Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series

Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries

Growing Up in Burnaby subseries

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 sound recording (mp3) (0:04:13 min)

Material Details

Interviewer: Tom Gooden Interviewee: Janet White Date of interview: May 10, 2005 Total Number of Tracks: 8 Total length of all Tracks: 0:31:34

Scope and Content

Track 6: This portion of the recording pertains to Janet’s best and worst memories of her youth. Janet’s best memory is of the freedom of children of the time. She describes sleepovers as a teenager, and the arrival of the first television on the block, noting that outdoor play declined when children stayed in to watch television. Janet’s worst memory is of the murder of a classmate’s siblings by their parents.

History

Recording of an interview with Janet White recording by Tom Gooden on May 10 2005. This recording was completed for an exhibit, Growing Up in Burnaby, for the Burnaby Village Museum. Major themes discussed are growing up in Burnaby in the 1950s.

Creator

Burnaby Village Museum

Names

Gooden, Tom

White, Janet

Accession Code

BV017.45.1

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

[195-] (interview content), interviewed May 10, 2005

Media Type

Sound Recording

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