ALBUM, RECORD

Description: 1. DUST COVER - DUAL COVER (CAN HOLD 2 RECORDS). ON FRONT IS AN INDOOR SCENE INCLUDING FLOWERS IN A VASE, A WOMAN'S PORTRAIT IN A FRAME, A SHEET OF MUSIC, SOME BOOKS, A LOCKET AND CHAIN, ETCETERA. IT READS "BECAUSE OF ELIZABETH". INSIDE COVER IS A SKETCH OF MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND A STORY ENTITLED "BECAUSE OF ELIZABETH". BACK OF COVER IS DARK PURPLE WITH WHITE PRINT. TOP OF BACK COVER READS "THE RELIEF SOCIETY OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS". 2. SLEEVE - PLAIN, PAPER SLEEVE. HAS A CIRCULAR HOLE IN CENTER. PAPER IS YELLOWED. 3. RECORD - BLACK VINYL, WITH A LIGHT YELLOWISH LABEL ON EACH SIDE. THE TOP OF EACH LABEL READS "BECAUSE OF ELIZABETH". 4. INSERT - A PRINT, FOLDED IN THREE. ONE SIDE HAS A PICTURE OF A WOMAN IN A BURGUNDY DRESS, WALKING OUTDOORS IN THE WINTER; THERE ARE A FEW SCATTERED BUILDINGS BEHIND HER. IT IS SIGNED IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER "LYLE BEDDES".

History: RECORDS AND 8-TRACKS IN COLLECTION WERE DONATED ALONG WITH A CABINET RECORD/8-TRACK PLAYER THAT WAS ACCEPTED BY MUSEUM AS AN EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION. COLLECTION BELONGED TO VERNA BROWN, WHO BOUGHT THE PLAYER IN 1971 IN TABER, SURROUNDING AREA. THE PLAYER WAS USED UNTIL VERNA MOVED TO A SENIORS LODGE JANUARY 2000. THE PLAYER WAS PURCHASED WITH FUNDS FROM VERNA'S MOTHERS ESTATE AFTER HER PASSING IN JANUARY 1971. MOTHER ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA IN 1915.