Daily Journal by E.M. Wilgress. - 1900-1901
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/archivaldescriptions41974
- Fonds Number
- 365
- Record Group
- H.H. Marsh family fonds
- Material Type
- Textual record
- Description Level
- Item
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a daily journal used by Deaconess E.M. (Bessie) Wilgress during her time in Hay River, bound with indigenous crafted cover with beaded flowers. Includes several pages of pressed and identified plants from Lake Athabasca and Grand Rapid Island. Also includes 20 1/2 sheets of typed diary for reminiscences.
- Restrictions
- Open
- Accession Number
- M2019-12
- Box Number
- 1
- File No
- 2
- Subject
- Wilgress, Bessie (Elizabeth Mills), 1862-1951
- St. Peter's Indian Residential School (Hay River, NWT)
Daily Journal by E.M. Wilgress. - 1900-1911
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/archivaldescriptions41975
- Fonds Number
- 365
- Record Group
- H.H. Marsh family fonds
- Material Type
- Textual record
- Description Level
- Item
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a daily journal used by Deaconess E.M. (Bessie) Wilgress during her time at St. Peter's residential school in Hay River, bound with indigenous crafted cover with beaded flowers. Includes list of students at the school, 1895-1911
- Restrictions
- Open
- Accession Number
- M2019-12
- Box Number
- 1
- File No
- 3
- Subject
- Wilgress, Bessie (Elizabeth Mills), 1862-1951
- St. Peter's Indian Residential School (Hay River, NWT)
- Indian and Eskimo Residential School Students
Thomas J. Marsh fonds. - 1893-1907
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/mss247
- Main Entry
- Marsh, Thomas Jabez, 1866-1930
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 volume of textual records
- Fonds Number
- 201
- Fonds
- Thomas Jabez Marsh fonds
- Material Type
- Multiple media
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 volume of textual records
- Administrative History
- Thomas Jabez Marsh (1864-1930) was a Church of England clergyman and missionary with the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC). He established St. Peter's Mission at Hay River and started a school there as well. In 1897, he was joined by his wife, Alberta Deacon Marsh. Deaconess Bessie Wilgress joined the school staff in 1900. The Rev. Thomas J. Marsh remained missionary and principle of the St. Peter's Residential School at Hay River until 1907. He was replaced by the Rev. A.J. Vale.
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a Journal for Hay River dating 1893-1907.
- Associated Material
- Thomas Marsh fonds at NWT Archives
- Related Fonds
- Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC) fonds
- A.J. Vale photograph collection
- Diocese of the Arctic fonds
- Henry Hooper Marsh family fonds
- Main Entry
- Marsh, Thomas Jabez, 1866-1930
- Personal Name
- Marsh, Thomas Jabez, 1866-1930
- Marsh, Alberta Deacon
- Wilgress, Bessie (Elizabeth Mills), 1862-1951
- Subjects
- Indian and Eskimo Residential Schools
- St. Peter's Indian Residential School (Hay River, NWT)
- Accession Number
- M2006-19