Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

"1975... JEUX, CANADA GAMES"

Date

1975

Materials

NYLON, COTTON

No. Pieces

3

Length

87.8

Width

51.5

Description

BLUE AND YELLOW JACKET WITH YELLOW ZIPPER-DETACHABLE QUILTED-LINING, AND ZIPPER-DETACHABLE HOOD. EMBROIDERED BLUE, WHITE, RED, AND YELLOW PATCH ON CHEST “ALBERTA SUNNY SOUTH 1975 JEUX, CANADA GAMES.” 6 SNAP CLOSURES WITH DEBOSSED DESIGN OF COWBOY AND BUCKING HORSE ON CLOSURE. ZIPPER PULL TAB, “LIGHTNING” EMBOSSED, AND ZIPPER SLIDER “LF” EMBOSSED. TWO STICKER TAGS HANGING FROM ZIPPER; TOP-MOST GREEN TAG READS, “THE BIG MOUNTAIN ALL LIFTS 7” ON FRONT, “7…NOT TRANSFERABLE 204601 WELDON. WILLIAMS & LICK. FT.SMITH.ARE” ON BACK. BOTTOM-MOST GREY TAG READS, “THE BIG MOUNTAIN ALL LIFTS 3 WELDON. WILLIAMS & LICK. FT.SMITH.ARE” ON FRONT, “755051 3… NOT TRANSFERABLE 755051” ON BACK. TWO TAGS ON INSIDE OF JACKET, BLACK BRAND TAG ON INSIDE OF JACKET READS, “TAILORED BY SYNAX GARMENT CO. VANCOUVER, CANADA.” FABRIC TAG BESIDES BRAND TAG READS, “YLE 38.” LARGE COFFEE STAINS DOWN FRONT OF JACKET, DUST CAKED ON POCKETS AND BOTTOM OF SLEEVES, COLLAR IS STAINED WITH DUST AND DIRT, SLIGHT BROWN STAINING ON BACK OF JACKET, SECOND TAG ON INSIDE OF JACKET IS WORN, QUILTED LINING IS RAGGED ON INSIDE, DETACHABLE HOOD IS CRUMBLED, STICKER TAGS ON ZIPPER ARE RIPPED AND WORN. OVERALL FAIR - GOOD CONDITION.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

