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George W. Fisher fonds [moving images, graphic material]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:54 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Moving images (Electronic) See MISACS database for item-level description. (90: Open) -
Record information George W. Fisher fonds [moving images, graphic material]
Date:[between 1915 and 1939].Reference:R8316-0-X-EType of material:Moving images, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:188189Date(s):[between 1915 and 1939].Place of creation:CanadaExtent:8 film reels 9.5 mm.
68 photographs b/w prints
1 photograph coloured print
1 album 24 b/w printsLanguage of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of amateur footage of the Fisher family and the All Saints' Indian Residential School in Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan, as well as photographic material related to activities and the career of the Reverend George W. Fisher, including depictions of First Nations students of various boarding schools and their communities.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Fisher, George W., 1887-1948 : George W. Fisher was born in St. Alban's, England in 1887 and moved to Canada with his parents. In 1916 he married Mary Ostler of Hamilton, Ontario. He studied at Wycliffe College in Toronto and was ordained an Anglican Church minister in 1915. He spent the next five years doing parish work in Devon, New Brunswick, thereafter doing missionary work for the Diocese of Saskatchewan and working for the Episcopal Church in Minnesota. In 1929 he became the principal of All Saints' Indian Residential School in Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan. Circa 1946 he spent a year as the principal of Sioux Lookout School. In February 1947 the Anglican residential school at Lac La Ronge burned down and the staff and students moved to Prince Albert. The Reverend Fisher became principal of St. Alban's, the residential school in Prince Albert, in September 1947. He died on December 30, 1948.Additional information:Arrangement note:The film reels were received originally on 10 separate reels. Four reels were subsequently spliced to make eight reels.Source:PrivateOther accession no.:1999-0029 (VSA) -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Moving images (film)[Consultation Open]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Volume [R8316] 1--2[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Reproduction is permitted only with the written permission of the donor.
Copyright on the unpublished film footage expires in 2003. Copyright is expired on photographic materials more than 50 years old.
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