Clarice Packham

The Society’s records

Everything the Society’s own records say of Clarice Packham: the offices held, the standings conferred, and the awards won. Where the records are silent, so is this part of the page.

In memoriam · July 1991

A Fellow and Life Member, living into her nineties, and a charter member of the CSCL on the merger of the Weston Leathercraft Guild. Her tribute, by Nora Huyck and Gladys Riddell, was printed in the Summer 1992 newsletter.

From Summer 1992, page 8.

Certification

• Associate of the CSCL 1953
• Fellow of the CSCL 1955
• Honorary Fellow of the CSCL 1975
  Distinct from her ordinary Fellow standing, since 1955 (listed separately above): printed as a separate honour, "Honorary Life Fellowship", given at the Society's 25th anniversary.

An early Fellow of the Society renowned as a superb glovemaker, remembered for her generosity to novice members. Dr Larmour's slides bear out her reputation as a glovemaker: gloves, a jewel box, and the gold gloves she showed at the 1955 Assembly. Two of her pieces were chosen for “Ontario Crafts – Leather Today”, the Society’s Centennial travelling exhibition: men's brown gloves and lady's gloves. The Canadian Guild of Crafts (Ontario) selected the articles; the exhibition opened at the Guild Shop on 2 October 1967 and was to travel across Canada during 1968.

From Summer 1992, page 8; The Larmour Library slide index and Librarian’s Report, 1989; and Fall 1967, page 9.

Held the Society's professional stamp No. XII, issued in 1956.

From Register of professional stamps, May 2012.

Served the Society as

• 2nd Assembly Demonstrator 1955
• C.N.E. Demonstrator 1962
• Executive Council 1963–1965
• 11th Assembly Demonstrator 1965
• 27th Annual Demonstrator 1977

Honours

• Honorary Life Fellowship 1975
  Presented at the 25th Annual Meeting, with Edith Roscoe. She marked the day by giving a book to every member present. The letter handed to her at the presentation, reprinted in the Fall 1975 newsletter (p8), reads in part: “I am honoured to be asked to hand you this Honorary Life Fellowship to-day... If ever we saw beautiful gloves it was certain that the maker would be Clarice Packham.”

Awards

• Canadian Handicraft Guild Competition 1966
• Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition First Prize 1955, 1956, 1957, 1965
• Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition Honourable Mention 1955, 1963, 1964
• Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition Second Prize 1958, 1960, 1962
• Canadian Handicrafts Guild Golden Anniversary Exhibition Honourable Mention 1956
• Canadian National Exhibition, Canadian Handicrafts Guild Section 1954
• Craftsman Award, 11th International Assembly 1965
• Craftsman Ribbon 1967, 1970
• International Assembly Craftsmanship Ribbon 1964
• International Assembly Salon Exhibit 1961
• Ontario Souvenir and Handcraft Competition Idea 1963
• Pacific National Exhibition Second Prize 1964
• Salon Award 1967
• Salon Award, 11th International Assembly 1965

Demonstrations given

• Glove Making (at her cottage) 1965
  Barrie Branch meetings, 1964-65 season

  From Spring 1965, page 3.

• Glove pattern and glove construction 1968
  18th Annual

  From Summer 1968, page 2.

Where this comes from

• Spring 1953
• Autumn 1954
• Winter 1954–55
• Summer 1955
• Autumn 1955
• Summer 1956
• Autumn 1956
• Autumn 1957
• Autumn 1958
• Autumn 1960
• Spring 1961
• Autumn 1962
• Spring 1963
• Summer 1963
• Autumn 1963
• Summer 1964
• Autumn 1964
• Summer 1965
• Autumn 1965
• Spring 1966
• Fall 1967
• Spring 1970
• Summer 1975
• June 1977
• Summer 1992
• Register of professional stamps, May 2012
• Annual Meeting 1976: programme, West Plains United Church, Burlington
• The Larmour Library slide index and Librarian’s Report, 1989