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Edmund James Peck fonds. - 1886-1924
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/mss6
- Main Entry
- Peck, E.J. (Edmund James), 1850-1924
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 214.8 cm of textual records.
- 85 photographs.
- Fonds Number
- 108
- Fonds
- Edmund James Peck fonds
- Material Type
- Multiple media
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 214.8 cm of textual records.
- 85 photographs.
- Administrative History
- Edmund James Peck (1850-1924) joined the Church Missionary Society in 1876. While serving at Little Whale River, 1876-1885, he learned the Eskimo and Cree languages and compiled an English/Eskimo grammar book, which went through five major editions. Peck believed it was imperative that Christians read the scriptures. He served in Fort George, 1885-1893, Cumberland Sound, 1894-1905 and became Superintendent of the Arctic Mission Diocese of Moosonee in 1905.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of manuscripts about John Horden's life and an unpublished autobiography of E.J. Peck; Maps of Northern Canada, the Arctic and the Hudson and James Bay; Correspondence; printed materials concerning the Arctic; sermons; notebooks; drawings; journals; Eskimo grammars and notebooks; and photographs.
- Associated Material
- Other records of E.J. Peck can be found in the Diocese of Moosonee papers (Mf 81-4, Reel 2) and the Moose Factory Mission Church records (Mf 81-5).
- Main Entry
- Peck, E.J. (Edmund James), 1850-1924
- Corporate Name
- Church Missionary Society.
- Accession Number
- M56-1
- M2016-02
- P7502
Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba: "The Sioux Language"
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/2679
- Author
- Burman, William Alfred, 1857-1909
- Publication Date
- 1883
- Material Type
- Booklet
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- MM .H39 no.5
- Place
- Winnipeg, Man.
- Publisher
- Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba
- Publication Date
- 1883
- Physical_Description
- 4 p.
- Material Type
- Booklet
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- MM .H39 no.5
J.T. Griffin fonds. - 1904-1933
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/mss16
- Main Entry
- Griffin, J.T. (John Thomas), 1871-1960.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 6.5 cm of textual records.
- approx. 24 photographs : b&w.
- 2 postcards.
- Fonds Number
- 115
- Material Type
- Multiple media
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 6.5 cm of textual records.
- approx. 24 photographs : b&w.
- 2 postcards.
- Administrative History
- Irish born, John Thomas Griffin (1871-1960) entered the Church Missionary Society Preparatory College in 1905 and went the next year to Moosonee, Canada as a teacher and lay reader. He was ordained deacon in 1911 and priest in 1912 for the Diocese of Moosonee. He served as a missionary at Albany, Ontario from 1911-1921, was curate at Moose Factory and principal of the Indian Boarding School (where his wife was matron) from 1921-1927. From 1927-1933, Griffin was at Fort George where he did most of his own printing on a small English press using a Bishop Horden's type. Griffin was also a priest in the diocese of Dublin, 1933-1955.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of correspondence, historical notes on Fort George, a typescript of Griffin's biography (1959), a set of typescript articles describing his journeys and missionary activities, a scrapbook with clippings from the church periodical "Moosonee and Keewatin Mailbag", and photographs. Included are several small, handprinted Cree lesson, prayer and translation books.
- Main Entry
- Griffin, J.T. (John Thomas), 1871-1960.
- Personal Name
- Griffin, John Thomas, 1871-1960
- Corporate Name
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Moosonee
- Subjects
- Arctic regions
- Missionaries
- Indigenous Peoples - Canada - languages
- Indian and Eskimo Residential Schools
- Accession Number
- M59-5
- P7514
Thomas Henry Canham fonds. - 1881-1934 ; 2008 ; 2012
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/mss11
- Main Entry
- Canham, Thomas Henry, 1852-1947
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 39 cm of textual records (108 items).
- 55 photographs : b&w, 13 glass negatives.
- printed material
- Fonds Number
- 109
- Fonds
- T.H. Canham fonds
- Material Type
- Multiple media
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 39 cm of textual records (108 items).
- 55 photographs : b&w, 13 glass negatives.
- printed material
- Administrative History
- Thomas Henry Canham (1852-1947) studied at the Church Missionary Society College at Islington, England and was ordained priest in 1880. He served at Portage La Prairie, Manitoba (1881-1882), St. Matthews Mission, Peel River, McKenzie River, N.W.T. (1882-1887), St. James Mission, Lower Yukon River (1888-1892), Tukudh Mission (1888-1891), St. Andrew, Selkirk, Yukon (1892-1910), St. Saviour, Carcross, Yukon (1910-1922), and Archdeacon of the Yukon (1892-1924). His English-Wood Indian vocabulary was published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (S.P.C.K) in 1898. His work in the north was shared by his wife, Charlotte Sarah French Canham (m. 1886).
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of official documents, correspondence, various addresses and clippings, catalogues of books at the Church Missionary Society at Carcross and St. Andrew's Mission, notebooks and diaries, sermons and sermon material, glossaries and hymns in Selkirk Indian, translations of sections of the Prayer Book and Bible, photographs and glass plate negatives of people and places in Canham's missions.
- Series on Charlotte Sarah French Canham, T.H. Canham's wife, consists of a biographical profile and articles on Charlotte by her distant relative Marilyn Lappi.
- Related Fonds
- Henry Alford Naylor fonds
- Main Entry
- Canham, Thomas Henry, 1852-1947
- Corporate Name
- Church Missionary Society
- Subjects
- Arctic regions
- Missionaries
- Indigenous Peoples - Canada - languages
- Sermons
- Yukon Territory
- Accession Number
- M56-2
- P7510
- M2008-07
- M2012-03
Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/2707
- Author
- Jameson, Anna Brownell (Murphy), 1794-1860
- Publication Date
- 1943
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- MM .J12
- Place
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1943
- Physical_Description
- xii : 276 p. : plates : map (on lining papgers)
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Upper Canada in 1837
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- MM .J12