REVOLVER

Description: .22 CALIBRE REVOLVER WITH BROWN WOOD GRIPS. 9 CHAMBER CYLINDER. STAMPED INTO LEFT SIDE OF BARREL IS "H&R 'SPORTSMAN' DOUBLE ACTION". STAMPED INTO RIGHT SIDE OF BARREL IS "22 LONG RIFLE CTC." SERIAL NUMBER "R55157" IS STAMPED INTO BUTT FRAME. GRIPS HAVE PEWTER MEDALLION LOGOS WITH STYLIZED "H&R".

History: DONOR WAS BORN IN SASKATCHEWAN AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE AT AGE 8. JOINED THECANADIAN MILITARY AND THEN ATTENDED SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY. WORKED FOR 25 YEARS AS A PROBATION OFFICER AND SOCIAL WORKER IN FAMILY COURT. DONOR PURCHASED REVOLVER IN VANCOUVER IN 1970 OUT OF PERSONAL INTEREST. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVERY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, INCLUDING SOME DONATED BY ALEXANDER MCQUARRIE. SHE LEARNED THESE DETAILS ABOUT THE DONOR FROM HIS LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY: "ALEXANDER ROBERT 'MAC' MCQUARRIE, BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. JULIE L. MCQUARRIE OF LETHBRIDGE, PASSED AWAY AT THE ST. MICHAEL'S HEALTH CARE CENTRE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 59 YEARS... MAC WAS BORN IN PRINCE ALBERTA, SK AND GREW UP IN LETHBRIDGE. HE RECEIVED HIS PILOT'S WINGS IN THE CANADIAN AIR FORCE AND SPENT THREE YEARS IN THE LORD STRATHCONA'S HORSE REGIMENT. HE ATTENDED SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY AND RETURNED TO LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HE WORKED FOR THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA AS A SOCIAL WORKER FOR 25 YEARS."