Alberta performing artists, 1986-87
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/library2272
- Material Type
- Book
- Publisher
- Alberta Culture
- Call Number
- NX 513 A37 1986/87
- Collection
- Library
- Other Name
- P.O.W. HANDMADE ALBUM
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P20000044000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- P.O.W. HANDMADE ALBUM
- Date
- 1940
- Materials
- WOOD, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2
- Length
- 25.2
- Width
- 18.7
- Description
- HANDMADE ALBUM CONSISTS OF BACK AND FRONT COVERS MADE OF INTERWOVEN PLANT STALKS OR FIBRES. COVERS DISPLAY A DARK COLOURED GEOMETRIC DESIGN. FRONT COVER EMBOSSED "MB" AND "CANADA 1940-41". INSIDE COVERS FEATURE CARDBOARD SURFACE.
- Subjects
- DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- ALBUM BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, JACK EKLUND. DONOR REQUESTS JACK BE NAMED ON ANY FUTURE LABELLING AS DONOR. ALBUM WAS GIVEN TO FATHER BY HIENRICH BIER, AN INMATE OF LETHBRIDGE'S P.O.W. CAMP. DONOR'S FATHER MANAGED THE BENNETT FARM IN COALDALE WHERE P.O.W.'S WORKED. DONOR AND HIS FAMILY TREATED P.O.W.'S WELL AND GAVE THEM GOODS LIKE COFFEE. IN RETURN PRISONERS GAVE ALBUM TO JACK. IN ADDITION TO BIER, LUTHER ZIEMAHAGEL, ANOTHER P.O.W. WAS A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND. JACK EKLUND'S PARENTS WERE ORIGINALLY FROM UTAH PRIOR TO SETTLEMENT IN RAYMOND/ STIRLING. JACK WAS BORN IN STIRLING. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING BRIEF HISTORY OF PRISONER OF WAR CAMP 133 WITH INFORMATION FROM THE GALT MUSEUM BROCHURE "LETHBRDGE'S INTERNMENT CAMPS" AND THE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA WEBSITE. DURING WORLD WAR II THERE WERE 40 PRISONER OF WAR (P.O.W.) CAMPS CONSTRUCTED ACROSS CANADA TO HOUSE THE LARGE NUMBER OF INCOMING POWS - ENEMY MILITARY PERSONNEL THAT WERE CAPTURED IN COMBAT. CAMPS WERE BUILT IN ONTARIO, QUEBEC, THE MARITIMES AND ALBERTA. THE CAMPS IN LETHBRIDGE AND MEDICINE HAT WERE THE LARGEST, TOGETHER HOUSING 22,000 MEN. THE LETHBRIDGE CAMP, NO. 133, WAS BUILT IN THE SUMMER OF 1942, AND BY NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR HOUSED 13,341 PRISONERS. THE CAMP WAS DIVIDED INTO SIX SECTIONS, EACH WITH SIX DORMITORIES, MESS HALLS, KITCHENS, AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. MEALS WERE IN SHIFTS WITH PRISONERS SERVING AS COOKS. TAILOR, BARBER AND SHOE REPAIR SHOPS WERE ALSO STAFFED BY PRISONERS, AND NON-COMBAT POWS PRACTICED THEIR PRE-WAR PROFESSIONS AS MEDICAL DOCTORS AND DENTISTS. HOUSING AND RATIONS WERE THE SAME STANDARD AS FOR THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, WHICH SOMETIMES CAUSED RESENTMENT AMONG LETHBRIDGE CIVILIAN RESIDENTS, WHO WERE UNABLE TO OBTAIN MANY OF THE SAME SUPPLIES ON THEIR STRICT WARTIME RATION ALLOWANCES. WITH MANY YOUNG LOCAL MEN AWAY AT WAR, LOCAL FARMERS BEGAN TO REQUEST LABOUR ASSISTANCE FROM THE CAMP, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY. BY 1943 AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED AND SOME OF THE PRISONERS WORKED ON FARMS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ALBERTA. MOST OF THESE PRISONERS WENT FROM THE CAMP TO THE FARMS DAILY, BUT SOME WERE KEPT AT 'LODGES' AT THE MORE DISTANT FARMS FOR DAYS AT A TIME, WITH MINIMAL GUARDING. FOR THEIR LABOUR, THE PRISONERS WERE PAID 50 CENTS PER DAY. WITH WAR'S END, CAMP 133 CLOSED IN DECEMBER 1946 AND ITS PRISONERS WERE SENT BACK TO GERMANY. THE AREA WHERE THE CAMP STOOD EVENTUALLY BECAME AN INDUSTRIAL PARK AND PART OF THE FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20000044000
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-12
- Collection
- Museum
Images
The Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge; a history
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/library2728
- Material Type
- Book
- Place
- Lethbridge
- Publisher
- Allied Arts Council
- Publication Date
- 1983
- Call Number
- Pamph J65a
- Collection
- Library
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1992
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- GLASS, WOOD, CARDBOARD, CLOTH
- Catalogue Number
- P19980048022
3 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1992
- Materials
- GLASS, WOOD, CARDBOARD, CLOTH
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 9.9
- Diameter
- 7.6
- Description
- A CLEAR GLASS BALL WITH A SMALL, ROUND, WOOD STAND; STAINED DARK BROWN. COMES IN A LIGHT GREEN BOX WITH A LIGHT FLORAL DESIGN COVERING IT'S SURFACE. THE LATCH IS ATTACHED TO THE BOX VIA A PIECE OF CLOTH THAT APPEARS TO BE IN A BRITISH FLAG TYPE PATTERN. LIGHT GREY CLOTH INSIDE IS USED AS A MEANS OF CUSHIONING THE GLASS BALL.
