The Geddie Letters : an article in the United Church Observer, March 1, 1947
- MS-2-281, Box 2, Folder 14
- File
- March 1, 1947
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Print of an engraving of Indigenous houses, on Éfaté, New Hebrides
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 38
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a print of a sketch of two Indigenous houses on Éfaté, New Hebrides [Vanuatu], collected by Charlotte Geddie Harrington, likely in the 1860s.
Print of a portrait sketch of John Geddie
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 37
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a print of a sketch of John Geddie. It is inscribed on the front with, "Ever Yours, John Geddie."
Portrait of Helen Jessie Macdonald Geddie, daughter of John Geddie and Charlotte Geddie Harrington
- MS-2-281, PB Box 6, Folder 85
- Item
- [1870]
Item consists of a portrait photograph of Helen Jessie Macdonald Geddie, eldest surviving daughter of John Geddie and Charlotte Geddie Harrington, likely taken in 1870 when Helen was 12 years old. Photograph taken by an unidentified studio.
Portrait of Dr. Alexander MacDonald
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 27
- Item
- [18--]
Item consists of a portrait of Dr. Alexander MacDonald, taken in Antigonish, N.S. Verso states that he was ninety-one years old at the time of the portrait, and that he was John Geddie's grandfather.
Portrait of Charlotte Geddie and her son, John Williams Geddie
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 20
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white carte de visite portrait photograph of Charlotte Geddie and her son, John Williams Geddie. The carte de visite is stamped with Wm. D. O'Donnell, Photographer, 197 Hollis Street.
- MS-2-281, PB Box 6, Folder 84
- Item
- [1870]
Item consists of a portrait photograph of Charlotte Geddie, likely taken in 1870, by T. Mayo Studios, Truro, Nova Scotia.
Portrait of an unidentified woman
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 40
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a small portrait photograph of an unidentified woman, likely collected by Charlotte Geddie Harrington, sometime in the 1860s. Photograph was taken at Margeson's Photo Studio, 197 Hollis Street, [Halifax, Nova Scotia].
Photographs of John Geddie, John Inglis, and other missionaries on Tanna, Vanuatu
- MS-2-281. PB Box 11, Folder 32
- Item
- [1858-1862]
Item consists of a facsimile of a black-and-white photograph, likely taken between 1858 and 1862, of John Geddie (back row, second from left), John Inglis (back row, third from left) and several other South Pacific Presbyterian missionaries and their families, at Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 33, Item 2
- Item
- [after 1868]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken after 1868, of five unidentified Indigenous people posed in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 33, Item 1
- Item
- [after 1868]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken after 1868, of four unidentified Indigenous people posed in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 33, Item 3
- Item
- [after 1868]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken after 1868, of five unidentified Indigenous people posed in front of Rev. Thomas Nielson's mission house on Tanna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 19, Item 1
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph showing three unidentified children standing in front of Dayspring Cottage, Aneityum, New Hebrides (presently Vanuatu). Dayspring Cottage was part of the Mission Station on Aneityum in the mid-1860s.
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 19, Item 3
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph showing three unidentified children standing in front of Dayspring Cottage, Aneityum, New Hebrides (presently Vanuatu). Dayspring Cottage was part of the Mission Station on Aneityum in the mid-1860s.
Photograph of three Indigenous people on board the Dayspring
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 18
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph showing three unidentified Indigenous people from the New Hebrides standing on the deck of the Dayspring.
Photograph of three Head Chiefs of north of Santo with Rev. Watt and Rev. Goodwill
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 17
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, showing three Head Chiefs of north of Santo with Rev. Watt and Rev. Goodwill on the deck of the 'Dayspring.' Also contains an enlarged black-and-white photograph copy of the original stereoscope.
Photograph of the Matheson Grave on Maré, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 30
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of a group of unidentified Indigenous people sitting in front of John W. Matheson's grave at the mission house in Maré, Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]. Matheson, of Pictou County, traveled with John Paton to the South Pacific in 1858, and passed away in 1862.
Photograph of Rev. Morrison and others at the mission house at Éfaté, New Hebrides
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 31
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of Rev. Morrison, his family, and several Indigenous people, standing in front of the Mission House on Éfaté, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].
Photograph of Rev. John Inglis' mission house in Aneityum, New Hebrides, South Pacific
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 25, Item 2
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph of Rev. John Inglis' house in Aneityum, New Hebrides (Vanuatu). Many unidentified people are standing in front of the house.
Photograph of Rev. John Inglis' mission house in Aneityum, New Hebrides, South Pacific
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 25, Item 1
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph of Rev. John Inglis' house in Aneityum, New Hebrides (Vanuatu). Many unidentified people are standing in front of the house.
Photograph of Rev. J. McFarlane's mission house, Lifou, New Caledonia
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 28
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of the Rev. J. McFarlane's mission house on Lifu, New Caledonia. Photograph shows several unidentified people sitting in front of the house.
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 35, Item 2
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- [after 1866]
Item consists of a facsimile black-and-white photograph, likely taken after 1866, of Rev. J. G. Paton, his family and fellow missionaries, and unidentified Indigenous people at the mission house on Aniwa, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 35, Item 1
- Item
- [after 1866]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken after 1866, of Rev. J. G. Paton, his family and fellow missionaries, and unidentified Indigenous people at the mission house on Aniwa, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].
Photograph of Rev. J. Copeland and family at mission house in Futuna, New Hebrides
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 14
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- [1863]
Item consists of a black and white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of Rev. J. Copeland, his wife, and two children, standing in front of their family and mission house in Futuna, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].
