV011.5.3.31)
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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
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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)
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
Burnaby property tax assessment ledger no date - pre 1898
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1118
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1 BUR
- Author
- J.D.B.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1977
- Physical Description
- 96 p. (typewritten) + title page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Land titles
- Subjects
- Land - Land Surveying
- Taxes
- Object History
- Compiled July-August 1977, Heritage Village Archives
- Notes
- Unpublished research document: "Burnaby Property Tax Assessment Ledger / No Date --- Pre 1898 / Compiled July-August 1977 / Heritage Village Archives / Original Document No. / Copy #1 / J.D.B./77" -- title page
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Documents
Japanese bath house (Ofuro) for Heritage Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17075
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Oct. 27 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a typewritten copy of a letter written by Heritage Village Museum curator, John Adams regarding the proposed Japanese Bath House or Ofuro at Heritage Village.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a typewritten copy of a letter written by Heritage Village Museum curator, John Adams regarding the proposed Japanese Bath House or Ofuro at Heritage Village.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.50.18
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Oct. 27 1976
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Documents
A history of policing in Burnaby : 1892 - 1950 : with an emphasis on the years 1892 - 1935
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2072
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Trainer, Mary, 1948-
- Publication Date
- March, 1975
- Call Number
- 363.2 TRA Copy 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV979.47.2
- Call Number
- 363.2 TRA Copy 2
- Author
- Trainer, Mary, 1948-
- Contributor
- Bussey, Anthea J.
- Place of Publication
- [Burnaby]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- March, 1975
- Physical Description
- 64 p. ; 29 cm.
- Notes
- "Anthea J. Bussey Editor" -- title page.
- "Prepared for members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Burnaby Detachment, in honour of the Centennial of the RCMP May 23, 1873 - May 23, 1973"
- Includes bibliographical references.
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Interview with Maninder Arora
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19351
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (67 min., 25 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (66 min., 45 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Maninder Arora conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Museum Registrar James Binks. 0:00 – 07:33 Interview opens with introductions. Maninder Arora shares her immigration story and how she came to emigrate from India to Canada…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (67 min., 25 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (66 min., 45 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewers: Anushay Malik Co interviewer: James Binks Interviewee: Maninder Arora Location of Interview: In Burnaby at the home of Maninder Arora Interview Date: December 7, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: (01:07:25) Digital master recordings (wav) were edited into one recording and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Maninder Arora conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Museum Registrar James Binks. 0:00 – 07:33 Interview opens with introductions. Maninder Arora shares her immigration story and how she came to emigrate from India to Canada at 16 years of age with her mother, her older sister (18 yrs) and her younger brother (11 yrs) in 1974. Maninder explains how her sister immigrated first after marrying a South Asian Canadian and subsequently was able to sponsor members of her family to immigrate about one year later. Arora describes what life was like for her and her family in the northern part of Punjab in India prior to immigration to Canada. Arora describes her family composition with her being the second youngest of eight children and how at the time of immigrating, four of her elder siblings (three sisters and one brother) stayed behind. 07:34 – 16:23 As a new immigrant to Canada at the age of 16 years of age, Maninder Arora recalls the many challenges that she faced. Maninder describes how she attended Vancouver Technical School and then worked at a restaurant on Friday nights and weekends. She recollects how she got her first job through the Sikh community from the Akali Singh Sikh Gurdwara on Fraser Street. Maninder recalls that during the first five months in Canada, Maninder, her mother, sister and brother lived with her elder sister, her husband and child before finding a place of their own. Arora recalls where her family shopped for traditional Indian spices and foods. 16:24 – 25:50 Maninder Arora describes the next home that her family moved to and how she and her brother attended David Thompson Secondary School. Maninder explains that she dropped out of school in Grade 12 to go to work full time to help her family repay the debt that they owed for their immigration expenses. Around 1981, her mother was able to purchase a house at Marine Drive and Ross Street and her mother got work at the same restaurant that Maninder was working. Maninder shares and reflects on a disturbing encounter of racism that she and her older sister faced while taking local transit. 25:51 – 34:17 Maninder Arora talks about her past work experience. Maninder describes how with the help of her sister, she began working as a nurses' aide at care homes and private hospitals. Maninder reflects on how she intended to get a job in a unionized care home where she can make a better living wage. Maninder describes some of the places that she worked before obtaining certification as a nurse’s aide from Kwantlen College. 