- Subjects
- FUNCTION UNKNOWN
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- POLITICS
- History
- POSSIBLY A GIFT TO MAYOR DAVID CARPENTER ON ONE OF HIS MANY TRIPS ABROAD? (SEE P19980048016-21-GA).
- Catalogue Number
- P19980048022
- Acquisition Date
- 2002-02
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- CRANE BANNER
- Date Range From
- 1990
- Date Range To
- 1998
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CLOTH (COTTON?), CARDBOARD
- Catalogue Number
- P19980048025
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CRANE BANNER
- Date Range From
- 1990
- Date Range To
- 1998
- Materials
- CLOTH (COTTON?), CARDBOARD
- No. Pieces
- 4
- Height
- 0.2
- Length
- 68.7
- Width
- 65.0
- Description
- LARGE BANNER HAS A PICTURE OF 3 CRANES ON IT (COLORED ALMOST LIKE WHOOPING CRANES), IN FRONT OF A DARK ORANGE WAVE LIKE PATTERN THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE BANNER. ON EITHER SIDE (UPPER LEFT AND LOWER RIGHT), IS A BEIGE COLOR WITH NO DISCERNABLE PATTERN. THERE ARE NO OTHER MARKINGS ON THIS ARTIFACT. THE BANNER IS KEPT INSIDE A BOX WITH A PAPER COVERING. THE PAPER COVERING HAS A BOW DRAWN ON IT ALONG WITH A SMALL DIAMOND SHAPED DESIGN THAT IS PURPLE, ORANGE, AND GOLD PRIMARILY. THE BOXES DIMENSIONS ARE, HEIGHT- 2.4 CM, LENGTH- 25.4CM, WIDTH- 16.8CM.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- POLITICS
- History
- GIFT FROM JAPAN - LETHBRIDGE STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM. ACCORDING TO S.E. ASIAN PHILOSOPHY, IT IS REQUIRED THAT DURING AN OFFICIAL VISIT (LIKE A STUDENT EXCHANGE) A GIFT IS GIVEN TO THE HOST COUNTRY (IN THIS CASE CITY). THIS BANNER IS SUCH A GIFT. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE INITIALLY GIVEN TO THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE THROUGH VARIOUS EXCHANGES WITH CITIES IN JAPAN. LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM 1992, 1997, AND 1998 DETAIL THREE SEPERATE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH HIKARI, SEKI CITY, AND KUROHONE-MURA, JAPAN. LETHBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL DECLINED HIKARI'S OFFER OF AN OFFICIAL TWINNING ARRANGMENT IN 1992 DUE TO BUDGET LIMITATIONS AND BECAUSE OF PRIOR TWINNING WITH OTHER CITIES INCLUDING SAINT-LAURENT, QUEBEC, CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA, AND HENGSHUI CITY, CHINA. ST. FRANCIS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL RAN A STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH SEKI CITY FROM 1993 TO 2003 AND LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOSTED STUDENTS FROM THE VILLAGE OF KURHONE ANNUALLY FROM 1994 TO 2006. DURING THESE EXCHANGES, DELEGATES FROM THE JAPANESE CITIES REGULARLY MET WITH LETHBRIDGE MAYOR DAVID CARPENTER AND GAVE CEREMONIAL GIFTS, AS IS CUSTOM IN JAPAN. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19980048017 FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19980048025
- Acquisition Date
- 2002-02
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- FELT, WOOD, PAINT
- Catalogue Number
- P20170023002
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- FELT, WOOD, PAINT
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 37
- Width
- 30
- Description
- RED FELT BANNER WITH TOP FORMING A STITCHED LOOP FIXED TO WOODEN ROD. BANNER IS FRINGED AT THE BOTTOM AND FRONT HAS RED AND BLACK PAINTED SCENE DEPICTING FORT MACLEOD, TEEPEES, AND MOUNTAINS WITH TEXT “ORIGINAL HOME OF THE MOUNTIES, FORT MACLEOD”. BACK HAS WHITE PAPER LABEL ATTACHED WITH BLACK FADED TEXT “JUNIOR FOREST WARDENS & [ILLEGIBLE], FORT MACLEOD, ALBERTA, CANADA”. FRONT AND BACK ARE CREASED, AND FRONT HAS STAIN AT TOP BELOW ROD; OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION.
