- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, GOLD, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19960109005
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- WOOD, GOLD, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 6
- Height
- 7.4
- Length
- 30.0
- Width
- 19.9
- Description
- RECTANGULAR WOOD CASE HAS MEDIUM FINISH AND GOLD POLICE BADGE ON LID. CASE HAS FINGER LOCK CORNERS AND TOP EDGE IS BEVELED. HINGES ON BACK AND LOCKS ON FRONT ARE MADE OF BRASS. GOLD POLICE CREST IS OF CITY COAT OF ARMS WITH QUEEN'S CROWN ON TOP, BEAVER AT BASE AND MAPLE LEAVES AROUND SIDES. COAT OF ARMS HAS "CITY OF LETHBRIDGE 1890 - 1906" RAISED AROUND IT. CENTER FIELD IS SPLIT INTO THREE SECTIONS, ONE HAVING A GLUME OF WHEAT, ONE HAVING AN ARM HOLDING A PICK-AX AND THE LAST WITH COAL TRAIN. BANNER AT TOP READS "POLICE" AND BANNER AT BOTTOM READS "LETHBRIDGE". INSIDE LID AND BOTTOM OF CASE ARE GREY FOAM LINERS WITH NAVY BLUE COVERING. BOTTOM LINER HAS TWO HOLES CUT FOR LOADERS. CASE HAS SINGLE STEEL KEY FOR LOCKS ON FRONT.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- FRANK JAMES BATHGATE WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE AND GREW UP IN THE PARK LAKE AREA. HE APPLIED TO THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE FORCE IN 1951 AND WAS APPOINTED CONSTABLE ON JANUARY 14, 1953. HE WAS THEN PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ACTING SERGEANT IN 1960, AND IN 1967 PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BRANCH, WHERE HE WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUG SECTION OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE FORCE. IN 1971 FRANK WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF DETECTIVE SERGEANT AND WAS THE HEAD OF THE NEWLY CREATED CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT, IN ADDITION TO HIS DUTIES IN THE DRUG UNIT. ACCORDING TO ONE DOCUMENT (PERM RECORD), HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART IN THE FORMATION OF THE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF CANADA, WHICH DEALS WITH ORGANIZED CRIME AND OTHER AREAS OF NATIONAL INTEREST. IN JUNE OF 1978 HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF INSPECTOR, AND TOOK OVER COMMAND OF THE UNIFORMED PATROL DIVISION. IN AUGUST OF 1979 BATHGATE WAS PROMOTED TO SUPERINTENDENT AND FOURTEEN MONTHS LATER PROMOTED TO DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE. HE HELD THIS APPOINTMENT UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1988. FRANK BATHGATE PASSED AWAY IN 1996.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960109005
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-12
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- PLASTIC, FOAM
- Catalogue Number
- P19960109012
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- PLASTIC, FOAM
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 7
- Length
- 37.5
- Width
- 24.5
- Description
- OLIVE DRAB GUN CASE IS RECTANGULAR MOLDED CASE WITH TAB CLOSURES ON FRONT AND MOLDED HANDLE. SURFACE OF CASE IS ROUGH LIKE SNAKESKIN. LID HAS RAISED RECTANGULAR LOGO WHICH READS "MTM CASE-GARD 808" AND "MOLDED PRODUCTS CO. DAYTON OHIO 45414 MADE IN U.S.A.". INSIDE CASE ARE TWO GREY FOAM LINERS WITH EGG-CARTON SURFACE.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- SPORTS
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- FRANK JAMES BATHGATE WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE AND GREW UP IN THE PARK LAKE AREA. HE APPLIED TO THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE FORCE IN 1951 AND WAS APPOINTED CONSTABLE ON JANUARY 14, 1953. HE WAS THEN PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ACTING SERGEANT IN 1960, AND IN 1967 PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BRANCH, WHERE HE WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUG SECTION OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE FORCE. IN 1971 FRANK WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF DETECTIVE SERGEANT AND WAS THE HEAD OF THE NEWLY CREATED CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT, IN ADDITION TO HIS DUTIES IN THE DRUG UNIT. ACCORDING TO ONE DOCUMENT (PERM RECORD), HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART IN THE FORMATION OF THE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF CANADA, WHICH DEALS WITH ORGANIZED CRIME AND OTHER AREAS OF NATIONAL INTEREST. IN JUNE OF 1978 HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF INSPECTOR, AND TOOK OVER COMMAND OF THE UNIFORMED PATROL DIVISION. IN AUGUST OF 1979 BATHGATE WAS PROMOTED TO SUPERINTENDENT AND FOURTEEN MONTHS LATER PROMOTED TO DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE. HE HELD THIS APPOINTMENT UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1988. FRANK BATHGATE PASSED AWAY IN 1996.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960109012
