Edward "Ed" Redekopp fonds
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- Date Range
- 1950-1962
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession No.
- 20181045
- Scope and Content
- 001: Photocopies of pictures: Drawers with the QSL Cards in them and during the interview 002: Letters 003: QSL Cards and 1 photograph 004 – 014 QSL Cards 015- Certificates including The American Radio Relay League, Inc Operating Achievement Award WAS (1960)
- Date Range
- 1950-1962
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Creator
- Edward Redekopp
- History / Biographical
- Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of radio frequency spectrum for non-commercial exchange of messages. The activity was subject to international regulations and standards and required a license. A ham radio operator was required to obtain a call sign to legally identify oneself on air. Individuals sent personalized QSL cards to one another after they had made radio contact. A QSL card is a written confirmation of either a two-way radio communication between two amateur radio stations or a one-way reception of a signal from an AM radio, FM radio, television or shortwave broadcasting station. QSL cards (1950- 1962) were collected by Edward “Ed” Redekopp as a ham radio operator. Redekopp was interested in electronics and radio servicing and he was fascinated by the ability to contact other amateur radio operators around the world, including operators who didn’t speak English. At first, he communicated by key code (Morse code) and later by microphone. When asked about his hobby and its abrupt end in 1963, he said, “I had a family to look after, a job during the day, and it was too much – I spent too much time on the air, on the radio. I’d be up sometimes in the night, very rarely, but up to four in the morning sometimes, talking to Australians and New Zealanders. Well, as a working man, I had a family to look after, they needed attention.” QSL cards were donated in drawers. Cards in Drawer 1 are in files 2017.1045/008-014. Cards in Drawer 2 are in files 2017.1045/003-007. For more information about Edward “Ed” Redekopp and his hobby please refer to interview – P20180010001-006
- Scope and Content
- 001: Photocopies of pictures: Drawers with the QSL Cards in them and during the interview 002: Letters 003: QSL Cards and 1 photograph 004 – 014 QSL Cards 015- Certificates including The American Radio Relay League, Inc Operating Achievement Award WAS (1960)
- Accession No.
- 20181045
- Collection
- Archive
Canadian Doukhobor Society fonds
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- Date Range
- 1927-2003
- Accession No.
- 20181029
- Physical Description
- 52 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- 001: Correspondence, programs, postcards, etc. 002: Journal in Russian (1973-1974) 003: Government information, financial information, etc. 004: Government information, statute, correspondence, etc. 005: Ledger (1991-1999) 006: Ledger (1996-2007) 007: Government information 008: Financial statement…
- Date Range
- 1927-2003
- Fonds No.
- Fonds
- Creator
- Canadian Doukhobor Society
- Physical Description
- 52 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- The Canadian Doukhobor Society (CDS) was established in Salmo, B.C on January 1, 1967. Their aim was the unification of all Doukhobor on the basis of Doukhobor principles. The organization supported and promoted learning of Russian language, its own distance learning system, periodicals dealing with Doukhobor education and culture. The Doukhobors emigrated from Russia in the late 19th century. The Doukhobors originally settled in Saskatchewan and later branched into British Columbia. In 1915-17, the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood established a new colony of 13,500 acres near the towns of Cowley and Lundbreck in Alberta on the main southern line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Alberta settlement was an important transit centre for production of grains, vegetables and hay for the horse logging and orchard operations in B.C., and for the natural advantage of stock raising. The Doukhobor that lived in South-western Alberta came from the British Columbia settlements.
- Scope and Content
- 001: Correspondence, programs, postcards, etc. 002: Journal in Russian (1973-1974) 003: Government information, financial information, etc. 004: Government information, statute, correspondence, etc. 005: Ledger (1991-1999) 006: Ledger (1996-2007) 007: Government information 008: Financial statements (1996-2003) 009: Membership lists, notes, etc. 010: Statute and correspondence 011: Government information 012: Ledger (1960-1990) 013: Address notebook 014: Intermarriage workshop (1996) 015: Correspondence, bingo license, newsletter article, etc. 016: Correspondence in Russian (1927-1931) 017: Address notebook 018: Membership lists 019: Fund information, correspondence, minutes, etc. 020: Government information, financial statements, etc. 021: Correspondence, newsletters, agendas, etc. 022: Photocopies of national archive records and correspondence 023: Toil and Peaceful Life: Spiritual Perseverance and the Doukhobor Way by Aaron Hamilton Essay 024: Minutes, financial statements, correspondence, etc. 025: Newsletters, minutes, correspondence, etc. 026: Minutes, newsletters, correspondence, etc. 027: Newsletters and speeches 028: Membership list, correspondence, agendas, etc. 029: Correspondence, minutes, newsletters, etc. 030: Membership list A-Q 031: Membership list R-Z, Inactive members 032: Correspondence, newsletters, etc. 033: Minutes, correspondence, newsletters, etc. 034: Correspondence, minutes, financial statements, etc. 035: Minutes, correspondence, suggested reading list, etc. 036: Correspondence, newsletters, etc. 037: Correspondence, agendas, newsletters, etc. 038: Doukhobor Centennial Information, includes information pamphlets, 1967-1999 039: Inter-Marriage Workshop: flyers, correspondences, surveys, etc., 1996 040: 1997 minutes, grant application, surveys, advertisements, etc. 1997-2004. 041: Membership and application forms, 1985-2009 042: Correspondence, letters on membership fees, new/potential Society members, etc., 1992-2009 043: Sample financial statements and statements of account, 1997-2009.
- Accession No.
- 20181029
- Collection
- Archive