- Subjects
- DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- ON JULY 21, 2017, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED GLENN AND JOANNE ALLEN REGARDING THEIR DONATION OF RCMP AND LETHBRIDGE MEMORABILIA. GLENN ALLEN WAS RAISED IN LETHBRIDGE, AND COLLECTED THE OBJECTS AS A CHILD IN LETHBRIDGE. ON THE RCMP FIGURINE, ALLEN RECALLED, “THESE TWO MOUNTED POLICE ITEMS, THE BANNER AND THE LITTLE STATUETTE…I WAS YOUNG, IN THE [HOMEFRONT] PERIOD FROM 1940-1945. LETHBRIDGE WAS A MAJOR BASE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING THING. WE HAD YOUNG BRITISH AIRMEN COME, AND THEY LIVED EVERYWHERE. THEY BOARDED WITH PEOPLE; THEY STAYED ON BASE, BUT WHEN THEY HAD A DAY OFF, IT WAS ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PEOPLE OF LETHBRIDGE TO TAKE THEM ON LITTLE JOURNEYS TO PLACES. I CAN REMEMBER GOING WITH THEM…TO FORT MACLEOD, AND THEN TO PINCHER CREEK, AND WE HAD PLUMS AND CHERRIES. I CAN REMEMBER MY MOTHER BRINGING THIS BAG OF FRUIT OUT, AND SAYING TO THE ONE YOUNG FELLOW, “WOULD YOU LIKE A PIECE OF FRUIT?” HE WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT, TURNED TO MY MOTHER [WHO] WAS DRIVING THE CAR, [THEN] HE TURNED TO HIS BUDDIES IN THE BACKSEAT, AND HE [SAID], “WOULD YOU LIKE A PLUM OR A CHERRY?” WE VISITED THERE, AND THOSE WERE GIFTS FROM THOSE AIRMEN TO ME, AT THAT TIME. I HAD A LITTLE MANTLE IN MY ROOM, DOWNSTAIRS IN CALGARY, AND HAD THEM THERE. WHEN WE WERE IN LETHBRIDGE, WE HAD NO SPACE AT ALL FOR ANYTHING. OUR FURNITURE HAD TO BE ALL STORED. THE ONLY POSSESSIONS OF OURS THAT WERE IN THAT HOUSE WERE OUR BEDS AND OUR DRESSERS, MAYBE A COUPLE OF CHAIRS…” “[I DISPLAYED THEM] MORE IN CALGARY, THAN LETHBRIDGE.” ALLEN ELABORATED ON HIS FAMILY’S HISTORY IN LETHBRIDGE, NOTING, “MY MOTHER’S FAMILY CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1923, AND SHE WAS ABOUT 12 AT THE TIME. SHE DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL ANY FURTHER AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AND SHE WAS HIRED ON AS A HOUSE GIRL FOR THE STOLZ FAMILY.” “MY DAD’S NAME WAS TOM, THOMAS SPENCE ALLEN, AND MY MOTHER WAS DOROTHY EMMA SCHIELS. MY DAD’S FAMILY - HIS FATHER AND, A FEW YEARS LATER MY DAD AND HIS MOTHER - CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1910, AND THEY SETTLED IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE, AT 707 12A ST. NORTH. THERE WERE THREE BOYS AND ONE GIRL. THEY ALL WENT THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AT GALBRAITH HIGH SCHOOL, AND MY DAD WORKED FOR THE RAILWAYS. HE STARTED AS A MESSENGER…HE WAS 15 YEARS OF AGE. HE PROGRESSED IN THE FREIGHT CPR BUSINESS, AND BECAME A FREIGHT INSPECTOR IN LETHBRIDGE, AND THEN, IN 1948, WAS TRANSFERRED TO CALGARY. MY MOTHER WAS ALWAYS A HOUSEWIFE. THEY LIVED ON 3RD AVENUE NORTH, BY THE LEALTA THEATRE. THEY HAD JUST ONE CHILD. I GREW UP [IN THAT HOUSE] UNTIL I WAS ABOUT AGE FIVE. AT THAT TIME, THE END OF THE WAR WAS COMING, AND SOLDIERS WERE RETURNING. RENTAL HOUSING BECAME ALMOST NOT AVAILABLE. ANYBODY WHO WAS RENTING AT THAT TIME, IF YOU HADN’T BEEN IN THE FORCES, YOU WERE REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE. IT WAS A HOUSE WHICH WE HAD TO GIVE UP. WE’D BEEN THERE SINCE I WAS BORN. THEN WE MOVED OVER TO 12TH STREET C, THE 500 BLOCK. WE LIVED TEMPORARILY THERE, AND THEN THAT HOUSE WAS SECONDED. WE WERE ONLY THERE MAYBE 6 MONTHS, AND THEN WE MOVED INTO AN ATTIC SPACE AT 507 12TH STREET A NORTH, AND LIVED IN THE 2 ROOMS IN THE ATTIC - NO INSULATION, AND VERY COLD IN THE WINTER, AND HOT IN THE SUMMER.” “[MY FATHER] GOT A PROMOTION [IN 1948]. HE GOT A PROMOTION TO CALGARY…A BETTER JOB.” “MY MOTHER AND DAD LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE, GREW UP IN LETHBRIDGE. MY MOTHER WAS THE COLLECTOR IN THE FAMILY. WHEN I WAS MARRIED [IN 1962], ALL OF THESE THINGS SHE GAVE ME TO JUST TAKE ALONG, BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN TO ME. THEY ARE JUST LITTLE ITEMS THAT WE JUST DON’T KNOW WHETHER THEY HAVE ANY VALUE, AND RATHER THAN HAVE THEM JUST GO TO LAND FILL, WE’D LIKE YOU TO HAVE A LOOK AT THEM.” “TODAY IS OUR FIFTY-FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, AND WE’RE RETURNING TO LETHBRIDGE BECAUSE WE’VE HAD THESE THINGS IN OUR POSSESSION FOREVER, AND WE WANT TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY VALUE TO THE MUSEUM. THEY ARE RELICS THAT WE’VE [GATHERED] FROM PAST YEARS.” FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P20170023001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P20170023002
- Acquisition Date
- 2017-07
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- SOUVENIR BASKET
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- LEATHER
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041138
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SOUVENIR BASKET
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- LEATHER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.2
- Length
- 16.5
- Width
- 13.5
- Description
- HANGING POUCH BASKET IS CARDBOARD BACK WITH TWO LEATHER WALLS SEWN TO IT WITH LEATHER CORDS. ON FRONT IS INDIGENOUS CHIEFS HEAD WITH EAGLE FEATHER HEADDRESS. ABOVE CHIEF'S HEAD IS "CALGARY" AND AT BOTTOM IS "CANADA". LEATHER IS TORN DOWN RIGHT FRONT SIDE AND EXTREMELY WORN ALL OVER. TWINE BINDING ACROSS BOTTOM IS TORN AS WELL.
