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Interview with Bill Gruenthal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19636
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business,…
- 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) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Bill Gruenthal Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business, his knowledge and interest in Judaism, places that he and his wife lived before moving to Burnaby, family life in Burnaby and his political involvement in running for the Burnaby school board. 00:27:02 – 00:42:50 Bill Gruenthal talks about the Burquest Jewish Community Association, it’s background and his involvement, experiences of discrimination in his career, a brief history of the Jewish people and some cultural traditions. 00:42:51 – 00:56:04 Bill Gruenthal mentions some of the charities that he supports including Burnaby Hospital, his volunteer work within the community and community organizations including the Nikkei Place Foundation and shares more details on his insurance career. 00:56:05 – 01:14:37 Bill Gruenthal shares information about his Burnaby neighbourhood and Jewish funeral customs and provides his impressions of new development at Brentwood, Burnaby Council and other development projects in Burnaby.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Bill Gruenthal was born in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1935 after his parents had fled Germany in advance of the then worsening political situation. Bill’s father died in 1942; some years later his mother remarried to an Irish-born senior civil servant in that government. He had a difficult and somewhat dangerous job. Soon after marriage, the family, including Bill’s older brother, Martin, immigrated to Canada in January 1947 on the strength of his step-father’s British Passport. They traveled via New York, where Bill’s uncle and his family resided and who put up the family. Later that month, the parents travelled by CP rail from Montreal to Vancouver, followed by Bill and his brother in March 1947 who travelled from New York to White Rock on an American railroad. While passing through the Fraser Valley Bill’s parents took an interest in Silverdale, a small hamlet west of Mission where the four eventually settled. Bill finished High School in Mission and soon joined the insurance industry. Bill connected with the Jewish Community in Vancouver where he met his soon-to-be wife. Upon marriage they were transferred to Calgary; after five years suffering its cold weather they were transferred back to Vancouver. They settled in Burnaby in 1966 as an affordable neighbourhood with easy access to his office downtown Vancouver. Outside work, Bill helped raise his family of three daughters who all graduated Burnaby High School (Alpha). They joined Temple Sholom in Vancouver, and he volunteered and still volunteers for a number of non-profits, including The Jewish Museum and Archives and Nikkei Place Foundation (Burnaby). He was an early long-term supporter and a past president of Burquest Jewish Community Association, mostly involving persons from Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area (hence the name). He ran for political office in Burnaby in 1976 but was not elected. He delivers food in Burnaby for the Food Bank and is a donor to many worthy causes including Burnaby General Hospital. 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
- Migration
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Transportation
- Transportation - Rail
- Religions - Judaism
- Cemeteries
- Organizations
- Elections
- Names
- Gruenthal, Bill
- Gruenthal, Noemi Yadlow
- O'Connor, Herta Ingrid Gruenthal
- O'Connor, John
- Burquest
- Jacobson, Max Alec
- Temple Shalom
- Brentwood Shopping Centre
- Brentwood Park School
- Alpha Secondary School
- Burnaby School Board
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0014_003.mp3
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90019
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.335
- Description
- badge; Wings, Brownie and Girl Guides; red, white & green wings on navy felt background; earned as a Brownie, but worn as a Guide
- Object History
- Badge is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164). Note in purple ink on scrapbook page reads: "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926".
- Reference
- http://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/ON/Archives/pdf_archives_brownies_Badges.pdf
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Achievement Symbols
- Object Term
- Award
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Clothing - Accessory
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Badges
Images
Documents
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90020
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.336
- Description
- badge; Childcare, Girl Guides; circular; green cross inside green border; navy felt background.
- badge was awarded for Child Care and design was used between 1921 and 1935.
- Object History
- Badge is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164). Note in purple ink on scrapbook page reads: "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926".
- Reference
- http://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/ON/Archives/Guide%20Badges%20A%20to%20G%20v3.pdf
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Achievement Symbols
- Object Term
- Award
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Clothing - Accessory
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Badges
Images
Documents
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90021
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.337
- Description
- badge; Home Nurse, Girl Guides; circular, white cross with white border on red felt background.
- Object History
- Badge is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164). Note in purple ink on scrapbook page reads: "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926".
- Reference
- http://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/ON/Archives/Guide%20Badges%20H%20to%20Z%20v3.pdf
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Achievement Symbols
- Object Term
- Award
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Clothing - Accessory
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Badges
Images
Documents
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90022
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.338
- Description
- badge; Second Class badge, Girl Guides; oval, green trefoil with star in top leaf of trefoil; tan felt background.
- Object History
- Badge is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164). Note in purple ink on scrapbook page reads: "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926".
- Reference
- http://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/ON/Archives/Guide%20Badges%20H%20to%20Z%20v3.pdf
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Achievement Symbols
- Object Term
- Award
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Clothing - Accessory
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Badges
Images
Documents
shoulder title
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90023
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.339
- Description
- shoulder title; white rectangle; green lettering "1st BURNABY".
- Object History
- Shoulder title is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164). Note in purple ink on scrapbook page reads: "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926".
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Personal Identification
- Object Term
- Badge, Identification
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Clothing - Accessory
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Badges
Images
Documents
shoulder knot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90024
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.341
- Description
- shoulder knot, Girl Guides; frayed ends; four strips of woven tape, layered on top of each other and stitched together at one end; green and yellow; sewn fastening; worn on left shoulder to identify wearer's group (Daffodil Patrol)
- Object History
- Shoulder knot is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164). Note in purple ink on scrapbook page reads: "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926".
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols
- Object Term
- Insignia
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Clothing - Accessory
- Personal Symbols
Images
Documents
patrol leader stripes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90025
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.342
- Description
- patrol leader stripes; Patrol Leader Stripe, Girl Guide; two white stripes of cloth tape applied vertically to the front of the left breast pocket.
- Object History
- Stripes are part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164). Note in purple ink on scrapbook page reads: "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926".
- Three white stripes on the left breast pocket indicate that wearer was a company leader. The more stripes you had, the higher your rank. A single white stripe, sewn down the center of the pocket, would have indicated that she was a patrol seconder. Two stripes would indicate that she was a patrol leader. White adhesive tape was sometimes used so that the Guider didn’t have to unstitch and re-sew the stripes as they gained rank.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols
- Object Term
- Insignia
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Clothing - Accessory
- Personal Symbols
Images
Documents
badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90031
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.340
- Description
- patrol badge, Girl Guides; circular, with red border, green and yellow daffodil flower in centre; navy felt background; indicates Daffodil patrol; worn above left breast pocket.
- Object History
- Badge is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164). Note in purple ink on scrapbook page reads: "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926".
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Achievement Symbols
- Object Term
- Award
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Clothing - Accessory
- Personal Symbols
Images
