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Audio recordings containing interviews

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 5 audio cassettes

Scope and Content: File contains audio interviews conducted by students of Ms. Martel's Grade 10 with former students and teachers of Edmonds School, including Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Tina Carlson, and Harold Degen, among others. The interviews were completed as part of a class research project.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Edmonds School subseries

Physical Description: 5 audio cassettes

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS036-002

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1988-07

Scope and Content: File contains audio interviews conducted by students of Ms. Martel's Grade 10 with former students and teachers of Edmonds School, including Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Tina Carlson, and Harold Degen, among others. The interviews were completed as part of a class research project.

Subjects: Education

Names: Edmonds Community School

Media Type: Textual Record; Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Label on recto of BHS1988-07-001 reads: "One's a Heifer Sinclair Ross". Label on verso reads: "One's a Heifer Arrangement in Black and White (part of FOG)"; Label on recto of BHS1988-07-002 reads: "Side 1 Mrs Dunn". Label on verso reads: "Side 2 Blank"; Label on BHS1988-07-003 reads: "Mrs Bell".; Label on BHS1988-07-004 reads: "Side I Mrs. Tina Carlson"; Label on recto of BHS1988-07-005 reads: "Harold Degen BL J. Side 1085". Label on verso reads: "Roland Cope Side 1086"

Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1950-2022

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 3 sound recordings (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) + 65 photographs + 26 photographs (jpg) + 1 portfolio (15 col. photographs + 12 col. laser prints) + 1 col. laser print + 6 business cards + 1 identification card + 1 booklet

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of an oral history interview with Jimmy Chow and his wife, Donna Polos; photographs of Jimmy Chow and his family soon after they immigrated to Canada in the 1950s as well as a sampling of photographs and records documenting Jimmy Chow's career in the film industry. Fonds is arranged into series: 1) Jimmy Chow and Donna Polos interviews series 2) Jimmy Chow family photographs series 3) Property master photographs series 4) Property master records series