34;18 – 51:15 Maninder Arora describes the events that led to her marrying her future husband in 1986 and how it wasn’t an easy decision for her. Maninder describes where she and her family lived after her marriage and how her hard work led her to obtaining full time employment as a nurses' aide in Richmond. 51:16 - 56:16 Maninder Arora tells of how she decided to move to Burnaby where her sister and extended family were living. Maninder recalls what lead to her decision to move from Surrey to Burnaby in 1992. 56:17 - 1:04:23 Maninder Arora shares some experiences of her life in Burnaby. Maninder further reflects on her decisions for moving to Burnaby including providing what she thought would be a safer environment and education for her children. Maninder conveys how racism is still very much prevalent in society and recounts a personal encounter that she experienced while shopping for shoes at Metrotown. 1:04:24 – 1:06:45 The interviewer asks Maninder Arora what she would like to see conveyed as a message for younger people in an upcoming exhibit at Burnaby Village Museum on South Asian history. Maninder conveys that she would like all Canadian citizens living in Burnaby to make the environment better by not littering, living peacefully together and not causing people grief or struggle for nothing, “Be kind to each other”. In closing Arora shares the transportation route she took when emigrating from India to Canada.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Maninder Arora was born in the northern part of Punjab, India. Her sister immigrated to Canada in 1974 after marrying a South Asian Canadian. In 1975, after her father died, her sister was able to bring her mother, her 11 year old brother and Maninder at 16 years of age. After arriving in British Columbia, they first lived with her sister and family before finding a place of their own. Maninder attended Vancouver Technical School and later David Thompson Secondary School and worked in a restaurant on weekends to help her family out. Maninder and her family were members of the Sikh community and attended Akali Singh Sikh Gurdwara on Fraser Street. Maninder left school in Grade 12 to work full time to help her family repay the debt that they owed for their immigration expenses. In the early 1980’s Maninder’s family moved to a house near Marine Drive and Ross Street that her mother was able to purchase. With the help of her sister, Maninder got work as a nurses’ aide at care homes and private hospitals which eventually led her to obtaining certification from Kwantlen College. Maninder married in 1986 and had two children while living in Richmond. Around 1992, she moved from Surrey to Burnaby to be closer to her sister and to provide as safer environment for her children. Interviewers' biographies: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”. 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
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Occupations
- Occupations - Nurses
- Migration
- Names
- Arora, Maninder
- Responsibility
- Malik, Anushay
- Binks, James
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Maninder Arora, [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
Interview with Maninder Arora, [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0006_003.mp3
Family photograph album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3656
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1972-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 60 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph album containing ca. 60 photographs, including primarily personal subjects such as family vacations and events, as well as a few photographs relating to Winch's political travels.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 60 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph album containing ca. 60 photographs, including primarily personal subjects such as family vacations and events, as well as a few photographs relating to Winch's political travels.
- Names
- Winch, Harold Edward
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.13
- Date
- 1972-1979
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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Personal and political photograph album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3657
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1972-1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 100 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph album containing ca. 100 photographs and ephemera, including both personal and work-related subjects such as cards from Harold and Jessie Winch's wedding, family vacations, newspaper clippings, and records relating to Winch's political career.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 album (ca. 100 photographs)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph album containing ca. 100 photographs and ephemera, including both personal and work-related subjects such as cards from Harold and Jessie Winch's wedding, family vacations, newspaper clippings, and records relating to Winch's political career.
- Subjects
- Government - Federal Government
- Accession Code
- BV013.12.14
- Date
- 1972-1986
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph album
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The Story of Pacific Salmon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7500
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c[1962]
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.566
- Contributor
- Licastro, Joseph
- Stanley, Cameron
- Moller, Hans
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Publisher
- National Film Board of Canada
- Publication Date
- c[1962]
- Physical Description
- 1 filmstrip (unknown length) : cellulose acetate, col. interpositive ; 35 mm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Documentary Films
- Filmstrips
- Pacific salmon--British Columbia
- Pacific salmon fisheries--British Columbia
- Salmon--Life cycles
- Object History
- Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
- Notes
- Educational filmstrip describing the five species of Pacifc Salmon, their life cycle including migration, spawining and growth. Audio commentary is missing.
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Documents
Plumber Pipefitter and Steamfitter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7529
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c1954
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.7.3
- Contributor
- Bennett, D.
- Lund, Chris
- Anders, F.
