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
Sylvia Brown is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Alberta.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of one article in typescript 26 p. in length entitled, The Pilgrim's Progress among aboriginal Canadians: Missionary translations of Bunyan into Cree and Inuktitut. The article was prepared by Dr. Sylvia Brown (Inuktitut) and Arlette Zinck, The King's University College. File also contains an offprint copy of the article printed in 1650-1850 : Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era, 13 (2006), 201-223.