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1925-2011 (Creation)
- Creator
- Agassiz United Church (Kent, B.C.)
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1900-1925 (Creation)
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- Geneva Presbyterian Church (Kent, B.C.)
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1895-1925 (Creation)
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- Agassiz Methodist Church (Kent, B.C.)
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- 1.33 m of textual records
- 145 photographs
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Methodist and Presbyterian activity in Agassiz dates back to the early 1890s. The Methodists formed a Quarterly Official Board in Agassiz in 1895, and a Presbyterian congregation was formally organized in 1900. The latter came to be called Geneva Presbyterian Church, by 1908. In 1925 the two congregations joined together to form Agassiz United Church. This constituted a pastoral charge in Westminster Presbytery from 1925 to 1959, when it was absorbed by the newly created Fraser Presbytery. In 1969, Agassiz United Church joined Rosedale United Church in a two-point charge known as Agassiz-Rosedale Pastoral Charge. This arrangement continued until 2013, when the congregations became separate charges once again.
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Scope and content
Fonds consists of the records of Agassiz United Church, its predecessors Geneva Presbyterian Church and Agassiz Methodist Church, and jointly created records of the Agassiz-Rosedale Pastoral Charge (1969-2013). Record series include Baptism, marriage, and burial records (1900-1998); Membership records (1901-2003); Board and committee records (1895-2010); Legal/property records (1984-2009); Women's group records (1908-2003); Sunday school records (1899-1961); Youth group records (1938-1939); Records of other groups (1952-[200-?]); Congregational histories (1953-2010); Congregational financial records (1904-1938); Annual reports (1956-2011); Newsletters (2000-2010); and Guest registers (1975-1982).
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Physical condition
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Records were transferred to the Archives by Agassiz United Church in several installments; dates of early accessions are undocumented. Subsequent transfers occurred in 2010 and 2012.
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- English
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Restrictions on access
- Access to vital event records (baptism/marriage/burial records) may be restricted according to requirements of the B.C. Personal Information Protection Act
- Some further restrictions apply; consult file list
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BCAUL control number: UCCBC-178
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Revised April 26, 2016; June 19, 2016; and October 26, 2016.
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- English