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Series consists of photographs and an album gifted to George Sanderson from Ladies and Friends of the Wesleyan Church Port Hope, [18--]-[189-]. The album contains photographs of family, friends, congregants and fellow clergy.

Series consists of photographs, posters and glass lantern slides depicting the Simpson family’s missionary work and life, [190-?]-[194-?].

Series consists of a map of Chengdu, [190-?], and a photograph of Retta Kilborn, [194-?].

Series consists of one photograph of Ernest Crossley Hunter descending from an airplane.

Series consists of two disassembled scrapbooks containing pictures taken from publications, [18--?]-[195-?]. Subjects of images include Home and Foreign Missions, and Indigenous Canadian Missions. In addition, there are some posters and an extensive stereograph collection.

Series consists of two audio discs featuring the Scarborough AOTS Glee Club in Scarborough, Ontario.

Series consists of photographs related to Katharine Hockin; including other missionaries, and places in China, [194-?]-[197-?].

Series consists of albums, photographs, negatives and slides of Evelyn Ricker’s time in West China, on furlough and working Home Mission in the Canadian Chinese communities, [19--]-[199-].

Series consists of a photograph of Mabel Hardy (1880?), and Lilly Hardy (1880?).

Series contains photographs and a scrapbook documenting Edward Wilson Wallace’s life, family and missionary work in China, [1880]-[194?].

Series consists of images from missionaries.

Album consists of photographs, printed copies of engravings or paintings of the presidents and selected outgoing correspondence, in addition to summaries of the various unions and the stations of the various Methodist denominations, 1820-1890.

Series consists of correspondence; letters received from her father, 1894-1895.

Series consists of minute books, primarily handwritten although some records are typed.

Album consists of photographs, correspondence, lists of stations and other biographical information re ministers, and historical notes covering the period 1821-1898.

Series contains Rev. George Sanderson’s journal from 1836 when he worked as a preacher and teacher at the Credit River Indigenous community, and a certificate of appreciation from the Trustee Boards of the First Methodist Church, 1898.

Series consists of a marriage register, 1896-1906.

Series consists of a notebook relating to a course on New Testament criticism, which he was likely enrolled in at Knox College, Toronto.

Series consists of a photograph.

Series consists of images from missions in Vanuatu.

Series consists of architectural drawings; maps of Kharua, India, and the Canadian Presbyterian Mission Field in India, 1912.

Series consists of architectural drawings relating to the Methodist Book & Publishing House, 1913 and the Methodist Book Room Publishing House, n.d.

Series consists of class histories/accounts of events, 1898-1914, student record cards containing marks, 1913-1926, correspondence, 1914-1923, and financial statements, 1922-1923.

Series consists of minutes, 1902-1913; finance committee minutes, 1895-1915; reports, 1908, 1917;
correspondence, 1913-1919; and historical sketches of the organization, 1916-[192?].

Series consists of correspondence and some notices, leaflets and pamphlets 1860-1976.

Established in 1875, this Committee had oversight of missionary work in New Hebrides, Trinidad, British Guiana, and Korea. In 1915 this Committee merged with the Foreign Mission Board Western Division to form the Board of Foreign Missions.

Series consists of printed minutes (incomplete), 1888-1915.

The missions to the Jews in Palestine (discontinued in 1895) and in Canada were the responsibility of the Foreign Mission Committee Western Division until 1912. Jewish work in Canada continued under the Board of Home Missions, and after 1915, the Board of Home Missions and Social Service.

Series consists of three subseries correspondence regarding the mission to the Jews in Palestine, 1888-1912; correspondence regarding the mission to the Jews in Montreal, 1892-1902; and records regarding the missions to the Jews in Toronto and Winnipeg, 1908-1920.

Series consists of a personal chronology, 1889-1898, Diaries and Journals, 1906-1917, Correspondence, 1889-1920.

Series consists of resolutions of the Committee on Federation of Woman’s Missionary Boards of Canada.

