PEN

Description: BLACK PLASTIC PEN AND PEN STAND. PEN HAS GOLD COLORED STEEL BAND AROUND CENTRE OF PEN, AND IS STAMPED "MADE IN USA". TOP END OF PEN IS POINTED AND THE BOTTOM REST INSIDE CASE ATTACHED TO STAND WITH A BRASS SWIVEL BASE. STAND IS RECTANGULAR AND STAMPED WITH GOLD COLORED LETTERS, "GALT AND CADILLAC COALS LETHBRIDGE COLLERIES LTD." BOTTOM IS COVERED WITH GREEN FELT FABRIC. INK CARTRIDGE NO LONGER WORKS, GOLD COLOR IS WEARING OFF BAND, AND SURFACE OF PLASTIC ON STAND AND PEN HAS MANY TINY SCRATCHES.

History: DONOR'S FATHER, EARL WAGNESS, RECEIVED PEN AROUNG 1942 WHILE WORKING FOR THE PACIFIC GRAIN COMPANY (1930-56 EMPLOYED THERE). ACCORDING TO DONOR, THE GALT COMPANY SOLD COAL AT THE GRAIN ELEVATOR IN BARONS. 1956 FAMILY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE EARL WORKED FOR WESTERN SAVINGS AND LOAN. MR. WAGNESS PASSED AWAY IN 1990. SEE P19970007001-GA FOR MORE FAMILY HISTORY.; *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE BOXED TEXTILE COLLECTION. ON 8 MARCH 2018, PUNDYK INTERVIEWED SISTERS SHIRLEY TUCKER AND JEAN SCMITT ABOUT THE ARTIFACTS DONATED BY TUCKER. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS OFFERED ON THIS ARTIFACT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE DONOR AND FAMILY HISTORY, THE INTERVIEW AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW CAN BE FOUND IN THE PERMANENT FILE.