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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.mp3Ethelyn's mistake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary282
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Holmes, Mary Jane, 1825-1907
- Publication Date
- c1869
- Call Number
- 813.4 HOL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.169.34
- Call Number
- 813.4 HOL
- Author
- Holmes, Mary Jane, 1825-1907
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Publication Date
- c1869
- Physical Description
- iv, 311, [4] p.
- Inscription
- "Heritage Village", handwritten in black pen on white label inside front cover "B136 j", in black pen on white label inside front cover, crossed out in pencil "50", in pencil on front endpaper "0765 68/ 25", in pencil inside back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
Les miserables
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary322
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hugo, Víctor, 1802-1885
- Publication Date
- c1862
- Call Number
- 843.7 HUG volume 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.174.2
- Call Number
- 843.7 HUG volume 1
- Author
- Hugo, Víctor, 1802-1885
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1862
- Physical Description
- 465 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "W-13b", in black ink on faded or scraped area inside front cover "2 vols 1.00", in pencil on front endpaper "A.S. Binns", handwritten in black ink on back of list page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
Les miserables
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary323
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hugo, Víctor, 1802-1885
- Publication Date
- c1862
- Call Number
- 843.7 HUG volume 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.174.3
- Call Number
- 843.7 HUG volume 2
- Author
- Hugo, Víctor, 1802-1885
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons, Limited
- Publication Date
- c1862
- Physical Description
- 506 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "W-13c", in black ink on scraped or faded area inside front cover "See other volume", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper "AS Binns"?, handwritten in brown ink on back of list page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
Great expectations
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary481
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Publication Date
- c1861
- Call Number
- 823.8 DIC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.10.3
- Call Number
- 823.8 DIC
- Author
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Publisher
- T. Nelson and Sons
- Publication Date
- c1861
- Series
- Nelson's Classics
- Physical Description
- 491, [4] p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "10", in pencil at top of front endpaper "no. 7.", in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Notes
- frontispiece only
Pertinent portraits
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary718
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Mather, Barry, 1909-1982
- Publication Date
- [c1934]
- Call Number
- 324.271 MAT
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 324.271 MAT
- Author
- Mather, Barry, 1909-1982
- Contributor
- Wilson, Fraser
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Boag Foundation
- Publication Date
- [c1934]
- Physical Description
- 59 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
- Politicians--Canada
- Biography
Woodward's National architect : a Victorian guidebook of 1869
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1007
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0892570172
- 9780892570171
- 0916530051
- 9780916530051
- Call Number
- 728 WOO
- Place of Publication
- Watkins Glen, N.Y.
- Publisher
- American Life Foundation
- Publication Date
- 1977
- c1869
- Physical Description
- ca. 200 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Notes
- Reprint of the ed., published by G.E. Woodward, New York.
Physiology and hygiene for public schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3704.1
- Call Number
- 612 RIT 1931
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Educational Book Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1931
- c1925
- Series
- Canadian Health Series
- Physical Description
- vi, 302 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Ivor Hayward, Reese Ave., Chilliwack" handwritten inside front cover (crossed out) "Linda Strymets" handwritten opposite page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Physiology--Textbooks
- Hygiene--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index, height and weight tables, and glossary.
- "Revised by George G. Nasmith, Ph.D., and Jean E. Browne with Chapter on Tuberculosis by W.J. Dobbie."
- "Authorized for use in the public schools of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island."
- Author's given name and dates: Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside), 1871-1943.
Practical chemistry: fundamental facts and applications to modern life
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1526
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3748.1
- Call Number
- 540 BLA Copy 1
- Contributor
- Clark, R.H.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited
- Publication Date
- 1930
- c1925
- Series
- The Western Canadian Series
- Physical Description
- v-x, 390 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- Study notes and scribbling handwritten on front and back endpaper and inside book. Enclosed sheet "The Pacific Cable Board" "Donald MaGugan" " Div. 8 " [in top middle of front endpaper, handwritten in blue ink with the number 8 crossed out in pencil and 5 written next to it.] "Nixon's Book Store" "Booksellers and Stationers" "New Westminster, B.C." [small dark blue label with silver text, right bottom of back endpaper] "11 45" [handwritten on opposite back endpaper on top left corner]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemistry--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index. "Adapted for use in the high schools in British Columbia by R.H. Clark, M.A., Ph.D, Professor of organic chemistry, University of British Columbia."
- Contributor's given name: Clark, Robert Harvey
- Copy 1 of 2
The hymnary of the United Church of Canada
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1578
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3881.1
- Call Number
- 782.22 UNI Copy 1
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- The United Church Publishing House
- Publication Date
- c1930
- Physical Description
- x, 624 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "St. Paul's United Church / Burnaby, B.C." -- stamped on t.p verso "Donated by the evening Unit, U.C.W., May 1966" -- handwritted in pen on t.p verso
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hymns, English
- Notes
- "Authorized by the General Council" -- title page
- designed, printed and bound in the plant of the United Church Publishing House
- "XIV 63" -- title page verso
- Copy 1 of 3.
- Includes index.
Enter a stranger
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1621
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4018.1
- Call Number
- 823.9 DAR
- Author
- Dare, Simon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1933
- Printer
- Taylor Garnett Evans & Co.
