KNIFE, POCKET

Description: KNIFE HAS 3 BLADES, 2 CUTTING & 1 SHARP POINTED BLADE SIMILAR TO A MARLIN SPIKE. HANDLE COVER IS A PLASTIC MATERIAL. SMALLER BLADE BROKEN NEAR TIP. HANDLE DAMAGED. SOME CORROSION. BLACK PLASTIC HANDLE. LARGE BLADE HEAVILY SHARPENED. HANDLE ATTACHED BY HIGHLY BUFFED RIVETS; ONE SIDE OF HANDLE SLIGHTLY MELTED. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.

History: DONOR STATES ITEM DATES TO 1897. DESIGN & MATERIALS SUGGEST KNIFE IS LIKELY NEWER, POST 19TH CENTURY. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING TWO NECKLACES AND A CUSHION COVER DONATED BY MARY EDITH BOOSE IN 1991. INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR COMES FROM HER OBITUARY PUBLISHED ON THE VULCAN FUNERAL HOME WEBSITE. IT STATES BOOSE WAS BORN ON 24 JANUARY 1900 IN LIMA, OHIO. SHE “CAME TO NANTON WITH HER SISTER RUTH AND THEIR PARENTS, HENRY "DICK" FRANKLIN AND MARY ESTHER (NEE RINEHART) BOOSE IN THE SPRING OF 1909. THEY SETTLED ON A FARM 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NANTON.” AFTER ATTENDING CALGARY NORMAL SCHOOL DURING 1923 – 1924, SHE BECAME A TEACHER. SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL AT EASTWAY. VULCAN, AND TURNER VALLEY. SHE RETIRED IN 1963 AFTER OVER THIRTY-NINE YEARS OF TEACHING. AFTER RETIREMENT, SHE RESIDED IN VULCAN AND PASSED AWAY THERE ON 15 FEBRUARY 1994 AT THE AGE OF 94 YEARS. THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO LOCATE THE DONOR’S NEXT-OF-KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE FULL OBITUARY.