St. Peter's Cathedral Archives houses and makes available the Cathedral official archives, along with archival materials related to the church community in Charlottetown and across Prince Edward Island.
The photograph is a seated portrait of Reverend William Bullock. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads "Halifax." According to research, William Bullock was a naval officer, Church of England clergyman, and hymn-writer; he was born on 12 January 1797 at Prittlewell, Essex, England and died on 7 March 1874 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and he was buried in the Camp Hill Cemetery. Bullock went to Halifax in 1847 for temporary clery duty, after serving in St. John's, Newfoundland, serving as curate of St Paul’s Cathedral. Bullock later became the first dean of St. Luke's Cathedral Church when Queen Victoria made St Luke’s the cathedral church of the Diocese of Nova Scotia. In 1854 William Bullock published a collection of 166 hymns, titled "Songs of the Church," which he dedicated to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. The best-known of these hymns, “We love the place, O God,” composed for the opening of a new church in Trinity Bay, was later inserted in the official hymnbook of the Church of England.
The photograph is a seated portrait of Reverend T. T. Carter. Below the photograph are printed the name of the photography studio, W. Walker & Sons, and its London, England, address. The handwritten note on the front of the photograph reads: "Rev. T. Carter." Research indicates that Thomas Thellusson Carter SSC (19 March 1808 – 28 October 1901), also known as T. T. Carter, was a significant figure in the Victorian Church of England. He was responsible for reintroducing Catholic practices to the church and for founding the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament. Carter also founded several charitable organizations and was a prolific writer on church matters. He served as Rector of Clewer, a parish in Berkshire, England, or 36 years. In 1870 he became an honorary canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
Publications are added to the St. Peter's Cathedral Church archives' collection if they fit the Archives' mandate and have a direct relationship to the history of the church or contain information closely relevant to the story of the church or community. Additional copies of ephemera and grey literature have been retained if they seem to have been actively collected and/or used by ministers and church officials or members over the years. Series have been established for the following; extent is an estimate only, based on the size of the box. Each series, aside from Church Calendar, needs to be reviewed, appraised, arranged and described in more detail:
(1) Church Calendar (32 x 27 x 6 cm box) (2) Church art and architecture (44 x 30 x 8 cm box) (3) Sunday School and children's literature (44 x 30 x 8 cm box) (4) Scouting publications (32 x 27 x 6 cm box) (5) World War I and post-war or war-related military and government publications (32 x 27 x 6 cm box) (6) Churches general (39 x 27 x 6 cm box) (7) Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge publications (40 x 31 x 28 cm box) Nos: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 are in one 40 x 31 x 28 cm box) (8) Catholic Literature Association (9) Mowbray Publishers (10) St Peter and Paul London (11 League of American Loyalists (LAL) (12) Association for Promoting Retreats (APR) (13) Various booklets (14) Various pamphlets and tracts (44 x 30 x 8 cm box)
This collection consists of bibles, service books and other published items selected as special collections, primarily because they were acquired and/or used by St. Peter's Cathedral Church over the years. The selection will be reviewed periodically and items added or removed as new information is received related to their provenance and relationship to the church.
This 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.
The photograph shows two young boys dressed in a full length portrait in choir robes. The book, "Act of Faith", identifies them as W.B. Brady, 1910; Earl Whitlock, 1911.
The photograph shows a print of a Greek orthodox image of the Last Supper. From Orthodoxwiki.org: "The Last Supper icon (Mystical Supper icon) is over the royal doors of the iconostasis in most Orthodox churches. In front of this icon, is where the faithful come to receive the Eucharist at the Divine Liturgy. Beyond the icon, in the Altar, is where the Mystery of the Holy Eucharist is celebrated. A remembrance of the Savior who instituted the Sacrament at the Last Supper."
The photograph shows the exterior of St. Peter's Cathedral from the front. The photographs appear to be taken in the spring, as there are no leaves on the trees but also no snow on the ground.
The photograph shows a group of children and adults sitting in chairs in a semi-circle, facing a man whose arm is gesturing out towards his audience. The people and the event are not identified but it appears the event was a church music camp.