KIT, DENTAL

Description: CASE DIMENSIONS ABOVE (OPEN). DENTIST'S KIT - PADDED VINYL SOFT CARRYING CASE CONTAINS 13 DENTAL TOOLS: 6 FORCEPS, 5 MIRROR TOOLS, 2 PICKS OR PROBES. MOST TOOLS EXHIBITING SOME CORROSION. CASE PROBABLY NOT ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR DENTAL TOOLS? WOOD HANDLE IMPLEMENT, NOT ORIGINAL, PROBABLY HANDLE ADAPTED FOR USE WITH MIRROR.

History: DR. MILTON JOHN GIBSON DENTIST. FIRST APPEARS IN 1912 HENDERSON DIRECTORY. 1913, FEB, MARRIED TO CLARA F. WAY. BIRTH OF DAUGHTER NOV. 1913. OFFICE LOCATED IN BRYAN BLOCK 404 1/2 5TH ST. S. MOVED TO 209, 434-7 ST. S. IN 1920. RETIRED FROM PRACTISE IN 1958. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON DEVELOPED A BIOGRAPHY OF AB CHERVINSKI, THE DONOR OF THIS OBJECT, WITH INFORMATION FROM LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM 1982, 1989, AND 2011. ADAM ABRAHAM 'AB" CHERVINSKI WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 24, 1920 IN LETHBRIDGE. AS A TEENAGER HE WORKED AS A MESSENGER BOY FOR THE CPR TELEGRAPH OFFICE. CHERVINSKI BRIEFLY LIVED IN ONTARIO DURING HIS SERVICE WITH THE AIR FORCE, BUT RETURNED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HE WORKED FOR ALBERTA GOVERNMENT TELEPHONES FOR 37 YEARS. HE WAS A LIFELONG COLLECTOR OF ANTIQUES, AVID LOCAL HISTORIAN, AND HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MUSICAL THEATRE. AB CHERVINSKI DIED ON JUNE 2, 2011. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19970107001-GA FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT CHERVINSKI. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS DONATED BY ADAM ABRAHAM CHERVINSKI. EXTENSIVE RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO LOCATE THE DONOR'S LIVING NEXT-OF-KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.