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Audio recordings containing interviews
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57960
- 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
- 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"
Burnaby General Hospital - interview on radio - intensive care & emergency services
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport31894
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 24733
- Meeting Date
- 19-May-1970
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 24733
- Meeting Date
- 19-May-1970
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
remain vivid in the memories of those
who consented to be interviewed.
Future generations will be grateful to them for passing down descrip-
tions that might otherwise have been lost. These are descriptions of a
changing way of life, up to 1940. in a small corner of Canada that could
not stop growing
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
Century Park Museum Association fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3781
- 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
![Chan Kow Hong harvesting cauliflower at Hop-On Farm, [between 1975 and 1979] (date of original), copied 2017 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0036_0013_001.jpg?width=280)
Chan Kow Hong harvesting cauliflower at Hop-On Farm
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4262
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1979] (date of original), copied 2017
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour : copy scan
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Chan Kow Hong standing in a field, harvesting cauliflower at Hop-On Farm. Chan Kow Hong is wearing a beige cap and a white T-shirt. White greenhouse and trees in background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour : copy scan
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Chan Kow Hong standing in a field, harvesting cauliflower at Hop-On Farm. Chan Kow Hong is wearing a beige cap and a white T-shirt. White greenhouse and trees in background.
- History
- Josephine Hong was born to Sui Ha Hong and Chan Kow Hong. The Hong Family had seven children, oldest to youngest: Pauline, Josephine, Catherine, Norine, Gary, Darlene, and Marlene. The family runs Hop-On Farm on Marine Drive in Burnaby. Many Hong family members worked on the farm including Josephine Hong's grandfather, Gay Tim Hong, and uncles. Her great-grandfather was Sui Wing Hong
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Hop On Farms
- Hong, Chan Kow
- Geographic Access
- Byrne Road
- Accession Code
- BV017.36.13
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1979] (date of original), copied 2017
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Related Material
- See Oral History Interview-BV020.6.1
- Scan Resolution
- 800
- Scan Date
- 12/3/2017
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
Images
![Chan Kow Hong harvesting cauliflower at Hop-On Farm, [between 1975 and 1979] (date of original), copied 2017 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0036_0013_001.jpg)
Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18781
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed 2019-2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) + 3 sound recordings (mp3)
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of two oral history interviews that were conducted by Denise Fong of Burnaby Village Museum while conducting historical research regarding the history of Chinese Canadians in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Chinese Canadians in Burnaby subseries
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) + 3 sound recordings (mp3)
- Material Details
- Digital master recordings (wav) were converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of two oral history interviews that were conducted by Denise Fong of Burnaby Village Museum while conducting historical research regarding the history of Chinese Canadians in Burnaby.
- Accession Code
- BV019.15.1
- BV020.6
- Date
- [1900-2020] (interview content), interviewed 2019-2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
![Christmas hours sign for Canada Way Food Market, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Textual_Records/2023/2023_0025_0004_001.jpg?width=280)
Christmas hours sign for Canada Way Food Market
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20342
- 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…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- 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 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](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Textual_Records/2023/2023_0025_0004_001.jpg)
![Darlene Hong and Marlene Hong on Hop-On Farm, [between 1975 and 1979] (date of original), copied 2017 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0036_0015_001.jpg?width=280)
Darlene Hong and Marlene Hong on Hop-On Farm
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4264
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1979] (date of original), copied 2017
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour : copy scan
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Darlene Hong (L) and Marlene Hong (R) standing in field with rakes on Hop-On Farm.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour : copy scan
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Darlene Hong (L) and Marlene Hong (R) standing in field with rakes on Hop-On Farm.
- History
- Josephine Hong was born to Sui Ha Hong and Chan Kow Hong. The Hong Family had seven children, oldest to youngest: Pauline, Josephine, Catherine, Norine, Gary, Darlene, and Marlene. The family runs Hop-On Farm on Marine Drive in Burnaby. Many Hong family members worked on the farm including Josephine Hong's grandfather, Gay Tim Hong, and uncles. Her great-grandfather was Sui Wing Hong
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Geographic Access
- Byrne Road
- Accession Code
- BV017.36.15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1975 and 1979] (date of original), copied 2017
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Related Material
- See Oral History Interview-BV020.6.1
- Scan Resolution
- 800
- Scan Date
- 12/3/2017
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
Images
![Darlene Hong and Marlene Hong on Hop-On Farm, [between 1975 and 1979] (date of original), copied 2017 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0036_0015_001.jpg)
Eagles family memorials
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58077
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1976-1996
- 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 the Eagles family including the memorial card and copies of the Eulogy for Dr Violet Eagles as well as an invitation to the dedication of the landscaped site and picnic table that was installed in honour of Drs Violet and Blythe Eagles. Also included in the fil…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1976-1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Eagles family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS055-028
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FOIPPA
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-18
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Eagles family including the memorial card and copies of the Eulogy for Dr Violet Eagles as well as an invitation to the dedication of the landscaped site and picnic table that was installed in honour of Drs Violet and Blythe Eagles. Also included in the file is information gathered through interviews on and their family history and a CHC Bulletin with an article written by City of Burnaby Heritage Planner Jim Wolf discussing the Eagles Estate Garden's designation as a municipal heritage site.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Edmonds History project correspondence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57966
- 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 the Edmonds History project between former students and a grade ten Humanities class. The file includes correspondence as well as lists of interviewers and their interviewees.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Edmonds School subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS036-008
- 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 the Edmonds History project between former students and a grade ten Humanities class. The file includes correspondence as well as lists of interviewers and their interviewees.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Edmonds School subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription41
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916] (date of origial)-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs depicting Edmonds School, including its students, staff, and surrounding area, as well as a collection of records related to a research project in which students interviewed former Edmonds School students.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916] (date of origial)-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Edmonds School subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-07
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs depicting Edmonds School, including its students, staff, and surrounding area, as well as a collection of records related to a research project in which students interviewed former Edmonds School students.
