Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1960

Date Range To

1970

Materials

PAPER, RED PHOSPHOROUS

No. Pieces

1

Length

5.1

Width

3.9

Description

PACK OF SAFETY MATCHES CONTAINING 20 UNUSED MATCHES. COVER IS WHITE WITH GOLD STRIPES; FRONT SHOWS INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS SEAL IN GOLD, RED, AND BLUE, AND BLACK TEXT ALONG BOTTOM “BE SAFE – CLOSE COVER BEFORE STRIKING”. BACK HAS RED TEXT ABOVE STRIKING STRIP, “THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS”. BLACK TEXT ALONG BOTTOM EDGE READS “ST. LOUIS, MO., MADE IN U.S.A.”. INSIDE MATCHBOOK SHOWS BLACK PRINTED IMAGE OF FORESTERS BUILDING ON TOP COVER; BEHIND MATCHES IS BLACK TEXT READING, “THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS IS A LEADING FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY PROVIDING LIFE INSURANCE FOR EVERY NEED, OUTSTANDING FRATERNAL BENEFITS AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR ITS MEMBERS IN CANADA, THE UNITED STATES AND THE BRITISH ISLES.” COMPLETE SET OF MATCHES STAPLED IN BOOK; INSIDE MATCHBOOK COVER IS STAINED ALONG UPPER RIGHT EDGE. OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION.

Subjects

TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE

Historical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

History

ON AUGUST 21, 2018, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN INTERVIEWED LLOYD CAREFOOT REGARDING HIS DONATION OF MEMORABILIA RELATED TO COURT WINDY WEST (#562) LETHBRIDGE CHAPTER OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. CAREFOOT WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THE FORESTERS WHILE HE LIVED IN EDMONTON, ALBERTA, AND CONTINUED HIS INVOLVEMENT FOLLOWING HIS MOVE TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1963. ON THE PURPOSE AND HISTORY OF THE MATHCHBOOK, CAREFOOT NOTED, “[IT] WAS ON THE TABLE [WITH THE CANDLES AT RITUALS].” “[MEMBERS STOPPED USING IT BECAUSE] SOCIETY HAD CHANGED ENOUGH THAT THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BOTHER WITH THAT RITUAL. I SUSPECT THAT’S WHY. [THE RITUALS WERE] KIND OF STRANGE TO ME. BUT I ACCEPTED IT BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF WHAT YOU DID.” WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS TIME SPENT IN THE FORESTERS, CAREFOOT RECALLED, “WE [WIFE RUTH AND LLOYD] WERE INVITED TO [AN] ACTIVITY. [IN THOSE] DAYS THERE [WERE] SOCIAL PARTIES…SOMEBODY THAT I KNEW INVITED ME TO COME AND I HEARD WHAT THEY WERE DOING. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT RUTH AND I THOUGHT…WOULD BE SOMETHING WE’D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN…MY FATHER WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN ORDER OF FORESTERS WHICH WAS A STAGE BEFORE THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.” “I BECAME A MEMBER IN EDMONTON… I WAS ONLY AS ASSOCIATE AT THAT TIME. WHEN WE MOVED DOWN HERE, WE BECAME MEMBERS HERE…MY FIRST WORKDAY WAS THE SECOND OF JANUARY, 1963 [IN LETHBRIDGE]. I WAS A FULL-BLOWN MEMBER IN 1966.” “[I JOINED BECAUSE OF] THE SATISFACTION THAT IT’S A STRONG CHARITABLE WAY OF DOING THINGS TO GIVE BACK. THAT’S PART OF MY PHILOSOPHY; JUST GIVE A LITTLE BACK FOR THE GOOD LIFE I’VE HAD.” “I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE…OF [THE] LETHBRIDGE CHAPTER. AND [I] WOUND UP WITH [THE TRUNK] AND IN IT [WERE] THESE THINGS. IT PRE-DATES ME.” “MOST OF THOSE THINGS WERE FOR MY PERSONAL USE…EITHER IN EVENTS OR A POSITION I HELD IN THE FORESTERS. I LOOK AT [THE OBJECTS] AND I SMILE.” REGARDING HIS DONATION, CAREFOOT ELABPRATED, “THE FORESTERS IN THE COMMUNITY DID A LOT OF CHARITY WORK AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A WAY OF COVERING FOR THE FUTURE [ABOUT] THE THINGS THAT WE DID, OR STILL DO. THAT WAS, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, MY REASON FOR [DONATING IT] – A WAY OF PASSING IT ALONG SO IT JUST DIDN’T GET SHOVED IN THE JUNK…TO SOMEBODY IN THE FUTURE, IT INDICATES SOMETHING OF WHAT WE DID AND SOME ILLUSTRATION OF THINGS THAT WE DID. FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P20120045001-GA.

Catalogue Number

P20120045013

Acquisition Date

2012-12

Collection

Museum

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