- O'Connor, Hugh
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- National Film Board of Canada
- Publication Date
- c1954
- Physical Description
- 35 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, b&w pos.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Documentary Films
- Filmstrips
- Plumbing
- Steam
- Subjects
- Occupations - Tradespeople
- Object History
- Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
- Notes
- Filmstrip (photographs with subtitles) provides a brief synopsis of apprenticeship training available for men in the 1950s. Segments include "Apprenticeship Training" and "Working as a Journeyman". Film frame 33 reads: "For further information... read Monograph No. 5 in the "Canadian Occupations" series, consult your local National Employment Service office, teachers, counsellors and person familiar with the plumbing and heating industry."
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Documents
Motor Vehicle Mechanic
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7530
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c1956
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.7.4
- Contributor
- Cabeldu Motors Limited
- L'Ecole de L'Automobile de Montreal Technical High School
- Myers Motors
- General Motors of Canada
- Anders, Fred
- Buccino, Fred
- Lund, Chris
- O'Connor, Hugh
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- National Film Board of Canada
- Publication Date
- c1956
- Physical Description
- 39 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, b&w pos.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Documentary Films
- Filmstrips
- Automobiles--Maintenance and repair
- Automobiles--Motors
- Object History
- Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
- Notes
- Filmstrip (photographs and illustrations with subtitles) provides a brief synopsis of apprenticeship training for a motor vehicle mechanic. Segments include "Motor Vehicle Mechanic"; "Related Fields of Training"; "Opportunities in the Trade". Film was created in collaboration with the Occupational Analysis Section of the Department of Labour. Film frame 36 reads: "For further information... read Monograph No. 10 in the "Canadian Occupations" series, consult your local National Employment Service office, teachers, counsellors and person familiar with the automobile trades." Accompanying sound recording is missing.
Images
Documents
Science of Fire Prevention
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7531
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c1953
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.7.5
- Contributor
- Olsen, J.
- Rooke, J.
- Kochanski, V.
- Bullock, V.E.
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- National Film Board of Canada
- Publication Date
- c1953
- Physical Description
- 42 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, b&w pos.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Documentary Films
- Filmstrips
- Fire extinction
- Fire prevention
- Subjects
- Protective Services
- Object History
- Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
- Notes
- Filmstrip (illustrations with subtitles) provides a brief synopsis on the science behind the conduction of fire, fire prevention and fire extinguishment including classification under three headings: "Class "A" Fires"; "Class "B" Fires" and "Class "C" Fires". Accompanying sound recording is missing.
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Documents
Maps of Canada Series - Forest Areas
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7532
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c1952
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.7.6
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- National Film Board of Canada
- Publication Date
- c1952
- Physical Description
- 21 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, b&w pos.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Documentary Films
- Filmstrips
- Forests and forestry--Canada
- Object History
- Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
- Notes
- Filmstrip (illustrations and text) provides a brief synopsis identifying Canada's forest regions and species in the Maritime Provinces; Quebec; Ontario; Prarie Provinces; British Columbia and Northern Areas along with the "Value of Forest Products by Province - 1948".
Images
Documents
Three Promises
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7533
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.7.7
- Author
- Leaf, Munro, 1905-1976
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- National Film Board of Canada
- Publication Date
- c[1957]
- Physical Description
- 68 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, b&w pos.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Documentary Films
- Filmstrips
- United Nations
- Object History
- Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
- Notes
- Filmstrip "Three Promises (made to you)" with illustrations and text created by children's author and illustrator Munro Leaf based on the publication "Three Promises to You". Filmstrip provides basic facts about the United Nations and it's purpose.
Images
Documents
The 16mm Film Projector - Part Two
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7534
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c1961
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.7.8
- Contributor
- Heeney, Wes
- Hopkins, D.
- Donovan, G.L.
- Moller, Hans
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- National Film Board of Canada
- Publication Date
- c1961
- Series
- Part Two of Three
- Physical Description
- 25 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, col. pos.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Documentary Films
- Filmstrips
- Motion picture projectors
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Object History
- Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
- Notes
- Part Two of three instructional filmstrips designed for use in the training of volunteer projectionists. Part Two provides the basics on "The Movement of Film" and "Threading Diagrams". "The 16mm Film Projector - Part Two" is one in a series: "Filmstrips and the Teacher"; "The Filmstrip Projector"; "The 16mm Film Projector" (3 filmstrips - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). Accompanying audio commentary is missing.
Images
Documents
Railway City
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7535
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c[1960]
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.7.9
- Contributor
- Hopkins, D.
- Donoahue, J.
