1959-1960 Order of the Royal Purple Officers
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- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20171064016126
- Physical Description
- Black and White photograph 5X7in
- Scope and Content
- Order of the Royal Purple Ladies grouped together for picture. 1959-1960 officers. Opal Jaylar, Patricia Van Horne, Dorothy Sarenson, Betty Deak, Alma Naylar, Kay Michalouski, Connie McLaren, Mary Nicalson, Arleen Price, Norma Spoulas, Rene Schnider, Emma Hackett, Ethel Stark, Veroua Smee, Marge Na…
1 image
- Date Range
- 1959-1960
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Black and White photograph 5X7in
- Physical Condition
- Good
- History / Biographical
- The Order of Royal Purple was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in September 1914. Several wives of the Elks created an informal group in 1913 to assist their husbands with benevolent, charitable and social work. In 1914, they became the recognized female auxiliary of the Elks of Canada. The objectives of the Order were to promote the principles of Justice, Charity, Sisterly Love and Fidelity, to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members or for other purposes. In addition, the Order was to quicken the spirit of women toward a pure and noble citizenship, to promote harmony and good fellowship, to relieve suffering whenever possible and to strive at all times to make “Life sweeter, women better, and the world happier.” The logo was a diamond with an elk head in the center, a clock pointing to 11 o’clock opposite a pansy and the word Canada on the banner. The pansy was the official flower of the Order. The Royal Purple was a very secretive society. They required passwords for every meeting and National Conventions. The Password could only be changed by the Supreme Honored Royal Lady and the Lodges would be notified every 6 months of the password change. The colors of the Order were purple, white and gold. The tassels on their purple pill box hats represents the individual’s status. White tassel means lodge member, white and purple means Honored Royal Lady (or local president), gold for District Deputy, and purple for Supreme Honored Royal Lady (National Leader.) A non-member can be granted honorary memberships for their contributions to the Lodge. Meetings would begin and end with floor work. Each Lodge and District develop their own bylaws and Rules of Order. In 2014 the Supreme Executive of the Order of Royal Purple decided to secede from the Elks and start a new organization, the Canadian Royal Purple Society. Some locals, however, wished to remain with the Elks and these were integrated into the organization of the Elks of Canada as Royal Purple Elks Lodges. Lethbridge Lodge No. 32 was instituted on April 27, 1928 by PSHRL Mattie Lane and 23 ladies were initiated into the Order. Teas, bake sales, craft sales, rummage sales, and bingos have been annual fundraising activities for the lodge. One of their larger projects was to supply an Audiology Unit (a brain stem evoked response audiometer) costing $40,000.00 for the Regional hospital. They also undertook to supply Lifeline Units to the Auxiliary Hospital. The ladies also supported the local Soup Kitchen, local Food Bank, Parents Place, Harbor House for abused women and children, Meals on Wheels, Keep in Touch as well as other charities. The Lodge was also a supporters of the Elks and Royal Purple Fund for children. They disbanded at the end of 2017. - Information from the Royal Purple of Canada book and interview transcript For more information check out the interview with Ann Marie MacDonald and the donation of Wilma Wood Royal Purple Regalia Accession Number P20170007001
- Scope and Content
- Order of the Royal Purple Ladies grouped together for picture. 1959-1960 officers. Opal Jaylar, Patricia Van Horne, Dorothy Sarenson, Betty Deak, Alma Naylar, Kay Michalouski, Connie McLaren, Mary Nicalson, Arleen Price, Norma Spoulas, Rene Schnider, Emma Hackett, Ethel Stark, Veroua Smee, Marge Narster, and Mary Neve.
- Access Restrictions
- Public
- Accession No.
- 20171064016126
- Collection
- Archive
Images
1960-1961 Order of the Royal Purple Officers
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- Date Range
- 1960-1961
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20171064016068
- Physical Description
- Colored photograph
- Scope and Content
- Ladies posing for group picture. Opal Jaylar, Patricia Van Horne, Alma Naylar, Kay Michalouski, Connie McLaren, Chris Moodie, Emma Hackett, Mary Nicalson, Arleen Price, Norma Spoulas, Alice Kennedy, Dorothy Sarenson, Betty Deak, Ethel Stark, Veroua Smee, and Mary Neve.
