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Academic writings
CA UCCBC Priv 20-05 · Series · 1958-1967
Part of James A. Taylor fonds

Series consists of records relating to Taylor's course work through the University of British Columbia, most of which he generated through a correspondence course in short-story writing, while living in Prince Rupert. Records also include some curricula for courses he designed and taught for the Canadian Institute of Speech in Prince Rupert.

CA UCCBC Priv 27-05 · Series · 1951-1997
Part of M. John V. Shaver fonds

Series consists of records relating to Shaver's service to the wider church as a member of Manitoba Conference's Faith and Order Committee (1951-1956); a member of BC Conference's Commission to Study Institutional Work in the Lower Mainland (1967-1969); a member of the Board of Directors for the Vancouver Inner City Service Project (1967-1969); and supervisor of a student at the Vancouver School of Theology (1995-1997).

Sermons
CA UCCBC Priv 29-04 · Series · 1951-1979
Part of N. Keith Clifford fonds

Series consists of records relating to Clifford's preaching and worship leadership, primarily at Augustine United Church in Winnipeg, and at Ryerson United Church in Vancouver.

CA UCCBC Priv 46-01 · Series · 1952-1989
Part of Harvard P. Collins fonds

Series consists of records relating to Collins' productions for the United Church in British Columbia. Includes slides and script for a BC Conference production, "Take Off Your Shoes,"� which was shown as part of the 1974 ordination service. Also includes photographs of Vancouver area churches, taken during Collins' production of "These Earthen Vessels"� for Vancouver-Burrard Presbytery. Photographs of various churches and related buildings, and a recording of the dedication of Skidegate United Church, round out the content of the series.

Hospital-related materials
CA UCCBC Priv 76-02 · Series · 1956-1992
Part of R. Grant Bracewell fonds

Series consists of records and reference materials relating to the Bella Coola General Hospital Board, the official opening of the new hospital building in 1980, and his review of a medical doctor’s memoir of an internship with Dr. George Darby in Bella Bella. Documents include correspondence, news clippings, historical notes, and a memoir.

CA ON00340 F3536-1 · Series · 1942-1979
Part of Bessie French fonds

Series consists of three yearbooks for the Port Simpson Residential School, 1942-1944, and mission study notes for First United Church, Hamilton, 1963-1979.

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Minutes
CA UCCBC ChUn 22-01 · Series · 1993-1997
Part of BC Conference, Native Ministries fonds

Series includes minutes of the Native Ministries Council, Native Ministries Division minutes, memos, and letters from Charlotte Sullivan.

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Land Claims Campaign
CA UCCBC ChUn 22-06 · Series · 1987-1996
Part of BC Conference, Native Ministries fonds

The Land Claims Campaign was a five year project launched by the BC Conference in May 1991. It had the dual purposes of education and fundraising in support of Indigenous land claims in the province. Education events addressed questions of land claims and self government. A fundraising goal of one million dollars was set with money raised used to provide grants to B.C. Indigenous peoples to assist with research, political negotiations, legal fees and other related land claims costs. Campaign funds were held in trust and dispersed on the recommendations of the Native Ministries Council of BC Conference (formerly known as the "Coastal Regional Group"); recipients included the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en for their Supreme Court Case, Delgamuukw v. British Columbia.
Series includes records of donations and pledges, Land Claims Campaign Committee minutes and budgets, newsletters, information materials, and correspondence.

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Bob Burrows audio recordings
CA UCCBC Priv 15-05 · Series · 1961-1967
Part of Burrows family fonds

Series consists of records relating to Bob Burrows' ministry in Marine Missions and at First United Church in the context of its radio ministry. Record types include reel-to-reel sound recordings relating to the Thomas Crosby mission boat and the community of Hartley Bay.

CA UCCBC Priv 9-01 · Series · 1953-2006
Part of Val Anderson fonds

Series relates to Val Anderson's work as a professor of Pastoral Theology at Union College (now Vancouver School of Theology). Series consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, book reviews, reports, membership lists, proposals, clippings, book lists, pamphlets, ephemera, reference material, financial statements, memoranda, student essays, photographs, guides and other materials.

CA UCCBC Priv 29-02 · Series · 1960-1989
Part of N. Keith Clifford fonds

Series consists of records relating to Clifford's academic writings for journals, including original research and book reviews. Series also consists of records relating to lectures and presentations at The University of Chicago Divinity School, The University of British Columbia, and at various academic and church events. Records include lecture notes, copies of articles and reviews, and correspondence.

Photographs
CA ON00340 F3536-2 · Series · [194-?]
Part of Bessie French fonds

Series consists of a photo album labelled "Port Simpson, B.C.: school, church, hospital" reflecting Bessie French’s time as matron of the Port Simpson Residential School in the 1940s.

