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Carrier prayer book
- Date Range
- 1933
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Carrier Syllabic prayer-book of 366 pages.
- Collection
- BVM discrete item collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual record
- Creator
- Reverand A. G. Morice, O.M.I
- Fonds No.
- C1
- File No.
- File 17
- Item No.
- 1979.163.1
- Accession No.
- 1979.163
- Physical Description
- 2.54 cm of textual records
- Date Range
- 1933
- Edition
- 4th
- History / Biographical
- The Carrier Syllabic language was invented by Father Morice of the Oblate Missionary Order in 1885. He used this language to instruct his charges, mainly Indigenous peoples from the Smithers to Prince George area, in Christian teachings.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Carrier Syllabic prayer-book of 366 pages.
- Arrangement
- It was rediscovered after being put on display in the 1980s or 1990s in the storage room of the Museum Item description was removed from artifact database. (2015 or 2016?)
February 2017, item has been retured to the BVM discrete item collection.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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