History: Hipman "Jimmy" Chow was born in Lin Pong Lee, Hoiping, China in 1948. In 1950, Jimmy Chow and his mother, Gim Gee Chow (1913-1991) fled China to escape the Communist Revolution and to be reunited with his father, Robin Chung Dip Chow (1906-1990) who’d immigrated to Canada many years earlier. Jimmy’s elder sister Shao-Lin Chow stayed behind in China. Jimmy’s father, Robin Chung Dip Chow immigrated to Canada in 1921 at 14 years of age and was forced to pay the Chinese head tax of $500. In 1950, Jimmy and his mother first fled to Hong Kong before immigrating to Canada and arriving in Vancouver. Jimmy Chow’s birth name is Hipman Chow but when he arrived in Canada, his father indicated that he needed an English name and he was given the name “Jimmy” but retained his birth name “Hipman Chow”. Over the years, Jimmy has also used the name “James H. Chow” and is often credited by this name in the film industry. For the first four years after immigrating, Jimmy and his parents lived in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Quebec where his father had work in hotels and restaurants. While living in Asquith, Saskatchewan Jimmy attended school and began to learn English. In 1954, Jimmy and his parents returned to Vancouver, first living in the area of Strathcona before settling in the neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant where they purchased a house located on 15th Avenue east of Main Street. While living in Mount Pleasant, Jimmy attended both elementary and high school. While attending high school, Jimmy began working at the local grocery store where he worked for many years living at home and saving his money. In 1970 while attending Vancouver City College, Jimmy met his future wife Donna Polos. Two years later, they moved in together, married in 1981 and started a family. Jimmy and Donna first lived in North Burnaby before purchasing a house on Victory Street in Burnaby where they raised their three children. Growing up in a traditional Chinese Canadian family, Jimmy was always one who went against the grain. Although his father wanted him to get a business degree, Jimmy had aspirations for a different career path. Through the referral of a friend, he entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver. While working at the CBC, Jimmy gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career in the film industry. Over a 45 year career, Jimmy worked on over 50 blockbuster movies, historical period films, science fiction films and fantasy films, where he honed in on his expertise as a set decorator, art director and property master. He built an international reputation through working with production companies, prop makers and antique sellers across the globe. As a property master in the film industry, Jimmy Chow has been responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: The BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, Once a Thief and many more. With Jimmy's many years of professional experience in the film industry, he has been a union member of IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians...) from July 1979, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science from 2018 and has worked as a guest lecturer in film production at Capilano University and Langara University. He was also a key contributor to the Burnaby Village Museum’s 2014 temporary exhibition Burnaby Makes Movies. Donna Polos was born in Vancouver in 1949 to parents Mayme "May" Helen Tillikana Polos (1931-1977) and Donald James Polos (1926-2017). Donna’s maternal grandparents, Elvi Tienhara and Toiva Tillikana immigrated to Canada from Helsinki, Finland. Donna’s paternal grandmother, Pauline Chimiki Polos emigrated from Ukraine to Argentina and then to Winnipeg. Donna’s paternal grandfather, James "Jimmy" Kostopolus emigrated as an orphan from Sparta Greece at the age of 12 years. In 1908, he first immigrated to the United States where he was denied entry so immigrated to Canada, entering through Halifax at Pier 17. When immigrating, James changed his last name to "Polos". Jimmy Polos arrived in Halifax with only five dollars in his pocket. He lived in Halifax for many years before making his way to Vancouver where he established three restaurants and raised his family. James was the proprietor of three restaurants in Burnaby including; the Home Apple Pie Café (1941-1944) located on East Hastings near Princess Avenue; Jimmy’s Café (1945-1955) located on East Hastings near Hawks Avenue and another restaurant located near 10th Avenue and Alma Street. Donna grew up with her family in Vancouver, first living in the downtown eastside before moving to a home near Joyce Station. Donna attended elementary school and high school while growing up in the neighbourhood of Joyce Station. Donna moved out of her family home at 21 years of age and lived with roommates before moving in with Jimmy Chow in 1972. Donna attended Vancouver City College and the University of British Columbia where she obtained her teaching degree in 1974. Donna first taught at Gilmore Elementary School before being hired to teach at Clinton Elementary School where she taught for nine years. While raising their three children, Donna worked part time teaching in schools in Burnaby. In 1991, after a near death experience, Donna became interested in fine art and took drawing and watercolour painting classes. This experience led her to experimenting with different painting techniques on paper and fabric. In 2008, Donna retired from teaching but continued her art career often working as an Artist in Residence at various schools and exhibiting her work. While living in Burnaby Donna has been politically active with a particular passion for heritage, housing and preserving the natural environment. Donna was instrumental in advocating and petitioning for the establishment of a tree bylaw in Burnaby which was eventually adopted by the City.

Creator: Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"; Polos, Donna

Accession Code: BV022.21; BV023.11

Date: 1950-2022

Media Type: Sound Recording; Photograph; Textual Record; Graphic Material

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.

Interviews with former students

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to telephone interviews between former students of Edmonds school and grade ten Humanities students. Included in the file are lists of planned questions, transcripts of conversations, as well as scripts of mock interviews.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Edmonds School subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS036-007

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: BHS1988-07

Scope and Content: File consists of papers pertaining to telephone interviews between former students of Edmonds school and grade ten Humanities students. Included in the file are lists of planned questions, transcripts of conversations, as well as scripts of mock interviews.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Annie Chamberlain (nee McKenzie)

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1988]-1993

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a copy of an obituary along with a copy of a notes taken from an interview with Annie Chamberlain and Albert Parker conducted by curator, Colin Stevens (June 6, 1991). Annie Martha Chamberlain (nee McKenzie) is the daughter of Edith Minnie McKenzie (nee Love).

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse research files subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a copy of an obituary along with a copy of a notes taken from an interview with Annie Chamberlain and Albert Parker conducted by curator, Colin Stevens (June 6, 1991). Annie Martha Chamberlain (nee McKenzie) is the daughter of Edith Minnie McKenzie (nee Love).

