Donald Earl Willmott's Blue Brocade Album
Item
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Title
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Donald Earl Willmott's Blue Brocade Album
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Alternative Title
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DEW blue brocade album
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Identifier
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WFC_ALBUM_01
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Description
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Photograph album with jacket made of blue silk brocade with gold thread and motif of auspicious signs. The pages of the interior are blue paper with photographs attached with black corner brackets. Some of the photographs have captions written in blue ink.
The album is in very poor condition. The cover is fraying and coming apart at the seams. The pages have become detached and are out of order. The paper is fragile and breaks at the touch. Another almost identical album was in the possession of Richard Curtis Willmott, which is now housed at the Mount Royal University Archives in Calgary, Alberta.
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Commentary
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This record draws together individual images in the DEW blue brocade album. For full pages from the album see Willmott Blue Brocade Album.
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Willmott Blue Brocade Album
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Creator
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Mary Katharine Willmott
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Date Created
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Late 1930s
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Location
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Sichuan, China
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Culture
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Protestant missionaries and Republican Era Chinese
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Physical Dimensions
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8" h x 15" w
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Medium
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Paper, silk brocade, black and white photographs, tinted color photographs.
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Provenance
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In Donald Willmott's possession from his parents' death in 1986 until given to Cory Willmott in about 2015. Will be donated to the Willmott collection at the Mount Royal University Archives after scanning is completed.
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Publisher
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SIUE
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Record Date
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2024-10-11
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Contributor
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Cory Willmott
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Type
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Photograph Album
Carrier with Load Packed for Omei
Long Ferryboat on the Min River
Mt. Omei Pilgrim in Backrack Huagar
Wedding Procession - Bridal Chair
Wedding Procession - Dowry Pillows
Wedding Procession - Embroidery Dowry