Satchel
Object number2021.98.32
MediumBuckskin; Plastic; Metal
Credit LineGift of Amy Berlin
DescriptionBuckskin cross-body bag. Opening flap and bottom edge of bag is lined with buckskin fringe. Opening flap also features various brown, white, blue, and red beads around edges. There are also two decorative accents: a brown leather (?) piece with green, red, blue white, and brown beads; and a beige colored bead attached with brown thread. Dark brown braided leather edge around sides of bag. Bag features two inner pockets. Ventilation holes on the bottom of the larger pocket.
Plastic rectangular keychain attached to bag strap. Keychain is green and silver, with a metal bottle opener on one end, and a flashlight on the other end of the keychain.DimensionsLength x Width x Depth: 26 x 10 x 2 in. (66 x 25.4 x 5.1 cm)InscriptionsText on one side of keychain reads: "DRINK / 'EM DRY / www.nbu.ca/drinkemdry".
Historical NotesCollection of items that belonged to donor’s mother Anne Feeney including jacket, purse, t-shirts, concert passes and buttons. Feeney was a local musician, activist, and attorney. Feeney toured the country and the world, but Pittsburgh remained her hometown. She remained active in local activist organizations like the Thomas Merton Center, Pittsburgh NOW and Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, which she helped organize in 1972. She was active in the environmental, labor, women’s rights, and anti-war movements. Born in Charleroi and raised in Brookline she earned her B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1974 and then a law degree in 1978. Her grandfather was a union organizer in the mine’s and played the violin, he influenced her future activism and interest in music. She always enjoyed playing music, purchasing the guitar she used throughout her career in 1967 and giving her first public performance two years later, but it wasn’t until 1989 that she devoted herself fulltime to her music career, after a twelve year career as an attorney. The rest of her life she performed around the world at protests, festivals, political rallies and labor events. Feeney released twelve recordings and is perhaps best known for the song “Have You Been to Jail for Justice” that was covered by Peter, Paul, & Mary. She received the Joe Hill Aware in 2005, a national award that honors artists and activists who support the labor movement. She passed from complications of pneumonia related to Covid-19 on February 3 at age 69.
Previous owner
Anne Feeney
(1951 - 2021)
Related institution
New Brunswick Union
Previous owner
Moosehead Breweries, Ltd.
Terms
On View
Not on view
c. 1950
c. 1925
1971-1978