CAMISOLE

Description: WHITE COTTON CAMISOLE WITH A CROCHETED UPPER PORTION ABOVE CHEST, INCLUDING STRAPS, WITH BUTTERFLIES IN THE PATTERN. TRIM AROUND COLLAR AND ARM OPENINGS IS FINISHED WITH A SCALLOPED EDGE. CAMISOLE HAS A DIRTY MARK ON THE FRONT LOWER RIGHT, BUT OTHERWISE IS CLEAN AND IN GOOD CONDITION.

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 CAMISOLE WOULD HAVE BELONGED TO HIS MOTHER. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HAND MADE AND SAVED AS AN HEIRLOOM. HE THOUGHT SHE MIGHT HAVE WORN IT AT ONE TIME BUT LATER "PUT IT AWAY FOR SAFE KEEPING." 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.