BAYONET, SWORD
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1437
- Date Range From
- 1914
- Date Range To
- 1918
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STEEL, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19738783000
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1914
- Date Range To
- 1918
- Materials
- STEEL, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 70.0
- Width
- 2.8
- Description
- 57.5 CM LTH. (BLADE). SERIAL #FH69285. SWORD STYLE. THE NUMBER "12" IS STAMPED ON THE BLADE. ALSO, "A CROWN AND "M"AND "M" STAMPED ON THE GUARD AND THE BLADE. INSCRIPTION ON THE UNSHARPENED SIDE OF THE BLADE READS, "MRE D'ARMES DE ST. ÉTIENNE, FÉVRIER 1845".
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- BELIEVED OF FRENCH OR GERMAN ORIGIN & ACQUIRED AS WW I BATTLEFIELD SOUVENIR. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE WAS UNABLE TO DISCOVER NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORIGINAL OWNER, BUT WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE COUNTRY OR ORIGIN AND SITE OF PRODUCTION. THE ‘MANUFACTURE D'ARMES DE SAINT-ÉTIENNE’ WAS A FRENCH STATE-OWNED MANUFACTURING COMPANY LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF SAINT-ÉTIENNE. IT HAS SINCE BEEN MERGED INTO THE STATE-OWNED NEXTER DEFENSE CONGLOMERATE. THE ROYAL ARMS MANUFACTURE WAS CREATED IN 1764 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE GENERAL INSPECTOR OF THE ROYAL ARMS MANUFACTURE OF CHARLEVILLE. IN 1838, THE ANNUAL PRODUCTION WAS WELL OVER 30,000 FIREARMS. IN 1864, THE MODERN FACTORY WAS BUILT, NEW STEAM-POWERED MACHINES WERE INSTALLED AND THE FIRST MILITARY STANDARDIZED BOLT ACTION RIFLE, THE CHASSEPOT, WAS PRODUCED FROM 1866 ON, THEN THE GRAS RIFLE AFTER 1874. THIS BAYONET WAS MADE IN FEBRUARY OF 1846 AT THE FRENCH STATE ARSENAL, MANUFACTURE D'ARMES DE SAINT-ÉTIENNE. THOUGH CREATED IN 1845, THE YATAGHAN SWORD BAYONET IS USED ON THE 11 MM CHASSEPOT NEEDLE-FIRE RIFLE PRODUCED IN 1866 AND CAN ALSO MOUNT TO THE 11 MM GRAS RIFLE PRODUCED AFTER 1874. THE TERM "YATAGHAN" IS DERIVED FROM THE TURKISH WORD FOR "ONE WHO LAYS DOWN" TO DESCRIBE THE DOWNWARD-SWEEPING DOUBLE-CURVE BLADE PROFILE. THE DOUBLE-CURVE ADDED STRENGTH AND RIGIDITY WHILE KEEPING THE HILT AND POINT IN ALIGNMENT FOR THRUSTING EFFICIENCY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738783000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-08
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- BOW & ARROW SET
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Catalogue Number
- P19780054000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BOW & ARROW SET
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1910
- No. Pieces
- 5
- Description
- .1 BOWL. 100.3 CM LTH. X 3.2 CM WTH. CHOKECHERRY WOOD, HORSE HAIR, LEATHER THONG, FEATHER. YELLOW, WHITE, RED, BLACK. BOW STRING APPEARS TO HAVE SHRUNK. BOW AND ARROWS HAVE BEEN RECENTLYPAINTED. .2 ARROW. 78.7 CM LTH. WILLOW WOOD. PAINTED BROWNISH-RED. MISSING SPEAR HEAD. HAS 3 HAWK OR OWL (?) FEATHERS ATTACHED. WHERE FEATHERS ARE ATTACHED THE ARROW SHAFT IS PAINTED ONLY WITH RED SPOTS. .3 ARROW. DESCRIPTION SAME AS .2 .4 ARROW. 79.3 CM LTH. ARROW ONLY HAS 2 FEATHERS ATTACHED TO IT. .5 ARROW. 78.7 CM LTH. DESCRIPTION THE SAME AS .2
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- BLACKFOOT OR KAINAI.
- Catalogue Number
- P19780054000
- Acquisition Date
- 1978-07
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- SABRE, FENCING (SOLIGEN)
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1939
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- COPPER, WOOD, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19780028000
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SABRE, FENCING (SOLIGEN)
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1939
- Materials
- COPPER, WOOD, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 104.1
- Description
- WOOD HANDLE SPLIT AND TAPED WITH BLACK TAPE. COPPER KNOB ON HANDLE END. COPPER SHIELD BETWEEN HANDLE & FOIL. SHIELD HAS GROOVES. "SOLINGEN" STAMPED ON BLADE.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- SPORTS EQUIPMENT
- Historical Association
- SPORTS
- History
- DONOR FOUND ITEMS IN HOUSE HE BOUGHT IN 1967 FROM MRS. MARY LUCO.
