Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CITY OF LETHBRIDGE

Date

1987

Materials

BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.8

Length

3.8

Width

3.0

Description

BRASS PIN. TOP OF PIN IS IN THE SHAPE OF A CIRCLE. BORDER OF CIRCLE IS GREEN, AND READS "CITY OF LETHBRIDGE". CENTER OF CIRCLE HAS CITY CREST IN IT, CONSISTING OF A CIRCLE SURMOUNTED BY A CROWN. WITHIN BORDER OF CIRCLE READS "CITY OF LETHBRIDGE 1890 1906". IN CENTER OF CIRCLE IS THE IMAGE OF A SHEAF OF WHEAT, A COAL MINER'S PICK, AND A TRAIN. BELOW CIRCLE IS A LANDSCAPE WITH MOUNTAINS AND A BANNER THAT READS "AD OCCASIONIS JANUAM". AT BOTTOM OF PIN IS A RECTANGLE, WITHIN WHICH IS ETCHED "86-87 AWARDS". STAMPED INTO BACK OF PIN IS "TAIWAN". BACK OF PIECE HAS A PIN AND CLASP.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

ANNE CAMPBELL, 16 JUNE 1912-, WAS BORN IN SUTHERLAND, SASKATCHEWAN, NOW A PART OF SASKATOON. HER PARENTS WERE JOHN AND THOMASINA COWIE, SCOTTISH IMMIGRANTS. MRS. COWIE SANG IN ST PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH CHOIR AND MR. COWIE SANG AT HOME. ANNE BEGAN SINGING AT AGE EIGHT, AND BY AGE 14 SHE WAS CONDUCTING THE JUNIOR CHOIR OF ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH IN SUTHERLAND. IN SASKATOON, ANNE STUDIED PIANO WITH LYLE GUSTIN AND VOICE WITH F.B. MORRISON. SHE ALSO STUDIED WITH DR. ERNEST VINCI OF TORONTO. MR. GUSTIN ENCOURAGED ANNE TO TAKE MUSIC COURSES AT ST. ANDREWS COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN. ANNE EVENTUALLY EARNED AN A.R.C.T. FROM THE TORONTO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, AS WELL AS AN A. MUS (ASSOCIATE IN MUSIC) AND L. MUS (LICENCIATE IN MUSIC), BOTH IN PIANO. IN 1939 ANNE MARRIED DON CAMPBELL AT WESTMINTSER UNITED CHURCH IN SASKATOON. AFTER THEY WERE MARRIED, THE CAMPBELLS MOVED TO CALGARY SO THAT DON COULD BEGIN A JOB AS A TRAVELING SALESMAN WITH MARSHALL WELLS HARDWARE. THEIR SONS MAC AND STEWART WERE BORN IN CALGARY, IN 1943 AND 1947 RESPECTIVELY. AFTER 1947 DON BECAME MANAGER OF THE HYDE AND SUNDAL HARDWARE STORE IN PICTURE BUTTE. DON EVENTUALLY BOUGHT THE STORE, CHANGED ITS NAME TO CAMPBELL HARDWARE AND WAS IN BUSINESS FOR 31½ YEARS. SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH ASKED ANNE TO FORM AN ALL GIRLS YOUTH CHOIR IN 1953, AND THE CAMPBELLS MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. THE CHOIR ACCEPTED GIRLS FROM ALL OVER SOUTHERN ALBERTA. THE JUNIOR CHOIR SANG AT CHURCH SERVICES ONCE A MONTH, AND PERFORMED OPERETTAS IN THE SOUTHMINSTER CHURCH HALL. IN 1964 ANNE FORMED THE TEEN CLEFS, A 20 MEMBER CHAMBER CHOIR WITH GIRLS OF HIGH SCHOOL AGE. IN 1967 ANNE WAS INVITED TO TAKE THE GROUP TO MONTREAL FOR A PERFORMANCE AT EXPO 67. IN 1968 THE ANNE CAMPBELL SINGERS WERE FORMED. THE CHOIR WENT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM THAT YEAR TO COMPETE AT THE TEESIDE INTERNATIONAL EISTEDDFOD IN YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND AND THE LLANGOLLEN INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL EISTEDDFOD IN WALES. UNTIL THE EARLY 1990S THE CHOIR CONTINUED TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT CANADA AND OVERSEAS, AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPETE IN MANY MUSIC FESTIVALS. THE UNITED KINGDOM, DENMARK, BELGIUM, AUSTRIA AND JAPAN WERE AMONG THE COUNTRIES VISITED BY THE ANNE CAMPBELL SINGERS. AS GIRLS FROM THE JUNIOR CHOIR AND ANNE CAMPBELL SINGERS GREW OLDER, ANNE FORMED THE LINNET SINGERS SO THAT THOSE WHO WISHED COULD CONTINUE IN A CHOIR. THE LINNET SINGERS ALSO TRAVELED AND COMPETED EXTENSIVELY. ANNE CREATED THE MINI CHOIR AS A TRAINING GROUP FOR GIRLS SIX TO EIGHT YEARS OLD. SOME FORMER MEMBERS OF ANNE’S CHOIRS HAVE ESTABLISHED SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN MUSIC AS TEACHERS, CHOIR LEADERS AND OPERA SINGERS. ANNE CAMPBELL HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN A DOZEN AWARDS FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHORAL MUSIC IN CANADA, INCLUDING THE ORDER OF CANADA IN 1977 AND HONOURARY DOCTOR OF LAWS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE IN 1983. ANNE’S CHOIRS HAVE WON MORE THAN 20 AWARDS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS. THE CHOIRS RECORDED 14 ALBUMS, AND WERE BROADCAST MANY TIMES BY THE CBC AND CKUA RADIO. THE GIRLS SANG MANY TYPES OF MUSIC: MADRIGALS, FOLK SONGS, SACRED MUSIC AND SHOW TUNES. THEY SANG AT VARIOUS TIMES IN ENGLISH, JAPANESE, GERMAN AND FRENCH. IN THE MID 1990S ANNE CAMPBELL RETIRED FROM ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CHOIRS. IN 1999 SHE MOVED TO COCHRANE, ALBERTA TO LIVE NEAR HER SON STEWART AND HIS FAMILY. *UPDATE* ACCORDING TO HER LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY, ANNE CAMPBELL PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 13, 2011, AT THE AGE OF 98 YEARS. SEE PERMANENT FILE P20000018000 FOR A COPY OF A TRIBUTE ARTICLE FROM THE APRIL 18, 2011 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON DEVELOPED INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE CREST, OR COAT OF ARMS. THE COAT-OF-ARMS OF LETHBRIDGE IS AN OFFICIAL SYMBOL OF THE CITY. LETHBRIDGE WAS INCORPORATED AS A CITY ON MAY 6, 1906. ON JULY 2, 1907 A COMMITTEE APPROVED AN OFFER BY ALDERMAN CHARLES BROUGHTON BOWMAN TO DONATE A $25 CASH AWARD FOR THE BEST CITY COAT-OF-ARMS DESIGN. THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST WAS REV. JOHN STANLEY CHIVERS, RECTOR OF ST. AUGUSTINE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. HIS DESIGN WAS FORMALLY ADOPTED BY MOTION OF COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1907. TODAY, THE 1907 CITY COAT-OF-ARMS IS KNOWN AS THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE CREST. THE CROWN ABOVE THE COAT-OF-ARMS SIGNIFIES CANADA’S ALLEGIANCE TO THE BRITISH CROWN. THE CENTRAL MEDALLION WAS ROUNDED WITH THREE DIVISIONS: BLUE (AZURE), RED (GULES) AND BROWN (OCHRE) WITH SYMBOLS REPRESENTING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE CITY’S ECONOMY IN 1906-07: COAL MINING (ARM WITH MINER’S PICK), TRANSPORTATION (LOCOMOTIVE), AND AGRICULTURE (WHEAT SHEAF). THE CIRCULAR SCROLL READS “CITY OF LETHBRIDGE 1890-1906”, THE TOWN AND CITY INCORPORATION YEARS, RESPECTIVELY. THE PANORAMIC VIEW BELOW