~ : :) CATAL<?,GUl!! OF CORRESPONDENCE OF TRE ARCHIVES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF KINGSTON Rev. Brian J. Price, Archdiocesan Archivist. INTRODUCTION The h1story of the Archdiocese of Kingston is not so much a ( hlsto!'y of the development of the Cl1urch in the Province of Ontario as It 1s a chronicle of the lives, the hopes and the dreamB of significant and outstanding lndivldU$ls as well as the many groups of various nationalities who came to this province from less happy clreumstances~ This was the case with a young Scottish priest, the Rev 5 Alexander MacDonell, and his pOOl' flock who cane ou.t to this land in the first fe~ years of the Nineteenth Century. Fortunately, a lax"ge BI!lOunt of historical !!laterial frou; these early years has been preserved in the form of letters, bl11s 1 recelpts r various documents both civil end ecclesiastical flS well as a number of letter booKe, pictures, 8 few pieces of furniture arA other memorabl11a~ From t,he time of Archbishop Cleary, many attempts "rere made ! \ \, " to eet a comprehensive history of the diocese written, but none had any noted success. Aside from the time involved and the magnitude of the ~xoject, one notable drawback was the fact that the archives had never been catalogued. Nost of the material had been loosely grouped and stuffed into envelopes (approximately 5" x 11"). The entire collection was stored in a steel filing cabinet in the vav..lt -off the Archbishop's off1ce on the second floor of the Archb1shop's house~ In 1968, the author served rOi: the SU(flAe::t' 8:$ a Deacon 1n the Cathedral parish arid part of the time was to be spent in work on the archives ~ This CGJrte about- partly +01' the e,bove mer:t:'Loned X'0Bsons but also because of a request from Queen's University 'Who ..:tshed to h8.v::; aeonss to t,-;<?; u2.tcrial for reseerch e'.;.c. 'fhB_t su:cruel" I most of the library OT:. the fourth fL:)(')r ,·:.0..5 catalogued containing as it did £\ large number of books many of which fue very old and v8._-Luablc. Upon ordination of the <author in i'~s.y of 1969,. INTRODUCTION (con't) the appointment as archivist was ~ade offlc1al and work was began ( . on the unfolding of letters and the preliminary stages of catalogu1ng; This catalogue represents, it 1s hoped, the cOffipleted stage. The publio archives 1n ottawa have asked to microfilm the collection when it 1s ready and thIs will be d one w1thin the next year or two. B.J.P./72. ( f " THE CATALOGUE There are four major components of the arch1ves namely: ( I Correspondence II The Letter Books III Special Collections IV 11iscellaneou6 V The L1br"ry These components are then arranged chronologically with the administration of eaoh bishop forming a complete unit. The Exception to this is the special collectlons which deal with lnst1tu,tlons, par1sh histories etc, which either span the administration of more than one blshop or constltute a unit of lts own (e.g.) the Qas11 Case. ThUS, we have the following units: A. The Most Reverend Alexander MacDonell (1760?-1840) Vlcar General of Quebec for U.C. (1807) T1tular B1shop Rhes1na and Auxl11ary to Quebec (1819) F1rst B1shop of K1ngston (1826-1840) B. The Most Reverend Rem1gius Gaul1n (1787-1857) Tltular BIshop of Tobraoa and Coadjuter to ( Bishop of Kingston (18))) Second Bishop of K1ngston (1840-1857) N.B. The material r elates only to the years 1840-184) when Bishop Phelan became administrator and de facto Bishop due to the 111 health of B1shop Gaulln . C. The Most Reverend Patr1ck Phelan (1795-1857) Tltular Bishop of Ca rrhae and CoadJuter to Blshop of Kingston (184) Apostolio Adm1nistrator (184) Thlrd Bishop of Klngston (8 May - 6 June 1857) D. The 110st Reverend Edward John Horan (1817-1875) Fourth B1shop of K1ngston (1858-1874) Titular B1shop of Chrysopol1s (1874-1875) E. The Most Reverend John O' Brien (18)2-1879) Flfth Blshop of Kingston (1875-1879) F. The Mo st Reverend James Vincent Cleary (1 828-1898) S1xth Bishop of Ki ngston (1880-1889 ) Flrst Arc hblsho~ of Kingston (1889-1898) G ~ Th e Most Reverend Charles Hugh Cauth1 er (1843-1922) Se cond Archbishop of K 1n ~ ston (la98-1910) ( Second Archb1shop of Otta"s (1910-1922) H. The Most Reverend Michael Joseph Spratt (1854-1938 ) Third Archbishop of Kingston (1911-1938) 1. The Nost Reverend i11chee1 Joseph O'Brien (1874-1943) Bishop of Peterborough (1913-192 9) ( :,, Titular Archbishop of Amorlo and Coadjutor t o Archbishop of Kingston (1929-1938) Pourt h Archbishop of Kingston (1938-1943) N.B. O'Brien was adm1nistrator of the .Diocese from 1929 J. The Nost Re verend Joseph Anthony O'Sullivan (1886-1972) Bishop of Charlottetown (1931-1944) Fifth Archbishop of Kingston (1944-196 6) Titul ar Archbishop of Naraguia (1966-1972) K. The Most Revererld Joseph Lawrence W1lhelm (1909- ) Auxiliary