Fonds VIC MI - Methodist Indian Mission Church (Victoria, BC) fonds

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Methodist Indian Mission Church (Victoria, BC) fonds

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

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    Fonds

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    CA UCCBC VIC MI

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    • 1876-1900 (Creation)
      Creator
      Methodist Indian Mission Church (Victoria, B.C.)

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    1 cm of textual records

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    Biographical history

    The history of the Indian Mission Church in Victoria is associated with Pandora Street Methodist Church. By 1872, lay people of that congregation had rented a vacant saloon on Government Street to be used as a mission for Indigenous peoples people of Victoria. One of the first Indigenous people to embrace Christianity at this mission was Deix, a woman of royal blood from Lax Kw’alaams (Port Simpson). She is known as the "Mother of Methodism" among the Tsimshian. In 1873, the Rev. William Pollard, Chair of the Victoria District, asked the Rev. Charles M. Tate to close his "Indian School" at Nanaimo and take charge of work at the mission. By 1876, a building was erected for the mission on Herald Street. It was destroyed by fire in July 1907.

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    Scope and content

    Fonds consists of a single volume containing minutes of the trustees, 1876-1900.

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    Records were probably transferred directly from the office of BC Conference before 1950

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    • English

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      No further accruals expected

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      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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      Final

      Level of detail

      Full

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Created November 3, 2011

      Language of description

      • English

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