Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1965

Date Range To

1975

Materials

BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.7

Length

4.8

Width

4.0

Description

BRASS OVAL RING, WITH THE WORD "MOTHER" WITHIN RING IN SCRIPT. BACK HAS A STRAIGHT PIN AND ROTATING CLASP.

Subjects

ADORNMENT

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

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. *** NARRATIVE BELOW SOLICITED FROM ELAINE LIEBELT IN EARLY 2010 WHEN THIS ARTIFACT WAS EXHIBITED AS PART OF THE GALT’S TREASURES & CURIOSITIES DISPLAY. THE NARRATIVE BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE ARTIFACT’S LABEL COPY IN THE EXHIBIT. "THE BROOCH WAS DONATED TO THE GALT BY MY FAMILY AFTER MY PARENTS DIED. WE THINK THE “MOTHER” BROOCH WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY MY GRANDMOTHER, ETTA MAE (CULLER) WOITTE AND GIFTED TO OUR MOTHER PEARL EMMA (WOITTE) LIEBELT. BUT BECAUSE WE DIDN’T ASK SOON ENOUGH, THAT INFORMATION IS NOW LOST BECAUSE BOTH HAVE PASSED AWAY. MY MOTHER, PEARL, WORE THIS BROOCH OFTEN. IT WAS ONE OF SEVERAL PIECES OF JEWELRY THAT WERE SPECIAL TO HER. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US, HER FOUR CHILDREN, ONCE WE COULD READ THE WORD “MOTHER” ON THE BROOCH. I SOMETIMES WONDERED WHY MY MOTHER NEVER SOUGHT OUT A CAREER BECAUSE SHE WAS SO CAPABLE IN SO MANY AREAS. LATER, I REALIZED SHE HAD A CAREER, THE ONE SHE REALLY WANTED – MOTHER. MY MOM WAS AN EXCELLENT, SUPPORTIVE AND CARING WOMAN; ALL THAT ANY CHILD WOULD WANT IN A MOTHER. SHE WAS “AUNTIE PEARL” TO WARNER CHILDREN AND TEENS SPANNING A COUPLE OF GENERATIONS BUT SHE WAS OUR MOM!" ***

Catalogue Number

P20010047021

Acquisition Date

2001-12

Collection

Museum

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