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A Canadian school geography
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary348
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.22
- Call Number
- 917.1 COR 1924 Copy 1
- Contributor
- Denton, V. L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Son Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1924
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons, Limited
- Physical Description
- xiv, 498 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Ethel Anderson, 9387 Fullerton Ave., Victoria, B.C." [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] "Ethel Anderson" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] Provinces and their capitals handwritten in pencil on back pastedown.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geography--Textbooks
- Canada--Description and travel
- Geography--Historical texts
- Notes
- "with numberous sketch maps, diagrams and illustrations"--T.p.
- "Authorized for use in the schools of British Columbia" --T.p.
- "With a supplementary chapter on British Columbia by V.L. Denton"
- Supplementary chapter on British Columbia p. 451-498
- Copy 1 of 2
- Author's given name and dates: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-1960
- Author's given name and dates: Denton, V.L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
A Canadian school geography
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1744
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.135
- Call Number
- 917.1 COR 1927
- Contributor
- Denton, V. L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Son Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1927
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons, Limited
- Physical Description
- xiv, 498 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "WOODWARDS LTD. BOOK DEPT. 90¢" [stamped in purple in on front endpaper] "Vera Morrow" [handwritten in red ink on front endpaper] "Section Page" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "Vera Morrow" [handwritten in green ink on other side of front endpaper] "[All rights reserved] to Vera Morrow" [handwritten in red ink on page before t.p.] "Vera Morrow Kitchener St. school Geography Book (text)" [handwritten in pencil on back endpaper] Study notes handwritten in pencil in margins throughout the book
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geography--Textbooks
- Canada--Description and travel
- Geography--Historical texts
- Notes
- "with numberous sketch maps, diagrams and illustrations"--T.p.
- "Authorized for use in the schools of British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Saskatchewan" --T.p.
- "With a supplementary chapter on British Columbia by V.L. Denton"
- Supplementary chapter on British Columbia p. 451-498
- Author's given name and dates: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-1960
- Author's given name and dates: Denton, V.L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
A Canadian song book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5048
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.3
- Call Number
- 784.8 MAC
- Contributor
- MacMillan, Ernest, 1893-1973
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- London
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- xii, 180 p.: music; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "With Mother's love/To Hazel/May 28, 1929./From Victoria/National Convention I.O.D.E." and "E. Fountain - 1957" written in pencil, endpapers (front). "B. Geosits 1" written in ink, endpapers (front).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Songs, English
- United Church of Canada
- Hymns
- Methodist Church
- Notes
- "Edited by Ernest MacMillan"
- "Published under the auspices of the National Council of Education" -- Title page verso
- "'The exercise of singing is delightful to nature, and good to preserve the health of Man.' William Byrd" -- Title page
- Includes index.
Accounting reports in business management : use of financial and operating statements, together with a system of standards and performance records, in maintaining efficient management and control
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3584
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Gregory, Homer Ewart
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Call Number
- 657 GRE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.51.4
- Call Number
- 657 GRE
- Author
- Gregory, Homer Ewart
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Ronald Press Co.
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- xi, 445 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "S. Johnson / 1416 East 41st St." -- handwritten in pencil endpaper (front).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Accounting
- Business
- Notes
- Includes index.
Accurate tool work
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary340
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- 1st ed., 6th imp.
- Publication Date
- 1912
- Call Number
- 621.9 GOO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.14
- Call Number
- 621.9 GOO
- Edition
- 1st ed., 6th imp.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.
- Publication Date
- 1912
- Series
- Machine Shop Library
- Physical Description
- 217 p. : ill. : 24 cm.
- Inscription
- San Francisco Public Library (author authority)
- http://sflib1.sfpl.org/record=b1107564~S1
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Tools
- Machinery--Collectors and collecting
- Notes
- Authors' full name and dates: Goodrich,C.L. (Clarence Leon), 1876- Stanley, Frank A. (Frank Arthur), 1874-
A Christmas carol by Charles Dickens, and The king of the Golden River by John Ruskin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1717
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.30
- Call Number
- 823.8 DIC Copy 1
- Contributor
- Stevenson, O. J.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Copp, Clark
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Physical Description
- 154 p. : front. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "Vera Morrow" [written in pencil] Back endpaper: "78B" [written and underlined in pencil] "30" [written and underlined in pencil] "22" [written in pencil] Back fly leaf: "Stave two Country road where Scrooge was born School house - boy reading School house - boy and his sister Fezziwigs warehouse - Scrooge appreiced Scrooge and his fiances Home of his fiance in later life" [written in pencil] Throughout book: Study notes and markings highlighting passages of text, written in pencil.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English literature
- Notes
- with annotations by O.J. Stevenson
- "for use in public and high schools."