Names: Chamberlain, Annie McKenzie

Accession Code: BV018.41.64

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: [1988]-1993

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of file

Bateman family World War II letters series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1939-1947, predominant 1942-1945

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 6 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Series consists of letters written to Marianne "May" Bateman and Jessie (Bateman) and Ernest Fox. The majority of the letters are written by Colin Rhodes Fox during World War II along with one letter written to May Bateman by a friend named Murray. Letters from Colin Fox were written during his ini…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series: Bateman family World War II letters series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 6 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Series consists of letters written to Marianne "May" Bateman and Jessie (Bateman) and Ernest Fox. The majority of the letters are written by Colin Rhodes Fox during World War II along with one letter written to May Bateman by a friend named Murray. Letters from Colin Fox were written during his initial training in Edmonton and while serving overseas with his unit, the 13th Field Regiment , 44th Canadian Field Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery and later as part of the 78th Canadian Field Battery.

Accession Code: BV020.27

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1939-1947, predominant 1942-1945

Media Type: Textual Record

Related Material: See also: Interview with Marianne May Bateman February 22, 1978 - Tracks 1-4. City of Burnaby Archives Item No. MSS137-014-1

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Centennial Oral History project series

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1990-1992

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records and 10 audio cassettes

Scope and Content: Series consists of records from the Simon Fraser University (SFU)/Burnaby Centennial Committee Oral History project including transcripts and sound recordings of eleven interviews.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1990-1992

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records and 10 audio cassettes

Description Level: Series

Access Restriction: Open Access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-28

Scope and Content: Series consists of records from the Simon Fraser University (SFU)/Burnaby Centennial Committee Oral History project including transcripts and sound recordings of eleven interviews.

Media Type: Textual Record; Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of series; Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.; MSS187; Centennial Oral History project series

Century Park Museum Association fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1971-1989

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1814 photographs + 219 architectural drawings + 17 technical drawings + 4 videocassettes + 3 audio reels + 17 audio cassettes + 1.6 m of textual records + 2 maps

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created and collected by the Century Park Museum Association (renamed Burnaby Village Museum Association after 1984), which managed Heritage Village (later named Burnaby Village Museum) from its opening in 1971 until it's dissolution in December 1989. Records include archi…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1814 photographs + 219 architectural drawings + 17 technical drawings + 4 videocassettes + 3 audio reels + 17 audio cassettes + 1.6 m of textual records + 2 maps

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created and collected by the Century Park Museum Association (renamed Burnaby Village Museum Association after 1984), which managed Heritage Village (later named Burnaby Village Museum) from its opening in 1971 until it's dissolution in December 1989. Records include architectural drawings and proposals; photographs and films of the site; documentation of exhibits and artifacts, special events and programs; oral history interviews and other sound recordings; association meeting minutes; constitutions and bylaws; financial records; reports; correspondence; publications and research materials. Fonds has been arranged into the following series: 1) Century Park Museum Association photograph collection series 2) Century Park Museum Association film collection series 3) Century Park Museum Association architectural records and reports series 4) Heritage Village Museum oral history Interviews series 5) Heritage Village Museum presentations and Programming series 6) Century Park Museum Association reports series 7) Century Park Museum Association constitution, bylaws and agreements series 8) Century Park Museum Association minutes of meetings series 9) Century Park Museum association Board of Directors' administrative files series 10) Century Park Museum membership series 11) Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series 12) Century Park Museum Association committees' minutes and reports series 13) Museum staff adminstrative files series 14) Century Park Museum Association financial records series

