Textual records include a pamphlet by Canon A. J. Vale on his life in the church; a program for an ordination service for James E. Sittichinli and William H. Evans; a letter from James E. Sittichinli to Canon Vale; regulations of the Episcopal District of the Mackenzie; and 4 issues of the Dept. of Information comic book, Captain Al Cohol. Photographs depict the visit of Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir (John Buchan) to Aklavik in 1937; Bishop Stringer; Coppermine in 1937; and Hay River in 1928.
This fonds consists of a 19 page hand-written manuscript authored by Tish Robshaw in which she describes her life as a teacher in Yellowknife.
Sans titreThis fonds consists of approximately 11 photographs, 1 cm of textual records and 17 reels of microfilm of the Anglican Church of Canada, Diocese of the Arctic.
Two b&w photographic prints are portraits of Archdeacon Robert McDonald of Fort McPherson and Bishop Archibald Lang Fleming.
9 photographs are glass slides depicting people in Shingle Point and possibly Aklavik.
The textual records consist of one report by Canon Alfred J. Vale on his winter trip from Hay River to Fort Resolution in 1919; and a manuscript entitled "Memoranda of the Mission to the Mackenzie River Eskimo, 1895-1929." The manuscript is attributed to C.E. Whittaker and discusses the history of Anglican missions along the Mackenzie River including Fort Simpson, Fort McPherson, Aklavik, Herschel Island and missions in the Mackenzie Delta region. Also documented in the text are the arrivals and departures of various missionaries. A typed copy of the manuscript is retained on the accession file.
The microfilm represents approximately 4.5 meters of text dating from approximately 1927 to 1949. The records consist of files from Bishop A.L. Fleming's term as Bishop of the Arctic. They include: clergy files; women workers files; mission station files; and diocesan files. The clergy files include: correspondence, mission reports, requisitions, cables, architectural drawings, maps, statistical reports, photographs and other materials related to male mission workers. The women workers files include: mission reports, cables, candidate applications and statistical reports from women who worked as nurses, teachers, deaconesses and house matrons. The mission station files include: correspondence, annual reports, budgets, requisitions, architectural plans, statistical reports and photographs. The diocesan files include: correspondence, architectural plans, maps, minutes of the Arctic Mission Committee and subject files.
Please note that the Inuit are referred to as "Eskimos" in these records.
Sans titreThis fonds consists of 444 black and white 4 x 5 negatives and approximately 2 cm of textual material. The images were collected and taken by various Oblate fathers at the Sacred Heart Parish in Fort Simpson. Although one of the primary photographers was Father Henri Posset, many of the images appear to have been collected from other archives. The images depict the Oblate Fathers, Grey Nuns and Dene residents who either worked at, or attended, the churches, schools and hospitals operated by the Roman Catholic Church. Locations covered include Fort Simpson, Nahanni Butte, Fort Liard, Rae, Fort Providence, Trout Lake, Jean Marie River and Wrigley. The textual material includes 21 newsletters dated between 1960-1963 entitled "The Catholic Voice." These newsletters were produced by the Sacred Heart Parish and include a message from the church, as well as document the social, recreational and academic activities in the community.
Sans titreThis fonds consists of 10 cm of textual material, 1 microfilm reel, 2 film reels, and 1 Umatic video. The textual material includes dictionaries and grammars compiled by Father LeMeur and Father Metayer. In addition, there are two reels of the film "Arctic Missions of the Mackenzie," and a copy of the film on one Umatic videocassette. This fonds also includes one reel of microfilm containing a volume of Dene family genealogies.
Sans titreEntitled "Arctic Missions of the Mackenzie," the film is presented by the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, and sponsored by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Produced by Rev. William Aloysius Leising in 1945,an hour long film documentary entitled "Arctic Missions of the Mackenzie", with the support of Cardinal Francis Spellman of New York. It tells the story Father Leising and the priests and nuns working in the Central Arctic. The film is narrated by Father Leising, then a missionary in the Vicarate of the Mackenzie.
Activities depicted in the film are a variety of missionary activities across the north including: the christening of the Sant' Anna boat and its portage, the use of dogsleds for a buffalo hunt, gathering of salt on the salt plains, farming including harvesting of crops by students in Fort Resolution, fishing in Great Slave Lake, seal hunting, woodcutting, the building of the church in Tuktoyaktuk, schooling at unknown locations including young women sewing and tufting, mooseskin preparation by Mrs. Todzi, a picnic in an unknown southern location, silver berry bead gathering and rosary making by nuns, mass at Stony Rapids and Fond du Lac, funeral of a child in an unknown location, a double wedding officiated by Father Gamache, a caribou hunt in Stanton including Billy Thrasher piloting boat, and fox trappers gathering in spring near King's Bay including the use of large caribou skin tents. Most footage seems to be from the early 1950s but some black and white footage may be earlier.
This material was generated by the renovation project of Our Lady of Good Hope, Roman Catholic Church in Fort Good Hope. The textual records include reports on the history of the building, its condition before and after the renovation, and the renovation work itself. The blueprints document the specifications for the renovation project. The majority of the photographs document the building itself; there are also copies of photographs of people in the community.
The textual records consist of a brochure describing the film. In the film, produced by Films North, Father Rene Fumoleau discusses the changes in his views and philosophy that have occurred from his working with the Dene people, and George Barnaby discusses the changes in his own life and the choices he faces.
Sans titreRecords include photographs of the community of Holman. Photographs depict views of both the Anglican and Catholic Churches and a museum collection of artifacts.
