Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PICTURE BUTTE & DISTRICT JAMBOREE DAYS

Date

1981

Materials

TIN, PAPER, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.5

Diameter

5.6

Description

ROUND BUTTON. HAS A BRIGHT ORANGE BACKGROUND WITH BLACK PRINT. AROUND PERIMETER READS "PICTURE BUTTE & DISTRICT JAMBOREE DAYS AUG. 1-2-3 '81". IN CENTER IS A PAIR OF COWBOY BOOTS IN FRONT OF A COWBOY HAT. BACK OF BUTTON HAS A BRASS SAFETY PIN.

Subjects

ADVERTISING MEDIUM

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

BUTTONS WERE COLLECTED BY DONOR THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD IN PICTURE BUTTE, MOST LIKELY BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1976 AND 1983. DONOR COLLECTED APPROXIMATELY 100 BUTTONS. DONOR SPECIFICALLY COLLECTED PICTURE BUTTE JAMBOREE DAYS BUTTONS AFTER OBTAINING THIS ONE (HIS FIRST) AT 5 YEARS OLD. DONOR BORN RONALD KEVIN MACLEAN ON DECEMBER 10, 1969 AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL, TO MALCOLM (MAC) AND BARBARA MACLEAN (NEE CHISHOLM). DONOR'S FATHER IS INVOLVED IN THE CATTLE INDUSTRY, OWNING THE ORDER BUYING AND TRUCKING BUSINESS MACLEAN LIVESTOCK SINCE THE LATE 1970S. DONOR'S MOTHER'S FAMILY ARE LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF LETHBRIDGE, COMING HERE IN THE 1890S. DONOR'S MATERNAL GRANDFATHER WAS REGINALD CHISOLM, OWNER OF LETHBRIDGE BUSINESS SOUTH ALTA PRODUCE. DONOR WAS RAISED ON A FARM OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF PICTURE BUTTE, ALBERTA. HE ATTENDED ST. CATHERINE'S SCHOOL, IN PICTURE BUTTE, UNTIL 1984, AFTER WHICH HE ATTENDED PICTURE BUTTE HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATING IN 1987. DONOR MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN THE FALL OF THAT YEAR IN ORDER TO TAKE THE ENGINEERING/DRAFTING PROGRAM AT THE LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. DONOR NEVER COMPLETED THE PROGRAM, PURSUING INSTEAD EMPLOYMENT AT THE LETHBRIDGE LODGE HOTEL ('87-'88 YEAR), ALBERTA TRANSPORTATION (SUMMER '89), AND NOVA TEL ('90-'91). HE ENROLLED IN A BACHELOR OF ARTS PROGRAM IN HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE IN 1992, COMPLETING THE PROGRAM IN 2002. IN 1994 HE BECAME EMPLOYED AT THE SIR ALEXANDER GALT MUSEUM AND REMAINS THERE (AT TIME OF DONATION) IN HIS CAPACITY AS COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN. **UPDATE: COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK INTERVIEWED OBJECT DONOR KEVIN MACLEAN ON SEPT 13, 2018 AS PART OF HER 2017-2019 RELEVANCY AUDIT ASSIGNMENT. MACLEAN MADE NEW COMMENTS ON PERSONAL DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN 1995 AND 2002, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HIS MEMORIES OF HIS DONATED BUTTONS, LEGION SERVICE MATERIAL, AND MILLENNIUM (YEAR 2000) NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION OBJECTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS AND OTHERS, INCLUDING A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, SEE THIS RECORD'S PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20020077022

Acquisition Date

2003-05

Collection

Museum

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