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233 GB of textual record. - ca. 2,500 pages
Series comprises digital copies of administrative records relating to the Spanish Indian Residential Schools. Correspondence includes reports, administrative letters, personal letters, and memos. Series also includes newspaper clippings and publications about the Spanish Residential Schools.
This series contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.
1.31 GB of textual records.
17 pages of correspondence
David Shanahan, historical consultant.
Comissioned by Father David Nazar, SJ, Superior of the Northern Missions
2.94 GB of textual records.
37 pages of text
File includes chapter four of "More Than Mere Talent"
82 MB of textual records.
1 page of text
3.71 GB of textual records.
49 pages of newspaper clippings
The Catholic Church Extension Society of Canada
1.81 GB of textual records.
24 pages
Compiled by Rev. William (Bill) Maurice
334 MB of textual records.
4 pages
70.6 MB of textual records and cartographic material.
5 pages of text
1 hand drawn map
10 MB of textual records.
1 architectural drawing
18 MB of textual records.
1 page
Department of Indian Affairs
104 MB of textual records.
9 pages
Materials in this file appear to be copies from Department of Indian Affairs annual reports
57.2 MB of textual records.
7 pages
Agreement between his majesty the King and Rt. Rev. DJ Scollard, D.D. Bishop of the Diocese of Sault Ste Marie
Department of Indian Affairs, Canada
6.82 MB of textual record.
1 page
Miss Paradis, at Spanish Convent
157 MB of textual records.
15 pages
157 MB of textual records.
3 pages
Society of Jesus
135 MB of textual record. - 1 booklet
199 MB of textual records.
24 pages
4.62 GB of textual records.
54 pages
Correspondence primarily between Rev. Clement J. Crusoe, S.J., Miss Madeline MacDonald, Rev Kearns, S.J., and E.J. Dowling, S.J.
166 MB of textual records
2 pages of newspaper clippings
Rev. Father William Kearns, S.J., Garnier School Principal
E.J. Dowling, S.J.
4.18 GB of textual records and cartographic material.
52 pages of text. - 1 hand drawn map
2.49 GB of textual records.
33 pages
329 MB of textual records.
4 pages
656 MB of textual records.
15 pages of hand written text
Father William Maurice, S.J., Dean and Prefect
655 MB of textual records.
8 pages
826 MB of textual records
12 pages
21.7 MB of textual records.
4 pages
Miss Berrijan
1.17 GB of textual records (15 p.)
A second document entitled "The Problem - Canadian Indian Education As It Applies To Our School" is also included in this file.
1.02 BG of textual records.
13 pages: handwritten text
958 MB of textual records (23 p.)
File includes:
1) Procedure to be followed by Frs. Kearns and Maurice at request of Fr. Provincial (re: high school and elementary boys)
2) Spanish financial account summaries, 1951-1958
3) Spanish Property summary
4) Agenda First Conference of Residential School Principals, April 17 and 18
i) Admission and discharge of students in residential schools
ii) High school instruction at residential schools
iii) Meeting minutes
iv) Report of first conference of residential school principals
412 MB of textual records (6 p.)
684 MB of textual records (10 p.)
Includes information on: number of origin of students, admissions, financial arrangement with the government, accounts, present grievances, inequality of grants to residential school in comparison with other grants to institutions and individuals, teachers salaries, new school project at Spanish, and cost per student per year.
247 MB of textual records (3 p.)
1.15 GB of textual records (18 p.)
12.6 MB of textual records (16 p.)
Report for year end of 1957. Includes operating cost chart.
809 MB of textual records (13 p.)
File Includes:
1) Some factors worthy of consideration in an appraisal of the Spanish situation, May 21, 1958
2) Garnier College report, graduate follow-up, May 27, 1958
3) Financial correspondence and statements, years ended December 31, 1956 and December 31, 1957
4) Press release, Jesuit School at Spanish Closed, July 6, 1958
5) Inventory of property of the Indian Department, July 9, 1958
6) Report by Fr. Logan, December 2, 1968
1.44 GB of textual records (21 p.)
1.02 GB of textual records (16 p.)
1.25 GB of textual records (17 p.)
1.66 GB of textual records.
23 pages: handwritten text
1.46 GB of textual records (20 p.)
1.9 GB of textual records (27 p.)
R.A. Hoey, Supt. of Welfare and Training, Department of Mines and Resources
145 MB of textual records (3p.)
2.02 GB of textual records (34 p.)
575 MB of textual record.
8 pages: handwritten text
C.A. Primeau, Principal at Spanish Indian Residential School
726 MB of textual records (10 p.)
C.A. Primeau, S.J., Principal
1 GB of textual records (14 p.)
J.R. Oliver, S.J., Principal
690 MB of textual records (10 p.)
J.R. Oliver, S.J., Principal
817 MB of textual records (12 p.)
J.R. Oliver, S.J., Principal
616 MB of textual records (9 p.)
J.R. Oliver, S.J., Principal
557 MB of textual records. - 2 letters (10 p.)
J.E. McKay, S.J.
Joseph Dwyer, S.J.
J. Raymond Oliver, S.J., Principal
836 MB of textual records (11 p.)
Raymond Oliver, S.J., Principal
887 MB of textual records (13 p.)
Raymond Oliver, S.J., Principal
1.44 GB of textual records (22 p.)
Raymond Oliver, S.J., Principal
2.08 GB of textual records (28 p.)
1.40 GB of textual records (20 p.)
0.98 GB of textual records (14 p.)
2 architectural plans
1.04 GB of textual records.- 13 letters (15 p.)
1.5 GB of textual records.- 17 Letters (20 p.)
1 telegraph
Correspondence about school affairs and clergy.
