Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

WORLD'S POULTRY CONGRESS 1927 A.E. PALMER

Date

1927

Materials

BRASS, PAINT

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.6

Length

21.5

Width

12.9

Description

BRASS METALLIC PLATE WITH CHAIN ATTACHED VIA TWO LINKS AT TOP. OBVERSE HAS PHOTOETCHED BLACK PATTERN WITH CANADIAN CREST AT TOP. CENTER HAS GLOBE WITH RED BANNER ACROSS WHICH READS, “WORLD’S POULTRY CONGRESS.” PAINTED WHITE CHICKEN WITH RED DETAILS STANDS ON TOP OF GLOBE. BLACK BANNER UNDER GLOBE READS, “CANADA 1927.” BELOW GLOBE AND BANNER IS ENGRAVED TEXT THAT READS, “AWARDED TO A.E. PALMER FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE 3RD WORLDS POULTRY CONGRESS, OTTAWA CANADA, MADE IN CANADA.” REVERSE HAS DARKENED AREAS OF CORROSION.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

AGRICULTURE

COMMEMORATIVE

History

*NOTE* OBJECT WAS ORIGINALLY DONATED TO THE ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT ON JULY 28, 2000. IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT ON OCTOBER 17, 2012. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION IN THE GALT ARCHIVES, “ASAEL EXILE PALMER WAS BORN ON THE NOVEMBER 26, 1888 IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TO WILLIAM MORONI PALMER AND HIS SECOND WIFE, CHRISTENA HELEN LARSON PALMER. THE PALMER FAMILY HAD BEEN MEMBERS OF THE LATTER DAY SAINTS SINCE WILLIAM’S PARENTS ABRAHAM AND PATIENCE DELILA PIERCE PALMER JOINED THE CHURCH IN 1837. CHRISTENA HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN OF HER OWN, BUT ALSO RAISED FOUR OF WILLIAM’S CHILDREN AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE, MARY ANN MELLOR. THE FAMILY LIVED IN AURORA, UTAH FOR EIGHT YEARS PRIOR TO MOVING TO CANADA. THE PALMER FAMILY ARRIVED ON MARCH 25, 1903 AND HAD 489 ACRES NORTHWEST OF RAYMOND, ALBERTA. ASAEL HAD HIS OWN HOMESTEAD NEAR LITTLE BOW, ALBERTA FROM 1909-1912. ASAEL WAS MARRIED ON THE 5TH OF OCTOBER, 1916 TO MAYDEL CAZIER IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN: ASAEL DELBERT (MABLE JOHANSEN), MAYDELL CAMILLE (WILLIAM BYRON HAWKINS), EILEEN (ELON VERNIELLE SMITH) AND BYRON CAZIER (IRENE BIERNIER HARRIS). THE PALMERS HAD SIXTEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND, AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, THIRTY-NINE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. ASAEL PALMER DIED ON THE 19TH OF JUNE, 1984. ASAEL ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL TO THE EIGHTH GRADE IN AURORA, UTAH. AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-TWO, ASAEL BEGAN HIGH SCHOOL AT THE KNIGHT ACADEMY IN RAYMOND, ALBERTA. HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN AGRICULTURE FROM THE UTAH AGRICULTURAL COLLAGE IN 1917. HE RECEIVED HIS MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN JUNE, 1927 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA. ASAEL WAS EMPLOYED BY THE STATE OF WYOMING TO START A SMALL EXPERIMENTAL STATION. HE WORKED AS A SOIL CHEMIST AND IRRIGATION INVESTIGATOR FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY IN THE BROOKS AREA OF ALBERTA FROM 1917-1920. BEGINNING IN 1918, BOTH ASAEL AND MAYDELL TAUGHT AT THE KNIGHT ACADEMY IN RAYMOND ALBERTA. ASAEL BECAME A PRINCIPAL IN 1919 AND REMAINED IN THAT POSITION UNTIL THE SCHOOL CLOSED IN 1921. AFTER A BRIEF POSITION AS A SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR AT THE PROVINCIAL SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE IN RAYMOND, HE BECAME THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL STATION IN LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA ON NOVEMBER 10, 1921. HERE, HE DIRECTED BOTH IRRIGATION AND DRY LAND INVESTIGATIONS. FROM 1945 – 1953 WHEN HE RETIRED, HE WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LETHBRIDGE EXPERIMENTAL STATION. HE CONTINUED AS AN AGRICULTURAL CONSULTANT. IN NOVEMBER 1953, HE ACCEPTED A POSITION WITH CANADA DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE UNDER THE COLOMBO PLAN. HE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH OF THE NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN. HE STAYED IN PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN UNTIL MAY 3, 1955. IN 1957, HE JOINED HIS SON DELBERT’S COMPANY, A.D. PALMER PRODUCTS LTD. HE WORKED THERE INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1964. IN 1930-1931, HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANADA SOIL EROSION COMMITTEE. HE WAS CHAIRMAN, AND LATER HONORARY PRESIDENT, OF THE EXPERIMENTAL FARMS SOIL DRIFTING CONTROL COMMITTEE. HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DIRECTORS OF THE ALBERTA SUGAR BEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20110004000

Acquisition Date

2012-09

Collection

Museum

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