Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Samuel and Catherine Trivett fonds
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Fonds
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
Physical description area
Physical description
1 microfilm reel. -- 4 cm of textual records. -- 5 photographs
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Samuel Trivett, 1852-1931, was born in England and was ordained in the Anglican church in 1878. He came to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in that same year with his first wife, Annie Maria, 1852-1879. In 1880 he established a mission among the Bloods in Alberta and remained there until 1891. He later served parishes in Manitoba, Michigan, USA and Nova Scotia. In 1885 he married Catherine Jennings, 1858-1950. He established St. Paul's Anglican Residential School on the Blood reserve in 1881 and also wrote a Blackfoot dictionary. The Trivetts died in Halifax. Samuel's memoirs, "Eleven Miles of Prayer", were published in the Canadian Churchman. For further information see Samuel Trivett: Missionary with the Blood Indians, or What's a Nice Boy Like You Doing in a Place Like This? / David John Carter. - Calgary : Kyle Printing & Stationery, 1974.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The fonds consists of Samuel's manuscript of his Blackfoot / English, English / Blackfoot dictionary (1882); diary of a journey from Fort Macleod to Battleford (1882); diary from Fort Macleod (1883); letter to Catherine written on birch bark (1891); missionary licences (1878, 1888); and photographs of himself and the mission (1880s). Also consists of Catherine's diaries (1883 [on microfilm], 1885-1886); her letter describing dinner with Blood chiefs (1886); and miscellaneous correspondence (1884-1890). Includes Samuel's autobiography as published in the Lethbridge Herald (1952).
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Gifts of W.M. Trivett, 1961, the Hocken Library, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1973, and T.R.H. Box, 2000-2001.
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script note
The material is in English and Blackfoot.
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
No restrictions on access.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Inventory available. Please consult before requesting material. http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/trivett.cfm
Associated materials
Accruals
General note
Call numbers. Please consult inventory.
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Trivett, Samuel (Subject)
- Trivett, Catherine (Subject)
Genre access points
Control area
Description record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules or conventions
Level of detail
Language of description
- English