Fonds consists of records from James Bay United Church, and its predecessor, James Bay Methodist Church. Methodist and United Church records are not separately arranged as they are continuous within volumes. Fonds does not include records of the Victoria West-James Bay Pastoral Charge (1948-1957), as the joint Official Board minutes for this are included in the Victoria West United Church fonds. Records include Baptism registers and certificate stubs (1916-1967), Marriage registers and forms (includes civil) (1916-1994) and Burial register and permits (1916-1993); Circuit register (1892-1945), Historic rolls (1892-1986) and Membership lists (1978-1983); Session minutes (1927-1985), Stewards minutes (1947-1970), Official Board minutes (1905-1969), Church Council minutes and correspondence (1970-1995), Trustees minutes (1891-1936), Congregational meetings minutes (1926-1994), Property and Maintenance Committee minutes (1971-1973), Management Committee minutes (1975-1987), Finance Committee minutes (1970-1973), Outreach Committee minutes and correspondence (1986-1994), Action Committee minutes and correspondence (1969-1976), Centennial Committee minutes and correspondence (1989-1991); Ladies Aid/Woman's Association minutes (1933-1961), W.A. Membership records (1954-1961), W.A. financial record (1954-1962) and W.A. Evening Circle minutes (1953-1961), Woman's Missionary Society minutes (1922-1961), United Church Women minutes (1962-1971), U.C.W. Violet Schroeder Unit records (1962-1965), U.C.W. records (1962-1993); Sunday School records (1912-1974); Explorers Record book (1968); history of James Bay United Church (manuscript and interview transcripts) (1990) and Matthew Kynaston's "Edifice Complex: Poor Man's Purse, A Century of Dreams" (church history/manuscript) (1991); Congregational financial records (1914-1959); Annual reports (1964-1996); and Guest registers (1964-1990).