- Catalogue Number
- P19780028000
- Acquisition Date
- 1978-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- KUKRI KNIFE
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STEEL, BONE, LEATHER, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19950027002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- KUKRI KNIFE
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STEEL, BONE, LEATHER, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 4
- Description
- 1. KUKRI KNIFE: CURVED STEEL BLADE WITH 30 DEGREE KINK IN ANGLE OF BLADE WITH ANIMAL HORN HANDLE. HANDLE IS CARVED ANIMAL BONE WITH NAVETTE SHAPED STEEL CAP. CAP HAS DIAMOND SHAPE RAISED IN CENTER AT VERY END OF HANDLE. HANDLE HAS FOUR DECORATIVE METAL PATTERNS, TWO ON EACH SIDE. EACH IS BRASS CIRLE WITH SINGLE STEEL NAIL IN MIDDLE AND SIX AROUND IT, MAKING IT LOOK VAGUELY LIKE A SMALL FLOWER. THERE ALSO IS A HORIZONTAL LINE OF STEEL CAPS AROUND MIDDLE OF HANDLE. BLADE IS CURVED FOR SLASHING AND HAS A NOTCH CUT INTO HEEL OF BLADE WHICH POSSIBLY HAS RELIGIOUS SIGNIFIGANCE. 2. SMALL KNIFE: 8CM (L) X1.7CM (W) KNIFE WITH STEEL BLADE AND ANIMAL HORN HANDLE. HANDLE IS SINGLE PIECE OF HORN OVAL SHAPED AROUND AND NARROWED SLIGHTLY AS IT MOVES TOWARD BLADE. HANDLE HAS TWO HORIZONTAL GROOVES AROUND MIDDLE WITH TWO GROOVES ALONG END OF HANDLE. BLADE IS MADE OF STEEL AND IS SHAPED LIKE ITS LARGER COUNTER PART (1.). BLADE HAS TINY AMOUNT OF CORROSION. 3. SMALL KNIFE: IDENTICAL TO (2.) EXCEPT THAT HEEL OF BLADE HAS BEEN WORN DOWN SLIGHTLY. 4. SHEATH: 25.5CM (L) X 6CM (W) LEATHER SHEATH. SHEATH IS DARK LEATHER FORMED WITH BEND TO FIT BLADE OF KNIFE. SHEATH HAS POINTED BRASS TIP ON END. OUTSIDE OF SHEATH HAS CRISS-CROSS AND CHEVRON PATTERNS MARKED ON IT. AROUND MIDDLE IS THIN BAND OF LEATHER WITH THREE HORIZONTAL GROOVES IN IT. BAND IS SEWN TO TORN LEATHER LOOP FOR FASTENING TO BELT. LOOP WAS SEWN TO BACK OF SHEATH WHERE TWO SMALLER SHEATHS ARE FORMED INTO LARGER ONE. THE TWO SMALLER BLADES FIT INTO THESE LEATHER LINED SHEATHS. LEATHER ALL OVER SHEATH IS WORN WITH PATCHES WHERE FINISH HAS WORN OFF. LEATHER BAND AROUND MIDDLE IS BADLY WORN.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- PERSONAL GEAR
- Historical Association
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- SEE P19950027001-GA
- Catalogue Number
- P19950027002
- Acquisition Date
- 1995-06
- Collection
- Museum
KNIFE, SWITCHBLADE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact7361
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STEEL, SILVER, BRASS, SHELL
- Catalogue Number
- P19960109011
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STEEL, SILVER, BRASS, SHELL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.5
- Length
- 22
- Width
- 3.5
- Description
- SWITCHBLADE HANDLE HAS STAINLESS STEEL BOLSTER AND BUT WITH TAPERED EDGES, WHITE POLISHED PEARL SHELL HANDLE WITH BRASS FIXTURE NAILS AND RELEASE BUTTON. ON END OF HANDLE IS SILVER LOOPED RING HINGED TO BUTT. RING HAS RAISED SCROLL WORK ON IT. ON LOW END OF BLADE ARE TWO HINGER TABS WHICH FORM HILT WHEN OPEN. BLADE IS TAPERED TO POINT AND HAS EDGE ALL ALONG ONE SIDE AND ONLY ALONG TOP FROM POINT TO 3.3CM IN. STAMPED ON BLADE NEAR BOLSTER IS "STAINLESS STEEL" AND ALONG SIDE OF BLADE IS "RIZZUTO ESTILETO MILANO". TIP OF BLADE IS BENT.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- 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
- P19960109011
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-12
- Collection
- Museum
POINT, PROJECTILE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact7773
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CHERT
- Catalogue Number
- P19739223000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHERT
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.4
- Length
- 2.7
- Width
- 1.1
- Description
- DARK GREY CHERT. CONVEX BASE. ONE LATERAL EDGE CONVEX; ONE IS STRAIGHT. CONVEX CROSS SECTION. BIFACIALLY FLAKED.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- INDIGENOUS
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS CULTURE. IN 2009, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PLAINS ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENT FALLON MAHAR SURVEYED THE GALT'S POINT AND STONE TOOL COLLECTION AND, USING A TEMPLATE DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH PROF. BUBEL AND REFERENCE BOOK "ALBERTA IN STONE", PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE GALT'S COLLECTION. CONCEQUENTLY, MAHAR PROPOSED THE POINT WAS "UNIDENTIFIABLE" VERSUS THE RECORD'S ORIGINALLY RECORDED "ASYMETRICAL BIFACE". SHE SAID IT MAY EVEN BE A "SMALL SCRAPPER".