Series consists of the Canadian Methodist Historical Society’s accounting book for 1902-1992

The Board's mandate included work with the Chinese on the island of Formosa (Taiwan) continuing work begun in 1871 when the Reverend George L. MacKay was sent as a missionary by the Foreign Mission Committee of the Canada Presbyterian Church.

Series primarily consists of correspondence received by William McLaren, Thomas Wardrope, Hamilton Cassels, R.P. MacKay and A.E. Armstrong, officials of the Board and its antecedent body in the Canada Presbyterian Church. Beginning in 1908, copies of outgoing letters are included; correspondents are numerous with many letters from missionaries, including George L. MacKay.

Series includes record books of quarterly statistics for Methodist day, boarding, and industrial schools for Indigenous students. Categories of recorded information include: schools; names of teachers; numbers and average attendance of students; studies (1st book, 2nd book,6th book); aggregate attendance; numbers of school days, holidays, and days school open; grants received from the Indian Department; date of report, and remarks. Statistics are incomplete, especially for later reports. Entries include day schools at Caughnawaga and Oka, Que., Berens River, Oxford House, and God's Lake, Man., Nut Lake and Moose Woods, Sask., Goodfish Lake and Saddle Lake, Alta., Klemtu, Bella Coola, and Kispiox, B.C., among many other places; boarding schools at Norway House, Man [Norway House Residential School] and Port Simpson (Lax Kw’alaams), B.C.; industrial institutes at Muncey, Ont. [Mount Elgin Residential School], Brandon, Man. [Brandon Residential School], Red Deer, Alta. [Red Deer Industrial Institute], and Sardis, B.C. [Coqualeetza Residential School].

The General Secretaries of the Missionary Society, among other duties, were to make themselves acquainted with the entire mission field by official correspondence and visitation, and to publish the annual report of the Society. From 1868 to 1925, they were: Enoch Wood and Lachlin Taylor, 1868-1874; Enoch Wood, 1874-1878; Alexander Sutherland, 1878-1906. After 1906 there were General Secretaries for the Foreign Department: Alexander Sutherland, 1906-1910; T.E. Egerton Shore, 1910-1913; James Endicott, 1913-1925; and for the Home Department: James Allen, 1906-1918 and Charles E. Manning, 1918-1925.

Series consist of records relating to foreign and home missions, including missions in West China and Japan; domestic missions; work with Indigenous People in Quebec, Ontario and Western Canada; work with Japanese and Chinese immigrants and new Canadians, mainly in British Columbia; work with European immigrants and new Canadians; work with French Canadians in Quebec; and work with people in cities. Series is divided into the following subseries: 1. copybook of outgoing correspondence of Enoch Wood, Lewis Peake, Lachlin Taylor, and Alexander Sutherland 1868-1880; 2. correspondence of Alexander Sutherland, 1875-1910; 3. correspondence of Frank H. Langford, 1908-1909; 4. incoming correspondence of the General Secretary, Alexander Sutherland, 1900-1910; 5. correspondence of T.E. Egerton Shore, 1907-1912; 6. correspondence of the Assistant Secretary, Allan C. Farrell, 1910-1912; and 7. correspondence of General Secretary, James Endicott, and the Assistant Secretary, Jesse H. Arnup, of the Foreign Department 1912-1923.

Presbyterian mission work began on a part-time basis in 1907 and full-time in Vancouver in 1913 and in Victoria in 1914.

Series consists primarily of correspondence received by Board Secretaries, and occasionally copies of letters sent. Among the correspondents are missionaries who served among the East Indians. Letters deal mainly with Canadian immigration policy, treatment of East Indians, and problems associated with establishing the mission.

