As published by The Guardian on Sept 29, 2009
EDITORIAL STAFF
The Guardian
The Trueman Pate Lamp Collection has been added to the provincial museum collection.
The Department of Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour, along with the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation, announced the acquisition and said the addition is thanks to the generosity of Hyndman & Company Ltd., The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company and the family of Trueman Pate.
“This group of lamps is thought to be the largest museum collection of its kind in the country and the museum is proud to have it as part of the provincial collection,” said David Keenlyside, executive director of P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation.
The Pate Collection was the lifelong passion of Trueman Pate from Summerside, who amassed a large number of beautiful oil lamps over many years. It was his wish that the approximately 570 lamps stay together on P.E.I.
After an exhibit of the collection at Eptek Art & Culture Centre in 2008, negotiators began investigating the possible acquisition of the entire lamp collection by the P.E.I. Museum. A government news release says it would not have been possible without Pate’s tenacious collecting spirit and his family’s kind offer to help make his lifelong interest a part of the provincial museum collection for Islanders now and always.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary, Hyndman & Company and The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company made a significant donation to the P.E.I. Museum in order to assist in the acquisition of the Pate lamp collection.
“Hyndman & Company Ltd. and Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company are pleased to fund the acquisition by the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation of The Trueman Pate Collection of lamps and lanterns to become part of their permanent collection for the benefit of future generations,” said a company representative.
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