1 image
- Date Range
- 1960-1961
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Colored photograph
- Physical Condition
- Good
- History / Biographical
- The Order of Royal Purple was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in September 1914. Several wives of the Elks created an informal group in 1913 to assist their husbands with benevolent, charitable and social work. In 1914, they became the recognized female auxiliary of the Elks of Canada. The objectives of the Order were to promote the principles of Justice, Charity, Sisterly Love and Fidelity, to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members or for other purposes. In addition, the Order was to quicken the spirit of women toward a pure and noble citizenship, to promote harmony and good fellowship, to relieve suffering whenever possible and to strive at all times to make “Life sweeter, women better, and the world happier.” The logo was a diamond with an elk head in the center, a clock pointing to 11 o’clock opposite a pansy and the word Canada on the banner. The pansy was the official flower of the Order. The Royal Purple was a very secretive society. They required passwords for every meeting and National Conventions. The Password could only be changed by the Supreme Honored Royal Lady and the Lodges would be notified every 6 months of the password change. The colors of the Order were purple, white and gold. The tassels on their purple pill box hats represents the individual’s status. White tassel means lodge member, white and purple means Honored Royal Lady (or local president), gold for District Deputy, and purple for Supreme Honored Royal Lady (National Leader.) A non-member can be granted honorary memberships for their contributions to the Lodge. Meetings would begin and end with floor work. Each Lodge and District develop their own bylaws and Rules of Order. In 2014 the Supreme Executive of the Order of Royal Purple decided to secede from the Elks and start a new organization, the Canadian Royal Purple Society. Some locals, however, wished to remain with the Elks and these were integrated into the organization of the Elks of Canada as Royal Purple Elks Lodges. Lethbridge Lodge No. 32 was instituted on April 27, 1928 by PSHRL Mattie Lane and 23 ladies were initiated into the Order. Teas, bake sales, craft sales, rummage sales, and bingos have been annual fundraising activities for the lodge. One of their larger projects was to supply an Audiology Unit (a brain stem evoked response audiometer) costing $40,000.00 for the Regional hospital. They also undertook to supply Lifeline Units to the Auxiliary Hospital. The ladies also supported the local Soup Kitchen, local Food Bank, Parents Place, Harbor House for abused women and children, Meals on Wheels, Keep in Touch as well as other charities. The Lodge was also a supporters of the Elks and Royal Purple Fund for children. They disbanded at the end of 2017. - Information from the Royal Purple of Canada book and interview transcript For more information check out the interview with Ann Marie MacDonald and the donation of Wilma Wood Royal Purple Regalia Accession Number P20170007001
- Scope and Content
- Ladies posing for group picture. Opal Jaylar, Patricia Van Horne, Alma Naylar, Kay Michalouski, Connie McLaren, Chris Moodie, Emma Hackett, Mary Nicalson, Arleen Price, Norma Spoulas, Alice Kennedy, Dorothy Sarenson, Betty Deak, Ethel Stark, Veroua Smee, and Mary Neve.
- Access Restrictions
- Public
- Accession No.
- 20171064016068
- Collection
- Archive
Images
Agnes Davidson School and Gilbert Paterson School Memorabilia.
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- Date Range
- 1969-1979
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20171071
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Photocopies of: - Program of an Agnes Davidson School production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". - Program of an Agnes Davidson School production of "Pinocchio". - 7 colour 23 x 16.5 cm photographs: 20171071001: group photograph of children from Aunt Dorothy's Playhouse, operated by Dorothy …
- Date Range
- 1969-1979
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 cm textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Photocopies of: - Program of an Agnes Davidson School production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". - Program of an Agnes Davidson School production of "Pinocchio". - 7 colour 23 x 16.5 cm photographs: 20171071001: group photograph of children from Aunt Dorothy's Playhouse, operated by Dorothy Gentleman. Taken on the steps of Lethbridge City Hall. 20171071002: Agnes Davidson School. Year 1. 1969-1970. 20171071003: Agnes Davidson School. Year 2. 1970-1971. 20171071004: Agnes Davidson School. Year 3. 1971-1972. 20171071005: Agnes Davidson School. Year 4. 1972-1973. 20171071006: Agnes Davidson School. Grade 5. 1973-1974. 20171071007: Agnes Davidson School. Grade 6. 1974-1975. - Program of the 1978 Gilbert Paterson School Grade 9 Graduation "Thank You for being a Friend".
