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Fonds - George Hills fonds
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George Hills fonds
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1838-1912, predominant 1838-1895 (Creation)
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- Hills, George, 1816-1895
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80 cm of textual records;4 microfilm reels; 15 mm and 35 mm
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Hills, George, 1816-1895
(1816-1895)
Biographical history
George Hills was Anglican Bishop of New Caledonia.
Custodial history
Initially in the custody of Rev. William Percival Arden, a relative of Bishop Hills, the diaries were loaned to H. P. K. (Horace) Skipton (1909), an English journalist, for the purpose of writing and publishing an official biography of Hills under the auspices of the British Columbia and Yukon Aid Society (London, UK). The biography was never published but the materials came into the custody of the British Columbia and Yukon Aid Church Society. They have been subsequently donated to the Archives of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia upon the Society's dissolution (1958) and sent to Vancouver. Cyril Williams, former archivist at the Anglican Theological College, transcribed some of the diaries. Some of the records remained in the custody of the Bishop of Caledonia and the Bishop of Yukon.
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Fonds consists of Journals, notes, correspondence, and clippings.;Includes transcribed copies of Bishop's journals (1838-1861) and photocopied copies of the Journal (1838-1895) which provides valuable insights into the early history of the church in British Columbia, the establishment of the first missions, ordinations of the various clergy, dedications and consecrations of churches, visits to new towns and settlements all over the province, synod resolutions, the handling of the Cridge affair, and the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Included also are handwritten liturgical notes and a vocabulary, written in a native Indian language, Bishop Hills' seal crest, materials about Bishop Hills written after his death.
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- Alpha-numeric designations: BCAUL control number: ANGSYNOD-608
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- Hills, George, 1816-1895 (Creator)
- Skipton, H.P.K. (Subject)
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of British Columbia. Bishop (1859-1892 : Hills) (Subject)
- British Columbia and Yukon Church Aid Society (Subject)