BiShop of Calgary (1963-1966 ) Sixth Archbishop of Kingston (1967- ) .. \ (, The Correspondence (I) is further subdivided under each Bishop in the followino; manner: Correspondence to and from various individuals, parishes, ( c. \ organizations I' de}:srtments etc~ This is catalogued by the suthors of the letters arre.nged. in g,lphabet1cal order and the letters of each author arranged chronologically~ ED. Business and Gom.merci£),l Documents to include bills, receipts, promissory notes etc. These are arranged chronologically with ocoasional groupln(!"s of particular interest~(e.g~) In MacDonell BD 1~ General business BD ;~. Build1ng of a Church in Kingston 1807-1819 " CD~ Civil Documents roughly diV"ided into ~ CD 1 .. Documents involving tbe relationship of the Church 8.1'1d the StE'te CD 2. Pm'rer~ of Attorrey, "\.','i1.18 etc ~ CD 3~ DocUJlents relating to property (e.g.) deeds • CL~ Circular Letters including pas"toral addresses etc~ These are arranged chronologically and loosely divided into: CL 1$ orlginatlng: in this diocese (Kingston) CL 1~ originating outside the diocese (e~g&) Quebec " ED. Ecclesiastical Documents (Diocesan) which would include pet!tions for the establishment of p8.rishes, parish records, dispensations etc. and loosely divided into: ED 1. S'TATISTICS ED ;~. f.1emor18_1s and reports on the state of the Church ED '3 ~ P!inutes of various societies ED h. l'f:.iscella.neous docu~ents P.;D ~). Par1.sh records " ER. Ecclesi8.st1cal Documents (Roman) divided into: ER 1. Documents fro!JJ. Can~d~ to Ro~e EB ;~. Documents from Rome to Canada ER :3. General Roman docQ~ents (e.g*) encyclicals etcG " S* Sermons N.Ba All are arranged chronologically. ( The correspondence 115 place.{ in legal size file :folders and filed in. vertical transfer cases~ The archives are located in a fireproof vault off the offioe of the Archbishop in the residence at 279 Johnson street. Due to the great value, historically, of this oollection. access 1s somewhat limited untll catalogulng is complete and the whole colleotion miorofilmed. Those wishing to use the material are usually those doing work at the University and some form of reference is required. "l'he out-off' date in use at the present time 1$ s1xty years because of the ~4ture of some of the materiel and the fact ot living persons being involved. Persons l'llshing access to the archives are asked to c'ontact, either in writing or by telephone f the aroh!v1st at the above 9,ddress. BJP./72 References will be made as per the following examples: A I 4 CL 2 ,1. e • J .A - Bishop MacDonell , I - Correspondenoe ,~ - File Box Number 4 C:L CircUlar Letters :2 - File Folder Number 2 B lIe 3 (i.e.) B - Bishop GaUlin '! ... Correspondence 1 - File Box Number 1 C - Individual Correspondence 3 - File Folder NlIlllber J The brackets ( ) will indicate 1) the place of oX'igin of the letter, 2) the la~3uage used if other th~n English, 3) if it 1s s copy .. I if D E X viii AIm T_~ 8U; OF COl/TENTS Int roduction a •• • • • .. ..... .... ·......... ... ......... .. ...... .... .. ii ( Outli ne of the Catalogue • • • • ·.... .. ·.· ... .... • • • • lV Tabl e of contents • .• 1 •. • . .. ·............................. viii A. Administrati on of Bi shoo Alexander J;'acDoocl1 (1760-184Cl I Indiyidual CQrrespond~ 1 Fi le Box # 1 o. n . OH ·.. .. .. .. .. • • • • 1. 1) Archambeaul t , Rev . PI. ·.... .. .. .. .. ... .. • • • 1. 2 ) Baillargeon , Rev. c. • • ·. • • • • • • •• 1 . 3) Bathurst , Lord , • • • • • • ·....... .. .. .. • ·........ .. .. • 1 • 4) Birk, Rev. rJichae1 .... • • ·. ... ..... .. • ·.... ·.. 3_ 5) Col oton , Simon .. .. .. .. .... ... ·.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... • 3 . 6) Coutte, Sist er r.1 ., ... ..... • .. • • .. .. .. • • 3 • 7) C ummi n f~ and Hamilton, • • • .. .... .. • .. .. .. .. ... 3. 8) Desj ardi ns) Rev. J . , • .. .. .. ....... 3. 9) Doucet, Rev . t-,·ir. •• .'. ·. • • • • • • .. .. .. .. ........... .. 3. 10) Drwnmond, Sir Gordon, -. ....... .. .. .. .. .. .. • .. ...... 4. ,( 11) El msley , .Johrl, .~ ••• • ·.... • • ·. ·.. ·.. 4 . 12) Fenwick , Mos t Rev. Edward , .. .. .. .. • • • ·..... .. .. • • 4 . 13) Ferguson, John, ._......... • • •• • • .. .. .. .. .. 4 • 14) Ganaolphy, Rev. R. • • • • • • • • • ·. • ·. .. .. .. 4 • I S) Gaulin , Rev. Rem i giua, .. .. .. .. .. .. • •• .. .. ............ • 4 . 16) Gillieson, W. M... , ••• • • • • ·. •• • ........ .. .. 5. 17) Gordon , Adam, ·.. • • • ·. • 5. 18) Goulburn , Henry , e .... .. .. .. .. .. .. • • • .. .. .. .. • 5 • 19) Hillier , Ma j or Geo r ge~ • ........ .·.... • • .. .... .. ......... 5. 20) Hobert, Lor d , •• • •. •• • • • • • • • • • 7. 21 ) Huski sson , H. • • • • • • • 7 • 22 ) Kipp, Jame s, • • • • • • • • 7 . 23 ) Ki r by , John , . .. ... ·. .. ..... ... .... • ·.. .. ... .. .·.. 7. 24)