Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CROCHET

Date Range From

1960

Date Range To

1970

Materials

WOOL

No. Pieces

1

Length

127

Width

75.5

Description

RED CROCHET; HANDMADE. GRADUATED BOX PATTERN RADIATING FROM CENTRE -- RED, PINK, BLUE, BROWN, GREEN, YELLOW, ORANGE. CROCHETED EDGING IN RED. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.

Subjects

HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

MADE BY DONOR & USED UNTIL RECENTLY IN HER HOME. *2021 UPDATE* IN 2021, TWO COLLECTIONS RESEARCH ASSISTANT INTERNS CONDUCTED AN AUDIT ON THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION. THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BARBARA STEWART—THE DAUGHTER OF VIOLET CUELL—WAS CONTACTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR DONATIONS MADE BY HER MOTHER IN 1992. THE FOLLOWING DIALOGUE HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 INTERVIEW WITH BARBARA. WHEN ASKED IF THE DONATED ITEMS WERE IN HER MOTHER’S HOME BEFORE THEY WERE DONATED TO THE MUSEUM, BARBARA RESPONDED: “THEY WERE [IN HER HOME PRIOR TO DONATION], SHE DIED IN 1992.” BARBARA ELABORATED ON WHICH HOUSE THE OBJECTS WERE IN BEFORE BEING DONATED: “I IMAGINE SHE’S HAD [THE DONATED OBJECTS] FOR QUITE A WHILE… WE LIVED AT 316-15TH STREET SOUTH IN A DUPLEX. SO WE LIVED THERE FIRST AND THEN MY FATHER BUILT A HOUSE AT 619-18TH STREET IN 1951, [OR] ’52. SO ALL OF THESE [DONATED OBJECTS] WOULD HAVE COME FROM THE HOUSE ON 15TH STREET.” BARBARA RECALLED WHAT WAS SAID TO HER ABOUT THE BLANKET: “…IT CAME OVER FROM SCOTLAND WITH THEM.” BARBARA SPECULATED ON THE ORIGIN OF THE BLANKET: “…IT WAS PROBABLY WOOL FROM THE SHEEP IN SCOTLAND.” WHEN ASKED WHETHER HER MOTHER CROCHETED THE BLANKET HERSELF, BARBARA REPLIED: “NO, IT WAS PROBABLY HER MOTHER.” BARBARA TALKED ABOUT HER MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, VIOLET’S MOTHER: “…[VIOLET CUELL’S] MOTHER’S NAME WAS MARY MURRAY; HER MAIDEN NAME WAS MURRAY. HER FAMILY LIVED UP BY BUCKIE. THEY HAD A FARM JUST OUTSIDE OF BUCKIE. BUCKIE…[IS GEOGRAPHICALLY NEAR] THE LITTLE BUMP IN SCOTLAND, WHERE [THERE IS] ABERDEEN AND PETERHEAD, AND THEN BUCKIE IS IN SORT OF THAT CORNER. WE WENT THERE TO VISIT IT.” BARBARA SPOKE ABOUT SEEING THE BLANKET AROUND THE HOUSE: “…IT WAS ON THE SOFA MOSTLY.” “…IT WOULD FIT A BED BUT A TWIN BED OR A NARROW BED. “ SHE COMMENTED FURTHER ON THE BLANKET: “…I THINK IT WAS USED FOR YEARS.” “…I REMEMBER THE COLOURS AND IT WAS A GOOD WEIGHT.” BARBARA EXPLAINED HER FAMILY HISTORY: “[MY MOTHER’S] FAMILY CAME FROM ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND… HER FATHER CAME HERE TO LETHBRIDGE IN THE EARLY 1900S AND HE BUILT A LOT OF BUILDINGS IN THIS CITY. [HIS NAME WAS] GEORGE BEATON, AND THEN THE FAMILY CAME OVER IN 1912. SHE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND A BROTHER. MINNIE, HONEY, JOSIE, ELLIS… THERE WERE FIVE GIRLS AND ONE BOY AND GRANDPA BEATON…BUILT A HOME FOR THEM ON 10TH STREET AND 7TH AVENUE SOUTH, AND THEY LIVED THERE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS… HE BUILT SEVERAL OTHER HOUSES WHERE MY MOTHER’S OLDER SISTER, MARGARET RASMUSSEN (SHE WAS CALLED HONEY)…LIVED IN THERE WITH HER FAMILY… NEXT DOOR TO THEM, EVENTUALLY…HER OTHER SISTER MINNIE WHO WAS MARY (MINNIE WAS HER NICKNAME)…MOVED IN NEXT DOOR, BUT ORIGINALLY SHE LIVED ON 5TH AVENUE BETWEEN 13TH STREET AND 14TH STREET IN A HOUSE. I’M NOT SURE WHETHER GRANDPA BEATON BUILT THAT ONE OR NOT.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO VIEW THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE SEE THE DONATION’S PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19920033005

Acquisition Date

1992-07

Collection

Museum

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