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Bibliothèque Et Archives Canada Public Archives Archives publiques 1+ Canada. Canada Manuscript Division des Division manuscrits CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY MG 17, B 2 Finding Aid No. 23 / Instrument de recherche no 23 Reel H-1686 / Bobine H-1686 \ . Prepared ca. 1955-1960 by Prepare vers 1955-1960 par S. Kula with the assistance of S. Kula avec l'aide de Liliane Liliane Hebert and Marielle Hebert et Marielle Campeau et Campeau and an introduction by un avant-propos par Barbara Barbara Wilson. Reorganized in Wilson. Reorganise en 1985 par 1985 by Patricia Birkett of the Patricia Birkett de la Section Pre-Confederation Archives des archives anterieures a la Section, Confederation. Canada TABLE OF CONTENTS. Volume 1 1 Page No. INVENTORYI DESCRIPTION _. V \l SUMMARY AND KEY TO SERIES REFERENCES, INDEXES, AND ARRANGEMENT ON MICROFILM .. viii PREFATORY NOTES : Historical Background of the Church Missionary Society ..••...••••......... x Structure of the C .M.S. x Records of the C.M.S. xi References to the P.A.C. 's Microfilm Copies of the C.M.S. Records . xi References to the Original C.M.S. Records at the University of Birmingham . xii Problems in the Use of the P.A.C.'s Microfilm Copies . xii CAVEATS .........................................•.•.................... xiii Finding Aid # 23 Content ................................................................ xiv History Original Version of Finding Aid # 23 . xv Detailed Lists Added in 1985 . xv Pagination ••••••••••••••••••••• e.• ' ••••••••• , ••••• ' ••••••••••••••••••••• xv " The Making of the Present Version xvi ProceQ.ure for Use' ...•.••••.••.••..•.•.... ............................... xvii CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE BIRMINGHAM ORIGINALS AND THE OTTAWA MICROFILM COPIES . xix CATEGORICAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECORDS (By Series) . xxviii ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECORDS BY MISSIONS (Rupert's Land and British Columbia) ... xxxvi MICROFILM SHELF LIST (Arrangement of the Records by Classes, "C" and "G") ..... xlvi LIST OF C.M.S. SECRErARIES RELEVANT TO THE CANADA MISSIONS 1iv ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION TO FINDING AID # 23 Iv - Ix DETAILED LISTING OF THE C.M.S. RECORDS ON THE MICROFILMS Old C.M.S. Series Call No. Reel No. North-West America (Rupert's Land) Mission Class "C" Letterbooks, Individual, 1852-1869 C.l./Ll. A-75 1 1870-1887 C.l./L2. " 5 Letterbooks, Despatches, 1821-1841 C.l./L.l. " 10 1841-1846 " A-76 12 1846-1860 C .l./L.2. " 14 1860-1875 C.l./L.3. " 19 1875-1878 C.l./L.4. " 26 1878-1882 " A-77 28 Mission Books, 1822-1833 C .l./M.l. App. A " 35 1834-1837 C .l./M.2. " 40 1837-1841 " A-78 41 I ii Old C.M.S. Volume 1 Series Call No. Reel No. Page No. North-West America (Rupert rs .Land) Mission Class rlCIt Mission Books (cont.) 1842-1845 C.1. 1M. 3. A-78 (cont.) 42 1845-1847 C.1./M.4. It 45 1847-1850 It A-79 47 1850-1855 C.1./M.5. It 50 1855-1856 C .1./M.6. It 57 1856-1865 It A-80 59 1868-1870 C.1./M.7. It 70 1871-1873 C .1./M.8. It 75 1873-1874 C.1./M.9. It 81 1874-1875 A-81 83 1875-1876 C.1. IM.10. It 85 Original Letters, etc., Incoming Misc., etc. c.1. 10. App. B It 96 Indents, etc. It It A-82 97 Bishop of Rupert's Land It It A-83 98 Henry Budd It It A-84 98 William Cochran It It A-85 99 It It " It A-86 99 Abraham Cowley It It A-87 100 Henry George It " A-88 100 John Horden It " A-89 101 Robert Hunt It It A-90 101 James Hunter It It A-91 103 It It It " A-92 103 William W. Kirkby It " A-93 104 Robert M. McDonald " It A-94 104 William Mason It " A-95 105 Thomas T. Smith It " A-96 106 John Smithurst It It A-97 107 E.A. Watkins It " A-98 108 North-West America Mission No. 35 1868 It " A-99 110 No. 165 1872 It " A-100 115 No. 346 1874 It It A-101 121 No. 522 1876 It " A-102 127 No. 689 1877 It " A-103 133 No. 854 1879 It " A-104 138 North Pacific (British Columbia) Mission Original Letters, etc.; Incoming No.1 1863 C.2.10. App. C A-105 145 No. 94 1871 It " A-106 148 liii Old C.M.S. Volume 2 Call No. Reel No. Page No. North-West America (Rupert's Land) Mission Class I1G" Letterbooks, Individual, 1887-1893 C .l./1.l. A-107 155 1894-1914 C.l./1.2. " 161 Letterbooks, Despatches, 1882-1884 C.l./L.5. " 167 1884-1886 11 A-108 171 1886-1891 C.l./L.6 11 174 1891-1893 C.l./1. 