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United Church of Canada Living Skies Region Archives Missions and missionaries√
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Boards and Committees files

Series consists of records relating to and/or created by various committees, boards, camps, and other entities governed by or associated with the United Church of Canada, in Saskatchewan. Contents include minutes, reports, correspondence, plans and other documents and images pertaining to: the Committee for Christian Education (1925-1970), including Girls' Work and Children's Work Committees; Survey and Planning Committee; Settlement Committee (1924-1961); the Conference Special Committee for the Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee (1955); Committee to Study Non-Anglo-Saxons (1930-1931); Missionary and Maintenance Fund Committee (1934-1935); the Special Committee to Study the Relationship between the Christian Church and Education in Saskatchewan (1966); the Committee on Union of the United Church of Canada (1961-1973); the Conference Committee on Church Extension; Board of Home Missions (1917-1952); Lumsden Beach Camp (1908-1962); Camp Outlook (1947-1953); White Bear Religious Camp (1930-1940); the Benevolent Society of Camp McKay (1953-1983); the Prairie Christian Training Centre [later Calling Lakes Centre] (1952-1973); the Ministers' Summer School of Religion (1934-1941); Templeton Mission (1952-1953); Moose Jaw College (1914-1945); Conference Committee on Colleges and Education (1930-1931), primarily correspondence from Convenor D.S. Dix; Oliver Lodge (1949-1979); Laymembers of Saskatchewan Conference (1925-1963); the Boundaries Committee (1973); and Camp Tapawingo (1960-1980).

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

Home Missions, 1961-1973

Series contains minutes, reports, correspondence, and other records relating to the work of the United Church Board of Home Missions. Contents include files related to the Board's annual meetings, correspondence and financial assistance to congregations and programs (through various Home Mission Committees).

Division of Mission, 1972-1976

Series contains correspondence and other records relating to the work of the United Church Division of Mission in Canada (which followed the Board of Home Missions, around 1972). Contents include files related to the division, its committees and related activities.

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

Historical Record of Prince Albert Presbytery

Bound album "The Historical Record of the Presbytery of Prince Albert", 1929. Contents include a typed history, written by J. Sheridan Bole, Chairman of the Presbytery Historical Committee, with a brief outline of the Presbyterian Mission at Prince Albert and of the Presbytery, and detailed histories of the charges within the Presbytery. The back part of the volume ("Illustrations" section) contains photographs of churches and other buildings associated with church activities, such as mission hospitals and schools. Prints are partially attached to pages, while negatives, in protective envelopes, are also loosely tucked into the volume.

Buildings and locations featured in photos include: St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Prince Albert; home of Miss Lucy Baker; Prince Albert memorial cairn; United Church, Big River; United Church and former Methodist church, Birch Hills; former Methodist Church, United Church and manse, Davis; Deer Park Presbyterian Church; Red Deer Hill church; Old Hill Farm House, near Flett's Springs, where services were held 1891; old manse and Flett's Springs Church, between Prince Albert and Dauphin; United Church and former Methodist church, Kinistino; United Church, Leask; town of Melfort, 1895-1900; former Methodist Church, United Church, and St. James Presbyterian Church, Melfort; Northside United Church; United Church, Beatty; Nisbet School Home, opened in 1918; United Church, Naicam; church and manse, Nipawin; Ravine Bank church, Nipawin; United Church, Codette; United Church and manse, Pathlow; United Church and manse, Pleasant Valley; United Church, Pleasantdale; old and new mission houses, Round Plain reserve; United Church and manse, Ridgedale; United Church, Campbellville; Methodist and United Churches and manse, Tisdale; United Church, Shellbrook; United Church and mission house, Wakaw ; first and [later] "present" Anna Turnbull Memorial Hospital, Wakaw.

Portraits include: Dr. James Robinson, 1839-1902; Dr. G.F. MacDougall; Capt. Moore; the Nesbitt children; Rev. John McKay; Miss Lucy Baker, 1836-1909; the "Melfort Pioneers", group photo of men (names noted below), on steps of Canadian Bank of Commerce; Nisbet School Home boys (group photo); children and congregation from Round Plain Reserve.

Arthur Whiteside diary - Prince Albert Presbytery

Typed copy of "A Diary of Reverend Arthur Whiteside, 1850-1926" (108 pages), as presented to Wesley Church by W. Carleton Whiteside, M.D., in 1954. Rev. Whiteside was a Methodist clergyman who, in 1880, went by river boat from Edmonton to Prince Albert, where he established the Wesley Church and worked for three years as a missionary.

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.
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