In 1875, responsibility for Presbyterian missions to Indigenous Peoples of Western Canada was absorbed by the Foreign Mission Committee Western Section of the newly formed Presbyterian Church in Canada. From 1875 to 1885, the Committee was aided informally by the Presbytery of Manitoba in oversight of the work. Following the organization of the Synod of Manitoba and the North West in 1884, the Manitoba Foreign Mission Committee was appointed in 1885 to act in conjunction with the Foreign Mission Committee Western Section in the furtherance of mission work among Indigenous Peoples of the North West. A similar committee was struck in connection with the Synod of British Columbia when it was created in 1892. These Synodical Committees, each with their own Executive bodies, acted in an advisory capacity, reporting on mission work within their bounds, and making recommendations with respect to appointment of missionaries, expenditures, and expansion of the field. Although the Synodical Committees gradually assumed more responsibilities in the administration of mission work, their actions were always subject to the approval of the General Assembly's Foreign Mission Committee. The role of the Presbyteries was also enlarged. In 1901, the Foreign Mission Committee Western Division passed regulations which authorized the Presbyteries to take oversight and report on mission work within their bounds, and to meet with missionaries to confer with them regarding work to be undertaken with a view to estimating expenditures. In 1912, all missions to Indigenous Peoples were transferred to the Board of Home Missions which became part of the Board.

Series consists primarily of incoming correspondence to Committee Convenors and Secretaries from missionaries, Synod officials, Woman's Foreign Missionary Society officials, and others re missions in Manitoba and the North West, 1875-1923 (predominant 1875-1912), and British Columbia, 1891-1912. Fields of work covered in the correspondence include missions and mission schools at, for example, Mistawasis, Makoce Waste, and Crowstand, Sask., Bird Tail Creek, and Swan Lake, Man., Stony Plain, Alta., and Ucluelet, B.C.; residential institutions such as those at Regina, Sask. [Regina Residential School], Birtle, Man. [Birtle Residential School], Lake of the Woods, Ont. [Cecilia Jeffrey Residential School] and Alberni B.C. [Alberni Residential School]; and beginnings of the marine mission on the coast of Vancouver Island. There are also passing references made to work among the Chinese and East Indians in British Columbia.

Series contains images generated in the course of home mission activities under the direction of: the Board of Foreign Missions, and its predecessor body, the Foreign Mission Committee (w.s.); the Women's Missionary Society (e.d.); the Women's Missionary Society (w.d.) and its antecedent bodies, the Women's Foreign Missionary Society (w.d.) and Women's Home Missionary Society; the Board of Home Missions and Social Service, and its antecedent bodies, the Home Mission Committee (w.s.), Board of Home Missions, and Board of Social Service and Evangelism.

Series consists of photoprints, lantern slides, postcards, cartes de visite, and stereographs created or collected by ordained missionaries, lay mission workers, and others serving, or involved in directing or promoting Presbyterian missions to indigenous peoples and ethno-cultural communities in Canada. Significant images include: lantern slides by the Presbyterian Lantern Slide Department; and photos taken in connection with a series of social surveys of major Canadian cities conducted in 1913 by the Presbyterian Board of Social Service and Evangelism in cooperation with the Department of Temperance and Moral Reform of the Methodist Church.

Images in this series provide insight into the complex power relationships between those who served in the home mission fields and those whom the missions sought to reach. Images offer visual evidence of the evangelistic, educational, medical, and social work of the Church as an agent of colonialism, 'Christianization' and 'Canadianization'. Images also document the activities, way of life, and cultural experience of indigenous peoples as well as the immigrants who settled the land now known as Canada through the dominant white, Eurocentric, perspective of the Church and its missions. Indigenous peoples, ethnic groups, immigrants, missionaries, preaching places, and institutions are the main subjects covered.

Types of institutions represented include: boarding schools, such as Ahousaht Residential School, Ahousaht, B.C.; school homes, for example, Sifton School Home, Sifton, Man.; fresh air camps for children, such as those held at Gimli, Man.; hospitals, for example Anna Turnbull Hospital, Wakaw, Sask.; marine missions, featuring mission boats such as Sky Pilot; co-operative city missions, such as the United Mission, Sydney, N.S.; missions to immigrants and new Canadians, such as the Jewish Mission, Winnipeg, Man.; and social settlement houses, such as St. Columba House, Montreal, Que.