- Subjects
- CONTAINER
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- HANGING BASKET WAS USED BY DONOR'S FATHER IN HIS CHURCH OFFICE. ORIGIN UNKNOWN. REV. NAKAYAMA AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE IN 1945 AFTER BEING RELOCATED FROM VANCOUVER IN 1942 TO SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. AT COALDALE HE FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041138
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- BASKET & EASTER EGG SET
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WICKER
- Catalogue Number
- P19738277001
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BASKET & EASTER EGG SET
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- WICKER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 13.3
- Length
- 17.8
- Width
- 12.1
- Description
- WICKER BASKET C/W 1/2 HOOP OR LOOP HANDLE.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- CONTAINER
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- ETHNOGRAPHIC
- History
- PART OF SET WHICH INCLUDES, THREE DECORATED EGGS PYSKANKY (EASTER) & A DOILY. UKRAINIAN CANADIAN HERITAGE. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING THREE DONATED BY THE UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION OF LETHBRIDGE. THOUGH THE ASSOCIATION HAS DISBANDED, SHE WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS OBJECT AND 81 OTHERS DONATED BY THE ASSOCIATION IN 1973 WERE ORIGINALLY PART OF THE GALT MUSEUM'S 'UKRAINIAN ROOM' EXHIBIT. ACCORDING TO LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM 1969 AND 1976, AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE GALT ARCHIVES (199110764419, 1991107612370, 199110764421, AND 199110764422) THE UKRAINIAN ROOM WAS INSTALLED IN 1966, WHEN THE MUSEUM WAS MOVED FROM THE BOWMAN CENTRE TO THE GALT HOSPITAL BUILDING. THE ROOM WAS FURNISHED WITH OBJECTS DONATED BY THE UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION, AND THE GROUP HELD ANNUAL TEAS THERE. THOUGH THE CATALOGUE NUMBERS OF THE UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION DONATION REFLECT A 1973 DONATION DATE, THE INITIAL ACQUISITION YEAR LISTED IN HARDCOPY FILES IS 1966, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE OPENING DATE OF THE UKRAINIAN ROOM. IN ADDITION, ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ROOM DEPICT OBJECTS THAT ARE NOW HELD IN COLLECTIONS (P19738277001-GA, P19738277002-GA, AND P19738277003-GA CAN BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED, WITH OTHER OBJECTS IDENTIFIED SPECULATIVELY). IN 1984 THE MUSEUM DISMANTLED ALL ITS DISPLAYS IN PREPARATION FOR THE BUILDING'S RENOVATION AND EXPANSION, AND ACCORDING TO BRAD BROWN, GALT EXHIBIT DESIGNER, WHEN THE FACILITY REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1985 ALL THE EXHIBITS HAD BEEN REWORKED, AND THE UKRAINIAN ROOM NO LONGER EXISTED. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19738197000 FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738277001
- Acquisition Date
- 1966-04
- Collection
- Museum
Images
BASKET, HANGING
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact8751
- Other Name
- PAPER MESSAGE BASKET
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- PAPER, NYLON
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041002
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PAPER MESSAGE BASKET
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- PAPER, NYLON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 30.4
- Width
- 18.9
- Description
- PINK PAPER BASKET IS FLAT CARDBOARD BACK WITH CROSS-WOVEN POUCH FASTENED TO BOTTOM HALF. BASKET HAS FADED RED RIBBON TIED THROUGH TWO HOLES AT TOP. TWO RED BIRD-LIKE FIGURES ARE GLUED TO BACK AS DECORATION, ONE LARGE & ONE SMALL. PAPER IS SLIGHTLY WORN AND FADED.