- Moller, Hans
- Canadian National Railways
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- City of Winnipeg
- Manitoba Hydro
- Province of Manitoba
- Library and Archives Canada
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- National Film Board of Canada
- Publication Date
- c[1960]
- Physical Description
- 52 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, col. pos.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Documentary Films
- Filmstrips
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Object History
- Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
- Notes
- A Canadian Series educational filmstrip about the history of Winnipeg and its development as a railway city. Visual material was provided by: Canadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Railway, Montreal; City of Winnipeg Engineering Departments; Manitoba Hydro Electric Board - Winnipeg; Province of Manitoba, Department of Industry and Commerce and The Public Archives of Canada - Ottawa.
Images
Documents
Canada's Freedoms
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7536
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c1958
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.7.10
- Contributor
- Lunn, John
- Charbonneau, G.
- Donoahue, Jim
- Moller, Hans
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- National Film Board of Canada
- Publication Date
- c1958
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, col. pos.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Documentary Films
- Filmstrips
- Civil rights--Canada
- Subjects
- Rights - Human Rights
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Object History
- Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
- Notes
- Educational filmstrip with text and illustrations providing a basic explanation on "Canada's Freedoms" from the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms including Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Creative Expression, Freedom of Worship, Freedom of Movement, Freedom of Occupation, Freedom of Association and Freedom of Political Choice.
Images
Documents
The Filmstrip Projector
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7537
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c[1969]
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.7.11
- Contributor
- Heeney, Wes
- Hopkins, D.
- Licastro, Joseph
- Moller, Hans
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- National Film Board of Canada
- Publication Date
- c[1969]
- Physical Description
- 41 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, col. pos.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Documentary Films
- Filmstrips
- Filmstrip projectors
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Object History
- Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
- Notes
- Filmstrip providing basic instructions with diagrams on how to use a filmstrip projector. "The Filmstrip Projector" is one in a series: "Filmstrips and the Teacher"; "The Filmstrip Projector"; "The 16mm Film Projector" (3 filmstrips - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).
Images
Documents
The 16 mm Film Projector - Part Three
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7538
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- c1961
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Accession Code
- BV016.7.12
- Contributor
- Heeney, Wes
- Hopkins, D.
- Donovan, G.L.
- Simpkins , J.
- Moller, Hans
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- National Film Board of Canada
- Publication Date
- c1961
- Physical Description
- 45 photographs : filmstrip ; cellulose aacetate, col. pos.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Documentary Films
- Filmstrips
- Motion picture projectors
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Object History
- Came in with Oakalla Prison records and artifacts in 1991. Filmstrip was utilized by staff and inmates of Oakalla. Digitized by BVM into preservation and accessible formats in 2020.
- Notes
- Part three of three instructional filmstrips designed for use in the training of volunteer projectionists. Part Three describes "The Projectionist's Job" and "Some Common Troubles and Immediate Action". "The 16 mm Film Projector - Part Three" is one in a series: "Filmstrips and the Teacher"; "The Filmstrip Projector"; "The 16mm Film Projector" (3 filmstrips - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). Audio commentary and manual are missing.
Images
Documents
![Interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz, [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0006_001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19602
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (68 min., 52 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (68 min., 53 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00-16:47 Bill and Ellen share where they were born, grew up and went to school as citizens of the United States and how they met in Pe…
- 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., 52 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (68 min., 53 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewees: Ellen and Bill Schwartz Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: May 15, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:08:52 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: Bill and Ellen Schwartz.