PIN

Description: 1) PIN, BRASS WITH BLUE, GREY, ORANGE, GREEN, RED AND WHITE ENAMEL. MOTIF DEPICTS SIMPLIFIED SCENE OF GALT MUSEUM, COULEES, MOUNTAINS AND SKY. RAISED TEXT AT BOTTOM READS, “SIR ALEXANDER GALT MUSEUM VOLUNTEER.” REVERSE IS STAMPED, “ACCESSORIES WEST, CALGARY TAIWAN, 1-800-881-8637.” 2) BRASS BUTTERFLY-CLUTCH CLASP.

History: AT THE TIME OF DONATION, GALT STAFF CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH DONOR IRMA DOGTEROM. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS EXTRACTED FROM A LONGER TRANSCRIPTION. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE PIN, DOGTEROM SAID, “WELL I WAS VOLUNTEERING AT THE GALT AFTER I QUIT WORKING IN THE SCHOOL. I WAS HELPING ARCHIVIST GREG ELLIS CATALOGUE THE BOOKS. HE HAD A BUNCH OF BOOKS THAT WEREN’T CATALOGUED. ARCHIVES' SYSTEM IS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS DOING DEWEY DECIMAL SO I GOT IN TOUCH WITH A WOMAN FROM THE UNIVERSITY WHO KNEW ABOUT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND I WOULD WRITE DOWN ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHO THE AUTHOR WAS, WHAT THE SUBJECT WAS, WHO DID WHAT JOB TO GET THE BOOK PUBLISHED AND WHAT I THOUGHT WERE ITS MAIN TOPICS AND SEND THEM TO HER AND SHE WOULD GIVE IT A CATALOGUE NUMBER AND SUBJECT TAGS AND SEND IT BACK TO ME AND THEN I WOULD TYPE THEM AND PUT THEM IN THE FILE. I JUST CAME DOWN AND DID THOSE THINGS AND SENT THEM OFF AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK I HAD BOUGHT A COMPUTER SO I COULD DO THEM. I HAD A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT YOU FED THE INFORMATION IN AND WHEN YOU HAD ONE CARD DONE THE COMPUTER PRINTED ALL THE OTHERS." FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE. FOR PERSONAL HISTORY OF IRMA DOGTEROM, PLEASE SEE P20120004004.