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-12
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- INDIGENOUS RIFLE CASE
- Date Range From
- 1850
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- BUCKSKIN, FLANNEL, BEADWORK
- Catalogue Number
- P19738051000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- INDIGENOUS RIFLE CASE
- Date Range From
- 1850
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- BUCKSKIN, FLANNEL, BEADWORK
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 73.6
- Width
- 15.2
- Description
- TRIMMED WITH RED FLANNEL. GEOMETRIC BEADWORK DESIGNS IN RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLACK, BLUE AT TOP & TOE OF CASE. CASE EMBRITTLED. CONSERVATION REPORT ON FILE.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- ETHNOGRAPHIC
- History
- DONOR ROBERT “BOB” GARDNER OF SALMON ARM, BC INFORMED MUSEUM TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN OF A FEW RIFLE CASE-RELATED MEMORIES BY PHONE ON 22 JUNE 2011. AT THE TIME OF THE CALL, MR. GARDNER WAS 84 YEARS OLD. MR. GARDNER CLAIMED THE RIFLE CASE WAS A GIFT FROM FAMILY FRIEND MS. JESSIE CONN. CONN WAS GARDNER’S MIDDLE-SCHOOL LCI TYPING TEACHER IN GRADES 9 & 10 (1937). HIS BEST GUESS WAS THAT THE CASE WAS RECEIVED FROM HER IN THE LATE 40S. WHEN ASKED HOW CONN CAME TO POSSESS THE CASE, GARDNER’S REPLY WAS TO SUPPOSE IT WAS FROM A “PIONEER”. AS HIS FAMILY’S FRIEND, CONN WAS AWARE OF HIS OWNERSHIP OF A .22 RIFLE AND GAVE IT TO HIM IN ORDER TO COVER IT. GARDNER NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT THE COVER “NEVER FIT PROPERLY” ON ACCOUNT THAT “THE REAR SIGHT WAS TOO HIGH”. REAL AND POTENTIAL DAMAGE POSED TO THE CASE, THEREFORE, MOVED GARDNER TO DONATE IT TO THE GALT MUSEUM. THE RIFLE WAS GIVEN IN RECENT DECADES (EARLY 90S) TO HIS DAUGHTER DAWN. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19651425000 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON JESSIE CONN.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738051000
- Acquisition Date
- 1970-02
- Collection
- Museum
Images
CLOTH, CLEANING
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact13452
- Date Range From
- 1935
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P20190002004
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1935
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 45.8
- Width
- 27.7
- Description
- COTTON CLEANING CLOTH, WHITE WITH RED STRIPES DOWN AND ACROSS. BOTTOM OF CLOTH HAS SECTION CUT OUT OF FRONT LEFT SIDE. FRONT IS HEAVILY STAINED WITH BLACK AND BROWN RESIDUE; RESIDUE HAS WORN THROUGH CLOTH TO BACK. RED EDGING IS FRAYED. CLOTH IS HEAVILY CREASED DOWN AND ACROSS MIDDLE. OVERALL GOOD CONDITION.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- ON JANUARY 10, 2019, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED JEAN BUCHANAN REGARDING HER DONATION OF A REVOLVER AND FIREARM ACCESSORIES. THE FIREARM WAS USED BY BUCHANAN’S FATHER, EDWARD ETTERSHANK BUCHANAN, DURING HIS CAREER WITH THE ALBERTA PROVINCIAL POLICE AND ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE. BUCHANAN ELABORATED ON THE USE OF THE CLEANING CLOTH, NOTING, “[DAD HAD A BAG] BECAUSE, IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS, HE OFTEN HAD TO GO OUT ON HORSEBACK. HE’D BE GONE, HUNTING DOWN A MURDERER, AND HE MIGHT HAVE HAD A GUIDE WITH HIM. HE TOOK SOME OF HIS CLEANING EQUIPMENT FOR THE REVOLVER, AND HIS RIFLE, TOO…HE COULD PACK HIS LUNCH…KNIVES, SURVIVAL, AND HIS DIRTY OLD CLEANING CLOTH THAT HE USED, AND AN OLD BOTTLE OF GUN OIL, SO HE COULD CLEAN THE GUN IN CASE HE HAPPENED TO DROP IT IN SOME MUD. YOU NEVER KNOW [WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN] WHEN YOU’RE OUT…YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR GUN VERY CLEAN. HE KEPT EVERYTHING VERY