Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [1900]-1989 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
6.0 cm textual records and other material
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Caleb Henry “Jack” Horspool was born at 79 Belgrave Road, Leicester, England on July 25, 1905. He immigrated to Victoria with his father Caleb, a cement contractor, his mother Matilda, and his brother Joshua in 1913. The family lived at 363 Davida Avenue. Later, Caleb H. Horspool, a subcontractor and brick mason, built a brick home at 321 Gorge Road West for his mother and himself after the death of Caleb Horspool Sr. in 1932. Caleb Henry Horspool married Edith Ruth Geddes. He died on June 1, 1983 in Victoria of pneumonia.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of personal and business records relating to Caleb Henry Horspool, and includes assorted financial and legal records, accounting ledger, tax returns and accompanying receipts, correspondence, ephemera, news clippings, and photographs. Fonds is arranged into 5 series: Financial & Legal Records, Correspondence, Ephemera, News Clippings, and Photographs.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Finding aids
Series descriptions available.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Accession number: 2007-179