CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY ARCHIVE

Section V: Missions to the Americas

Part 2: North West Canada, 18211880

Part 3: North West Canada, 18221930

Part 4: British Columbia, 18561925

Contents of Reels Part 3

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East Asia (Group 1) Missions Vol 1

Canada Catalogue pp 187

C C 1 O 42 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev William Mason 1852-1870

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C C 1 O 43 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Caleb Baskett Mayhew 1856-1858

C C 1 O 44 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Kenneth N L McDonald 1873-1878

C C 1 O 45 (129) Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Robert McDonald 1853-1880

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C C 1 O 45 (3066) Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Robert McDonald 1853-1880

C C 1 O 46 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Benjamin McKenzie 1876-1879

C C 1 O 47 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Archdeacon John McLean 1867-1868

C C 1 O 48 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
A Dominique Pambrun 1844-1845

C C 1 O 49 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Edmund James Peck 1876-1880

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C C 1 O 50 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Robert Phair 1863-1880

C C 1 O 51 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Charles Pratt 1851-1878

C C 1 O 52 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Edwin Raynor 1873

C C 1 O 53 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Joseph Reader 1874-1880

C C 1 O 54 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev William Day Reeve 1869-1880

C C 1 O 55 Original Papers

Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
John Roberts 1841-1843

C C 1 O 56 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev John Sanders 1876-1877

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C C 1 O 57 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev James Settee Senior 1845-1846, 1852-1878

C C 1 O 58 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Arthur Shaw 1875-1876

C C 1 O 59 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and other
Rev Vincent Collier Sim 1879-1880

C C 1 O 60 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
John Sinclair 1868-1874

C C 1 O 61 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Thomas Thistlethwaite Smith 1860-1867

C C 1 O 62 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
William Robert Smith 1831-1845

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C C 1 O 63 (156) Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev John Smithhurst 1839-1851

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C C 1 O 63 (5766) Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev John Smithurst 1839-1851

C1 O 64 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev William Spendlove 1879-1880

C C 1 O 65 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev William Stagg 1853-1865

C C 1 O 66 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Roderick Sutherland 1844

C C 1 O 67 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Samuel Trivett 1878-1879

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C C 1 O 68 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
John Umpherville 1853, 1856

C C 1 O 69 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
James Vincent 1865-1866

C C 1 O 70 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Thomas Vincent 1856-1880

C C 1 O 71 ( 145) Original Papers

Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Edwin Arthur Watkins 1852-1863

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C C 1 O 71 ( 4667) Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Edwin Arthur Watkins 1852-1863

C C 1 O 72 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev John West 1822-1823

C C 1 O 73 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Edward Francis Wilson 1868-1872, 1874

C C 1 O 74 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
George Smith Winter 1879-1880

C C 1 O 75 Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others
Rev Richard Young 1875-1880

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G 1 C 1 I 3 Individual Letter Book 1887-1894
Individual Letter Books consist of private and confidential letters written by the Secretary at headquarters to individual missionaries.

G 1 C 1 I 4 Individual Letter Book 1894-1914

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G 1 C 1 L 5 Letter Book 1882-1886
Letter Books contain copies of outgoing correspondence from the Secretary at headquarters to the missionaries and others concerned with mission affairs.

G 1 C 1 L 6 Letter Book 1886-1891

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G 1 C 1 L 7 Letter Book 1891-1895

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G 1 C 1 L 8 Letter Book 1895-1915

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G 1 C 1 L 9 Letter Book 1915-1926, 1930

G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1881
1881 Letters from Richard Young (Secretary of the Mission), G Smith Winter, the Bishop of Athabasca, Edmund Peek, Abraham Cowley, John Hines; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee; journals of W Spendlove, G Smith Winter, R May and the Asissippi mission; Annual Letters of Samuel Jewett, J A Mackay, James Settee and Robert Phair; report of a visit to the Red River District.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1882-1883 (1160)
1882 Journals of the Stanley Mission, G Smith Winter, R Phair, John Hines, the Bishop of Saskatchewan, W Spendlove; description of the death of an Indian at York Factory by G Smith Winter; letters from Abraham Cowley, Charles Quinney, Richard Young, W Spendlove, Edmund Peek; Annual Letter of V C Sims; statistics for the year showing number of baptisms, marriages, scholars etc; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee; notes on the mission work in the Cumberland District for JulyDecember 1881 by Rev Reader; an account of a visit to the Eskimos living to the South of Little Whale River; notes on Archdeacon Cowley’s visit to Manitoba Lake and the Saskatchewan River.

