General research

Title: General research
Dates of Material:
1979-1992, 2010-2018, [197-?]-[200-?]
Extent:
1.97 m of textual records
1 audio cassette
1 compact disc
Scope and content

Series primarily consists of extensive research cards containing biographical and genealogical information for key figures in Smith's books, as well as background information, research relating to Methodism and The Credit Mission, and other subjects. Series is also comprised of research files written and compiled by Smith on various First Nations and Indigenous topics of interest, and includes articles, news clippings, copies of serials, an audio cassette and CD containing Ojibwe hymns.

NOTE(S)
Location of originals

Original recordings of the Ojibwe Indian Choir at the Curve Lake Indian Reserve are held in the Bill Montaigne fonds (reference code C 239) at the Archives of Ontario.

Access restrictions

Access to material on Lloyd King 2018.02 Box 1 File 5 is restricted until 2040.

BOX FILE TITLE YEAR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
2013.08
2013.08, Box 26
26 The Mississauga on the North Shore of Lake Ontario, to 1800
2013.08, Box 27
27 The Mississauga on the North Shore of Lake Ontario, to 1800 (cont.) and Augustus Jones, family, and young Peter Jones
2013.08, Box 28
28 Augustus Jones, family, and young Peter Jones (cont.) and John Sunday: Methodists and Mississauga
2013.08, Box 29
29 John Sunday: Methodists and Mississauga (cont.) and Non-Aboriginal Personalities
2013.08, Box 30
30 Non-Aboriginal Personalities (cont.)
2013.08, Box 31
31 Credit Mississauga: Relations with Grand River Iroquois
2013.08, Box 32
32 Peter and Eliza Field Jones: Credit Mission
2013.08, Box 33
33 Peter and Eliza Field Jones: Credit Mission (cont.)
2013.08, Box 34
34 Muncey, St. Clair, Walpole, Lake Simcoe, Saugeen, Newash, The Sault
2013.08, Box 35
35 Muncey, St. Clair, Walpole, Lake Simcoe, Saugeen, Newash, The Sault (cont.) and George Copway and Rice Lake: British Indian Policy
2013.08, Box 36
36 George Copway and Rice Lake: British Indian Policy (cont.) and Credit Mission families, 1826-1847
2013.08, Box 37
37 Credit Mission families, 1826-1847 (cont.) and The Christian Guardian, 1829-1867, The Christian Advocate (New York City), 1826-1830, and Inventory of First Nations references (Upper Canada)
2013.08, Box 38
38 Maungwudaus (George Henry), Peter Jacobs, Catharine Sutton (Nahnee), and Henry Steinhauer
2016.06
2016.06, Box 1
11Henry Tekarihogea1978-1992

   

2017.03
2017.03, Box 1
13Massey News article - Toronto's Indigenous past2013-2014

   

14Article, New library study rooms at Queen's University2017

   

15New Trail Magazine, Spring 2017, Vol. 73, No. 12017

   

2018.02
2018.02, Box 1
15 RRLloyd King

Contains correspondence and biographical information related to Lloyd King, a New Credit Mississauga Elder.

16Ojibwe hymns

Includes a CD and an audio cassette. The CD consists of a recording of hymns performed by the Ojibwe Indian Choir at the Curve Lake Indian Reserve. The audio cassette consists of hymns performed by the Mnjikaning Ojibwe Singers. Curve Lake originally recorded in 1966.

2019.05
2019.05, Box 1
15Houle, Robert2010-2011

Material related to Robert Houle, a Saulteaux First Nations artist, critic and educator, including articles, interviews and an overview of an art exhibit in Paris.

2019.05, Box 2
22"A Tarnished Hero"2018

Photocopy of an article on Egerton Ryerson from The United Church Observer, March 2018.

2023.07
2023.07, Box 1
11Credit River 1827 - Mississauga Ttile

Copies of research material related to Mississauga history, the legal opinions of the Mississauga of the Credit River and rights to ownership of their land.

12Davisville, Grand River2020-2021

Correspondence and research related to the location of Davisville, Grand River, where the Methodist Mississauga lived before relocating to the Credit River.

14Baldwin, Henry2003

Correspondence and research related to Henry Baldwin, a relative of Robert Baldwin who was the Secretary of the Indian 1846 Conference at the Narrows (Orillia).

Information supplied by Jim Morrison, an Indigenous claims researcher and a Victoria University alumnus.