- History
- Edmonds School traces its history back to the opening of the first school in Burnaby in 1894. The "Burnaby school" was a typical one-room school house constructed on a small site on the opposite side of Canada Way (then named Douglas Road) and 18th Avenue. In 1896, when West Burnaby School, was built the school was renamed the "East Burnaby School." By 1908, the original small school house and its little playground became too small to contain the growing number of school-aged children living in the area. That year the Municipality of Burnaby and the Burnaby School Board funded a new four room school to house 75 students on the present site facing Edmonds Street. This building was known for many years as the old "gray school" because of its drab paint colour. In 1913, a four-room addition completed this school which was then renamed the "Edmonds Street School." In 1922, the school was was expanded with a new four-room "bungalow" building on the Douglas Road side of the property. By 1925, four more rooms were added to house the student population of this rapidly growing district, which peaked at 580 by 1930. After World War II, the old school was designated as a junior high school and in 1949, the present building was opened on an expanded site. By 1953 and 1955 the school received more additions to accommodate a student enrolment that had expanded to thirteen hundred students. The original gray building was demolished in 1956 and the bungalow building, which had served for many years as the elementary school, was destroyed by fire in 1989. The school was later rebuilt as Edmonds Community School.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Sound Recording
- Creator
- Edmonds Community School
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC207, MSS036
Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association statement
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20345
- 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.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Toy fonds
- 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.
- 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
Growing up in Burnaby subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10391
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1930-1960 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 36 sound recordings (mp3)
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of six oral history interviews that were conducted in May of 2005 by Burnaby Village Museum's Assistant Curator, Tom Gooden. Tom interviewed various members of the community as they reflected on their experiences about what it was like to grow up in Burnaby. This information beca…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Growing Up in Burnaby subseries
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 36 sound recordings (mp3)
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of six oral history interviews that were conducted in May of 2005 by Burnaby Village Museum's Assistant Curator, Tom Gooden. Tom interviewed various members of the community as they reflected on their experiences about what it was like to grow up in Burnaby. This information became part of Burnaby Village Museum's Summer 2005- Stride Studios Exhibition entitled: "My Name: Growing Up in Burnaby". Persons interviewed included Burnaby Retired Teachers Association Heritage Committee members- Janet White and Ken and Gail Yip as well as Burnaby residents, Ella Beatty; Robert Lowe, Cice Brown and Maureen Sawshe.
- Accession Code
- BV017.45
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Date
- 1930-1960 (interview content), interviewed May 2005
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Most of the interviews have been divided into Tracks and described accordingly
- Interview with Maureen Sawshe is Closed due to access and reproduction restrictions
![Harry's new prices sign for Canada Way Food Market, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Textual_Records/2023/2023_0025_0008_001.jpg?width=280)
Harry's new prices sign for Canada Way Food Market
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20344
- 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…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Toy fonds
- 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
Images
![Harry's new prices sign for Canada Way Food Market, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Textual_Records/2023/2023_0025_0008_001.jpg)
![Harry Toy at cash register inside Canada Way Food Market, [May 1972] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2023/2023_0025_0014_001.jpg?width=280)
Harry Toy at cash register inside Canada Way Food Market
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20353
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [May 1972]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Toy fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harry Toy standing at cash register inside Canada Way Food Market located at 4694 Canada Way, Burnaby. Store products are visible behind him and hanging over his head.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Toy fonds
- Series
- Harry Toy photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harry Toy standing at cash register inside Canada Way Food Market located at 4694 Canada Way, Burnaby. Store products are visible behind him and hanging over his head.
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4694 Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV023.25.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [May 1972]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- 2023-12-01
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Harry Toy at cash register inside Canada Way Food Market, [May 1972] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2023/2023_0025_0014_001.jpg)
Harry Toy business records series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20340
- 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
- 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"
- 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
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20339
- 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"
- 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 in front of Canada Way Food Market, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2023/2023_0025_0013_001.jpg?width=280)
Harry Toy in front of Canada Way Food Market
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20352
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Toy fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harry Toy standing next to display of fresh flowers outside in front of the Canada Way Food Market located at 4694 Canada Way, Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Toy fonds
- Series
- Harry Toy photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harry Toy standing next to display of fresh flowers outside in front of the Canada Way Food Market located at 4694 Canada Way, Burnaby.
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4694 Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV023.25.13
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [197-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- 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
- 2023-12-01
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Harry Toy in front of Canada Way Food Market, [197-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2023/2023_0025_0013_001.jpg)
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.
- 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
Heritage Village Museum oral history interviews series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13986
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1977]-1989 (interview dates), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 4 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of audio recordings of interviews conducted by Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum) staff with Burnaby residents including; Beulah Coates; Gordon Haddon and Phoebe Love Feedham between 1977 and 1989.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 4 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of audio recordings of interviews conducted by Heritage Village Museum (Burnaby Village Museum) staff with Burnaby residents including; Beulah Coates; Gordon Haddon and Phoebe Love Feedham between 1977 and 1989.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5
- Date
- [1977]-1989 (interview dates), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Related Material
- See also: Jesse Love farmhouse fonds; Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Contact Burnaby Village Museum for access