PILLOWCASE

Description: WHITE COTTON PILLOWCASES WITH A BLUE FLOWERED EMBROIDERED DESIGN IN THECENTRE NEAR THE OPEN END. FLOWERS ARE PRINTED ON THE FABRIC THEN DECORATED WITH AN EMBROIDERED BLUE OUTLINE AND YELLOW CENTRES. ON BOTH CASES ARE A SMALL OVAL GOLD FOIL STICKER MARKED "MADE IN CHINA ALL COTTON". BOTH ALSO HAVE A WHITE LABEL SEWN TO THE INSIDE MARKED IN BLUE WRITING "MADE IN CHINA 100 % COTTON COTON". THIRD PIECES IS THE CLEAR PLASTIC COVER THE CASES WERE SOLD IN PINNED TO THE TOP OF THE BAG WITH A STEEL PIN IS A WHITE PAPER PRICE TAG MARKED WITH A "K" LOGO, AND "OL 1113 302 $1.87". ITEMS HAD NEVER BEEN USED OR REMOVED FROM THE BAG.

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, THIS ITEM WOULD HAVE BEEN PURCHASED. HE WAS UNABLE TO ELABORATE ON THE PILLOWCASE'S HISTORY OF USE. 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.