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CA ON00340 F510 · Fonds · [192-]-1978

Fonds consists of the following series: 1) Records of the Office of the Secretary, 1926-1978; 2) Records relating to departments of the work, 1932-1978; and 3) Research materials for reports, briefs, and statements submitted by the Board to the church and external bodies, 1951-1971, 4) Photographs, [192-]-1973.

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CA ON00340 F510-2 · Series · 1954-1978
Part of United Church of Canada Board of Evangelism and Social Service fonds

Here will be found materials on the several homes, institutions, and associations supported by the Board of Evangelism and Social Service. These records have been arranged by Conference. In addition there is a good deal of material on the Cedarvale School for Girls, in Georgetown Ontario that was initially opened in 1923 as a home for Armenian child refugees. The records of several Board committees on housing, corrections, communications, the rural church and urban society are to be found here. These last contain, in most instances, the minutes of the committee together with some financial data, and research materials utilized by the committee members.

Series consists of the following sub-series: 1) Homes, Institutions and Associations supported by the Board, 1954-1974,; 2) Cedarvale School for Girls, Georgetown, Ontario, 1923-1963; 3) Records of the Housing Committee, 1965-1978; 4) Records of the Committee on Ministry in reform Institutions and the Field of Corrections, 1963-1976; 5) Records of the Communications Committee, 1961-1971; 6) Records of the Commission on Industry, 1931-1932; 7) Commission on the Church in the Modern Industrial Society, 1957-1959; 8) Commission on crime and penal reform, 1939; 9) Joint Committee on the Rural church, 1961-1968; 10) Committee on the Church and International Affairs,1967-1968; and 10) Inter-church bodies, 1932-1971.

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CA ON00340 F510-1 · Series · 1926-1971
Part of United Church of Canada Board of Evangelism and Social Service fonds

Series consists of four sub-series: 1) Minutes of the Executive and Sub-executive, 1926-1939, 1947, and 1961-1971; 2) Correspondence files of the Secretary, 1926-1971, which deal with all the functional activities of the department, as well as the evangelistic and social service concerns of the department; 3) Subject files of the Secretary, 1925-1971, are concerned with social issues like temperance, the Vietnam War, and public morals; and 4) Circulars and letters, 1926-1970 are addressed to the clergy and membership of the church on social and spiritual matters.

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CA ON00340 F510-3 · Series · 1951-1971
Part of United Church of Canada Board of Evangelism and Social Service fonds

There is a great deal of research material found in the Board of Evangelism and Social Service accession which is not directly related to the activities of its various committees, or the operation of its various social institutions. An examination of the Minutes of the Executive and Sub-executive of the Board in the 1960s for example, will show that the members were interested in several issues that were either of an immediate nature (like the Vietnam War), or were not considered to be central to its mission as a vehicle for evangelism and social service (assistance to American draft resisters from that war who were resident in Canada). Examples of the use made of this type of material are found in the briefs presented by the Board, on behalf of the United Church, to Parliament on an issue like abortion; as background briefing materials for delegates attending a conference on racism and human rights; or for studies undertaken on issues like poverty or urban unrest. The collection of the research reports, newspaper clippings, statements from other denominations and non-religious bodies was often undertaken for a period of time beyond the immediate need of it for a specific report, brief or statement.

Series consists of the following sub-series: 1) Human rights and civil liberties, 1951-1971; 2) Human rights, racism, and native Canadian concerns, 1958-1971; 3) Medicare and Abortion, 1962-1971; 4) The church and urban issues, 1959-1971; 5) Experiments in ministry, 1963-1968; 6) American draft resisters in Canada, 1967-1971; 7) Reports to the Board, 1962-1969.

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