SPORTS

COMMEMORATIVE

History

ON OCTOBER 16, 2023, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED DR. GARY BOWIE ABOUT HIS DONATION OF A 1975 CANADA GAMES JACKET, 1996 ALBERTA WINTER GAMES MEDAL SET, AND A SECONDARY 1975 CANADA GAMES METAL SET THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTED AS AN ACQUISITION. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS DERIVED FROM THAT INTERVIEW. ON HOW BOWIE WAS INVOLVED IN THE 1975 GAMES, BOWIE EXPLAINED: “I WAS THE SPORTS COORDINATOR, SO I WAS IN CHARGE OF COORDINATING ALL THE SPORTS AND HAVING A STRUCTURE UNDER ME. AND THEN I WAS ALSO ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.” BOWIE NOTED: “…[THE 1975 CANADA GAMES] WAS ONE OF MY FIRST, AND BIGGEST EVENTS THAT I WAS EVER INVOLVED IN…” BOWIE REFLECTED: “…I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE GREAT SPORTING EVENTS THAT OUR COMMUNITY GOT INVOLVED IN, AND IT’S REALLY PUT LETHBRIDGE ON THE MAP WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPORTS COMMUNITY…” ON WHY HE GOT INVOLVED IN THE 1975 GAMES, BOWIE STATED: “…MY PERSONAL FEELING WAS THAT WE SHOULD BE INVOLVED, AND THE UNIVERSITY ALSO ENCOURAGED US [AS FACULTY] TO BE INVOLVED IN THE GAMES, OR IN ANY COMMUNITY EVENT THAT COMES UP… AND YOU FELT COMFORTABLE DOING [THE 1975 GAMES] WITH THE UNIVERSITY FEELING STRONGLY ABOUT [THE GAMES] BEING INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, AND [UNIVERSITY] FACULTY BEING INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.” BOWIE EXPLAINED HOW HE RECEIVED THE JACKET: “…I THINK THERE WERE AROUND 16 SPORTS, AND SO I’M SURE EACH OF THE [SPORT] CHAIRS WORE [A JACKET], AND A NUMBER OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD WEAR ONE OF THESE JACKETS… THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS WHO WOULD HAVE ENDED UP WEARING [THIS TYPE OF JACKET]. I THINK WE HAD WELL OVER 2000 VOLUNTEERS… I DON’T REMEMBER PAYING FOR IT… IF ANYTHING WAS BEING DONATED TO A BIG EXTENT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN [EATON’S]… THERE WERE OTHER KINDS OF JACKETS, TOO, THAT WERE BEING USED [DURING THE CANADA GAMES], BUT THIS [JACKET] WAS ONE THAT THE SPORT’S GROUP USED. ON WHEN HE WOULD WEAR THE CANADA GAMES JACKET, BOWIE COMMENTED: “IT HAD A LOT OF USE. YOU KNOW WE WORE [THE JACKET] BEFORE THE GAMES EVER STARTED, FOR MONTHS, AND THEN DURING THE GAMES, AND THEN AFTER THE GAMES… IT WOULD BE A GOOD 15 YEARS [OF USE]… I WOULD WEAR [THE JACKET], OFF, AND ON… BUT [RECEIVERS OF THE JACKET] WOULDN’T WEAR IT ALL THE TIME. [JACKET RECEIVERS] WOULD JUST WEAR IT TO SOME EVENTS; PEOPLE WOULD ASK US IF WE HAD THEM, SO WE WOULD WEAR THEM.” BOWIE REFLECTED ON DONATING THE JACKET: “…IT KIND OF IDENTIFIED WHO YOU WERE, AND WHAT TOOK PLACE BACK A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO… THERE WAS SO MUCH WORK THAT WENT INTO [THE 1975 GAMES], AND A LOT OF TIME, BECAUSE [COMMUNITY MEMBERS] WERE REALLY PUTTING EFFORT INTO IT, IT WAS JUST SORT OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A LOT OF US [INVOLVED] HAD… THE JACKET WAS MORE SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE SPORTS (END OF IT), SO IT JUST KIND OF IDENTIFIED YOU AS ONE OF THE SPORTS PEOPLE.” ON HOW LETHBRIDGE CAME TO HOST THE 1975 CANADA GAMES, BOWIE EXPRESSED: “…IT WAS JUST THE RIGHT TIMING. THERE WERE GOOD PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY HUSTLING, AT THAT TIME, TO TRY TO PUT THE CITY ON THE MAP, AND TRY TO MAKE [THE GAMES] SOMETHING SPECIAL, THAT OUR COMMUNITY COULD LOOK TOWARDS, AS TO ‘WELL, WE CAN DO THESE DIFFERENT KINDS OF [EVENTS] WITHOUT BECOMING A REAL PROBLEM FOR US’…” BOWIE COMMENTED: “…ONCE YOU BECOME INVOLVED IN GAMES, YOU BECOME A GAMES PERSON, AND IT’S PRETTY HARD TO DROP OUT OF IT, ONCE YOU GET INVOLVED. THERE’S SORT OF A THING, THAT YOU JUST KNOW HOW MUCH GOOD THEY CAN DO TO A COMMUNITY…” NOVEMBER 18, 2025, VICTORIA LASALLE FOUND A PIECE OF PAPER IN THE LEFT POCKET OF BOWIE’S 1975 CANADA GAMES JACKET WHILE CATALOGUING DONATION 20230014. PAPER WAS DIRECTED TO ARCHIVES, PLEASE REFERENCE GALT ARCHIVE’S FILE 20231088 FOR MORE INFORMATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE 1975 CANADA GAMES JACKET, ARCHIVAL RESEARCH, OR TO SEE THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS, PLEASE SEE THE DONATIONS PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20230014001

Acquisition Date

2023-10

Collection

Museum

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