- Accession No.
- 20171071
- Collection
- Archive
Ainscough Family Records.
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- Date Range
- 1909-1945
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20191040
- Physical Description
- 2 cm textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Photocopies of Woolford information (including the new spur line to Woolford in 1909), military and family history of the Ainscough family, service records of Reed W. Ainscough, service notebook/diary of Reed W. Ainscough.
- Date Range
- 1909-1945
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 cm textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Photocopies of Woolford information (including the new spur line to Woolford in 1909), military and family history of the Ainscough family, service records of Reed W. Ainscough, service notebook/diary of Reed W. Ainscough.
- Accession No.
- 20191040
- Collection
- Archive
Air Force Association of Canada: Special Recognition Poster
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- Date Range
- 1949-1994
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20191083003
- Physical Description
- 1 mm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Poster of the Air Force Association of Canada: 51st Annual Charter Night- With Special Recognition for all 702 Wing Past Presidents.
- Date Range
- 1949-1994
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Garry Allison
- Physical Description
- 1 mm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department. Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame. Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
- Scope and Content
- Poster of the Air Force Association of Canada: 51st Annual Charter Night- With Special Recognition for all 702 Wing Past Presidents.
- Accession No.
- 20191083003
- Collection
- Archive
Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company Ledger
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- Date Range
- 1913-1931
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20181066
- Physical Description
- 1 hardcover book 4 pages textual documents
- Scope and Content
- Compact Alberta Railway & Irrigation Co. ledger kept by William Brown. Handwritten notes about the ledger from the donor. Photocopies of promissory notes and photographs relating to the Brown family are included.
- Date Range
- 1913-1931
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 hardcover book 4 pages textual documents
- Custodial History
- Kept by the Brown family.
- Scope and Content
- Compact Alberta Railway & Irrigation Co. ledger kept by William Brown. Handwritten notes about the ledger from the donor. Photocopies of promissory notes and photographs relating to the Brown family are included.
- Accession No.
- 20181066
- Collection
- Archive
Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge fonds
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- Date Range
- 1952-1988
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession No.
- 19901039000
- Physical Description
- 3.3 m. of textual records. -- 17 photographs.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of minutes of executive and annual general meetings of the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge, financial records, correspondence, and project files pertaining to activities of the Council and its member groups.
- Date Range
- 1952-1988
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3.3 m. of textual records. -- 17 photographs.
- History / Biographical
- The Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge was established in 1952 to coordinate and support the development of the arts in Lethbridge. The Council operates the Bowman Arts Centre.
- Scope and Content
- The fonds consists of minutes of executive and annual general meetings of the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge, financial records, correspondence, and project files pertaining to activities of the Council and its member groups.
- Notes
- Title based on the contents of the fonds.
- Accession No.
- 19901039000
- Category
- Arts
- Collection
- Archive
Allred Family Records.
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- Date Range
- 1878-1986
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20171111
- Physical Description
- 1 softcover book. 3 photographs. One 23-page manuscript.
- Scope and Content
- Publication "Reflections of a community: Twin Butte Community Hall Golden Anniversary 1936-1986". 3 photographs of the Allred Family. Manuscript: "Pioneer Ancestors: Frank Allred & Josie Bailey".
- Date Range
- 1878-1986
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 softcover book. 3 photographs. One 23-page manuscript.
- Scope and Content
- Publication "Reflections of a community: Twin Butte Community Hall Golden Anniversary 1936-1986". 3 photographs of the Allred Family. Manuscript: "Pioneer Ancestors: Frank Allred & Josie Bailey".
- Accession No.