7. " 181 1893-1895 " A-109 187 1895-1915 C.l./L.8. " 190 Original Letters, etc. , Incoming, No. 1 1881 C .l./O. App. D " 207 No. 35 1881 " " A-ll0 208 No. 226 1882 " " A-111 214 No.' 432 1883 " " A-112 221 No. 621 1885 " " A-l13 227 No. 881 1886 11 " A-114 236 , No. 1091 1888 " " A-lIS 243 No. 1381 1889 " " A-116 253 No. 1660 1890 " " A-117 263 No. 1932 1892 11 " A-118 272 No. 2253 1895 " " A-119 283 No. 2561 1897 " " A-120 293 No. 2891 1900 " " A-121 304 Precis Books, (N-W .A.) 1881-1889 C.l./P .l. " 306 1893-1906 C .l./P.2. " 356 (N.P.) 1882-1892 C.l. /P. 3. " 419 1892-1907 C.l./P./4/. " 446 1907-1924 " A-122 471 North Pacific (British Columbia) Mission Letterbooks, Despatches, 1881-1888 C.2./1.l. " 482 1888-1905 C.2./L.2. " 488 Original Letters, etc. , Incoming, No. 1 1888 C.2./0./2/.App. E A-123 498 No. 103 1890 C.2./0./3/ " 11 501 No. 338 1884 C.2./0./2/ " A-124 509 No. 599 1896 C.2./0./3/ " A-l25 517 Miscellaneous, Canada No. 1 1950 Misc. App. F " 524 No. 14 1880 " " A-126 529-530 Vo11.iIile.3 "1?ageNo. MICROFILM SHELF LIST 1 NOMINAL INDEX OF CORRESPONDENTS 9 ALPHABETIC LIST OF PLACE NAMES WITH NAMES AND DATES OF RELATED CORRESPONDENTS 94 GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF PLACE NAMES 113-193 /iv (page 1) MG 17 CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (est. 1799) B 2 Microfilm, 1821-1950. 52 reels, A-75 to A-126. Finding Aid No. 23. The Church Missionary Society, 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 (1177f!-1845), a member of the Society who had been appointed chaplain to the Hudson's Bay Company 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 S.P .G. and the C.C.C.S. (see MG 17, Bland B 4, respectively) concentrated, it worked chiefly among the Indians and Eskimos 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 C. Prevost, R.N., urged the extension of its work to the Pacific. {ts first missionary to the Tsimshian Indians, William Duncan 0832-1918), reached that coast in 1857. The main stations of its North Pacific (British Columbia) Mission were established at Metlakatla, 1862; Kincolith, 1866; Masset, 1876; Alert Bay, 1878; Hazelton, 1880; Giat Wangak, 1882; Aiyansh, 1883; Kitkat1a, 1887; and Tah1 Tan, 1898. The decision to turn its Canadian missions over to the local Church was taken, and the gradual reduction of its annual grants begun, in 1903. Its work among the Eskimos 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. That part of the Church Missionary Society's records which could be identified as relating to Canada and readily isolated for filming was microfilmed in 1954 from the incompletely arranged originals which were then in Church Mission House, London. The original records, which were subsequently arranged in a manner that makes correlation with the P.A.C.'s microfilm copies problematic, were transferred in 1985 to the Special Collections department of the Library of the University of Birmingham, England. Finding Aid No. 23 was reorganized and expanded in 1985. The whole of the new version was microfilmed in the same year and is available on reel H-1686. An earlier version microfilmed in 1961 is available on reel C- 450 1, which contains only the original introduction to the finding aid, a brief general inventory of the collection, and detailed lists for six parts of the collection, namely those for the original incoming letters, journals, accounts, etc. (Class "C", Series C.l./O. and C.2./0., and Class "G", Series c.l./O. and C.2./0., respectively designated Appendices B, C, D, and E), as well as the lists for the Miscellaneous Series (Appendix F) and for the first Mission Book (Class "C", Series C.l./M.l., designated Appendix A).
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