Edmunds, S. Walter. Interview with Reverend S. Walter Edmunds at his home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.

Edmunds, S. Walter. Interview with Reverend S. Walter Edmunds at his home at 3 Haven Street, in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, conducted by Dale Gilbert Jarvis. Interview covers the construction and details of the Happy Valley Church, as well as a discussion of church organization and ritual. 0:0...

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Main Author: Jarvis, Dale Gilbert
Other Authors: Edmunds, Walter
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: 1995
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_lab/id/350
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_lab/350 2023-12-31T10:07:38+01:00 Edmunds, S. Walter. Interview with Reverend S. Walter Edmunds at his home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. Jarvis, Dale Gilbert Edmunds, Walter Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador-Happy Valley-Goose Bay 1995-07-13 audio/mp3 49:43 minutes; 40.3 MB http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_lab/id/350 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Labrador http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_lab/id/350 CC BY-NC 2.0 CA Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Migration/settlement Social beliefs practices and customs Churches Architecture building and construction Religion Ritual Sound Audio 1995 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:25Z Edmunds, S. Walter. Interview with Reverend S. Walter Edmunds at his home at 3 Haven Street, in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, conducted by Dale Gilbert Jarvis. Interview covers the construction and details of the Happy Valley Church, as well as a discussion of church organization and ritual. 0:00 - construction of the church in Happy Valley, 1953; 0:35 - wood ordered from Saunders and Howell; 1:06 - house designed; 2:29 - description of woodwork; 3:08 - wood burning stove and chimney, changes in heating; 4:19 - gas lamps and then electricity for lighting, generator; 5:10 - other changes to the church, insulation; 6:55 - pedal/reed organ and electric organ; 7:38 - church bell, use as fire alarm; 8:00 - church used as school; 9:00 - church annex building;10:40 - size of congregation; 11:27 - size and extent of the Moravian church in Labrador; 13:17 - trends in church membership; 15:23 - Moravians in Newfoundland; 16:00 - establishing missions historically; 17:09 - number and placement of stations along the coast; 18:00 - reason church established in Happy Valley; 19:22 - Unitas Fratrum and makeup of church provinces; 20:36 - British Mission Board; 21:35 - church in the 1970s asked for affiliation changed to Moravian Province North, in North America; 23:39 - Canadian district; 24:00 - new Moravian congregation from West Indies in Toronto; 24:30 - differences in practical approaches; 26:24 - Moravian holidays, practices and day or renewal; 28:25 - Moravian choirs; 28:50 - covenanting days; 29:24 - martyrdom of Jan Hus; 30:10 - Protestant reformation predated by Moravian church; 31:06 - relationship to other Protestant orders; 33:10 - deacons and presbyters and bishops; 34:10 - provincial board for administration; 35:00 - role of the bishop; 35:59 - choir system and graveyard, burial, grave markers; 39:00 - grave marker of founder of Bethlehem Pennsylvania; 39:34 - burial and dead house, burial custom; 42:20 - highly respected people allowed to have funeral in church; 42:44 - use of dead house in decline; 43:29 ... Audio Happy Valley-Goose Bay Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic Migration/settlement
Social beliefs
practices and customs
Churches
Architecture
building and construction
Religion
Ritual
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Social beliefs
practices and customs
Churches
Architecture
building and construction
Religion
Ritual
Jarvis, Dale Gilbert
Edmunds, S. Walter. Interview with Reverend S. Walter Edmunds at his home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.
topic_facet Migration/settlement
Social beliefs
practices and customs
Churches
Architecture
building and construction
Religion
Ritual
description Edmunds, S. Walter. Interview with Reverend S. Walter Edmunds at his home at 3 Haven Street, in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, conducted by Dale Gilbert Jarvis. Interview covers the construction and details of the Happy Valley Church, as well as a discussion of church organization and ritual. 0:00 - construction of the church in Happy Valley, 1953; 0:35 - wood ordered from Saunders and Howell; 1:06 - house designed; 2:29 - description of woodwork; 3:08 - wood burning stove and chimney, changes in heating; 4:19 - gas lamps and then electricity for lighting, generator; 5:10 - other changes to the church, insulation; 6:55 - pedal/reed organ and electric organ; 7:38 - church bell, use as fire alarm; 8:00 - church used as school; 9:00 - church annex building;10:40 - size of congregation; 11:27 - size and extent of the Moravian church in Labrador; 13:17 - trends in church membership; 15:23 - Moravians in Newfoundland; 16:00 - establishing missions historically; 17:09 - number and placement of stations along the coast; 18:00 - reason church established in Happy Valley; 19:22 - Unitas Fratrum and makeup of church provinces; 20:36 - British Mission Board; 21:35 - church in the 1970s asked for affiliation changed to Moravian Province North, in North America; 23:39 - Canadian district; 24:00 - new Moravian congregation from West Indies in Toronto; 24:30 - differences in practical approaches; 26:24 - Moravian holidays, practices and day or renewal; 28:25 - Moravian choirs; 28:50 - covenanting days; 29:24 - martyrdom of Jan Hus; 30:10 - Protestant reformation predated by Moravian church; 31:06 - relationship to other Protestant orders; 33:10 - deacons and presbyters and bishops; 34:10 - provincial board for administration; 35:00 - role of the bishop; 35:59 - choir system and graveyard, burial, grave markers; 39:00 - grave marker of founder of Bethlehem Pennsylvania; 39:34 - burial and dead house, burial custom; 42:20 - highly respected people allowed to have funeral in church; 42:44 - use of dead house in decline; 43:29 ...
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title Edmunds, S. Walter. Interview with Reverend S. Walter Edmunds at his home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.
title_short Edmunds, S. Walter. Interview with Reverend S. Walter Edmunds at his home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.
title_full Edmunds, S. Walter. Interview with Reverend S. Walter Edmunds at his home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.
title_fullStr Edmunds, S. Walter. Interview with Reverend S. Walter Edmunds at his home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.
title_full_unstemmed Edmunds, S. Walter. Interview with Reverend S. Walter Edmunds at his home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.
title_sort edmunds, s. walter. interview with reverend s. walter edmunds at his home in happy valley-goose bay, labrador.
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