Historical origins and collective memory in British Columbia's community-based museums, 1925-1975

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dc.contributor.authorTrayner, Kathleen Joan
dc.contributor.supervisorRoy, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-15T16:18:29Z
dc.date.available2016-07-15T16:18:29Z
dc.date.copyright2003en_US
dc.date.issued2016-07-15
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractCommunity-based museums in British Columbia are testaments to the importance of belonging and social identity. Three case studies, the Saanich Pioneer Museum, the Kamloops Museum Association and the Langley Centennial Museum in Fort Langley demonstrate how community identity was the focus of collective memory construction. Museum buildings were also iconographic sites. This research draws on museum society minutes, records, journals and displays, and personal interviews. It examines the role of earlier groups and events, from agricultural fairs to fraternal organizations in these museums' origins. The influence of provincial and federal government policies and funding, Centennial celebrations, and umbrella organizations such as the British Columbia Museums Association are also analysed. Socialization, interaction, memorabilia, commemorations and celebrations were all part of the creation of collective memory, and demonstrate how belonging was vital to these museums' creation and histories.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7407
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectMuseumsen_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectHistoryen_US
dc.subjectSaanich Pioneer Museumen_US
dc.subjectKamloops Museum Associationen_US
dc.subjectLangley Centennial Museumen_US
dc.titleHistorical origins and collective memory in British Columbia's community-based museums, 1925-1975en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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