Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

RECEIPT

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1970

Materials

PAPER, CARDBOARD

No. Pieces

1

Height

1.1

Length

9

Width

11.3

Description

LIGHT BROWN CARDBOARD COVER HAS BROWN TAPE FOLDED OVER SPINE FOR SUPPORT. INSIDE HAS NINETEEN LONG WHITE PAGES. ARE PERFORATED ON THE LEFT ONE-THIRD. THIS SIDE HAS BLANKS THAT READS "NO. M SERVICE FROM 19 TO 19 WEEKS DAY, PER WEEK TRAV. EXPENSES TOTAL PAID 19--". HAS SMALL CHART ON BOTTOM RIGHT. ON RIGHT SIDE PAPER READS AT TOP "ALBERTA ASSOCIATION OF REGISTERED NURSES LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICE". THEN HAS BLANKS FOR SIMILAR INFORMATION AS ON LEFT, JUST MORE EXPLANATORY WORDS. READS ON BOTTOM RIGHT "DIRECTOR PHONE NO. 3032". ON BACK OF PAPER LEFT SIDE IS BLANK, RIGHT SIDE LISTS "PROFESSIONAL FEES AND HOURS". PAPERS ARE FOLDED IN MIDDLE, SOME DISCOLORATION. CARDBOARD IS CREASED. HAS SOME PIECES OF RIPPED RECEIPTS IN FRONT.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

