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United Church of Canada Living Skies Region Archives University of Saskatchewan - St. Andrew's College
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Conference office files

Series consists of a variety of records relating to the administrative role of the Saskatchewan Conference office, overseeing and supporting the work of presbyteries and local United Church congregations and missions in Saskatchewan. Records in this series appear to have been received in one group and reflect the range of activities administrative and field staff was involved in, especially from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Files primarily contain correspondence, reports, and related materials documenting: financial grants and loans made to support church congregations and their work; research and educational projects undertaken within the Church (and with external partners); meetings and decisions of various committees, task groups, boards and divisions; training and staff job descriptions; information and statistics from presbyteries; activities of the General Council; mission work among indigenous people on several Saskatchewan reserves; training and placement of student and lay ministers and missionaries; titles, grants and property information for various churches; newsletters and small scale publications from the Conference and its committees; youth outreach activities; and information about the operations of various incorporated ministries in Saskatchewan, including the Prairie Christian Training Centre (PCTC), Oliver Lodge, the United Church Housing Corporation of Regina, and several youth camps.

United Church of Canada, Saskatchewan Conference

Edmund H. Oliver fonds

  • PR 04
  • Fonds
  • 1911–1935

The fonds consists of records by and relating to E.H. Oliver, his travels in Saskatchewan and his teaching at St. Andrew’s College, his experiences in the First World War and involvement with educational programs for the soldiers (through the University of Vimy Ridge and Khaki University), his postwar work as Principal of St. Andrew’s College and later Moderator of the United Church, and his research and publications.

Contents include: correspondence (1911-1916); diary of trips to the Doukhobor area around Veregin (1915), the Cote Reserve, and to the Ruthenians of Kamsack and Canora; military publications and wartime memorabilia; materials related to the University of Vimy Ridge (1917-1918) and Khaki University (1917-1919); Oliver’s postwar correspondence (1920-1935), as he resumed his duties as Principal of St. Andrew’s College; and various historical and research publications and manuscripts, on topics such as Church Union, education, Saskatchewan history and settlement. There is also a collection of material pertaining to the drought situation on the prairies and the United Church response (1930-1932), at which time Oliver was serving as Moderator.

The collection also includes letters and tributes to E.H. Oliver, from after his death (1935-1936).

Oliver, Edmund Henry

Installation of Principals and Professors (St. Andrew's College)

Biographies file -- orders of service, newspaper clippings, call to a minister (1946), forms, invitations. Contents relate to St. Andrew's College personnel, including David Jobling, John B. Corston, Charles F. Johnston, Paul W. Newman, Douglas J. Hall, Robert F. Schnell, D.S. Dix, Arthur Bruce Barbour Moore, Randolph Carleton Chalmers.

St. Andrew's College, "In Praise of Prairie Women" by Barb Elliott and Joyce Dickin

Biographical file – "In Praise of Prairie Women: Compilation of Histories to Honour Prairie Church Women" by Barb Elliott and Joyce Dickin (14 pages); also correspondence about the fund supporting the project.

The manuscript "In Praise of Prairie Women" was based on stories of women shared by United Church congregations, at the invitation of St. Andrew's College, in 1980. Featured women include: Hilda May Swan (1897-19?), Percival; Willa Woods (1906-?), Moosomin; Elizabeth Jane Lowe (1885-?), Prince Albert; Gertrude Wood, Kincaid; Gertrude Eliza Craig, Vermilion, Alta.; Mrs. John Bellamy (1857-?), Moose Jaw; Annie Beatrice Joness, Moose Jaw; Hilda Bigelow, Bladworth; Ethel Hunter, near Mortlach; Helen Ross (19?-?), Alberta; Margaret Backus, Kindersley and Cabri; Laura Hamblay (1877-1951), Manitoba; Ethel Elizabeth Heffren (1892-19?), Man./Sask.; Mary Elizabeth Heffren (1890-19?), Kelvington; Margaret Jane White (ca.1878-1955), Meglund, Man.; Ruth Winchester Ormiston (1890-19?), Tantallon; Mary Alice Ozmun (18?-19?), Kinistino; Jessie Kingston (1880-19?), Climax; Elizabeth Margaret Haney (1888-1948?), Cabri district; Elizabeth Bertram (1904-?), Sovereign and Milden; Lillian Beatrice Bray (18?-?), Melfort, Caron, Sintaluta; Anna Margaret Wilson, Moose Jaw; Mary Jane Stevenson (1870-19?), Pilot Mound, Kisbey, Ethelton; Agnes Sorrel Forbes (18?-19?), Fort Saskathewan, Grande Prairie; Jean Christie, Vanscoy and Saskatoon; Mabel Middleton, Saskatoon.

St. Andrew's Miscellaneous

Biographies file -- various documents relating to St. Andrew's College anniversary, obituary, Formula for Conferring the Degree of B.A., correspondence, Report of Obituary Committee of B.C. Conference. Individuals noted include: James Smith-Windsor, Charles Endicott, T.W. Johnson, J.R. Robertson, Richard Weir, W.C. Calder, C.M. Tate, Mrs. W.S.A. Crux, Mrs. Victor Sansum, Mrs. (Dr.) J.K. Unsworth.