PORTRAYED THE WHEAT FIELDS AND MINE WORKING BUILDINGS OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS, RESTING ON THE CITY MOTTO: AD OCCASION JANUAM (LATIN FOR "GATEWAY TO OPPORTUNITY"). ACCORDING TO A LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE ON THE CREST’S ORIGINS FROM THE JULY 2, 1985, CHIVERS’ DESIGN “CAPTURED THE ESSENCE OF WHAT LETHBRIDGE CONSIDERED ITSELF TO BE.” ANOTHER HERALD ARTICLE FROM AUGUST 20, 2005 PRESENTS RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY LOCAL HISTORIAN ALEX JOHNSTON AND THEN-GALT ARCHIVIST GREG ELLIS ON REVEREND CHIVERS HIMSELF: “REV. JOHN STANLEY CHIVERS ARRIVED [IN LETHBRIDGE] IN FEBRUARY 1904 TO MINISTER TO THE FLOCK AT ST. AUGUSTINE’S… NOT MUCH ELSE IS KNOWN ABOUT CHIVERS’ LIFE UNTIL OCTOBER 1909 WHEN HE TENDERED HIS RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE JANUARY 31, 1910. THE WORDS THEMSELVES ARE TAME BUT JOHNSTON’S RESEARCH INDICATES CHIVERS DIVORCED HIS WIFE AND MARRIED A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CHURCH CHOIR, WHO WAS NONE OTHER THAN THE WIDOW OF GEORGE ROGERS, MAYOR WHEN THE CITY INCORPORATED IN 1906. ROGERS HAD DIED IN LATE APRIL 1909. SO, DHIVERS AND THE WIDOW OBVIOUSLY FOUND THEMSELVES IN HARMONY, AND MRS. CHIVERS LIKELY DIDN’T TAKE IT WELL. ‘LETHBRIDGE WAS NOT A LARGE TOWN AT THE TIME AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE SCANDAL IT CAUSED. THERE WERE PROBABLY QUITE A FEW TONGUES WAGGING AROUND LETHBRIDGE AS THIS AFFAIR DEVELOPED,’ ELLIS SAID… ACCORDING TO JOHNSTON’S RESEARCH, REV. CHIVERS EVENTUALLY WENT TO RENO, GOT A QUICKIE DIVORCE AND MARRIED THE FORMER MRS. ROGERS IN CALIFORNIA. ‘FROM THAT POINT IN WE DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REVEREND,’ ELLIS SAID.” FOR HARD COPIES OF THE CREST DESCRIPTION FROM THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE WEBSITE AND LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19820067000. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A COLLECTIONS SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS, WHICH INCLUDED ITEMS DONATED BY ANNE CAMPBELL. AS PART OF THE SURVEY, CAMPBELL'S SON, STEWART CAMPBELL, REVIEWED A NUMBER OF ITEMS FROM THE CAMPBELL DONATION, INCLUDING THIS PIN. IN AN EMAIL EXCHANGE, STEWART CAMPBELL ADDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ARTIFACT: "CITY OF LETHBRIDGE AWARDS TO ANNE CAMPBELL FOR HER WORK TEACHING MUSIC AND CONDUCTING GIRLS CHOIRS." PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR CAMPBELL'S ARTIFACT NOTES.

UPDATE 8 FEBRUARY 2024: INTERVIEW CONDUCTED WITH ANNE CAMPBELL'S GRANDDAUGHTER LOUISE CAMPBELL AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW JESSIE CAMPBELL ON 26 JULY 2023. THE FOCUS OF THE INTERVIEW WAS ANNE'S ORDER OF CANADA APPOINTMENT; HOWEVER, COMMENTS WERE ALSO INCLUSIVE OF ANNE'S BROADER CHOIR ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY IMPACT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE THIS RECORD'S PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20000018054

Acquisition Date

2001-08

Collection

Museum

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