2.58 GB of textual records.- 28 letters (36 p.)
Correspondence between Jesuits traveling between schools.
1.54 GB of textual records (21 p.)
1.78 GB of textual records (24 p.)
Correspondence concerning school funding and staff.
843 MB of textual records (11 p.)
St. Peter Claver School
2.2 GB of textual records.- 1 book
Handwritten book titled "Farm Memo Book"
87 MB of graphic material and textual records.
A short history of the Mission at Manitoulin Island, no specific date of publication was given.
Rev. John Francis Jamot
451 MB of textual records.
625 MB of textual records.
The Wikemikong Archives & Library
15.2 MB of textual records.- 1 list
2.27 GB of textual records (28 p.)
Transcription of a taped interview with Mike Trudeau from Wikwemikong telling the tale he learned from his father and grandfather on how the Ojibwe captured Fort Detroit for the British General.
Manitoulin Island Reserve Bulletin
835 MB of textual records.- 2 newsletters (10 p.)
Vol. 1 No. 1 and Vol. 1 No. 3 are included in this file.
284 MB of textual records (4 p.)
File includes the table of contents and a map of Manitoulin Island from the book "Forever on the Fringe: Six Studies in the Development of Manitoulin Island" published by the University of Toronto Press.
Holy Cross Mission
281 MB of textual records and graphic material.- 1 pamphlet, 1 photograph (7 p.)
444 MB of textual records (10 p.)
Articles about Manitoulin Island land claim as well as information of the communities on the island.
931 KB of textual records.- 1 report (1 p.)
Residential school financial report for 1980.
Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat
416 MB of textual records (5 p.)
"ONTARIO AND MANITOULIN ISLAND CHIEFS SIGN HISTORIC LAND CLAIM SETTLEMENT" Report outlines the specifications in the agreement as well as the background of the land claim.
1.17 GB of textual records (11 p.)
A collection of articles, letter and reports relating to the Jesuit Mission on Manitoulin Island.
311 MB of textual records (4 p.)
Missionary accounts book written in French.
466 MB of textual records (7 p.)
Includes a list of mission superiors and administrative documents related to the residential school.
314 MB of textual records (4 p.)
Lists of missionaries sent to the area in July of 1930.
Holy Cross Mission
551 MB of textual records (7 p.)
Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Wikemikong Mission 1852-1952.
165 MB of textual records.- 1 letter (2 p.)
A letter about a missionary incident early in the mission.
248 MB of textual records (3 p.)
Lists of English-speaking missionaries on the site from 1848 to 1913.
751 MB of graphic material (9 p.)
331 MB of textual records (4 p.)
Notes from "Father H." made in this journal.
0.97 GB of textual records (12 p.)
Includes Missionary lists, financial information, population information.
61.2 MB of textual records (4 p.)
Missionary lists with dates.
18.9 MB of textual records.
"Historique de la Mission de Ste Croix, Wikwemikong de 1867 a 1876" History of the Holy Cross Mission in Wikwemikong from 1867 to 1876
Society of Jesus
836 MB of textual records
166 MB of textual records.- 1 letter (2 p.)
This letter outlines student numbers and funding information in 1965
172 MB of textual records (2 p.)
An Account of Bishop O'Connor's visit to Wikwemikong and missions garden river, Sault St. Marie, July 1896 and the Queen's Jubilee celebration on June 22, 1897.
1.04 GB of textual records (23 p.)
Letter Book From June 9, 1884 to May 1, 1885.
250 MB of textual records (3 p.)
Lettres De Jersey Vol. V, 1886
248 MB of textual records (3 p.)
Bishop O'Connor's visit to Wikwemikong, August 1889
Aloysius P. Schretlen, S.J. and The Sudbury Daily Star
849 MB of textual records (12 p.)
News article and reports about the 100th year celebration of the mission in Wikwemikong.
Transcribed by: Rundall M. Lewis
890 MB of textual records.
"The Manitoulin Letters of the Rev Charles Crobie Brough".
5.33 GB of textual records (74 p.)
"Wikemikong Summary Diaries" and "Wikemikong Summary Diaries - Synopsis of the history of Wikwemikong"
18.1 MB of textual records.- 1 list
Mission communities and their information.
3.05 GB of textual records (38 p.)
Notes and events about the Manitoulin mission, handwritten in French.
111 MB of textual records (3 p.)
Department of Indian Affairs Letter to father O'Flaherty and a return showing population figures on Manitoulin Island from 1861.
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
36.8 MB of textual records (3 p.)
Department of Indian Affairs Letter to father O'Flaherty for his research on Spanish River Reserve.
282 MB of textual records (38 p.)
Census information from the mission, handwritten in French.
The Genological Society of Utah
496 MB of textual records (6 p.)
164 MB of textual records (5 p.)
Census and vote registry information, handwritten in French.
244 MB of graphic material (3 p.)
From "Historia Domus Missionis Neo-Ebor. Canadensis, 1868-1876 presrved in N.Y. Prov. Archives." A history of the Holy Cross Mission in Manitoulin Island written in French.
Holy Cross Mission
0.98 GB of textual records.- 1 book (23 p.)
Book handwritten in French.
Holy Cross Mission
1.8 GB of textual records.- 1 book (133 p.)
Records and notes from 1911-1962 handwritten in both English and French.
164 MB of textual records (13p.)
Diary and notes from a missionary in the Holy Cross Mission, Handwritten in French.
2.26 GB of textual records.- 1 book (32 p.)
Handwritten French diary from a missionary in Wikwemikong.