Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Jean Telfer

2-1-a034775
Item
[betwee 1935 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

The image consists of Jean Telfer standing on school grounds with a small child before her.

An unknown school

2-1-a034777
Item
[between 1935 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

The image consists of a group of children outside a one room school house. The teacher may be at right.

Classroom Rules for children and for teacher

2-2-010
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

List of classroom rules from the Morley Residential School, likely typed up by Telfer. There are rules for the children and for teachers. The document is typed on letterhead for "Indian Residential School, United Church of Canada, Rev. E.J. Staley, Principal, Morely, Alta."

Morley Indian Residential School, United Church of Canada

2-2-001
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Description of Morley Indian Residential School and the Stoney Nakoda Nation, likley written by Telfer.

The Indian Residential School

2-2-009
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Brief history and description of the Morley Indian Residential School, likely written by Telfer.

Programme for Indian Musical Festival - Chiniki, Wesley, and Bearpaw Bands

2-2-011
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Programme for an "Indian Musical Festival, held yearly. Three bands competing: Chiniki, Wesley and Bearpaw Bands." Includes times of performances and songs sung. Songs are mostly Christian hymns.

Telfer's room at Alberni Residential School

2-2-003
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Page taken from a publication, with a photograph of Alberni Residential School and an annotation by Telfer indicating her room at the school.

Telfer's room at Alberni Residential School

2-2-004
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Page taken from a publication, with a photograph of Alberni Residential School and an annotation by Telfer indicating her room at the school.

Duties at Morley Indian Residential School

2-2-006
Item
[between 1931 and 1940] `

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

List of daily duties - possibly Telfer's - at Morley Residential School.

Excerpt from Redskin Interlude by Clare Sheridan

2-2-007
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Handwritten document with excerpt from the book Redskin Interlude by Clare Sheridan. The text is about Chief's dress, home designs, and the Sun Dance.

The Owl Dance, the Lodge, and the Torture

2-2-012
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Document describing the Owl Dance, a lodge, and a method of torture. The specific culture/place related to these descriptions is not clear. "Catlin" is written at the bottom, either as the author of the document or the source of the information.

Cardston [Residential School visit]

2-2-013
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Document contains an account of a visit to Cardston, Alberta, likely to St. Paul's St. Paul's Anglican Residential School on the Blood reserve. The author of the document is unknown.

These Fifteen Years 1925-1940, Home Missions through Sunshine and Shadow

2-2-014
Item
ca. 1940

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Booklet documenting the mission locations, missionaries and other workers of The United Church of Canada. Includes locations across Canada.

Tanned hide samples

2-2-015
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Three tanned hide samples: deer, elk, and moose.

Jean Telfer fonds

2
Fonds
[between 1931 and 1940]

The fonds consists of records Telfer created or received during the time that she spent as a teacher at residential schools. The materials donated by Telfer include correspondence, essays, schedules, programmes, ephemera notes and a significant number of photographs. These records are primarily related to the the Morley Residential School, the Coqualeetza Residential School and the Port Alberni Residential School, as well as the Nakoda (Stoney) Nation.

Jean Telfer

Photographs

2-1
File
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

An unknown school with a group of children

2-1-a034778
Item
[between 1935 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

The image consists of a group of children standing outside a one room school house.

Documentation and ephemera

2-2
File
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

File contains documentation created or collected by Telfer. Most related to Morley Residential School. Materiel includes programmes; written accounts of the school and its rules/customs; accounts of the Stoney Nakoda Nations; a United Mission of Canada booklet; tanned hide samples; and photographic negatives. These negatives appear to be copy negatives of the prints originally acquired by MOA. See File 1 of this fonds for these prints.

Morley Indian Residential School. rebuilt in 1935

2-2-002
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Page taken out of a publication, with photographs of residential schools and an annotation by Telfer: "where I stayed 3 yrs ago."

An Indian Method for Tanning Hides

2-2-005
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Typed document with steps for tanning a hide.

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