History: The Heritage Village Museum was originally created as a British Columbia Centennial Project in 1971 through funding from the Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments. A sub-committee of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee was responsible for the creation of a permanent commemorative project. The concept for an open-air museum was developed with the location to be in Burnaby on lots 8,9, 10 and 11 of District Lot 79 and Lots 2 and 5, Block "R" of Districts Lots 79 and 85. The official sod turning for Heritage Village took place on April 11, 1971. In the spring of 1971, a museum director and curator were hired to oversee the development of the project and the acquisition of artifacts with funding from the Parks and Recreation Commission. The Century Park Museum Association (CPMA) was founded under the auspices of the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee to govern Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative Project, Heritage Village. The CPMA Board of directors were elected on October 26, 1971 with Donald (Don) Copan as the founding president (Don continued to serve on the Board until 1989). The Board of Directors reported directly to the Municipal Council. The association had an overall objective of providing a museum that was a historical resource for Burnaby and the region. The museum mandate was to collect, preserve, research, document and interpret artifacts and historical buildings that illustrated the history and lifestyle of the Lower Mainland in B.C. and Burnaby. The Museum focused on the period between 1890 and 1925 depicting a village lifestyle of a small community. This was achieved through the use of exhibits and displays within historic buildings and built reconstructions along with costumed museum interpreters. Many people contributed to the construction and design of the village. Architect, Rudy Kovach created the initial concept drawings and architecture designs were created by architectural design consultants Hopping, Kovach and Grinnell. Many carpenters and tradespeople worked on the construction of the buildings including Mr. Angelo Giacometti who was respsonible for much of the final decorative elements. The official opening of Heritage Village took place on November 19, 1971 with Burnaby Mayor Bob Prittie and Canada’s Governor General Roland Michener. Heritage Village was opened up to the public for a few days between November 19 and 21 with approximately 15,000 visitors. On July 1st, 1972 Heritage Village re-opened for the summer season with CPMA president, Don Copan and Mayor Bob Prittie officiating. This opening showcased further development of the site with more buildings and exhibits added. In 1984, Heritage Village Museum changed its name to “Burnaby Village Museum” and in turn, the Century Park Museum Association changed its name to the “Burnaby Village Museum Association”. Burnaby Village Museum continued to be governed by the Burnaby Village Museum Association until the end of 1989. In 1990, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby assumed the operation and management of Burnaby Village Museum under the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department and the Burnaby Village Museum Association was dissolved.

Responsibility: Century Park Museum Association

Accession Code: BV985.6028; BV005.14; BV000.18; BV011.44; BV011.50; BV014.30; BV016.56; BV017.46; BV018.21; BV019.52; BV020.4; BV020.5; BV021.5; BV022.9

Date: 1971-1989

Media Type: Photograph; Sound Recording; Textual Record; Architectural Drawing; Moving Images; Cartographic Material; Technical Drawing

Related Material: Donald Copan fonds; Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection; Royal Bank exhibit collection; Bell's Dry Goods exhibit collection; Jesse Love farmhouse fonds; Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Arrangement: Records are arranged by types and functions of the Century Park Museum Association. The series reflects how they were maintained by the associaton, it's members and staff of Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) while under the governance of the association.

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; Further accruals are expected; Some records within this fonds are Closed - contact Burnaby Village Museum for access

Christmas hours sign for Canada Way Food Market

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [197-]

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sign : red ink on cardboard

Scope and Content: Item consists of a double sided handwritten sign in red ink listing Christmas store hours for the Canada Way Food Market. Sign reads: "STORE HOURS / Dec. 24 11 A.M. to 9 P.M. / Dec. 25 Closed / Dec. 26 11 A.M. to 9 P.M. / Merry / Christmas". The Canada Way Food Market was located at 4694 Canada Wa…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Series: Harry Toy business records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sign : red ink on cardboard

Scope and Content: Item consists of a double sided handwritten sign in red ink listing Christmas store hours for the Canada Way Food Market. Sign reads: "STORE HOURS / Dec. 24 11 A.M. to 9 P.M. / Dec. 25 Closed / Dec. 26 11 A.M. to 9 P.M. / Merry / Christmas". The Canada Way Food Market was located at 4694 Canada Way, Burnaby.

Subjects: Holidays - Christmas

Names: Canada Way Food Market

Accession Code: BV023.25.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [197-]

Media Type: Textual Record

Related Material: See also BV023.16.19 - Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy; For associated artifacts from Canada Way Food Market see Accession BV023.17

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-30

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Images

Christmas hours sign for Canada Way Food Market, [197-] thumbnail

Elsie Hughes (nee Parker)

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1987-1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence, biographical and genealogical information about Elsie Hughes (nee Parker) and her family. Includes a copy of a letter written by Elsie to her son Brent about the recollections of the "old home" (Love farmhouse) and original correspondence to BVM Registrar (Oct. 7, 1…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse research files subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence, biographical and genealogical information about Elsie Hughes (nee Parker) and her family. Includes a copy of a letter written by Elsie to her son Brent about the recollections of the "old home" (Love farmhouse) and original correspondence to BVM Registrar (Oct. 7, 1988).