1883 (1-160) Letters from the Bishop of Saskatchewan, J Hines, G Smith Winter, W Badger; journals of G Smith Winter, J Hines, W Spendlove; report of the Synod of the Diocese of Saskatchewan.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1883 (161-end) 1884
1883 (161-end) Letters from Arabella Cowley, R McDonald, G Smith Winter, W D Reeve; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee; newspaper cuttings.

1884 Journals of G Smith Winter, W D Reeve, W Spendlove, the Blackfoot Crossing Mission, J Trivett and the Asissippi Mission; letters from R Phair. T Clarke, W D Reeve, J Settee, Richard Young, J Hines, R McDonald, J M Tims, G Smith Winter, the Bishop of Athabasca; an Annual Letter from V Sims.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1885, 1886 (1-169)
1885 Letters from J Settee, the Bishop of Athabasca, J A Mackay, Abraham Cowley, I J Taylor, J Lofthouse; journals of Archdeacon W D Reeve, J Lofthouse, W Spendlove, the Asissippi Mission; newscuttings; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee; statement of accounts for the Battleford Mission; an Annual Letter from J Sanders.

1886 (1-169) Letters from V Sims, J Lofthouse, G Holmes, G Smith Winter, J M Tims; journals of W Spendlove and J Hines; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee; report of a voyage to the Indian Reserves in Lake Winnipeg by J Settee; newscuttings.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1886 (170-end) 1887
1886 (170-end) Letters from J A Mackay, J M Tims, I J Taylor, J Lofthouse, Kathleen McLean; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee; newscuttings; journal of J Sinclair.

1887 Letters from J A McKay, J M Tims, W Spendlove, Abraham Cowley, G Smith Winter, Samuel Trivett, J H Canham; journals of Rev Nevett, G Smith Winter, J Lofthouse and the Asissippi Mission; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee; newscuttings.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1888
1888 Statistical returns for the Saskatchewan, Moosonee and Rupert’s Land Dioceses with details of baptisms, marriages, scholars etc; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee; letters from J M Tims, R Phair, G Smith Winter, W Spendlove, J A Mackay, J Lofthouse, J W Ellington, J H Canham; journal of Archdeacon G Smith Winter, J Badger, the Stanley Mission, R Phair; report of work for 18861888 in the Holy Trinity Mission, Mackenzie River.

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G 1C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1889
1889 Manual of religious instruction for use by missionaries among the Blackfoot Indians; statistics for the Dioceses of Rupert’s Land, Moosonee and Saskatchewan; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee; Annual Letter of J Badger; journals of J Hines, G Smith Winter, for the Battleford Mission written by Robert Inketin?; letters from M A Ellington, J Lofthouse, J A McKay, J W Tims, R Phair, G Smith Winter, Archdeacon R McDonald, E M Hines, E J Peek , Bishop of Athabasca, W D Reeve; minutes of the conference of the Diocese of Saskatchewan workers.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1890, 1891 (1-160)
1890 Letters from J A Mckay, J W Tims, I J Taylor, J A McKay, G Smith Winter, M D Reeve, S Trivett, J Settee, A Saunders, R Phair, J Lofthouse; journals of G Smith Winter with an interesting description of an adventure with a polar bear, M Sinclair, J Lofthouse, the Devon Mission written by J Hines, I J Taylor; news cuttings; a pamphlet containing the Bishop of Saskatchewan’s address to the 4th meeting of the Synod; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee; report of the Metropolitan holding confirmations and visiting new Churches in the Indian missions; report of a visit to the missions at Touchwood Hills by R Phair; issue of The Rupert Land’s Gleaner for July and September.

1891 (1-160) Letters from W D Reeve, the Bishop of Athabasca, J A Mackay, J Hinchcliffe; journals of I J Taylor, G Smith Winter, J Lofthouse, J Hines; minutes of the Calgary and Saskatchewan Finance Committees; description of Alaska as a missionary field; issues of The Rupert Land’s Gleaner for February and April; review of the missions by R Phair with news of new missionaries for The Rainy River Mission.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1891 (161-end), 1892
1891 (161-end) Journals of the Devon Mission written by J Hines, G Smith Winter, J Lofthouse, I J Taylor; letters from the Bishop of Athabasca, M Scott, M A Ellington, J H Canham, W Spendlove, W D Reeve, R Phair, J W Tims, J A Mackay; issues of The Rupert’s Land Gleaner for June, July and September; an issue of The Canadian George Magazine and Mission News for November; report of the Churchill Mission; notes on the McKenzie River Mission; news cuttings; an Annual Letter of Bishop Bompas; report on work done among the Eskimos; minutes of the Calgary and Saskatchewan Finance Committees; a pamphlet containing a report on the Dioceses of Rupert’s Land and Saskatchewan; report on the work in Thunder Child’s Reserve by D W Macdonald.