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- FURNISHINGS
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- PAPER BASKET WAS LIKELY GIVEN AS A GIFT TO THE REVEREND CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, (DONOR'S FATHER). REV. NAKAYAMA AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE IN 1945 AFTER RELOCATION FROM VANCOUVER IN 1942 TO SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. AT COALDALE HE FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041002
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- YUNG-CHUNG BELL
- Date Range From
- 1994
- Date Range To
- 1997
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- METAL, WOOD, CARDBOARD, FELT
- Catalogue Number
- P20010099022
4 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- YUNG-CHUNG BELL
- Date Range From
- 1994
- Date Range To
- 1997
- Materials
- METAL, WOOD, CARDBOARD, FELT
- No. Pieces
- 7
- Height
- 19.9
- Length
- 8.7
- Width
- 9.3
- Description
- BELL IS MADE OF DARK GREEN METAL. THE LIP OF THE BELL IS CURVED UP ON THE LENGTHWISE SIDE, GIVING IT TWO POINTS ON EITHER END. ON TWO SIDES, THE BELL HAS IT'S MOST DISTINCTIVE FEATURES, 6 ROWS OF POINTS WHICH STICK DIRECTLY OUT FROM THE BELL, EACH SEPARATED BY A SMALL DESIGN. ON ONE SIDE OF THE BELL, IS WHAT LOOKS LIKE HIEROGLYPHICS. EXTENDING IMMEDIATELY UP FROM THE LARGE PORTION OF THE BELL IS A NARROW, HOLLOW SHAFT WITH A RING, FROM WHICH THE BELL IS SUSPENDED. THERE IS ALSO A BLACK STAND MADE OUT OF WOOD. THE BELL AND STAND ARE INSIDE AN AQUA COLORED BOX WITH A PAPER LIKE TEXTURE. THE INSIDE OF THE BOX IS RED AND CONTAINS YELLOW FELT FOR CUSHIONING OF THE BELL. ON THE TOP OF THE LID OF THE BOX, A GOLD PICTURE SHOWS A SMALL IMAGE OF THE BELL, AS WELL AS SOME CHINESE CHARACTERS. THE BOX'S MEASURMENTS ARE, LENGTH- 12.5 CM, WIDTH- 11.5 HEIGHT- 23.7CM.
- Subjects
- SOUND COMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- POLITICS
- History
- THIS ARTIFACT WAS GIVEN TO MAYOR CARPENTER (1986-2001) DURING HIS SECOND VISIT TO TAIWAN IN 1998. THE BELL IS A CERTIFIED REPLICA FORM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN TAIWAN. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE VISIT, SEE P20010099001, FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE BELL, SEE PERMANENT RECORDS. *UPDATE 2023* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING AN ALTAR CLOTH AND A SASH DONATED BY DAVID CARPENTER. ON MARCH 7, 2018, PUNDYK INTERVIEWED CARPENTER REGARDING HIS DONATION OF 22 ARITFACTS RELATED TO HIS TRIPS TO TAIWAN AS THE MAYOR OF LETHBRIDGE. THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE EMPLOYEE, WEI QUO, WHO ACTED AS TRANSLATOR DURING THESE TRIPS WAS ALSO A PART OF THE MARCH 7, 2018 INTERVIEW. ON GIFT GIVING AND HOW HE CAME TO ACQUIRE THIS ITEM, CARPENTER STATED, “THERE WERE TWO TRIPS THAT I MADE TO TAIWAN. ONE WAS TO START TO INVESTIGATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN WE HOSTED A DELEGATION HERE. THE SECOND TRIP I MADE WAS AS A GUEST OF THE TEMPLE CITY OF HSIN KANG. ...SO OVER THE TRIPS I WAS GIVEN SEVERAL ARTIFACTS. ... THESE WERE ALL PERSONAL GIFTS AND AS PERSONAL GIFTS THEY EACH CAME FROM A PERSON TO ME AT VARIOUS TIMES. WHEN YOU TRAVEL ABROAD IT IS A USUAL CUSTOM TO PRESENT GIFTS AND TO RECEIVE GIFTS. SO I CAN’T REMEMBER ACTUALLY WHAT SORTS OF THINGS I BROUGHT OVER AS GIFTS BUT WE MADE SURE WE HAD GIFTS FROM THIS REGION TO PRESENT TO PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN, PERHAPS 10 OR SO OPPORTUNITIES ON EACH TRIP TO, WHETHER YOU’RE DEALING WITH THE CITY OF KAOHSIUNG OR TEMPLE PRESENT OR WHATEVER. … GIFT GIVING IN NORTH AMERICA IS NOT EXPECTED... WHEREAS IN ASIA, GIFT GIVING IS MAJOR. IF YOU SHOW UP WITHOUT A GIFT AND SOMEONE GIVES YOU A GIFT, THAT WOULD BE VERY BAD.” ON THE REASONING BEHIND THE DECISION TO VISIT TAIWAN AND HIS INVOLVEMENT AS MAYOR, CARPENTER STATED, “WHY TAIWAN? WE FELT, WHEN I WAS MAYOR, WE HAD A LOT OF- WE HAD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES, PRIMARILY THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS SAINT LAURENT. IT WAS A CULTURAL RELATIONSHIP THAT WAS STARTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA IN 1967. MY VIEW IS THAT, FROM A CIVIC GOVERNMENT STANDPOINT, I DIDN’T WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH A BUNCH OF CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS. ... REALLY, THEY HAVE LIMITED BENEFIT TO THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY SO WE FELT THERE HAD TO BE AN ECONOMIC COMPONENT TO ANY SORT OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITY OF LETHBRIDGE AND OTHER