History

DONATED IN MEMORY OF MRS. AGNES SHORT, WHO WAS A NURSE IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL C. 1970. HELPED WITH FIRST POLIO VACCINATION HERE, AND WAS PART OF THE HEALTH CLINIC FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. FATHER WAS WILLIAM H. SHORT, WHO WAS THE LAST FIRE CHIEF OF THE OLD NO.1 FIREHALL IN LETHBRIDGE. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A BELT DONATED BY SHARON DEREK. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. THE DONOR, SHARON DERRICK, IS THE NIECE OF AGNES SHORT. AGNES CHRISTINA SHORT WAS BORN ON APRIL 20, 1916 TO WILLIAM H. AND BERTHA SHORT (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). SHE GRADUATED FROM LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE AND THEN ATTDNED THE CALGARY GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR NURSING TRAINING, WHICH SHE GRADUATED FROM IN 1939. AGNES WAS THE SUPERVISOR AT THE GALT HOSPITAL FROM 1939-1945. SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE NURSING STAFF OF LETHBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT #51 FROM 1947 UNTIL 1958. SHE WAS ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF NURSING AT THE LETHBRIDGE HEALTH UNIT FROM 1964 UNTIL HER RETIREMENT. SHE RETIRED IN 1980 AFTER 42 YEARS OF NURSING. AGNES PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 78 ON OCTOBER 20, 1994. WILLIAM HENRY SHORT WAS AGNES’S FATHER. HE WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND IN 1889 AND MOVED TO CANADA IN 1909. HE INITIALLY WORKED FOR THE CITY WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT IN LETHBRIDGE FOR TWO YEARS, BEFORE SPENDING 51 YEARS IN SERVICE OF THE LETHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE OVERSAW THE INTRODUCTION OF MOTORIZED FIRE ENGINES, SWITCHING FROM HORSE POWERED WAGONS, IN 1913. HE ALSO SAW THE DEPARTMENT GROW IN SIZE FROM ONLY 13 TO 49 MEN. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84 ON NOVEMBER 18, 1974. WILLIAM’S WIFE BERTHA L. SHORT PASSED AWAY ON JULY 28, 1989. ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE ABOUT AGNES’S LIFE, THE SHORT FAMILY LIVED IN NUMBER 1 FIRE HALL, WHERE WILLIAM WAS FIRE CHIEF. WILLIAM H. AND BERTHA ALSO HAD ANOTHER CHILD, WILLIAM D. SHORT. HE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 16, 1916 AND PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 5, 1990. HE WAS MARRIED TO MYRTLE (NEE NELSON) SHORT AND THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDE THE DONOR, SHARON DERRICK. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. *UPDATE* IN 2018 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES INCLUDING A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS DONATED BY SHARON DERRICK. ON 1 MARCH 2018, PUNDYK INTERVIEWED DERRICK REGARDING HER DONATION. THE INFORMATION BELOW HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THAT INTERVIEW: A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS DONATED WERE CONNECTED TO THE DONOR’S AUNT, AGNES SHORT AND HER CAREER AS THE SENIOR NURSE AT THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE HEALTH UNIT AND AT THE GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING. “[THE NURSING ITEMS] WOULD HAVE BEEN FROM THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE HEALTH UNIT, [WHERE] MY AUNT WAS THE SENIOR NURSE AT THE HEALTH UNIT… I HAVE NO IDEA [WHY SHE HELD ONTO THESE THINGS]. PROBABLY WHEN THERE WAS BIG MOVES, AND THEY PACKED EVERYTHING IN BOXES, AND MAY BE SOME OF HER PERSONAL STUFF WAS IN BOXES. I DON’T KNOW. [SOME THINGS WOULD ALSO] BE FROM THE GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING.” THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HISTORY BOOK TITLED, “LEGACY OF LETHBRIDGE WOMEN,” WRITTEN BY GEORGIA GREEN FOOKS, PATRICIA HAGEN, AND MARY OORDT AND PUBLISHED IN 2005: “AGNES SHORT’S LEGACY TO LETHBRIDGE STEMMED FROM HER EXEMPLARY CAREER IN NURSING AND FROM HER MANY OTHER SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. THE DAUGHTER OF BERTHA AND WILLIAM SHORT, AGNES WAS RAISED IN THE MARRIED QUARTERS AT NO. 2 FIRE DEPARTMENT. AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE SHE STUDIED NURSING IN THE THREE-YEAR PROGRAM AT THE CALGARY GENERAL HOSPITAL. SHE THEN RETURNED IN 1939 TO BECOME SUPERVISOR OF THE GALT HOSPITAL AT $35 A MONTH. IN 1945 AGNES BECAME HEAD OF THE NURSING STAFF OF THE LETHBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51, MOVING THEN TO THE DIRECTOR OF NURSING AT THE LETHBRIDGE HEALTH UNIT. THERE SHE SAW THE FIRST USE OF PENICILLIN IN LETHBRIDGE AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO GIVE THE SALK VACCINE FOR POLIO. AGNES RETIRED FROM NURSING IN 1980 AFTER 42 YEARS ON THE JOB. APART FROM HER PROFESSIONAL LIFE, AGNES WAS INVOLVED IN MANY ORGANIZATIONS… AGNES EARNED A WOMAN OF DISTINCTION AWARD FROM THE YWCA AND A GOLD AWARD FROM THE CANADIAN RED CROSS. AT ONE PUBLIC FUNCTION SHE SAID, ‘LETHBRIDGE AND ITS CITIZENS HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL TO ME.’ UNDOUBTEDLY, AFTER A LIFETIME OF DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE, AGNES RETURNED THE FAVOUR.” WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE REASON FOR THE DONATION OF HER FAMILY’S ARTIFACTS DURING THE 2018 INTERVIEW, DERRICK EXPLAINED, “I WAS THE EXECUTOR FOR MY AUNT’S WILL AND WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY SHE [WAS LIVING IN] MY GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER’S HOME. ALL THIS STUFF HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE HOUSE, SO WHEN WE WERE CLEANING IT OUT FOLLOWING HER DEATH, WE CAME ACROSS ALL THESE THINGS. WHILE I KEPT SOME AS MEMENTOS, MY SISTER AND I [DECIDED TO DONATE OTHER ITEMS TO THE MUSEUM].” PLEASE PERMANENT FILE P19950037001, FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND COPIES OF ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19950038026

Acquisition Date

1995-06

Collection

Museum

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