Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1867

Date Range To

1877

Materials

WICKER

No. Pieces

3

Length

12.7

Width

10.2

Description

CONSISTS OF THREE COMPARTMENTS WHICH FIT TOGETHER. CORNERS ARE CRACKED AND HAVE HOLES.

Subjects

PERSONAL GEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

DONOR'S HUSBAND ACQUIRED CASE. DATE PROVIDED BY DONOR. MARGARET MCNABB, NEE HARVIE IMMIGRATED TO CANADA FROM GLASCOW SCOTLAND IN 1904 WITH HER FAMILY & SETTLED IN THE TURIN/IRON SPRINGS AREA TO FARM. LATER MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE & MARRIED CLIFF MCNABB ABOUT 1918. AS A RESULT OF RESEARCH DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SCOTTISH-THEMED EXHIBIT IN 2009, THE GALT CONDUCTED NEW INFORMATION ON THE HARVIE FAMILY, ADDING THE FOLLOWING TO THE RECORD. ROBERT AND MARGARET HARVIE LEFT SCOTLAND IN 1904 AND IMMIGRATED TO CANADA, DESTINED FOR LETHBRIDGE, WITH THEIR FAMILY. THE FAMILY CONSISTED OF TWO SONS (JOHN AND CHARLIE) AND A DAUGHTER (MARGARET). MR. HARVIE’S MINING EXPERIENCE IN HIS NATIVE SCOTLAND PROVED VALUABLE IN LETHBRIDGE AND DIAMOND CITY WHERE, HE FOUND WORK MINING COAL. IN 1907, MR. HARVIE MOVED HIS FAMILY ON TO THE PRAIRIE AFTER HE DECIDED THAT FARMING WAS HIS CALLING. HE OCCUPIED LANDS IN AND AROUND LETHBRIDGE BEFORE SETTLING PERMANENTLY NEAR TURIN. MRS. MARGARET MCNABB WAS THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE HARVIE FAMILY. SHE PASSED AWAY AT AGE 86 IN 1979. FOR MORE BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS ON THE FAMILY, PLEASE REFERENCE P19651761000-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2017, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING THIS CIGAR CASE. THE ATTEMPTS MADE TO LOCATE AND CONTACT THE DONOR'S NEXT-OF-KIN TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ARTIFACT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. AS THE INTIAL RECORD STATES, THIS ARTIFACT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE DONOR'S HUSBAND CLIFFORD (CLIFF) C. MCNABB. HIS OBITUARY, FOUND IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, PROVIDED FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE. IT STATES: "A LETHBRIDGE NATIVE AND OLD-TIMER, CLIFFORD C. MCNABB, PASSED AWAY IN A LOCAL HOSPITALON SUNDAY (APRIL 3, 1955)... HE WAS 62. MR. MCNABB WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE ON FEB. 18, 1893, THE SON OF THE LATE THOMAS MCNABB, WHO BECAME MAYOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR..." HE WAS EDUCATED IN LETHBRIDGE AND IN 1908 BEGAN TO WORK FOR THE AR AND I RAILROAD AND LATER FOR ITS SUCCESSORS, THE CPR. IN 1910 HE MOVED TO THE TURIN DISTRICT AND FARMED THERE FOR SOME YEARS, RETURNING TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1928 TO JOIN THE STAFF OF SICKS' LETHBRIDGE BREWERY. IN 1924 HE MARRIED MARGARET (MAGGIE) HARVIE IN TURIN." FOR FULL OBITUARY, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19651766000

Acquisition Date

1965-05

Collection

Museum

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