- Contributer full name given as follows: Stevenson, O. J. (Orlando John), 1869-1950.
- Copy 1 of 2.
A complete system of nursing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3506
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV995.14.1
- Call Number
- 610 ASH
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Waverly Book Co.
- Publication Date
- 1917
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons
- Physical Description
- xv, 746 p.: ill., diagr., col. plates
- Inscription
- "E. Abercrombie" -handwritten in ink inside front cover. "E. L. A." -written on outside edges of pages.
A cook's tour with Minute Tapioca
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3784
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.58.109
- Call Number
- 641.6368 MIN
- Place of Publication
- Orange, Mass.
- Publisher
- Minute Tapioca Co. Inc.
- Publication Date
- c1929
- Physical Description
- 40 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking
- Cookbooks--1920-1929
- Notes
- Includes index
Across Canada : annotated guide via Canadian Pacific Railway, the greatest transportation system in the world
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2898
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.148.3
- Call Number
- 917.1 CAN
- Place of Publication
- [Montreal]
- Publisher
- [Canadian Pacific Railway]
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Physical Description
- 112 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "May 2nd 1914 _________ Frank ___ _ _ C.P.R." [handwritten in pencil on back cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Railroad travel--Canada--Guidebooks
- Canada--Description and travel
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- 11 p. of advertisements following p. 101
![Ada, Mary Conquest and Mary Stanley, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0250_001.jpg?width=280)
Ada, Mary Conquest and Mary Stanley
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19828
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [192-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ada Stanley, Mary Conquest Stanley and Mary Stanley. The group of three women are seated on a railing of a bridge or dock with body of water behind them.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ada Stanley, Mary Conquest Stanley and Mary Stanley. The group of three women are seated on a railing of a bridge or dock with body of water behind them.
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.250
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [192-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
- Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Good morning / to you from the / Sithampton outing / Mother_Mary_Ada"
Images
![Ada, Mary Conquest and Mary Stanley, [192-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0250_001.jpg)
A desk book on the etiquette of social stationery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2777
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Clark, Jean Wilde
- Publication Date
- c1910
- Call Number
- 395 CLA
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.18.10
- Call Number
- 395 CLA
- Author
- Clark, Jean Wilde
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Eaton, Crane and Pike Company
- Publication Date
- c1910
- Physical Description
- 86 p. : illus. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "price, $1.00"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Social stationery
- Etiquette
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Original sample invitations are not included.
A distinctive group of beaded bags, including original models designed by Harriet B. Davis; simple instructions ... with illustrations by actual photographs.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5845
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Davis, Harriet B.
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Publication Date
- c1927
- Call Number
- 746.5 DAV
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV986.18.1
- Call Number
- 746.5 DAV
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Author
- Davis, Harriet B.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dritz-Traum Co.
- Publication Date
- c1927
- Physical Description
- 32 p. : ill. : 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "1400 A 8 25¢" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover] "1927" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover and first page]
The administration of industrial enterprises, with special reference to factory practice
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary318
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.175.7
- Call Number
- 658 JON
- Edition
- New rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Publication Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- v, 618 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "Premium Stores / 4543 Kingsway Burnaby 1, B.C., Canada" -- stamped on flyleaf. "W 29" -- handwritten and crossed-out in pen on flyleaf.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Factory management
- Industrial efficiency
- Industrial management
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
A doll's house : and two other plays
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1867
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
- Publication Date
- 1924
- Call Number
- 839.8 IBS
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.3
- Call Number
- 839.8 IBS
- Author
- Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
- Place of Publication
- London
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Publication Date
- 1924
- Series
- Everyman's library ; no. 494
- Printer
- Temple Press
- Physical Description
- xiii, 255 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "Alan Macdonald Locker No." [written in black ink] "R. W____ [Wertz?] 574" [written in blue ink] "Alan Macdonald Arts '28 Locker 544" [written and crossed out in black ink] "Alan Macdonald Locker no __" [written in black ink, locker number has been covered up with pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Drama
- Notes
- edited by R. Farquarson Sharp and Eleanor Marx-Aveling
- Contributer full name given as follows: Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson), 1864-1945
- Contains the plays The Doll House, The Wild Duck, and The Lady from the Sea
Advanced geometry for high schools : synthetic and analytical
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7326
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McDougall, A. H.
