This fonds consists of prints and negatives, including cellulose nitrate and one glass negative, formerly owned by Archibald Lang Fleming, as well as a program for the opening of the All Saints' Hospital in Aklavik in 1937, attended by Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir (John Buchan). The photographs include the communities of: Aklavik, Baker Lake, Cambridge Bay, Cape Dorset, Chesterfield Inlet, Clyde River, Coppermine, Eskimo Point, Lake Harbour, Pangnirtung, and Pond Inlet, among others. Images feature the portraits and daily activities of Inuit and Dene and Anglican churches and missions.
Fleming, ArchibaldThe textual records consist of a program for the opening of the All Saints' Hospital in Aklavik in 1937, attended by Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir (John Buchan). The photographs depict the communities of Aklavik, Baker Lake, Cambridge Bay, Cape Dorset, Chesterfield Inlet, Clyde River, Coppermine, Eskimo Point, Lake Harbour, Pangnirtung, and Pond Inlet, among others. The photographs also feature portraits and daily activities of Inuit and Dene people, as well as Anglican churches and missions.
Probably whaling camp on coast near Aklavik. Note whale meat hung in strips to dry. Barrels contain whale fat which will render into oil.
A lemming.
Huskies in a canoe, Aklavik.
Sled dogs at Aklavik. [Dogs tied up to posts].
Lucy Nersoo [Nerysoo] with a team of dogs, Aklavik, 1943.
Huskie dogs, Aklavik.
The [S.S.] Distributor at Aklavik 1945. [Barge in front of Distributor].
Arrival of S.S. Distributor on the MacKenzie River. [Barge in front of S.S. Distributor, other boats and floatplanes in water].
Inuit owned schooner "Aklavik" [People on a boat].
Inuit owned schooner "Delta" at Aklavik. [People on a schooner]..
Schooners at Aklavik. [Two schooners identified is "Saucy Jane" and "Golden Hind"]
Inuit schooner preparing to leave "Aklavik" [People on a dock near a schooner].
Fleet of Inuit schooners at Aklavik, 1945.
Inuit schooner "Nannuk" [People on the the boat].
The mission boat on the Mackenzie, 1943.
Mission boat on the Mackenzie. [Two men on a boat].
The Mission boat, "Messenger", leaving Aklavik for Fort McPherson with Bishop Fleming (hand upraised) and the Rev. George Nicholson.
Bishop's flag on mast of the "Henry Ford".