Edith Roscoe

In memoriam · reported January 1979

A charter member of the Society and, with Clarice Packham and Isabel Hanna, a founder of the Weston Leathercraft Guild, whose first president she was. The January 1979 newsletter announced her death under the heading In Memorium: “It is with regret that we announce the death of Mrs. Edith Roscoe who was formerly with the Weston Leathercraft Guild. She subsequently moved to Xenia, Ohio where she passed away after a lengthy illness.” No date is given. She had written to the Society on 2 July 1952 enclosing the minutes of the founding meeting of the Toronto Branch, and the Spring 1970 newsletter records that it was she who gave the Weston Trophy to the London Branch in 1957.

From January 1979, page 8.

Branch

Toronto · recorded in the papers in 1952

Certification

• Fellow of the CSCL 1953
• Honorary Fellow of the CSCL 1975
  Distinct from her Associate standing of 1953 (see her other row) — printed as a separate honour, “Honorary Life Fellowship”, given at the Society’s 25th anniversary. She was not present; it was accepted on her behalf.

A charter member of the Society and first president of the Weston Leathercraft Guild, which she helped found with Clarice Packham and Isabel Hanna, she was named a Fellow in 1953 and served as the Society's Secretary through the early 1950s. Dr Larmour's slides record her work more often than anyone else's after his own: bellows, a jewel box, a blue purse, a briefcase in an ivy design, pine-cone slippers of 1952, a butterfly box, an uncarved cigarette box and a photograph frame in July 1953, a plain cigarette case, a hat box in 1954, a pine-cone glove box, a blue morocco bag and a black bag and hat in 1955, a “Spider Box” — and, twice over, her Weston class display of 1955. She gave the Weston Trophy to the London Branch in 1957 and was presented with an Honorary Life Fellowship in 1975; she died in 1979.

From 40th Annual Meeting 1990 — programme, Elmhurst Inn, Ingersoll, page 6; and The Larmour Library slide index and Librarian's Report, 1989.

Served the Society as

• Chairman Membership Committee 1950–51; 1951
• Secretary 1952–1954
• 2nd Assembly Demonstrator 1955
• Executive Council 1955

Honours

• Honorary Life Fellowship 1975
  Presented at the 25th Annual Meeting, with Clarice Packham. A charter member of the Society and first president of the Weston Leathercraft Guild. The letter handed to her at the presentation, reprinted in the Fall 1975 newsletter (p8), reads in part: “I am happy that you are accepting this Honorary Life Fellowship for Edith Roscoe to-day... Her teaching and work in the Weston Section will long be remembered. Edith was also the founder of the Weston Trophy.”

Awards

• 1st Canadian International Hobby Show Popular Vote 1953
• Canadian Handicrafts Guild Competition Honourable Mention 1955
• Canadian National Exhibition, Canadian Handicrafts Guild Section 1954
• International Assembly Salon Exhibit Honor Award 1957
• M'Lady Fair Popular Vote 1952
• Second CNE Hobby and Homecraft Show Public Preference Poll, Large Articles, 5th place 1954
• Second CNE Hobby and Homecraft Show Public Preference Poll, Small Articles, 1st place 1954

Demonstrations given

• Demonstrating throughout the Exhibition 1957
  CSCL Exhibition, 1957

  From Autumn 1957, page 5.

• A chalk talk on box covering and colouring 1959
  9th Annual

  From Spring 1959, page 4.

Where this comes from

• September 1951
• Summer 1952
• Winter 1952–53
• Spring 1953
• Summer 1953
• Winter 1953–54
• Spring 1954
• Autumn 1954
• Winter 1954–55
• Autumn 1955
• Summer 1957
• Summer 1975
• Autumn 1975
• January 1979
• 40th Annual Meeting 1990 — programme, Elmhurst Inn, Ingersoll
• The Larmour Library slide index and Librarian's Report, 1989