Merritt Diaries
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- Dates of Material
- 1914-1930
- Material Type
- microfilm
- Extent
- 1 reel
- Exposure
- negative
- Dimensions
- 16 mm
- Administrative / Biographical History
- Gabriel Eldon Merritt (1888-1940) left St. John, NB for the north in 1914. He served at Inman River and Bernard Harbour until 1929 and at Cambridge Bay from 1929-1930. He left the north due to illness in 1930 and settled in Ottawa, ON. He was ordained deacon in 1924.
- Scope and Content
- Microfilm consists of 8 diaries kept during period of service in Yukon and Arctic, April 1914 to July 1930.
- Finding Aids
- Finding aid available. See: Microfilm collections- Gabriel Eldon Merritt Diaries
- Related Fonds
- Diocese of the Arctic fonds
- C.E. Whittaker fonds
- Herbert Girling fonds
- Stringer family fonds
- Sovereign fonds
- Personal Name
- Merritt, Gabriel Eldon, 1888-1940
- Corporate Name
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of the Arctic
- Subjects
- Arctic regions
- Missionaries
- Geographic_name
- Northwest Territories
- Bernard Harbour (Nunavut)
- Cambridge Bay (Nunavut)
- Rampart House (Yukon)
- Accession Number
- Mf 78-6