Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Length

91

Width

88.4

Description

SHORT COTTON APRON WITH BODICE AND NECKSTRAP. ORANGE TULIPS WITH PURPLE LEAVES PRINTED ON WHITE FABRIC, WITH PLAIN WHITE COTTON STRIPS, 5CM IN WIDTH, INSERTED NEAR TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS. BOTTOM OF APRON IS GATHERED SLIGHTLY TO FORM RUFFLE. LARGE PATCHES ON LEFT SIDE OF APRON, WHERE TEAR WAS REPAIRED, AND NEAR RIGHT BOTTOM, ALSO WHERE APRON WAS TORN. TIES ARE SEWN TO EITHER SIDE OF APRON; END OF LEFT HAND TIE IS UNHEMMED. U-SHAPED FABRIC INSERT ABOVE WHERE RIGHT-HAND TIE IS CONNECTED.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

MADE BY ELSIE (KONKIN) MORRIS, DAUGHTER OF DONOR AT AGE 15 AS A HOME ECONOMIC PROJECT IN VAUXHALL. SEE P19950067001-GA FOR MORE DONOR HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2010 NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, CONTACTED ELSIE MORRIS NEE KONKIN (WHO DONATED THE ARTIFACTS ON BEHALF OF HER MOTHER) IN ORDER TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTROY OF THE OBJECTS AND THEIR CONNECTION TO THE DOUKHOBORS OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA. SEE BELOW. MORRIS HAD NOTHING TO ADD. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE PERMANENT FILE. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING AN APRON DONATED BY ELIZABETH KONKIN. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. ELIZABETH KONKIN AKA ELSIE MORRIS IS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM KONKIN AND ELIZABETH P. KONKIN (NEE WISHLOW). ELSIE WAS MARRIED TO TERRANCE GORDON “TERRY” MORRIS. TERRY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 88 ON OCTOBER 25, 2012. WILLIAM KONKIN PASSED AWAY MARCH 3, 1977 AT THE AGE OF 72. ELIZABETH KONKIN (NEE WISHLOW) WAS BORN IN CANORA, SK ON JANUARY 22, 1907, THE DAUGHTER OF PETER AND ELIZABETH WISHLOW (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). AT THE AGE OF 6 SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO A DOUKHOBOR SETTLEMENT AT BRILLIANT, BC, THEN LATER HER FAMILY MOVED TO A DOUKHOBOR SETTLEMENT AT SHOULDICE, AB. IT WAS HERE THAT SHE MET AND MARRIED WILLIAM KONKIN. IN 1939, THE COUPLE MOVED TO THE VAUXHALL AREA TO FARM UNTIL THEIR RETIREMENT, AFTER WHICH THEY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. ELIZABETH PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 93 ON APRIL 8, 2000. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. THE KONKINS WERE A RUSSIAN-SPEAKING FAMILY FROM THE TOWN OF SHOULDICE, ALBERTA, NEAR CALGARY. THEY AND MANY OTHER RUSSIAN FAMILIES COMPOSED THAT TOWN'S DOUKHOBOR COLONY. IN 2016, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN CONDUCTED FROM A TWO-PART INTERVIEW WITH KONKIN'S DAUGHTER, ELSIE MORRIS. A FULL HISTORY OF THE KONKIN FAMILY WAS CREATED USING THAT INTERVIEW AND CAN BE FOUND WITH THE RECORD P20160003002.

Catalogue Number

P19950067005

Acquisition Date

1995-10

Collection

Museum

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