CURLER

Description: COILED SPRING, COVERED IN BROWN PLASTIC MESH. WHITE PLASTIC BRUSH (BOTTLE-BRUSH STYLE) FITS INSIDE. MISSING PEG TO HOLD HAIR IN PLACE.

History: BELONGED TO DONOR. DONOR'S MOTHER IMMIGRATED WITH HER PARENTS IN 1890 AT AGE FOUR TO CARDSTON AREA. HER FATHER CAME TO MILK RIVER AREA IN 1908. BOTH PARENTS WERE FROM THE UNITED STATES. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING A SET OF HAIR CURLERS AND CLIPS DONATED BY NORAH THOMPSON. ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE IS A HARD COPY OF THE DONOR'S FUNERAL PROGRAM. IT STATES: "MRS. NORAH THOMPSON, BELOVED WIFE OF GORDON THOMPSON PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 15, 2004. BESIDES HER LOVING HUSBAND, NORAH IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER DOROTHY (WOLF) GIES OF ST. ALBERT; THREE SONS ROGER (SUSAN) OF IRVINE, ALBERTA, DONALD (BARBARA) OF LETHBRIDGE, AB, LYLE (KRISTA) OF CALGARY, AB... NORAH IS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, ONE DAUGHTER (PATRICIA PEDERSEN), A SISTER AND A BROTHER." THE PROGRAM INCLUDES NORAH'S DATE OF BIRTH - JANUARY 10, 1925. *UPDATE* IN 2019, COLLECTIONS INTERN KIRSTAN SCHAMUHN CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH NEXT-OF-KIN, BUT NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS DISCOVERED. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19960101001 FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING COPIES OF ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.