Series is arranged geographically according to information provided by each item. Consequently, the level of specificity varies: one item may give only enough information to link it with a country or region, while another may indicate that it is associated with a particular province or town. Material is available for the following locations: Ahousaht, B.C.; Alberta; Assiniboia, Sask.; Athabasca, Alta.; Atlin, B.C.; Birtle, Man.; British Columbia; Buchanan, Sask.; Calgary, Alta.; Canora, Sask.; Coalmont, B.C.; Cote Reserve, Sask.; Cushing, Que.; Dawson Creek, B.C.; Dawson, Y.T.; Dunvegan, Alta.; Eldorado, Y.T.; Elgin, Man.; Ethelbert, Man.; File Hills,
Sask.; Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.; Fort Frances, Ont.; Fort William, Ont.; Gimli, Man.; Grande Prairie, Alta.; Gull Lake, Ont.; Hamilton, Ont.; Indian Head, Assa.; Ingersoll, Ont.; Kenora, Ont.; Latchford, Ont.; Loring, Ont.; Lumsden Beach, Sask.; Makoce Waste Reserve, Sask.; Manitoba; Marine missions, B.C.; Milk River, Alta.; Minto, N.B.; Minto, Man.; Montreal, Que.; Ontario; Paul's Corners, Alta.; Peace River, Alta.; Pine River, Man.; Pipestone, Man.; Port Arthur, Ont.; Portage la Prairie, Man.; Pouce Coupe, B.C.; Prairie Provinces; Quebec; Quebec City, Que.; Rainy River, Ont.; Regina, Sask.; Robinson's Crossing, Alta.; Rolla, B.C.; Saskatchewan; Schumacher, Ont.; Sifton, Man.; Sudbury, Ont.; Swan Lake, Man.; Sydney, N.S.; Telegraph Creek, B.C.; Teulon, Man.; Toronto, Ont.; Turtle Mountain, Man.; Vancouver, B.C.; Verburg, Alta.; Veregin, Sask.; Wakaw, Sask.; Whitecourt, Alta.; Winnipeg, Man.; Yellowhead Pass, Alta.

In 1876, the Foreign Mission Committee Western Section initiated the organization of a Woman's Missionary Society to function as an auxiliary of the Committee with a view to securing the more full cooperation of the female membership of the Church in support of women employed as missionaries. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Western Division, duly constituted, had as its object "to aid the Foreign Missionary Committee or Board of Missions, by promoting its work among the women and children of heathen lands." The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Eastern Division adopted similar aims when it was formed in 1876 as an auxiliary of the Foreign Mission Committee Eastern Section. In 1882, the Montreal Woman's Missionary Society, auxiliary of the Board of French Evangelization, broadened its mandate to include home and foreign work, and became known as the Woman's Missionary Society (Home, French and Foreign). These bodies amalgamated in 1914, along with the Women's Home Missionary Society, to form the Woman's Missionary Society Western Division. While continuing to declare itself an auxiliary of the Home and Foreign Mission Boards of the Church, the W.M.S. (W.D.) came to share in many aspects of decision making, and managed to expand the field of its activities to create a separate sphere in which to pursue its own priorities. For more information about these groups, see Presbyterian Church in Canada Women's Missionary Society Western Division fonds (127).

Series consists of incoming, and some outgoing, correspondence between the Foreign Mission Committee Western Section/Board of Foreign Missions, and the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Western Division, 1888-1914, the Women's Missionary Society Eastern Division, 1918-1925, the Woman's Missionary Society (Home, French and Foreign), 1892-1915, and the Women's Missionary Society Western Division, 1915-1925. The primary correspondents are Board and national Society officials. The correspondence deals mainly with administrative, operational, and financial matters for fields in which the Societies were actively engaged in mission work including abroad in India, China, Formosa (Taiwan), and Korea; and at home among Indigenous People in Western Canada, Chinese in British Columbia, and French Canadians in Quebec.

Series contains some correspondence received by the W.M.S. (Home, French and Foreign). It is not known when or how this original W.M.S. material was mixed into the records of the Board.

This Mission was begun in 1898 under the direction of the Foreign Mission Committee Eastern Section.

Series primarily consists of correspondence received and sent by Board secretaries, R.P. MacKay and A.E. Armstrong, with various correspondents including missionaries. There are also records, including minutes, of the Cooperating Board for Christian Education in Chosen, 1915-1925, which are concerned with Chosen Christian College and Severance Union Medical College; printed minutes of the Council of the Korea Mission, 1913-1925; printed minutes of the Council of Presbyterian Missions in Korea, 1916-1918, 1925.

The Foreign Mission Committee Western Section appointed its first missionary to the Chinese in Canada in 1891, with work commencing at Victoria in 1892. Prior to the opening of the Victoria mission, and indeed long afterward, a significant amount of work among Chinese Canadians was organized at the congregational or presbyterial level, and was often conducted by volunteers, sometimes with support from local Christian Endeavour Societies or Christian Associations. In 1902, there were, for example, several Sunday/week night schools in each of Toronto and Ottawa, Ont., Quebec City, Que., and Halifax, N.S., all organized in connection with the Presbyterian churches in those areas. Similar endeavours were undertaken, sometimes in cooperation with other denominations, in smaller communities such as Hamilton, Ont., Medicine Hat, Alta., and Kaslo, B.C. Missionaries also attempted to reach the many Chinese Canadians living in more remote areas by itinerating. The number of missions to Chinese Canadians maintained, in whole or in part, by the Board of Foreign Missions grew at the same time as local involvement increased. By 1921, the Board was contributing to the support of missionaries stationed in Vancouver, Victoria, and Cumberland, B.C.; Calgary and Edmonton, Alta.; Winnipeg, Man.; Toronto, Ont.; Montreal, Que.; and elsewhere.

Series consists primarily of correspondence to the Convenors and Secretaries of the Foreign Mission Committee Western Section and the Board of Foreign Missions from missionaries and others working with Chinese Canadians. Correspondence is mostly incoming until 1908, after which date, copies of outgoing letters are also included.

Series consists of photograph of inaugural meeting of Toronto East Presbytery, 1925.

Series consists of a map of Currie Institute, Dondi, Angola, n.d.

Series consists of photographs of graduating classes from 1911-1925.

Series contains images generated in the course of home mission activities under the direction of: the Missionary Society; and the Woman's Missionary Society.

Series consists of photoprints, postcards, lantern slides, cartes de visite, stereographs, photomechanical prints, and souvenir albums created or collected by ordained missionaries, student supplies, lay mission workers, and others serving, or involved in directing or promoting Methodist missions to aboriginal peoples and ethno-cultural communities in Canada. Over half the items in this series were collected by Rev. F.C. Stephenson, organizer of the Student Missionary Campaign, 1894-1906, and later, Secretary of the Young People's Forward Movement for Missions, 1906-1925. Many of his photographs were used to illustrate Y.P.F.M. educational and promotional literature, and publications such as the Missionary Bulletin, as well as mainstream Church periodicals such as the Christian Guardian. Other significant images include: photos collected by Rev. John Maclean, missionary to the aboriginal peoples of the prairies; and originals of prints which appeared in publications by J.S. Woodsworth.

Images in this series provide insight into the evolving relationship between those who served in the home mission fields, and those whom the missions sought to reach. Images offer visual evidence for the evangelistic, educational, medical, and social work of the Church as an agent of 'Christianization' and 'Canadianization'. Images also document the activities, way of life, and cultural experience of the first peoples to inhabit Canada, and of the immigrants who settled this land during the formative years of nation building. Aboriginal peoples, ethnic groups, immigrants, missionaries, mission churches, and institutions are the main subject areas covered.

Types of institutions represented include: industrial schools, such as Brandon Industrial Institute, Brandon Man. [Brandon Residential School]; boarding schools, for example, Elizabeth Long Memorial Home, Kitimaat, B.C. [Port Simpson Residential School/ Lax Kw'alaams] ; missions to immigrants and new Canadians, such as the All Peoples' Mission, Winnipeg, Man.; hospitals, for example Lamont Public Hospital, Lamont, Alta.; marine missions featuring mission boats such as Glad Tidings and Thomas Crosby; fresh air camps such as those held at Lumsden Beach, Sask.; co-operative city missions, such as the Old Brewery Mission, Montreal, Que.; and orphanages, such as the Methodist Orphanage, St. John's, Nfld.

Series is arranged geographically according to information provided by each item. Consequently, the level of specificity varies: one item may give only enough information to link it with a country or region, while another may indicate that it is associated with a particular province or town. Material is available for the following locations: Abernethy, Sask.; Adanac, Sask.; Agassiz, B.C.; Alberta; Alderville, Ont.; Alert Bay, B.C.; Athabasca, Alta.; Bamfield Creek, B.C.; Banff, Alta.; Beaver Cove, B.C.; Beaverlodge, Alta.; Bella Coola, B.C.; Bella Bella, B.C.; Bellevue, Alta.; Bellis, Alta.; Berens River, Man.; Blackhead, Nfld.; Blairmore, Alta.; Blonden Harbour,
B.C.; Bluesky, Alta.; Bow River, Alta.; Brandon, Man.; Brilliant, B.C.; British Columbia; Bruderheim, Alta.; Buchanan, Sask.; Bulkley River valley, B.C.; Burgeo, Nfld.; Cains River, N.B.; Calgary, Alta.; Camrose, Alta.; Canmore, Alta.; Cape Bonavista, Nfld.; Cape Breton, N.S.; Carbonear, Nfld.; Carlisle, Ga.; Chembasko, B.C.; China Hat, B.C.; Chipman, Alta.; Clo-oose, B.C.; Cobalt, Ont.; Cochrane, Ont.; Coleman, Alta.; Cowichan River, B.C.; Crowsnest Pass, Alta.; Cupids, Nfld.; Curve Lake, Ont.; Cypress Hills, Alta.; Dauphin, Man.; Deckerville, Sask.; Deer Lake, Ont.; Drumheller, Alta.; Duck Lake, Sask.; Duffield, Alta.; Duncan, B.C.; Dunvegan, Alta.; Edmonton, Alta.; Elbow River valley, Alta.; Elk Lake, Ont.; Ellington, Sask.; Esquimalt, B.C.; Exploits, Nfld.; Fernie, B.C.; File Hills Colony, Sask.; Fisher River, Man.; Fort Garry, Man.; Fort Macleod, Alta.; Fort William, Ont.; Frank, Alta.; Fraser River, B.C.; Freetown, P.E.I.; Gaspe, Que.; Georgina Island, Ont.; Glace Bay, N.S.; Gleichen, Alta.; God's Lake, Man.; Gold Harbour, B.C.; Golden City, Ont.; Golden, B.C.; Gore Bay, Ont.; Grand Bank, Nfld.; Grande Prairie, Alta.; Greenville, B.C.; Griffin Creek, Alta.; Hafford, Sask.; Haileybury, Ont.;
Halcourt, Alta.; Hamilton, Ont.; Hamilton Inlet, Nfld.; Hanley, Sask.; Happy Valley, Alta.; Harbour Grace, Nfld.; Hardisty, Alta.; Hartley Bay, B.C.; Havre Aubert, Que.; Hazelton, B.C.; Hosmer, B.C.; Hudson's Hope, B.C.; Hydeville, Assa.; Hythe, Alta.; Ikeda Cove, B.C.; Ile d'Orleans, Que.; Insinger, Sask.; Invermay, Sask.; Iroquois Falls, Ont.; Iroquois, Ont.; Island Lake, Man.; Kamloops, B.C.; Kemano, B.C.; Killarney, Man.; Kispiox, B.C.; Kitimaat, B.C.; Kitkatla, B.C.; Kitlope, B.C.; Kitwanga, B.C.; Klondike River valley, B.C.; Koksilah, B.C.;