CLEAN…YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE GUN CLEAN IF YOU’RE GOING TO USE IT, BECAUSE YOU COULD DAMAGE IT IF YOU HAVE ANY DIRT IN THE BARREL.” “[THE GUNS] WERE A TOOL OF HIS JOB, BUT HE CERTAINLY WASN’T ONE THAT WANTED TO EVER USE IT, BUT IF HE HAD IT, HE HAD TO, OR TO JUST MAINTAIN THE PEACE.” ON HER FATHER’S REVOLVER, BUCHANAN RECALLED, “[MY DAD] USED [THE SMITH AND WESSON REVOLVER]…STARTING IN 1932, WITH THE RCMP, MAY BE WHEN HE GOT THAT GUN. HE HAD IT REGISTERED IN 1940, AND GETTING ANOTHER 5 YEARS REGISTRATION IT MUST HAVE BEEN 1935. [THE GUN] WAS HIS SIDEARM…HIS SERVICE WEAPON…HE HAD THAT ALL THE TIME…IT WOULD GO RIGHT ON HIS BELT THERE.” “[DAD KEPT THE GUN] IN [MY PARENTS’] BEDROOM. RIGHT ON THE BEDROOM CLOSET DOOR, RIGHT OPEN. I NEVER TOUCHED IT, BECAUSE HE HAD GIVEN ME MY TRAINING AND LET ME USE IT WHEN I WAS YOUNG. I HAD RESPECT FOR IT, AND I HAD NO SPECIAL CURIOSITY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. [DAD KNEW I WAS] AN ADVENTUROUS PERSON, BUT I NEVER EVER TOUCHED IT, OUT OF COMPLETE RESPECT FOR DAD AND WHAT HE HAD THERE.” “ALL I CAN REMEMBER [IS HE HAD TWO HANDGUNS OR SIDEARMS]…HE DIDN’T GO OUT PRACTICING VERY MUCH; HE DIDN’T HAVE TO. HE COULD PASS HIS MARKSMANSHIP, AND THEN, EVERY TIME THERE WERE THINGS AT REGINA DEPOT TRAINING COURSES (UPGRADING, REFRESHER COURSES) THEY DID THEIR MARKSMANSHIP THERE, TOO. THEY WERE ALWAYS TESTED ON THEIR MARKSMANSHIP, AT REGINA DEPOT.” “I THINK [THE REVOLVER HAD] QUITE A BIT [OF MEANING TO MY DAD], BECAUSE HE HAD IT IN HIS HOUSE. IT WAS REALLY STRANGE BECAUSE I ASKED HIM WHERE IT WAS, WHEN HE SHOWED ME THE PAPERS, AND HE HAD IT IN A SHOE BOX IN HIS BEDROOM CLOSET. YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO HAVE GREAT [HIDING] PLACES FOR IT IN THOSE DAYS, BUT THAT’S WHERE HE KEPT IT. HE MADE SURE IT WAS THERE, AND HE KNEW WHERE IT WAS.” “[I HAVE NO] KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIM HAVING TO FIRE THIS WEAPON…AT ANYONE. IF HE WOULD HAVE, HE WOULD HAVE FIRED TO MISS SOMEONE, JUST AS A WARNING SHOT. HE DEFINITELY WENT FOR WARNING SHOTS, BUT HE NEVER SHOT ANYBODY WITH IT." “[HE WOULD HAVE STOPPED CARRYING THE GUN] AT THE VERY END OF 1950, WHEN HE RETIRED FROM THE R.C.M.P.” “[I’VE HAD THE REVOLVER] SINCE 1998—THE PASSING OF MY FATHER, BECAUSE I WAS THE SOLE EXECUTRIX. IT WAS AUTOMATICALLY MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE ALL OF HIS FIREARMS, IN MY POSSESSION.” “I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR [THE CARE OF] IT, AND IT WAS A REAL KEEPSAKE. [THE GUN WAS] WAS VERY PERSONAL, BECAUSE I’M SURE [MY DAD] OWNED THAT EVEN BY BACK IN 1935, [WHEN] HE WAS IN WESTLOCK, IN CHARGE OF THE DETACHMENT THERE FOR 10 YEARS. IT WAS OF SENTIMENTAL VALUE BECAUSE HE TOOK ME OUT (I’M PRETTY SURE I WAS 8 YEARS OLD, WHEN HE HAD ME IN THE BACKYARD)—WE HAD FARMLAND AND FOREST—AND HE HAD A TARGET PRACTICE OUT THERE. HE HAD ME USE THAT FIREARM. HE SHOWED ME HOW TO USE IT, HOW TO AIM, AND HOW TO HANDLE IT SAFELY. I ALWAYS RESPECTED THAT, AND THAT WAS GOOD. THAT’S THE ORIGINAL HOLSTER FOR THAT GUN, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IS LOOPED, TO PUT ON HIS BELT. HE ALSO CARRIED A .32 COLT SEMI-AUTOMATIC.” “I’VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED REVOLVERS, AND RIFLES. IT’S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING THAT I THOUGHT ANY DANGER OF. YOU LEARN THE SAFETY, AND YOU TAKE YOUR COURSE. I HAVE MY COURSE DONE, AND I PASSED IT WITH FLYING COLORS. I HAD MY PERMIT TO HAVE IT. I HAVE TAKEN IT OUT, ON MY OWN ACREAGE, AND FIRED IT A BIT, BUT IT ISN’T SOMETHING I WANT TO DO. IT’S A SENTIMENTAL THING THAT I CAN NOW FEEL I’D LIKE TO HAVE IT IN YOUR MUSEUM. I KNOW IT’S NOW IN A SAFE PLACE, SO I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT EVER FALLING INTO THE WRONG HANDS. AND, IF I WANT TO COME AND VISIT IT, I CAN COME AND SEE IT.” ON JUNE 8, 2018, MACLEAN INTERVIEWED BUCHANAN REGARDING HER FATHER’S CAREER WITH THE ALBERTA PROVINCIAL POLICE AND ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE. BUCHANAN ELABORATED ON HER FATHER’S HISTORY, “[MY DAD WAS EDWARD BUCHANAN, WHO RETIRED AT THE RANK OF] SENIOR STAFF SERGEANT…HE RETIRED IN 1950 FROM THE [R.C.M.P].” “HE JOINED THE A.P.P. WHEN HE WAS TWENTY AND HE WAS STATIONED OUT NEAR ST. PAUL. IN ’21, HE MET MY MOTHER IN EDMONTON…BUT HE STAYED AT ST. PAUL AND THEN AFTER, HE GOT POSTED TO GRANDE PRAIRIE. HE WAS GOING TO GO TO GRANDE PRAIRIE BUT THEN IN ’22, THEY GOT MARRIED. A.P.P. HAD NO RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR MEMBERS GETTING MARRIED, LIKE THE R.C.M.P. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO WAIT TO GET MARRIED…THAT’S WHEN THEY WENT OUT TO BRAINARD.” “EVEN IN THE A.P.P., TO START WITH, HE HAD SOME SERVICE DOWN HERE AT THE LETHBRIDGE PRISON…BRINGING PRISONERS DOWN AND THEN MAYBE, AT THE VERY FIRST WINTER AS A ROOKIE, HE WAS ON JOB TO BE ON GUARD AT THE STATION. IT WASN’T LONG AND HE WAS SENT OUT TO ST. PAUL AND INTO MORE OF THE REAL POLICING.” “WHEN HE WAS IN THE A.P.P. [IN 1932] HE WAS THE TOP CLASS OF [THE] A.P.P. THAT AUTOMATICALLY WERE ACCEPTED INTO THE R.C.M.P. HE WAS PUT IN CHARGE, WHEN HE WAS IN THE A.P.P.—FIRST HE STARTED OUT IN CHARGE OF BRAINARD—HORSE LAKE—A LITTLE PLACE NEAR THE HORSE LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION. THEY CLOSED THAT DOWN AND TRANSFERRED HIM TO WEMBLEY, A LITTLE VILLAGE, AND HE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN CHARGE, THE ONLY OFFICER IN CHARGE OF WEMBLEY. THAT’S WHEN THAT 1932 [CHANGE] CAME ALONG AND HE JUST CHANGED THE SIGN UP THERE FROM A.P.P. TO R.C.M.P. AND WENT FROM THERE.” “IN ’32, IT WAS R.C.M.P. AND THAT STAYED R.C.M.P. UNTIL ’34. THEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE WESTLOCK DETACHMENT WHICH WAS A BIG AREA. [THERE] WAS NO DETACHMENT IN BARRHEAD. HE HAD A HUGE AREA THERE TO COVER.” “[A.P.P. MEMBERS] WERE NOT AUTOMATICALLY TAKEN INTO THE R.C.M.P. THEY HAD THREE CATEGORIES THERE, OF THE A.P.P. MEMBERS…[THERE WERE] ONES THAT WERE NOT ACCEPTABLE, THAT THEY HADN’T DONE A VERY GOOD JOB IN THE A.P.P.; THEY SHOWED UP, GOOFIN’ AROUND, DOING THINGS THEY SHOULDN’T BE DOING. THEY WERE NOT ACCEPTABLE. THEN THERE [WERE THE ONES THAT] COULD BE GIVEN A LITTLE TRIAL RUN. THEY COULD APPLY. THEN THERE [WERE] ONES THAT COULD GET IN FOR A FULL YEAR AND THEN RE-APPLY. THEY’D BE ACCEPTED FOR A YEAR. THEN THERE’S THE TOP GRADE AND [THEY] WERE AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPTABLE. DAD WAS RIGHT UP THERE IN THAT TOP GRADE.” “A.P.P. MEMBERS WERE TRAINED BY THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE, NOT SOME GOOFBALLS THAT DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THESE WERE TRAINED BY THE BEST-TRAINED POLICE OFFICERS.” “ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER HANCOCK KNEW DAD REALLY WELL, HE’D EVEN BEEN IN THE A.P.P. HE CALLED DAD INTO THE OFFICE AND HE SAID, “BUCK, [DAD WAS EDWARD ETTERSHANK BUCHANAN BUT THEY CALLED HIM ‘BUCK’, A LOT] I WAS GOING TO SEND YOU DOWN TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE RED DEER DETACHMENT BUT I’VE HAD SO MUCH PROBLEM GETTING SOMEBODY TO GO DOWN TO TAKE THE LETHBRIDGE DETACHMENT…YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE, I THINK, THAT CAN HANDLE THE SITUATION WE’VE GOT DOWN THERE. THERE’S A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND I’M SURE YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN HANDLE IT. WILL YOU GO?” “[WE CAME DOWN HERE IN] ’44…I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM [WITH THE MOVE]. I WAS ALWAYS ADVENTUROUS. I HAD LOTS OF FRIENDS BUT I WAS ALWAYS HAPPY TO GO.” “WE RENTED A HOUSE ON 538 – 7TH STREET. IT’S ALL TORN DOWN NOW. DAD HAD TO COME DOWN A MONTH OR SO AHEAD OF US AND THEN HE COULDN’T FIND A HOUSE READY, SO WE CAME DOWN AND STAYED IN A HOTEL FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. I HAD TO START GRADE TEN; I WAS ONLY FOURTEEN, HERE. THAT WAS, TO ME, THE ONLY SAD PART OF MY LIFE, LEAVING THE WESTLOCK SCHOOL AND STARTING LCI. THE PERSONALIZATION WAS GONE WITH THE TEACHERS.” “[DAD] HAD TO OVERSEE THE POW CAMPS…HE TALKED ABOUT THE POW’S IN THIS RESPECT, THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF VERY GOOD GERMANS THAT WERE IN THERE. [THEY] WOULDN’T HAVE CHOSEN TO EVEN BE IN THE GERMAN ARMY…THEY WERE CONSCRIPTED OVER IN GERMANY, THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANY CHOICE, AND THEY WERE VERY DECENT, GOOD GUYS. HE RESPECTED THEM FOR THAT AND HELPED THEM, [GAVE] THEM ADVICE, “YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA GO BACK TO GERMANY AND THEN APPLY TO COME BACK.” THERE WAS A TRUST THERE TO LET SOME OF THEM OUT TO