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00-16:47 Bill and Ellen share where they were born, grew up and went to school as citizens of the United States and how they met in Pennsylvania the 1970s. Bill and Ellen explain how in the 1970s, they were discouraged about the current politics in the United States under the Nixon administration and how they were inspired by the “back to the land” ideals, rejecting materialism and wanting an alternative lifestyle. With these ideals in mind, they recall how in 1972 they and a few other friends decided to leave the United States, move to British Columbia with the goal of buying land in the Okanagan or Kootenay region and starting a new lifestyle for themselves. Bill and Ellen recollect how they purchased 20 acres of land in Galena Bay in the Kootenays and how they lived in the area off and on until the early 1980s. They describe how they cleared three acres of land, built a cabin, put in a garden, chicken coop and honey bees. With the challenges of the isolated location and no access to electricity they explain how they decided that they had to live elsewhere in order to make a living. Ellen talks about working as a special education teacher in Revelstoke and Slocan and how Bill obtained his teaching certificate while they lived in Nelson. Bill and Ellen describe themselves as environmentalists and of how they both became active Provincial environmentalists during the construction of the Revelstoke Dam. Bill talks about getting work with the “Energy Van” program talking about energy conservation, renewable energy and recycling. They explain how after their first child was born in 1980, they returned to Galena Bay for about a year and a half until Bill was offered a job with the Department of Energy Conservation which lead them to move to Vancouver. 16:48 – 22:46 Bill and Ellen describe their first few years of living in Vancouver and at University of British Columbia while Ellen completed her master’s degree in creative writing. During this time, they had their second child. They recall how in 1988 how they purchased a house in Burnaby, selecting to live in the Deer Lake neighbourhood. They talk about the benefits of the neighbourhood including; a French immersion school for their children, proximity to the trails around Deer Lake and having transit close by. 22:47 – 33:55 Bill and Ellen talk about their consulting business “Polestar Communications”. A Burnaby based communications consulting firm composed of three people, Ellen and Bill and colleague Richard Banner. They describe how their business got started and some of the projects that they’ve worked on including; BC Hydro’s Power Smart Program, financial literacy curriculum that was introduced in B.C. schools and reports for the Province of British Columbia. Ellen and Bill convey how Bill has been a very active member with the City of Burnaby Environment Committee, the Steering Committee to develop a sustainable environmental strategy for Burnaby, how he’s been awarded for his contributions in coaching youth sports and other areas in which they have both volunteered. 33:56 – 43:07 Ellen describes how she got started in writing educational resources about the environment and how since she completed grad school in 1984, she’s published nineteen books. Ellen conveys how her first book was published and sold to the Province of British Columbia as part of the B.C. educational curriculum on the environment. Ellen talks about some of the children’s books that she’s written and published with themes including; social justice, the labour movement and racism in sports. Ellen describes some of her books and the research that she’s done. 43:08 – 51:04 Ellen and Bill Schwartz reflect on what they like about living in Burnaby. They talk about the benefits of their neighbourhood including; performances at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival, the Burnaby Art Gallery and Deer Lake as well as having access to parks and community centres in Burnaby. 51:05-56:36 Bill and Ellen reflect on their involvement in the Jewish community, considering themselves non-secular Jews. Ellen talks about how they were involved with “Burquest” a Jewish Community Association and how they often observe some of the Jewish holidays including Hanukah and traditions including the Jewish coming of age ritual, bar mitzvah (masc.) and bat mistvah (fem.). Ellen mentions her involvement with the “Jone Betty Stuchner Oy Vey! Funniest Children’s book Award” where she acts a judge and her involvement with the Jewish Book festival and that she is a recipient of the Jewish Book award. 56:37 – 1:08:53 Bill and Ellen reflect on their 35 years living in Burnaby and how they’ve seen it change. They talk about the increased development and density in the city, how they are troubled by a lack of low income housing, the benefits and importance of public transportation and preservation of green space including Burnaby parks.
- History
- Interviewees' biographies: Ellen Schwartz was born in Washington, DC, (1950) but grew up in New Jersey. She attended the Universities of Chicago and Wisconsin before moving to a farm in Pennsylvania, where she met her future husband Bill Schwartz. Bill Schwartz grew up in and around Philadelphia (b. 1947), and attended Pennsylvania State University. After travelling, and discouraged with life in eastern America, he and Ellen decided that British Columbia held better prospects. Bill and Ellen quit their jobs in 1972 and moved to the Kootenay region where they adopted a “back to the land” lifestyle, a very new experience for both of them. After eight years of modest success, and occasional work in nearby towns, they opted to return to Vancouver where Bill had work and where they could raise a family more easily. They rented in Vancouver for a few years before moving to family housing at UBC, while Ellen studied creative writing. Bill founded a communications and writing company, and in 1988 they purchased a home in Burnaby. Ellen launched a new career as a writer, mainly for children young adults. Both were active in their careers, raising a family, and participating in local social and political activities. 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
- Environmental Issues
- Environmental Issues - Environmental Protection
- Geographic Features
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Housing
- Occupations
- Occupations - Entrepreneurs
- Occupations - Writers
- Persons - Volunteers
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Religions
- Religions - Judaism
- Names
- Schwartz, William "Bill"
- Schwartz, Ellen
- City of Burnaby
- Polestar Communications
- British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
Images
![Interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz, [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0006_001.jpg)
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz, [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023
Interview with Ellen and Bill Schwartz, [1969-2023] (interview content), interviewed 15 May 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0006_003.mp3