Residential schools

Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

149
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

Mid-race

30-30-01-30-01-03-a039035
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

30-30-01-30-01-03-a039051
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

Marching band

30-30-01-30-01-03-a039064
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Band marching. Foreground of photo is overexposed

Marching band

30-30-01-30-01-03-a039032
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Band marching away, into background

Marching band

30-30-01-30-01-03-a039063
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Band marching. Lower right corner is slightly overexposed

Marching

30-30-01-30-01-03-a039031
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

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

Marchers

30-30-01-30-01-03-a039062
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Marchers entering soccer field led by leader dressed in white. Goal post visible in background. Right edge is overexposed

Longjump pit

30-30-01-30-01-03-a039024
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Longjump pit. Mountie in dress serge, bent over, watching take-off board

Lone runner rounding corner

30-30-01-30-01-03-a039050
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Lone runner

30-30-01-30-01-03-a039053
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

A runner races along a fence upon which spectators are seated. Harbour is visible in the background of image

Linen Closet at Elkhorn Residential School

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

Item is a glass lantern slide of a linen closet. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken at Elkhorn Residential School. The Elkhorn Residential School started as the Washakada Home for Girls and the Kasota Home for Boys were established in the village of Elkhorn, MB in 1888. Following a fire, the school was rebuilt outside the town in 1895. Ongoing financial problems led to a government takeover of the school. It was closed in 1918 but reopened in 1923, under the administration of the Anglican Church’s Missionary Society. Many students came from northern Manitoba. The leaders of The Pas Indian Band made a number of complaints about the conditions at the school, which was eventually closed in 1949. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Laundry Room at Elkhorn Residential School

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

Item is a glass lantern slide of a laundry room. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken at Elkhorn Residential School. The Elkhorn Residential School started as the Washakada Home for Girls and the Kasota Home for Boys were established in the village of Elkhorn, MB in 1888. Following a fire, the school was rebuilt outside the town in 1895. Ongoing financial problems led to a government takeover of the school. It was closed in 1918 but reopened in 1923, under the administration of the Anglican Church’s Missionary Society. Many students came from northern Manitoba. The leaders of The Pas Indian Band made a number of complaints about the conditions at the school, which was eventually closed in 1949. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Kwakiutl Totem Poles outside St. Michael's Indian Residential School

81-04-a033239
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of the Kwakiutl totem poles that stand outside St. Michael's Indian Residential School at Alert Bay, British Columbia. Photo taken by Eric J. Cooke photo productions, Sidney B. C.

Kwakiutl Totem Pole & St. Michael's Indian Residential School

81-04-a033241
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of one totem pole located in front of St. Michael's Indian Residential School, founded by the Anglican Church in 1929. Alert Bay, B. C. Photo is attributed to Eric J. Cooke Photo Productions, Sidney, B. C. Totem pole depicts a bird standing on top of another creature.

Kitchen Matron and Workers at Elkhorn Residential School

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

Item is a glass lantern slide of six people. One of them seems to be the kitchen matron with five of her staff at one end of the kitchen at Elkhorn (Washakada) Residential School. Item is a duplicated of item no. 902, fonds 008 Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC) fonds, from the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives.

Kids with names jpegs

1-1-CCCC-20 (Digital)-A
Folder
March 2013

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

This folder was created to separate the images that contained children within the photographs from Beverley Brown.

Jumper and runners

30-30-01-30-01-03-a039030
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

One man jumping; two runners following close behind in what appears to be a race

Jean Telfer fonds

2
Fonds
[between 1931 and 1940]

The fonds consists of records Telfer created or received during the time that she spent as a teacher at residential schools. The materials donated by Telfer include correspondence, essays, schedules, programmes, ephemera notes and a significant number of photographs. These records are primarily related to the the Morley Residential School, the Coqualeetza Residential School and the Port Alberni Residential School, as well as the Nakoda (Stoney) Nation.

Jean Telfer

Indian Residential School Teaching Kit (in progress) Education

110-1-A-91
File
2003-2004

Part of Public Programming and Education fonds

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