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Records relating to research on Peter and Eliza Jones
Title: Records relating to research on Peter and Eliza Jones
Dates of Material:
1970 – 2016
Extent:
1.32 m of textual records
Series consists of biographical and genealogical information gathered on Peter and Eliza Jones, including timelines, photographs, photocopies of original correspondence and diaries, and other records. Also includes drafts and published copies of articles written by Smith about Peter and Eliza Jones.
NOTE(S)
Access restrictions
Access to correspondence with Don Jones and the Seth Crawford research file (2018.02) is restricted until 2040.
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| 2013.08 | ||||
| 2013.08, Box 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Peter Jones: Biographical overviews | ||
| 1 | 2 | Peter Jones: Character outlook and appearance | ||
| 1 | 3 | Peter Jones: Sermons | ||
| 1 | 4 | Peter Jones: Interest in history | ||
| 1 | 5 | Peter Jones: Anecdote book | ||
| 1 | 6 | Peter Jones: Images (includes photocopies of certificate of ordination and marriage certificate) | ||
| 1 | 7 | Peter Jones: Final images | ||
| 1 | 8 | Peter Jones: Images | ||
| 1 | 9 | Peter Jones: Portrait of Eliza with son, George Jones, dated 1853 | ||
| 1 | 10 | Augustus Jones: Overviews | ||
| 1 | 11 | Augustus Jones: Rundell M. Lewis' timeline, 1957 | ||
| 1 | 12 | Corres. re: Augustus Jonas | ||
| 1 | 13 | Augustus Jones: Timeline | ||
| 1 | 14 | Augustus Jones: Location of his land | ||
| 1 | 15 | Augustus Jones War of 1812, claim for losses | ||
| 1 | 16 | Gage family | ||
| 1 | 17 | John Jones: Biographical information | ||
| 1 | 18 | John Jones: Timeline | ||
| 1 | 19 | Sarah Tekarihogen (wife of Augustus Jones) | ||
| 1 | 20 | Rachel Jones Parker (Peter Jones' sister) | ||
| 1 | 21 | Catharine Jones Russell (daughter of Augustus Jones) (genealogical information compiled by her granddaughters Roseanna Hoover and Wilma Jamieson, 1959-1962; given to Donald Smith in 1976 by Helen Hoover) | 1976 | |
| 1 | 22 | Catharine Jones Russell: Corres. | ||
| 1 | 23 | Francis Wilson Jones | ||
| 1 | 24 | Peter Jones: Archival holdings | ||
| 1 | 25 | Peter Jones: Growing up Mississauga | ||
| 2013.08, Box 2 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Peter Jones: Family tree (by Allan Sherwin) | ||
| 2 | 2 | Burlington Heights | 1985, 2008, n.d. | |
| 2 | 3 | Peter Jones: 1821-1824 | ||
| 2 | 4 | War of 1812: Mississauga at Western End of Lake Ontario | ||
| 2 | 5 | Peter Jones: Grand River, 1816-1824 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Peter Jones: Conversion to Methodism, June 1823 | ||
| 2 | 7 | Upper Canada: Funding Methodist Missions | ||
| 2 | 8 | Thomas Davis and Davisville | 1987 | |
| 2 | 9 | Squire Davis | ||
| 2 | 10 | Davisville: Papers by Gary Warrick | 2002-2005 | |
| 2 | 11 | DVD "Written in the Earth: The Story of Davisville" and corres. with Carol Bruce | 2007 | |
| 2 | 12 | Methodist: Grand River Mission | ||
| 2 | 13 | Peter Jones: 1825-1828 | ||
| 2 | 14 | Peter Jones: Diary, Dec. 6, 1827-Feb. 14, 1828 | ||
| 2 | 15 | York Council, January 1828 | ||
| 2 | 16 | Peter Jones: Diary, Feb. 15-April 8, 1828 | ||
| 2 | 17 | Bidwell Committee (Buckley Waters), Feb. 23, 1828 | ||
| 2 | 18 | Peter Jones: Diary, Aug. 23, 1828-Sept. 17, 1829 | ||
| 2 | 19 | Peter Jones: American Tour, March-May 1829 | ||
| 2 | 20 | Peter Jones: Corres., press clippings, 1829 | ||
| 2 | 21 | Peter Jones: Corres., press clippings, 1830-March 1831 | ||
| 2013.08, Box 3 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | Peter Jones: British Tour, 1831-May 1832 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Peter Jones: Album, 1831-1832 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Peter Jones: Masks, "idols" | ||
| 3 | 4 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1832-1834 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Peter Jones: The Field Family | 1972, 1975, n.d. | |
| 3 | 6 | Peter Jones: Children of Peter and Eliza Jones | ||
| 3 | 7 | Charles Augustus Jones | ||
| 3 | 8 | Frederick Jones | ||
| 3 | 9 | George Jones | ||
| 3 | 10 | Peter Jones: Translation of the Methodist Discipline, 1835 | ||
| 3 | 11 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1835-1837 | ||
