Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2017.045.013ab |
Object Name |
Case, Pencil |
Title |
J. W. McKay's Pencil Box |
Year Range from |
1900 |
Year Range to |
1909 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Leith, Municipality of Meaford, Grey County?/Ontario |
Description |
A rectangular, two-piece wooden pencil box (a) with a sliding removable lid (b), that is personalized with "J. W. McKAY" in pencil printing. No decor, just a thumbnail groove, and some pencil graffiti and ink stains. Three elliptical compartments within. |
Provenance |
Belonged to/used by J. W. McKay (=James Wesley McKay, b. Dec. 31, 1895. He and his siblings attended S.S.#13 (the Leith School). The Hugh and Jeanette (Jane) McKay family farmed in the Annan/Leith area of Sydenham Township, Grey County. The McKay family farm was located about one mile north of Leith, at Lot 28, Concession A. His brother, Donald Gordon (Doug) McKay, and his wife Olive (née Beattie), also farmed there in Sydenham Township, until 1940, when they moved to Derby Township to another farm (Lot 9, along Highway 21). The item was last kept by their daughter, Donna McKay-Mills of Owen Sound, Grey County. J. Wesley McKay (d. 1973) was one of her uncles. |
Collection |
Personal Gear |
Material |
Wood |
Dimensions |
H-2 W-23 L-5 cm |
Found |
Sydenham Township (formerly), Municipality of Meaford, Grey County |
People |
McKay, James Wesley (Wes) McKay, Hugh |
Subjects |
Boxes Writing materials Pens Pencils Scholars School children Schools |
Search Terms |
Sydenham Township |
Function |
A portable storage wooden case for a schoolboy's pencils and pens and nibs to be stored in. It was used by a Sydenham Township schoolboy. His parents would have had to either make or purchase the item. Pencil boxes were often personalized as they would be taken to and from school. |