WORK…‘CAUSE THERE [WAS] A LABOUR SHORTAGE FOR THE FARMERS AND THEY NEEDED THAT HELP. SOME OF THOSE FARMERS WERE VERY PLEASED TO GET SOME OF THESE GERMANS, AND SOME OF THE FARMERS’ DAUGHTERS WERE VERY PLEASED TO GET THAT, TOO. THEN THERE’S SOME LATER MARRIAGES AFTER THAT. IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO CONDEMN ALL THOSE POW’S BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM WERE VERY DECENT, GOOD, MORAL FELLOWS THAT DIDN’T WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH ANY KILLING.” “HE WAS A PLAIN STAFF SERGEANT, NCO, SECOND IN CHARGE OF THE SUBDIVISION.” “[THEN HE] WENT BACK TO EDMONTON [TO RETIRE IN 1950], HIS HOME CITY WHERE HIS PARENTS WERE AND A LOT OF FRIENDS. HE JOINED THE R.C.M. P. VETS BUT WITH HIS RECORD, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT WERE NOT GOING TO LET HIM LOOSE. THEY MADE IT A FIRST APPOINTMENT OF AN INSPECTOR OF JAILS FOR THE PRISONS OF ALBERTA WHICH, AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE ONLY TWO: LETHBRIDGE AND FORT SASKATCHEWAN. [THE] ONLY PLACE IN FORT SASKATCHEWAN WAS FOR WOMEN, SO [WOMEN] HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY TO FORT SASKATCHEWAN, EVEN IF [THEY] WAS FROM LETHBRIDGE. THAT WASN’T A VERY GOOD DEAL, SO DAD COULD SEE A REAL NEED [FOR WORK]. IT WAS A REAL MESS WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE PRISONS.” “HE REALIZED, BEING AN R.C.M.P., THAT MANY OF THE YOUNG CITY POLICE, TOWN SHERIFFS, SOME OF THESE MAGISTRATES, THEY MESSED THINGS UP. HE STARTED A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR THESE MUNICIPAL POLICE AND THAT JUST WENT TERRIFICALLY. THEY HAD [THE SCHOOLS] IN CALGARY AND IN EDMONTON TWICE A YEAR. THEY HAD A BIG GROUP FROM MEDICINE HAT COME UP AND [TAKE] THE SCHOOLING, LETHBRIDGE CAME UP, AND SOME OF THE PRISON GUARDS TOOK [THE TRAINING], TOO.” “[HE] WORKED ON THAT FOR FIFTEEN/SIXTEEN YEARS. AFTER TWELVE YEARS, HE WAS SO BUSY THAT THEY MADE HIM SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS BECAUSE…THE FIRST THING HE HAD TO DO WAS TO DEVELOP THE PRISONS FOR ALBERTA. TWO WAS NOT SUFFICIENT.” “[DAD’S] PERSONALITY WAS ALWAYS QUIET, FIRM, NO-NONSENSE, HUMOROUS, BUT HE WAS NEVER ARROGANT. I NEVER HEARD HIM SWEAR OR GET MAD AT ANYBODY, NOT EVEN PRISONERS. HE HANDLED THEM VERY QUIETLY, AND VERY FIRMLY. THE STAFF…ALL LOVED HIM. I [HAVE] LETTERS AND THEY CAME ALL THE WAY UP TO THEIR ANNIVERSARIES LATER IN EDMONTON…“YOU’RE THE BEST BOSS WE EVER HAD.” ALL HE HAD WAS A VISION OF WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE…HE COULD GO AND EXPLAIN THE NEED FOR THE JAILS, WHAT IT WOULD COST AND WHAT IT NEEDED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. HE NEVER HAD PROBLEM GETTING EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDED FROM THEM.” ON THE DONATION OF THE REVOLVER AND AMMUNITION, BUCHANAN NOTED, “MY DAD KNEW I WOULD LOOK AFTER [HIS BELONGINGS] AND WANTED TO GET IT TO A MUSEUM. [DAD KNEW] THAT I WASN’T ONE TO PUT IT IN MY BASEMENT TO HAVE GOODNESS-KNOWS-WHAT-HAPPEN TO IT. HE HAD LEFT ALL OF THAT IN CHARGE OF ME. I WAS THE SOLE EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE.” “I AM NOW AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 88; I’M NOT WORRIED ABOUT LIVING ANOTHER 10 YEARS. I DIDN’T WANT THE CHANCE OF ANYBODY STEALING IT, OR GETTING THEIR HANDS ON IT, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT IT. AND, I DON’T NEED IT, SO WHY KEEP IT? IF I GET LONESOME, AND WANT TO SEE IT, I’LL COME TO THE MUSEUM AND LOOK AT IT.” “I’LL FEEL HAPPY, TO KNOW IT’S GOT A GOOD HOME. I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.” FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM INTERVIEWS AND LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P20190002001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P20190002004
- Acquisition Date
- 2019-01
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- BREECH COVER
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- COTTON, BRASS, LEATHER
- Catalogue Number
- P19960033024
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BREECH COVER
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- COTTON, BRASS, LEATHER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.5
- Length
- 28.5
- Width
- 31
- Description
