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Canada in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1722–1952 - Volumes
Volumes
10 volumes in Canada in Records from Colonial Missionaries, 1722–1952 | Page 3 of 3
USPG C series records relating to Canada: general papers, 1785-1864
These general papers have a significant focus upon the laws and legislature of Canada that were to affect the USPG, and especially so with regard to Acts that covered their reserves. The reserve fund accounts, from 1843 until 1848, serve to illustrate some of the significance that these lands held for the Society. The Government correspondence extends beyond the issue of laws relating to clergy reserves, into the laws governing the union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. The expansion of the Society's work into new settlements was not always combined with an increase in funds and new areas were being settled as clergy wrote appeals against cuts to their income. Another issue of some significance, is the transfer of the Mohawk Mission to the New England Company. The papers and correspondence of the Upper Canada Clergy Society also feature, together with details of pension and salary payments. Further information about these documents is available via this link. Read more →
USPG E series reports for Canada, 1901-1950
These documents are formed from narrative accounts of progress, correspondence of a less structured nature, photographs and in some cases, statistical returns. The three core events that impacted upon the work of these missionaries are World War One the Atlin Gold Rush, and the mass population movement following the droughts of the early 1930's. The rise of the typewriter becones evident in these reports as the quantity of typescript reports increases substantially over the years, the increasing availability of photography is also evident as photographs replace sketches. However, none of this increase in technology appears to have assisted with the challenges of water-soluable roads and flammable churches. Some dioceses recieve more coverage than others in these reports, with Athabasca and Qu'Appelle covered in particular detail. The reports on the Keewatin Diocese address the largest First Nations Diocese. Read more →
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