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, Archibald"The last of the old time whalers the Arctic whaler "Active" of Dundee Scotland. This vessel visited the North for 40 years or was lost at sea during the great war" 1908-1909.
The 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.
Building a igloo or snow hut in Baffin Land.
Taken by Bishop Fleming in 1908/1909 when he was missionary at Lake Harbour. [Igloo has been built and another under construction, komatik near by]
Icy Cape. Place I reached where frozen. About 20 miles from Lake Harbour. [Camp established].
"The last of the old time Whalers the Arctic Whaler ACTIVE of Dundee, Scotland. This vessel visited the north for over 40 years and was last at sea during the great war. [Ship in water].
Baffin Land. Passed end of Fiord 1909.
[Eskimo dogs in a boat].
[Building a snow house/igloo].
Baffin Land Eskimo.
Interior of snow hut - Baffin Land [Inuit woman and child in igloo].
[Three Eskimo sled dogs resting].
[Seal on the shore]
Snowhouses.
Iceberg of Baffin Land. Taken by Rev. Archibald L. Fleming.
[Iceberg].
"A growler" [iceberg].
Baffin Land 1909. [Mother seal and pup].
Ing-mil-yeo who was an angakok and became, after much soul searching, a Christian and who, in turn, brought many others out of pagan night.