TIN, COOKIE

Description: ROUND COOKIE TIN IS GOLD IN COLOR COVERED WITH BUFF-COLORED PAPER LABEL ON THE LID AND AROUND THE SIDE OF THE BOTTOM. ON THE LID IS A PICTURE OF THE COUTTS RAILWAY STATION (ALBERTA). WRITTEN ON THE LABEL IS "SANBRINO COMMEMORATIVE COOKIES, ISSUED 25 NOVEMBER 1999, NET WT.450 G, PRODUCED AT STIRLING HERITAGE CREAMERY CP 97 STIRLING AB T0K 2E0". THIS IS ALSO WRITTEN IN FRENCH. AROUND THE SIDES OF THE BOTTOM IS A LABEL WITH A PICTURE OF A TRAIN. ON EACH RAILWAY CAR IS WRITTEN SOME ASPECT OF THE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA

History: THE COOKIE TIN BELONGED TO CORA J. HASTINGS. IT CONTAINED SHORTBREAD COOKIES . MS. HASTINGS PURCHASED TWO COMMEMORATIVE COOKIE TINS AT JAPAN CAMERA IN PARK PLACE MALL (LETHBRIDGE) IN NOVEMBER 1999. THE TINS WERE SOLD ON BEHALF OF THE GREAT PLAINS RAILWAY SOCIETY TRUST FUND. COST APPROXIMATELY $14.95. ONE WAS GIVEN TO THE DONOR'S FRIEND, WHO IS GREATLY INTERESTED IN RAILWAY HISTORY. MS. HASTINGS CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1967 WHEN SHE ACCEPTED A JOB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE. SHE IS THE ONLY MEMBER OF HER FAMILY IN CANADA *NOTE* DONOR DOES NOT WISH TO BE IDENTIFIED WHEN ITEM IS DISPLAYED. (REFER TO PAST DONATIONS IN THE MUSEUM AND THE ARCHIVES FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CORA J. HASTINGS). *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A COLLECTION AUDIT, WHICH INCLUDED ARTIFACTS DONATED BY CORA HASTINGS. RESEARCH CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE AUDIT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN IDENTIFYING THE DONOR'S NEXT-OF-KIN. ATTACHED TO THE ARTIFACT'S PERMANENT FILE IS THE OBITUARY OF HASTINGS. IT READS: "CORA JEWELL HASTINGS DIED IN LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA ON JANUARY 30, 2011. BORN IN MERCER, PENNSYLVANIA, ON DECEMBER 7TH, 1925, CORA IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1967 TO ACCEPT A POSITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE. SHW WAS THE FOUNDING COORDINATOR OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION CURRICULUM LABORATORY LOCATED IN THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. SHE RETIRED FROM THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION IN 1984." FOR FULL OBITUARY, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.