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Subfonds · 1840-1893, 1909-1912
Part of Anglican Synod of the Diocese of British Columbia fonds

Sous-fonds consists of correspondence, journal, visitations book, notes, clippings, printed material. Includes primarily records relating to Hills activities as Bishop. Includes letters patent creating Diocese of British Columbia; notarial act of Bishop Hills consecration; honorary D.D. document; correspondence with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (S.P.G.); and historical notes about Bishop Hills (1909-1912).

Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of British Columbia. Bishop (1859-1892 : Hills)
Collection · 1859-1972, predominant 1911

Collection consists of H.P.K. Skipton's manuscript "The Life of George Hills, first Bishop of British Columbia" with annotations, introduction and notes by Archbishop H.E. Sexton, and related correspondence; historical typed and printed material. Includes the printed Sermon preached by Bishop Hills at the farewell service celebrated before his departure (1859), as well as the tenth annual report of the Columbia Mission (1868); includes also the typed copy of "The early days of the Church of England on the Pacific Slope" by Walter N. Sage [s.d.]

Cyril E. H. Williams fonds
Fonds · 1932-[1985?]

Fonds consists of photocopies of historical writings, the draft of the book about Bishop Hills, and the transcript of the Bishop Hill's diary. Includes "Burrard Inlet and the first St. James' Anglican Church" (1971); "The Red Shield: a story of the beginnings of present world ills" (1935); a parish history - St. Mary's Anglican Church - Lillooet [n.d.]; "Record of historical sketches of St. George's Church, Kingcome Inlet, B.C., 1889-1968" [n.d.]; "Christian Pioneer and Evangelist"- the unpublished biography of Bishop Hill's (1985); the transcript of Bishop Hill's diary (1839-1861); a list of clergy of the diocese of British Columbia (1860-1892); a list of church properties (1859-1863).

Williams, Cyril Eddowes Halsey