- All Records
- Greenspond School (Bonavista Bay, Nfld.)
Robert William Dyer journals
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/microforms138
- Dates
- 1841-1884
- Format
- microfilm
- Extent
- 1 reel
- Exposure
- negative
- Dimensions
- 16 mm
- Biographical Sketch
- Robert W. Dyer (1808-1887), a proponent of Dr. Andrew Bell's monitorial system of teaching, was schoolmaster of Greenspond School, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, 1840-1859. He was also a missionary and farmer at Cascumpeque Mission in Alberton, P.E.I., 1859-1884.
- Scope and Content
- Microfilm consists of the diary journals from Dyer arranged in chronological order with excerpts pertaining to his career and interactions with people while employed at Greenspond School, 1841-1859 and the Cascumpeque mission in Alberton, 1859-1884.
- Personal Name
- Dyer, R.W. (Robert William), 1808-1887
- Subject
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy - Biography
- Anglican Church of Canada - Missions - Biography
- Church schools
- Geographic Name
- Newfoundland
- Prince Edward Island
- Originals and Reproductions
- GSA has the originals. See M59-3 R. W. Dyer fonds
- Accession Number
- Mf 87-4
R.W. Dyer Journals. - 1841-1883
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/mss7
- Main Entry
- Dyer, R.W. (Robert William), 1808-1887.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 52 cm of textual records.
- Fonds Number
- 113
- Material Type
- Multiple media
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 52 cm of textual records.
- Administrative History
- Robert William Dyer (1808-1887), a proponent of Dr. Andrew Bell's monitorial system of teaching was schoolmaster of Greenspond School, Bonavista Bay, 1840-1859. He was also missionary and farmer at Cascumpeque, P.E.I, 1859-1884.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of the Dyer's journals arranged in chronological order with excerpts pertaining to his career and interactions with people while employed at Greenspond School, 1841-1859 and the Cascumpeque mission in Alberton, 1859-1884.
- Associated Material
- Insights into the life and times of a pioneer West Prince Anglican Missionary from the journal of the Revd. Robert William Dyer, 1859-1884 : a short introduction, 2009.
- Main Entry
- Dyer, R.W. (Robert William), 1808-1887.
- Subjects
- Church schools
- Accession Number
- M59-3