WALLET

Description: BROWN LEATHER. CONSISTS OF THREE SECTIONS : TWO OUTER FLAPS WHICH OVERLAP AND CLOSE OVER THE CENTER SECTION. TWO OUTER FLAPS FORM POCKETS. CENTRE SECTION FORMS TWO POCKETS (COMPARTMENTS). A STRIP OF LEATHER ON ONE OUTER FLAP CAN BE PUT THROUGH TWO LOOPS ON OUTSIDE OF WALLET (AND WORKS TO CLOSE WALLET). LEATHER IS INTRICATELY TOOLED ON OUTSIDE AND INSIDE. IS TRIMMED WITH IVORY STRIPS OF LEATHER. PRINTED ON THE INSIDE OF ONE FLAP IS "ALEX ULRICKSON".

History: BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER (ALEXANDER ULRICKSON) AND WAS USED ABOUT THE 1940'S. SEE P20000022001-GA FOR MORE HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2018 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A COLLECTIONS SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS DONATED BY ALLAN ULRICKSON. AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, PUNDYK CONNECTED WITH THE DONOR’S SON, PAUL ULRICKSON. THESE ARTIFACTS WERE NOT RECOGNIZED AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION COULD BE PROVIDED. ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE IS THE DONOR'S OBITUARY AS IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THAT SOURCE. ALLAN ULRICKSON WAS BORN ON APRIL 14, 1932. HE LATER ATTENDED SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE, AND LATER WORKED FOR THE ALBERTA PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS A TECHNOLOGIST. HIS WIFE WAS TERESA ULRICKSON AND THEIR CHILDREN WERE ALEX AND PAUL. HE PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON JANUARY 18, 2016 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE OBITUARY HARD COPY.