Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SOUTHERN ALBERTA SUMMER GAMES BUTTON

Date

1985

Materials

METAL, PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.7

Diameter

5.6

Description

BUTTON COMMEMORATES THE "SOUTHERN ALBERTA SUMMER GAMES" THAT WERE HELD IN "PINCHER CREEK" IN "1985". AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BUTTON THE DATES THE GAMES WERE HELD ARE LISTED, "JULY 17 - 20TH". THE FACE OF THE BUTTON HAS AN IMAGE OF A CARTOON MOUNTIE (?) KNEELING BY A RIVER NEXT TO A GREY HORSE WITH A PAIR OF PINCHERS IN HIS HAND. OUTSIDE OF THIS COLOR IMAGE THE MAIN COLORATION OF THE PIN IS WHITE WITH SOME ORANGE AROUND THE PICTURE, AND BLACK TEXT. THE BACK OF THE PIN IS SILVER WITH A LONG METAL CLASP.

Subjects

ADVERTISING MEDIUM

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

SPORTS

History

THIS PIN IS FROM THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA SUMMER GAMES HELD IN 1985. BELONGED TO THE DONORS FATHER-IN-LAW (CLARENCE LEECK) WHO WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THESE GAMES, CLARENCE ORGANIZED A LOT OF THEM. LIVED AND WORKED IN PICTURE BUTTE, ALSO RETIRED THERE. **UPDATE 9 APRIL 2020: IN 2018, GALT COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A RELEVANCY AUDIT OF THE MUSEUM’S ETHNOGRAPHIC COLLECTION WHICH INCLUDED AN EXAMINATION OF CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT RECORDS, DONATED BY DUANE KING IN 2001. PUNDYK CONTACTED THE DONOR’S SPOUSE LEONA KING ON NOVEMBER 5, 2018 TO SOLICIT COMMENTS FROM HER ON THE ENTIRE DONATION OFFER (P20010079001-005). KING ATTRIBUTED ALL OBJECTS TO EITHER HER GRANDMOTHER MYRTLE TIDBALL OR HER PARENTS CLARENCE AND EILEEN LEEK. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE ARTIFACT, LEONA SAID, “THE SUMMER GAMES’ PIN. THIS WAS FOR PINCHER CREEK. I DON’T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC GAMES BUT I KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MY DAD, CLARENCE LEECK, WOULD HAVE DONE. BECAUSE MY DAD VOLUNTEERED FOR EVERYTHING, ALL THE TIME. HE WAS A MEMBER OF A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, THE ELKS CLUB, AND THE LIONS, MEMBER OF THE CHURCH AND WHENEVER THE CHURCH NEEDED FUND-RAISING MONEY, THEN HE’D BE GOING AROUND, KNOCKING ON DOORS AND THEY HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD DO.” “THE SUMMER GAMES – YEAH, THAT DOESN’T SURPRISE ME THAT HE WOULD HAVE THIS PIN BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS GAVE - THE VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS GOT SOME SORT OF PIN OR SOMETHING TO WEAR. AND PINCHER CREEK? I KNEW HE DID A LOT OF VOLUNTEERING IN PICTURE BUTTE BUT TO TRAVEL TO PINCHER CREEK? YEAH. DOESN’T ACTUALLY SURPRISE ME TOO MUCH THAT HE WOULD DO THAT. AND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE WOULD OFTEN, IN LATER YEARS, COME INTO LETHBRIDGE AND VOLUNTEER FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND I REMEMBER HIM PUTTING HIS BARBECUE IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND DRIVING IN AND THEY’D DO A BARBECUE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WORKING ON THE HOUSE OR WHATEVER. YEAH, THAT WAS MY DAD.” PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE TO ACCESS THE INTERVIEW AND INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT.

Catalogue Number

P20010079001

Acquisition Date

2001-12

Collection

Museum

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