Photograph of Rev. J. Buzacott's mission house, Raratonga. L.M.S.
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 13
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black and white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of ten unidentified people standing in front of Rev. J. Buzacott's Mission House in Raratonga, Cook Islands.
Photograph of Rev. Goodwill and crew building Mission House on the island of Esperitu Santo, Vanuatu
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 24
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- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, of Rev. Goodwill and a group of workers constructing the Mission House on Espiritu Santo island, New Hebrides (Vanuatu).
Photograph of missionary families on the deck of the "Dayspring"
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 16
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- [1863]
Item consists of a steroscope photograph of eight people from several families, lounging on the deck of the "Dayspring" on its voyage to the South Pacific from Sydney. Pictured are, Rev. J.G. Paton and his wife, Rev. J. Niven and his wife, Mrs. Ella and a boy, and Mrs. Fraser and a boy.
Photograph of Dayspring Cottage Mission Station at Aneityum, New Hebrides, South Pacific
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 19, Item 2
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, showing Dayspring Cottage (Mission Station) from an elevated position, Aneityum, New Hebrides (presently Vanuatu).
Photograph of an unidentified woman
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 36
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- [18--]
Item consists of a sepia-toned carte de visite style portrait photograph of an unidentified woman (possibly Charlotte Geddie Harrington, later in life).
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 15
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- [19--]
Item consists of a photograph of a sketch of the brigantine Dayspring, built by J.W. Carmichael in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in 1863. This is the ship that the Geddie family traveled on to the South Pacific.
Photograph of a mission station at Pango village, Éfaté, New Hebrides
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 34
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863 or 1864, of several unidentified Indigenous people standing in front of the mission station in Pango village, Éfaté island, New Hebrides [Vanuatu].
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 29
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- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white stereoscope photograph, likely taken in 1863, showing Mrs. McNair and four unidentified Indigenous people standing in front of the Mission House at Dillon's Bay, Erromango, New Hebrides (Vanuatu).
Newspaper articles related to Dr. John Geddie
- MS-2-281, Box 2, Folder 1
- File
- 1900?
Missionary calendar of prayer, 1907
- MS-2-281, Box 2, Folder 15
- File
- 1907
This missionary calendar is published by the Presbyterian Church of Canada; it has a picture of Rev. Dr. Geddie on the cover.
Full portrait of John Geddie, side-view
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 21, Item 4
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white portrait photograph of John Geddie, likely taken in 1863 by Batchelor of Melbourne. It is an enlargement of his Australian carte de visite while en route to Aneityum.
Full carte de visite portrait of John Geddie, side-view
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 21, Item 3
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white carte de visite portrait photograph, likely taken in 1863 in Melbourne, Australia, of Rev. John Geddie. The verso is stamped with Batchfelder & Co, Melbourne.
Full carte de visite portrait of John Geddie
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 21, Item 1
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white a carte de visite portrait photograph, likely taken in 1863, of Rev. John Geddie. The verso is stamped with Notman Studios, Montreal.
Full carte de visite portrait of John Geddie
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 21, Item 2
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white carte de visite portrait photograph of Rev. John Geddie. The verso is stamped with T. Mayo, Photographer, Truro, N.S.
Composite portrait of the family of John Geddie
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 22
- Item
- [1870]
Item consists of a collage of black-and-white photographs, likely assembled after 1870, of members of the Rev. John Geddie's family. Includes an image of Dayspring Cottage in the middle. No names are given for the family members.
Charlotte Geddie Harrington Collection
- MS-2-281
- Collection
- 1850-1957
Collection includes correspondence between Charlotte Geddie Harrington and her parents, John and Charlotte Geddie, her sisters, Lucrecia Nielson and Ula Geddie and her brother John Williams Geddie. Correspondence was written between 1853 and 1902. Collection also contains photographs of the Geddie family and missionary activities in the New Hebrides (now the nation of Vanuatu), as well as miscellaneous newspaper clippings on John Geddie and the Geddie family, 1867-1957.
Harrington, Charlotte Geddie
Centenary of Presbyterian Mission in the New Hebrides
- MS-2-281, Box 2, Folder 7
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- 1949
This history was written by Charlotte Geddie Harrington to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the mission in the New Hebrides.
Carte de visite photograph of Chief Lathella of Aneityum, New Hebrides
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 26, Item 1
- Item
- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white carte de visite photograph, likely taken in 1863 by Johnstone & Co., Melbourne, of Chief Lathella (full pose), of Aneityum, New Hebrides (Vanuatu).
Carte de visite photograph of Chief Lathella of Aneityum, New Hebrides
- MS-2-281, PB Box 11, Folder 26, Item 2
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- [1863]
Item consists of a black-and-white carte de visite photograph, likely taken in 1863 by the British Foreign Copying Company, London, of Chief Lathella (side, half-pose), of Aneityum, New Hebrides (Vanuatu).
An articles related to the ship dayspring
- MS-2-281, Box 1, Folder 61
- File
- 1870's?
An article related to the Cinderella charity
- MS-2-281, Box 2, Folder 4
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- 1926
An article from the Presbyterian Record related to Mrs. John Geddie : A missionary heroine
- MS-2-281, Box 2, Folder 2
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- 1930
This article from the Presbyterian Record was written by Charlotte L. Geddie.
An article from the Presbyterian Message related to John Geddie and his missionary work
- MS-2-281, Box 1, Folder 59
- File
- 1870's
An article from Canadian Translators related to John Geddie of the South Seas
- MS-2-281, Box 1, Folder 60
- File
- January 1936