Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SHAM

Materials

COTTON

No. Pieces

2

Length

78.7

Width

52.9

Description

TWO WHITE COTTON PILLOW CASES WITH A CROCHETED PINK TRIM AROUND THE OPEN END, AND ON THE FRONT OF THE SAME END IS AN EMBROIDERED DECORATION WITH LIGHT AND DARK PURPLE LILAC FLOWERS, GREEN LEAVES, AND YELLOW RIBBON. BOTH CASES ARE FAIRLY CLEAN, BUT HAVE A FEW LIGHT YELLOW STAINS ON THE FRONT AND BACK.

Subjects

BEDDING

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

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 PILLOW CASES WERE LIKELY KEPT BECAUSE THEY LOOKED PRETTY. HIS MOTHER TOOK A LOT OF PRIDE IN KEEPING A CLEAN, WELL KEPT HOME. HE SAID, "VIRTUALLY YOU COULD EAT OFF THE FLOOR... THAT WAS THEIR LIFE, RAISING THEIR KIDS AND KEEPING THEIR HOME FIRES BURNING, THAT WAS THEIR WHOLE EXISTENCE." ACCORDING TO EVDOKIMOFF HIS MOTHER WOULD HAVE USED SIMPLER LINENS FOR EVERY DAY USE. THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN KEPT AS HEIRLOOMS. 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.

Catalogue Number

P19950075020

Acquisition Date

1995-04

Collection

Museum

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