- 20171111
- Collection
- Archive
Al Sparks - boxer
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- Date Range
- 1962
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20191083119
- Physical Description
- 1 black and white photographic print
- Scope and Content
- Al Sparks - boxer. On the back it reads: "BOXING COLLECTION of G. L. ALLISON Boxer Al Sparks".
1 image
- Date Range
- 1962
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Garry Allison
- Physical Description
- 1 black and white photographic print
- History / Biographical
- Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department. Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame. Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
- Scope and Content
- Al Sparks - boxer. On the back it reads: "BOXING COLLECTION of G. L. ALLISON Boxer Al Sparks".
- Accession No.
- 20191083119
- Collection
- Archive
Images
Andy Young Lethbridge Maple Leafs
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- Date Range
- 1938-1942
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20191055040
- Physical Description
- 9.5 X 7 bw photographic print
- Scope and Content
- Andy Young grew up in Regina, SK playing football and hockey. He had a very successful football career, playing for the Regina Roughriders from 1932-1937, winning Western titles and playing in the Grey Cup. He also played hockey with the Regina Aces, Weyburn Beavers, and the Lethbridge Maples Leaf…
1 image
- Date Range
- 1938-1942
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- ENMAX Centre
- Physical Description
- 9.5 X 7 bw photographic print
- History / Biographical
- The ENMAX (formerly Sportsplex) Centre is a multipurpose facility operated by the City of Lethbridge. The complex was built in 1975 in preparation for the Canada Games.
- Scope and Content
- Andy Young grew up in Regina, SK playing football and hockey. He had a very successful football career, playing for the Regina Roughriders from 1932-1937, winning Western titles and playing in the Grey Cup. He also played hockey with the Regina Aces, Weyburn Beavers, and the Lethbridge Maples Leafs. Young was the goaltender for the Maple Leafs from 1938-1942. The print shows Young making a save for the Lethbridge Maple Leafs, and it is also signed by Young.
- Accession No.
- 20191055040
- Collection
- Archive
Images
Annora Brown fonds
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- Date Range
- 1947-1987
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession No.
- 20171094
- Physical Description
- 0.3 m of textual records, over 500 photographs, 1 sketch
- Scope and Content
- The materials were preserved and enhanced through research by Joyce Sasse 001: 1963 Day planner 002: 1964 Day planner 003: 1965 Day planner 004: Book- Proud Procession (1947) 005: Book- Young Explorers (1947) 006: Book- Totem Tipi and Tumpline (1955) 007: Book- No Man Stands Alone (1965) 008: Book…
- Date Range
- 1947-1987
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Creator
- Annora Brown
- Physical Description
- 0.3 m of textual records, over 500 photographs, 1 sketch
- History / Biographical
- Annora Brown was born outside of Red Deer in 1899 and died at the age of 88 in Deep Cove, British Columbia in 1987 where she retired. Brown is one of the Alberta’s foremost early artists. Based for much of her life in historic Fort Macleod, Brown played a major role in creating a ‘picture’ of Southern Alberta: its wild landscape, First Nations, pioneer rural communities, local history- above all its wondrous nature symbolized by the wildflower. Her work was able to capture the culture of the First nation communities that she lived near. Her father was Edmund Foster Brown and mother was Elizabeth Ethel (Cody) Brown. Her mother supported and encouraged Brown’s love for art and from 1925-1929 Brown attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. She returned in 1929 and developed and art program for Calgary’s Mounted Royal College but later had to leave due to her mother’s illness. A student of the celebrated landscape painters, known as the Group of Seven (1920-1933), Brown’s artistic practice spans the 1930s to mid-1980s. During that time, she cobbled together a living as an artist, often by teaching, illustrating books and magazines, and selling, whenever she