CABINET

Description: RECTANGULAR WOODEN HUTCH WITH DOUBLE DOORS ON FRONT WITH GLASS PANELS. HUTCH HAS LIGHTER FINISH, ONE DRAWER ABOVE GLASS DOORS AND ONE BELOW. GLASS ON DOOR HAS FROSTED GEOMETRIC DESIGN FINISH. FRONT OF HUTCH ON EITHER SIDE OF DOORS HAS RIBBED PATTERN. INSIDE OF DRAWERS AND ON SHELVES INSIDE HUTCH IS BLUE PAISLEY PAPER COVERING.

History: DONOR RELATES THAT THIS CABINET WAS ORIGINAL TO HER FAMILY'S HOME IN VANCOUVER AND CAME TO ALBERTA VIA SLOCAN CITY. DONOR RELATES THAT THE HUTCH WAS USED TO KEEP AND DISPLAY SPECIAL ITEMS AND TRINKETS WHICH WERE SIGNIFICANT TO THE FAMILY. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. FROM AUGUST 29 TO 31, 2011 COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED THE DONOR, JOY KOGAWA, ABOUT HER MEMORIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC OBJECTS THAT SHE DONATED IN 1997. OF THIS ARTIFACT, KOGAWA SAID: “THIS IS THE KITCHEN CABINET… I REMEMBER IT VERY MUCH IN COALDALE, IT WAS CRAMMED FULL OF THINGS. THIS TOP DRAWER HAD NEEDLES AND SCREWS AND TOOLS, THINGS LIKE THAT. IN THE BOTTOM [THERE WERE] ALL KINDS OF DISHES AND KITCHEN THINGS… ON THE TOP THERE WERE PICTURES AND TRINKETS [ON] DISPLAY.” SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.