Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SCHOOL BOOK, “BEGINNERS’ BOTANY”

Date

1916

Materials

PAPER, CARDBOARD, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Height

1.75

Length

19.75

Width

13

Description

HARDCOVER BOOK WITH HANDMADE DUST JACKET OF PURPLE COTTON FABRIC WITH WHITE FLOWERS. JACKET IS STITCHED TOGETHER WITH WHITE THREAD. RECTANGULAR PAPER LABEL STUCK TO FRONT COVER HAS HANDWRITTEN TEXT READING “BOTANY – CHRISTINE NELSON – 643 8TH ST. S. – LETHBRIDGE – GRADE IX”. HANDWRITTEN TEXT IS REPEATED ON THE INNER FRONT COVER. TITLE PAGE OF BOOK HAS PRINTED TEXT READING “MACMILLAN’S CANADIAN SCHOOL SERIES – BEGINNERS’ BOTANY – BY L. H. BAILEY…” WITH A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF WHEAT REPRODUCED ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE. BODY OF TEXT CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF VARIOUS PLANT LIFE. FABRIC DUST JACKET IS FADED, STAINED, AND WORN ALONG EDGES; PAGES OF BOOK ARE YELLOWED. GOOD CONDITION OVERALL.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

EDUCATION

History

THIS BOOK BELONGED TO CHRISTINE NELSON HERRIOT, THE MOTHER-IN-LAW OF THE DONOR, JIM HAWKES. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT HERRIOT AND HER FAMILY’S CONNECTION TO LETHBRIDGE WAS DEVELOPED WITH A GENEALOGY DOCUMENT PROVIDED BY THE DONOR AT TIME OF DONATION, ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, AND THE W.F. NELSON FONDS AT GLENBOW ARCHIVES. CHRISTINE NELSON WAS BORN IN 1903 IN RUTLAND, VERMONT TO WILLIAM FREDRICK NELSON AND SARAH CROMWELL BRYAN. IN 1911 WILLIAM TOOK THE POSITION OF MANAGER AT THE ALBERTA LOAN AND INVESTMENT CO., AND THE FAMILY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. BY 1918 THE COMPANY HAD FAILED, AND WILLIAM OPENED A REAL ESTATE OFFICE, W.F. NELSON & CO., BUT DIED SUDDENLY OF HEART FAILURE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SUSAN AND CHRISTINE WERE MENTIONED IN THE OCTOBER 19, 1920 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AS RELOCATING TO CALGARY, WHERE CHRISTINE WOULD MEET AND MARRY WILLIAM HAROLD HERRIOT IN 1928. THEIR DAUGHTER JOANNE LATER WED THE DONOR, JIM HAWKES. THE HANDWRITTEN LABEL ON THE FRONT COVER OF THIS BOOK READS “BOTANY – CHRISTINE NELSON – 643 8TH ST. S. – LETHBRIDGE – GRADE IX”, DATING IT TO 1917 WHEN CHRISTINE WAS 14 YEARS OLD. L. H. BAILEY’S ‘BEGINNERS’ BOTANY’ WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1909 AND USED IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUMS OF SEVERAL CANADIAN PROVINCES, BEING REPRINTED BY MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA (TORONTO) IN 1916 AND 1921 AS PART OF THE ‘MACMILLAN CANADIAN SCHOOL SERIES’. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND FAMILY HISTORY SOURCE MATERIALS.

Catalogue Number

P20130029001

Acquisition Date

2013-11

Collection

Museum

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