Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1924-1931 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
13 film reels
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Isaac O. Stringer, 1866-1934, was born near Kincardine, Ontario and was educated at the University of Toronto. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1893 and then served as a missionary at Peel River and Herschel Island, Yukon Territory. In 1905 he was elected Bishop of Selkirk (later Yukon) and in 1931 Archbishop of Rupertsland. He married Sadie Alexander in 1896 and they had five children, Rowena (Wilkinson), 1896- , Frederick Hershel, 1900-1945, Alexander John, 1903- , Wilfred Isaac Bompas, 1908-1947, William Randall, 1909- .
For further information see The Bishop Who Ate his Boots : A Biography of Isaac O. Stringer / F.A. Peake. - Toronto, Anglican Church of Canada, 1966.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Randall Stringer, 1975.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of films of journeys from Vancouver to Carcross, Whitehorse, Fort Selkirk, Dawson, Lake Laberge, Teslin and Mayo Landing in the Yukon; the Stringer family in Winnipeg; and travels in the Northwest Territories (NWT)and Nunavut from Waterways down the Mackenzie River to Herschel Island, Aklavik, Single Point, Baillie Island, Bernard Harbour and Cambridge Bay.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Other Isaac Stringer records are held by the Anglican Church Archives, Toronto
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.