History: Elsie Hughes was married to John Malcolm Hughes and is the daughter of Sarah Parker (nee Love) and William Michael Parker.

Creator: Stevens, Colin

Names: Hughes, Elsie Roberta Parker

Accession Code: BV018.41.54

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 1987-1998

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Date: 2019-05-21

Notes: Title based on content of file; See also oral history interview BV018.41.

E.W. Bateman family fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1857]-[195-]

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 63 photographs + 6 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs of the family of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and residences including Elworth house, along with letters written by Colin Rhodes Fox during World War II. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1) Bateman family photographs series 2) Bateman family World War II lette…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 63 photographs + 6 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs of the family of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and residences including Elworth house, along with letters written by Colin Rhodes Fox during World War II. Fonds is arranged into the following series: 1) Bateman family photographs series 2) Bateman family World War II letters series

History: Edwin Wettenhall "E.W." Bateman was born in 1859 in Sandbach, Cheshire, to James and Caroline Mary Wettenhall Bateman (their home in Sandbach was called Elworth Cottage). When he was twenty-one, E.W. Bateman immigrated to Manitoba, Canada where he met Catherine “Cassie” Dale, daughter of George and Sarah Gillon Dale. They were married in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba on November 9, 1886. Edwin and Cassie had seven children, the eldest Edna Caroline Annie (Corner) (1889-1969); George Edwin (1890-? ); Mamie (McWilliams) (1892-1979); Marianne “May” Bateman (1894-1990); Warren Stafford (1896-1954); Jessie (Fox Kemp) (1899-1978) and John Carey (1901-1945). Catherine “Cassie” (Dale) Bateman died in Portage La Prairie in 1909. After Cassie's death, Edwin was transferred to Vancouver by the Canadian Pacific Railway where he married Cassie’s younger sister Mary Dale (1896-1935). Edwin moved his six of his seven children to Vancouver (not including George). Edwin and Mary (Dale) Bateman first lived at 7th and Balsam Street in Vancouver and in 1920, they decided to move to the quieter atmosphere of the Burnaby Lake- Deer Lake area. By this time Edwin Wettenhall Bateman was a retired CPR executive. He moved his wife and daughter Marianne “May” Bateman to Deer Lake and commissioned architect, Enoch Evans to build 'Elworth' house (named after Edwin’s family home in Sandbach, Chesire). The house was completed by contractor William Dodson in 1922 and located at the site of what would become Heritage Village and later, Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Avenue. The Batemans lived at this location for thirteen years before moving back to Vancouver in May of 1935. Mary Dale Bateman died in July 1935 and sometime after, Edwin W. Bateman married Dora Coulton. Edwin W. Bateman died in 1957 at the age of 98. Edna Caroline Bateman married Raymond Westley Corner in 1920 and had a daughter named Catherine Mary (Levins). Edna and Raymond lived in Kelowna. George Bateman married Louise Agness Birss in January 1910 and continued to live in Manitoba. Mamie Dale Bateman married George Lloyd McWilliams in 1915. The couple had two children, Warren Finley McWilliams and Bruce McWilliams. Mamie and George McWilliams lived with their family on Douglas Road across the road from Elworth house in Burnaby. Warren McWilliams was on North Atlantic convoy duty during World War I from 1942 to 1944. Warren McWilliams died in 2004. Warren Stafford Bateman married Norah Withington in Burnaby in 1924; Winifred Dare Webster in Burnaby in 1932 and Dorothy Margaret Buchanan in New Westminster in 1949. Warren and Winnifred “Winnie” Webster celebrated their marriage at Elworth house in 1932. Warren served in World War I. Jessie Madeline Bateman married Ernest Denby Fox (1900-1945) in 1921. Jessie and Ernest Fox had three children, Colin Rhodes Fox (1921-2005); Mary “Betty” (Gludo) and Allan Fox. Jessie and Ernest Fox operated a small logging company near Powell River, B.C. Sometime after the death of her first husband, Ernest Denby Fox, Jessie married James Kemp. The youngest child of Edwin and Cassie, John “Carey” Bateman married Sophia Spak (1899-1977) in 1925. On September 10, 1939, the day that Canada declared war on Germany, Colin Rhodes Fox (eldest son of Jessie and Ernest Fox) enlisted in the army at the age of 18 years. Colin initially served in an anti-aircraft unit, but was soon transferred to the Field Artillery. During his service overseas, Colin wrote letters to family members including his aunt May Bateman who was living in Burnaby. Colin went through basic artillery training in Edmonton before heading overseas to the United Kingdom with his unit, the 13th Field Regiment , 44th Canadian Field Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery and later the 78th Canadian Field Battery in Germany and Holland . Colin was wounded on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day) but returned to serve in Holland and Germany until the war ended. Colin suffered bullet and shrapnel wounds while laying communication cable from the Normandy beachhead. In 1946, Colin married Susan Streika (Striha) of Pitt Meadows and he began a thirty five year career in the B.C. Telephone Company on Vancouver Island. Colin and Susan had three children; Gary, Elaine and Irene. Colin Rhodes Fox died in 2005. The E.W. Bateman house, "Elworth" is a heritage building on the site of the Burnaby Village Museum. The site is an important cultural feature for the interpretation of Burnaby’s heritage to the public. The E.W. Bateman House was purchased by Burnaby in 1970 and became the focal point for the development of the Museum. Both the interior and exterior of the house have been restored and interpreted to the date of original construction, including recreated room interiors and period furnishings.