| 3 | 12 | Peter Jones: Educational/Industrial Schools | ||
| 3 | 13 | Peter Jones: British Tour, 1837-1838 | ||
| 3 | 14 | Peter Jones: Queen Victoria, Sept. 14, 1838 (wampum) | ||
| 3 | 15 | Peter Jones: British Tour, Autograph book | ||
| 3 | 16 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1838-1839 | ||
| 3 | 17 | Eliza Jones: Diary of English Trip, March 22-Sept. 20, 1838 | ||
| 3 | 18 | Mississauga: ("One Bowl") Hunting rights on the North Shore of Lake Ontario, 1840 | 2007, n.d. | |
| 3 | 19 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1840-1841 | ||
| 3 | 20 | Peter Jones: The Monthly Review articles by Hugh Scobie, May 1841 | ||
| 3 | 21 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1842-1844 | ||
| 2013.08, Box 4 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1845 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Peter Jones: Photograph, Edinburgh, Aug. 4, 1845 | 1987, n.d. | |
| 4 | 3 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1846 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1847 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1848-1849 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1850-1851 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Peter Jones: Reinternment of Joseph Brant, Nov. 25, 1850 | ||
| 4 | 8 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1852 | ||
| 4 | 9 | Peter Jones: White Fish Point, Lake Superior, July 1852 | ||
| 4 | 10 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1853 | ||
| 4 | 11 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1854 | ||
| 4 | 12 | Peter Jones: Investor in the Buffalo and Brantford Railway | ||
| 4 | 13 | Peter Jones: Missionary Reports, corres., 1855 | ||
| 4 | 14 | Peter Jones: The final years and June 1856 | ||
| 4 | 15 | Eliza Field: General | ||
| 4 | 16 | Peter Jones: Eliza Field inscription book (Louise Thorp) | ||
| 4 | 17 | Ojibwe: Marriage and women | ||
| 4 | 18 | Ojibwe women | ||
| 4 | 19 | Eliza Jones: Images | ||
| 4 | 20 | Jones family: Peter, Eliza, and children | ||
| 4 | 21 | Eliza Jones: Notes for Ph D thesis "Negotiating Race and Gender in the Diaries of Eliza Jones, British Wife of an Ojibwa Missionary in Upper Canada, 1823-1883" by Jennifer Lund | 2010 | |
| 4 | 22 | Eliza Jones: Transcribing of council minutes, letters, translations (editorial work) | ||
| 4 | 23 | Eliza Jones: England years | ||
| 2013.08, Box 5 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | Eliza Field Jones: Diary, 1833 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Peter Jones: Wedding, Sept. 8, 1833 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Francis Hall | ||
| 5 | 4 | Eliza Jones: Diary, mid-1830s | ||
| 5 | 5 | Eliza Jones: Contact with First Nations and her status (Indian) | ||
| 5 | 6 | Eliza Jones: Diary, April 13, 1834-Sept. 13, 1835 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Eliza Jones' copy of Jones, Evans, and Maungwudaus Hymn Book, 1837 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Elizabeth Jones (daughter of John Jones and Christiana Brant Jones), 1838 | ||
| 5 | 9 | Eliza Jones: Diary, 1838-1841 (irregular entries) | ||
| 5 | 10 | Eliza Jones: Diary, July 18, 1845-Nov. 9, 1845 | ||
| 5 | 11 | Peter Jones: Echo Villa (built in1851) | ||
| 5 | 12 | Eliza Jones: Diaries, misc., 1850s (attached to 1845 Diary) | ||
| 5 | 13 | Eliza Jones: Diary, 1854 | ||
| 5 | 14 | Eliza Jones: Diary, April 24-June 29, 1856 | ||
| 5 | 15 | John Carey: Chippewa of the Thames, "Muncy" Report | 1994 | |
| 5 | 16 | Eliza Jones: Editing of Peter's diaries, history | ||
| 5 | 17 | Eliza Jones: Diary, Oct. 9, 1863-Jan. 19, 1864 | ||
| 5 | 18 | Eliza Jones: Diary, Jan. 1 1869-May 1, 1870 | ||
| 5 | 19 | Eliza Jones: Diary, 1871 | ||
| 5 | 20 | Eliza Jones: Diary, 1872 | ||
| 5 | 21 | Eliza Jones: Sketch of the Life of Captain Joseph Brant, Thayendanagea 1872 | ||
| 5 | 22 | Eliza Jones: Diary, 1873-1874 (selected entries) | ||
| 5 | 23 | Eliza Jones: Diary, Oct. 24, 1880-June 1, 1881 | ||
| 5 | 24 | Eliza Jones: Diary, 1882 | ||
| 5 | 25 | Eliza Jones: Memoir of Son, Charles Augustus Jones | ||
| 5 | 26 | Christmas Day, 1882 | ||
| 5 | 27 | Eliza Jones: Diary, 1883 | ||
| 5 | 28 | Eliza Jones: Will, 1889 | ||
