Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [185-]-[ca.1960] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
53 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Ursula Jupp was the daughter of William Trevilick Edwards. The family immigrated to Canada in 1912 and settled in Gordon Head. Mr. Edwards had 34 acres of farm land on Ferndale Road, on which he grew strawberries until 1929. He then became the first local farmer to commercially cultivate daffodils. Ursula Jupp was a long-time resident of Gordon Head and a well known writer/historian who contributed to preserving Saanich history. She was the author of From Cordwood to Campus in Gordon Head 1852-1959 and Cadboro, A Ship, A Bay, A Sea Monster. She died in 1988.
Repository
Archival history
The first and largest group of records in this fonds was received by Saanich Archives in 1980; later accessions were receive in 1983, 1985 and 1988.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection consists of photographs of members of the Todd family, fruit growing, and other Gordon Head subjects.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
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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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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Accession number: 1980-006, 1983-011, 1985-011, 2011-065
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Edwards, William T. (Subject)
- Todd, Thomas (Subject)
- Todd, Mileva (Subject)