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1911-1935 (Creation)
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- Oliver, Edmund Henry, 1882-1935
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7 cm of textual records
6 microfilm reels : positive and negative
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Edmund Henry Oliver (1882-1935) was a Presbyterian/United Church minister and educator and Moderator of the United Church. He was born in Eberts, Ontario, and studied (M.A., Ph.D., D.D., LL.D.) at the Universities of Toronto, Columbia, Berlin, and Halle, and at Knox College. He held teaching and administrative positions at Canadian universities; this included being appointed the first Principal of St. Andrew's College, Saskatoon, in 1913. He was an overseas chaplain during World War I and was a founder of the University of Vimy Ridge (or the Khaki University) for Canadians in France. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he published a number of studies pertaining to classical history as well as Canadian concerns, and served on two Royal Commissions. He was the first President of Saskatchewan Conference of the United Church, and served as Moderator from 1930 to 1932.
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This material forms part of the General Council program of the United Church of Canada Archive.
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Fonds consists of correspondence, papers re University of Vimy Ridge and other World War I chaplaincy matters, typescript of "Religious history of Saskatchewan" and articles and other papers re church history - predominantly in Saskatchewan, and papers re church union.
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Originals in United Church of Canada, Living Skies Regional Council Archives.
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See also records of Moderators in Fonds 499.