BOX

Description: RECTANGULAR METAL BOX WITH LID ON HINGES. INSIDE BOX RIVETS ARE VISIBLE. INSIDE BOX ON LEFT SIDE AN L-SHAPED PIECE OF METAL IS RIVETED TO FORM A SMALL LEDGE. THERE ARE ACCRETIONS INSIDE BOX (CONCENTRATED AT SIDES). FRONT OF BOX HAS A LATCH THAT SWIVELS, AND HAS A CROSS SHAPED HOLE IN IT. A RING OF METAL HOLDS LATCH SHUT. ON LID OF BOX IS A HANDLE MADE OF COTTON AND COATED WITH RUBBER. PIECE OF METAL HOLDING ON HANDLE IS 'TORN' ON ONE END. THERE IS ALSO A PIECE OF MASKING TAPE ON LID OF BOX THAT READS "BUD MCLEAN" IN BLACK FELT PEN. ONE CORNER ON BOTTOM OF BOX HAS A HOLE. THERE IS SOME CORROSION ON BACK OF BOX. DISCOLORATION THROUGHOUT.

History: BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER GEORGE G. MCLEAN (AKA "BUD"). CARRIED WITH HIM IN HIS WORK AS AN ENGINEER WITH THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILROAD. BUD MCLEAN WAS BORN NEAR EDMONTON, ALBERTA IN 1930 AND GREW UP IN LETHBRIDGE, ATTENDING ST. BASIL'S SCHOOL. THE SON OF A RAILROAD MAN (GEORGE MCLEAN SR) AND ONE OF THE FIRST LADY CUSTOMS OFFICERS, (ELLEN MCLEAN - SEE OTHER DONATIONS IN COLLECTION), BUD STARTED WITH THE CPR IN 1946, WORKING HIS WAY UP TO ENGINEER IN 1955. HE WAS THE LAST STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER TO JOIN THE ROSTER. ONE OF HIS CHARGES IS NOW ON DISPLAY AT HERITAGE PARK IN CALGARY, ANOTHER IS AT THE HEALTH UNIT IN LETHBRIDGE. HE RETIRED FROM THE CPR IN 1986. BUD MET AND MARRIED HIS WIFE MARJORIE IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1952. THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN, DARLENE AND GRANT MCLEAN. BUD WAS DESCRIBED AS A FAMILY MAN, PARTY TRICKSTER, AND GREAT LOVER OF SPORTS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ELKS AND A LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF THE MINERS' LIBRARY CLUB, SERVING ON ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON JUNE 14, 2003 AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.