Series consists of Board and Executive minutes, which includes manuscript minutes, 1926-1956, and digest of minutes, 1926-1971; minutes of meetings between the Board Secretary and the Superintendents, 1934-1971; printed Annual Reports, 1926-1971; planning and policy records; minutes of the T. Bissell Bursary Fund, 1935-1979; minutes of the Immigration Committee (to bring children--boys--from Britain to Canada to place on farms in Ontario), 1926-1935; and a list of all the institutions in which the United Church was involved, [n.d.].
Subseries consists of records of debates and legal decisions dealing with the properties owned by the denominations that entered into union in 1925. In addition there are copies of the decisions of the Dominion property Commission, and a Joint Advisory Committee set up by the churches to determine the fate of properties that the continuing Presbyterian Church in Canada would retain.
The correspondence of the General Secretary is wide-ranging, covering materials as diverse as immigration, Saskatchewan's drought relief efforts in the 1930s and United Church participation in them, Indian Residential Schools in western Canada, hospitals and several other institutions which the church either operated or participated in and a great deal more. In addition there are several manuscripts and published papers housed here. The records have been arranged chronologically.
Series consists primarily of the correspondence files of James Lyttle and Frank L.H. Stymiest dealing with church extension, loans and grants, property matters, building plans, staffing of charges with summer students, and general management issues.
June 27th, 1961 to April 5th, 1962
From May 2nd, 1930 to April 15th, 1931
From June 2nd, 1931 to April 8th, 1932
From June 22, 1932 to March 22nd, 1933
May 16th, 1956 to April 4th, 1957
May 16th, 1957 to March 27th, 1958
April 21st, 1958 to April 9th, 1959
May 19th, 1959 to March 31st, 1960
May 2nd, 1960 to April 13th, 1961
May 2, 1962 to April 1-4, 1963
May 2, 1963 to April 6-9, 1964
May 4th, 1964 to April 8th, 1965
April 5th, 1968 to March 5th, 1969