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United Church of Canada Living Skies Region Archives Saskatchewan Missions and missionaries√
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Abernethy Presbytery fonds

  • FD 01
  • Fonds
  • 1922–1925

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by the Presbytery, its secretaries, committees and related bodies, in fulfillment of their responsibilities, as outlined in the Manual of the United Church of Canada.

Contents include meeting minutes (1922-1953), correspondence and a history, "Early history of religious services in the Abernethy
Presbytery" (2 pages, no date indicated).

Presbyterian Church in Canada Abernethy Presbytery

Battleford Presbytery fonds

  • FD 05
  • Fonds
  • 1925–2000

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by the Presbytery, its secretaries, committees and related bodies, in fulfillment of their responsibilities, as outlined in the Manual of the United Church of Canada.

Contents include: minutes; reports; correspondence; documents regarding Hafford (Mission) Hospital; an accounts ledger; files relating to education and students; record of candidates for ministry; pastoral relations records; and a Battleford Presbytery Survey (1973).

United Church of Canada Battleford Presbytery

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

Frank Hoffman fonds

  • PR 01
  • Fonds
  • 1920–1945

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.

Hoffman, Frank

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.

United Church work among Ukrainians in Northern Saskatchewan

United Church work among Ukrainians in Northern Saskatchewan - material collected apparently by Dr. Nichol and indicated by him as such:

  • Letter for Dr. Nicol from John Roberts Kovalevitch, United Church Missionary in the Canora district, 1929.
  • "The Story of the Ruthenians," [by] Rev. A.J. Hunter, [no date noted] (12 pages).
  • "A Statement of the Ukrainian Mission Work of the United Church of Canada," by Rev. P.C. Crath. [no date noted] (6 pages).
  • Response to the Rev. Crath's accusations, made to the Home Missions Committee, United Church of Canada, by E. Eustace and Maxim Berenzynski, [no date noted].
  • "Reflections on the Ukrainian Situation," [by] Rev. A.J. Hunter, Editor of the Canadian Ranok, in response to Rev. Grath, [no date provided] (11 pages).
  • Extracts from the Canadian Ranok, 1931.
  • "The Ukrainian People in Canada and Our Work Among Them," address to the Alberta Conference, 1931, by Dr. A. E. Archer, of
    Lamont, Alberta.
  • Bulletin of the Ukrainian Bureau, London, England, No. 15 and No. 16, 1932, 1933.
  • "Bringing Up Children," [by] A. Bereka, 1933, reported extracts from a lecture.
  • Memo on the Commission on City Missions and Non-Anglo Saxon Work, 1944.
  • "Facts Concerning the History of the Independent Greek Church," [no date provided].
  • "The Galicians at Home," [by] Mrs. C.H. Monro, Ethelbert, Manitoba, [no date provided].
  • "The Ukrainians, Our Most Pressing Problem," [by] N.L. Scott. K.C. Catholic Truth Society of Canada, Toronto, 1930 (64 pages).
  • Autobiographical sketch, by Rev. John Gregorash (Canora district) and letter to Dr. Nicol, 1943.
  • Autobiographical sketch, by Rev. Theo Bay (Calder district), 1943.
  • "The Ukraine," Bedwin Sands, London, 1914.