COMMUNITIES.” PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, OCTOBER 11, 1997, “'IN A WORLD ECONOMY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE GOT TO GO TO INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT.' SAID [DARREL] MCKENZIE [ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER]. … TAIWAN IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, SAID MCKENZIE. THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT IS CREDITED WITH INTRODUCING LETHBRIDGE TO THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FROM TAIWAN, AND EARLY ON, MCKENZIE DETERMINED THAT TAIWAN BUSINESS HAD A LIMITED CONCEPT OF ALBERTA, LET ALONE SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND LETHBRIDGE. 'WE REALIZED WE HAD TO MAKE THEM AWARE,' HE SAID. THE SIGNAL WAS SENT TO THE ALBERTA AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND, ON TO TAIWAN THAT LETHBRIDGE WAS INTERESTED IN INVESTMENT.” CARPENTER'S THOUGHTS ON TRYING TO MARKET LETHBRIDGE AS A CENTER FOR INVESTMENT, “IT IS NECESSARY TO START THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIP AND YOU- WE’RE, FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, ALWAYS IN SUCH A HURRY IN NORTH AMERICA. WE WANT TO SHOW UP ON A THURSDAY AND HAVE A DEAL SIGNED FRIDAY MORNING, AND IT DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY IN ASIA VERY OFTEN. SO YOU NEED TO BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP FIRST, ESTABLISH A LEVEL OF TRUST, AND THEN PERHAPS YOU CAN MOVE ON. AND THAT WAS THE COURSE OF THIS. I WENT OVER [TO TAIWAN] IN LATE 1996 FOR THE FIRST VISIT, AND A LARGER CULTURAL COMPONENT, AND A LARGER COMPONENT OF GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE, MEETING PEOPLE, EXPLAINING WHAT LETHBRIDGE WAS AND WHAT IT HAD TO OFFER, WHAT POSSIBILITIES EXISTED. AND THEN WE HOSTED A DELEGATION HERE FROM THERE IN, I THINK IT WAS SUMMER OF 1997, AND THEN IN LATE 1997 I RECEIVED THE INVITATION FOR THE PARADE AND WENT OVER IN 1998. FEBRUARY.” WHEN ASKED HOW CARPENTER MET QUO, WHO TRAVELLED WITH HIM ON THESE VISITS AS A TRANSLATOR, “DARREL MCKENZIE WAS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER... IT WAS MR. MCKENZIE WHO ACTUALLY WENT WITH US ON THE FIRST TRIP AND, WAS ABLE TO BRING THE TWO OF US TOGETHER. THAT’S HOW WE MET. ... NOW MR. QUO, HE WAS A TEACHER, BUT A VERY, VERY HIGHLY RESPECTED TEACHER IN TAIWAN AND HAD MANY CONTACTS... HE HAD A LOT OF CONTACTS STILL IN THE TAIWAN GOVERNMENT AND WAS THE PERFECT PERSON. HE SERVED AS MY AID AND MY INTERPRETER.” FROM MCKENZIE’S SIDE, “THE ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT SEARCHED FOR EXPERTISE FROM WITHIN AND PLUCKED WEI QUO FROM ITS PARKS DEPARTMENT, ARRANGING FOR HIM HALF TIME FOR THE PAST YEAR. 'MR. QUO HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR ABOUT 18 YEARS, AND WE WERE AWARE HE MAINTAINED CLOSE CONTACT WITH TAIWAN WHILE LIVING IN LETHBRIDGE.' SAID MCKENZIE. 'WE REALIZED THE INVESTMENT POTENTIAL, AND APPROACHED MR. QUO. HE EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS TO HELP MAKE CONTACTS IN TAIWAN.'” (LETHBRIDGE HERALD, OCTOBER 11, 1997) WHEN ASKED IF QUO KNEW CARPENTER BEFORE THIS OPPORTUNITY, “OH I WAS WORKING IN THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND HE WAS MY MAYOR. (LAUGHS) … I FROM TAIWAN. THAT’S MY ORIGINAL COUNTRY. [I MOVED HERE] BECAUSE MY PARENTS WAS HERE. MY BROTHER WAS UNIVERSITY FUNDED- HE MOVED OUT TO THE VANCOUVER AND SO LEAVING MY PARENTS HERE. … AT THAT TIME I THINK THAT OUR MAYOR WAS JUST TRYING TO STAY IN THE BUDGET... HE DID A LOT OF PLAN AND KNEW MUCH TO TRY AND REDUCE THE DEBT, TRY BRINGING MORE BUSINESS MEN COME TO OPEN FOR CITY OF LETHBRIDGE.” ON THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THEY PURSUED, CARPENTER STATES, “LETHBRIDGE AT THE TIME WAS LOOKING FOR MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING JOBS SO WE WANTED PLANTS TO BE BUILT... ANIMAL PROCESSING IS A NATURAL HERE, CATTLE AND HOGS AND ALL THE REST OF THIS STUFF. AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE DOING THAT, TAIWAN HAD JUST GONE THROUGH A PROBLEM OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE WITH THEIR HOG INDUSTRY. I WAS INTRODUCED TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE CALLED YUAN YI AND THEY WANTED TO SET UP A NEW PLANT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD TO UTILIZE THEIR EXPERTISE IN THIS BUSINESS AND TO SATISFY THEIR CUSTOMER BASE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. CANADA SEEMED QUITE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE COLD WEATHER TO KILL OFF THE BACTERIA THAT ARE