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Windsor's Community Museum News Windsor’s Community Museum News Summer 2015 Francois Baby House and Interpretation Centre Museum Volunteer Group 2015 Volunteer of the Year Shirley F. Cheshire Shirley was married in August of 1952. She has two children, Douglas and Robert and three grand- children, Alicia, Jessica and Daniel. Shirley has been active in the Heart and Stroke Foundation for 50 years. She’s been a member of the altar guild at the Church of Ascension since September 1956. Clockwise: She has also been a member of the Nel Small, Shirley’s son Rob and Shirley Cheshire South Windsor Seniors at Paulin Captain Polluck, Shirley Memorial Presbyterian Church and and a neighbor boy the South Windsor Seniors Fun Band Shirley and her grandson since May 1955. Daniel Shirley has been a member of the Museum Volunteer Group since 1999, and received a 15 year Volunteer Service Award pin this year. She has reported for the card committee, which consists of Shirley, for the last 15 years and helped with our fundraising yard sales, sorting and pricing and selling, taken a number of our bus trips and attended most of the Museum Volunteer Group meetings, except the last one, when she was nominated volunteer of the year. th Shirley wrote the following for the Museum Volunteer Groups’ 20 anniversary in 2006 . During the building of the Ambassador Bridge, my brother and I would wander over from our house on Rosedale Boulevard to Huron Line. The workers were very careless with their change and I found dimes, quarters and pennies. After it was finished we used to watch from our bedroom windows when the Shriners would visit and parade up and down the bridge – laughing, playing their instruments and singing – the trees, at that time, were very small and we could see very well what was going on. At that time the bridge was not very busy and the Shriners literally took over the Bridge. This went on until late at night. At that time our street was not paved – we were considered ―country.‖ This one picture of me and Captain Polluck of the Anglican Church Army was taken when he visited our church from Ireland. He taught us many little songs such as ―Jesus Bids Us Shine‖. He played games with us and we loved him. He was noted however for LONG prayers and once when he visited our house I fell asleep during the prayer. Page 2 Catherine Reynolds Catherine Reynolds was born in Detroit sometime around 1782. The Detroit census of that year indicates that two daughters resided in the household of Thomas Reynolds, the Assistant Commissary Officer for the British forces at Fort Detroit. It is presumed that Catherine was one of them. Catherine grew up in a privileged household. Her father had extensive land holdings in Essex and Kent counties, and during the 1780s, the Reynolds family owned at least one Black slave. When Detroit was ceded to the Americans in 1796, the family moved across the River to Amherstburg where Thomas Reynolds continued his military career at Fort Malden. As one of a small number of women in a military town, Catherine would have been an eligible "maiden". But, like many other North American women in this period, Catherine chose not to marry. She was not alone in this choice. In the early 19th century, increasing numbers of well-to-do women chose to lead what was known as a life of "single blessedness" in order to develop their own special talents and abilities. Catherine's special talent was drawing and painting. Only two dozen or so drawings and paintings executed by her have survived. In her paintings of local scenes Catherine imposed the orderly and restrained lines of the European Neoclassical style on her Canadian surroundings. Her meticulous copies of British and European scenes also reveal her sympathy with European artistic conventions. It must be noted, however, that many of Catherine’s works are unsigned and that some of the art attributed to her may actually have been accomplished by her sister Margaret. Art historians are still arguing over questions of attribution. While her father lived, Catherine resided at home in Amherstburg. Upon his death in 1810, Catherine, now a confirmed "spinster", attached herself to the house- hold of her brother, Robert. Sometime between 1816 and 1819, a legacy enabled Robert and his wife, Thérèse Bouchette des Rivières, to build "Belle Vue", a substantial red brick Georgian Top to bottom: mansion outside of Amherstburg. It is generally Catherine Reynolds believed that Catherine helped design "Belle Vue". Horse Guards Parade London, England, 1985.5.23 Butterflies, 1985.5.7 Catherine died in 1864. View of Craig Millar Castle from the South, 1985.5.1 Page 3 A Day's Work, 