Residential schools

Marching

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Boys marching and saluting. Proper left edge of picture over-exposed, obscuring image

Marching band

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Band marching. Foreground of photo is overexposed

Marching band

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Band marching away, into background

Marching band

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Band marching. Lower right corner is slightly overexposed

Mid-race

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Race. Blurred. Four boys visible: one in front, one behind, two bunched in the middle

Mid-race

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Two boys running. A third has stopped behind them with hands on knees. Goalpost is visible in background of image

Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

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Collection
([192-] - [195-])

Collection consists of 48 glass lantern slides (29 of them tinted) and 2 negatives. The lantern slides include images related to four Residential Schools: Elkhorn (Manitoba), St. Michael’s (British Columbia), Shingwauk (Ontario), and Choutla (Yukon).

Collection includes images of the schools, classrooms, and different areas of the buildings (dining room, kitchen, etc.); the staff, students, and families engaged in different activities; and surroundings of the schools (cemeteries, churches, villages, etc.). Collection also includes images of landscapes and two images unidentified villages.

Collection might be similar to the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada fonds, at the Anglican Church of Canada Diocese of Rupert's Land, Manitoba.

Lantern slides shows were used during the 1920s and 1930s by the Church of England in Canada to promote the work of their missionaries and to raise funds. The slide shows took place during missionaries’ services, church services, Sunday school groups, and special church programs. Usually, the slide shows were complemented with a text with basic commentary on the mission and content of the slides.

Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada

Observers

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Two observers

Observers

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Two observers, standing looking to proper right

Official

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Official.

Official and Child

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Official, holding starting pistol, and child. Megaphone and papers in foreground

Officials

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Five officials

Pole vault

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Vaulter in mid-air. Onlookers in background. Officials and spotters on the ground, on either side of the vaulter

Potato sack race

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

End of potato sack race. Winner seen with hands in the air

Potato sack racers

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Runners in potato sack race. Nine runners are visible, observers and building on proper right. Lower centre is overexposed

Race finish line

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Race finish line. Shot taken from behind winner as he moves into tape. Mountie seen among spectators

Race starter

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Starter with pistol in hand, beckoning two boys to take their marks.

Ravens and Robins With Shields Won in Intramural Competition at St. Michael's Residential School

Part of Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of twenty children and one adult holding house pennants with the names "Robins" and "Ravens" and shields in front of a building. Item is a duplicated of item no. S7-60, fonds 008 Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC) fonds, from the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives. According to description from the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives, Ravens (senior girls) and Robins (junior girls) pose with the shields won in intramural competition. The Anglican Church established a day school at its mission in Alert Bay, British Columbia in 1878. It opened a small boarding school there in 1882 and an industrial school in 1894. In 1929, a new building was constructed. The school was known for the arts and crafts produced by the students and the two large totem poles in front of the school building. In 1947, two-dozen children ran away from the school. The subsequent investigation into conditions at the school led to the resignation of both the principal and the vice-principal. By 1969, when the federal government assumed administration of the school, all residents were attending local schools. The residence closed in 1974. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)