Head tax certificate issued to Dung Way How
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1922-1934 (date of original), copied 2021
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate (tiff) : col. ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the Interior to Dung Way How (Dong Howe). The certificate was first issued on March 18, 1922 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Dung Way How. Certifi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate (tiff) : col. ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the Interior to Dung Way How (Dong Howe). The certificate was first issued on March 18, 1922 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Dung Way How. Certification stamps on the verso of the certificate were issued by Chinese Immigration authorities between 1922 and 1934.
Information on the front of the certificate reads "...This Certifies That / Dung Way How whose photograph is attached / hereto arrived or landed at Vancouver B.C. / on the 23rd day of January 1922 / ex "Empress of Asia" / and upon representations made has been / admitted as exempt from head tax under the / provisions of the Chinese Immigration Act. / The above mentioned party claims / to be a native of Bark Choon Jong in the District of Pon Yue of the age of 20 years. The declaration in this case is C.I.4. No. 3715 Date at Vancouver on March 18, 1922" signed by "Controller of Chinese Immigration". Printed text on verso of certificate reads "IMPORTANT / IT IS NECESSARY THAT THIS / CERTIFICATE BE CAREFULLY / PRESERVED AS IT IS OF VALUE / AS A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION".
- History
- Dung Way How (Dong Howe) arrived from Bak Chun (North Village), Guangdong in 1922 as a paper son. He had two sons during his first marriage, but the sons remained in China and one died at a young age. He married his second wife Chow Goon Pang through an arranged marriage. She was married twice previously and had a son from each marriage, but neither of them survived. Chow was from Nam Chun (South Village) and arrived in Canada as a paper daughter around the late 1930s or early 1940s. Both Dong and Chow spoke a Poon Yue dialect.
The couple raised one daughter Vivian Dong (Dong Jing Yu) in Canada. The Dong family leased and operated the New Fountain hotel in Vancouver located at Abbott Street and Cordova Street. The family later went on to purchase farmland in Burnaby in 1957. The Dong family moved to Burnaby and operated a three acre market garden located at 6220 14th Avenue until 1972. They grew European staples including celery, radishes, green onions, beets, lettuces, endives, as well as Chinese vegetables such as gai lan (Chinese broccoli). There were two Chinese families in the area, including the Wong family who operated the Wong Chew market gardens 6325 14th Avenue. Dong Howe passed away in 1978. Chow Goon Pang passed away in 2000. Their daughter Vivian grew up in Burnaby and attended Riverside Elementary, McPherson Junior High School and Burnaby South Secondary School.
- Creator
- Government of Canada
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Documentary Artifacts - Certificates
- Migration
- Names
- Howe, Dong
- Accession Code
- BV021.13.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1922-1934 (date of original), copied 2021
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- March 25, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Head tax certificate issued to Lee Quon Lep [Quan Lip Lee]
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021
- Collection/Fonds
- Quon Lip Lee fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the (Interior) issued to Lee Quon Lep [sic] [Quon Lip Lee]. The certificate was first issued on December 12, 1921 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Q…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Quon Lip Lee fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a head tax certificate issued by the Dominion of Canada - Immigration Branch - Department of the (Interior) issued to Lee Quon Lep [sic] [Quon Lip Lee]. The certificate was first issued on December 12, 1921 and includes certification stamps on the front along with a photograph of Quan Lip Lee. Certification stamps on the verso of the certificate were issued by Canadian and Chinese Immigration authorities between 1924 and 1949.
Information on the front of the certificate reads "DOMINION OF CANADA / IMMIGRATION BRANCH - DEPARTMENT.../ RECEIVED FRO.../ Lee Quon Lep whose photograph is attached / hereto on the date and at the place hereunder mentioned the sum / of five Hundred Dollars being the head tax due under the / provisions of the Chinese Immigration Act. / The above mentioned party claims / to be a native of Gong Doey Lee / in the district of Sun Way / of the age of 12 years arrived or landed / at Vancouver on the 28th day of / November 1921 ex Empress [sic] of Asia / The declaration in this case is C.I.4 No. 3716 / Dated at Vancouver on Dec 12, 1921_19_/ (signature) / CONTROLLER OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION".
Printed text on verso of certificate reads "IMPORTANT / IT IS NECESSARY THAT THIS / CERTIFICATE BE CAREFULLY / PRESERVED AS IT IS OF VALUE / AS A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION" along with Chinese language characters printed vertically below.
- Creator
- Government of Canada
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Documentary Artifacts - Certificates
- Migration
- Names
- Lee, Quon Lip
- Accession Code
- BV021.18.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1921-1949 (date of original), copied 2021
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- April 8, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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Nu-tka : Captain Cook and the Spanish explorers on the coast
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 970 NUT v. 7, no. 1
- Contributor
- Efrat, Barbara S., 1935-2017
- Langlois, W. J., 1949-
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Publisher
- Aural History Program, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry, Provincial Archives of B.C.
