Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

AWARD PLAQUES SET

Date Range From

1961

Date Range To

1985

Materials

WOOD, METAL, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

10

Description

.1 2.3 CM X 28 CM X 38.2 CM. WOOD, METAL. MARKED "APPRECIATION AWARD" PRESENTED TO STAN SIWIK IN RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION FOR THE MANY YEARS OF UNTIRING EFFORTS TO THE SUCCESS OF THE LETHBRIDGE AMATEUR SWIM CLUB JUNE 11 1972". METAL BRACE PLATE MARKED "DOUG'S LETTERING SERVICE, LETHBRIDGE". .2 2.1 CM X 22.8 CM X 30.4 CM WOOD, BRASS. "TO STAN SIWIK IN APPRECIATION FOR 20 YEARS OF COACHING & OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN COMPETITIVE SWIMMING 1950-1970 FROM L.L.A.S.C." CHIP IN BOTTOM CORNER. .3 22 CM X 22.7 CM X 30.7 CM WOOD, BRASS, PLASTIC. PLAQUE HAS TWO PARTS. LEFT PARTS SHOWS THREE FIGURES REACHING UPWARDS TO A LIT TORCH. EMBOSSED AROUND PERIMETER IS "LETHBRIDGE SPORTS HALL OF FAME" RIGHT PART HAS LETHBRIDGE CENTENNIAL CREST AND IS INSCRIBED "STAN SIWIK SPORT BUILDER -SWIMMING - INDUCTED - APRIL 27, 1985". .4 2.2 CM X 13.8 CM X 24.2 CM. WOOD, BRASS, PLASTIC. "STAN SIWIK SWIMMING BUILDER INDUCTED 1982 ALBERTA SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTION BANQUET APRIL 3, 1982. TOP OF PLAQUE IS PHOTOGRAPH OF SIWIK. BOTTOM IS CREST SHOWING FLAME LOGO OF ALBERTA SPORTS HALL OF FAME. PLAQUE IS CUT TO SHAPE OF PROVINCE OF ALBERTA. LABEL ON REVERSE "THE WINNER'S CIRCLE, CALGARY". .5 2.2 CM X 12.5 CM X 20 CM. WOOD, BRASS. PLAQUE IS CUT IN SHAPE OF PROVINCE OF ALBERTA. ENGRAVED IN BRASS RAMPANT BEAVER AND EAGLE WITH OAK LEAVES ON BORDER. "COMPETITOR CANADA-UNITED STATES INVITATIONAL DUAL SWIM MEET EDMONTON ALBERTA 1968". LABEL ON BACK "CROWN TROPHY & GIFTS, EDMONTON, ALTA". .6 2.2 CM X 12.7 CM X 16.8 CM. WOOD, BRASS. " STAN COACH & FRIEND IN APPRECIATION BARRY PAT TIM WOODY 1972". MARKED ON REVERSE "1931". .7 1.8 CM X 14.5 CM X 18.5 CM. WOOD, PLASTIC, ALUMINUM. UPPER PART HAS MEDALLION OF TWO SWIMMERS SURROUNDED BY A WREATH. BELOW ENGRAVED ON ALUMINUM "CHOTEAU LIONS SWIM MEET 1961 CHAMPIONS". MEDALLION STAMPED "ITALY". .8 0.8 CM X 11.4 CM X 13.0 CM. WOOD, BRASS. "STAN SIWIK "THANKS" WINTER B CLUB 1972". MARKED ON BACK "DOUG'S LETTERING SERVICE, LETHBRIDGE". .9 32.3 CM HT X 7.5 CM X 7.7 CM. MARBLE, PLASTIC, WOOD, ALUMINUM. DEPICTS REACHING FIGURE WITH WREATH ON PEDESTAL. MOUNTED ON MARBLE WHICH IN TURN IS MOUNTED ON WOOD BASE "OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTOR 1973 SWIMMING STAN SIWIK DONATED BY CALGARY BOOSTER CLUB". WOOD PROBABLY TEAK.. 10. 30.8 (L) X 23 (W). WOOD, BRASS. ALBERTA CREST ENGRAVED INTO WOOD AT TOP, WITH "ALBERTA ACHEIVEMENT AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SWIMMING PRESENTED TO STAN SIWIK WITH THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA," ALSO ENGRAVED. BOTTOM PLATE READS "NOVEMBER 6, 1982 PETER LOUGHEED PREMIER" AND "MARY LEMESSURIER MINISTER". 2 SLOTS AT BACK FOR HANGING, WITH GOLD AND BLACK COLORED STICKER READING "LASERGEN LASER IMAGING DIVISION GENERAL SYSTEMS REASEARCH LTD. EDMONTON CANADA". ADHESIVE ON BACK OF PLATES IS COMING OFF AT RIGHT SIDES. FINISH SLIGHTLY MARRED IN TOP LEFT SECTION.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

SPORTS

History

STAN SIWIK WAS MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO LOCAL, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR SWIM COMPETITION. DONOR IS WIDOW OF STAN. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING ONE ASSOCIATED WITH STAN SIWIK. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF SIWIK WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE GALT ARCHIVES AND HIS LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY. STANLEY SLAWOMIR SIWIK WAS BORN ON APRIL 4, 1917 IN WARSAW, POLAND. HE BEGAN SWIMMING COMPETITIVELY AT AGE 12, AND REPRESENTED POLAND IN SWIMMING AT THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS. SIWIK ATTENDED WARSAW POLITECHNIC IN THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE UNTIL THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED BY THE GERMAN OCCUPATIONAL AUTHORITY IN 1939. IN THE FALL OF THAT YEAR HE JOINED THE POLISH UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE AND WAS ARRESTED BY THE GESTAPO IN FEBRUARY, 1940. FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS SIWIK WAS HELD PRISONER IN THE SACHSEHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP. HE IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1948 AND SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HE WORKED FOR THE PRAIRIE FARM REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION. SIWIK ESTABLISHED THE LETHBRIDGE AMATEUR SWIM CLUB IN 1950, WHICH HE COACHED FOR 25 YEARS. HE ALSO COACHED THE ALBERTA SWIM TEAM AND THE CANADIAN SWIM TEAM, AND WAS A JUDGE AT THE 1968 AND 1972 OLYMPIC GAMES, THE 1967 PAN-AMERICAN GAMES, AND THE 1970 EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS. SIWIK WAS NAMED TO THE ALBERTA SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN 1962 AND THE LETHBRIDGE SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN 1985. STAN SIWIK PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 25, 1985. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19920060000 FOR HARDCOPY OF SIWIK'S OBITUARY.

Catalogue Number

P19860108000

Acquisition Date

1986-03

Collection

Museum

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