Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

BOY SCOUT'S SCARF

Date Range From

1980

Date Range To

1990

Materials

FLANNEL, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Description

1. 0.2(H) x 118.5(L) x 39.5(W) TRIANGULAR FLANNEL SCARF. OBVERSE OF SCARF IS PRINTED WITH A BROWN AND BLACK LEOPARD PATTERN; PATTERN IS DARKER TOWARDS CENTER. SCARF HAS A 1.0 CM HEM ON THE TWO SHORT SIDES; LONGEST SIDE HAS A RAW FACTORY EDGE. 2. 0.2(H) x 123.6(L) x 53.9(W) TRIANGULAR COTTON SCARF. OBVERSE OF SCARF HAS A LEOPARD PRINT ON IT, IN ORANGEY-BROWN, BLACK, AND GREEN. ALL EDGES HAVE ABOUT A 1.0CM HEM AROUND THEM. HAS NO OTHER IDENTIFYING MARKS.

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

History

SCARVES CAME FOLDED IN A PLASTIC BAG WITH A TAG THAT IDENTIFIED THEM AS BELONGING TO THE 24TH LETHBRIDGE SCOUT TROOP. SEE P20000098001-GA FOR MORE HISTORY. *UPDATE 2021* ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2021, A COLLECTIONS RESEARCH ASSISTANT INTERN MET WITH RON SHIELDS TO DISCUSS A NUMBER OF OBJECTS RELATED TO BOY SCOUTS IN THE COLLECTION. THIS WAS INITIATED THROUGH THE 2021 ROLLED TEXTILE AUDIT. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS DERIVED FROM THE INTERVIEW. WHEN ASKED TO DESCRIBE HIS CONNECTION TO LOCAL SCOUTING, RON REPLIED: “…I’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SCOUTING IN THE LETHBRIDGE AREA FOR OVER 45 YEARS, BUT I SERVED AS DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FROM 1992 UNTIL 2000, AND THEN I SERVED AS AREA COMMISSIONER…AND VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS SINCE.” RON TALKED ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF LEOPARD PRINT NECKERCHIEFS “…THIS IS ACTUALLY MY GROUP—LETHBRIDGE 20TH… THE ORIGINAL NECKER, THEY COULDN’T GET THE PROPER COLORED FABRICS FOR ANYMORE, AND SO THEY HELD A GROUP MEETING, AND IT WAS DECIDED BY THE YOUTH, THEY WANTED TO GO WITH A LEOPARD PRINT.” “…THEY USED THE…[PATTERN WITH LARGER BLACK SPOTS] FOR YEARS, BUT THEN IT GOT WHERE THEY COULDN’T GET THAT FABRIC ANYMORE. SO, THE NEXT ONE WAS THE CLOSEST COMPARISON TO IT…” “…THAT WAS THE YOUTH THAT DECIDED THAT THAT’S WHAT THEY WANTED FOR THEIR NECKER.” RON CLARIFIED THE DIFFERENT SCOUT GROUPS THAT USED THE NECKCHIEFS: “THAT’S 24TH LETHBRIDGE… ACTUALLY…FOR A WHILE, 24TH LETHBRIDGE AND 20TH LETHBRIDGE RAN AS A COMBINED GROUP FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, SO THIS [NECKERCHIEF] WAS ALSO USED AS LETHBRIDGE 20TH.” RON REVEALED WHAT YEAR THE NECKCHIEFS WERE USED: “…IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BACK, I WOULD SAY, IN…1982-1983… THAT WAS THEIR NECKER COLLAR UP UNTIL PROBABLY 1998-99.” AS FOR THIS SPECIFIC BOY SCOUT GROUP, RON SAID: “…IT WAS GOING UP UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO SEE THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20000098058

Acquisition Date

2001-07

Collection

Museum

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