Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

GHST LETHBRIDGE

Date

1913

Materials

FELT, THREAD

No. Pieces

1

Height

25

Length

77

Width

0.3

Description

A YELLOW AND GREEN FELT PENNANT. MACHINE SEWN IN WITH FELT IS THE TEXT “GHTS LETHBRIDGE”. FOUR FELT RIBBONS, TWO GREEN, TWO YELLOW, SIT AS TIES AT THE WIDE END OF THE PENNANT, HAND CUT BUT APPROXIMATELY 17.5 CM LONG AND 1.5 CM WIDE. ATTACHED TO THE BACK IS A PIECE OF MASKING TAPE, ON WHICH IS HANDWRITTEN “MADE BY MRS TAYLOR”. GOOD CONDITION: THE POINT OF THE PENNANT IS FALLING APART AS THE FELT PULLS APART.

Subjects

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

ASSOCIATIONS

HEALTH SERVICES

History

UPON DONATION TO THE MUSEUM, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN ASKED MEMBERS OF THE GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING (GSN) ALUMNAE TO PROVIDE WRITTEN ANSWERS ON QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO EACH ARTIFACT DONATED IN THE COLLECTION. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS COME FROM THOSE RESPONSES CORRESPONDING TO EACH INDIVIDUAL ARTIFACT. THIS BANNER WAS DONATED TO THE GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING ALUMNAE BY ELIZABETH TAYLOR (NEE PATTESON), WHO WAS A PART OF THE FIRST CLASS OF THE GSN. IT WAS OBTAINED BY TAYLOR IN 1913, BUT ITS USE IN THE HOSPITAL IS UNKNOWN. THE WRITER OF THE ARTIFACT’S HISTORY BELIEVES, “[TAYLOR] PROBABLY RECEIVED [THE BANNER] EITHER DURING TRAINING OR WHEN SHE GRADUATED.” ACCORDING TO A PROFILE IN THE DECEMBER 4, 1981 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND GALT ARCHIVES RECORD 19971065002, ELIZABETH PATTESON WAS BORN IN FORT MACLEOD IN 1891 – HER FATHER, THOMAS EDWARD PATTESON, WAS A STAFF SERGEANT WITH THE NWMP. THE FAMILY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1904, AND ELIZABETH BEGAN HER TRAINING AT THE GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING IN 1910. AFTER GRADUATION IN 1913 SHE NURSED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA BEFORE MOVING TO EDMONTON IN 1914, WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED LT. ARNOLD TAYLOR. ELIZABETH ENLISTED AND WENT OVERSEAS WITH THE CANADIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, WORKING WITH THE BRITISH RED CROSS AND GIVING BIRTH TO A SON, JOHN, IN HASLEMERE, ENGLAND. IN 1919 THE FAMILY RETURNED TO CANADA AND SETTLED IN EDMONTON. IN 1920 TAYLOR JOINED THE OVERSEAS NURSING SISTERS, WHICH SUPPORTED VETERANS IN HOSPITALS, AND WORKED FOR YEARS WITH THE CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND GIRL GUIDES. A 1991 LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE ABOUT THE CELEBRATION OF THE GALT HOSPITAL CENTENNIAL MENTIONS PATTESON TAYLOR AS EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY AT AGE 99, THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE FIRST GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING CLASS. THIS ARTIFACT IS AMONG A COLLECTION DONATED NEAR THE END OF 2014, BEING THE SECOND WAVE OF GSN ARTIFACTS ACQUIRED BY THE MUSEUM THAT YEAR. WITH THE FIRST WAVE OF GSN ARTIFACTS COLLECTED IN SUMMER 2014, MACLEAN INTERVIEWED THE PAST ARCHIVISTS OF THE GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING COLLECTION, SHIRLEY HIGA, ELAINE HAMILTON, AND SUE KYLLO, ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE GSN ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION AND THE HISTORY OF ARTIFACTS DONATED. FOR THAT INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO P20140006001. PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Catalogue Number

P20140049004

Acquisition Date

2014-11

Collection

Museum

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