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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 each charge that received aid from the Board. This would include information on salaries, rentals of buildings (including homes), insurance costs, travel costs, and any other costs associated with the work. They are organized only by Conference, with no description in the finding aid. Included in this section are also special accounts kept on car allowances (boxes 160-161), accounts for special ministries, and property fund accounts.

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.

From October 4th, 1926 to March 28th, 1927