Ely Records

Ely Records
Author: Dorothy Mary Owen
Publisher: C/O the County Archivist West Sussex Record Office County Hall Chichester Sussex Marc Fitch Fund
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1971
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

The diocese of Ely contains the following counties: Cambridge, Bedford, Huntingdon, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex.

Publications

Publications
Author: Parish Register Society
Publisher:
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1899
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN:

The Ojibwe Journals of Edmund F. Ely, 1833-1849

The Ojibwe Journals of Edmund F. Ely, 1833-1849
Author: Edmund F. Ely
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0803271581

Twenty-four-year-old Edmund F. Ely, a divinity student from Albany, New York, gave up his preparation for the ministry in 1833 to become a missionary and teacher among the Ojibwe of Lake Superior. During the next sixteen years, Ely lived, taught, and preached among the Ojibwe, keeping a journal of his day-to-day experiences as well as recording ethnographic information about the Ojibwe. From recording his frustrations over the Ojibwe's rejection of Christianity to describing hunting and fishing techniques he learned from his Ojibwe neighbors, Ely’s unique and rich record provides unprecedented insight into early nineteenth-century Ojibwe life and Ojibwe-missionary relations. Theresa M. Schenck draws on a broad array of secondary sources to contextualize Ely’s journals for historians, anthropologists, linguists, literary scholars, and the Ojibwe themselves, highlighting the journals’ relevance and importance for understanding the Ojibwe of this era.