Material Type

Artifact

Date

1906

Materials

WOOD

No. Pieces

2

Height

3.9

Length

10.0

Width

9.5

Description

CONSISTS OF BOOK SHAPED OUTER COVERING AND INNER SLIDING BOX. HEAD & SHOULDER OF MAN ENGRAVED ON FRONT. HEART, CLUB, SPADE, DIAMOND AND KEYHOLE AND INITIAL H.J.B. ON SIDE (BURNT) CRACKED AT JOINTS. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT

Subjects

HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

DONOR SAYS ARTIFACT PURCHASED IN 1906 AS A LADIES JEWELRY BOX. DESIGNS WERE BURNT IN BY MRS. MAX BEARD WHO WAS MRS. ALF. NEEDHAM'S NEICE. AS A RESULT OF RESEARCH DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SCOTTISH-THEMED EXHIBIT IN 2009, THE GALT CONDUCTED NEW INFORMATION ON THE HARVIE FAMILY, ADDING THE FOLLOWING TO THE RECORD. ROBERT AND MARGARET HARVIE LEFT SCOTLAND IN 1904 AND IMMIGRATED TO CANADA, DESTINED FOR LETHBRIDGE, WITH THEIR FAMILY. THE FAMILY CONSISTED OF TWO SONS (JOHN AND CHARLIE) AND A DAUGHTER (MARGARET). MR. HARVIE’S MINING EXPERIENCE IN HIS NATIVE SCOTLAND PROVED VALUABLE IN LETHBRIDGE AND DIAMOND CITY WHERE, HE FOUND WORK MINING COAL. IN 1907, MR. HARVIE MOVED HIS FAMILY ON TO THE PRAIRIE AFTER HE DECIDED THAT FARMING WAS HIS CALLING. HE OCCUPIED LANDS IN AND AROUND LETHBRIDGE BEFORE SETTLING PERMANENTLY NEAR TURIN. MRS. MARGARET MCNABB WAS THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE HARVIE FAMILY. SHE PASSED AWAY AT AGE 86 IN 1979. FOR MORE BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS ON THE FAMILY, PLEASE REFERENCE P19651761000-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2017, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING THIS JEWELY BOX. THE ATTEMPTS MADE TO LOCATE AND CONTACT THE DONOR'S NEXT-OF-KIN TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ARTIFACT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. RESEARCH REGARDING ALFRED G. NEEDHAM REVEALED THAT HE CAME WEST AFTER ENLISTING FOR THE NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE (NWMP) IN TORONTO IN MAY 1875. HE SPENT TIME IN THE REGION THAT IS NOW KNOWN AS SOUTHERN ALBERTA WORKING AS A NWMP OFFICER AND WAS STATIONED AT FORT MACLEOD FOR A TIME BEING. HE AND HIS WIFE, WHOSE NAME IS UNKNOWN, KEPT A BOARDING HOUSE IN LETHBRIDGE'S FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE, AND LATER THEY BUILT A HOUSE AT 319 5TH AVENUE SOUTH. THE HENDERSON DIRECTORIES IN THE GALT ARCHIVES LIST HIM AS A LETHBRIDGE RESIDENT AS LATE AS 1914. IT IS KNOWN THAT HE RETIRED IN VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA AND PASSED AWAY THERE IN 1936 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS OLD. NO INFORMATION WAS FOUND ABOUT NEEDHAM'S NIECE, MRS. MAX BEARD. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES.

Catalogue Number

P19694622000

Acquisition Date

1969-10

Collection

Museum

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