ALBUM, RECORD

Description: 1. CASE, HEAVY CARDBOARD BOX. 2 PIECES. INNER PIECES SLIPS INTO OUTER PIECE. ON OUTSIDE FRONT OF BOX READS "COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF ORIGINAL RECORDINGS THE GREAT BAND ERA". BACKGROUND OF FRONT IS MUSIC NOTES. REST OF OUTER PIECE IS ORANGE. INNER PIECE IS WHITE, AND ON FRONT READS "THE GREAT BAND ERA (1936-1945)", IN GOLD. TOP PART OF FRONT PIECE FLIPS DOWN, AND GIVES A LIST OF THE RECORDS, AND SONGS, IN THE COLLECTION. 2. BOOKLET. FRONT PAGE HAS A PENCIL SKETCH (PRINT) OF A BAND AND PEOPLE WATCHING THEM. ABOVE THIS READS "1936 THE STORY OF THE GREAT BANDS 1945". BOOKLET'S PAGE NUMBERS GO UP TO 23. 3. RECORDS. 10 BLACK VINYL RECORDS. EACH RECORD HAS A RED LABEL ON BOTH SIDES, THAT READ "READER'S DIGEST RCA CUSTOM STEREOPHONIC ELECTRONICALLY PRODUCED MADE FOR READER'S DIGEST IN CYCLOPHONIC SOUND BY RCA VICTOR COMPANY, LTD.". EACH RECORD IS IN A PAPER SLEEVE, EITHER PINK, BLUE, OR MUSTARD COLOURED. EACH SLEEVE HAS A PENCIL SKETCH (PRINT) ON IT, AND THE NAME OF THE ARTSIT IN WHTIE. EACH SLEEVE IS ALSO NUMBERED (FROM 1 TO 10) AND LISTS THE SONGS ON THE RECORD.

History: DONOR PASSED AWAY AUGUST 3, 2001. BORN 10 MAY 1919 IN CARDIFF, ALBERTA, HE WAS RAISED IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF EDMONTON. IN 1945 HE MARRIED MOLLY AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HE PRACTICED CIVIL ENGINEERING FOR 30 YEARS IN THE FIRM MEECH, MITCHELL, ROBINS AND WATSON. UPON RETIREMENT, HE PRACTICED CONSULTING, AND CONTINUED HIS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. HE AND HIS WIFE ENJOYED VACATIONING IN MONTANA AND ARIZONA, BUT MADE SOUTHERN ALBERTA THEIR HOME BECAUSE THEY LOVED IT. MAURICE'S WIFE MOLLY PASSED AWAY JUST PRIOR TO HIM. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING A TABLE PAD. ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE DONORS' NEXT-OF-KIN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. LETHBRIDGE HERALD RESEARCH ADDS TO THE INITIAL DOCUMENTATION. MOLLY MITCHELL WAS BORN IN ENGLAND AND GREW UP IN EDMONTON, WHERE SHE MET HER HUSBAND MAURICE MITCHELL. THE COUPLE HAD THREE CHILDREN: MAURA, KURT, AND SCOTT. AFTER RAISING HER FAMILY IN LETHBRIDGE, MOLLY RETURNED TO WORK AS A SOCIAL WORKER. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES.; *UPDATE* IN 2021 TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING OTHER ARTIFACTS WITHIN THIS COLLECTION. RESEARCH CONDUCTED INTO THE DONOR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE AS A RESULT OF THE AUDIT WORK.