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Robert Edelsten fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1929-1978.

Reference:

R2109-0-5-E, MG30-D254

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103226

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Robert Edelsten fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1929-1978.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2 cm of textual records.
248 photographs 243 b&w.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of a manuscript poem entitled 'Old Country', typescript poem entitled "The Gentleman", 1932, and a copy of the University of Toronto Quarterly reprint on Lloyd Roberts entitled Tribute to Sparrows, 1933; clippings relating to Marc Lefebvre, n.d., 1978; issues of Habitat published by Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1961, 1966.

Fonds also consists of photographs relating to Ottawa residential development; Ottawa buildings; scenes and streets; ocean vessels; parades, ca. 1955-1967; Armstrong Whitworth Siskin IIIa aircraft of the R.C.A.F., 1929-1935; the grave of Eric Lefebvre; Niagara Falls, Ont.; works by sculpter Marc Lefebvre; photos by E.R.F. Edelsten; portrait of Estrellita Karsh, by Yousuf Karsh, n.d.; and unidentified portraits by D. Campbell, Oshawa, Ont., and A.G. Pittaway, n.d.

Provenance:

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Edelsten, Robert

Additional name(s):

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Roberts, Lloyd, 1884-1966

Biography/Administrative history:

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Edelsten, Robert : E. Robert F. Edelsten, collector and amateur photographer, had worked before his retirement with the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, where his colleagues included the sculptor, Marc Lefebvre. He pursued photography as a hobby.

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General note:

Textual records and some photographs received in 1979 from E. Robert F. Edelsten of Ottawa, Ont.
Subject heading:

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Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (Canada)

Ottawa (Ont.) - Photographs, 1932-1978 "Old Country", 1932-1978

Poetry - Canada, 1932-1978 "The Gentleman", 1932

Sculptors - Canada, 1978 University of Toronto Quarterly (Toronto, Ont.), 1933

Ottawa (Ont.) - Housing development, 1932-1978 Tribute to Sparrows, 1933

Poetry - Collections, 1932-1978 Marc Lefebvre, 1978

Habitat, 1961, 1966

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1972-120 NPC
1979-036 NPC
1979-062 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-D254
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 D 254] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [EDELSTEN, E.R.F. 1979-036] 3628

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [EDELSTEN, E.R.F. 1979-062] 3628

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [EDELSTEN, E.R.F. 1972-120] 5555

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [EDELSTEN, E. R. F. 1979-062]

[Consultation 90 Open]

SC 0014;

[Consultation 90 Open]

TCS 01202;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs except those by Y. Karsh: No restrictions. Various copyright on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no. Photographs by Y. Karsh: See accession 1987-054. Copyright: Y. Karsh. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada.

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