Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1980

Date Range To

1990

Materials

POLYESTER, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.2

Length

9.5

Width

7.6

Description

GREEN POLYESTER PATCH WITH GOLD AND WHITE EMBROIDERING. PATCH IS RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS AND GOLD EMBROIDERED EDGING. EMBROIDERED IN GOLD ACROSS TOP ID "GRASS TURNS TO GOLD". AT CENTER EMBROIDERED IN SILVER IS THE LETHBRIDGE BRIDGE WITH SHEEPS HEAD OVER TOP. ACROSS BOTTOM EMBROIDERED IN SILVER IS "SOUTHERN ALBERTA SHEEP BREEDERS".

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

BUSINESS

AGRICULTURE

History

*UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF OBJECTS THAT INCLUDED THOSE DONATED BY THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA SHEEP BREEDER'S ASSOCIATION. THE FOLLOWING HISTORY OF THE GROUP WAS EXCERPTED FROM A DOCUMENT IN THE PERMANENT FILE THAT IS CREDITED TO THE GLENBOW ARCHIVES (NO AUTHOR IS LISTED) AND WAS LIKELY DRAFTED TO ACCOMPANY THE ASSOCIATIONS' FONDS AT THE TIME OF THEIR ACQUISITION BY THE GLENBOW (1985 - 2007). "IN ORDER TO GET BETTER PRICES FOR THEIR PRODUCT, SOUTHERN ALBERTA SHEEP MEN BEGAN ORGANIZING AS EARLY AS 1912. IN 1914, THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION WAS ORGANIZED, WITH ITS HEAD OFFICE IN LETHBRIDGE. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO COOPERATIVELY MARKET THE WOOL OF ITS MEMBERS. THE ASSOCIATION... SOON PUSHED FOR THE FORMATION OF A NATION-WIDE MARKETING ORGANIZATION. IT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FORMATION, IN 1918, OF THE CANADIAN COOPERATIVE WOOL GROWERS LTD., THE CENTRAL SELLING AGENT FOR CANADIAN WOOL PRODUCERS... IN 1923 THE ASSOCIATION WAS INCORPORATED... AND CHANGED ITS NAME TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA SHEEP BREEDERS LTD... EVERY MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA WOOL GROWERS RECEIVED ONE SHARE IN THE NEW COMPANY, WHOSE STATED OBJECT WAS 'TO TRY AND HANDLE ANY MATTERS LOOKING TOWARDS THE BETTERMENT OF THE SHEEP INDUSTRY IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA.' DURING WORLD WAR I THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SET UP THE CANADIAN WOOL BOARD TO FIX WOOL PRICES AND CONTROL MARKETING. THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA SHEEP BREEDERS LTD. WAS LICENSED BY THE BOARD AS THE RECEIVER FOR THE DISTRICT. AT THE END OF THE WAR A NEW WAREHOUSE WAS BUILT IN LETHBRIDGE [AT 918 1ST AVENUE SOUTH] TO FACILITATE THE HANDLING AND GRADING OF WOOL." AT THE TIME OF THIS SURVEY, THE ASSOCIATION WAS STILL OPERATING UNDER THE ALBERTA SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOCIATION AND IS AFFILIATED WITH THE ALBERTA LAMB PRODUCERS ORGANIZATION.

Catalogue Number

P19950041002

Acquisition Date

1995-04

Collection

Museum

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