Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TIME CAPSULE

Date

1936

Materials

FERROUS METAL, GLASS, FELT

No. Pieces

6

Height

20

Length

4.3

Width

4.3

Description

METAL LITHO'D FINISH BADLY DETERIORATED: "JOHNSON'S SURGEONS RUBBER ADHESIVE PLASTER" WITH RED CROSS SYMBOL. OTHER SIDES CONTAIN DIRECTIONS FOR USE IN FRENCH & ENGLISH. CONTAINED GREEN FELT CLOTH, 2 GLASS SYRINGES, SPOON, MEDICAL INSTRUMENT & ROLLED PAPER WITH LETTERHEAD: "BIRD, WOODALL, & SIMPSON GENERAL CONTRACTORS STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT" DATED: "OCT 24TH 1936" AND "TO GALT HOSPITAL LETHBRIGE" "THIS WAS FOUND IN THE WALLS OF THE OLD KITCHEN IN BUILDING WHEN TEARING DOWN BY J. SMART WORKING FOR BIRD WOODALL & SIMPSON. THE ONE WHO FINDS THIS NEXT TIME IS WELCOME TO USE IT FREE OF CHARGE REPLACE WHERE YOU FOUND IT FOR THE NEXT ONE COMING ALONG. PS DON'T GO TO HEAVY ON IT" PAPER IS SIGNED: "GEO WOODALL LETHBRIDGE". SYRINGES BROKEN, SPOON SLIGHTLY RUSTED, SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.

Subjects

CONTAINER

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

DONOR FOUND BOX IN HER HOME WHILE SPRING CLEANING. SHE REMEMBERS GETTING IT SOME YEARS AGO WHEN CONSTRUCTION WAS OCCURING AT HOSPITAL, BUT CANNOT REMEMBER WHEN OR UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES. ITEMS WERE IN CAN. *UPDATE* IN 2018 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, INCLUDING A CURLER DONATED BY BETTY ANDERSON. ARCHIVAL RESEARCH FOUND THAT THE DONOR’S FULL NAME WAS ELIZABETH VIVIAN “BETTY” ANDERSON (NEE ROBINSON) (1920-2001). ATTEMPTS MADE TO LOCATE HER NEXT-OF-KIN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN COMPILED USING ARCHIVAL SOURCES. AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE DECEMBER 29, 1996 EDITION OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD STATED THAT ANDERSON WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1920 “THREE KILOMETRES NORTH OF ETZIKOM, IN A HOUSE MADE MAINLY OF SOD.” FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAMILY’S EARLY HOUSE THERE, PLEASE SEE ARTICLE IN THE PERMANENT FILE. ANDERSON WAS BORN TO BILL ROBINSON AND VERA WATSON. HER FATHER EMIGRATED FROM IRELAND TO ONTARIO, AND BY 1908 HE MOVED TO NANTON. IN 1909 OR 1910, ROBINSON MOVED TO ETZIKOM IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA. BY THE TIME BETTY ANDERSON REACHED SCHOOL AGE, THE FAMILY RELOCATED TO THE MCNALLY AREA, JUST SOUTH OF LETHBRIDGE. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN THE AREA UNTIL 1934, WHEN SHE WAS IN GRADE 11 BEFORE MOVING TO LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR GRADE 12. IN ORDER TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE CITY, SHE HAD TO BOARD WITH A LOCAL ORGANIST NAMED RHYDDID WILLIAMS. FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL, ANDERSON MOVED TO CALGARY TO ATTEND MOUNT ROYAL COLLEGE FOR TWO YEARS AND RECEIVED HER TEACHING CERTIFICATE. SHE FURTHERED HER EDUCATION AT CALGARY NORMAL SCHOOL (LATER SAIT) AND RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE. ACCORDING TO AN ADDITIONAL ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, ANDERSON’S TEACHING “CAREER SPANNED FROM THE ERA OF ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS TO A SEMESTER STINT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE.” IN THE ARTICLE, ANDERSON STATED, “MY FIRST JOB WAS AT GOLD RIDGE SCHOOL [IN 1939], OUT NORTH-WEST OF TURIN. THERE WERE 16 KIDS.” IN 1941, BETTY ANDERSON MARRIED GLENN ANDERSON (1922-1995). THE COUPLE LIVED ON A RANCH IN THE PORCUPINE HILLS AND HAD EIGHT CHILDREN – THREE DAUGHTERS, E. JOYCE JANTZ, DOROTHY JOAN ANDERSON, AND P. ELAINE ANDERSON; AND FIVE SONS, RICHARD G., DOUGLAS K., GREGORY B., JAMES D., AND RONALD D. THE HERALD ARTICLE STATES ANDERSON WAS A VOLUNTEER AT THE SIR ALEXANDER GALT MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES FOLLOWING HER TEACHING CAREER. BETTY ANDERSON PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 80 ON AUGUST 26, 2001. SHE IS BURIED AT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY IN LETHBRIDGE. PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING FULL COPIES OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES.

Catalogue Number

P19920023004

Acquisition Date

1992-06

Collection

Museum

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