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James Evans
| BOX(s) | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| Box 1 | ||||
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| Correspondence -- Correspondence of James Evans | ||||
| 1 | 3 | Evans family (parents of James Evans): 1 out, 1833; (Letter from James Evans to his parents.) | 1833 | Subjects: Clarissa Evans; Ephraim Evans (brother of James Evans); Mary Evans; George Marsden. |
| 1 | 11 | Stinson, Joseph: 1 out, 1841; | 1841 | With photocopy and typed transcript. Discussing his work developing a Cree syllabic alphabet, preparations for printing, and his plans for an upcoming trip to Saskatchewan and Alberta. |
| 1 | 12 | Evans, Clarissa: 1 out, 1841; | 1841 | |
| 1 | 18 | Evans, Ephraim: 1 in, 1839; | 1839 | Subjects: Clarissa Evans; Mary Evans. |
| 1 | 19 | Evans, Ephraim: 1 in, 1842; | 1842 | With typed transcript. Acquired from Egerton Young, who received it from Margaret Tindale in 1953. |
| Literary manuscripts -- Articles | ||||
| 1 | 5 | Wawanosh's second petition: written in Evans' hand; | See information in inventory. | |
| 1 | 7 | [On Cree language]: holograph; | Incomplete. | |
| 1 | 7 | [On Cree language]: photocopy (of original held at University of WesternOntario); | ||
| 1 | 8 | [On Cree language]: holograph; | With photocopy. Stored in the same file folder as the article in Box 1, File 9. | |
| 1 | 9 | [On Cree language]: holograph; | With photocopy. Stored in the same file folder as the article in Box 1, File 8. | |
| 1 | 14 | Christmas festival at Norway House: holograph; | Incomplete. | |
| 1 | 17 | [Poems and hymns, in English]: holograph (ascribed to Evans); | See description in inventory. | |
| Literary manuscripts -- Printed syllabics | ||||
| 1 | 21 | Examples (eight pages) of Evans' later Cree syllabic system, made on a press that arrived at Norway House in 1842; | 1842 | |
| Professional Material -- Report | ||||
| 1 | 15 | [On the mission at Norway House] | holograph. Incomplete. With typed transcript. | |
| Professional Material -- Requisition Form | ||||
| 1 | 16 | To Wesleyan Missionary Society, 1845 | 1845 | Partially glued to a tear-sheet. |
| Personal Material -- Diary | ||||
| 1 | 6a | Diary "Of missionary expedition in Lake Huron and Lake Superior region, 1838" | 1838 | Closed for conservation purposes. Please use microfiche in 6B. Found among the Peter Jones papers, Victoria University Library, when they were being sorted in 1974. With holograph transcript [made ca. 1974?]; Written in school notebook belonging to his daughter. Includes notes about: natural history, weather; native language; native people, Methodist missionaries, missionaries representing other denominations, Hudson's Bay Company officials, and other persons encountered. Persons noted include: Captain Anderson; Rev. Bingham; Brother Brockway; Mr. Clouston; Brother John Elliott; Mr. Fingleson; Brother Jacob Herkimer; Brother Thomas Hurlburt; Captain Hyndman; Brother Peter Jacobs; Sister Jacobs; Brother John James; Col. S. Jarvis (Superintendent of Indian Affairs); Mr. McCoy (Agent, Hudson's Bay Company); Mr. McDonald (Agent, Hudson's Bay Company); Brother Montgomery; William Nourse (Factor, Hudson's Bay Company); Rev. O'Neil; Shenguaqk; Chief Sengoung; Mr. [Shingwang?]; Chief [Shingwankoonse?]; Brother John Sunday; Uzigkenauk. |
| 1 | 6b | Transcript and microfiche of Diary | Transcript and microfiche of diary in 6A. | |
| Personal Material -- Certificates | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Of appointment as Deacon, 1832 | 1832 | Stored in the same file folder as the certificate in Box 1, File 2. |
| 1 | 2 | Of ordination as Minister, 1833 | 1833 | Stored in the same file folder as the certificate in Box 1, File 1. |
| Material Created by Evans, in Non-Textual Media -- Sketchbook | ||||
| 1 | 13 | Containing pencil sketches and poems | 1842 | One sketch dated 1842. |
| Material Created by Evans, in Non-Textual Media -- Printing Type | ||||
| 1 | 10 | Three type slugs cast by Evans, ca. 1840 | 1840 | See description in inventory. |
| Material About Evans | ||||
