| Description | Contains letters and telegrams from Mr. W.S. Ray, Manager at the Canadian Home Fairview, in Halifax to Mr. Robert Plenderleith, Secretary of the Middlemore Homes, and copy letters from Mr. Plenderleith to Mr. Ray. The letters discuss the management of the Canadian Homes, arrangements for emigration of children to Canada, the after-care of individual children (named in the letters) in Canada and the report of the Overseas Settlement Delegation (the Bondfield delegation) of 1924 and the resulting age restrictions on juvenile emigration to Canada. The bundle also contains copies of the agreement forms used in Canada for the placement of children. |