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Navy Days 2018 October 19Th and 20Th the Ensign Volume 27, No. 3 Summer 2018 Royal Canadian Navy photo. Navy Days 2018 October 19th and 20th HMCS Charlottetown at sea in January 2017. news, views and seagoing tales from the Naval Museum of Alberta Society 1. The core value of the Society is a belief that the Canadian Navy story, past and present, is From the Editor exciting, engaging and worth telling. 2. The mission of the Society is to tell the story Scott Hausberg of Canada’s Navy. 3. The vision of the Society is to have a commun- ork has started once again on NAVY ity that is informed, excited about and engaged DAYS. First of all, the dates will be 19 with Canada’s Navy and its naval heritage. and 20 October. The 19th is a Friday eve- ningW and will serve as an early opportunity to purchase Here we are in 2018 and a lot has changed since items at the garage sale and bid on silent auction items. 2011 that will require the Society to re-examine its As well, there will be a stand-up reception and the purpose. Among the changes are a new Commanding unveiling of new exhibits. The 20th is a Saturday and Officer at HMCSTecumseh , a DND authorized full time will include many of the best parts of Navy Days 2017 Executive Director for the Naval Museum and a tem- — Tecumseh Band, garage sale, Lecture by Dr. porary (but we hope soon to be permanent) curator Guevremont, recognition of the 30th Anniversary and a group of volunteer watchkeepers who are getting of the Museum, honouring our veterans and splicing older. The Executive Director of the Museum reports the main brace. In addition, demonstrations are antici- to the Commanding Officer of Tecumseh and outgo- pated from both Navy League Cadets and Sea Cadets. ing Commanding Officer (Commander Rob MacLeod) started the process of developing a new strategic plan for the museum. We understand the new Commanding Officer will carry on that process to completion. But this leaves the Society in the unusual position of owning a bunch of artefacts, most of which are on loan There will also be a number of fun events to keep to a museum but some of which are only conditionally the children interested. Finally, as appropriate for the owned and may eventually have to be returned to the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the Naval Associa- donor. A number of the artefacts are also still stored in tion of Canada will hold a mess dinner in the evening. the Annex on the Tecumseh site, which site will have to Navy Days is for the first time being organized by be returned in a few years to DND and if kept, those HMCS Tecumseh with the support of NMAS, NMA, artefacts will have to have a new storage site. Thus, the Navy Calgary and the Navy League. Lt(N) Yasmin Society will need to develop its own plan for the future. Mayne is running the show and once again I will be More on this later. focused on the retail side and promotion through Navy Just a note that the Society is still looking for addi- Calgary; Randy Petrie of the Navy League’s Southern tional persons for both the Board and for watchkeep- Alberta Division is coordinating the cadet participa- ing. tion. We will need your help to get the word out! It should also be noted that NMAS moved its inven- tory to the TMM site 10 years ago, in October 2008. Further, NMAS will be celebrating its 30th year of exis- President’s Report tence since the start of the Tecumseh Historical Society in 1988. These events are significant and it is antici- Ken Sivertsen pated they will be part of the planned third annual Navy Days on October 19-20, 2018. n November 2011, the Society approved a strategic Stay tuned to Navy Calgary on http://navalmuseu- plan for the Society at its AGM. At that time it was mofalbertasociety.ca/ or on Facebook at http://www. agreed that: facebook.com/navycalgary/ I 2 Summer 2018 | The Ensign to bring them forward to me. I think it would be prudent as part of the 30 year celebrations to leverage a new fund raising campaign to Director’s Report try and ensure the future of the NMA for hopefully at Eric Kahler least another 30 years. Thus, part of my research of The Ensign was to look ecently I took on a small project to review some at fund raising initiatives that were used in the past. historical facts about the Naval Museum of Al- While I found a few useful things, your recently formed berta. Mostly this involved researching back is- Fund Development Committee has its work cut out for Rsues of the NMAS publication, The Ensign, as they are itself. This committee consists of myself, Ken Sivertsen, a wealth of information. It is also quite enlightening Scott Hausberg, Ed Brown and Robert Siversten. A big to see pictures of people like Bill Wilson and Laraine thank-you to them for having volunteered. We expect Orthlieb from 20-25 years ago, as it just highlights their to come up with a plan for a new fund-raising initiative commitment and dedication to the Museum. in the near future for launch in October. Again, your Here are a few interesting facts I found. Within the ideas are welcome. University of Calgary archives there are copies of ev- As mentioned in the Spring 2018 Ensign, acquiring ery issue dating back to the first issue in September and refurbishing artifacts for exhibits is a costly ven- 1991. In the 27 years of its publication, 1991 was the ture. One of the best ways to raise funds is through only year in which only one issue was published. For legacy donations where people interested in helping all other years there have been four issues every year the Museum pursue its goals leave part of their estate with the following exceptions: in 1996, Vol. 6, No. 3, was to the Museum. not published as the volunteers were in the process of Please consider doing so as every little bit helps. opening the building extension to the original NMA. Preferably, and more importantly, please consider mak- In 2005, there is no Volume 15, No. 4, as that edition ing such a donation while still living so we may properly was erroneously labled No. 3, thereby generating two recognize your generosity. In fact, thank you so much separate No. 3’s for that year. In 2011, Volume 20, Nos. to the Hale family for requesting donations to the Mu- 2 and 3 were combined into one issue. What an amaz- seum on behalf of Casey, this has generated several ing feat! In 27 years out of a possible 103 issues, there hundred dollars already. have been only a couple of glitches where an issue was Stampede is fast approaching and once again we ex- missed. A big BZ to all The Ensign editors and contribu- pect to be hosting members of HMCS Calgary’s crew in tors over the years for a truly outstanding job in main- the Museum. Once we know the date for sure, it will taining such a long tradition. Should anyone wish to be promulgated to everyone, so please come out and visit past editions of The Ensign, please let me know and meet these currently serving and deserving sailors. I can arrange that for you as these are held as a “special Lastly, I would like to thank the many volunteers who collection” in the archives out of the public domain. contribute their time so freely to help ensure the Mu- In doing that research I also found the original Mu- seum runs smoothly. seum opened October 16th, 1988, and that the official In particular, I want to thank Bill Kane for the numer- reopening of the Museum in its current location 20 ous tours (several per week) he has conducted over years later was strategically October 16th, 2008. That the past months and Mike Potter, for the continued ex- means this October 2018 will not only be the 10th cellent work he and his team do to help produce and anniversary in the new building, but it will be the 30th revitalize the Museum exhibits. anniversary of the NMA. I think that calls for a large Thank you to all who contribute so much and please celebration and thus the planning has already begun. It continue to give when you can. It really is appreciated, will likely be combined with Navy Days on October for without you, the Naval Museum of Alberta would 19/20, 2018. Anyone with celebratory ideas is welcome not be what it is! The Ensign | Summer 2018 3 that might otherwise not see our museum. Telling the Navy Story: In this work we are fortunate to, at times, have the expertise of volunteers, student interns and summer A Curatorial Perspective staff to help carry the load. From the feedback that I have received over the past years, the experience that Bradley Froggatt CD we provide these people is valuable and, in the case of students and interns, helps to further their knowledge great deal goes into the running of a museum. and career aspirations. From the outside it may seem that once exhib- Telling the Navy story requires much in the way of its are in galleries that there is not much go- physical resources such as storage preparation and lay- Aing on, however, the planning and renewing of exhibits out areas, conservation areas, and spaces for photog- takes a great deal of time and research.
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