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Frank Hoffman fonds
Tipo general de material
- Graphic material
- Textual record
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Título notas
- Variations in title: Also known as Francis Hoffman papers (A.676.XVII.A)
Nivel de descripción
Fondo
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Mención de la escala (cartográfica)
Mención de proyección (cartográfica)
Mención de coordenadas (cartográfica)
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Jurisdicción de emisión y denominación (filatélico)
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Área de descripción física
Descripción física
3.4 cm of textual records
9 cm of graphic materials [photographs]
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Área de descripción del archivo
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Historia biográfica
Frank Hoffman was a Presbyterian and later United Church minister and missionary to Hungarians in Saskatchewan. He was born in Hungary, in 1877, the son of a Calvinist pastor. He taught agriculture and assisted the Hungarian Lieutenant-Governor until World War I, when he became an officer in the Hungarian National Guard. After being captured by the Russians, Frank Hoffman escaped to Canada. He studied at Manitoba College and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1922. He served as a home missionary to Hungarians in Saskatchewan from 1925 to 1945, then retired and moved to Vancouver Island. He died in October 1958.
Historial de custodia
Records in the fonds were likely transferred to the archives between 1925 and 1986. Their original provenance is unclear.
From 1925 through to 1982, the official repository for Conference, Presbytery and local records of the United Church in Saskatchewan was at St. Andrew’s College (Saskatoon). In 1982, the Conference signed an agreement to house their records with the Saskatchewan Archives Board (later Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan), while still retaining ownership and management responsibilities. The collections were gradually relocated and continue to be stored with the Provincial Archives, to the present day.
Alcance y contenido
The fonds primarily consists of papers by and relating to Rev. Hoffman and his and others work among Hungarian immigrants.
Contents include: correspondence and reports about missions in Alberta and Northern Saskatchewan; a list of Hungarian immigrants to Canada (some photos included); Az Otthon 1922-1925 (in Hungarian); and related materials, newspaper clippings, and documents concerning mission work and fieldwork Hoffman and others undertook in Saskatchewan. Among the materials is a biographical sketch of the Rev. Emerick Csendes [Czendes], written by Rev. Hoffman, and a copy of “Tales of Hoffman” by R.W. Hardy.
Área de notas
Condiciones físicas
Origen del ingreso
Arreglo
Original order for many of these records is unclear. Items listed under A.676.XVII.A were arranged sometime before 1990.
Idioma del material
- inglés
- húngaro
Escritura del material
- latín
Nota sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Most of the records are in English, except for Az Otthon material, which is in Hungarian.
Ubicación de los originales
Disponibilidad de otros formatos
Microfilm copy of some records: PAS reel no. R10.1.9. Also available from the United Church of Canada Archives, in Toronto, Ontario (Frank Hoffman fonds, F 3382).
Restricciones de acceso
Condiciones de uso, reproducción, y publicación
Use, publication, and/or reproduction of records are subject to the conditions of the Copyright Act. Please consult archivist for assistance.
Instrumentos de descripción
File and series listed in finding aid GS-168, in section A.676.XVII.A. Microfilm contents listed in finding aid IR-12.
Uploaded finding aid
Materiales asociados
Biographical files for Rev. Frank Hoffman and Rev. Emerick Czendes are included in the Saskatchewan Conference collections (see A.676.XX.Hoffman, A.676.XX.Csendes).
Hoffman’s dissertation on immigrants from Central and South-east Europe, 1925-1927, presented in 1927, is included in Edmund H. Oliver fonds [PR4] (file number A.676.XVII.D.30).
Acumulaciones
No further accruals are expected.
Alpha-numeric designations
Textual records: A.676.XVII.A.1 to to A.5, A.7 to A.13;
Photographs: A.676.XVII.A.6
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
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Puntos de acceso por autoridad
- United Church of Canada, Saskatchewan Conference (Materia)
- Hardy, Ralph Willard (Materia)
- Czendes, Emerick (Materia)