Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1900

Date Range To

1910

Materials

WOOD, BRASS

No. Pieces

2

Height

122.0

Length

64.7

Width

39.4

Description

BRASS DRAWER KNOBS ONE MISSING. ROLL TOP COVER. INTERIOR HAS REMOVABLE SHELVES AND ONE DRAWER. HAS MIRROR ON TOP. TOP ROLLS BACK AND FRONT COMES FORWARD TO FORM A WRITING AREA. OAK WOOD.

Subjects

FURNITURE

Historical Association

FURNISHINGS

History

REF: SEARS ROEBUCK CATALOG 1908. UPDATE: THIS ARTIFACT WAS PART OF A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING CONDUCTED BY NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, IN 2010. B. A. MALONEY AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINE (NEE FERRIER) ARE DECEASED. HEMBROFF CONTACTED ROSS MALONEY, THE DONOR'S SON. MALONEY RECALLED THAT THE DESK ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO HIS GRANDMOTHER LILIAN FERRIER. THE DESK WAS PASSED DOWN TO CHRISTINE WHO HAD BEEN HOLDING IT FOR ROSS MALONEY. IT WAS STORED IN THE ATTIC IN THEIR HOME IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL IT WAS DONATED TO THE GALT MUSEUM. MALONEY COULD NOT RECALL ANYONE USING THE DESK. MALONEY WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *UPDATE* IN 2017, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ARTIFACTS IN RELATED LOCATIONS, INCLUDING TWO INFANT’S ROBES DONATED BY MRS. CHRISTINE MALONEY. RESEARCH INTO THESE ARTIFACTS LED TO AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DONOR’S SON, ROSS MALONEY, WHO AFFIRMED THE INFORMATION HE PROVIDED ABOUT THE DESK IN 2010. OF ALL THE ARTIFACTS DONATED BY HIS PARENTS, THE DESK WAS WHAT WAS REMEMBERED MOST BY MALONEY AND HIS WIFE, JOAN MALONEY (NEE WARDMAN). IN THE INTERVIEW, JOAN MALONEY STATED, “THE DESK BELONGED TO ROSS’ GRANDMOTHER – LILLIAN FERRIER – HIS MOTHER’S MOTHER - AND THAT WAS ALWAYS PRETTY SPECIAL. THE CHRISTENING GOWNS, OR THE GOWNS, WHATEVER THEY ARE… (CUTTING OUT), BUT ROSS REMEMBERS THE DESK.” LETHBRIDGE HERALD RESEARCH DESCRIBES THE FAMILY’S BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AS FOLLOWS: NORVEL ROSS MALONEY WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 29, 1934 TO PARENTS BERTRAM “BUNNY” ALEXANDER AND CHRISTINE (NEE FERRIER) MALONEY. HE MARRIED JOAN WARDMAN ON JUNE 8, 1957 AT SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH. TOGETHER THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, BRENDA (GALEN) TORNEBY AND MARCIA (MARK ASPAAS) MALONEY. THE DONOR, CHRISTINE (NEE FERRIER) MALONEY, WAS BORN ON MARCH 22, 1907 IN MEDICINE HAT. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN JAMES AND LILLIAN FERRIER. THE FAMILY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1908, WHERE JOHN JAMES FERRIER WORKED AS A CPR CONDUCTOR UNTIL 1940. CHRISTINE WAS MARRIED TO BERTRAM ALEXANDER MALONEY IN CALGARY IN 1933. SHE PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 13, 1996 ON LETHBRIDGE AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS. HER HUSBAND, BERTRAM “BUNNY” ALEXANDER MALONEY’S WAS BORN, RAISED, AND EDUCATED IN EDMONTON. BUNNY WAS EMPLOYED WITH ALBERTA GOVERNMENT TELEPHONES IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84 ON JANUARY 12, 1991. PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P19651571000 FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT AND LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES.

Catalogue Number

P19672825000

Acquisition Date

1967-08

Collection

Museum

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