HARMFUL AND CAUSE SOME OF THESE DISEASES. THIS WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TRY AND PURSUE THAT.” THE YUAN YI PROCESSING PLANT WAS ANNOUNCED, UNDER THE TITLE “BRINGING HOME THE BACON!”, ON JUNE 5, 1997, “MONEY CAN MAKE PEOPLE DO STRANGE THINGS – ESPECIALLY WHEN IT EQUATES TO $900 MILLION ANNUALLY TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA’S ECONOMY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A MAJOR HOG PROCESSING PLANT FOR LETHBRIDGE NOT ONLY SAW THE MAYOR POSE WITH A STATUE OF A PIG, BUT AN ALDERMAN PULLED FROM HIS HOSPITAL BED TO APPROVE SALE OF THE CITY-OWNED LAND IT’S DESTINED FOR. LETHBRIDGE WAS ONE OF A HALF-DOZEN CITIES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY TAIWANESE INTERESTS AND MAYOR DAVID CARPENTER CALLED THE COUP ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. 'THEY SEE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY HERE AND WE SEE LIMITLESS POTENTIAL IN THEIR BEING HERE,' HE SAID WEDNESDAY.” “THE PLANT WILL EVENTUALLY EMPLOY UP TO 800 WORKERS, FILL VACANT HOMES, CREATE NUMEROUS CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND INCREASE THE CITY’S TAX BASE. AN UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE STUDY SHOWS DIRECT AND SPINOFF BENEFITS OF SOME $900 MILLION A YEAR. IN RETURN, YUAN YI AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISE CO. LTD. CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPLY PORK TO THE HUGE JAPANESE MARKET DESPITE AN OUTBREAK OF SWINE DISEASE IN ITS HOMELAND. ...THE PROPOSED SALE WILL BE ADVERTISED AND THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE A 60-DAY WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO FILE A PETITION SHOULD THEY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SALE. 'IF THERE IS EVEN A HINT OF A PETITION THESE GUYS ARE GONE,' SAID CARPENTER, NOTING YUAN YI’S URGENCY IN GETTING THE PLANT UP AND RUNNING. 'I’M QUITE CERTAIN THE PEOPLE OF LETHBRIDGE WILL BACK THIS INITIATIVE.' WITH A STAFF OF 800 THE HOG PROCESSING PLANT WOULD BE LETHBRIDGE’S LARGEST PRIVATELY-OWNED EMPLOYER.” (LETHBRIDGE HERALD JUNE 5, 1997) “CARPENTER WELCOMED THE START TO THE PLANT. … 'I KNOW YUAN YI WILL MAKE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO LETHBRIDGE’S CORPORATE FAMILY.' … CHI-NUAN LEE, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE PARENT TAIWANESE COMPANY WHO HAS MOVED WITH HIS WIFE TO LETHBRIDGE, SAID CIVIC SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT WERE MAJOR REASONS YUAN YI CHOSE LETHBRIDGE OVER OTHER COMMUNITIES.” (LETHBRIDGE HERALD SEPTEMBER 12, 1997) THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS NOT WITHOUT CRITICISM, AS CARPENTER NOTES IN THE INTERVIEW, “THIS WAS A HIGHLY UNUSUAL SORT OF A THING. IT DIDN’T END UP AS WELL AS I HOPED. THERE WAS SOME PUSH BACK FROM SOME PEOPLE AND I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHO, BUT THEY WERE WELL FUNDED. THEY WERE BUYING NEWSPAPER ADS AND ALL THIS SORT OF STUFF AGAINST IT. THINGS LIKE, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE PIG BLOOD IN OUR WATER AND OF COURSE THAT’S JUST.” LIKELY REFERRING TO AN OPINION PIECE PUBLISHED BY MRS. A. W. MILLER, ENTITLED 'WILL OUR WATERS ALSO TURN TO BLOOD WITH THE COMING OF THE HOG PLANT?', THE PIECE TOUCHED ON CONCERNS THAT REPEATEDLY CAME UP ABOUT THE PLANT; “ARE THERE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF NORTH CAROLINA? I BELIEVE THERE ARE. ALREADY WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATIONS OF FEEDLOTS IN THE COUNTRY. I SHARE... CONCERNS ABOUT OUR AQUIFERS, THE INADEQUACY OF OUR WATER QUALITY AND WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES. I ALSO SHARE... DISAPPROVAL AT THE WAY THE PROJECT WAS PRESENTED AS A 'FAIT ACOMPLI' BEFORE THE COMMUNITY HAD TIME TO REACT. … AT PRESENT THERE SEEMS TO BE LITTLE EXCUSE FOR THE UNSEEMLY HASTE IN SEEING THIS PROJECT TO FRUITION.” (LETHBRIDGE HERALD JULY 21, 1997) DESPITE NO CITIZEN PETITION BEING FILED, THE PROJECT STILL FACED ROADBLOCKS; “LETHBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED UNANIMOUSLY FRIDAY TO GO TO MARKET WITH INDUSTRIAL PARK LAND NEEDED BY YUAN YI TO PROCEED. ... HOWEVER, BRUCE AND JOAN HAIG, KRISTEN HUFFMAN AND KENNETH IKLE HAVE FILED A NOTICE OF MOTION WITH COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH, INDICATING THEY WANT BOTH THE LAND SALE TRANSACTION AND RELATED REZONING DECLARED INVALID, THUS QUASHING THE PROJECT.” (LETHBRIDGE HERALD AUGUST 30, 1997) ALONGSIDE THE ONGOING LEGAL CHALLENGE AND PLANS FOR APPEALS, THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS BEGAN IN JUNE OF 