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Church Missionary Society fonds [textual record (microform), graphic material (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1821-1950.

Reference:

R10977-0-1-E, MG17-B2

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104956

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Church Missionary Society fonds
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Fonds includes:

6 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1821-1950.

Place of creation:

Manitoba

Added country of publication:

Northwest Territories, British Columbia, United Kingdom

Extent:

52 microfilm reels : negative and positive ; 35 mm.
110 microfiche : positive ; 10x15 cm.

Language of material:

English

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The fonds consists of microform selections relating to the North-West America (Rupert's Land) and North Pacific (British Columbia) missions of the Church Missionary Society in British North America made from the records of the Church Missionary Society. They consist of several series of incoming and outgoing correspondence and papers, 1821-1930; précis books of annotated agenda papers, 1881-1930; and miscellaneous letters and papers, 1845-1950.

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Church Missionary Society

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Church Missionary Society : The Church Missionary Society (CMS), originally known as the Society for Missions in Africa and the East by Evangelical clergy of the Church of England, was founded, 12 April 1799, by 25 members of the so-called Clapham Sect under the chairmanship of the Reverend John Venn (1759-1813), Rector of Clapham in south London. Its work was extended to what is now Canada in 1822, when it responded to the request of the Reverend John West (1778-1845), a member of the Society who had been appointed chaplain to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1819 and arrived in Manitoba in 1820.

Since its main interest was in the conversion of the heathen rather than in the sort of ministry to British settlers abroad on which societies such as the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the Colonial and Continental Church Society (see MG 17, B 1 and MG 17, B 4) concentrated, the Church Missionary Society worked chiefly among the Indians and Inuit of the Hudson's Bay Company Territory. The main stations of its North-West America (Rupert's Land) Mission were established at the Red River Settlement (Winnipeg), 1822; The Pas, 1840; Lac La Ronge (Stanley Mission), 1852; York Factory, 1854; and Fort Simpson, 1858.

In 1856, Captain James Charles Prevost, R.N., urged the extension of the Society's work to the Pacific. The first C.M.S missionary to the Tsimshian Indians, William Duncan (1832-1918) (see MG 29, D 55 and MG 40, F 11), reached that coast in 1857. The main stations in the Society's North Pacific (British Columbia) Mission were established at Metlakatla, 1862; Kincolith, 1866; Masset, 1876; Alert Bay, 1878; Hazelton, 1880; Giat Wangak, 1882; Aiyansh, 1883; Kitkatla, 1887; and Tahl Tan, 1898. The decision to turn the Society's Canadian missions over to the local Church was taken, and the gradual reduction of its annual grants begun, in 1903. Its work among the Inuit in the Arctic was turned over to the Canadian Church in 1907, and its final hand-over to the Missionary Society of the Canadian Church was completed in 1920.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid to the Church Missionary Society fonds has four parts. The first part is an Introduction to the finding aid (60 pages) which includes an archival description, and notes concerning the organization of the finding aid and the custodial history of the records in the United Kingdom and microfilming by Library and Archives Canada. The second part is a detailed list of the records by series on microfilm reels A-75 to A-126 (530 pages). The third part holds appendices, including a microfilm shelf list and alphabetical indexes of correspondents and geographical place names (193 pages). More information about the finding aid can be found in the Introduction to Part 1. MSS0023 (90: Open)
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001827.pdf
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001818.pdf
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001822.pdf

Textual records (Electronic) The fourth part of Finding Aid MSS0023 is a list of the 110 microfiche of later records of the Church Missionary Society relating to Canada, 1901-1930, that were purchased by LAC in 1988 (11 pages) and described in 2001. MSS0023 (90: Open)

