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Wallis Kendall collection
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1 cm of textual records. - 17 photographs
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Wallis Kendall was a university student and writer at the time of donation. Later he worked as a freelance writer, eventually becoming an outreach advocacy worker for troubled youth in Edmonton.
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The collection consists of miscellaneous textual and photographic records collected by Wallis Kendall. It is possible some of the records are connected to each other.
Item List:
- handwritten Bond from Benjamin Walter Smith to George Perry, July 12, 1852, for the sum of 113 pounds,
- Certificate of Recommendation for Homestead Patent (SE 22-38-38-W4) for William Stewart, August 8, 1903, with cover letter,
- handwritten poem/manuscript, 'The Chase - A Tale of the Prairie', by E.H., n.d.
- 3 postcards (one postcard to Miss L.M. Perry, from Etha Vale, 19 Aug [190-?],
- newspaper clippings of poems.
The photographs include people, horses, cars, homes and farming activities of the early 1900's.
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Immediate source of acquisition
This collection was donated to the City of Edmonton Archives by Wallis Kendall in 1968.
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The material was arranged according to the filing system of the creator.
The photographs were assigned item numbers with the prefix EA-57.
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- English
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Copyright may apply.
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Further accruals are expected.
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Accession number: A68-90
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