Creator: Fox, Colin Rhodes; Bateman, Caroline Mary Wettenhall

Accession Code: HV974.22; HV974.90; HV975.120; HV976.37; HV979.32; BV985.1003; BV986.21; BV992.29; BV994.22; BV004.28; BV004.84; BV020.27

Date: [1857]-[195-]

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Related Material: See also: Interview with Marianne May Bateman February 22, 1978 - Tracks 1-4. City of Burnaby Archives Item No. MSS137-014-1

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association statement

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 28 Nov. 1970

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a typewritten statement from the Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association with a summary of purchases for products sold to the Canada Way Food Market.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Series: Harry Toy business records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 p.

Material Details: small yellow page adhered to top of white typewritten page

Scope and Content: Item consists of a typewritten statement from the Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association with a summary of purchases for products sold to the Canada Way Food Market.

Names: Canada Way Food Market; Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association

Accession Code: BV023.25.15

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 28 Nov. 1970

Media Type: Textual Record

Related Material: See also BV023.16.19 - Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy; For associated artifacts from Canada Way Food Market see Accession BV023.17

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-30

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Images

Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association statement, 28 Nov. 1970 thumbnail

Harry's new prices sign for Canada Way Food Market

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [197-]

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sign : plastic dry erase sheet

Scope and Content: Item consists of a handwritten sign in black marker on verso of a Dairyland Products list. The handwritten sign is titled "HARRY - NEW PRICES" listing prices for various food products sold at the Canada Way Food Market located at 4694 Canada Way, Burnaby. Other side of sign is titled "Dairyland SUP…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Series: Harry Toy business records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sign : plastic dry erase sheet

Material Details: dry erase sheet; printed in col. one side; verso of sign with handwritten notes in black ink

Scope and Content: Item consists of a handwritten sign in black marker on verso of a Dairyland Products list. The handwritten sign is titled "HARRY - NEW PRICES" listing prices for various food products sold at the Canada Way Food Market located at 4694 Canada Way, Burnaby. Other side of sign is titled "Dairyland SUPER COOL TASTE" and includes various Dairyland products with refillable white oval shape next to name of each product.