- LIGHT BROWN CANVAS COVER WITH BRASS SNAPS AND LEATHER TIE. RECTANGULAR PIECE OF CANVAS WITH STITCHED EDGING THAT HAS HAD ONE END FOLDED AND STITCHED TO MAKE COVER FIT AROUND RIFLE, ALSO HAS ROUND PATCH OF CANVAS SEWN IN MIDDLE TO REINFORCE IT. DOWN ONE SIDE ARE THREE BRASS SNAP COVERS AND DOWN THE OTHER SIDE ARE THREE SNAP LUGS. AT END OF COVER ARE TWO BRASS EYELETS WITH BROWN LEATHER CORD STRUNG THROUGH THEM. CORD HAS KNOTS TIED ON OTHER SIDE OF EYELET TO KEEP CORD FROM SLIPPING OUT. CANVAS IS VERY DIRTY AND STAINED WITH A COUPLE OF GREEN CORROSION CIRCLES FROM SNAPS. BRASS EYELETS AND SNAPS ARE CORRODED.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- BREECH COVER WAS USED ON LEE ENFIELD RIFLES WHICH WERE STANDARD ISSUE FROM CA. 1915 TO 1950. COVER WAS FOUND IN STORAGE AT ARMOURIES AND WAS DONATED BY 18TH AIR DEFENSE REGIMENT. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE WAS UNABLE TO DISCOVER NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE OBJECT BECAUSE IT WAS COLLECTED IN THE INTEREST OF REPRESENTING TYPOLOGY RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP. NO UNIQUE MARKINGS TO HELP IDENTIFY ORIGINAL OWNER.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960033024
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-06
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- SET
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STEEL, BRASS, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19683049000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SET
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- STEEL, BRASS, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 110
- Height
- 11.1
- Length
- 28.0
- Description
- .1 ABOVE DIMENSIONS. STEEL, BRASS, WOOD. SIZE: 12 GAUGE. PAINTED BLACK. WOODEN HANDLES KEY ATTACHED CONSERVATION REPORT. .2 DECAPPER AND RAMMER TOOL (SET). 9.9 CM LTH X 1.6 CM DIA. HARDWOOD, STEEL.PIECE. SIZE: 12 GAUGE. .3 POWDER AND SHOT MEASURE (SET). 2.5 CM HT. X 12.7 CM LTH. X 1.6 CM DIA. SIZE: 2 1/2 DR. POWDER. "B.C.I. CO." ON BASE PAT FEB. 25, 1890". WOODEN HANDLE AND STEEL MEASURE. 20 GAUGE (?) .4 RAMMER TOOL (SET) 10.5 CM LTH. X 1.4 CM DIA. WOOD. SIZE 20 GAUGE. HANDMADE. .5 TIN-RIFLE POWDER (SET). 14.3 HT. X 9.7 CM WTH. X 4.4 CM LTH. TIN. "W.A. 30 CAL RIFLE SMOKELESS REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. DU PONT" ON FRONT. "E.1...PONT DE NEMORUS POWDER COMPANY MANU-FACTURES SMOKELESS POWDERS FOR ALL KINDS OF SHOTGUNS, RIFLES AND REVOLVERS"ON SIDE "W.A. 30 CAL." "SMOKELESS POWDER FOR USE IN HIGH POWER RIFLES WITH FULL SERVICE CHARGES ONLY. CARTRIDGE USES AND GRAINS BY WEIGHT ON BACK. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS POWDERS COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1802 WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S.A." ON BACK. CAN BADLY DENTED. .6 TIN- "RIFLE GUNPOWDER" (SET). 13.6 CM HT. X 4 CM WTH. X 10.3 CM LTH. SIZE: FFG. USED FOR BLACK POWDER RIFLES. "KENTUCKY RIFLE GUN POWDER FF (MAN SHOOTING AND DOG DEPICTED). HAZARDVILLE, CON. HAZARD POWDER CO." ON FRONT. PAINTED ORANGE. NECK AND CAP MISSING. .7 POWDER AND SHOT FUNNEL (SET). 5.2 CM LTH. X .8 CM DIA. NICKEL PLATE. SIZE: 10 GAUGE. SLIGHTLY DENTED. .8 RECAPPER TOY (SET). 11.7 CM LTH. CAST, STEEL. 1 PIECE. SIZE: 12 GAUGE. PAINTED BLACK. HINGED END. PLIER. GRIP HANDLES. KEY: ATTACHED CON. REPORT. .9 CAPPING TOOL BASE (SET). 3.2 CM HT. X 3.5 CM DIA. HARDWOOD. 12 GAUGE. .10 RING SHELL EXTRACTORS (SET). STEEL. 2 PCES. SIZE: 12 GAUGE. "12" ON INSIDE OF EACH. .11 PIN FIRE PAPER SHOT GUN SHELLS. 6.4 CM LTH. X 1.6 CM DIA. CARDBOARD, BRASS. 99 PCES. SIZE: 20 GAUGE. 99 SHELLS. BRASS BOTTOM PRIMERS MAY BE LIVE- CAUTION STAMPED ON BOTTOM OF BASE "ELEY NO. 20 LONDON". ONE HANDLE HAS A HINGED ARM. THUMB SCREW ATTACHED TO FRAME. WOODEN HANDLE AND CALIBRATED METAL CYLINDRICAL HEAD.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- .1 PAPE SHELL CRIMPER SET. USED FOR CRIMPING THE ENDS OF SHOT GREEN SHELLS. .2 USED WITH A BASE TO DECAP SHOTGUN SHELLS AND RAM RODS. .3 USED TO MEASURE SHOT AND POWDER FOR RELOADING SHOTGUN SHELLS. .4 USED FOR RAMMING WADS. .5 USED TO HOLD SMOKELESS RIFLE POWDER. .7 USED FOR LOADING POWDER AND SHOT GUN SHELLS. .8 USED FOR SETTING PRIMERS IN STORE LOADED SHOT GUN SHELLS. .9 USED WITH CAPPER AND RAMMER TOOL. .10 USED PULLING HARD EXTRACTION SHOT GUNS SHELLS FROM SHOT GUNS. .11 A PINFIRE SHELL HAS ITS OWN FIRING PIN.