| 5 | 29 | Eliza Jones: 1890 and August 17, 1890 (death) | File contains two copies of a photograph of Lambeth Cottage in Brantford, Ontario, where Eliza Jones' funeral was held. The photos were taken in 1998. (Photos P1) | |
| 5 | 30 | Peter Jones: Misunderstanding of Land at Muncey, 1855 | ||
| 5 | 31 | James Bovell | ||
| 5 | 32 | Dr. Egerton Griffin | ||
| 5 | 33 | Judge Stephen James Jones | ||
| 5 | 34 | Peter Jones: Immediately after his death | File contains a photograph of Peter Jones' monument in Greenwood Cemetery in Brantford. (Photos P1) | |
| 2013.08, Box 6 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | National Aboriginal Month, Kick Off Event, Dundas Square, June 1, 2010 | 2010 | |
| 6 | 2 | First Nations and Christianity | ||
| 6 | 3 | United Church Apology, Bill Phipps, Oct. 26, 1998 | 1998 | |
| 6 | 4 | Indian Religion: Christian Missionary Work | ||
| 6 | 5 | Mississauga Portraits: Conversion to Christianity | ||
| 6 | 6 | Methodism in Upper Canada: Methodist Episcopal-Cavish Conference (Methodist Episcopal Church) | ||
| 6 | 7 | Methodist doctrine, discipline, and organization | ||
| 6 | 8 | Methodism: Organization and culture of John and Charles Wesley | ||
| Correspondence re: Sacred Feathers | ||||
| 6 | 9 | Corres. (incoming) | 1970-1975 | |
| 6 | 10 | Corres. (incoming) | 1976-1977 | |
| 6 | 11 | Corres. (incoming) | 1978 | |
| 6 | 12 | Corres. (incoming) | 1979-1980 | |
| 6 | 13 | Corres. (incoming) | 1981-1982 | |
| 6 | 14 | Corres. (incoming) | 1983 | |
| 2013.08, Box 7 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | Corres. (incoming) | 1984 | |
| 7 | 2 | Corres. (incoming) | 1985 | |
| 7 | 3 | Comments on book and contract (University of Nebraska Press) | 1985-1986 | |
| 7 | 4 | Corres. (incoming and outgoing) | 1986 | |
| 7 | 5 | Corres. (incoming and outgoing) | 1987 | |
| 7 | 6 | Sacred Feathers book tour, Nov. 16-21, 1987 | 1987 | |
| 7 | 7 | Corres. (incoming and outgoing) | 1988 | |
| 7 | 8 | American and British reviews | 1988-1990 | |
| 7 | 9 | Canadian reviews | 1987-1990 | |
| 7 | 10 | Corres. (incoming) | 1972-1988 | |
| 2017.03 | ||||
| 2017.03, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Eliza Jones: "Eliza Field Jones Carey's Mission to 'Civilize' the Native Women of the Early Nineteenth Century Upper Canada" thesis by Jennifer Lund | 1991 |
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| 1 | 2 | Eliza Jones: Biographical information | 1997 | Excerpt from "Significant Lives: Profiles of Brant County Women". |
| 2018.02 | ||||
| 2018.02, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 RR | Correspondence with Don Jones | 2015-2016 | Correspondence regarding Augustus Jones, Peter Jones and the Mississauga. |
| 1 | 2 | Augustus Jones Marriages and Children | 2017 | Includes correspondence. |
| 1 | 3 RR | Seth Crawford | Contains biographical information on Seth Crawford, an early Methodist worker and friend of Peter Jones. | |
| 2019.05 | ||||
| 2019.05, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Creighton, Kennedy | Research material related to Kennedy Creighton, a Methodist minister and friend of Peter Jones who welcomed him to his home in St. Catharines. | |
| 1 | 4 | Locating the site where Peter Jones was converted to Methodism, 1823 | 2014-2016 |
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| 1 | 7 | "The Red Atlantic: American Indigenes and the Making of the Modern World, 1000-1927" | 2014 | Article with information on Peter Jones, used in Smith's research notes. |
| 2023.01 | ||||
| 2023.01, Box 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | "A Most Unusual Transatlantic Courtship, 1831-1833" | ca. 1977 | Handwritten draft article on the courtship of Peter Jones and Eliza Field. Published in The Beaver in 1977 as "The Transatlantic Courtship of the Reverend Peter Jones". See 2023.01, Box 1, File 2 for the published article. |
| 1 | 2 | Articles on Peter and Eliza Jones | 1977 | Copies of three articles written by Smith on the marriage of Peter and Eliza Jones. Published in The Beaver in 1977. Includes: "The Transatlantic Courtship of the Reverend Peter Jones". The Beaver: The Magazine of the North, Outfit 308:1, Summer 1977. "Eliza and the Reverend Peter Jones". The Beaver: The Magazine of the North, Outfit 308:2, Autumn 1977. "Peter and Eliza Jones: Their Last Years". The Beaver: The Magazine of the North, Outfit 308: 3, Winter 1977. |