2015 Series by Mark Gasparovic These photos reflect a component in Windsor's history by showcasing a part of the post-industrial economy in which we live today. The images attempt to capture the "old school" machinery of the tool and dye craft that was once common place. Many of the older machines have been replaced with compact machines that are highly efficient and operate on technological precision. Although this does increase production and efficiency, it simultaneously decreases human interaction and involvement, resulting in a shift in our community. With much of the industrial world changing to the use of robotics there is a removal of the human hand. In these works I try to highlight where the human hand can still be seen and why it is Mark’s photographs can be seen in the outside cases at important to do so. Windsor’s Community Museum, 254 Pitt St. W. and in the display cases at City Hall, 350 City Hall Square. Thanks to Calframax Inc. And the name is....Chimczuk Museum! The name of the museum on the ground floor of the 401 Riverside Drive West building (which also houses the Art Gallery of Windsor on the 2nd and 3rd floors) will be the Chimczuk Museum. Joseph Chimczuk, born in the Ukraine in 1897, and who died 24 years ago, left the City of Windsor 1 million dollars to build a museum, archive and library. This was an unexpected and generous gift. It was however, insufficient to build a stand-alone museum building. In late 2013, the city developed a plan to expand Windsor’s Community Museum into the ground floor of the 401 Riverside Dr. W. building. After the resolution of some legal issues, the City is happy to announce that the Chimczuk funds (which now amount to over $3 million) are helping to fund this museum expansion, and that the name of the new museum is to be the Chimczuk Museum. The Chimczuk Museum will house a permanent exhibition on the history of the Windsor area (entitled The River and the Land Sustain Us), an Original Peoples exhibition, a Hands On History exhibition for children and temporary exhibit galleries. And in case you are wondering, the François Baby House at 254 Pitt St. W. is not closing its doors. Rather, it will feature new exhibits: Windsor’s French Roots, Windsor and the War of 1812, and the Canadian Rebellion of 1838, and some other surprises. The François Baby House is currently open featuring temporary exhibitions. The opening of the new displays at the François Baby House and the Grand Opening of the Chimczuk Museum are planned for this fall. Above: Folk Art painting by Joseph Chimczuk, 2014.11 Museum Volunteer Group Events Upcoming Meetings and Speakers Can you Volunteer? 3 September — Speaker to be announced We are looking for volunteers to 1 October — Speaker to be announced staff the main desk at the museum. 5 November — Nancy Allen, After Midnight - Seeking Volunteers are crucial in providing Freedom across the Detroit River a presence on the main floor of the 3 December — MVG Christmas party museum for visitors, researchers and school groups coming to the Meetings begin at 7:00 pm and everyone is welcome. museum. Not only will you greet visitors but also sell items in the Museum Volunteer Group Gift Shop. Commitment required: Three hours twice a month, enjoy meeting the public & learning about history! Call the museum at (519) 253-1812 for details. Visit or Contact us 254 Pitt Street West, Windsor, ON Museum volunteer Elen Eng with Flag from the museum’s N9A 5L5 collection. Photo courtesy The Windsor Star, Jason Kryk. Telephone 519-253-1812 Facsimile 519-253-0919 Canada’s red and white maple leaf flag is instantly recognizable but it wasn’t always our emblem. The Website www.windsormuseum.ca maple leaf flag was raised for the very first time just Email: [email protected] fifty years ago, February 15, 1965. Before that the Union Jack and the Red Ensign were Museum Hours flown, but Canada didn't have an official flag of its 10:00 — 5:00 Tuesday — Saturday own. In 1964 thousands of proposed flag designs Sunday 2:00 — 5:00 were considered, and a bitter debate about symbols Closed Monday consumed the House of Commons and the country. After the maple leaf was finally signed into law there was a rush to produce enough flags in time for a raising ceremony on Parliament Hill. Sandwich Festival See the museum’s flag which was one of the six new flags that were flown for approximately one hour each on Parliment Hill in Join Les Amis Duff-Baby for the Ottawa. Each flag was then taken down and given to the Dedication of the Jesuit Pear trees Captain of the Queens Honour Guard. One such flag was and tours of the Duff-Baby House presented to Captain Don Wellman.
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