- Catalogue Number
- P19683049000
- Acquisition Date
- 1968-01
- Collection
- Museum
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19683035000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1900
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 6
- Description
- .1 11.4 CM HT. X 26.7 CM LTH. STEEL, WOOD, BRASS. 2 HANDLES. USED FOR CRIMPING THE ENDS OF SHOT GUN SHELLS. PAINTED BLACK. THUMB SCREW CLAMP. .2 RECAPPER TOOL (SET). 10.8 CM LTH. PAINTED BLACK. USED FOR SETTING INTO RELOAD SHOT GUN SHELLS. PAINT WORN. HOLLOW BACKED HANDLES. HINGED. BLACK PAINT WORN. .3 POWDER AND SHOT FUNNEL (SET). 6.6 CM LTH. X 2.1 CM DIA. NICKEL PLATE. SIZE: 10 GAUGE. HOLLOW BACKED HANDLES. HINGED. BLACK PAINT WORN, SLIGHTLY DENTED. USED FOR LOADING POWDER AND SHOT INTO SHOT GUN SHELLS. CYLINDRICAL METAL TUBE WITH 1 FLARED LIP. .4 RAMMER TOOL (SET). 10.2 CM LTH. X 1.4 CM DIA. WOOD, STEEL. USED FOR RAMMING WADS. CYLINDRICAL PIECE OF WOOD WITH STEEL ROD PROTRUDING FROM 1 END. .5 POWDER AND SHOT MEASURE (SET). 2.9 CM HT. X 12.1 CM LTH. X 1.5 CM DIA. STEEL, WOOD. SIZE: 56.7 G. WOODEN HANDLE, STEEL MEASURE. USED TO MEASURE SHOT AND POWDER FOR RELOADING SHOT GUN SHELLS. GRADUATED IN DRAMS FROM 2 1/2-4 1/4 IN OZS. FROM 1 TO 1 7/8. .6 RELOADING TOOL (SET). 8.4 CM LTH. X 1.9 CM DIA. STEEL. USED FOR A CUTTING TOOL. ONE END SHOWS EVIDENCE OF BEING POUNDED, THE OTHER IS SHARP. BODY IS CRACKED. STAMP MARKING ON BODY "...".
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- REF:MONTGOMERY WARD CATALOG. 1894
- Catalogue Number
- P19683035000
- Acquisition Date
- 1968-02
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- AMMUNITION LOADING
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- BRASS, NICKEL PLATE
- Catalogue Number
- P19920040009
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- AMMUNITION LOADING
- Date
- 1875
- Materials
- BRASS, NICKEL PLATE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 13.5
- Width
- 5.8
- Description
- NICKEL-PLATED BRASS ALLOY TOOL. PLATING IS WORN EXPOSING BRASS. SPRING LOADED HANDLE FOR CRIMPING ACTION. LEVER SWINGS OUT FOR TAMPING. "12" ENGRAVED ON END OF CRIMPING FACE. "PAT'D...1875". FACE OF CRIMPING & TAMPING END IS SAME SHAPE & SIZE.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- SPORTS
- History
- USED FOR LOADING SHOTGUN SHELLS (12 GAUGE) WITH SHOT & POWDER.
- Catalogue Number
- P19920040009
- Acquisition Date
- 1992-08
- Collection
- Museum
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- RUBBER, PAINT, WOOD, ALUMINUM
- Catalogue Number
- P19960034000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date
- 1958
- Materials
- RUBBER, PAINT, WOOD, ALUMINUM
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Description
- 1. DUCK: 8CM (H) X 31CM (L) X 15CM (W). RUBBER DUCK DECOY IS FEMALE WITH BROWN HEAD AND YELLOW BEAK AND SLIGHTLY PROTRUDING BLACK EYES. HAS SLIGHTLY ROUND SCULPTING OF BODY OF WINGS, WITH LINES FOR THE END WING AND TAIL FEATHERS. HAS SMALL ROUND PROTRUDING PIECE OF RUBBER ON BOTTOM OF CHEST TO SUPPORT THE CHEST AND HEAD. BODY IS ONE PIECE OF RUBBER AND HEAD IS SMALLER SECTION ON TOP. LOOKS AS A DUCK DOES ON WATER. HAS A PATCH OF BLUE ON BOTH SIDES TOWARDS BACK, REST OF BODY IS BROWN. BELOW BLUE PATCH ON UNDERSIDE IS TUBE OPENING, ENDS FOLD UP OVER TOP. IS STRETCHED WITH STEEL RING IN MIDDLE OF TUBE. FUNCTIONS TO HOLD DOWN DECOY IN PROPER POSITION. COLOUR IS FADED. RUBBER HAS NUMEROUS CRACKS AND DRY PATCHES. NECK FLOPS OVER, RUBBER IS WEAK. RING HAS SLID UP. SOILED. 2. DUCK: IDENTICAL TO #1 EXCEPT IS A MALLARD DUCK WITH GREEN HEAD AND MORE GREEN ON BODY. BOTTOM RING IS STILL IN PROPER POSITION. 3. GOOSE: 37CM (H) X 48CM (L) X 25CM (W). RUBBER CANADA GOOSE IS PAINTED BLACK, GREY AND OFF-WHITE. NECK, HEAD AND TAIL ARE BLACK WITH SOME OFF-WHITE SUCH AS BANDS UNDER BEAK, EYES, AND TAIL. FEATHER DETAILS ARE ATTEMPTED WITH STRIPS OF LIGHT GREY ON DARK GREY ON TOP OF BODY. ON BASE IS RECTANGULAR WOOD SUPPORT WITH HOLE IN MIDDLE FOR MAKING STAND. HAS ALUMINUM AIR TUBE UNDER FRONT, IS PAINTED GREEN WITH STRING AROUND BASE. UNDER TAIL IS STAMPED IN BLACK INK "EP - 1958 MANUFACTURED BY J.A. L... TIN PRINCE GEORGE B.C. CDN. PAT.... 170 U.S. PAT....120". WEAR AND AIR-BUBBLE HOLES IN RUBBER. PAINT IS FADING AND SOILED. STAMP IS SMUDGED. WOOD IS SPLITTING. SOILING.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- SPORTS
- History
