Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1970

Materials

BRASS, SILVER, SATIN WEAVE RIBBON

No. Pieces

8

Height

0.5

Length

10.0

Width

2.6

Description

A BLACK SATIN WEAVE RIBBON WITH A TIN SAFETY PIN ATTACHED AT TOP, AND 5 OTHER PINS ATTACHED DOWN ITS LENGTH. 1: A BRASS PIN WITH GREEN AND WHITE ENAMEL. HAS THE LETTERS "A W C W" ON IT. HAS A WHITE 4 POINTED STAR, OVER A WHITE RING IN THE CENTER. BACK OF PIN READS "FATTORINI & SONS 38 BARR ST. BIRMINGHAM". 2: STERLING SILVER WITH BLUE ENAMEL. PIN IS IN THE SHAPE OF A CREST WITH "AWI" IN THE CENTER, AND "FOR HOME AND COUNTRY" AT TOP AND BOTTOM, WITH TWO MAPLE LEAVES ON THE SIDES. BELOW CREST READS "YEARS". SUSPENDED FROM PIN BY TWO CHAINS IS THE NUMBER "40". BACK OF PIN READS "BIRKS". 3: SQUARE SHAPED BRASS PIN WITH BLUE, WHITE, GREEN, RED, AND BLACK ENAMEL. PIN FEATURES A WHITE RING WITH "FEDERATED WOMEN'S INSTITUTE OF CANADA" IN IT. IN CENTER OF RING IS A RECTANGLE WITH 20 CREST SYMBOLS IN IT (INCLUDES RAMPANT LIONS, FLEUR DE LIS, MAPLE LEAVES, ETC.). EMBOSSED ON BACK OF PIN IS "BIRKS". 4: BRASS WITH BLUE ENAMEL. PIN IS IN THE SHAPE OF A CREST WITH "AWI" IN THE CENTER, AND "FOR HOME AND COUNTRY" AT TOP AND BOTTOM, WITH TWO MAPLE LEAVES ON THE SIDES. BELOW CREST READS "YEARS". SUSPENDED FROM PIN BY TWO CHAINS IS THE NUMBER "50". BACK OF PIN IS TEXTURIZED. 5: STERLING SILVER PENDANT WITH BLUE ENAMEL. PENDANT IS IN THE SHAPE OF A CREST WITH "AWI" IN THE CENTER, AND "FOR HOME AND COUNTRY" AT TOP AND BOTTOM, WITH TWO MAPLE LEAVES ON THE SIDES. BELOW CREST READS "YEARS". BACK OF PENDANT READS "BIRKS STER". PENDANT IS HELD ONTO RIBBON WITH A BRASS SAFETY PIN.

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Historical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

History

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT DONOR'S MOTHER'S (PEARL LIEBELT) INVOLVEMENT IN THE WARNER ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, PLEASE REFERENCE ARCHIVAL DONATIONS P20001041000 AND P20011070000 AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL, LIEBELT-OWNED A.W.I. OBJECTS. 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 ON 31 AUGUST 2011, DONOR ELAINE LIEBELT AND SISTER MAXINE ANDERSON PROVIDED MORE DETAILS WITH REGARDS TO THEIR MOTHER’S MEMBERSHIP IN THE ALBERTA WOMEN’S INSTITUTE, WARNER BRANCH, PER OBJECTS P20010047020 & 39-46. THE NARRATIVE BELOW WAS SUBMITTED BY THE SISTERS. FOR A COPY OF IT, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE. “MY MOM, PEARL EMMA (WOITTE) LIEBELT, WAS BORN IN WARNER ALBERTA AND ESSENTIALLY LIVED HER WHOLE LIFE IN THE AREA. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WARNER ALBERTA WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ORGANIZATION FOR OVER 50 YEARS. SHE HELD MOST OF THE OFFICES IN THE LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND SHE HELD THEM MORE THAN ONCE. I WAS READING THROUGH THE WARNER WI MINUTES (IN THE GALT ARCHIVES) AND HER NAME WAS ALMOST ALWAYS ON THE EXECUTIVE ON OR A MAJOR COMMITTEE. PEARL WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE WIGC (WOMEN’S INSTITUTE GIRLS CLUB). OUR CLUB NAME WAS THE JOLLY JANES. IT WAS MOST INTERESTING TO HAVE MOM AS OUR TEACHER AND GUIDE WHEN MY SISTER AND I WERE INVOLVE IN THE JOLLY JANES. WE LEARNED ALL SORTS OF HANDICRAFT SKILLS SUCH AS SEWING, CROCHETING, AND, I BELIEVE, WE ALSO LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT COOKING. SHE CONTINUED TEACHING KNITTING, CROCHETING AND TATTING TO THE YOUNG WOMEN AROUND WARNER EVEN AFTER THE CLUB DISBANDED. WHEN MOM WENT TO ANY OF THE DISTRICT MEETINGS, SHE WAS ALWAYS DRESSED IN A SUIT, AND WORE A HAT AND GLOVES. WE KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING. MOM WAS ALSO A COLLECTOR. WHENEVER SHE TRAVELLED OR ATTENDED CONVENTIONS OR EVENTS, WHETHER WITH THE AWI OR WITH DAD AT LIONS CLUB EVENTS, SHE WOULD BRING HOME SOME MEMENTO OF THE OCCASION. THE VARIOUS PIECES OF CHINA WITH AWI LOGOS DONATED TO THE MUSEUM BY HER FAMILY ARE MANY OF THESE COMMEMORATIVE PIECES. THESE DISHES HELD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MOM’S CORNER CABINET IN THE DINING ROOM, ALWAYS ON DISPLAY AND OCCASIONALLY USED TO SERVE CANDIES OR COOKIES. THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE HELD WORK BEE’S WHERE THEY MADE QUILTS AND PERHAPS JUST SOCIALIZED WHILE THEY WORKED ON PROJECTS. SOMETIMES THEY MADE AND RAFFLED QUILTS AND HANDICRAFTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS. I REMEMBER SITTING UNDER THE QUILTING FRAMES WITH OTHER CHILDREN PUSHING NEEDLES UP FROM UNDERNEATH TO HELP THE QUILTERS. THERE WERE ALWAYS GOODIES FOR THE CHILDREN AS WELL AS THE LADIES AT THE END OF THE GATHERINGS. I DON’T REALLY REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT BUSINESS MEETINGS. PERHAPS THE CHILDREN WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE MEETINGS AND SENT OUT TO PLAY. THERE WAS ALWAYS A WI FLOAT IN THE WARNER PARADE. MANY TIMES WE HELPED WITH THE DECORATING.”

Catalogue Number

P20010047046

Acquisition Date

2001-12

Collection

Museum

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