BAG, DOCTOR'S

Description: 1. BAG. ABOVE DIMENSIONS. OUTSIDE OF BAG IS COVERED IN BLACK LEATHER, AND HAS STEEL FITTINGS AND LOCK MECHANISM. HAS 2 LEATHER HANDLES. A SMALL LABEL NEAR LOCK READS "PATENT NO. 2293363 ORGANIZER BY SCHELL". CORNERS OF BAG ARE REINFORCED WITH EXTRA LAYER OF LEATHER. LABEL ON BOTTOM OF BAG READS "SCHELL TOP GRAIN COWHIDE BACKED AND LINED WITH OTHER MATERIALS". STAMPED INTO BOTTOM OF BAG IS "15 5400-42" AND THE SCHELL LOGO. INSIDE OF BAG IS LINED WITH GREY VINYL. THERE ARE TWO FLAPS INSIDE BAG, ONE WITH A BLACK LEATHER POUCH ON IT, THAT LIFT UP TO REVEAL COMPARTMENTS BELOW. VINYL IN ONE SIDE OF BAG IS PEELING. LEATHER ON OUTSIDE OF BAG HAS A NUMBER OF SCRATCHES. 2. NOTEPAD. 1.3(H) X 15.7(L) X 11.0(W). PAD OF PRESCRIPTION PAPER, READS "1605 - 9TH AVE. S. - LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA OFFICE PHONE 327-3121 BIGELOW FOWLER CLINIC" AT TOP. PAD IS CONTAINED WITHIN A BROWN VINYL CASE. BACK OF PAD SLIPS INTO ONE SLEEVE OF CASE, AND THERE IS ANOTHER SLEEVE ON OPPOSITE SIDE, WITH A GOLD MAPLE LEAF ON IT THAT HAS "FROSST" IN THE CENTER.

History: ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S HUSBAND DR. STANLEY J. GREGORY. DR. GREGORY WAS BORN IN CALGARY ON FEBRUARY 9, 1923 AND HIS EARLY YEARS WERE SPENT ON A RANCH NEAR IRRICANA. HE JOINED THE R.C.A.F. IN 1941 AND WAS BASED IN NOVA SCOTIA, OPERATING RADAR AND WIRELESS UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. AFTER HIS DISCHARGE HE MARRIED CHARLOTTE, HIS CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART AND ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS DOCTORATE IN MEDICINE IN 1954. IN 1956 HE AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HE PRACTICED MEDICINE, AS A FAMILY PRACTITIONER AND ANASTHESIOLOGIST, AT THE BIGELOW FOWLER CLINIC UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1988. STAN WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH, SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGION, KIWANIS CLUB, CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY, AND PATRON OF THE LETHBRIDGE SYMPHONY AND SUPPORTED OTHER CAUSES AND CHARITIES. HIS FIRST WIFE, CHARLOTTE PASSED AWAY AFTER 47 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, AND HE THEN MARRIED DONOR. STAN PASSED AWAY IN APRIL 2002 AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS, AND AT THIS TIME HIS WIFE DONATED THESE PERSONAL ITEMS TO THE MUSEUM. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR "ANECDOTAL STORIES ABOUT DR. STAN GREGORY AS TOLD BY IS CHILDREN".; *UPDATE* IN 2021 TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING OTHER ARTIFACTS WITHIN THIS COLLECTION. RESEARCH CONDUCTED LED TO CONTACT WITH THE DONOR AND/OR NEXT OF KIN, HOWEVER, NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE AS A RESULT OF THE AUDIT WORK.