1892 Letters from I J Taylor, J W Tims, G Smith Winter, G Holmes, R Phair, the Bishop of Moosonee; issues of The Rupert’s Land Gleaner for November and December 1891 and for April, June and July 1892; journals of G Smith Winter and I J Taylor; Annual Letter of the Bishop of Athabasca; printed returns to show the state of the Indian Missions in the Diocese; printed report on the Rupert’s Land Industrial School; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1893-1894
1893 Letters from J Hines, E J Peek, J A Mackay, G Smith Winter, B La Trobe, R Phair, W Spendlove, T Vincent, T Pritchard, G Stokes, J Evans, G Holmes, T H Cantam, J Sinclair, J C Stringer, the Bishop of Athabasca and J Lofthouse; minutes of the Calgary and Saskatchewan Finance Committees; annual report of the Bishop of Moosonee; report on the work at the Lac Seul Indian Mission; journals of G Smith Winter and J Hines; issue of The Aurora – the Rupert’s Land Indian Industrial School record of work; description of the Diocese of Selkirk.

1894 Letters from E J Peek, A Cowley, J A Mackay, J W Tims, W Spendlove, R Phair, G Holmes, J Arthur (Bishop of Moosonee), Bishop Bompas, J Lofthouse, I J Taylor; minutes of the Calgary and Saskatchewan Finance Committees; description of visits to the Eskimos by J G Stringer; journal of J Hines.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1895-1896
1895 Letters from H W G Stocken, W Spendlove, R Phair, J W Tims, I J Taylor, J Hines, J Lofthouse, the Bishop of Athabasca, G Smith Winter, the Bishop of Moosonee, Bishop Bompas, E J Peek; statement on the needs of the mission in Manitoba; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee; news cuttings; report on the Training Industrial School, Emmanuel College, Prince Albert; journal of G Smith Winter.

1896 Letters from J Hines, G Smith Winter, E J Peek, G A King, W Spendlove, the Bishop of Moosonee, I J Taylor, R Phair, J A Mackay, J Lofthouse, Bishop Bompas; minutes of the Saskatchewan Finance Committee; report on the Indian Missions in the Diocese of Calgary; report on the Selkirk Diocese; journal of J Lofthouse.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1897
1897 Letters from E J Peck, W Spendlove, J A Mackay, the Bishop of Rupert’s Land, the Bishop of Moosonee, Bishop Bompas, R Phair, the Bishop of Mackenzie River; minutes of the Calgary Finance Committee; journals of G S Winter; account of the work among the Eskimos of Herschel Island by I D Stringer; issue of The Moosonee Mailbag.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1898-1900
1898 Letters of G S Winter, J Lofthouse, the Bishops of Moosonee, Athabasca and McKenzie River, R Phair, G Holmes, Bishop Bompas, F W Godsal; issues of The Moosonee Mailbag; minutes of the Calgary and the Rupert’s Land Finance Committees; annual report for 18961897 of the Canadian Church Missionary Association; report for 18971898 on the Indian Missions in the Diocese of Calgary; journal of G S Winter; printed description of the Lesser Slave Lake, Athabasca.

1899 Letters of J Lofthouse, R Phair, J A Mackay, J W Tims, H W Gibbon Stocken, Bishop Bompas, W Spendlove, G S Winter; issue of The Guide published by the pupils of the Battleford Industrial School.

1900 Letters from Jack Lucas, T H Canham, the Bishops of Athabasca and Rupertsland, J A Lackey, J Lofthouse, J A Mackay, E J Peck, C C Owen; issues of The Moosonee Mailbag; minutes of the Rupert’s Land Finance Committee.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1901-1902
1901 Letters from C G Sampson, Bishop Bompas, J W Tims, the Bishops of Mackenzie River and of Moosonee, W G Walton, J Lofthouse, W Spendlove, W Carpenter Selkirk; extracts from W Dick’s journal and E J Peck’s journal.

1902 Letters from Bishop Bompas, the Bishop of Athabasca, R Phair, J Lofthouse; minutes of the Rupert’s Land Finance Committee.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1903-1904
1903 Letters from Bishop Bompas, the Bishops of Mackenzie River and of Rupert’s Land, E J Peck, R Phair, W Spendlove, J R Lucas, J A Mackay, J W Bilby, W Carpenter Selkirk; issue of the Calgary Diocesan Magazine; Eskimo Language papers; extracts of the journal of J W Bilby; a description of life at Hay River Indian Settlement by J R Lucas; report of the Synod of the Diocese of Athabasca.

