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- 1891-1951, 1976, [ca.1989] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
24 photographs. -- 2cm of textual records. -- 23 postcards. -- 1 CD (24 photographs (tiff). -- [?] of textual records (pdf)).
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Biographical history
Tom Redhead is the grandson of Robert (1871-1962) and Sarah Ann Redhead (1869-1937) who moved to Esquimalt from England in 1907. Robert and Sarah had five children: George, Thomas, Harry, Eleanor, and Annie.
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Archival history
Gift of Tom Redhead; 1 accession donated in 2016.
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Scope and content
Fonds consists primarily of school records for the Redhead children from Lampson Street School and Esquimalt Public School, including photographs, certificates, journals, and report cards. Additionally, the fonds consists of materials related to Robert Redhead's support for the Esperanto language, including post cards written in Esperanto sent to him from all over the world, a programme for an event written in Esperanto, an educational book about the language, and a letter from the publisher of an Esperanto newspaper. The fonds also consists of letters of recommendation and engineering certificates for Robert Redhead and a memoir written by Eleanor Redhead.
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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
- Esperanto
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Accession Number 016-008.
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Created - 2022-05-25