Fonds ChUn 18 - Central Mainland Marine Mission fonds

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Central Mainland Marine Mission fonds

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CA UCCBC ChUn 18

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  • 1924-1995, predominant 1975-1989 (Creation)
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    United Church of Canada. Central Mainland Marine Mission

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2 m of textual records and other material

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(1912-1990)

Administrative history

The first of the Thomas Crosby mission boats was launched in 1912, replacing the Homespun, a small gasoline launch that had been in use since the Udal was lost in 1909. The Thomas Crosby I, II, and III served on the mainland for the Port Simpson District of the Methodist Church up to church union in 1925, being known at that time as the Crosby Mission. Under the United Church, the Mission became a pastoral charge, first called the Queen Charlotte (Marine) Pastoral Charge and then renamed Central Mainland Marine Mission in 1929. The Thomas Crosby III, built in 1923, was replaced with the more seaworthy Thomas Crosby IV in 1938, which in turn was replaced by the Thomas Crosby V in 1967, the Sea Island II being chartered for a brief period while the Thomas Crosby V was being built. Missionaries who served on the Crosby include R.C. Scott, Peter Kelley, R.H. McColl, John Towers, Bob Scales, Oliver Howard, Jack Gosse serving as a lay minister, Bob Faris and Gordon Taylor. In the 1970s, the Presbytery created an Oversight Committee to act as board for the Mission, and eventually most of the responsibility for the Mission's funding was transferred from the Presbytery to the Division of Mission (B.C.). Through the 1970s and 1980s, the Mission reported to both the Presbytery and D.M.C. (B.C.) through the Committee; during this period the staff was fairly large as well, with separate positions for the Master and the Missionary, as well as an engineer, deckhands and a nurse. Although the Thomas Crosby V was the only marine mission operating in the region in the 1980s, the cost of operating the Mission was becoming more and more of a concern to those involved, and several studies were conducted into the possibility of finding more cost-effective ways to conduct its work. Late in 1990, Prince Rupert Presbytery voted to recommend that the ship be sold, with a view to finding more cost effective ways of reaching the same constituency, although the 1992 report to Conference describes it as having had a ship in 1991 as well. Since then the Mission has relied on air travel to reach its points of call.

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Fonds consists of the following series: Ships' logs, 1924-1967, 1989; Vital records and rolls, 1926-1989; Mission oversight records, 1963-1990; Ship operations records, 1967-1995; Donations, fundraising and grant applications, 1962-1990; Pamphlets and publications, 1978-1990; Presbytery visitations and place name files, 1969-1989; Correspondence, 1964-1989; Indigenous ministries and studies, 1960-1990; Publication of the Log, 1977-1989; Projects and other files, [196-?]-1988; Display kit, [1984]; and Plans and drawings, 1966.

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Initial accessions were not documented; subsequent accruals arrived in 2003 and 2005

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  • englanti

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    Some access restrictions apply; consult file list

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    File list available

    Associated materials

    Thomas Crosby fonds, UBC Museum of Anthropology Archives
    Thomas and Emma Crosby fonds, UBC Rare Books and Special Collections

    Accruals

    No further accruals expected

    General note

    Fonds description contains 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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    2 m of textual records
    214 photographs
    2 architectural drawings
    1 map
    1 VHS tape

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    Final

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    Full

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    Revised August 23, 2014
    Revised July 19, 2023

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    • englanti

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