could, her captivating paintings in watercolor, tempera oil and later serigraph prints. In 1945-1950, brown worked as a respected artist and teacher at the Banff School of Fine Arts. She was also commissioned to paint over 200 western wild flowers for the Glenbow Foundation. Brown’s work was also included in Crescent Heights High School in Calgary, University of Alberta in Edmonton, United College in Winnipeg, and the Canadian Handicrafts Guild in Montreal. She was also awarded a prize in the Alberta Government’s 1955 Jubilee Contest for Alberta painters. In 1965 Brown retired to Deep Cove British Columbia to paint and garden. She had given a “voice” to a region that had been rarely presented in Canadian art. Her attention to the unique aspects of Old Man’s Country like Niitsitapi, the character and isolation of its small rural communities as well as its unforgettable environment was expressed mainly through her focus on wildflowers and native plants. Buoyed by the conviction that a woman’s activities “need not be limited to polishing furniture and raising babies”, Brown was also a writer and author of two books: the Western Canadian classic Old Man’s Garden and her autobiographical Sketches from Life. She was the first woman to receive an honorary degree from the University of Lethbridge in 1971 for her contribution to “western art and living.” (written by Mary-Beth Laviolette; Summer 2016 Gallery Exhibit at Galt Museum)
- Scope and Content
- The materials were preserved and enhanced through research by Joyce Sasse 001: 1963 Day planner 002: 1964 Day planner 003: 1965 Day planner 004: Book- Proud Procession (1947) 005: Book- Young Explorers (1947) 006: Book- Totem Tipi and Tumpline (1955) 007: Book- No Man Stands Alone (1965) 008: Book- Canaries on the Clothesline (1974) 009: Sketch of Annora Brown oversized 010: 26 Photos of the Rockies 011: 2 Photos, Editorial, Crighton photocopy with description 012: 8 Photos of her house and her graduation 013: 17 Photos of the cabin, 5 prints, letters about her house in Fort Macleod, and letters from the Town of Fort Macleod 014: Research notes of Annora Brown by Joyce Sasse 015: 215 Photos building the cabin 016: 250 Photos of her art, excerpt of Sketches from Life, and later years; 3 Newspaper cutouts Language: English
- Access Restrictions
- Public
- Accession No.
- 20171094
- Collection
- Archive
Anton (Tony) Jellenig
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- Date Range
- 1910-1985
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20181096
- Physical Description
- 4 cm. textual material.
- Scope and Content
- Canadian passport issued to Anton Jellenig in 1980. Various business documents including legders, Unemployment Insurance Commission certificate, a time book, resource materials on pricing, business license, etc. Map of Shaughnessy-Lethbridge Coal Reserves produced by Fording Coal Ltd. "Plan of a…
- Date Range
- 1910-1985
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 4 cm. textual material.
- History / Biographical
- Anton Jellenig was born in Austria and emigrated to the Melville, Saskatchewan area. In 1941 he came to Shaughnessy and worked in the Shaughnessy mine. In 1949, he opened the Shaughnessy Coffee Shop. This grew into Tony's Cash Store, which he operated until his retirement in 1976. Anton Jellenig passed away in 1985. The store is in operation today as "Tickety Boo" in Shaughnessy.
- Custodial History
- The donor's husband was in possession of these documents as an executor of Anton Jellenig's estate.
- Scope and Content
- Canadian passport issued to Anton Jellenig in 1980. Various business documents including legders, Unemployment Insurance Commission certificate, a time book, resource materials on pricing, business license, etc. Map of Shaughnessy-Lethbridge Coal Reserves produced by Fording Coal Ltd. "Plan of additions to the Townsite of Wallace". The original name of the town and school district was Wallace. In 1929 the post office was named Shaughnessy (after Lord Shaughnessy, mine owner) as there were other post offices named Wallace.
- Accession No.
- 20181096
- Collection
- Archive
Art Batty Construction Ltd. Building Plans
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- Date Range
- 1952-1961
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession No.