- Physical Description
- 256 p.
- Inscription
- "10", in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
- Notes
- Pseudonym of Marjorie Huxtable
Practical chemistry: fundamental facts and applications to modern life
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1742
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.133
- Call Number
- 540 BLA 1935
- Contributor
- Clark, R.H.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited
- Publication Date
- 1935
- c1925
- Physical Description
- v-x; 390 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemistry--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Authorized for use in the High Schools of British Columbia."
- Adapted by R.H. Clark.
Les miserables
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1880
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hugo, Víctor, 1802-1885
- Publication Date
- c1862
- Call Number
- 843.7 HUG
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.16
- Call Number
- 843.7 HUG
- Author
- Hugo, Víctor, 1802-1885
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The Copp Clark Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1862
- Printer
- Collins' Clear-Type Press
- Physical Description
- 900 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "471", in pencil on back of front endpaper "622-23", in pencil on back of front endpaper "F.B. Street / 6176 WALKER AVE. / BURNABY 1, B.C.", stamped in black on fly-leaf "1.50 / 7se", in pencil on last blank page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
Lorna Doone: a romance of Exmoor
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1976
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.116
- Call Number
- 823.8 BLA
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Collins Clear-Type Press
- Publication Date
- c1869
- Series
- Library of Classics
- Physical Description
- 640 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "10/52" "5/1", in pencil on front endpaper "To Beth. With best wishes for her / Birthday aniversary 1953. / From Uncle Cecil Aunty Ethel & Cousin Eric.", handwritten in blue ink on reverse of front endpaper "2106", in pencil inside back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Notes
- Frontispiece only
Cherry-Burrell general catalog : complete equipment and supplies for handling milk and its products : catalog no. 1939.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2262
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.29.49
- Call Number
- 637 CHE
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- Cherry-Burrell Corp.
- Publication Date
- c1939
- Physical Description
- 324 p. : ill. : 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mr Gould" [Handwritten in red crayon on title page] "Dary Supply Co Ltd" [Handwritten in orange crayon on title page] "Dairy Supplies ________ Complete ____ to the Dairy ____ ______ 1158 Romeo _____ Vancouver B.C." [Stamped in black ink on front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Commercial catalogs
- Dairying
- Catalogs
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Dairy
- Notes
- Includes index.
Hereward the Wake last of the English
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2763
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
- Publication Date
- c1866
- Call Number
- 823.8 KIN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.121.23
- Call Number
- 823.8 KIN
- Author
- Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1866
- Series
- The Children's Classics
- Printer
- Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 96 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "Hereward the Wake", printed in pencil on paper cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
The pilgrim's progress from this world, to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3083
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Bunyan, John, 1628-1688
- Publication Date
- c1681
- Call Number
- 823.8 BUN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.136.4
- Call Number
- 823.8 BUN
- Author
- Bunyan, John, 1628-1688
- Contributor
- Mason, William, 1725-1797
- Place of Publication
- Leeds
- Publisher
- J. Davies
- Publication Date
- c1681
- Printer
- Davies and Booth
- Physical Description
- xvi, 452 p. : ill., port.
- Inscription
- "W39", handwritten in ink inside front cover, crossed out in pencil "M Stead To / Mary. Ann Gowling / 1852", handwritten in brown ink on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--17th century
- Notes
- Contributor:
- Mason, W. (editor)
Britannica junior : a new encyclopaedia for boys and girls, volume 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3224
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Britannica Junior
- Publication Date
- c1934
- Call Number
- 032 BRI v.1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.195.73
- Call Number
- 032 BRI v.1
- Author
- Britannica Junior
- Contributor
- Hooper, Franklin Henry, 1862-1940
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Co. of Canada
- Publication Date
- c1934
- Physical Description
- xiv, 482 p. : 27 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "Presented to Kingsway West School in memory of William Davis Blair Principal 1922-1934. by the Parent-Teacher Association and Pupils, 1935" [written in black ink on a white adhesive sticker, outlined in red]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- "Franklin H. Hooper, editor" -- t.p.
Highroads to reading. Book one
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3243
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.195.114
- Call Number
- 428.6 SHE
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- Macmillans in Canada
- Ryerson Press
- Publication Date
- c1934
- Series
- Highroads to reading
- Printer
- Ryerson Press
- Physical Description
- vi, 153 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "S25" -- crossed-out on flyleaf. "Jerry" -- handwritten in pencil on flyleaf. "Pauline Kerlub" - handwritten in crayon on endpaper (back).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Notes
- "Authorized for use in the Public Schools of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan."
- Includes index.
Human physiology
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3248
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.195.119
- Call Number
- 612 RIT 1930
- Contributor
- Dobbie, W.J.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1930
- c1928
- Series
- Canadian Health Series
- Physical Description
- 312 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "525" written in pen, inside cover and 2nd page (crossed out) "Ian MacDonald, Class 10, Lord Byng High School" written in pen (crossed out) "Don MacDonald, Class 13" written in pen (crossed out) "1, 2, 4, - 10, 13, 15" written in pencil "Blair Anderson, Lord Byng High School" written in pen Stamped inner cover: "Text Book Branch, Dept. of Education"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Physiology--Textbooks
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Revised by W.J. Dobbie."
- "Authorized for use in the schools of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba."