Bound volume, containing historical narratives (and some copied photos) from Saskatchewan United Church communities, compiled and edited by Meredith B. Banting to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Church of Canada, 1925-1975. Published by Banting Publishers, Regina, Saskatchewan. Contents include:
AOTS Men’s Clubs
Alameda United Church
Aneroid, Wallard United Church
Aneroid United Church (incl. Embryo, Union)
Arcola, St. Andrew’s United Church
Assiniboia, St. Paul’s United Church
Aylsham United Church
Battleford United Church
Belle Plain, Stony Beach United Church
Bethune United Church
Bienfait, Trinity United Church [etc.]
Biggar United Church
Bracken United Church
Bredenbury Knox United Church
Briercrest United Church
Broadview United Church
Buck Lake Methodist Church
Cabri United Church
Cando United Church
Canora St. Andrew’s United Church
Carievale United Church
Carrot River, Pas Trail Mission
Central Butte United Church
Climax United Church
Codette Knox United Church
Coleville United Church
Cupar United Church
Davidson United Church
Dilke Grace United Church
Eston United Church
Ethelton Fletts’ Springs Presbyterian Church
Evesham United Church
Fillmore and Huronville
Findlater United Church
Fleming, Robson Memorial United Church
Foam Lake United Church
Grand Coulee
Glenside
Gray United Church
Griffin United Church
Hazlet Trinity United Church
Herschel United Church
Humboldt, Brithdir United Church
Indian Head, St. Andrew’s United Church
Landis United Church
Lang Methodist Church
La Ronge United Church
Leask, Trinity United Church
Macklin, Grace United Church
Macrorie United Church
Maple Creek United Church
Margo, Knox United Church
Maryfield, Fairlight United Church
Maryfield, St. Andrew’s United Church
Melville First United Church
Meota United Church
Milden United Church
Moose Jaw, Minto United Church
Moose Jaw, Trinity United Church
Nipawin United Church
Norquay United Church
Oxbow, Boscurvis
Pelly United Church
Penzance United Church
Piapot United Church
Portreeve United Church
Primate United Church
Prince Albert, Wesley United Church
Punnichy United Church
Raymore United Church
Regina, St. Andrew's United Church
Regina, Knox-Metropolitan United Church
Regina, Rosemont United Church
Regina, St. John’s United Church
Regina, Westminster United Church
Regina, Whitmore Park United Church
Riceton United Church
Ridgedale United Church
Rocanville Methodist
Rocanville Presbyterian
Rocanville United Church
Rosthern St. Andrew’s United Church
Rouleau United Church
Saskatoon, Bethel United Church
Saskatoon, Grace-Westminster United Church
Saskatoon, Grosvenor Park United Church
Saskatoon, St. Paul's United Church, Sutherland
Sceptre United Church
Shellbrook, Craigmore United Church
Shellbrook, Knox United Church
Spy Hill United Church
Stanley Mission (Anglican)
Stoughton, Viewfield United Church
Swift Current, Burnham Church
Swift Current, Grace United Church
Tomkins United Church
Trossachs United Church
Unity United Church
Vonda-Aberdeen Charge
Wawota United Church
Wawota, Glen Adilaide United Church
White Fox, Pinetorch United Church
Wilkie United Church
Wilkie, Phippen United Church
Wilkie, Starview Mission Field
Wingard Anglican
Wolseley, St. James United Church

Bound volume, containing historical narratives (and some copied photos) from Saskatchewan United Church communities, compiled and edited by Meredith B. Banting to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Church of Canada, 1925-1975. Published by Banting Publishers, Regina, Saskatchewan. Contents include:
Abbey United Church
Arcola (South) United Church
Ardath United Church
Battle Heights - Smoky Burn Mission Field
Beechy United Church
Belbeck, Wesley United Church
Birsay United Church
Bradwell United Church
Briercrest, Blue Hill United Church
Cadillac, St. Paul’s United Church
Canwood, Trinity United Church
Carlyle, Moose Creek United Church
Carrot River United Church
Chamberlain, Zion United Church
Choiceland United Church
Colfax United Church
Colgate United Church
Colonsay United Church
Conquest United Church
Crystal Springs, Invergordon United Church
Delisle United Church
Donavon Knox United Church
Dundurn United Church
Duval United Church
Eatonia United Church
Edam United Church
Edgeley United Church
Elbow United Church
Englefeld United Church
Ethelton United Church
Fertile United Church
Feudal United Church
Fielding United Church
Girvin United Church
Glamis United Church
Glenavon, St. Andrew’s United Church
Glenside, John Huss United Church
Govan United Church
Hanley United Church
Hardy United Church
Hawarden United Church
Holdfast United Church
Humboldt, Westminster United Church
Invermay United Church
Kerrobert United Church
Kinistino, St. Andrew’s United Church
Kinley, Hope Hall United Church
Kinley United Church
Kipling, Landsdowne United Church (Kipling-Windthorst Mission Field)
Kipling United Church
Lacadena United Church
Lancer, Trinity United Church
Langbank, Golden Plain, Poplar Grove
Liberty, Bethel United Church
Lockwood United Church
Loreburn and Bonnie View
Lumsden United Church
Macoun United Church
Major United Church
Maple Creek, Motherwell Ladies Aid Society
Maymont, Sharon United Church
Meadow Lake United Church
Mervin United Church
Milestone United Church
Moose Jaw, Grace United Church
Moose Jaw, Zion United Church
Moosomin, Bethel United Church
Morse-Chaplin Pastoral Charge
Mortlach Mission Field
Naicam, Bethany United Church
Neidpath United Church
Osage United Church
Oungre United Church
Outlook, St. Andrew’s United Church
Pense, St. Andrew’s United Church
Perdue United Church
Petaigan United Church
Pleasantdale United Church
PCTC [Prairie Christian Training Centre]
Qu'Appelle, Knox United Church
Regina Beach United Church
Regina, Calvin Presbyterian / Sherwood United Church
Regina, Carmichael United Church
Regina, St. James United Church
Regina, Sunset United Church
Richard (Maymont Parish)
Richardson United Church
Saskatoon Presbytery, Chinese Work
Saskatoon, Grace-Westminster United Church
Saskatoon, McClure United Church
Senate United Church
Silton United Church
Simpson United Church
Smeaton United Church
Southey United Church
Sovereign United Church
Speers, Pioneer Memorial United Church
Springwater United Church
Star City United Church
Strasbourg United Church
Strongfield United Church
Theodore United Church
Tugaske and Edgeford, St. Andrew’s United Church
Vanguard United Church
Viscount United Church
Waldeck United Church
Wartime United Church
Watrous United Church
Welwyn United Church
Weyburn, Grace United Church
Whitewood United Church
Wilcox United Church
Willmar Church
Wishart
Woodrow United Church
Yellow Grass United Church
Yorkton, Orkney United Church
Young United Church
Zealandia, Muirland United Church

The collection consists of primarily textual materials relating to various ministers and other lay people associated with the United Church, in Saskatchewan. Contents include obituaries, newspaper articles, pamphlets, programs, publications, and various other documents containing biographical information. Some are accompanied by portraits.

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.

The collection primarily consists of records relating to the building of various churches, manses and other features associated with the United Church, in Saskatchewan. Contents include architectural plans and blueprints (as well as proposed designs) for church and manse buildings and building sites.

The fonds consists of records created and/or collected by the Saskatchewan regional organization of the A.O.T.S. ("As One That Serves" -- a United Church men's organization), its members, sub-groups, and divisions. Saskatchewan Division and Regina Division are among the names noted.

Contents include: minutes from A.O.T.S. meetings and Executive meetings; correspondence with local groups and members; and information about national activities and events.

The fonds consists of records created by the Saskatchewan Branch of the W.M.S., its circles and treasurers, as well as the W.M.S. Battleford and Moosomin Districts. Contents include: branch meeting minutes (1906-1926); treasurer’s accounts (1906-1926); circles and bands cash and treasurer’s books (1917-1926); financial records of funds from various districts (1916-1926). There are also minutes from meetings of W.M.S. Battleford District (1920-1926) and W.M.S. Moosomin District (1919-1926).

The fonds consists of records created by the Saskatchewan Synod branch of the Presbyterian W.M.S., its treasurers and members, as well as records from various Presbyterial W.M.S. groups.

Contents include: branch meeting minutes (1924-1926); treasurer’s accounts (1914-1926); membership records of Junior and Life members; annual meeting programs (1915-1925); and a collection of materials assembled by Mary S. Scott McKechnie, the first president of the [Saskatchewan] Provincial W.M.S. and of Qu’Appelle Presbytery W.M.S. The materials collected by McKechnie include: Presidential Addresses and Annual Reports of the Saskatchewan Presbyterian W.M.S. (1915-1924); history of Presbyterian W.M.S., for Diamond Jubilee (ca.1924); W.M.S. annual meeting programs (1916-1925); Qu’Appelle Presbyterial W.M.S. annual reports (1907-1926); and copies of newsletters “Echo” (Qu’Appelle) and “Progress” (from the Regina Industrial School), along with photographs of pupils at File Hills school (1925), Round Lake School (no date), and Cote Day School (no date).

The collection also includes meeting minutes from W.M.S. Presbyterial groups from Abernethy, Alameda, Prince Albert, Qu’Appelle, and Saskatoon.

The fonds consists of records created by the Saskatchewan Branch of the W.M.S., its members, treasurers, circles and committee(s).

Contents include: meeting minutes; bylaws and resolutions; annual reports; membership records; financial records; School for Leaders minutes and associated documents; Baby Band conference and presbyterial reports; select publications; scrapbooks; and W.M.S. Conference and presbyterial histories (to 1961). Additional historical materials included the fonds were collected by Mrs. Mary McKechnie, first president of the Qu’Appelle Presbyterian W.M.S. and later of the Saskatchewan Conference W.M.S. There is also a daily register of pupils from Round Lake Indian School (1942-1946).

The fonds consists of records created by the Saskatchewan Branch of the W.A. Contents include: meeting minutes (1953-1961); and an oversize scrapbook (1954-1959).

The fonds consists of records created by the Saskatchewan Branch of the U.C.W., its members, treasurers, circles and committees. Contents include: meeting minutes (1961-1963, 1966-1970, 1981-2012); membership rolls; lists of executives and provisional committees; annual reports; programmes; financial accounts book (1961-1970); correspondence files; histories of local U.C.W. units; and scrapbooks (1962-1970).

The fonds consists of records created and/or collected by the Saskatchewan Branch of the Young People's Union (Y.P.U.), its members, treasurers, and committee(s).

Contents include: meeting minutes from the Y.P.U. executive and committees; correspondence from the Y.P.U. President; correspondence with and material relating to the national-level Y.P.U.; financial records; convention reports; lists of executive members; files relating to various Y.P.U. activities, including youth caravans; various newsletters and related items collected from other Y.P.U. groups, outside of Saskatchewan; and a collection of Youth Christian Education Leaders Resource materials, including Explorers and Hi-C groups. There are also minutes and reports from Presbyterial-level Y.P.U. units, in Kamsack, Qu'Appelle, Regina and Saskatoon.

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.

The fonds consists of papers by and relating to Grace and (Rev.) Homer Lane and their work with the United Church. Contents include: general correspondence (1956-1957, 1961-1971); Committee on Rural Evangelism documents (1960); a copy of “Vox” (published by United College, Winnipeg) from 1940; and correspondence of Grace Lane, pertaining to the publication “Fifty Years in Union” (1973-1974).

Fonds consists of papers primarily relating to Dr. Murray's work with the Presbyterian Church and the United Church of Canada. Murray, who was a prominent Presbyterian, supported the church union movement (which led to the founding of the United Church, in 1925) and these records cover his time on the Joint Committee on Union, from 1905, and later as a member of the Dominion Church Property Commission, ca.1924-1928, which assigned assets of the three uniting churches (Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregationalist).

Contents include: reports, Records of Proceedings (minutes) and other papers relating to the Joint Committee on Union and its sub-committees; correspondence, notes and exhibits relating to the Dominion Church Property Commission; and additional correspondence relating to Church Union.