The photograph is a studio portrait of the fourth bishop of Nova Scotia, Hibbert Binney, who is shown seated and dressed in Holy orders. The studio logo is on the back.
Bishop Hibbert BinneyThe photograph is a formal portrait of Hibbert Binney, the fourth bishop of Nova Scotia, showing him sitting on a chair beside a table. The back of the photograph shows the William Notman's logo.
Bishop Hibbert BinneyThis photograph shows the "High Tea", run by the Bishop Binney group just before the New Hall was built. The members include (l-r) Nancy Oxford, Pauline Smith, Rosemary Mathis, Yvonne Weatherby Annie Carter, Hannah Ghiz, Betty Acorn, Dorothy Acorn, Katie Woodside, Carrie Costain and Marjorie Vessey. Note that the painting on canvas behind the ladies was sketched by Jean Paul Westin.
St. Peter's ChurchThe photograph shows a painting of the Holy family, with the infant held by his mother Mary, with and his father Joseph behind her. Embossed at the lower left is the studio and date "F. Hanfstaengl, 1871, Munchen".
The photograph shows the following clergy present at the induction of Reverend Canon H. M. D. Westin: Archbishop Davies, Reverend H. M. D. Westin, Father Arnold, Father Ron Evans, Father Montgomery, Father Tom Mitchell, Canon Tuck, and Canon Ferguson. The photograph was taken indoors.
The photographs show various aspects of the interior and exterior of St. Peter's Cathedral and the old hall.
Photographs [a] and [b] show the church front door.
Photograph [c] shows the font.
Photograph [d] shows a stained glass window.
Photographs [e] and [f] show an Easter flower arrangement.
Photograph [g] shows the exterior of the old hall. There is snow on the ground.
Photograph [h] shows the exterior of the old hall where it connected to the church. There is a black SUV parked in front of it and a black dog next to the SUV.
Photograph [i] shows the old church sign leaning up against the old hall. The sign reads "The Anglican Church Welcomes You. St. Peter's Cathedral End of Block."
Photographs [j], [k], and [l] show the altar beneath three stained glass windows.
The photograph shows the interior of the chapel at Magdalen College at Oxford University, England.
The photograph is a head and shoulders studio portrait of J. L. S. Foster, Assistant Administrator in 1899-1890 of St. Peter's School.
The photograph is a framed portrait of His Honour J. S. Carvell, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island and a Trustee in 1872 and a Warden of the church in 1892
The archives consist of personal and church-related records created or received by James Simpson in his capacity as priest incumbent of St. Peter's Cathedral Church. Series include: correspondence, diaries, speeches, printed communications and addresses, notes and sermons, publications, and records related to personal and life events, along with a file of miscellaneous documents.
Included in the archives are the files summarized below; see also the finding aid.
-- File 1: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1886-1912
-- File 2: Correspondence with newspapers, [1892-1920?] (includes copies of published sermons)
-- File 3: Correspondence with newspapers – letter re: state of Cathedral, March 1906
-- File 4: “DAY BOOK 1917 – Dec 1926”, 1917-1952 - a bound day book recording life events (birth, baptism, marriage, death), organized by day according to the pre-printed pages of the book. There are often multiple entries per day. The book appears to have been used not only by Canon Simpson but also by Canon Malone. The contents span several dates before and after the 1917-1926 dates shown on the label. This kind of book might have been kept as an aide memoire by the minister to help with visits or to remember special events. The book was not intended to replace vital events records.
-- File 5: Rothesay C. Stewart Speech to Leicester Medical Society, 9 November 1904
-- File 6: Printed communications and addresses, including sermons, 1887-1920
-- File 7: Notes and sermons, 1899, n.d.
-- File 8: St. Peter’s Jubilee Celebrations, correspondence, 1919
-- File 9: Memorial service for Queen Victoria – sermon and notes, 1901, n.d.
-- File 10: Canon James Simpson death and memorial records, [1920-1924?] (includes documents related to Simpson’s death and plans for a memorial to his name; also a memorial to Sister Theresa. The records also include information about Simpson’s son Stewart Basil Simpson, who was killed in action in the First World War on 1 October 1916)
-- File 11: Cuthbert Aikman Simpson information, 1969-2004 (documentation related to James Simpson’s son, Cuthbert Aikman Simpson (1892-1969), who was Dean of Christchurch, Oxford, from 1959 to 1969)
-- File 12: Pamphlets, [1899-1918] (pamphlets removed from St. Peter’s Altar Service Book, which was kept at the altar and used during Canon Simpson’s tenure as priest incumbent)
-- File 13: Forms of Prayer for Private and Public Use in Time of War (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1915) (publication removed from St. Peter’s Altar Service Book, which was kept at the altar and used during Canon Simpson’s tenure as priest incumbent)
-- File 14: James Simpson Intersessions and Notes, [1899- ?] (notes, which include references to different parishioners and reasons for providing prayers, removed from St. Peter’s Altar Service Book, which was kept at the altar and used during Canon Simpson’s tenure as priest incumbent)
-- File 15: “Lists of gifts and memorials in St. Peter’s Cathedral from its foundation, so far as can be gathered” 1890; “Names of subscribers to Memorial Chapel to March 1, 1890”; “Collected for memorial: Miss Davies, Miss [R.] Stewart,” (1 sheet) [1890]; loose documents removed from the sacristy to the archives on 25 February 2019 and identified as from James Simpson’s incumbency.
-- File 16: Survey of Clergy, no date, re: a survey of clergy to identify the names of clergy in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and to identify barriers to entering a church career.
-- File 17: Notes re: jurisdiction of Prince Edward Island, no date, re: background to the jurisdiction of Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia for the church.