Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SEWING AIDS

Date Range From

1955

Date Range To

1965

Materials

CARDBOARD, STEEL, YARN

No. Pieces

47

Height

0.6

Length

14.3

Width

8.0

Description

BLUE CARDBOARD 'BOOK'. FRONT COVER READS "NEWEY'S SEWING AIDS HOOKS AND EYES, SNAP FASTENERS, PINS, NEEDLES AND SAFETY PINS". BOOK IS HELD TOGETHER WITH 2 SPLIT PINS. FIRST PAGE READS "PINS D.F. TAYLER & CO., LTD.". THERE IS A PIECE OF COTTON GLUED TO FIRST PAGE WITH PINKED EDGES AND 23 PINS STUCK THROUGH IT. SECOND PAGE READS "HOOKS & EYES BY NEWEY BROS. LTD.", AND HAS 8 SETS OF HOOKS AND EYES ATTACHED. THIRD PAGE READS "NEEDLES D.F. TAYLER & CO., LTD.". THERE IS A PIECE OF COTTON MATERIAL GLUED TO THIS PAGE, WITH PINKED EDGES AND 13 VARIOUS SIZES OF NEEDLES STUCK THROUGH IT. ONE OF THE NEEDLES HAS A PIECE OF BLACK YARN THREADED THROUGH IT; ANOTHER HAS YELLOW EMBROIDERY THREAD IN IT. LAST PAGE READS "SNAP FASTENERS" AND IS EMPTY. THERE IS A PRICE TAG ON INSIDE OF BACK COVER THAT READS "KRESGE'S".

Subjects

TEXTILEWORKING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

ITEMS CAME FROM THE HOME OF PEARL AND JACOB LIEBELT, WHO LIVED IN WARNER, FARMED EAST OF WARNER, AND RETIRED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1996. PEARL WAS BORN IN WARNER TO GEORGE AND ETTA MAE WOITTE, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918. JACOB WAS BORN IN ANAMOOSE, NORTH DAKOTA AUGUST 1, 1910. JACOB WENT TO WORK AT THE AGE OF 12 OR 13 IN THE MILK RIVER AND WARNER AREA. EVENTUALLY MET AND MARRIED PEARL WOITTE, NOVEMBER 12, 1938, AND BUILT A SUBSTANTIAL FARMING OPERATION. PEARL WAS SECRETARY OF THE WARNER SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, WOMEN'S INSTITUTE GIRLS CLUB, AND FARM WOMEN'S UNION OF ALBERTA. SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY PROPERLY DRESSED WITH HATS AND GLOVES WHEN SHE ATTENDED LOCAL FUNCTIONS. JACOB WAS VERY INVOLVED IN FARMING, SPORTS, LIONS CLUB, AND ELKS CLUB. SEE P20010047001 FOR LIEBELT FAMILY HISTORY AND P20010047047 FOR DONOR (ELAINE LIEBELT) HISTORY. ___________ AT THE GALT’S REQUEST, DONOR ELAINE LIEBELT PROVIDED MORE DETAILS WITH REGARDS TO HER FAMILY'S AND HER OWN USE OF RESPECTIVE OBJECTS IN THE LIEBELT COLLECTION ON 31 AUGUST 2011. HER ORIGINAL COMMENTS AS TO THIS OBJECT ARE AS FOLLOWS: “SHE WAS EXTENSIVELY INVOLVED IN THE ALBERTA WOMEN’S INSTITUTE. PEARL WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL CRAFTER. PEARL’S HANDS WERE NEVER IDLE. SHE WOULD BE KNITTING, CROCHETING OR TATTING WHILE THE FAMILY WAS DRIVING IN THE CAR. IT WAS AMAZING THAT SHE ALWAYS SEEMED TO NOTICE MORE ACTIVITY OUTSIDE THE CAR THAN DAD, THE DRIVER, OR WE, THE KIDS, DID. SHE SEEMED TO NEVER HAVE TO LOOK AT HER WORK WHILE SHE WAS DOING IT. SHE COULD KNIT, TAT, QUILT, CROCHET, FABRIC PAINT, ETC. AND SHE PASSED HER SKILLS ON TO MANY YOUNG GIRLS IN WARNER AND DISTRICT THROUGH THE AWI GIRLS CLUB. BEFORE JAKE AND PEARL LEFT WARNER TO MOVE TO LETHBRIDGE, PEARL TAUGHT SOME OF HER GREAT NIECES AND THEIR FRIENDS HOW TO TAT. NO ONE ELSE IN THE FAMILY REMAINED WHO KNEW HOW TO TAT. PEARL LEFT BEHIND, A HUGE ARRAY OF HAND CRAFTED ITEMS. SHE HAD ENOUGH QUILTS SO THAT EVERY CHILD AND GRANDCHILD RECEIVED ONE. ELAINE HAS RETAINED A BOX OF HER CROCHET, TATTING, AND EMBROIDERY. AS EACH OF HER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN MARRIES, A “GIFT FROM GREAT GRANDMA PEARL” CONSISTING OF A FEW PIECES OF HER WORK IS GIVEN TO THE CHILD AS A WEDDING GIFT.”

Catalogue Number

P20010047006

Acquisition Date

2001-12

Collection

Museum

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