- Edition
- 2nd ed., rev.
- Publication Date
- c1919
- Call Number
- 516.3 MCD
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV018.25.3
- Call Number
- 516.3 MCD
- Edition
- 2nd ed., rev.
- Author
- McDougall, A. H.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Copp Clark Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1919
- Physical Description
- 86, v, 119 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Top left corner of front pastedown [ label in pink ] : "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION image of BC provincial crest THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA TEXT-BOOK BRANCH" Top right hand corner of front end paper "W.Mc. Kenzie" [handwritten in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geometry
- Geometry--Textbooks
- Geometry, Analytic
- Geometry--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Object History
- Textbook used at Gilmore School. Came via donor's parents who were teachers at the school: William (Bill) McKenzie and Georgina McKenzie.
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: McDougall, A. H. (Alexander Hiram), 1859-1946
- "Part I. - Synthetic Geometry". "Part II. - Analytical Geometry".
The 'Adventurers of England' on Hudson bay : a chronicle of the fur trade in the North, v.18
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5131
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Laut, Agnes C., 1871-1936
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Call Number
- 971 CHR v.18
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.106.23
- Call Number
- 971 CHR v.18
- Author
- Laut, Agnes C., 1871-1936
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Glasgow, Brook & Company
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Series
- Chronicle of Canada, 18
- Printer
- T. and A. Constable
- Physical Description
- vii, 133 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--History
- Fur trade
- Northwest, Canadian--History
- Names
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Notes
- "Edited by George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton"
- "In thirty-two volumes"
- "Part VI Pioneers of the North and West"
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- Author's given names and dates: Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina), 1871-1936
- Editor's given names and dates: Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948
- Editor's given names and dates: Langton, H.H. (Hugh Hornby), 1862-1953
Adventurers of the far North : a chronicle of the artic seas, v.20
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5129
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Call Number
- 971 CHR v.20
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.106.21
- Call Number
- 971 CHR v.20
- Author
- Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Glasgow, Brook & Company
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Series
- Chronicles of Canada, 20
- Printer
- T. and A. Constable
- Physical Description
- vii, 152 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), col. map, ports. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada--History
- Northwest, Canadian--History
- Notes
- "Edited by George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton"
- "In thirty-two volumes"
- "Part VI Pioneers of the North and West"
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- Editor's given names and dates: Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948
- Editor's given names and dates: Langton, H.H. (Hugh Hornby), 1862-1953
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2351
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- Edition
- Harper & Brothers Edition
- Publication Date
- c1920
- Call Number
- 813.4 TWA
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.134.6
- Call Number
- 813.4 TWA
- Edition
- Harper & Brothers Edition
- Author
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son Company
- Publication Date
- c1920
- Series
- Mark Twain's Works
- Physical Description
- 292 p. : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Juvenile fiction
The advertising handbook : a reference work covering the principles and practice of advertising
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary375
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hall, S. Roland
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publication Date
- 1921
- c1921
- Call Number
- 659 HALL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.32.1
- Call Number
- 659 HALL
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Author
- Hall, S. Roland
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.
- Publication Date
- 1921
- c1921
- Printer
- Maple Press
- Physical Description
- 743 p. : ill. : 19.5 cm
- Inscription
- "John A. Burton" [handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf] "J.A. Burton" "661-12 Ave." "New West" "B.C." [handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Advertising
- Object History
- Donor purchased book in 1935 for $1.00 from Ainsworth's Book Store on Pender Street in Vancouver.
