Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1900

Date Range To

1920

Materials

WOOD

No. Pieces

1

Description

BRIGHT GREEN WOODEN TRUNK WITH A BRASS HANDLE ON EACH END. HAS A LID THAT IS ATTACHED BY 2 HINGES AT THE BACK, AND FASTENS AT THE FRONT WITH A STEEL CLASP THAT IS MARKED "MASTER". INTERIOR OF TRUNK IS NATURAL WOOD, WITH TURQUOISE PLASTIC LINING INSIDE THE LID. WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON THE BACK WALL OF THE INTERIOR IS AN ILLEGIBLE HANDWRITTEN MARKING. EXTERIOR OF TRUNK HAS BEEN PAINTED SEVERAL TIMES AND IS VERY SCRATCHED AND MARKED UP.

Subjects

PERSONAL GEAR

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 TRUNK WAS SOMEWHAT LIKE A HOPE CHEST. IT HELD ITEMS THAT WOULD BE MEANT FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY HEIRLOOMS. THE TRUNK WAS HOMEMADE ALTHOUGH HE WASN'T SURE WHO WOULD HAVE MADE IT. "IT WAS EITHER MY MOTHER'S FAMILY, PROBABLY THEIR FATHER (ANDREI POSNIKOFF), OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN MY DAD WHO MADE IT FOR MY MOTHER." EVDOKIMOFF KEPT THE TRUNK AFTER HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY BECAUSE HIS FATHER WANTED TO HOLD ON TO ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH HER. HE DONATED IT TO THE MUSEUM BECAUSE IT WAS A UNIQUE OBJECT WITH AN INTERESTING HISTORY (DOUKHOBOR ROOTS). 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

P19950075029

Acquisition Date

1995-04

Collection

Museum

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