by Joanna Dermenjian | Apr 8, 2024 | Article, Red Cross, Research
The text on the back of the photo above reads: CANADIAN RED CROSS, NEW BRUNSWICK DIVISION, Work Room in Legislative Assembly Room, Fredericton, N.B. (Shared by permission: Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (PANB): MC2441 – New Brunswick Division, The Canadian...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Mar 5, 2024 | Article, Research
Last week, I received a lovely gift from Margaret in Australia (on IG @quiltsinkidsbooks), including Australian military knitting patterns from both the First and Second World Wars. I have never seen these booklets before. These examples of knitting ephemera caused me...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Feb 6, 2024 | Article, Labels, Red Cross, Research
In the April 1987 issue of ‘Canada Quilts’, a letter to the editor was published from a British woman, Pauline Adams, who was looking for information about quilts made in Canada during the Second World War, that had been shipped to Britain. Pauline wrote: “There seem...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Dec 11, 2023 | Article, Artifacts, Research
In October, on CBC Gem (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s digital video streaming service), I viewed a beautiful documentary directed by and starring filmmaker Mary Galloway, entitled ‘The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy’. In the 1980’s, I lived for...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Nov 10, 2023 | Article, Artifacts, Children, History, Research
I made a discovery last year on Carrie Lord’s Instagram account called @homefronthistory. On March 17, 2022, she posted about war stamp corsages, called ‘Warsages’. Carrie has several in her collection of fabulous American home front WW2 collectibles. I had just...
by Joanna Dermenjian | Sep 3, 2023 | Article, History, Red Cross
I am often asked what we know about how Canadian women went about completing the work of producing over 50,000,000 items for the war effort during WWII. Where did they meet, how did they organize, who was in charge, did they work on an assembly line, did they work to...
