Minutes of the First Synod of Saskatchewan, held in Knox Church, Regina (Nov. 6-8, 1906) -- bound booklet.

Files include minutes of Saskatchewan Synod, documenting actions of the Synod, as well as Presbytery Rolls, which give the name of the congregation, minister in charge and address, and the name of the representative elder.

Files include minutes published under two titles: Minutes of the ...Synod of Saskatchewan (1906-1909 and 1918-1924); Acts and Proceedings of the ...Synod of Saskatchewan (1910-1917). The contents for each publication are generally similar for each year.

Correspondence of Rev. D.S. Dix, Synodical Treasurer of the Church Union Expense Fund, concerning collections for the Fund. A committee was appointed by the Synod to collect money, which was then forwarded for the use of the national committee. The correspondence is mainly about the amounts collected but a few letters mention problems or success in making collections. The file also includes a copy of the Minutes of Church Union Synod Committee, November 11, 1924.

File contains mimeographed material sent out by the General Interests Committee, including: Minutes of the Committee meeting of June 21, 1922; Digest of the Minutes of the Committee meeting of June 24, 1924; and Minutes of the Executive of the Synodical Committee on Church Union vote, February 12, 1925.

Handwritten outline of a speech on church union, written on loose pages from a notebook, [no clear date noted].

Publications:

• Certified copy of the Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Synod of Saskatchewan. February 12, 1914, 4 pages;
• The Calling and Settlement of Ministers: The Scheme Adopted by the synod of Saskatchewan. November, 1914, 1 page;
• To the Synod of Saskatchewan: A Letter from the Committee on Systematic Giving. August 6, 1919. 2 p. (Includes: Presbytery of
  Saskatoon... Committee on Systematic Giving, September 30, 1919.).

The fonds consists of textual materials created by and relating to the General Council of Local Union Churches, its Policy Committee and related individuals and bodies.

Contents include: minutes of the Policy Committee (ca.1920), a report to the General Council of Local Union Churches of Western Canada (1921), and resolutions passed by the General Council (1922); publications relating to the General Council (1921-1924); correspondence regarding Union Churches and Cooperative Churches (1924); and an address, The Evolution of Organic Church Union in Canada, given by the Chairman at a General Council Meeting, on April 5, 1915.

There is also a group of additional materials on the topic of Local Unions, created/collected by the Rev. W.H. Hughes. This contains some originals and some copies of archival materials, along with other documents assembled by Hughes.

The fonds consists of textual materials created by and relating to the Methodist-Presbyterian Cooperating Committee of Saskatchewan (later the Provincial Committee on Cooperation), its committees and related individuals and bodies.

Contents include: minutes of the Cooperating Committee of Saskatchewan (1911-1925); various Local Cooperating Committees minutes (1920-1925), possibly collected by/for the Cooperating Committee of Saskatchewan; publications and articles regarding cooperating and union churches, in Saskatchewan and elsewhere in Canada (1911-1922). There are also files of correspondence, relating to Local Unions in Balgonie and Trevarga (1913-1914), Yellow Grass (1917), and other locations (1921-1925), as well as signed agreements and lists relating to united charges at Fillmore, Manor, Nokomis, Rokeby, Saltcoats and Sintaluta (1921) and double-affiliation charges at Bladworth, Briercrest, Carlyle, Drinkwater, Dundurn, Fillmore-Osage, Girvin, Hawarden, Sceptre, Viscount, Willmar and Wapella (1920-1925).

The collection consists of minutes, correspondence and publications created by and relating to the Saskatchewan Provincial Church Union Committee. The Committee was formed on July 26, 1923 by representatives of the Saskatchewan Methodist Conference and the Presbyterian Synod of Saskatchewan, to take preliminary steps to effect Church Union in Saskatchewan. Representatives of the congregational Churches were also invited to be on the committee.

This minute book includes minutes for meetings of the Committee and its executive.

File consists of correspondence, mainly with Dr. D.S. Dix, as Secretary of the Saskatchewan Union Church Committee, and with Dr. E.H. Oliver, concerning statistics on Church Union in Western Canada, opposition to Church Union in Saskatchewan, activities among the Presbyterians in Nova Scotia, the church Union Expense Fund, arousing support for the passing of the Church Union Bill, maps showing extent of cooperation or union, presbytery meetings, policy on voting on Church Union, a "Letter to the editor", November 15, 1924, written by E.H. Oliver concerning a letter from Rev. Ephraim Scott which was published in newspapers, circular letters sent by the National Committee on Church Union, primarily concerned with gaining support for the pro-union vote, and voting returns.

File of Dr. D.S. Dix, as Secretary of the Committee, which includes minutes of the July 26, 1923 meeting of the Provincial Church Union Committee and correspondence concerning provincial meetings of the Committee, meetings throughout the province at which the subject of union was to be presented by Eastern Canadian clergy, and the appointment of counsel in connection with the presentation of the provincial Church Union Bill.

The collection consists primarily textual materials relating to the creation of the United Church and the associated Commission Pursuant to the United Church of Canada Act. Contents include: commission proceedings; orders relating to property; and collected correspondence and other materials relating to non-concurring Presbyterian congregations in Saskatchewan.

Files contain proceedings of the Commission, appointed under terms of the United Church of Canada Act to determine equities of non-concurring congregations in property and other matters. There are eleven volumes of proceedings, beginning with the preliminary meeting, June 28, 1926, and concluding with the proceedings for January 18 and 19, 1927.