Kolokreeka, Alta.; Kuper Island, B.C. [now called Penelakut Island]; Lachkaltsap, B.C.; Lake Winnipeg, Man.; Lake Saskatoon, Alta.; Lake Chapleau, Que.; Lamont, Alta.; Lancaster, Ont.; Latchford, Ont.; Lethbridge, Alta.; Lille, Alta.; Limestone Lake, Alta.; Little Grand Rapids, Man.; Londesborough, Ont.; Long Lake, Sask.; Lumsden Beach, Sask.; Manitoba; Marine missions, B.C.; Marmora, Ont.; Masset, B.C.; McGregor, Man.; Meanskinisht, B.C.; Medicine Hat, Alta.; Metlakatla, B.C.; Mindemoya, Ont.; Monteith, Ont.; Montreal River, Ont.; Montreal, Que.; Moose Jaw, Sask.; Morden, Man.; Morley, Alta.; Muncey, Ont.; Myrtle Creek, Alta.; Nain, Nfld.; Nanaimo, B.C.; Nass River, B.C.;
Nelson House, Man.; Nelson, B.C.; New Westminster, B.C.; Newfoundland; Norway House, Man.; Ocean Falls, B.C.; Okanagan Landing, B.C.; Ontario; Ottawa, Ont.; Outlook, Sask.; Oxbow, Sask.; Oxford House, Man.; Pakan, Alta.; Peace River, Alta.; Peachland, B.C.; Pierreville, Que.; Pilot Mound, Man.; Pocahontas, Alta.; Poplar River, Man.; Port Arthur, Ont.; Port Simpson, B.C.; Port Essington, B.C.; Portage la Prairie, Man.; Pouce Coupe, B.C.; Prairie Provinces; Prince Rupert, B.C.; Prudcomb's Crossing, Alta.; Qu'Appelle, Sask.; Quamichan Lake, B.C.; Quebec; Quebec City, Que.; Queen Charlotte Sound, B.C.; Queen Charlotte Islands,
B.C.; Radway Centre, Alta.; Rainy Lake, Ont.; Red Deer, Alta.; Regina, Sask.; Reno, Alta.; Revelstoke, B.C.; Rice Lake, Ont.; River's Inlet, B.C.; Roland, Man.; Santa Fe, N.M.; Sapperton, B.C.; Sardis, B.C.; Saskatchewan; Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.; Skeena River, B.C.; Skidegate, B.C.; Smoky Lake, Alta.; Smooth Rock Falls, Ont.; Somenos, B.C.; Souris, Man.; Spirit River, Alta.; Split Lake, Man.; St. Percol, Que.; St. John, N.B.; St. John's, Nfld.; St. Boniface, Man.; St. Francois, Que.; Steveston, B.C.; Summerland, B.C.; Swift Current,
Sask.; Sydney, N.S.; Takush, B.C.; Terrace, B.C.; The Pas, Man.; Timmins, Ont.; Toronto, Ont.; United States; Uno Park, Ont.; Valhalla, Alta.; Vancouver, B.C.; Vancouver Island, B.C.; Vanrena, Alta.; Veregin, Sask.; Vernon, B.C.; Victoria, B.C.; Vita, Man.; Wahstao, Alta.; Wainwright, Alta.; Wawota, Alta.; Western Bay, Nfld.; Weyburn, Sask.; White Fish Lake, Alta.; Wilkie, Sask.; Williams Lake, B.C.; Winnipeg, Man.; Wostok, Alta.; Yale, B.C.; Ymir, B.C.; Yukon Territory.

This mission was founded in 1885 by the Reverend John Gibson, under the Foreign Mission Committee Eastern Section in partnership with the British Guiana Presbytery of the Church of Scotland. Gibson died in 1887, and there was no further action until 1896, when the Reverend J.B. Cropper was appointed by the Foreign Mission Committee Eastern Section. The mission was directed to the East Indians in British Guiana. This work was carried on by the continuing Presbyterian Church in Canada after the establishment of The United Church of Canada in 1925.

