Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TYPEWRITER TECHNIQUE

Date

1938

Materials

PAPER

No. Pieces

2

Height

1.6

Length

28.4

Width

22

Description

RED COVER BOOK WITH TOP SPINE AND BLACK PRINTING ON COVER. SPINE OF BOOK IS ACROSS TOP OF BOOK WITH CARDBOARD COVERS WHICH HAVE RED PAPER COVERING. FRONT COVER HAS PICTURE OF TYPEWRITER AND TWO HANDS TYPING IN TOP LEFT CORNER. AT MIDDLE IN LARGE BLACK PRINTING IS "TYPEWRITING TECHNIQUE" WITH "HAROLD H. SMITH", "FRED. JARRETT" AND "IRMA WRIGHT" BENEATH IT. IN BLACK BORDER ACROSS BOTTOM IS "GREGG". INSIDE OF FRONT COVER HAS DIAGRAM OF TYPEWRITER AND LIST OF PARTS. HAND WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON FIRST PAGE IS "D.L. KILPATRICK GARB(??) SUCCESS BUSINESS COLLEGE" AND IN RED IS "SKILL DRILLS - PAGE 18". ON TITLE PAGE IS "TYPEWRITING TECHNIQUE" AND LISTS AUTHORS. UNDER THIS IS "COPYRIGHT, CANADA, 1938 BY THE GREGG PUBLISHING COMPANY". AT BOTTOM OF TITLE PAGE IS "THE GREGG PUBLISHING COMPANY 1200 BAY STREET, TORONTO, ONTARIO". THE BOOK HAS REVERSIBLE PAGES WHICH CONTAIN INSTRUCTIONS, DIAGRAMS AND LESSONS FOR TYPEWRITING TECHNIQUE. BOOK ALSO CONTAINS KEYBOARD CHART FOR UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER AND HAS PARTS CHART ON BACK. BOOK IS WORN ALONG EDGES AND BINDING IS LOOSE FROM USE. PAPER IN BOOK HAS NUMEROUS PENCIL MARKS AND IS YELLOWING.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

EDUCATION

History

ARTIFACTS ARE FROM THE #1 FIREHALL AND THE GALT HOSPITAL AND WERE DONATED IN MEMORY OF AGNES C. SHORT, HEAD SCHOOL NURSE, AND WILLIAM H. SHORT WHO WAS FIRE CHIEF. *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. DURING THAT INTERVIEW, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS ARTIFACT WAS NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE DONOR. PLEASE PERMANENT FILE P19950037001 FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND COPIES OF ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19950037012

Acquisition Date

1995-05

Collection

Museum

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