- Publication Date
- 1978
- Series
- Sound heritage; v. 7, no.1
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cook, James, 1728-1779
- Nootka Indians--History
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History
- Oral history
- Oral history--British Columbia
- British Columbia--History
- Botany
- Plants, Useful--British Columbia --History
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Notes
- "Edited by Barbara S. Efrat and W.J. Langlois." -- title page
- "The editors of this volume have chosen to emphasize the linguistic spelling of the word Nootka. The word NU-TKA means " circling about" and is explained in detail by the excellent account of Mrs. Winifred David on page 55. " -- title page
- "This volume is the first part of a two-part series to commemorate the Captain Cook Bicentennial. It is the intent of the editors that the two volumes should form one unit. The second volume Nu-tka : the history and survival of Nootkan culture will follow in short order . W.J.L. " -- title page
- Includes bibliographical references
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Nu-tka : the history and survival of Nootkan culture
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 970 NUT v. 7, no. 2
- Contributor
- Efrat, Barbara S., 1935-2017
- Langlois, W. J., 1949-
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Publisher
- Aural History Program, Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry, Provincial Archives of B.C.
- Publication Date
- 1978
- Series
- Sound heritage; v. 7, no. 2
- Printer
- K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer
- Physical Description
- 65 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Nootka Indians--History
- Nootka Indians--Social life and customs
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Vancouver Island
- British Columbia--Vancouver Island
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History
- Oral history
- Oral history--British Columbia
- British Columbia--History
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Notes
- "Edited by Barbara S. Efrat and W.J. Langlois." -- title page
- "This volume is the second part of a two-part series to commemorate the Captain Cook Bicentennial. It is the intent of the editors that the two volumes should form one unit. The first volume Nu-tka : Captain Cook and the Spanish Explorers on the Coast provides historical background on the contact period. W.J.L. " -- title page
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Sound heritage : volume 3, number 1
Sound heritage : volume 4, number 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1005 SOU
v. 4, no. 2
- Contributor
- Langlois, W. J., 1949-
- Cauthers, Janet Helen, 1944-
- Reimer, Derek
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, BC
- Publisher
- Aural History Provincial Archives of British Columbia
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Series
- Sound heritage : volume 4, number 2
- Printer
- K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer
- Physical Description
- viii, 54 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Oral history
- Oral history--British Columbia
- British Columbia--History
- Goodwin, Ginger
- Lillooet Indians--Folklore
- Fraser, Simon, 1776-1862
- Haida Indians --Folklore
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History
- Folklore--Canada
- Carr, Emily, 1871-1945
- Sound recordings--Canada
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Notes
- "W.J. Langlois, Editor ; Janet Cauthers, Assistant Editor ; Derek Reimer, Assistant Editor." -- title page.
- "David Day, Guest Editor." -- title page.
Contents: Foreward - Ernest Hall (Provincial Secretary)
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Aural history, Regional studies and literature in British Columbia
The Creation of Man:
The Creation of Man: One
The Creation of Man: Two
How the Animals and Birds Got Their Names
The Kiskatinaw Songs:
Stranger Song
Captive Song
Inside Song
Sorcerer's Song
The Exploration:
How Simon Fraser Saw the Lillooets
How the Lillooets Saw Simon Fraser
For Simon Fraser
My Father Simon Fraser
The Mackenzie Fraser Thompson River Plot
Eustice Smith - Two Histories
The Ginger Goodwin Controversy
Sergeant Lees' View
William Pritchard's View
Cumberland Graveyard, February 1973
Ginger: A play
Four Statements on Work
Prarie Letter
The Cowichan
The Tooth
Journal Entry
Emily Carr:
Poem from: Emily
Klee Wyck: An Interview
A Short Trip With Young Emily
The Spoils of War : Three Veterans/Three Poems
Canada at War
At Bay With Big Dutch
Remembering Esquimalt
Skookum Country
D.N.A. Stereo Tape Magazine
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Sound heritage : volume 5, number 4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 971.1005 SOU v. 5, no. 4
- Contributor
- Langlois, W. J., 1949-
- Cauthers, Janet Helen, 1944-
- Reimer, Derek
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, BC
- Publisher
- Aural History Provincial Archives of British Columbia
- Publication Date
- 1976
- Series
- Sound heritage : volume 5, number 4
- Printer
- K.M. MacDonald, Queen's Printer
- Physical Description
- vi, 80 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Oral history
- Oral history--British Columbia
- British Columbia--History
- Haida Art
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Languages--Study and Teaching
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Social Life and Customs
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Social Conditions
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Notes
- "W.J. Langlois, Editor ; Janet Cauthers, Assistant Editor ; Derek Reimer, Assistant Editor." -- title page.