Series consists of correspondence, 1909-1925--primarily letters received and copies of letters sent by Board secretaries, R.P. MacKay and A.E. Armstrong; the numerous correspondents are primarily missionaries serving in British Guiana, including J.A. Scrimgeour; also included are minutes, 1915-1924, of the British Guiana Council of the Mission to East India Immigrants (formerly the Canadian Mission Council in British Guiana); reports submitted by missionary R. Gibson Fisher, 1911-1919; and reports of the mission treasurer, 1918-1920.

Series consists of minutes, primarily manuscript, 1881-1893; minutes, primarily manuscript, including Executive and Board of Directors, 1902-1925; treasurer's book containing records refunds and other financial matters; and financial journal, 1883-1885.

The Missionary Committee of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada Missionary Society met annually to review missions sustained by the Society, make decisions regarding the future of the work, apportion and appropriate funds, and select and appoint missionaries for Canada and abroad. The functions of the Committee were continued under the Central Missionary Board, established with the formation of the Methodist Church of Canada in 1874, and under the General Board of Missions, established with the formation of the Methodist Church (Canada) in 1884. Commencing in 1833, the operations and finances of the Missionary Society of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada were administered by a Board of Managers, elected annually by the Society, and audited by the Missionary Committee. In 1858, the Board was replaced by the Committee of Consultation and Finance appointed by the Missionary Committee. The Committee of Consultation and Finance continued under the Central Missionary Board of the Methodist Church of Canada, and under the General Board of Missions of the Methodist Church (Canada). The name of the Committee changed in 1894 to Executive Committee. The Committee on Estimates was appointed by the Executive Committee in 1907 to report to the General Board of Missions regarding projected income and expenditures. It met twice yearly. The Local Sub-Committee was appointed by the Executive Committee to deal with business arising from General Board or Executive meetings which required attention before the next meeting of the larger body.

Series includes: minutes of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada Missionary Committee, 1865-1874; minutes of the Central Missionary Board of the Methodist Church of Canada, 1874-1883; minutes and correspondence of the General Board of Missions of the Methodist Church (Canada), 1884-1925; minutes of Executive Committee and antecedent committees, 1851-1924; minutes of Committee on Estimates, 1907-1915; and minutes of Local Sub-Committee and the Officers' Council, 1906-1926. The minutes provide insight into the operational, administrative, and financial concerns of the Missionary Society, occasionally touching on broader mission issues, and serve as a point of reference in tracing the development and scope of the work, as they cover the entire mission field including foreign missions in Japan and China, domestic missions, city missions, work with Indigenous People in Ontario, Quebec and Western Canada, work with immigrants and new Canadians throughout Canada.

Series consists of eight subseries: 1) Minutes, 1896-1925, 2) Reports and Financial Accounts, 1897-1925, 3) Secretary’s Correspondence, 1895-1926, 4) Promotional Material, 1900-1925, 5) Records relating to Volunteer Campaigns, 1894-1914, 6) Records relating to Summer Schools, 1901-1925, 7) Records relating to Mission Work, 1909-1925, 8) Historical Sketches of the Young People's Forward Movement for Missions, 1900-[1906?].

Series consists of four subseries: minutes, 1854-1926; letterbooks, 1883-1910; general correspondence, 1878-1925 and correspondence with the Eastern Division, 1910-1917 and financial records, 1896-1912. Included in the first subseries are minutes created by the Foreign Mission Committees of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, the Canada Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church in Canada. The records in the remaining subseries were created by Committee conveners including Thomas Wardrope and Hamilton Cassells, and permanent officials including Robert Peter MacKay and Allan Egbert Armstrong. Documented here is the administration of the missions in Korea, India, Formosa and China and missions to Indigenous People in British Columbia and Western Canada.