Sans titreThis accession consists of an incomplete translation by Susan Haley of Father Emile Petitot's journal. Documented are Petitot's observations around Great Bear Lake and Fort Franklin.
Please note that the text includes discussions of violence, as well as outdated and disrespectful terms to refer to Indigenous peoples. We have reproduced these terms in the digitized document because they are a part of the original historical record. If you have questions or feedback please contact NWT Archives.
Records include photographs of the Holman region copied from the original images. The images primarily document people in the community and show traditional activities, camps and domestic life. In addition, there are images of the Roman Catholic mission, boats such as the "Mary", and priests Father Tardy and Father Metayer.
This accession consists of 1 photographic print of R.P.P. Girard, O.M.I. dressed in his regimental uniform, signed by Rev. Girard and containing his address on the back.
This accession consists of a photograph of the Anglican All Saints Hospital in Aklavik.
Records consist of photographs of the old Anglican church in Tulita (Fort Norman). The photographs were either created or collected by John McCollum.
Records consist of negatives copied from glass slides belonging to the Missionary Society in Canada collection, gathered by John McCollum. The images include missions at Shingle Point (Yukon), Aklavik, and Hay River, schoolchildren in Shingle Point and Hay River, and Bishop Fleming and Reverend James Harold Webster.
This fonds consists of 171 copy negatives of prints that were contained in photo albums. The images include: views of the Fort Providence mission buildings; class photographs; portraits of Oblate missionaries and Grey Nuns; general views of Fort Providence; and construction activities. The images were copied and the original albums were returned to the Grey Nuns.
Sans titreThe images cover locations in the western arctic and northern Alberta including: Fort Good Hope, Fort McPherson, Fort Smith, Hay River, Yellowknife and King William Land. The photographs are predominantly from the 1920s and illustrate a variety of subjects including: both Anglican and Catholic missions and missionaries, transportation along the Mackenzie River and payment of treaty. Included among the photographers are O.S. Finnie, J.A. Moran, J.F. McDougal, and L.T. Burwash.
Records are comprised of four pages of transcripts and research notes in English and French containing the names of the first students that attended Sacred Heart Residential School in Fort Providence between 1867 and 1878. The Sacred Heart (Sacre-Coeur) school, established by the Grey Nuns, was the first school in the Mackenzie District. Many of the names in the school register, such as Beaulieu and Bouvier, indicate that the children were of Metis descent.
Sans titreThe textual records include published and unpublished texts on Slavey and Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) literacy, linguistic and translation, dating from 1959 to the 1990s. The published material is partially religious, and partially linguistic in nature. A large portion of the unpublished material consists of stories told by both Tłı̨chǫ and Slavey speakers on traditional knowledge, legends, and personal stories. The sound recordings are in Tłı̨chǫ. The cassette tapes feature Vital Thomas from 1979 to 1983 providing Tłı̨chǫ field linguistic data, and the CDs were produced between 1999 and 2001 by the Dogrib Translation Committee and feature Marie Louise Bouvier-White reading passages from the Bible in Tłı̨chǫ.
SIL linguists whose work is within this accession include: Steve Barber, Betsy Barber, Gillian Story, Victor Monus, Anita Monus, Constance Naish, William Davidson, June Davidson, Jaap Feenstra, Morina Feenstra and Herbert A. Zimmerman. Dene language consultants include: Sarah Sibbeston, Old Loman, Louis Norwegian, Gabe Sanguez, Jim Sanguez, Jimmie Cholo, Sarah Hardisty, H. Kelly, Jim Lamalice, Laura Sibbeston, Modeste Mackay, Johnny Teetso, Ted Trindell, Fred Andrew, Jimmie Bread, Sarah Lamalice, Fred Tambour, Willie Martel, William Bugghins, Johnny Mackay, Chal Yohin[?], Vital Thomas, J. Konisenta and George Matou.
Sans titrePhotographs depict people, places, and events which took place in Fort Good Hope from 1959-1976. Most of the photographs depict church functions, including the interior/exterior of the church, murals, the altar, communions, weddings, funerals, and baptisms/christenings. Photographs also depict the Mackenzie River and the ramparts, barges and freight, wildlife, aerial photographs, seasonal camps, hauling wood, traditional garments and gloves, school photographs, and construction projects.
This fonds consists of 47 betacam videos and 5 cm of textual records. The videos contain two master copies of "I, Emile Petitot" and "Moi, Emile Petitot" as well as 45 tapes of raw footage. The text consists of transcripts of interviews for the films.
Sans titreThe images show Aklavik and the All Saints' Anglican Mission in Aklavik.
Sans titreRecords include two images, taken in April 1973, of the stained glass windows of the Anglican church in Aklavik. The church was destroyed by fire in 1974.
Sans titreThe majority of the images appear to have been taken by Roman Catholic Father Maurice Metayer and show Holman, the old settlement of Holman at King's Bay, and residents of Mashoagak.
This accession consists of materials produced in an attempt to document an old Catholic Mission building in Fort Resolution. The building was constructed in 1905 and demolished in 1987, and was primarily used as a residence for priests and brothers. Prior to its destruction, staff from the NWT Archives along with an architect visited Fort Resolution and conducted an initial survey of the building. In the following months Gail Beaulieu interviewed Father Louis Menez and Violet Beaulieu about the history of the building. Records in this accession include sound recordings and transcripts of the two interviews; architectural drawings of the basement, main, second, and third floors of the building, based on measurements taken during the survey; and a photograph of the mission building.
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