1997; "RUMORS HAVE SURROUNDED THE $50-MILLION HOG SLAUGHTERING AND PROCESSING PLANT FOR MANY MONTHS. WHILE THE TALK INITIALLY FOCUSED ON YUAN YI’S SUPPOSED DISMAY OVER OPPOSITION TO ITS PLANS, MORE RECENTLY IT CENTERED AROUND THE DECLINING FINANCIAL FORTUNES OF THE COMPANY." (LETHBRIDGE HERALD FEBRUARY 13, 1998) ON MARCH 21, 1998, THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ANNOUNCED THAT THE YUAN YI PROCESSING PLANT WOULD NOT OPEN; “THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DECIDED IT COULD WAIT NO LONGER FOR A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. APPEALS TO BOTH THE ENVIRONMENT AND LEGAL PROCESSES PROMISED TO DRAG ON FOR MONTHS IF NOT LONGER. WAYNE PETERSON, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR YUAN YI, SAID THE PLANT NEEDED TO BE OPERATIONAL BY THIS APRIL TO MEET CONTRACTS WITH ITS CUSTOMERS. 'TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT IS A RESULT OF YUAN YI’S CUSTOMERS ADVISING THEY CAN’T WAIT ANY LONGER,' HE SAID.” “CARPENTER SAID HE WAS OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED BUT IT WAS A BUSINESS DECISION AND ONE HE WOULD HAVE MADE UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES. 'THE BEST WE CAN DO IS TO ALLOW THEM TO PURSUE THAT GOAL IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY AND WISH THEM THE BEST,' HE SAID.” (LETHBRIDGE HERALD MARCH 21, 1998) WHEN ASKED IN THE INTERVIEW ABOUT THE YUAN YI PLANT OUTCOME, CARPENTER STATED, “SO TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CHANGED THEIR MINDS ON THE REZONING AND WE WEREN’T ABLE TO PROCEED FOR THESE FOLKS TO BUILD THE PLANT HERE. SO THAT WAS VERY SAD AND THEY INVESTED A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF MONEY. THEY SIMPLY LEFT. NOT THREE MONTHS LATER, ONE OF THE CATTLE PROCESSING FACILITIES WAS CONVERTED TO A HOG PROCESSING FACILITY. WITH ABSOLUTELY ZERO IN THE WAY OF PUBLIC OPPOSITION. JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU. I REALLY DON’T KNOW ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF THAT ONE. BUT THAT’S POLITICS, I GUESS.” AS REPORTED BY THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, ON OCTOBER 22, 1998, “MAPLE LEAF MEATS CONTINUES TO GEAR UP ITS NEW LETHBRIDGE HOG SLAUGHTERING PLANT FOR ITS CAPACITY PROCESSING TARGET DATE NOV. 16. … THE HOGS WILL BE CUT UP TO JAPANESE CONSUMER STANDARDS TO MEET SPECIFIC MARKET DEMANDS.” ON CARPENTER’S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE TRAVELLING TO TAIWAN, “WELL, SO, FIRST THING TO THINK ABOUT IS I HAD A VERY YOUNG FAMILY AT THE TIME. SO FOR ME TO TRAVEL, WAS NOT A REALLY GOOD THING. ... IT WAS NOT EASY ON US AS A FAMILY, FOR ME TO BE GONE FOR A WEEK OR 10 DAYS AT A TIME. SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, A LITTLE DIFFICULT. THAT BEING THE CASE, I WILL STILL REMEMBER THESE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WERE FORMED AT THAT POINT IN TIME, EVEN WITH MR. QUO. I CALLED HIM UP LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS LIKE WE HADN’T EVER NOT TALKED. (LAUGHS)… WHAT I REMEMBER ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THE JOBS THAT I’VE HAD IS THE PEOPLE I WORKED WITH. THIS WAS NO DIFFERENT, THESE WERE REALLY WONDERFUL FOLKS.” “I HADN’T BEEN TO ASIA VERY MUCH BEFORE THIS. I GO ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR NOW. NOT TO TAIWAN, BUT USUALLY SINGAPORE. BUT, I’VE FOUND SOME INCREDIBLE LESSONS IN TERMS OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW PEOPLE LIVE TOGETHER. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE IN THOSE DAYS, 22 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING ON A STRIP OF LAND ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF AN ISLAND. IT’S PRETTY CROWDED! YOU SAY NORMALLY SPEAKING, IF PEOPLE ARE THAT CROWDED THERE WOULD BE ALL KINDS OF FRICTION, YOU KNOW. THEFTS, AND ROBBERIES, AND PROBLEMS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND YET IF YOU TRAVEL IN ASIA, WHAT YOU FIND IS THERE IS FAR LESS. YOU CAN WALK SAFELY ALMOST ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY... AGAIN, SUCH A WARM AND INVITING EXPERIENCE. WILL NEVER BE DUPLICATED AND I’M REALLY GLAD WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO.” PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE FOR THE FULL INTERVIEW, INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT AND REFERENCED LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES.
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- P20010099022
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- 2002-03
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