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CA UCCBC ChUn 38-01 · Series · 1930-2004, predominant 1950-1971
Part of Director of Church Extension and Superintendent of Home Missions fonds

Series consists of records relating to church extension (i.e. the establishment and development of congregations in new areas, usually without a previous congregation). Some records relate to church-related corporations and societies, such as camps and seniors homes. Document types include grant applications, application for loans, agreements to repay, building fund and stewardship documentation, property records, correspondence, design and architectural plans, church photographs, and other financial information such as mortgage and insurance records.

Home Missions subject files
CA UCCBC ChUn 38-04 · Series · 1941-2004, predominant 1955-1971
Part of Director of Church Extension and Superintendent of Home Missions fonds

Series consists of records relating to a variety of subjects pertinent to Max Warne's work as Home Missions Superintendent. Series also includes operational records relating to the supervision of student ministers and the establishment of the Bethshan seniors home in Cloverdale. Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, and published materials (e.g. brochures).

Sermons and other material
CA UCCBC Priv 76-01 · Series · 1953-1992
Part of R. Grant Bracewell fonds

Series consists of records relating to student preaching placements; pastoral charges at Bella Coola, Merritt, and North Delta; as well as supply preaching. Series also contains some records relating to bible study and summer school classes, including Bracewell’s participation in the Indian Workers Institute at Union College, Vancouver (1955 and 1959). Documents include sermon notes; worship service bulletins; register of sermons, baptisms, marriages, and burials; and course notes.

Photographs
CA UCCBC Priv 64-01 · Series · 1956-1983
Part of Vera Bell (nee Lyon) fonds

Series consists of photographs relating to Vera Bell's work as nurse at Wrinch Memorial Hospital in Hazelton (1956-1961) and as matron at Queen Charlotte Islands Hospital (1961-1963).

CA UCCBC Priv 64-02 · Series · 1957-2021
Part of Vera Bell (nee Lyon) fonds

Series consists of textual records relating to Vera Bell's work in hospitals and churches at Hazelton and Queen Charlotte, as well as in Kenya. Also included are records also relating to the Thomas Crosby mission boat, Vera's Christian faith, and a memoir.

CA UCCBC Priv 15-06 · Series · 1960-1984
Part of Burrows family fonds

Series consists of records relating to Joan Burrows' participation in CGIT at Don Mills United Church (Toronto, Ont.); her leadership of CGIT groups at Ocean Falls and Alert Bay; and her participation on the Education and Students Committee and Native Indian Committee of BC Conference.

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Church extension - general
CA UCCBC ChUn 38-02 · Series · 1950-2002
Part of Director of Church Extension and Superintendent of Home Missions fonds

Series consists of records relating to various pastoral charges, at a more superficial level than the Church extension and property development files series. Series also consists of records relating generally to the work of the Council for Church Extension. Includes orders of service, correspondence, and minutes.

Teaching materials
CA UCCBC Priv 76-05 · Series · 1960
Part of R. Grant Bracewell fonds

Series consists of notes relating to a course that Bracewell team-taught with Rev. George Searcy at Naramata Centre. Included is a copy of the related published course outlines and instructor biographies for Winter Session, 1960-1961.

Photographs
CA UCCBC Priv 76-06 · Series · [ca. 1920]-[1958]
Part of R. Grant Bracewell fonds

Series consists of photographs relating to marine missions on the B.C. coast during Grant Bracewell's work at Bella Coola (1955-1958).
Also included are photographs and postcards kept by his mother, Edith Bracewell (nee King), relating to her two years of nurses' training at the Methodist Church hospital in Hazelton (ca. 1920) and her much later visit to Naramata Christian Leadership Training School (1955).

Regular newspaper columns
CA UCCBC Priv 20-07 · Series · 2007-2009
Part of James A. Taylor fonds

Series consists of records relating to columns that Taylor wrote for local newspapers in the Okanagan region of BC. Includes samples of columns written for the Kelowna Courier and Penticton Herald (July to December 2009); satirical articles relating to local people and politics (the Back Fence, 2008); and samples of columns from a local weekly paper, the Lake Country Calendar (2007).

CA UCCBC Priv 30-01 · Series · 1974-2000
Part of Marilyn Harrison fonds

Series consists of records relating to Harrison's teaching and worship leadership activities at the Vancouver School of Theology. Includes lecture notes, sermons, and orders of service.

Writings
CA UCCBC Priv 38-01 · Series · 1953
Part of William Stott fonds

Series consists of a draft of Stott's semi-fictional account of life in the Cariboo in the early 20th century.