- 20191061
- Physical Description
- 25cm, 105 plans
- Scope and Content
- 20191061/001: ‘Cameron’ House, residential plans, 4 house plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, Newspaper box. 20191061/002: Pre-Cut Plan, 1 list of building materials, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954?, Folder 1/2 20191061/003: ‘Barclay’ House, residential plans, 5 house plans, Art Batty Cons…
- Date Range
- 1952-1961
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Creator
- Art Batty Construction Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 25cm, 105 plans
- History / Biographical
- Art Batty Construction Ltd. was a construction company in Lethbridge that operated in the 1940s-1960s. The company was primarily involved with residential homes building and design plans in the 1950s. In the mid-1950s, the company also designed and constructed non-residential buildings, like the MacLeod’s Ltd. Lethbridge offices in 1954, and the Glendale Bowl Co. building in 1960. The company collaborated with other local firms, Haddin, Davis & Brown Ltd. and Meech, Mitchell, Robins & Associates to build the Glendale Bowl Company Building in 1960-61, which appears to be the company's last major project. The firm also worked on the Glendale Shopping District, constructed in 1955-56, which included the company’s offices in the area. Art Batty hired A.R. Koshney in 1947, who worked his way up from a carpenter to a company shareholder and Vice-President in 1954 with Art Batty Construction Ltd. A.R. Koshney, worked as the V.P. and Construction Supervisor over all the residential buildings from 1954 onward, then started his own residential construction firm in 1961. The name of Koshney’s firm has changed multiple times over the last several decades; however, most recently the firm is Koshney & Roy Homes, taken over by Koshney’s son.
- Custodial History
- The Koshney's business inherited the records of the Art Batty Construction Ltd.
- Scope and Content
- 20191061/001: ‘Cameron’ House, residential plans, 4 house plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, Newspaper box. 20191061/002: Pre-Cut Plan, 1 list of building materials, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954?, Folder 1/2 20191061/003: ‘Barclay’ House, residential plans, 5 house plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, Newspaper box. 20191061/004: ‘Aberdeen’ House, residential plans, 4 house plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, Newspaper box. 20191061/005: ‘Town & Country’ House, residential plans, 3 house plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, Newspaper box. 20191061/006: ‘Albany’ House, residential plans, 4 house plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, Newspaper box. 20191061/007: Residence for Mike Harris, residential plans, 2 house plans, Davidson-Enman Lbr. Ltd., 1955? , XL Flat Storage. 20191061/008: “Belvue” Five Room Bungalow, residential plans, 2 house plans, Quality Construction Company, 1954, Newspaper box. 20191061/009: Doelger Homes Plan WW15, residential plans, 3 house plans, Doelger Homes, 1954, Newspaper box. 20191061/010: MACLEOD’s Ltd. Store Building 1, office/store building, 6 store plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1952, Newspaper box. 20191061/011: 24th Street South Lethbridge plan, City neighborhood block plans, 3 block plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd.?, 1953?, Newspaper box. 20191061/012: Three-Unit Store Building, store building, 8 store plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, XL Flat Storage. 20191061/013: Food Market 1 for Town & Country Food Centre, store building, 8 store plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, XL Flat Storage. 20191061/014: Proposed South Lethbridge General Plan, city design plan, 1 general plan, Town Planning Assistant?, 195-?, XL Flat Storage. 20191061/015: Miscellaneous City Block plans for South Lethbridge, 3 block plans, 195-?, Newspaper box. 20191061/016: Food Market 2 at Lethbridge for Town & Country Food Center, store building, 4 store plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, XL Flat Storage. 20191061/017: Glendale Bowl Co. Building, 10 office/bowling alley plans, 1960, Folder 1/2. 20191061/018: Six-Car Garage 1, commercial car garage, 5 car garage plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, Folder 2/2. 20191061/019: Vault Doors, vault door design, 1 vault door plan, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, Folder 1/2. 20191061/020: Form Work for Town & Country plans, 1 office building plan, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954?, Folder 1/2. 20191061/021: MACLEOD’S Ltd. plans 2, store building, 4 store plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, Folder 1/2. 20191061/022: Six-Car Garage 2, commercial car garage, 4 car garage plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, Folder 1/2. 20191061/023: Glenwood Block B, 1 City neighborhood block plan, Art Batty Construction Ltd.?, 195-?, Folder 1/2. 20191061/024: Miscellaneous Floor Plan 1, 1 residential? floor plan, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954?, Folder 1/2. 20191061/025: Harry Hudson Real Estate Building Design, 1 building front design, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954?, Folder 1/2. 20191061/026: East Sunnyside Blocks 1+2 plans, 1 City neighborhood plan, Art Batty Construction Ltd.?, 195-?, Folder 1/2. 20191061/027: Miscellaneous Floor Plan 2, 1 residential? floor plan, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954?, Folder 1/2. 20191061/028: Unknown Store Building, commercial store building, 5 store building plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954?, Folder 1/2. 20191061/029: Tourist Information Building, office building, 3 office building plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954?, Folder 2/2. 20191061/030: Prudential/Mutual Life Block Plan, commercial block plan, 2 block plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 195-?, Newspaper box. 20191061/031: Warehouse for J. Dogtrom, warehouse building, 1 warehouse, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, Folder 2/2. 20191061/032: Lethbridge Plan Subdivision 59, 1 block subdivision plan, Art Batty Construction Ltd.?, 195-?, Newspaper box. 20191061/033: Royal Bank of Canada, bank floor plan, 1 bank floor plan, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954, Folder 2/2. 20191061/034: Canadian Oil Companies, Ltd. Plot Plan, office building plan, 6 office plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 195-?, Folder 2/2. 20191061/035: Miscellaneous Proposed Plans for Glendale Shopping District, 3 retail store plans, Art Batty Construction Ltd., 1954-56, Folder 2/2.