Names: Canada Way Food Market

Accession Code: BV023.25.8

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [197-]

Media Type: Textual Record

Related Material: See also BV023.16.19 - Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy; For associated artifacts from Canada Way Food Market see Accession BV023.17

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-30

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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Harry's new prices sign for Canada Way Food Market, [197-] thumbnail

Harry Toy business records series

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1970-1990]

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: .5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Series consists of business records relating to Harry's store, the Canada Way Food Market and the Fraser Merchants' Associaton.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Series: Harry Toy business records series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: .5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Series consists of business records relating to Harry's store, the Canada Way Food Market and the Fraser Merchants' Associaton.

Creator: Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"

Names: Fraser Merchants' Association; Canada Way Food Market

Accession Code: BV023.25

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1970-1990]

Media Type: Textual Record

Related Material: See also BV023.16.19 - Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy; For associated artifacts from Canada Way Food Market see Accession BV023.17

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Harry Toy fonds

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [197-]-2023

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: .5 cm of textual records + 6 photographs + 2 photographs (jpg)

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of business records and photographs relating to Harry Toy's store the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants' Association and his family.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: .5 cm of textual records + 6 photographs + 2 photographs (jpg)

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of business records and photographs relating to Harry Toy's store the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants' Association and his family.

History: Harry Wee Koon Toy was born in February 9, 1936 in Taikong, Toisan county, Guangdong, China. Harry's father William Toy came to Canada in the early 1920s when he was ten years old. Harry arrived in Vancouver, Canada on September 9, 1950. After staying in Vancouver for one night, he joined his father in Neepawa, Manitoba where the family operated a cafe business (Royal Cafe). Harry grew up in Neepawa and graduated from the University of Manitoba and teacher's college. He became a high school teacher and worked at schools in Minnedosa and Gladstone, Manitoba teaching various subjects including, science, business, geography, history and physical education. Harry and his wife, had three daughters, Melinda, Beverley and Christina who were all born in Neepawa. When the family decided to move to the west coast, Harry was introduced to the grocery store business through an uncle who was a store operator. Around 1970, Harry purchased a grocery store at 4694 Canada Way in Burnaby which he named "Canada Way Food Market" and Harry and his daughters made their home at the back of the store. Harry owned and operated the store for approximately 40 years between 1970 and 2010. Around 1986, Harry purchased the butcher shop next door (4692 Canada Way) which was no longer in operation, expanding his store and adding a second storey to use as a residence. Harry's children helped him operate the store throughout their childhood. In the early 1970s, corner stores were threatened by the spread of small chain-operated convenience stories from Eastern Canada to Vancouver. Formed in April 1972, the Fraser Merchants’ Association was established to protect the rights of corner store operators. With no paid legal help, the association was incorporated in Victoria, BC for the cost of 56 cents. The benefits of being a member of the association included warehouse and group purchasing, common advertising and other advantages of being part of an association. Founded by Gary Lee Ling and five others, Fraser Merchants’ Association’s first member was Graham Grocery. By 1978, the association represented over 200 corner stores in the Lower Mainland (Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Langley, Coquitlam, and New Westminster) and Fraser Valley. The association remained active into the 1980s and 1990s. Harry has served as President of the Fraser Merchants' Association from 1992 to present.

Creator: Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"

Names: Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"; Fraser Merchants' Association; Canada Way Food Market

Accession Code: BV023.25

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [197-]-2023

Media Type: Photograph; Textual Record

Related Material: See also BV023.16.19 - Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy; For associated artifacts from Canada Way Food Market see Accession BV023.17

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds

Harry Toy photographs series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20341

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1970-1990]

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 6 photographs + 2 photographs (jpg)

Scope and Content: Series consists of photographs relating to Harry Toy's store, the Canada Way Food Market, his involvement with the Fraser Merchants' Associaton and his family.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Series: Harry Toy photographs series

Description Level: Series

Physical Description: 6 photographs + 2 photographs (jpg)

Scope and Content: Series consists of photographs relating to Harry Toy's store, the Canada Way Food Market, his involvement with the Fraser Merchants' Associaton and his family.

