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Date :1884-1921.Référence :R1896-0-0-E, MG30-D78Genre de documents :Documents textuelsTrouvé dans :Archives / Collections et fondsNo d'identification :102299Date(s) :1884-1921.Lieu de création :Sans lieu, inconnu ou indéterminéÉtendue :3 cm of textual records.Langue du document :anglaisPortée et contenu :Fonds consists of a draft biography entitled, "Under the Northern Lights, Notes Semmen's on Personal History" by John Semmens. Except for the account of his personal history, much of the draft appears to be similar with some parts of Semmens' book, The Field and the Work, with detailed accounts of Native religion, and encounters with shamans of the Saulteaux, or swampy Cree. The biography also covers his work after 1884, ending in 1913, except for copies of obituary notices in 1921. Two drafts are available, one handwritten ending in 1910, and one edited typescript ending in 1921.Provenance :Biographie/Histoire administrative :Semmens, John, 1850-1921 : Rev. John Semmens, a Methodist minister, served in Ontario and Manitoba from 1870 to 1905. His first missionary experience with the Cree was at Nelson House, in 1872. He later served at Norway House Mission in 1884, and was Superintendent of the Indian Industrial School at Brandon, 1895. He served at Zion Church in the Winnipeg District Methodist Church, in 1889, and was president of the Manitoba and Northwest Conference of the Methodist Church in 1892.
He published several books and numerous articles including, The Field and the Work: Sketches of Missionary Life in the Far North, 1884, and, The Handbook of Scripture Truths, 1893. The second work has been translated into Cree.Information additionnelle :Note sur l'emplacement des originaux :Originals with the United Church of Canada Archives.Vedette-matière :- Methodist Church - Clergy, n.d. "Under the Northern Lights, Notes Semmen's on Personal History", n.d
- John Semmens - Biography, n.d. The Field and the Work, n.d
- Indians of North America - Canada - Religion and mythology, n.d
- Indians of North America - Saulteaux (Swampy Creek) - Religion and mythology, n.d
- John Semmens - Career, [1884-1913]
- Obituaries, 1921
- Authors, Canadian, n.d
Source :PrivéAncien no de référence archivistique :MG30-D78 -
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