- Accession No.
- 20191061
- Collection
- Archive
Assorted Magazines.
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions95756
- Date Range
- 1935-1960
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20191043
- Physical Description
- 4.5 cm textual material
- Scope and Content
- Assortment of magazines from the late 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s including: Song Hits, Home Chats Book of Christmas Knitting, 1937, and a variety of needlework, knitting, and crochet magazines.
- Date Range
- 1935-1960
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 4.5 cm textual material
- Scope and Content
- Assortment of magazines from the late 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s including: Song Hits, Home Chats Book of Christmas Knitting, 1937, and a variety of needlework, knitting, and crochet magazines.
- Accession No.
- 20191043
- Collection
- Archive
Barry Cuell sitting and playing with kittens in the the backyard of 316 - 15 street south
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions95926
- Date Range
- 1938
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20191031101
- Physical Description
- bw negative
- Scope and Content
- Barry John Cuell sitting and playing with kittens in the the backyard of 316 - 15 street south.
1 image
- Date Range
- 1938
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Cecil Cuell
- Physical Description
- bw negative
- History / Biographical
- Cecil Thomas Arthur Cuell (1899-1982) born Portsmouth England. Immigrated to Canada with family 1913. Settled first in Calgary where he apprenticed with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Ogden Shops as an electrician. Moved to Lethbridge in 1922 and married Violet Ann Beaton on September 2, 1925. They had 8 children including a set of twins. Cuell was an electrician at the Government Elevator in Lethbridge when it was built in 1930 until he retired in 1964. He was an amateur photographer who developed and processed his own film in his home darkroom. Cuell like to experiment with flash powder and various chemicals to produce different colours and special effects on his photos. Barry John Cuell was the seventh child of Cecil and Violet Cuell. He and his twin sister, Barbara Ann Cuell, were born July 13, 1938 and later he married Elaine Harker.
- Custodial History
- Photographed by Cecil Cuell and kept in Cuell family.
- Scope and Content
- Barry John Cuell sitting and playing with kittens in the the backyard of 316 - 15 street south.
- Accession No.
- 20191031101
- Collection
- Archive
Images
Bears in Waterton
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions96204
- Date Range
- 1937
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20191083155
- Physical Description
- 1 black and white photographic print
- Scope and Content
- Bears in Waterton, Part 1/3.
1 image
- Date Range
- 1937
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Garry Allison
- Physical Description
- 1 black and white photographic print
- History / Biographical
- Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department. Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame. Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
- Scope and Content
- Bears in Waterton, Part 1/3.
- Accession No.
- 20191083155
- Collection
- Archive
Images
Bears in Waterton
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions96205
- Date Range
- 1937
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20191083156
- Physical Description
- 1 black and white photographic print
- Scope and Content
- Bears in Waterton, Part 2/3.
1 image
- Date Range
- 1937
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Garry Allison
- Physical Description
- 1 black and white photographic print
- History / Biographical
- Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department. Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame. Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
- Scope and Content
- Bears in Waterton, Part 2/3.