- ARTIFACTS BELONGED TO DONOR'S GRANDFATHER. LEVI MACDONALD WAS BORN JULY 30, 1889. HE RESIDED IN LOWBANKS, ONTARIO. ON AUGUST 14, 1896, ESTELLA AGNES CHALMERS WAS ALSO BORN THERE. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1914; LEVI WORKED FOR HIS COUSIN IN AN IRON FOUNDRY AS A CARPENTER. THEY MOVED TO BURDETT IN 1918 WHERE THE SAME COUSIN HAD A HOTEL AND LAND WHICH LEVI FARMED (VERY DRY YEAR). AFTER TWO UNCSUCCESSFUL YEARS THEY MOVED TO TABER TO FARM AND START A HOUSEHOLD. LIVELIHOODS ARE EXPLAINED ON ATTACHMENT IN PERMANENT FILE. THEIR DAUGHTER MARY ESTELLA MACDONALD WAS BORN IN MEDICINE HAT HOSPITAL ON DECEMBER 14, 1925. SON LEA HIRAM WAS BORN AT ESTELLA'S FAMILY HOME IN ONTARIO MARCH 11, 1928. THEY BUILT A HOME IN 1950 WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL LEVI'S DEATH (1977), AND ESTELLA (1981). DONOR'S UNCLE STILL FARMS THE LAND HE GREW UP ON. DONOR'S MOTHER (MARY) LIVES IN BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON. HER HUSBAND AND THREE CHILDREN LIVE IN THE TABER HOME BUILT IN 1950. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING FIFTEEN ARTIFACTS DONATED BY CLAIRE DAHLQUIST. ATTEMPTS MADE TO CONTACT THE DONOR TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC ARTIFACTS AND THEIR USE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960034000
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-06
- Collection
- Museum
DROP, TOMAHAWK?
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1856
- Date Range From
- 1895
- Date Range To
- 1905
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- BUCKSKIN, COTTON CLOTH, GLASS BEADS
- Catalogue Number
- P19693938000
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1895
- Date Range To
- 1905
- Materials
- BUCKSKIN, COTTON CLOTH, GLASS BEADS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 70
- Width
- 16.5
- Description
- TRIANGULAR SHAPE, GEOMETRIC BEADWORK, BUCKSKIN FRINGE. BEADS ARE BLUE, WHITE, AMBER, GREEN, RED, & YELLOW. BACKING IS FLORAL PRINT COTTON CLOTH. BEADING IS DONE WITH A LAZY STITCH.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- ADORNMENT
- Historical Association
- ETHNOGRAPHIC
- History
- ATTRIBUTION MAY BE BLACKFOOT OR SIOUX. USE MAY BE EITHER AS A DECORATIVE BREAST PIECE FOR REGALIA, OR AS A TOMAHAWK DROP. STYLE & DESIGN WOULD SUGGEST THE LATTER USE. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON ASKED TWO FORMER MEMBERS OF THE LETHBRIDGE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PHIL EDMUNDSON AND PAUL RUSZNAK, ABOUT THE FIRST NATIONS ARTIFACTS THAT THE GROUP DONATED TO THE GALT MUSEUM IN 1964, 1969, AND 1973. NEITHER RECALLED HOW THE JAYCEES CAME INTO OWNERSHIP OF THE ARTIFACTS, AS THEIR ACQUISITION PREDATED BOTH EDMUNDSON AND RUSZNAK’S MEMBERSHIP IN THE CHAMBER. RESEARCH CONDUCTED INTO LETHBRIDGE’S GURNEY MUSEUM FOUND A CONNECTION BETWEEN ITS PROPRIETOR, WALTER GURNEY, AND THE JAYCEES, WHO ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE FROM THE APRIL 16, 1946 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ADVOCATED ON GURNEY’S BEHALF FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE TO THE FORMER BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING WHERE THE MUSEUM WAS HOUSED. AN ARTICLE FROM THE JULY 13, 1948 ISSUE OF THE HERALD DESCRIBES SOME OF THE FIRST NATIONS ARTIFACTS ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSEUM: “TOMAHAWKS, ARROW HEADS, PEACE PIPES, BEAD AND LEATHER WORK, CLOTHING AND WOODCRAFT”. UPON THE CLOSURE OF THE MUSEUM AND SALE OF GURNEY’S COLLECTION TO BELMORE SCHULTZ OF THE ALTAMONT MUSEUM IN COUTTS, MENTION WAS MADE IN A HERALD ARTICLE FROM MAY 16, 1961 OF “HISTORICAL INDIAN RELICS THAT BELONG TO THE JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE BEEN RETAINED IN THE CITY AND WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN PROPER DISPLAY FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE”. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE ARTIFACTS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE JAYCEES BY GURNEY DURING THE DISSOLUTION OF HIS MUSEUM, BUT NO FURTHER CONFIRMATION WAS FOUND. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE GURNEY MUSEUM AND ITS COLLECTION, SEE RECORD P19890044001.
- UPDATE 16 AUGUST 2017: ON 25 JULY 2017, MUSEUM CURATOR AIMEE BENOIT FOUND EVIDENCE TO CONNECT THE INDIGENOUS COLLECTION DONATED BY THE LETHBRIDGE JAYCEES (AKA. JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) WITH FORMER LETHBRIDGE RESIDENTS THE LATE FRED BOTSFORD AND HIS LATE DAUGHTER DOROTHY CLARK. NOTES MADE BY AIMEE ON THE DISCOVERY AS WELL AS RELEVANT CLIPPINGS FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD CAN BE FOUND ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE OF P19641140000.
- Catalogue Number
- P19693938000
- Acquisition Date
- 1969-05
- Collection
- Museum
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