BOX, ARTIST'S

Description: METAL BOX OF WATERCOLOUR PAINTS C/W BRUSH. COLORS INCLUDE; RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, PURPLE, BLACK, BURNT SIENNA. "REEVES WATERCOLOURS NO. 158, 8 COLOURS" PAPER LABEL INSIDE "REEVES' STUDENTS' WATER COLOUR BOX, NO. 158/2 PAINT SET HAS BEEN USED, ALTHOUGH EACH PAINT CUP IS FULL. BRISTLES OF BRUSH HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY INSECTS. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT. "MADE IN ENGLAND" "REEVES & SONS (CANADA) LIMITED. TORONTO, ONT."

History: *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY MARY MOORE, WHO ALSO DONATED THIS OBJECT. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT MOORE WAS COMPILED FROM HER LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY AND NOTES MADE AT THE TIME OF DONATION. MARY WHELAN MOORE WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND IN 1898, AND IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1907 WITH HER PARENTS AND SISTERS LOUISA AND MARGARET. HER FATHER WORKED AS A MINER IN GALT MINES, AND ACQUIRED THREE CITY LOTS IN 1912 TO BUILD A HOUSE AT 1731 6 AVENUE NORTH. MARY LIVED IN THE HOUSE FROM THE TIME OF ITS COMPLETION IN 1918 UNTIL SIX MONTHS BEFORE HER DEATH. SHE TRAINED AT THE NORMAL SCHOOL IN CALGARY, AND WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 47 YEARS, TEACHING PRIMARY GRADES AT HARDIEVILLE SCHOOL AND ST. BASIL'S. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ST. BASIL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE. MARY MOORE DIED ON JULY 18, 1993. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF OBITUARY.