The Margaret Friesen-Labach Collection of Early Twentieth Century Women's Magazines includes 421 individual items published between 1909-1953.
The collection includes 100 issues of THE MODERN PRISCILLA, for the years 1909-1930 and 286 issues of NEEDLECRAFT, for the years 1910-1941. Other items in the collection include books and issues of other needlework magazines from the years 1912-1953.
Margaret Friesen was born in 1925 near Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan. After completing her Grade 12 education, she attended Normal School in Saskatoon and in 1944, became a school teacher, teaching in several schools around the province. Her love of reading combined with her love of crocheting, knitting and needlework resulted in a very substantial collection of magazines and books. Margaret Friesen-Labach died in 2008.
The collection came to the University of Saskatchewan Library through a generous donation facilitated by Margaret Friesen-Labach’s daughter, Bernice Friesen. It is housed in the University of Saskatchewan Library’s Special Collections, located on the third floor of the Murray Library at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
Early 20th Century Women 