A Family Farm
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14268
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:13:57 min)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of part one in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Part one is titled “A Family Farm”. The podcasts were created by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Faculty of Land an…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- UBC Partnership series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:13:57 min)
- Material Details
- Podcasts hosts: Rose Wu; Wei Yan Yeong Persons from recorded extracts: Denise Fong; Josephine Chow Music: prod. riddiman Podcast Date: October 2020 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all tracks: 00:13:57 min Photograph info: Store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C., 1975. BV017.7.191
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of part one in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. Part one is titled “A Family Farm”. The podcasts were created by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia Faculty and while student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. In this series the students connect their knowledge of food systems to their shared Chinese heritage in order to discover how Chinese Canadian history is rooted in their local food systems. 00:00-02:21 The podcast opens with Wei Yan Yeong and Rose Wu introducing themselves and their topic- the Chinese Canadian experience in Burnaby and the people who have made important contributions to the city’s development. “A Family Farm” talks about Chinese-owned businesses which are family run. “The family-oriented nature of Chinese-owned businesses also extend to many of the early (and current) Chinese-owned farms in the Burnaby Big Bend area. When Chinese men first began farming in BC in the 1860s, a lot of them worked as labourers because they weren’t allowed to own land. After World War II many of these farmers were allowed to purchase lots, thanks to the Veterans Land Grant. These grants allowed returning veterans to purchase small parcels of land with government loans. Eventually, these men would start families on the farm, and many Chinese-owned farms became family-operated businesses where every member, male, female, child, and extended relatives were enlisted to work the grounds. And it was hard work, often from dawn to dusk, 6-7 days a week.” 02:23 – 07:50 This portion includes excerpts from Oral History interview with Josephine Chow (nee Hong) of Hop On Farms in the Burnaby Big Bend area. The interview was conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong. Josephine recalls growing up on the family farm with her six siblings. She tells of how the family pulled together money to purchase twelve acres along Marine Drive in 1951, her family’s background, daily life on the farm , responsibilities on the farm for her and her siblings and of how her mother had to balance working on the farm and providing for a family of ten to twelve people. 07:51 – 08:10 In this portion, hosts comment and reflect on their own experiences. “While it’s likely that a lot of this was done out of necessity and not being able to afford additional paid labourers, having grown up in Chinese households ourselves, we can definitely understand the rationale for these family-operated businesses and how it connects back to the Chinese understanding of family and kinship.” 08:11 – 09:06 In this portion, Rose and Wei provide information on the roots of the Chinese character for family “jia” in mandarin or “gah” in Cantonese. They explain that the term family is composed of two parts: the upper element is like a roof, symbolizing shelter, and the bottom part represents a pig which symbolizes food, whereby the Chinese character for family represents that of a farm. They provide a quote from the writings of Francois de Martin-Donos “In ancient China, the farm is an enterprise, a shelter that insures one food and work. The farm is a place to rely on, but in return, needs to be maintained, including a set of responsibilities. In other words, “family” is the insurance of a stable life.” 09:07 – 10:27 In this portion, the hosts speak about how traditional Chinese thought is heavily influenced by the teachings of Confucius and Confucius philosophy. They explain how Confucius emphasized five sets of human relationships that form the basis for society: ruler and minister, husband and wife, parents and child, sibling and sibling, friend and friend. Of these five, three are familial relationships also known as Filial piety – the respect and care for one’s familial superiors (such as parents, elders, and ancestors). They speak of how this is one of Confucianism’s main teachings and in this respect caring for family members is seen as a moral obligation. In China housing arrangements are in the form of siheyuan”s — a type of residence that featured a courtyard surrounded on all four sides with buildings. These traditionally housed one large extended family if they were wealthy enough. 10:28 – 13:08 In this portion, hosts provide further information on Josephine Chow’s family experience working and living on the “Hop On” family farm through the decades. An excerpt from the interview with Josephine Chow conducted by Denise Fong is included. In this excerpt, Josephine reflects on her past experiences on the farm and her present day experiences of her siblings running the farm. 13:09 -13:56 Final summary, credits and acknowledgements.
- History
- Podcast hosts, Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong are University of British Columbia students in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and student interns at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture - Farms
- Agriculture
- Gardens - Market Gardens
- Social Issues - Discrimination
- Social Issues - Racism
- Names
- Fong, Denise
- Responsibility
- Wu, Rose
- Yeong, Wei Yan
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- BV020.28.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
- Related Material
- BV020.28.4; BV020.28.5
- Notes
- Title based contents of sound recording
- See also Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020 - BV020.6.1
- Compilation of Research Resources used by authors Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong include:
- Why is family important in China? https://medium.com/@francois_dmd/why-is-family-so-important-in-china-1617b13a67
- Burnaby Village Museum - Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong Feb. 7, 2020. BV020.6.1 https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording12337
- Covered Roots: The History of Vancouver's Chinese Farms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4WHS2Uf3JU
- Burnaby Village Museum Shares Chinese-Canadian Farming History This Summer https://westcoastfood.ca/burnaby-village-museum-shares-chinese-canadian-farming-history-this-summer/
- Chinese Market Gardeners in the City of Burnaby BC Continue to Practice Urban Agriculture https://cityfarmer.info/chinese-market-gardeners-in-the-city-of-burnaby-bc-continue-to-practice-urban-agriculture/
- Chinese Market Gardening in BC https://www.bcfoodhistory.ca/chinese-market-gardening-bc/
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A Family Farm, 2020