"Unsigned Manuscript recording reminiscences of Annie (Cameron) Kirby, re: Lucy M. Baker, nd"

 
Database ID27402
InstitutionSaskatchewan Archives Board
Fonds/CollectionLucy Margaret Baker fonds
File/Item ReferenceF-375-13
Date of creationn.d.
Physical description/extentone folder; 1 cm of textual records
Number of images1
Historical noteThis fonds includes records created and collected by Lucy Margaret Baker, the first missionary from the Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, served Aboriginal people in the Prince Albert area starting in 1878. Baker taught at mission schools in the Prince Albert area in the 1870s and 1880s. Baker and her friend and assistant, Annie (nee Cameron) Kirkby, were also missionaries and teachers at a mission school at a Sioux reserve called Makoce Waste ("the good land") in the late 1890s and into the early years of the new century. Records of Lucy M. Baker include: correspondence, speeches, reminiscences, mission school reports for Makoce Waste reserve, 1897-1902, photographs, clippings, a diary, a published memoir of Lucy M. Baker, contracts and receipts for mission buildings and fire wood. The fonds also includes records about Lucy M. Baker, by identified and unidentified authors.
Scope and contentThis file contains an unsigned undated manuscript describing the work of Lucy M. Baker in Prince Albert and surrounding area missions (Makoce Waste Reserve). It is very difficult to read as the handwriting is poor.
Restrictions on accessThere are no restrictions on access.
TypeArchival
Primary MediaTextual documents
Specific document typesCorrespondence
Provenance Access PointBaker, Lucy Margaret 1836-1909
Language of materialEnglish
PlacePrince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 6
Cultural regionSubarctic
NamesBaker, Lucy M.
SubjectChurches -- Presbyterian
Missions and Missionaries
Culture -- Literature/ Storytelling
Date Range(s)1910-1919
1920-1929
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