Archibald Lang Fleming (1883-1953), enrolled at Wycliffe College in 1908, and was ordained deacon in 1912 and priest in 1913. Fleming was Archdeacon of the Arctic, 1927-1933 and first Bishop of the Arctic, 1933-1949. Earlier he had served as rector of the Church of St. John The Evangelist, Saint John, New Brunswick. His duration as Bishop, which landed him the name "The Flying Bishop", saw the Diocese of the Arctic add sixteen mission stations, two modern hospitals, nine churches, four residential schools, four chapels and two day schools.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of personal papers created and collected by or about A.L. Fleming. Includes: Notebooks regarding specifications for numerous ships and customs of the Eskimo; a dictionary of translated words; correspondence; financial records; scrapbooks; newspaper and magazine articles; cartographic records; Fleming's diaries, writings and photographs.
Fonds consists of the following series:
Series 1. Certificates, diplomas and personal documents;
Series 2. Diaries, notebooks and journals;
Series 3. General files;
Series 4. Scrapbooks, clippings, and memorabilia;
Series 5. Photographs;
Series 6. Maps and drawings;
Series 7. Manuscript writings;
Series 8. Publications
"[B]y John M. Krumm with a report on the Wives Conference by Mary Sudman Donovan".
Contents: The Bishops and Their Concerns -- What is the Lambeth Conference ? -- Letters from Lambeth -- Author's Postscript dated September 1, 1988 / John M. Krumm -- Lambeth Wives Conference / Mary Sudman Donovan -- [Resources].
"The author is Bishop Emeritus of Southern Ohio, now living in Irvine, California, and chairman of the executive committee of Forward Movement Publications". -- verso of t.-p.
Mary Sudman Donovan "is an author and historian and wife of the Bishop of Arkansas". -- verso of t.-p.
The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) started in 1701. It functioned as the missionary society of the Church of England, even though formally it was chartered as an independent organization. Its purpose was to provide "a sufficient maintenance...for an orthodox clergy" and make "such other provision...as may be necessary for the propagation of the Gospel" in colonies belonging to England. It recruited and oversaw pastors, teachers, and catechists; in addition, it paid salaries, built churches, gave direction to the Church of England in the overseas colonies.
Scope and Content
Reel 1 - Finding Aid
Reel 2-102 - SPG Records
Finding Aids
Finding Aids available. See Microfilm collections - Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG)
Restrictions
No copies without written permission from Library and Archives Canada.