| 1 | 29 | Articles in The Bulletin relating to Evans | Offprint. Stored in the same file folder as the records in Box 1, File 28. | |
| Other Material | ||||
| 1 | 4 | Silk marker given by James Evans to “Sarah.” Presented by Mrs. Ephraim Evans and Mary Ann Evans | ||
| 1 | 20 | Printed copy of The Lord’s Prayer, in stylized English imitating Cree syllabic type | ||
| 1 | 22 | Manuscript for a portion of the Book of Genesis, translated into Cree syllabics by John Sinclair | Stored in the same file folder as the items in Box 1, File 23 and Box 1, File 23.1. | |
| 1 | 23 | Declaration by John Maclean on the authenticity of the manuscript of a portion of the Book of Genesis, translated by John Sinclair | March 23, 1891 | Includes a transcript of the declaration. Stored in the same file folder as the items in Box 1, File 22 and Box 1, File 23.1. |
| 1 | 23.1 | Letter from John Maclean to Professor McLaughlin, 1898 | 1898 | Stored in the same file folder as the items in Box 1, File 22 and Box 1, File 23. |
| 1 | 24 | Letter from John Sinclair to a fellow missionary, 1869 | 1869 | |
| 1 | 25 | Letter from Robert B. Steinhauer to John McNab, 1936 | 1936 | Subjects: John Sinclair; Henry B. Steinhauer. With: declaration by Robert B. Steinhauer that James Evans was the inventor of the Cree syllabic system, that John Sinclair and Henry B. Steinhauer were translators, and that William Mason was not; File 27 |
| 1 | 26 | Copy of instructions from Robert Alder to William Mason, 1840 | 1840 | |
| 1 | 27 | Baptismal certificate signed by Robert Terrill Rundle, written in Cree syllabic characters; | Acquired from J.P. Berry. Material relating to its provenance and contents in Box 1, File 28. | |
| 1 | 28 | Material relating to Baptismal certificate's provenance and contents | See Box 1, File 27 for the certificate. Stored in the same file folder as the records in Box 1, File 29. | |
| 1 | 31 | Book containing holograph copies by Egerton Ryerson Young of Cree hymns represented alphabetically, along with tear-sheets of each hymn represented in Cree syllabics | For more information, see inventory. CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE | |
| Box 2 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Journal of daily occurences at Hudson’s Bay Company fort at Port Ellice, Manitoba; copy made and annotated by George Pateman; other documents | typescript | |
| 2 | 2 | Manuscript for autobiography of F.G. Stevens | ts., cc. Annotated by G.B. King; With related notes by G.B. King and Mrs. F.G. Stevens. Another copy [original?] is held in United College Archives, Winnipeg. | |
| 2 | 3 | Letters from William Case to: John Bentham (1832); Egerton Ryerson (1828); George Ryerson (1828); plus letter from Mrs. William Case to William Case (1830); | 1828, 1830, 1832 |
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| 2 | 4 | Letter from Henry Corbier to John Corbier | Written in Ojibway? | |
| 2 | 5 | Photographs (includes portraits of Evans, Norway House, syllabics) and slides of documents in the Evans collection; clippings; other items | ||
| Box 3 | ||||
| 3 | 6 | Photographs of printed pages relating to Indian languages, with photocopies of the photographs | ||
| Correspondence -- Correspondence of Hudson's Bay Company | ||||
| 3 | 1 | Card index with descriptions of individual letters; | ||
| 3 | 2 | Photocopies of correspondence, July 30, 1839 – Dec. 2, 1844 ; | 1839-1844 | |
| 3 | 3 | Photocopies of correspondence, May 12, 1845 – Dec. 3, 1845 ; | 1845 | |
| 3 | 4 | Photocopies of correspondence, Dec. 26, 1845 – July 26, 1849 ; | 1845-1849 | |
| 3 | 5 | Transcripts of correspondence. 1839 – 1849; | 1839-1849 | |
| 3 | 6 | Photostats of various syllabariums of Indian languages used in Canadian West and Northwest | n.d. |
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| 3 | 7 | Transcripts of correspondence, 1839-1849 (duplicates); | 1839-1849 | |
| 3 | 7 | Typed transcripts and photocopies of 72 letters relating to Evans' tenure at Norway House, exchanged among the following: Robert Alder, George Barnley, James Evans, Mary Evans, Donald Ross, George Simpson, William Mason. | 1839-1849 | |