Textual records (Microform) The earliest version of Finding Aid MSS0023 was prepared ca. 1955-1960 by the Manuscript Division and microfilmed in 1961 on reel C-4501. It contained only the original introduction to the finding aid, a brief general inventory of the collection, and detailed lists of the six series. This finding aid was revised and expanded in 1985 and microfilmed in the same year on reel H-1686. It provided detailed lists of all 33 volumes on the LAC microfilm and new contextual information, including prefatory notes and indexes. In essence, the revised 1985 finding aid is now parts 1 to 3 of Finding Aid MSS0023. MSS0023 (90: Open)

(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_104956

(Electronic) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_104956?usrlang=fr

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Custodial history:

Those parts of the Church Missionary Society's records that could be identified as relating to Canada and readily isolated for filming were microfilmed in 1954 from the incompletely arranged originals that were then in Church Mission House, London. The original records, which were subsequently arranged in a manner that makes correlation with the NA's microfilm copies problematic, were transferred in 1985 to the Special Collections department of the Library of the University of Birmingham, England. Subsequently, in 1988, microfiche copies of some of the later volumes in Class "G" were obtained from the Library of Birmingham University. Researchers must contact Reference Services, Library and Archives Canada in order to access the set of microfiche.

Arrangement note:

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The fonds is divided chronologically into class "C" for papers up to 1880 and class "G" for those created after 1880. When the Church Missionary Society started creating foreign missions in the early 1800s, their manuscripts were separated from the home missions with the result that each mission had its own series of volumes and papers. Series C.1 relates to papers of the North-West America Mission (also known as the North-West Canada Mission or Rupertsland Mission) while C.2 relates to the North Pacific Mission (also known as the British Columbia Mission). From 1820 to 1880, copies of outgoing letters were pasted into letter books (designated /L). From 1852, separate letter books were kept for some copies of individual personal letters (/I) to missionaries in the field. Incoming letters were copied into mission books (/M) while the letters themselves were kept in bundles (/O). After 1880, the mission books were replaced by summaries of incoming letters which were written in précis books (/P). See the finding aid for more details.

Citation/reference note:

For futher details concerning the original material in Birmingham refer to the "Catalogue of the papers of the missions of the East Asia (Group 1) Committee, Volume 1, Canada Missions, 1821-1930", by Rosemary A. Keen (Church Missionary Society, London: 1983). For a general study of the CMS, see The History of the Church Missionary Society: its environment, its men and its work, by Eugene Stock, in 4 volumes (London: Church Missionary Society, 1899-1916)., For a general study of the C.M.S., see The History of the Church Missionary Society: its environment, its men and its work, by Eugene Stock, in 4 volumes (London: Church Missionary Society, 1899-1916)., Catalogue of the papers of the missions of the East Asia (Group 1) Committee, Volume 1, Canada Missions, 1821-1930, by Rosemary A. Keen (Church Missionary Society, London: 1983.
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Church societies - Canada, 1821-1950 Church Missionary Society Committee, [1822-1877]

Church of England - Clergy, 1821-1950 Paul Little Walker, [1870-1886]

Church of England - Missions - Canada, 1821-1950 Church Missionary Society. North-West American Mission, [1821-1950]

Missionaries - Canada, 1821-1950 Church Missionary Society. North Pacific Mission, [1821-1950]

Evangelicalism - Church of England, 1821-1950

Clergymen's writings, [1822-1900]

Calgary (Alta.) - Cathechists, [1849-1950]
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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116-020020-3
1988/0214 MSS
MG17-B2

Former archival reference no.:

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MG17-B2

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1955/M9 MSS
1961/M4 MSS
1985/M436 MSS
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Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfiche [MG17 B 2] 1--110

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 23] 3--4

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel [MG17 B 2]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-4501;

[Consultation 90 Open]

H-1686;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic(photo): microform

[Consultation90 Open]

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Researchers wishing to make photocopies from the microfilm must obtain the written permission of the Church Missionary Society, which can be contacted at Church Mission Society, Watlington Road, Oxford OX4 6BZ, United Kingdom, or by telephone, +44 (0)1865-787400. Researchers may purchase the microfiche from the Library of the University of Birmingham.

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Date modified:: 2024-04-09