- Simon Fraser University Archives and Records Management Department
- Ann Messenger fonds
- Edmund E. Messenger correspondence
Edmund E. Messenger correspondence
series1917 - 1969F-176-8
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- Held by
- Simon Fraser University Archives and Records Management Department via Simon Fraser University Archives & Special Collections
- Dates
- 1917 - 1969 (indexed as 1917–1969)
- Level
- series
- Extent
- 28 cm of textual records 13 photographs 7 negatives
- Scope & content
- Series consists of correspondence of Ann Messenger's father-in-law, Edmund (Ed) Messenger. Includes correspondence to his family and a journal written during his military service in World War One. Activities, events and topics documented include his military work and Radio Operator training; life on board ship; his travels; his view of war events; his trial and acquittal for disregarding military censorship protocol; celebrations at the end of the war; the burning and sinking of the USS Pennsylvania; as well as his military service after the war and his father's efforts on his behalf to have him discharged after the war. Includes postcards collected during his service, and photographs of Ed, fellow service men, and places that he travelled to during his service. Later correspondence includes a letter to his mother in 1951 concerning his son Bill's activities, correspondence to Bill in the 1950s, and correspondence to Bill and Ann in the 1960s, relating mainly to his activities and those of family friends. Although a few early letters include accounts of his wife Tess and her activities, the majority of this correspondence dates from after her death in January 1964.
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- 2026-10-15T11:03:30Z · source datestamp n/a · ead