Fonds AffB 8 - Alberni Indian Residential School fonds

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Alberni Indian Residential School fonds

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    • Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the fonds

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    Fonds

    Reference code

    CA UCCBC AffB 8

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    Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

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    Date(s)

    • 1937-1976 (Creation)

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    Physical description

    • 6 cm of textual records
    • 8 architectural drawings

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    Name of creator

    (1892–1899, 1900–1966, 1967–1973)

    Administrative history

    Alberni Residential School was located on the west bank of the Somass River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, just south of the Tseshaht Reserve and about four kilometres north of Port Alberni. It was operated by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and after 1925 The Woman's Missionary Society of The United Church of Canada. A day school first opened at the site under Missionary Rev. J.A. MacDonald of the Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1891. Soon, with the support of the government the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church opened a larger boarding home called Alberni Girls' Home to operate alongside the day school until 1899. Then, the Alberni Residential School opened in 1900. The United Church of Canada took over operations in 1925, and the school remained open until 1966. The Alberni Student Residence operated there from 1967-1973, with the Government of Canada taking over full responsibility in 1969.

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    Scope and content

    Fonds consists of a Scrapbook, 1962-1968; a Baptismal record, 1938-1969; a Civil marriage register, 1937-1976; and a Communion roll, 1941-1954. The Communion roll was passed to a congregation, probably Tseshaht United Church, of which the students were members, and used as a record of those members of the congregation who were students at the School from 1954 to 1956.

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    Physical condition

    Immediate source of acquisition

    Transferred from Alberni Indian Residential School after 1969 (exact date unknown)

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    • angličtina

    Script of material

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      Restrictions on access

      Access to vital event records (baptism/marriage/burial records) may be restricted according to requirements of the B.C. Personal Information Protection Act

      Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

      Finding aids

      File list available

      Associated materials

      Coqualeetza Institute fonds
      Robert Clyde Scott fonds

      Related materials

      Accruals

      No further accruals expected

      General note

      Title and fonds description contain historical terms that some may consider offensive.  Although they do not reflect today's sensibilities, the terms are being maintained because they are part of an official name or designation at the time the records were created, and they provide evidence of the attitudes and usage of that period.

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      BCAUL control number: UCCBC-95

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      Status

      Final

      Level of detail

      Full

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Revised August 2, 2011
      Revised November 3, 2011
      Revised January 28, 2015

      Language of description

      • angličtina

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