1904 Letters from Bishop Bompas, the Bishop of Mackenzie River, E J Peck, J Hines; issue of the Calgary Diocesan Magazine.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1905-1907
1905 Letters from Henry Robinson, J R Lucas, W Spendlove, Bishop Bompas, W G Walton, Bishop of Mackenzie River, R Phair, E J Peck, J W Bilby; report for 19031904 on the Indian missions in the Diocese of Saskatchewan; issue of The Moosonee and Keewatin Mailbag; printed report on the Diocese of Mackenzie River; journal covering 1903-1905 of J W Bilby, Blacklead Island, Baffins Land.

1906 Letters from Bishop Bompas, A E Cowley, the Bishop of Moosonee, J W Tims, E J Peck, the Bishop of Selkirk, J R Lucas; report on the missions by the Bishop of Mackenzie River; a translation into Blackfoot of Morning and Evening Prayers; issues of The Moosonee and Keewatin Mailbag; report on a visit to the Northern Missions by J Lofthouse.

1907 Letters from the Bishop of Moosonee, J R Lucas, E J Peck; issue of The Moosonee and Keewatin Mailbag; treasurer’s report for the Diocese of Rupert’s Land.

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G 1 C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1908-1910
1908 Letters from F Oliver, the Bishop of Yukon, J H Ritson, J W Tims; issues of The Moosonee and Keewatin Mailbag; report of the Synod of the Diocese of the Yukon; report on the Indian Missions and Schools; extract from the report of the Inspector for Indian Schools in British Columbia.

1909 Letters from J W Tims, the Bishop of Yukon, R Phair, the Bishop of Athabasca, E J Peck, the Bishop of Keewatin; journal of E J Peck; memo on the Arctic Mission; report on the Bishop of Keewatin’s visit to Northern Keewatin; issue of The Moosonee and Keewatin Mailbag.

1910 Letters from the Bishop of Moosonee, the Bishop of Yukon, J Hines; journal of the Bishop of Moosonee; bulletins giving news on the Diocese of Calgary; Annual Letter of R Faries; report of the Synod of the Diocese of Rupert’s Land.

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G 1C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1911-1916
1911 Letters from the Bishops of Moosonee, Athabasca, Yukon and Rupert’s Land; description of a winter on the Canadian Mediterranean by R J Renison; issue of The Moosonee and Keewatin Mailbag; Annual Letter of R Faries; a description of a tour through Mackenzie River by the Bishop of Athabasca; journal of E J Peck.

1912 Letters from the Bishop of Keewatin, Moosonee, J R Lucas; issues of The Moosonee and Keewatin Mailbag; report of the Synod of the Diocese of Rupert’s Land.

1913 Letters from E J Peck, the Bishop of Yukon; issues of The Moosonee and Keewatin Mailbag; reports of the Dioceses of Athabasca, Yukon and Mackenzie River.

1914 Letters from T H Canham, the Bishops of Keewatin, Rupert’s Land and Moosonee; Diocesan statistics for 1909; report of the Synod of the Diocese of Athabasca.

1915 Letters from the Bishop of Saskatchewan, T H Canham; report of the General Secretary of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada; report of the Synod of the Diocese of Yukon.

1916 Letters from H W Gibbon Stocken, E W G Greenfield, the Bishop of Moosonee and T H Canham.

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G 1C 1 O Original Papers
Letters and Papers of individual missionaries, catechists and others 1917-1930

(Please note that the papers for 1927-1929 do not exist)

1917 Letters from T H Canham, the Bishop of Yukon, E W G Greenshield, Bishop of Keewatin, E J Peck, H W Gibbon Stocken.

1918 Letter from H W Gibbon Stocken; journal of E J Peck for 1917; news on the Yukon Diocese.

1919 Letters and reports by W G Walton on the Indians and Eskimos and Reindeer in the area east of Hudson and James Bays; issue of the Canadian Municipal Journal; newspaper cuttings regarding W G Walton; letters from the Bishop of Moosonee and of Keewatin, J W Tims, E J Peck.

1920 Letters from E J Peck, B Totty, W G Walter, J W Tims; issue of The Canadian Churchman.

1921 Letters from the Bishop of Moosonee and Yukon; account of the life of Mrs Charlotte Sarah Canham.

1922 Letter from H W Gibbon Stocken.

1923 Letters from J D Mullins, S Gould, W G Walton; pamphlet on the life conditions of the native races on the east coast of Hudson’s Bay.

1924 Letters from W G Walton, E J Peck, P W Stephenson, S Gould.

1925 Letter from S Gould.

1926 Letter from B Totty.

1930 Letter from J W Tims

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G 1 C 1 P 1 Précis Book 1881-1889
A printed précis was prepared for each meeting of the Group Committee. This comprised number, date, writer, date received, summary of contents, proposals for committee action to be taken and/or secretary’s remarks.( Please note that P2 has been missing from the Archive since 1951).

G 1 C 1 P 3 Précis Book 1893-1906

G 1 C 1 P 4 Précis Book 1906-1926, 1930

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