Repository

Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds

Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series

Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries

Love farmhouse oral history project subseries

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

1 audio cassette (0:08:21 min)

Material Details

Interviewer: Jim Wolf Interviewee: Esther Stanley Location of Interview: not known Interview Date: May 5, 1988 Total Length of all Tracks: 36:21 Total Number of Tracks: 5

Scope and Content

Track 1: Esther talks about the house as she remembers it from her childhood, describing the additions. Jim asks her about the furnishings of the hallway, parlour and kitchen and the contents of the pantry, and they discuss the house’s bathrooms.

History

Jim Wolf talks about Love Farmhouse with Esther Stanley, daughter of Jesse and Martha Love. They discuss the property, and the furnishings, decoration and amenities of the house as she remembers them. Esther’s recollections were to be used as a resource for redecorating and refurnishing the house as it was in 1925 for its use as an exhibit at the Burnaby Village Museum. Esther’s daughters are also present at the interview.

Creator

Wolf, Jim

Subjects

Buildings - Heritage

Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names

Stanley, Esther Love

Wolf, Jim

Love, Jesse, 1849-1928

Love, Martha Leonard, 1858-1920

Accession Code

BV018.41.47

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

May be restricted by third party rights

Date

1925 (interview content), interviewed May 5, 1988

Media Type

Sound Recording

Textual Record

Related Material

Wedding Portrait of Frank Charles Stanley and Esther Love Stanley, 1921. Item: BV015.40.41

Notes

Title based on content of file

4 pages of interview notes accompanying oral history recording

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