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Author Curwen, Eliot

Title Labrador odyssey : the journal and photographs of Eliot Curwen on the second voyage of Wilfred Grenfell, 1893 / edited by Ronald Rompkey
Published Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1996]
©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xxxix, 231 pages) : illustrations, map
Series McGill-Queen's/Hannah Institute studies in the history of medicine, health, and society, 1198-4503 ; 3
McGill-Queen's/Hannah Institute studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 3.
Summary "A religious, well-educated Victorian, Eliot Curwen takes us into the heart of the colonial society he encountered. His journal provides insights into its pervasive sectarianism, the tawdry political world of St John's, the rudimentary conditions aboard the fishing schooners, and the poverty of the Labrador "livyers," the permanent white settlers who had intermarried with the Inuit. He provides fresh details about the lives of the Moravian Brethren, the first missionaries to the Native population, and comments on the wildlife, the natural environment, and the general disposition of the countryside. Curwen's candid remarks about Grenfell reveal details about the young missionary and social reformer not found elsewhere. The introduction and annotations by Ronald Rompkey, Grenfell's biographer, establish the historical, political, and social contexts of the journal. Rompkey has included official letters and reports from Grenfell and other members of the expedition to supplement Curwen's rather private account, as well as numerous photographs taken by both Curwen and Grenfell to publicize their work."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvii-xxxix) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940.
Curwen, Eliot -- Diaries
SUBJECT Curwen, Eliot
Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940
Curwen, Eliot fast
Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940 fast
Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, (1865-1940; Sir) ram
Curwen, Eliot, (1865-1950) ram
Curwen, Eliot -- Journal intime. ram
Curwen, Eliot. swd
Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason. swd
Subject Missionaries, Medical -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Diaries
Missions, Medical -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History
Missions, English -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History
Medicine -- History.
Missions, Medical -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- History
Missions, English -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- History
History of Medicine -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Personal Narratives
History, 19th Century -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Personal Narratives
Missions and Missionaries -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Personal Narratives
Religious Missions
History of Medicine
History, 19th Century
history of medicine.
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
Medicine
Missionaries, Medical
Missions, English
Missions, Medical
Social conditions
Expedition
Erlebnisbericht
Reizen.
Missions anglaises -- Canada -- Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador (Canada) -- Histoire.
Missions anglaises -- Canada -- Labrador (Canada) -- Histoire.
SUBJECT Labrador (N.L.) -- History
Labrador (N.L.) -- Social conditions
Newfoundland and Labrador
Subject Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador
Labrador
Labrador (Canada) -- Histoire.
Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador (Canada) -- Histoire.
Genre/Form Personal narratives
Diaries
History
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
Author Rompkey, Ronald
LC no. 96194042
ISBN 9780773565746
0773565744