- "Robert Levine, Guest Editor." -- title page
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents: Introduction: Native Lauguages and Culture
The Hesquiat Project : Research in Native Indian Aural History
My Own Native Land : Some Reflections On The Lives of Native People
Recording In The Native Language
The Suppression of B.C. Languages : Filling In The Gaps In The Documentary Record
Interview With Francis Williams, Haida Artist
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Burnaby Civic Employees' Union Local No. 23 constitution and bylaws
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- October 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Civic Employees' Union fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 booklet
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of "Burnaby Civic Employees' Local Union No. 23 Constitution and Bylaws" booklet as amended to October 1975. The booklet was chartered by Canadian Union of Public Employees 1963. The booklet contains various information about the Burnaby Civic Employees Local Union.
Advertising flyer and order form for Chinese mandarin oranges
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a one page advertising flyer and order form to customers of W.H. Malkins "1979 Advertising program on Chinese Mandarin Oranges". The flyer includes the title in English and Chinese "Chinese Mandarin Oranges".
China Month Contest
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 7 Nov. 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a one page flyer from Kelly Douglas and Company Limited titled "China Month Contest (includes handwritten Chinese characters above the english title) to "All Super Valu Stores" with the subject: "Chinese Mandarin Oranges Promotion".
Cecil Lee business records series
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1970-1980, predominant 1970-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of business records collected and created by Cecil Lee while he was employed as a Produce Buyer for Kelly Douglas Limited and Western Commodities Limited and responsible for the import of Chinese mandarin oranges. Records include correspondence, photographs, documentation regarding …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Series
- Cecil Lee business records series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of business records collected and created by Cecil Lee while he was employed as a Produce Buyer for Kelly Douglas Limited and Western Commodities Limited and responsible for the import of Chinese mandarin oranges. Records include correspondence, photographs, documentation regarding travel within China along with export and import information, contracts, financial reports, credit applications, Chinese trade fair information and ephemera.
- History
- Kelly Douglas and Company Limited was founded in 1896 as a wholesale grocery business. In 1946, its headquarters moved from Vancouver to Burnaby and a manufacturing plant and warehouse were built on the site at 4700 Kingsway. During the nineteen seventies, Kelly Douglas and Company Limited and the Produce Department of Western Commodities Limited were located on this site. In 1986, the building was demolished and the produce department of Kelly Douglas was relocated to 6451 Telford Burnaby and the head office to 808 Nelson Street, Vancouver. In the nineteen seventies, Cecil Lee worked as a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas & Company Ltd.and Western Commodities. In the mid-1970s, Lee was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with demand, Kelly Douglas & Company looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business. Cecil Lee designed the cardboard Chinese mandarin orange box to replace wooden container
- Subjects
- Foods
- Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
- Names
- Kelly Douglas and Company Limited
- Western Commodities Limited
- Accession Code
- BV019.6
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1970-1980, predominant 1970-1979
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- A large portion of these records are subject to FIPPA, contact Burnaby Village Museum for access
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Price change flyer
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Nov. 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a flyer from the Produce Department of Kelly Douglas and Company Limited regarding the price changes for mandarin oranges in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.
West Coast Food Brokers Ltd. Bulletin
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 22 Oct. 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of "Bulletin #354" from West Coast Food Brokers Ltd. titled "Chinese "Ponkan" Variety Mandarin Oranges" and dated October 22, 1974.
Acceptance of invitation to Chinese Export Commodities Fair
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a one page form titled "Acceptance of Invitation" from Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1979 Kwangchow.
Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 6 Oct. 1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Quon Lip Lee fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee on October 6, 1966. The back of the certificate includes vitial information including date of birth, marital status and date of issue.
Chinese Export Commodities Fair identification tag
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 identification tag
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a circular cardboard "CECF" tag that was used by "Western Commodities Ltd." as part of an identification tag to attend the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1978, jointly sponsored by The National Foreign Trade Corporations of China, to be held April 15 to May 15, 1978.
Chinese Export Commodities Fair ribbon
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 ribbon
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a pink silk ribbon that was used by "Western Commodities Ltd." as part of an identification tag to attend the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1978, jointly sponsored by The National Foreign Trade Corporations of China, to be held April 15 to May 15, 1978.
Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1978
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (folded)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an invitation for "Western Commodities Ltd." to attend the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1978, jointly sponsored by The National Foreign Trade Corporations of China, to be held April 15 to May 15, 1978.