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T.B.R. Westgate fonds. - 1892-1950
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- Main Entry
- Westgate, T.B.R.(Thomas Buchanan Reginald), 1872-1951.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 39 cm of textual records.
- 86 photographs : b&w.
- Fonds Number
- 105
- Fonds
- T.B.R. Westgate fonds
- Material Type
- Multiple media
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 39 cm of textual records.
- 86 photographs : b&w.
- Administrative History
- T.B.R. (Thomas Buchanan Reginald) Westgate (1872-1951) was born in Watford, Ontario. He was a graduate of Huron College and was ordained as a priest in 1897. He spent a year in a parish in Comber, Ont. before starting his missionary career. He served as a missionary with the South American Missionary Society in Paraguayan Chaco, 1898-1901, and with the Church Missionary Society (1902-1919) in several places in Tanzania and Uganda in Africa. After returning to Canada, Westgate served as the Field Secretary for Indian and Eskimo Residential School Commission, MSCC (Winnipeg, MB), 1919-1943.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of correspondence and manuscripts, printed material, photographs, sermons and diaries relating to his experiences with the South American Missionary Society; Africa, including being a prisoner of war in Africa during WWI; and Indian Residential Schools.
- Fonds arranged in the following series: Series 1: Westgate correspondence and papers, 1892-1950 Series 2: Westgate manuscripts, articles and clippings, 1913-1930 Series 3: Westgate photograph collection, 1895-1933 Series 4: Westgate Diaries, 1902-1949
- Related Fonds
- Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC) fonds
- Personal Name
- Westgate, T.B.R. (Thomas Buchanan Reginald), 1872-1951
- Corporate Name
- South American Missionary Society.
- Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC)
- Subjects
- Missions -- East Africa
- Indian and Eskimo Residential Schools
- Prisoners of War
- Missionaries
- Accession Number
- M55-1