| Box 4 | ||||
| Correspondence -- Correspondence in other repositories and in publications | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Lists of Evans letters, 1829-1891, in University of Western Ontario and Hudson’s Bay archivesand in publications; | 1829-1891 | |
| 4 | 2 | Typed transcripts of letters, addresses, journal entries and other records, 1829-1845; | 1829-1845 | |
| 4 | 3 | Typed transcripts, 1829-1846, 1865, 1877; | 1829-1846, 1865, 1877 | |
| 4 | 4 | Typed transcripts (duplicates), 1829-1846, 1877; | 1829-1846, 1877 | |
| 4 | 5 | Typed transcripts (duplicates) 1840, 1841, 1846, 1877; | 1840, 1841, 1846, 1877 | |
| 4 | 6 | Typed transcripts, 1833, 1838-1846; | 1833, 1838-1846 | |
| 4 | 7 | Typed transcripts, 1830-1865; | 1830-1865 | |
| Box 5 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | Photostats and typed transcripts, 1829-1837; | 1829-1837 | |
| 5 | 2 | Photostats and typed transcripts, 1838-1842; | 1838-1842 | |
| 5 | 3 | Photostats and typed transcripts, 1840-1841; | 1840-1841 | |
| 5 | 4 | Photostats and typed transcripts, 1842-1846; | 1842-1846 | |
| 5 | 5 | Photostats and typed transcripts, 1846, 1865-1877; | 1846, 1865-1877 | |
| 5 | 6 | Photostats of letters and other records in Cree syllabics |
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| Box 6 | ||||
| Material About Evans | ||||
| 6 | 2–3 | Correspondence, notes, offprints, printed articles, tear-sheets, and clippings relating to James Evans, Ephraim Evans and their contemporaries | ||
| 6 | 4 | Photocopies of papers about James Evans | ||
| 6 | 11–12 | Articles on Evans written by Victoria University Library staff | ||
| Other Material | ||||
| 6 | 1 | Manuscript account [by John Semmens] of the mission at Norway House | two copies, ts. and ts.,cc. | |
| 6 | 1 | Manuscript on John Semmens’s exoneration of Evans, by J.A. Lousley | ts., cc., with typed transcript. Related letter from Lousley to Dr. Arnup | |
| 6 | 5–10 | Correspondence relating to the Evans collection | ||
| 6 | 13 | Notes on material relating to Evans held at the University of Western Ontario | ||
| Box 7 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | “Spiritual Light” (Norway House periodical), 1955–1957 | 1955-1957 | |
| 7 | 2 | Syllabic hymnaries, n.d., 1946 | n.d., 1946 | Includes "Ap-ca-ko-uw aw-se-ya-si-iku" and "Ni-ka-mo-nay". |
| 7 | 3 | Syllabic hymnbooks printed at Chengtu in the Hwa Miao language (3 copies), [ca. 1907] | [ca. 1907] | |
| 7 | 4 | Syllabic periodicals published by Canadian Government, 1960–1962, 1978 | 1960-1962, 1978 | Includes: Inuktitut, January 1960 (syllabic) Inuktitut, January 1960 Inuktitut, August 1960 Inuktitut, August 1961 Inuktitut, December 1961 Inuktitut, May 1962 Inuktitut, Spring 1978 |
| Box 8 | ||||
| 8 | 1–4 | James Evans Personal Papers: Lectures, Papers, Miscellaneous Notes | 1829-1846 | Microfilm copies of personal papers (1829–1846) held at the University of Western Ontario. |
| Box 9 | ||||
| Material Created by Evans, in Non-Textual Media -- Printing Type | ||||
| 9 | Fount of type for Evans’s later Cree syllabic system | Currently under conservation and unavailable. | ||
| Box 10 | ||||
| 10 | Fount of type for Evans’s later Cree syllabic system | Currently under conservation and unavailable. | ||
| Box 11 | ||||
| Personal Material -- Diary | ||||
| 11 | 1 | Part Two of the diary published in Northward journal: a quarterly of northern arts, no. 45 | ||
| Material About Evans | ||||
| 11 | 4 | Travels in the shining island: the story of James Evans and the invention of the Cree Syllabarry by Roger Burford Mason | 1996-1997 | Includes research material, related correspondence and other records, 1996–1997. |
| Material Relating to the Evans Trial | ||||
| 11 | 2 | Photocopy of record of trial proceedings, Feb. 1846 | Feb 1846 | Original held in Archives of the British Wesleyan Missionary Society. |
| 11 | 3 | Photocopy of letter from R.Adler to George Simpson, Dec. 1846 | Dec. 1846 | |
| Box 12 | ||||
| Literary manuscripts -- Book printed by Evans | ||||
| 12 | Three copies of the Cree syllabic hymnbook, printed in 1841 | 1841 | ||
