- CA PEI SPCA 022
- Collection
- [1850?-2020?]
Textiles collected by St. Peter's Cathedral Church over the years, primarily because they have a direct relationship to the church or the community.
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Textiles collected by St. Peter's Cathedral Church over the years, primarily because they have a direct relationship to the church or the community.
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The archives consist of three bound registers of student marks, along with and biographical information about students from 1872 to 1907, with a pasted in list of the "Old Boys" of the school, added in 1928. Also in the archives are documents related to the original grant to provide support for a boys' school from 1872; correspondence with Miss Rosa DeBrisay about teaching at a girls' school in 1885; and financial records, land conveyances, correspondence, newspaper clippings, from 1872 to 1898. An essay by Ann Nichols on the history of St. Peter's Day School, prepared for a "Prof. Black, History 452" in 1994 is also in the files.
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St. Peter's Cathedral Monthly magazine
The series consists of copies of St. Peter's 'Cathedral Monthly' magazine, a magazine produced by the church to share social events and other news about activities and events across the church community. The following background about the Cathedral Monthly is adapted from information provided on the St. Peter's Cathedral Church website in March 2004 (http://www.stpeter.org/cathmon.html, accessed 14 February 2020):
The 'Cathedral Monthly' has its roots in a publication of that name that was first produced in St. Peter's Cathedral Parish during the incumbency of Canon E. M. Malone. Over the years since then, there have from time to time been various parish newsletters. The name 'Cathedral Monthly' was revived under the editorship of Peggy Holland (now Peggy Williams) in 1991, when she began editing and producing a monthly parish newsletter. Since then, the 'Monthly' continued up to 2004. The name "Monthly" was retained even in more recent years, when the publication was not produced monthly but every two months or so, except during the summer.
From the 1990s to the 2000s, approximately 300 copies of each issue were printed for parishioners, and another 20 copies were made available for subscribers and gift subscriptions. The money paid by subscribers and received as donations paid the cost of printing and mailing these copies.
Editors in the 2000s included Paula Connolly and June McKarris.
As noted in the 2004 description on the church website, the vision of June McKarris, as editor, was as follows: "each group or organization in the church should contribute a report for each issue of the Monthly. This way, those parishioners who do not get out to church on a regular basis and those of us who do attend each Sunday would be kept apprised of what is going on in our parish. June feels that the 'Cathedral Monthly' is a perfect instrument to showcase our beautiful Cathedral and the hard work many of our groups perform to sustain our present level of success. She is aware that many parishioners are interested in reading what is in the Personal and Parochial section, and she depends on you to pass on any information that you can for this column."
Publication of the magazine ended in 2003.
The copies available in St. Peter's Cathedral Church Archives appear to provide a complete run of the magazine. Additional copies are available for reference and display purposes.
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St. Peter's Cathedral Church Vestry Committee archives
The records of the vestry committee include governance records for the church from the time the Vestry Committee was established in 1921, to 1973. Records include minutes and agendas for vestry and wardens' meetings and communications and documents related to church governance, administration, and daily maintenance.
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St. Peter's Cathedral Church various records
The 31 files in this series relate to a wide variety of topics. A file list has been prepared and file titles, dates, and descriptive information have been pasted into this description to help with research.
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St. Peter's Cathedral Church Sunday School archives
The series consists of Sunday School records, including attendance records and class lists; financial records; prayers and dedications; notes and communications; registrations and name cards; service leaflets; pupil's packet; curriculum; and cards showing the Stations of the Cross for children.
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St. Peter's Cathedral Church service registers
The service registers series consists of official listings of all services held in St. Peter's Cathedral Church and All Souls' Chapel from the start of services on 13 June 1869. The registers normally note number of congregants, numbers receiving communion, hymns sung, and additional service notes, as well as comments about such topics as weather, special events, etc. As well, some registers, particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, included pasted in copies of correspondence, newspaper clippings, copies of annual reports, and other documents. The registers, therefore, contain a great deal of information about church activities beyond specific services.
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St. Peter's Cathedral Church service bulletins, programmes, and leaflets
The service bulletins series consists of bulletins, programmes, and leaflets prepared for St. Peter's church services and other special events. The regular service bulletins include information about the order of service as well as announcements and notices for the benefit of parishioners. Special service bulletins relate to funerals, weddings, confirmations, youth programmes, concerts, and ordinations, as well as leaflets about flowers for different services.
At least one copy of every bulletin found in the backlog has been retained, but the series is not complete and there are gaps in the records over the years. This series will expand as recent bulletins are transferred from the church office to the Archives.
A small selection of bulletins are described individually, with PDF copies produced for reference, if the bulletins relate to audiovisual recordings of the services in question. There is no plan to digitize all service bulletins at this time.
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St. Peter's Cathedral Church royal visit archives
The royal visit archives consist of guest lists, programmes and invitations, visitors' registers, a recording of the prayer service, and the pen used to sign the visitors' register, for the royal visits of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie, Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex. they visited as a couple in 2000 and Prince Edward visited again in 2007.
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St. Peter's Cathedral Church Rectors and Clergy archives
The archives of St. Peter's rectors and related clergy is an artificially organized series of records found during the processing of the backlog of church archives and brought together by the name of the clergy in question, based on provenance. The documents include personal correspondence, service-related materials, confirmation notes, programmes for installation services, newspaper clippings, reports, and other records. The clergy represented in these archives are: Canon Gerald E. Moffatt; Archdeacon J. R. Davies; Archdeacon George Stavert Tanton; Canon H. M. D. Westin; Father Peter Harris; Father David Garrett; Father David Harris; Father Jacques Smith; and Canon Robert Tuck. Also in the archives is documentation related to the enthronement of George F. Arnold as Bishop.
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