Using valuable primary source material, most of which is previously unpublished, and some of which has been translated from the Flemish-Dutch and French, editors Mary Eggermont-Molenaar and Paul Callens introduce the Van Tighem brothers to today’s reader.
Missionaries Among Miners, Migrants, and Blackfoot contains the transcribed diaries of brothers Leonard and Victor Van Tighem, Belgian Catholic missionaries in Alberta between 1874 and 1917. Leonard, an Oblate priest, served in a number of parishes in southern Alberta, some of which he helped establish. Victor, a member of the Belgian Van Dale congregation, served on the Peigan and Blood reserves, in the southern part of the province. Their diaries are interspersed with letters from family and friends and letters and articles by contemporary bishops and fellow priests and lay-brothers. The Van Tighems’ diaries offer a fascinating glimpse of life during Alberta’s early settlement and growth -- the immigration boom, the development of Lethbridge and the Peigan reserve, railroads, the mining industry, and the impact of World War I are all part of the historical backdrop of the brothers’ diaries.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.23/020922
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-ab
- ISBN
- 9781552384053 9781552381892
- LCCN
- BV2813.A1
- LCCN Item number
- V35 2007eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xx, 424 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00602201 (OCoLC)243564451 (CaOOCEL)415539
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title Page 4
- Bibliographic Information 5
- Dedication 6
- Table of Contents 8
- List of Illustrations * Captions 10
- Preface 16
- Acknowledgements 20
- Leonard's Codices: 1875-1917 24
- Map of West Flanders 25
- Leonard's Old World 26
- A Brief Introduction to Leonard's Codices 38
- Leonard's First Codex, Builder, priest and uncle" 44
- Leonard's Second Codex, "Complaints of an old missionary" 200
- Postscript,"Pioneer, carver, and fruit grower" 252
- Victor's Diary * 1886-1917 256
- Victor's Old World 258
- Victor's New World 268
- A Brief Introduction to Victor's Diary 272
- Victor's Diary, "Short description of my journey and adventures in North America" 276
- Postscript: Sparkling tales fire out of cow dung" 340
- Appendix A: Van Tighem family tree 353
- Appendix B: "American letters" by Jules Boone 356
- Bibliography 378
- Endnotes 392
- INDEX 434
- Legacies Shared Series Information 449
- Back Cover 450
