Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1890

Date Range To

1900

Materials

COTTON SATEEN

No. Pieces

1

Length

54

Width

63.5

Description

BLACK QUILTED WOMAN'S VEST. TWO SETS OF BUTTONS AT TOP FRONT. ONE HAS GROUP OF THREE WHITE BUTTONS, WITH TUFT OF PINK YARN SEWN ONTO BUTTONHOLE SIDE. THE OTHER HAS TWO BLACK BUTTONS AND TUFT OF PINK YARN, WITH ONE WHITE BUTTON, TWO SMALL TUFTS OF PINK YARN, AND TWO BLUE LOOPS OF BRAIDED FABRIC ON BUTTON SIDE. VEST IS TIGHTLY FORMED AROUND NECK AND ARMHOLE AREAS, WITH BOTTOM SLIGHTLY FLARED. BACK IS PLEATED BELOW WAISTLINE, WITH PINK STITCH AT THE TOP OF EACH PLEAT. INSIDE IS LINED WITH LINEN FABRIC, WITH BLUE AND THIN PINK VERTICAL STRIPES. PLEATED SECTION ON BACK IS LINED WITH BLACK PINSTRIPED FABRIC, WITH SMALL STRIP OF BLUE PLAID AT UPPER SEAM. TIE EXTENDS FROM EITHER SIDE OF INSIDE WAISTBAND. LEFT TIE IS TORN AND HAS WHITE COTTON EXTENSION TIE TO IT. LINING IS WORN AND SOILED THROUGHOUT. VEST IS HANDSEWN THROUGHOUT.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

HANDMADE IN RUSSIA. BELONGED TO ELIZABETH (NOHORNOFF) WISHLOW. FOR MORE FAMILY HISTORY, SEE P19950067001-GA. DOUKHOBOR ARTIFACT. *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. ACCORDING TO MORRIS, THIS VEST WAS LATER WORN BY ELIZABETH (WISHLOW) KONKIN WHEN SHE WORKED ON THE FARM. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EVERYDAY VEST AS WEDDING VESTS WERE MUCH MORE ELABORATE. 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

P19950067011

Acquisition Date

1995-10

Collection

Museum

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