PANTS

Description: PAIR OF MEN'S BEIGE WOOL PANTS WITH A BUTTON FLY, AND A HALF OF A STEEL CLIP AT THE TOP TO FASTEN. OTHER PIECE OF CLIP IS MISSING BUT FABRIC HAS RUST ON THE AREA WHERE IT ONCE WAS SEWN. WAISTBAND IS HIGH IN THE BACK WITH A DIP IN THE MIDDLE, AND HAS 2 WHITE PLASTIC-LIKE BUTTONS ON EACH SIDE OF FRONT NEAR SIDE POCKETS, AND 1 BUTTON ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BACK TO ATTACH SUSPENDERS TO. HAS NO REAR POCKETS. SECOND PIECE IS A 102 CM LONG MATCHING SINGLE SUSPENDER STRAP,WITH A BUTTON ON EACH END. SOME OF THE SEAMS ON THE INSIDE OF THE PANTS ARE FRAYING, AND FRONT IS STAINED.

History: ITEMS WERE CONTAINED IN A TRUNK BELONGING TO THE DONOR'S MOTHER, WHO WAS BORN IN 1902 AND WAS RAISED ON A DOUKHOBOR COMMUNE UNTIL SHE AND FRED EVDOKIMOFF LEFT WHEN THEY WERE 18 YEARS OLD TO GET MARRIED. MANY OF THE ITEMS DATE BACK TO THE EARLY 1900'S, WHILE OTHERS ARE MODERN AND DATE TO THE 1980'S. DONOR'S PARENTS MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1952. MRS. EVDOKIMOFF DIED IN 1986 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS OLD. *UPDATE* NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, MET WITH DONOR WALLY EVDOKIMOFF IN 2010 TO DISCUSS HIS DONATION OF THE TRUNK AND ITS CONTENTS. SEE BELOW. ACCORDING TO EVDOKIMOFF, THE PANTS WERE HAND MADE. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE USED FOR SPECIAL OCCAISIONS AND FUNERALS. EVDOKIMOFF WAS UNABLE TO EXPAND ON THAT POINT. HE SAID THEY WERE MADE IN THE RUSSIAN STYLE. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCSSORIES, INCLUDING A TOILET SET AND JACKET DONATED BY WALLY EVDOKIMOFF. DURING A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH PUNDYK IN 2018, EVDOKIMOFF STATED HIS FAMILY LIVED IN YORKTON, SASKATCHEWAN AND BRILLIANT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. THEY WERE MOST LIKELY A PART OF THE DOUKHOBOR COMMUNITIES IN THOSE AREAS. HE CONFIRMED THAT HIS PARENTS FIRST ARRIVED IN ALBERTA IN 1952.