Names: Fraser Merchants' Association; Canada Way Food Market; Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"

Accession Code: BV023.25

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1970-1990]

Media Type: Textual Record

Related Material: See also BV023.16.19 - Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy; For associated artifacts from Canada Way Food Market see Accession BV023.17

Notes: Title based on contents of series

Laurie Norman interview

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64806

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [197-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 audio/visual record

Scope and Content: Item is a tape of Lawrence (Laurie) Norman talking with the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) while at the Burnaby Village Museum.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [197-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 audio/visual record

Material Details: Audio cassette tape

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS138-001

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Item is a tape of Lawrence (Laurie) Norman talking with the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) while at the Burnaby Village Museum.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of tape; The case for this tape is labelled " Laurie Norman with CBC in Village / Museum N. Burnaby + Lochdale"

Leonard Love

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9861

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1899 (date of original)-2008

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of vital statistical, biographical and historical information about Leonard Love and family. Records include copies of vital statistics, interview notes, a newspaper clipping on the BC Society of Model Engineers at BVM, correspondence from descendents of Leonard Love and their memori…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse research files subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of vital statistical, biographical and historical information about Leonard Love and family. Records include copies of vital statistics, interview notes, a newspaper clipping on the BC Society of Model Engineers at BVM, correspondence from descendents of Leonard Love and their memories of the Love family and time spent in the farmhouse and an obituary for Gordon Wesley Love. Leonard Love was born in 1899, married Jenny Kennedy in 1922 and is the son of Jesse Love and Martha Love (nee Leonard).

Names: Love, John Leonard

Accession Code: BV018.41.72

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 1899 (date of original)-2008

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of file

Love farmhouse research files subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9870

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1988-2005

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 27 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records created and collected during research of the Love family and the Love family farmhouse and include genealogical and biographical notes, interview notes, memoirs, correspondence and vital statistic information.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse research files subseries

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 27 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records created and collected during research of the Love family and the Love family farmhouse and include genealogical and biographical notes, interview notes, memoirs, correspondence and vital statistic information.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage

Accession Code: BV018.41

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1988-2005

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of subseries

Mrs. James Richard (Dick) Whiting

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9848

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1947] (date of original)-[1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of copies of biographical and genealogical information and photocopies of photographs along with interview notes (November 6, 1997). File also includes a newspaper clipping "She was Named for the Municipality / Burnaby's first baby visiting from England" about Mrs. C.A. Whiting who wa…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse research files subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of copies of biographical and genealogical information and photocopies of photographs along with interview notes (November 6, 1997). File also includes a newspaper clipping "She was Named for the Municipality / Burnaby's first baby visiting from England" about Mrs. C.A. Whiting who was the first white baby born in Burnaby ca. 1893. File includes information obtained from Florence Edna Whiting (Mrs. James Richard Whiting) who is the daughter in law of Annie (Love) Whiting and Wallace Whiting. Mrs. James Richard Whiting married Richard Whiting.

Accession Code: BV018.41.59

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: [1947] (date of original)-[1998]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Transcribed title

New Year's Day sign for Canada Way Food Market

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20343

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [197-]

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sign : red ink on cardboard

Scope and Content: Item consists of a double sided handwritten sign in red ink announcing the closure of the Canada Way Food Market on New Year's Day. One side of sign reads: "HAPPY / NEW YEAR! / STORE WILL BE CLOSED ON / NEW YEAR'S DAY (JAN. 1ST) / Thank you for your patronage!" and the other side of sign reads: "H…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harry Toy fonds

Series: Harry Toy business records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sign : red ink on cardboard

Scope and Content: Item consists of a double sided handwritten sign in red ink announcing the closure of the Canada Way Food Market on New Year's Day. One side of sign reads: "HAPPY / NEW YEAR! / STORE WILL BE CLOSED ON / NEW YEAR'S DAY (JAN. 1ST) / Thank you for your patronage!" and the other side of sign reads: "Happy / NEW / YEAR! / STORE WILL BE / CLOSED ON / NEW YEAR'S DAY (JAN. 1ST.) / Thank You". The Canada Way Food Market was located at 4694 Canada Way, Burnaby.

Subjects: Holidays

Names: Canada Way Food Market

Accession Code: BV023.25.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [197-]

Media Type: Textual Record

Related Material: See also BV023.16.19 - Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy; For associated artifacts from Canada Way Food Market see Accession BV023.17

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-30

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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