Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TIN OF FOUNTAIN PEN NIBS

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1940

Materials

STEEL, GOLD, PAPER

No. Pieces

6

Height

0.9

Length

3.9

Width

2.7

Description

RECTANGULAR STEEL TIN WITH DETACHABLE LID. LID IS PAINTED GREEN AND BLUE, AND READS: "THE LEVER KING (REG'D) FOUNTAIN PEN NIBS. (BALL POINTED) THIS BOX CONTAINS SIX SOLID GOLD-PLATED NIBS WHICH WILL FIT ANY FOUNTAIN PEN. MADE IN ENGLAND." KING PLAYING CARD AND ONE NIB ALSO PAINTED, WITH CHECKERED BORDER AROUND EDGE OF LID. BASE OF CONTAINER UNPAINTED. CONTAINS THREE NIBS. ONE WITH PLATING WORN, EMBOSSED WITH "J HEATH'S SELECT". OTHER TWO APPEAR UNUSED; ENGRAVED WITH "14K PLATED M". WHITE PAPER SHEET WITH BLACK PRINT HAS INSTRUCTIONS FOR FITTING NEW NIB, WITH DIAGRAM AT TOP. BACK IS PLAIN.

Subjects

CONTAINER

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION T&E

Historical Association

BUSINESS

History

UNKNOWN *UPDATE* IN 2017, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ARTIFACTS IN RELATED LOCATIONS, INCLUDING AN ARMLET DONATED BY BILL SKELTON. ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT RECORD WAS A BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM HERBERT SCORESBY SKELTON. EXCERPTS FROM THAT BIOGRAPHY FOLLOW: “WILLIAM HERBERT SCORESBY SKELTON WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE ON 6 APRIL 1920. HIS PARENTS WERE MARION SCORESBY SKELTON AND HERBERT SCORESBY SKELTON. EDUCATED LOCALLY, MR. SKELTON WORKED AT THE DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARM (NOW THE LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE) FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A REPORTER WITH THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD IN 1943. AFTER FIVE YEARS AT THE NEWSPAPER, HE BECAME NEWS DIRECTOR AT THE RADIO STATION CJOC ON 15 FEBRUARY 1948. DURING HIS FIRST TWO YEARS AT THE RADIO STATION, MR. SKELTON WAS THE ONLY EMPLOYEE IN THE NEWS DEPARTMENT. MR. SKELTON ORGANIZED THE FIRST FULL-TIME NEWS DEPARTMENT AT THE RADIO STATION AND WAS NEWS DIRECTOR FOR THE JOINT RADIO – TELEVISION OPERATIONS OF SELKIRK COMMUNICATIONS IN LETHBRIDGE AND SOUTHERN ALBERTA. BY THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT IN APRIL 1978, CJOC HAD EIGHT EMPLOYEES IN THE NEWS DEPARTMENT. WILLIAM SKELTON MARRIED MARY THERESA FRANCIS IN SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH, LETHBRIDGE ON 3 AUGUST 1957. THE COUPLE DID NOT HAVE CHILDREN. DURING HIS LIKE MR. SKELTON WAS VERY ACTIVE AS A VOLUNTEER WITH MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS… WILLIAM SKELTON DIED ON 13 JULY 1998, AGE 78, AND IS BURIED IN MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY IN LETHBRIDGE. MARY THERESA SKELTON (NEE FRANCIS) WAS THE DAUGHTER OF DR. AND MRS. JAMES R. FRANCIS AND THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF REVEREND JAMES ROBERTSON D. D., A FORMER MODERATOR OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA. A TEACHER AT LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FROM 1945 UNTIL HER RETIREMENT, MARY SKELTON WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY... MARY SKELTON DIED ON 23 AUGUST 2000, AGE 80, AND IS BURIED BESIDE HER HUSBAND IN MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY. [SOURCES: THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, VARIOUS ISSUES; WHO’S WHO IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA 1988-1989 (HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTRE, 1989) PAGES 739-740].” FOR FULL BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENT, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19950069014

Acquisition Date

1995-05

Collection

Museum

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