Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CASED BUILDING MODEL

Date Range From

1970

Date Range To

1980

Materials

GOLD PLATE, WOOD, GLASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

36.9

Length

32.3

Width

26.5

Description

GOLD PLATED JAPANESE PAVILION REPLICA IN A BLACK WOOD CASE WITH A MIRROR ON THE BACK SIDE, A SOLID WOOD BASE ON THE BOTTOM, AND GLASS ON THE TOP AND ON THE OTHER 3 SIDES OF CASE. PAVILION IS SCREWED INTO THE WOODEN BASE. ITEM IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, EXCEPT THERE ARE A FEW LOOSE PIECES ON THE BASE INSIDE THE CASE. ***CAUTION; TOP OF CASE IS LOOSE.

Subjects

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

DONOR RECEIVED ARTIFACT FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1970, FROM DR. & MRS. HASE. DR. HASE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BIGELOW FOWLER CLINIC. PAVILION IS A REPLICA OF THE JAPANESE PAVILION IN KYOTO, JAPAN (THE CULTURAL CITY OF JAPAN), ***DONOR REQUESTS IF ARTIFACT IS DISPLAYED, DOCUMENTATION SHOULD INCLUDE THE INFORMATION THAT IT WAS A GIFT FROM DR. HASE TO THE ANDERSONS. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, INCLUDING SOME ORIGINAL OWNED BY A. C. ANDERSON. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT A. C. ANDERSON WAS RETREIVED FROM GALT ARCHIVES RECORD 20061053009: "ANDREW CHARLES (ANDY) ANDERSON WAS BORN IN 1909 IN SHABBONA, ILLINOIS, THE ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN OF CHARLES ERIC AND BERTHA ANDERSON (NEE OSTERVIG). THE ANDERSON FAMILY MOVED TO CHAMPION, ALBERTA IN 1912. ANDY ANDERSON WORKED ON THE FAMILY FARM UNTIL 1930, A YEAR AFTER HIS FATHER’S DEATH. HE THEN DECIDED TO LEAVE THE FARM AND ENTER THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA. IN 1934 MR. ANDERSON GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA WITH A PHM.C. (PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST) DEGREE. HE APPRENTICED WITH J.D. HENDERSON IN CHAMPION, AND THEN MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE R.J. KITSON PHARMACY FOR 14 YEARS. IN 1948 MR. ANDERSON ESTABLISHED ANDERSON’S MEDICAL DENTAL PHARAMCY. THE PHARMACY STILL OPERATES UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF MR. ANDERSON’S SON MURRAY. ANDY ANDERSON MARRIED HIS WIFE RHETA IN 1938 IN CHAMPION. AS WELL AS THEIR SON MURRAY, THE ANDERSONS HAD A DAUGHTER MARILYN (MARRIED LEW HUTCHISON). ANDY ANDERSON ENTERED PUBLIC LIFE IN 1950 WHEN HE WAS ELECTED TO THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD (LPSB). HE SERVED ON THE LPSB FOR 14 YEARS AND WAS ITS CHAIRMAN IN 1954, 1958 AND 1962. IN 1964, ANDY ANDERSON WAS ELECTED TO LETHBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL AND SERVED AS AN ALDERMAN UNTIL 1968. IN MARCH 1968 MR. ANDERSON BECAME THE MAYOR OF LETHBRIDGE WHEN HE CHOSEN FOR THE POSITION BY THE OTHER MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL FOLLOWING MAYOR FRANK SHERRING’S RESIGNATION ON 5 MARCH 1968. ANDY ANDERSON BECAME THE LONGEST SERVING MAYOR IN LETHBRIDGE HISTORY, RETIRING FROM OFFICE IN 1986. HE WON FOUR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, AND WAS ACCLAIMED MAYOR TWICE AS WELL. AS WELL AS HIS POLITICAL CAREER AND PHARMACY BUSINESS, MR. ANDERSON WAS INVOLVED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. AMONG THEM ARE THE LETHBRIDGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ST. MICHAEL’S HOSPITAL ADVISORY BOARD, UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE SENATE AND BOARD OF GOVERNORS, LETHBRIDGE RECREATION COMMISSION, THE COMMUNITY CHEST, SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH, ROYAL CANADIAN SEA CADET CORPS, CANADIAN WESTERN NATURAL GAS, MASONIC LODGE NO. 39, THE KINSMEN CLUB, THE ROTARY CLUB, INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS (IOOF), CHINOOK CLUB AND THE BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS (BPOE). HE WAS ALSO AN HONOURARY MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, GENERAL STEWART BRANCH NO. 4 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, AND THE POLISH COMBATANTS ASSOCIATION. ANDY ANDERSON ALSO SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE CANADIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE PROVINCIAL MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE EXECUTIVE OF THE CANADIAN FEDERATION OF MAYORS AND MUNICIPALITIES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AUTHORITY COMMITTEE, HONOURARY PRESIDENT OF ST. JOHN AMBULANCE, AND AS THE HONOURARY COLONEL OF THE 20TH INDEPENDENT FIELD BATTERY RCA. AMONG THE AWARDS AND HONOURS ANDY ANDERSON RECEIVED DURING HIS LIFE WERE A PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP FROM ROTARY INTERNATIONAL; CERTIFICATE OF MERIT FROM THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION; GOOD CITIZENSHIP AWARD FROM THE IOOF; CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE JAYCEES (1985); AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FROM THE ALBERTA URBAN MUNICIPALITIES ASSOCIATION (1983); MERITORIUS SERVICE AWARD FROM THE CANADIAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION (1977); ROBINS COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD (1963); THE QUEEN’S MEDAL (1977); BROTHER OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN (1983), LATER PROMOTED TO OFFICER; HONOURARY DOCTOR OF LAWS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE (1985); AND A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF CANADA (1985). ANDREW CHARLES ANDERSON DIED ON 23 APRIL 1996 AND IS BURIED IN MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY, LETHBRIDGE. HIS WIFE RHETA DIED IN 2011 AND IS BURIED IN MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY AS WELL." [SOURCE: ARCHIVES VERTICAL FILE, "PEOPLE, IDENTIFIED - A"] *UPDATE (2023)* IN 2019, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A COLLECTIONS AUDIT, WHICH INCLUDED ARTIFACTS DONATED BY "ANDERSON, RITA." IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE DONOR'S FIRST NAME IS "RHETA" AND THE DONOR FIELD HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REFLECT THE CORRECT SPELLING. THE SON OF ANDREW AND RHETA ANDERSON, MURRAY ANDERSON, WAS INTERVIEWED BY PUNDYK ON FEBRUARY 2, 2019 TO ADD FURTHER CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE ARTIFACTS. ON THE ARTIFACT MURRAY STATED, “THIS IS FROM DR. AND MRS. HASE. MOM AND DAD WERE REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO THE HASE’S. WHENEVER THEY WENT TO JAPAN, AND I THINK THEY WENT A COUPLE OF TIMES, THEY WERE HOSTED BY THE HASE FAMILY OVER THERE. … DR. HASE WAS A DOCTOR IN THE BIGELOW FOWLER CLINIC; MY DAD OWNED THE PHARMACY [IN] THE BIGELOW FOWLER CLINIC [THE ANDERSON’S MEDICAL DENTAL PHARMACY]. [IT WAS ON DISPLAY AT OUR HOUSE], IN THE OFFICE UPSTAIRS. I REMEMBER SEEING IT COUNTLESS TIMES. IT WAS ALWAYS – HAD TO BE DUSTED.” AS PUBLISHED BY THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD; “AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA AS A PHARMACIST, ANDERSON WORKED 14 YEARS AT R.J. KITSON PHARMACY BEFORE STARTING HIS OWN BUSINESS IN 1948. … MAYOR DAVID CARPENTER, WHO SUCCEEDED ANDERSON IN 1985, RECALLS ONE FAVORITE MEMORY WHICH OCCURRED WHEN A TEENAGED CARPENTER WORKED DELIVERING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR ANDERSON’S MEDICAL DENTAL PHARMACY. IT WAS THE SPRING OF 1965 AND THE YOUNG CARPENTER WAS FACED WITH THE PROSPECT OF MAKING DELIVERIES ON HIS SMALL MOTORCYCLE AFTER A MASSIVE SNOWFALL. DELIVERIES HAD TO BE COMPLETED BY 7 P.M. EACH NIGHT, AND PUSHING HIS MOTORCYCLE THROUGH THE SNOW BANKS SLOWED HIM CONSIDERABLY. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF SLOGGING THROUGH THE SNOW AND FINISHING UP AROUND 10 P.M., CARPENTER DECIDED HE COULDN’T CONTINUE. HE APPROACHED ANDERSON TO SAY IT WOULD BE BEST IF HE HIRED SOMEONE WITH A CAR. 'HE THANKED ME, AND FOR SOMEBODY QUITTING; HE ACTUALLY GAVE ME A $25 BONUS FOR BEING SO UP-FRONT WITH HIM.' CARPENTER RECALLS. 'HE LOOKED AT IT MORE FROM MY POINT OF VIEW – AS A LITTLE DELIVERY BOY… OR MAYBE BIG DELIVERY BOY – INSTEAD OF FROM A BIG BUSINESSMAN POINT OF VIEW.'” (APRIL 27, 1996) “A NATIVE OF JAPAN, DR. SHOJI HASE, HAS JOINED THE STAFF OF THE BIGELOW-FOWLER CLINIC IN LETHBRIDGE AS A PHYSICIAN. DR. HASE CAME TO CANADA DIRECT TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1955 AND HAS BEEN INTERNING AT THE TWO CITY HOSPITALS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. HE SPENT FOUR YEARS DOING POST-GRADUATE STUDIES IN JAPAN AND RECEIVED A SPECIALIST’S LICENCE IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY.” (JANUARY 6, 1959) “DR. HASE, BORN IN OSAKA, JAPAN, OBTAINED HIS PRE-MEDICAL EDUCATION AT THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF KYOTO IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY IN JAPAN, GRADUATING IN APRIL, 1946. HE TOOK HIS MEDICAL SCHOOLING AT THE SAME UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED FROM THERE IN 1950, TAKING HIS INTERNSHIP THEN AT OSAK RED CROSS HOSPITAL IN LETHBRIDGE FROM OCTOBER, 1957 UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 1958, BEING GRANTED HIS ALBERTA LICENCE IN JANUARY, 1959.” (FEBRUARY 14, 1959) PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19970018000 FOR FULL INTERVIEW AND FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING ARCHIVAL RESEARCH FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

Catalogue Number

P19970018000

Acquisition Date

1997-02

Collection

Museum

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