- Catalogue Number
- P19739223000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-06
- Collection
- Museum
Images
POINT, PROJECTILE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1934
- Other Name
- BIFACE FRAGMENT
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- Catalogue Number
- P19739183000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BIFACE FRAGMENT
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.0
- Width
- 3.3
- Description
- MOTTLED, DENSE GREY-WHITE CHALCEDONY. CONVEX LATERAL EDGES (LEAF-SHAPED). CONVEX CROSS SECTION. BIFACIALLY FLAKED TRUNCATED LATERALLY AT MID-SECTION.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS CULTURE. *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
- P19739183000
- Acquisition Date
- 1964-07
- Collection
- Museum
Images
POINT, PROJECTILE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1935
- Other Name
- TRIANGULAR BIFACE
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CHERT
- Catalogue Number
- P19739200000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TRIANGULAR BIFACE
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHERT
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.9
- Length
- 4.1
- Width
- 2.4
- Description
- GREY CHERT. CONVEX BASE. ONE LATERAL EDGE CONVEX; ONE IS STRAIGHT. PLANO-CONVEX CROSS SECTION. BIFACIALLY FLAKED.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS CULTURE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19739200000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-09
- Collection
- Museum
Images
POINT, PROJECTILE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1937
- Other Name
- AGATE BASIN SPEARPOINT
- Date Range From
- 10500
- Date Range To
- 9900BP
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- Catalogue Number
- P19739205000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- AGATE BASIN SPEARPOINT
- Date Range From
- 10500
- Date Range To
- 9900BP
- Materials
- CHALCEDONY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.5
- Length
- 5.5
- Width
- 1.6
- Description
- MOTTLED BROWN-GREY CHALCEDONY. OFFSET STRAIGHT BASE; FAIRLY POINTED TIP. ONE LATERAL EDGE CONVEX; ONE IS STRAIGHT. CONVEX CROSS SECTION. BIFACIAL FLAKING. 'LANCEOLATE' OR LEAF-SHAPED POINT.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS CULTURE. IN 2009, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PLAINS ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENT FALLON MAHAR SURVEYED THE GALT'S POINT AND STONE TOOL COLLECTION AND, USING A TEMPLATE DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH PROF. BUBEL AND REFERENCE BOOK "ALBERTA IN STONE", PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE GALT'S COLLECTION. CONCEQUENTLY, THIS RECORD WAS REVISED TO NO LONGER DEFINE THE ARTIFACT'S 'OTHER NAME' AS ASYMETRICAL BIFACE, BUT AS A AGATE BASIN SPEARPOINT. FINALLY, SHE FELT THE PREVIOUS 1850-1900 DATE WAS INCORRECT, PROVIDED A NEW "EARLY PERIOD" DATE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19739205000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-09
- Collection
- Museum
Images
POINT, PROJECTILE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1940
- Other Name
- UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CHERT
- Catalogue Number
- P19641182000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- UNIDENTIFIABLE
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- CHERT
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.9
- Width
- 3.6
- Description
- MOTTLED BROWN CHERT. SIDE NOTCHED, BASE BROKEN OFF EXCEPT FOR ONE BASAL EDGE. CONVEX LATERAL EDGES, WITH A "BLUNTED" CONVEX TIP. CONVEX CROSS SECTION. BIFACIALLY FLAKED. MOTTLED BROWN COLOUR.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-EDGED
- INDIGENOUS
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS. IN 2009, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE PLAINS ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENT FALLON MAHAR SURVEYED THE GALT'S POINT AND STONE TOOL COLLECTION AND, USING A TEMPLATE DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH PROF. BUBEL AND REFERENCE BOOK "ALBERTA IN STONE", PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE GALT'S COLLECTION. THIS RECORD WAS REVISED TO NO LONGER DEFINE THE ARTIFACT AS A PELICAN LAKE POINT - NOW UNIDENTIFIABLE - ON ACCOUNT THAT, "IT'S TOO LARGE FOR A PELICAN LAKE POINT AND ITS BASE (MOSTLY MISSING) IS WIDER THEN ITS BLADE". *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
- P19641182000
- Acquisition Date
- 1964-07
- Collection
- Museum
Images
