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Church Union collection

  • FG 09
  • Collection
  • ca.1900–1936

The collection consists of primarily textual materials relating to the Church Union movement and the organizations involved, including the Joint Committee on Church Union. There appears to be a mix of original documents and various published and copied items.

Contents include: Basis of Union documents from the Presbyterian Church (1905-1908) and Methodist Church (1909); records of proceedings, minutes, and publications by and relating to the Joint Committee on Church Union and its Subcommittees; documents relating to proposed legislation (1922-1924), the Act Incorporating the United Church of Canada, House of Commons debates on the topic, and associated Saskatchewan legislation (1924); publications and articles relating to the anti-union movement and the legal issues resulting from the division of the Presbyterian Church; copies of information regarding the voting returns on Union from across Canada (1925-1926); maps showing communities with local union churches; and a poster published by the Union Committee of the Presbyterian Church (1924).

Joint Committee on Church Union

United Church of Canada publications collection

  • FG 10
  • Collection
  • 1911–2016, predominantly 1925–1982

The collection consists of primarily textual publications of the (national-level) United Church of Canada (UCC), its General Council, Boards and Divisions. Contents include: reproductions of the Basis of Union (1925) and related documents; published reproductions of General Council [meetings], as well as meeting agendas and reports; UCC Year Books, with detailed lists of pastoral charges and various national statistics and reports; multiple editions of the UCC Manual; minutes and reports from the Board of Home Missions, Board of Evangelism and Social Services, Division of Mission, Board of Colleges and Secondary Schools; Division of Ministry Personnel and Education; and published documents of Regina College (1911-1934); and items from St. Andrew's College Diamond Jubilee.

United Church of Canada

Prairie Church History collection

  • FG 11
  • Collection
  • 1873–1974

The collection consists of a range of documents relating to Congregational, Methodist, Presbyterian churches and related activities in Saskatchewan and elsewhere in the prairies.

Contents include histories, articles, addresses and other papers on: Congregationalism, Methodism, Presbyterianism in Saskatchewan; missionary work and communities in Prince Albert, Carrot River, Canora, and Norway House; Sunday Schools; C.G.I.T. and Y.W.C.A. groups; ministerial associations; Doukhobors; Ukranians; the Greek Orthodox Church; and Anglican Missions.

Authors include: Rev. W.P. McHaffie (Conference Historian and Archivist to Saskatchewan Methodist Conference); John MacLean (Chief Archivist, Wesley College Library, Winnipeg); Rev. Frederick Passmore; Rev. George Daniel; Rev. W.M. Moore; Rev. E.H. Oliver; Rev. J.R. McDonald; Rev. George Arthur; Allan Bowerman, J.L. Stewart; Alfred Carter; R.H. Hamilton; John L. Nichol; Lydia Gruchy; M. Stechinshin (Yorkton); John Roberts Kovalevitch; Rev. A.J. Hunter; Rev. P.C. Crath; E. Eustace and Maxim Berezynski; Dr. A.E. Archer (Lamont, Alberta); A. Bereka; Mrs. C.H. Monro (Ethelbert, Manitoba); Rev. John Gregorash; Rev. Theo Bay; Rev. J.A. Louseley.

Woman's Missionary Society (United Church) publications collection

  • FG 12
  • Collection
  • 1941–1962

The collection consists of publications relating the Women's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada. Contents include: reports of the Women's Missionary Society; reports of the Dominion Board; and historical accounts of the W.M.S., church missions and missionary work.

Local reports and newsletters collection

  • FG 15
  • Collection
  • ca.1970?–2018

This collection consists of annual reports created by more than 220 pastoral charges that existed within the boundaries of the United Church of Canada Saskatchewan Conference, from the late-1960s through 2018, and Living Skies Regional Council, from 2019 through 2021. Some church newsletters, financial statements, histories and associated documents are also included.

Church Histories collection

  • FG 19
  • Collection
  • ca.1925–1986

The collection consists primarily of documents relating to the histories of various local churches in Saskatchewan. Contents include written historical narratives (sketches) and notes, newspaper articles, pamphlets, and publications. Among these are volumes 1 and 2 of the local history book "Early History of Saskatchewan Churches (Grass Roots)", compiled and edited by Meredith B. Banting, ca.1975.

Biographies collection

  • FG 20
  • Collection
  • ca.1900s–2001

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.

Architectural Plans and Drawings collection

  • FG 22
  • Collection
  • ca.1954–1968

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.

Abbey-Lancer-Portreeve Pastoral Charge fonds

  • FL 001
  • Fonds
  • 1914–2006

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Abbey Pastoral Charge, Lancer Pastoral Charge, Abbey-Lancer-Portreeve Pastoral Charge, their predecessors and constituent churches – church boards, committees and related bodies, local women’s units and other groups.

Contents include: minutes of church boards, Session, congregational and Worship Committee meetings; records of local Ladies Aid Society and Women’s Missionary Society (W.M.S.) groups; financial records; Home Mission Record Books with lists of missionaries, church officials and records of communion, baptisms and burials from Abbey, Lancer and Roe; and registers of baptisms, marriages and burials held at Abbey, Lancer, Portreeve, Cabri, Pennant, Sceptre, and related locations.

Abbey Pastoral Charge

Aberdeen, Rosthern, Wakaw Pastoral Charges fonds

  • FL 002
  • Fonds
  • 1893–2008

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by TRI Pastoral Charge, Aberdeen Pastoral Charge and the prior Vonda Pastoral Charge, Rosthern Pastoral Charge, Wakaw Pastoral Charge and many of their constituent churches – their boards, committees and related bodies, local women’s units and other groups.

Contents include: minutes of church boards, sessions and stewards, and congregational meetings; some Sunday School records; minutes and financial records from some of the local Ladies Aid Society, Women’s Missionary Society (W.M.S.), Woman’s Association (W.A.) and United Church Women (U.C.W.) groups; brief histories; membership records; and registers documenting baptisms, marriages and burials at Aberdeen, Vonda, Prud’homme, Rosthern, Wakaw, and related locations. There is also a small number of minutes, letters and receipts from a Ruthenian Presbyterian Church (associated with Wakaw), written in Ukranian.

Aberdeen Pastoral Charge

Abernethy-Lemberg Pastoral Charge fonds

  • FL 003
  • Fonds
  • 1883–2004

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Abernethy Pastoral Charge, Lemberg Pastoral Charge, Abernethy-Lemberg Pastoral Charge, as well as predecessors, successors (including Pheasant Creek Larger Parish) and constituent churches – their boards, committees and related bodies, and local women’s units.

Contents include: minutes of church boards, councils, trustees, stewards, and congregational meetings; minutes and other records from local Ladies Aid Societies, Women’s Missionary Societies (W.M.S.), Woman’s Association (W.A.), and United Church Women (U.C.W.) groups; Sunday School records; membership records; some financial records and annual reports; church record books and registers documenting baptisms, marriages and burials in Abernethy, Adanac, Swarthmore, Langemark, Lemberg, Rosewood, Kenlis, Neudorf, and nearby area(s).

Abernethy Pastoral Charge

Alameda and Frobisher Pastoral Charges fonds

  • FL 006
  • Fonds
  • 1889–1987

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Alameda Pastoral Charge, Frobisher Pastoral Charge, Alameda-Frobisher Pastoral Charge, their predecessors and constituent churches – boards, committees and related bodies, local women’s units and other groups.

Contents include: minutes of Official Board, Church Council, congregation, session, stewards, managers, committees, Mission Band and Sunday School meetings; local unit records of the Women’s Missionary Society (W.M.S.), United Church Women (U.C.W.), and Young Peoples’ Society; membership and historic rolls, going back as far as the Alameda and Frobisher Methodist Circuits; a historical sketch of Frobisher Union Church; registers of baptisms, marriages and burials that took place at Alameda Methodist/United Church, Ebenezer, Douglaston, Middleton, Dalesboro, Frobisher Union/United Church, Albany, Earnwein, Out-of-Sight, Rockland. There is also a booklet “My Last Messages to My Frobisher People” (1929), containing a list of sermons by A. Russell.

Alameda Pastoral Charge

Arcola, Kisbey, Lampman Pastoral Charges fonds

  • FL 023
  • Fonds
  • 1895–2007

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Arcola Pastoral Charge, Kisbey Pastoral Charge, Arcola-Kisbey Pastoral Charge, Lampman Pastoral Charge, Kisbey-Lampman Pastoral Charge and many of their constituent churches – their boards, committees and related bodies, local women’s units and other groups.

Contents include: minutes of church boards, managers, sessions, stewards, congregational, trustee and committee meetings; some Hi-C, Mission Band and Sunday School records; minutes and financial records from some of the local Ladies Aid Society, Women’s Missionary Society (W.M.S.), Woman’s Association (W.A.) and United Church Women (U.C.W.) groups; guest books; communion rolls and membership records; and registers documenting baptisms, marriages and burials at Arcola, Willmar, South Arcola, Browning School, Wierhill School, Lampman, Kisbey, Maitland, Warmley, Morrisview, Percy, Wordsworth, Coteau, Kingsford, and related locations.

Arcola Pastoral Charge

Asquith-Perdue Pastoral Charge fonds

  • FL 027
  • Fonds
  • 1906–2013

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Asquith-Perdue Pastoral Charge and predecessors, including Asquith Pastoral Charge and Perdue Pastoral Charge, as well as their constituent congregations – church boards, committees and related bodies, local women’s units and other groups.

Contents include: minutes of official boards and councils, Stewards, Session, congregational, committee and Sunday School meetings; records of local Ladies Aid Society, Women’s Missionary Society (W.M.S.), and United Church Women (UC.W.) groups; minutes of local Canadian Girls in Training (C.G.I.T.) and Explorers groups; various financial records; church anniversary and history files; communion and historic rolls; and a register of baptisms, marriages, and burials held at Kinley United Church and related locations.

Asquith-Perdue Pastoral Charge

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