Dorothy Anne Stevens collection

Custodial History: 

Blanket was kept by the King family for many years.  Grandson Wally King donated the blanket to a Salvation Army Thrift Shop where it was found by the donor.  The donor purchased the blanket and contacted the King family to learn the history of the item.

Start Date: 
1905
GMD: 
object
Geographic Access: 
Garden River First Nation (Ont.)
Sault Ste. Marie (Ont.)
Subject Access: 
Indigenous Peoples in North America--Canada--Residential schools
Name Access: 
King, George Ley (1863-1945)
Shingwauk Indian Residential School (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.)
End Date: 
1915
Date Range: 
ca. 1907
Physical Description: 

18 cm of object and textual records. - 1 blanket

Arrangement: 
original order
Location Original: 

SRSC

History Biographical: 

Mr George Ley King was principal of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School from 1897 to 1906.   His wife worked as the Matron of the School for the same period.  The blanket was made as a parting gift for the retirement of the King family from the Shingwauk home. 

Scope Content: 

Collection comprises a blanket made by the women of Garden River First Nation for Mr and Mrs George Ley King as a retirement gift.

Repository: 
srsc

Blanket

Publication: 
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Language: 
English
Object Classification: 
Personal Objects; Personal Gear
Master scans folder location: 
GMD: 
object
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
1905
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
1915
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
ca. 1907
Marks: 
Language: 
Physical Description: 

15 cm of object. - 1 blanket

Notes: 

The blanket is crocheted with a black boarder and multicoloured floral squares.

rec_shelfloc: 
2014-040-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Dorothy Anne Stevens collection
Container Number: 
001
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: 

History of blanket

Publication: 
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Language: 
English
Master scans folder location: 
GMD: 
textual record
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
2013
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2013
Style or Pattern: 
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Date Range: 
2013
Marks: 
Language: 
Physical Description: 

0.1 cm of textual records

Notes: 

A written account of the curatorial history of the blanket and associated donation documents.

rec_shelfloc: 
2014-040-001
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Dorothy Anne Stevens collection
Container Number: 
001
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: