Material Type

Artifact

Date

1960

Materials

SILVER, NICKEL(?)

No. Pieces

1

Height

3.1

Diameter

7

Description

SILVER PLATED BRACELET. 3 CM WIDE BAND, CIRCULAR WITH ROUND CRESCENT ENDS AND 3.6CM GAP AT INSIDE WRIST. ENGRAVED ON TOP IN CAPITAL LETTERS IS "A.A.R.N. TALENT SHOW AT BANFF 1960". MODERATELY TARNISHED AND PITTED ON INSIDE OF BAND AND SLIGHTLY TARNISHED ON OUTSIDE ENDS. PLATING IS WORN ON END AND BODY HAS SLIGHT TWIST.

Subjects

ADORNMENT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

HEALTH SERVICES

History

BRACELET WAS REMOVED FROM ST. MICHJAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL, LOCATED AT 13TH STREET AND 9TH AVE SOUTH IN LETHBRIDGE, WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1911 BY THE VAN HAARLEM FAMILY AND WAS CALLED THE WIMPOLE HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITAL WAS PURCHASED BY THE SISTERS OF ST. MARTHA OF ANTIGONISH, NOVA SCOTIA, IN 1925 FOR $3400. FROM 1953 TO 1973 THE SISTERS OPERATED A NURSE TRAINING PROGRAM WITH THE HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITAL WAS RENAMED ST. MICHAEL'S GENERAL HOSPITAL IN HONOR OF REVEREND MICHAEL MURPHY O.M.L., THE FIRST BOARD CHAIRMAN. THE FIRST BOARD WAS CONSTITUTED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1929. IN 1932 THE HOSPITAL OBTAINED ACCREDITATION UNDER THE HOSPITAL STANDARDIZATION PROGRAM OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. A NEW HOSPITAL STRUCTURE WAS CONSTRUCTED AND OPENED ON SEPT. 9, 1931 BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH, THE HON. GEORGE HADLEY. THE NEW HOSPITAL CONTAINED CHILDREN'S, YOUTH AND PSYCHIATRIC WARDS, FOUR OPERATING ROOMS, A CHAPEL AND A SPECIAL WARD FOR CASUALTIES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE P.O.W. CAMP. THE OLD HOSPITAL WAS USED FOR STAFF ACCOMODATIONS. IN MARCH OF 1954 THE SCHOOL OF NURSING AND X-RAY WAS OPENED AND WAS IN OPERATION UNTIL 1973. ANOTHER WING WAS ADDED TO THE HOSPITAL IN 1963 BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BEDS TO 207. IN 1984 OWNERSHIP OF THE HOSPITAL WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE ALBERTA CATHOLIC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION. IN 1986 FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES BEGAN TO APPEAR AND EVENTAULLY RESULTED IN THE HOSPITAL BEING CONVERTED TO ST. MICHAEL'S HEALTH CENTRE IN 1992, FOCUSING ON THE NEEDS OF LONG TERM PATIENTS. FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES CONTINUED UNTIL THE HOSPITAL WAS CLOSED IN 1995. THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. AT THE TIME OF THE 2014 SURVEY, THE FORMER HOSPITAL SITE HOUSED THE ST. THERESE VILLA, A LONGTERM NURSING CARE FACILITY, AND THE ST. MICHAEL'S HEALTH CENTRE, A MULTI-PURPOSE REHABILITATION, PALLATIVE AND CONTINUING CARE FACILITY, BOTH CONSTRUCTED IN THE LATE 1990S. *UPDATE JULY 25, 2019*: TWO INDEPENDENT VIDEO RECORDINGS EXIST, REFERENCING SPECIFIC OBJECTS WITHIN THE GALT’S ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL COLLECTION. ONE RECORDING WAS CONDUCTED BY AN UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL(S) CONNECTED TO ST. MIKE’S IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE HOSPITAL’S DEMOLITION (APPROX. DECEMBER 1995 TO JANUARY 1996). THE SECOND RECORDING WAS CONDUCTED BY GALT CURATOR AIMEE BENOIT WHO TOURED FORMER ST. MIKE’S STAFF THROUGH THE GALT’S ST. MIKE’S COLLECTION IN LATE 2018. TO ACCESS THE RECORDINGS AND THEIR TRANSCRIPTS, PLEASE SEE THIS DONATION’S PERMANENT HARDCOPY FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19960116001

Acquisition Date

1996-01

Collection

Museum

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