Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

BOY SCOUT'S SCARF

Date Range From

1980

Date Range To

1990

Materials

COTTON

No. Pieces

2

Height

0.2

Length

93.2

Width

47.0

Description

TRIANGULAR SCARF. BROWN WITH 1.3CM WIDE ORANGE EDGING ON TWO SHORT SIDES. THERE ARE TWO BADGES SEWN ONTO LOWER CORNER OF SCARF. ONE BADGE IS RECTANGULAR WITH A SLIGHTLY ROUNDED TOP SIDE. BADGE HAS A WHITE BACKGROUND AND IS PRINTED WITH NAVY BLUE. IN CENTER OF BADGE IS THE IMAGE OF AN OIL DRILL WITH A STALK OF WHEAT ON EITHER SIDE. BADGE READS "SYN-CORE DRILLING LTD.". EDGES OF BADGE ARE FINISHED WITH NAVY BLUE THREAD. SECOND BADGE IS RECTANGULAR AND EMBROIDERED; WHITE BACKGROUND. FEATURES THE IMAGE OF A YOUNG BOY. ABOVE HIM READS "1ST" IN BLUE, AND BELOW HIM READS "COALHURST" IN BLACK. EDGES OF BADGE ARE FINISHED IN BLACK THREAD. SCARF CAME WITH A SILVER SAFETY PIN STUCK THROUGH IT (REMOVED BY CATALOGUER).

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

History

SCOUTING HAS CHANGED ITS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND THE LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT HAS BEEN ABSORBED INTO A WIDER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. ON MAY 25TH 2000, OFFICE OFFICIALLY CLOSED BUT BOY SCOUTS STILL REMAIN IN OFFICE. DUE TO FEAR OF ITEMS LOSS THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM. SCOUTING IN LETHBRIDGE BEGAN IN 1914. SEE P20000041001-5-GA FOR MORE HISTORY ON SCOUTING IN LETHBRIDGE. *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 IDENTIFIED THE TEXTILE: “THIS [NECKERCHIEF] WAS [FROM] COALHURST, I BELIEVE. YES, IT’S ACTUALLY GOT 1ST COALHURST, RIGHT THERE [ON THE NECKERCHIEF]…” RON TALKED ABOUT THE USE OF NECKERCHIEFS AND THE PATCHES: “THIS WAS PART OF THEIR DRESS UNIFORM. OR, A LOT OF TIMES, BOYS WOULD WEAR AN ACTIVITY SHIRT (LIKE A T-SHIRT), BUT THEY COULD WEAR THEIR NECKER WITH IT. SO, IT BASICALLY IDENTIFIED [THEIR GROUP], SO THESE WERE THEIR GROUP COLORS… SYNCORE WAS A BUSINESS THAT OPERATES OUT OF COALHURST, AND THEY WERE THEIR SPONSOR. SO, THIS WAS A COMMUNITY GROUP SPONSORED BY THE SYNCORE BUSINESS. AND, THEN, THIS WAS THE PATCH THAT THEY CREATED AS PART OF THEIR SPONSOR PATCH.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO SEE THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20000098005

Acquisition Date

2001-07

Collection

Museum

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