BOX

Description: RECTANGULAR CARDBOARD BOX WITH THE IMAGE OF TREES AND A STREAM ON THE TOP COVER. BOX IS TRIMMED IN GOLD AND THE SIDES ARE MINT GREEN WITH A WHITE DECORATIVE DESIGN. TOP OF BOX HAS A MINT GREEN SATIN RIBBON WRAPPED AROUND THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER. THE INSIDE OF THE BOX HAS A SCALLOPED WHITE PAPER EDGE AROUND THE INSIDE WALLS MARKED "LOWNEY'S". PAPER IS SLIGHTLY TORN.

History: ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S AUNT, PHYLLIS MARY (WHITTON) MCDONELL, WHO CAME TO CANADA IN 1903 AT THE AGE OF 3 AND SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE. IN 1938 SHE MARRIED WILLIAM MCDONELL, WHO WAS A RANCHER AND A FARMER WHO WORKED FOR JOHN DEERE, BUT ALSO INVENTED AND BUILT CONASTOGA MOTOR HOMES. PHYLLIS WORKED AT CITY HALL AS A RECEPTIONIST, AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SOUTHMINSTER CHURCH. THE COUPLE REMAINED IN LETHBRIDGE, AND DID NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN. PHYLLIS PASSED AWAY IN THE 1990S. THIS ITEM IS POSSIBLY A CHOCOLATE BOX. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES INCLUDING A ROBE, TWO PURSES, AND A HATPIN DONATED BY MCDONALD. A PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD STATED PHYLLIS MCDONELL PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 13TH, 1997. ACCORDING TO THE MCDONELL'S HEADSTONE IN THE SAINT PATRICK CEMETERY (LETHBRIDGE), SHE WAS BORN IN 1903. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19970033013 FOR COPIES OF RESEARCH SOURCES USED.