Fonds PR320 - Helen Campbell fonds

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CA PR320

Title

Helen Campbell fonds

Date(s)

  • [ca. 1930]-1945 (Creation)

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Fonds

Extent and medium

14 photographs.

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Name of creator

Campbell (nee Piddington), Helen Vivian
(1931-2023)

Biographical history

Family Roots: She was born Helen Vivian Piddington, daughter of Major Arthur Grosvenor Piddington, and grew up in a prominent Edwardian home in Esquimalt, British Columbia. She chronicled her early life in the memoir Rumble Seat: A Victorian Childhood Remembered.Pioneer Life & Art: She studied and worked as a recognized printmaker and artist. In 1975, she and her husband, photographer Dane Campbell, moved to a remote modern-pioneer homestead in Blind Channel / Loughborough Inlet on the B.C. coast, an experience she wrote about in The Inlet: Memoirs of a Modern Pioneer.Collections: Her art prints and historical family files are preserved across regional institutions, including the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and local Vancouver Island archives

Repository

Esquimalt Municipal Archives

Archival history

Gift of Helen Campbell; 1 accession donated in 1998.

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Scope and content

Fonds consists of photos of the Piddington family, including Esquimalt High and Lampson St. School classes.

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No further accruals are expected.

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There are no restrictions on access to these records.

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Researchers are responsible for observing Canadian copyright regulations.

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  • English

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    Accession Number 998-012.

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    Created - 2022-04-27

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