- Accession No.
- 20191083156
- Collection
- Archive
Images
Bears in Waterton
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions96206
- Date Range
- 1937
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20191083157
- Physical Description
- 1 black and white photographic print
- Scope and Content
- Bears in Waterton, Part 3/3.
1 image
- Date Range
- 1937
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Garry Allison
- Physical Description
- 1 black and white photographic print
- History / Biographical
- Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department. Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame. Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.
- Scope and Content
- Bears in Waterton, Part 3/3.
- Accession No.
- 20191083157
- Collection
- Archive
Images
- Date Range
- 1961-1962
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20171064016066
- Physical Description
- Colored photograph
- Scope and Content
- Ladies dressed in white dresses with purple ribbons being addressed at a meeting.
1 image
- Date Range
- 1961-1962
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Colored photograph
- Physical Condition
- Good
- History / Biographical
- The Order of Royal Purple was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in September 1914. Several wives of the Elks created an informal group in 1913 to assist their husbands with benevolent, charitable and social work. In 1914, they became the recognized female auxiliary of the Elks of Canada. The objectives of the Order were to promote the principles of Justice, Charity, Sisterly Love and Fidelity, to promote the welfare and enhance the happiness of its members or for other purposes. In addition, the Order was to quicken the spirit of women toward a pure and noble citizenship, to promote harmony and good fellowship, to relieve suffering whenever possible and to strive at all times to make “Life sweeter, women better, and the world happier.” The logo was a diamond with an elk head in the center, a clock pointing to 11 o’clock opposite a pansy and the word Canada on the banner. The pansy was the official flower of the Order. The Royal Purple was a very secretive society. They required passwords for every meeting and National Conventions. The Password could only be changed by the Supreme Honored Royal Lady and the Lodges would be notified every 6 months of the password change. The colors of the Order were purple, white and gold. The tassels on their purple pill box hats represents the individual’s status. White tassel means lodge member, white and purple means Honored Royal Lady (or local president), gold for District Deputy, and purple for Supreme Honored Royal Lady (National Leader.) A non-member can be granted honorary memberships for their contributions to the Lodge. Meetings would begin and end with floor work. Each Lodge and District develop their own bylaws and Rules of Order. In 2014 the Supreme Executive of the Order of Royal Purple decided to secede from the Elks and start a new organization, the Canadian Royal Purple Society. Some locals, however, wished to remain with the Elks and these were integrated into the organization of the Elks of Canada as Royal Purple Elks Lodges. Lethbridge Lodge No. 32 was instituted on April 27, 1928 by PSHRL Mattie Lane and 23 ladies were initiated into the Order. Teas, bake sales, craft sales, rummage sales, and bingos have been annual fundraising activities for the lodge. One of their larger projects was to supply an Audiology Unit (a brain stem evoked response audiometer) costing $40,000.00 for the Regional hospital. They also undertook to supply Lifeline Units to the Auxiliary Hospital. The ladies also supported the local Soup Kitchen, local Food Bank, Parents Place, Harbor House for abused women and children, Meals on Wheels, Keep in Touch as well as other charities. The Lodge was also a supporters of the Elks and Royal Purple Fund for children. They disbanded at the end of 2017. - Information from the Royal Purple of Canada book and interview transcript For more information check out the interview with Ann Marie MacDonald and the donation of Wilma Wood Royal Purple Regalia Accession Number P20170007001
- Scope and Content
- Ladies dressed in white dresses with purple ribbons being addressed at a meeting.
- Access Restrictions
- Public
- Accession No.
- 20171064016066
- Collection
- Archive
Images
Bette Jean Bailie Scrapbook
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/descriptions96494
- Date Range
- 1959-1962
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20191080
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook album
- Scope and Content
- Scrapbook album by Bette Jean Bailie (nee Day) documenting her nursing training at the Galt School of Nursing.
- Date Range
- 1959-1962
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook album
- Scope and Content
- Scrapbook album by Bette Jean Bailie (nee Day) documenting her nursing training at the Galt School of Nursing.
- Accession No.
- 20191080
- Collection
- Archive