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Series consists of correspondence on a wide variety of topics, both personal and work related. Additionally, correspondence related to the many workshops and conferences Fidler presented at and attended. Workshop files may include additional resources. Some topics include marriage, marriage preparation, couples clubs, counselling, sexuality, sexual education, family, gerontology, Planned Parenthood, family planning, Christian education, Boys work, Lay preachers, the Publication Coordination Commission of the United Church of Canada, the Cedar Glen Implementation Committee, the Committee on Marriage Preparation, Marriage Guidance, the Marriage Guidance Council, the Canadian Council on Children, Ottawa Presbytery, Montreal and Ottawa Conference, Young Peoples, Tuxis, Divorce, Aging and Retirement, Christian Family Life Committee, United Church of Canada Board of Evangelism, The Vanier Institute, United Church of Canada Board of Christian Education.

Series consists of correspondence re a dinner to honour Anne Ward, 1969-1970, various other correspondence, 1952-1981 and cash book.

Series consists of personal documents, correspondence, and worship materials, 1908-1976.

Series consists of minutes 1926-1948, 1959-1968, correspondence of the secretary, 1927-1951, reports, correspondence, musical scores and lyrics for hymns, and similar types of material for the Order of Service, 1930-1943.

Series consists of records minutes and reports of the Executive Committee, Sub-Executive Committee and Annual Meetings, as well as publications, programs and records relating to publicity.

Manitou Conference met annually from 1975 to 1992; however, at the 1992 annual meeting, Conference moved to meet every two years. Series consists of the record of the Conference's annual meeting, referred to as the "Record of Proceedings." In addition to the minutes of the annual meeting, a Record of Proceedings may also include a history of the Conference, compiled minutes of the Executive Committee meetings for that year, reports and the agenda distributed prior to an annual meeting, a Conference directory and an index of motions. Series consists of official and unofficial records of proceedings of annual/general meetings and executive minutes, 1975-2018; annual meeting report books, 1989-1995; and general meeting correspondence and reports, 2002-2003, 2007. Records of Proceedings and executive minutes from 1982 to 1990 are bound.

The Division met annually. It was responsible for setting policy and overall direction for the work to be carried out in the program units and by the staff of the Division.

Series consists of the following subseries: 1) Executive and Annual Meeting minutes, 1971-2002; 2) Records relating to the Executive Staff Committee, 1970-1984, 3) Records relating to the Augmented Executive Staff Committee, 1978-1980, 4) Records relating to the Senior Executive Staff/Management Group, 1980-1995, 5) Records relating to the Executive Staff Forum, 1983-1984, 6) Records relating to Staff meetings, 1971-2002.

Series contains Elinor Leard’s education records pertaining to her academic career, research, study and teaching, 1938-2003. Files include theses, certificates, scrapbooks and training materials.

Series consists of minutes of Executive and annual meetings, 1962-1972 (official); general files arranged by year including, for example, records of internal and international ecumenical committees, and correspondence of Board staff, and records of Crossroads Africa, 1961-1968.

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.

Series consists of regular, special and Executive minutes of Toronto West Presbytery, 1925 2009 and index to the minutes, 1994-2007

From its inception in 1968 the Division of Communication has been overseen by an Executive and a Secretary, later termed the General Secretary and Executive Minister. The Secretary and succeeding roles were the heads of the Division, and the Executive were responsible for communicating with other Division Secretaries as well as counterparts in other denominations. The Division Executive was comprised of members elected to that role by their Conference (1 per) and others elected according to function (such as Chair, Vice-chair, Committee/Taskforce Chairs etc.) by the General Council. The Executives were also responsible for setting policy and overall direction for the work to be carried out in the program units and by the staff of the Division. The Department of Finance and Administration was established in 1985 with responsibility for all of the accounting and budgeting within the Division. The department dissolved in 1993 and the work was adopted by the General Secretary’s office in 1994.

Series contains eight subseries: 1) Minutes, 1967-1999, 2) Reports, 1968-1990, 3) Correspondence, 1968-1983, 4) Financial Records, 1968-1998, 5) Office Files, 1967-2001, 6) Records of thee General Secretaries, 1968-2008, 7) Records of the Division Management Team, 1991-1998, 8) Records of the Communications Group, 2008-2012.

Series consists of digitized copies of The Christian Guardian publication from 1829-1925. The publication is known as Christian Guardian from 1829-1868 and The Christian Guardian from 1869-1925. Common sections in the publication include: editorials, columns from the Woman's Missionary Society, foreign news, notices of meetings, classifieds and advertisements, obituaries, parliamentary proceedings, summary of Conferences and district meetings, global news, and religious news. Many volumes also feature supplement issues or holiday issues.

Series consists of Minutes of the Support to Local Ministries Unit; unit-wide and staff meetings.

Series consists of the minutes and reports of the Toronto United Church Council and its antecedent
bodies and committees including the Methodist Social Union of Toronto, the Methodist Union of Toronto,
Toronto Church Extension and Mission Union, Toronto Home Missions Council, and Dufferin - Peel
Presbytery Church Extension Council. Records are predominately 1897-1935, and 1980-1990.

Series consists of minutes of regular, special and Executive Presbytery meetings (includes Presbytery Service Team, 1995 1997), 1927 2012.

Series consists of minutes, conferences/workshop records (inc. minutes, reports), committee records, correspondence and financial records.

Series contains articles, reports and other writings written by Hugh McCullum 1969-2007. Series also includes his research material and articles written about him.

Series contains correspondence, writings, personal documents, and clippings, 1890-1956.

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.

Series consists of Minutes of the Committee on Law and Legislation, 1921-1942, correspondence and letterbooks of committees’ and church lawyers, 1927-1936, minutes of the Joint Committee on Church Union, 1923-1927; records on Church Union Legislation, Commissions and Miscellaneous, 1874-1930.

Subseries consists of records of denominational property; correspondence (1930-1968), and properties listed by province.

Series consists of two subseries: Church union, 1921-1927; and Post-union, 1925-1965.

Series contains Nancy Capithorne’s correspondence, including some from Dr. Sidney Gilchrist, 1925-1979.

Series consists of records of Alice Simpson, including diaries, a hymn book, and manuscript stories; a diary of E. K. Simpson, a scroll translation presented to Mr. and Mrs. Simpson upon leaving Fowchow; a cloth map of mission stations in Szechwan; reports from Dr. A. Stewart Allen and Dr. Leslie Kilborn; correspondence from Dr. Egerton Shore to E. K. Simpson, three various publications and pamphlet materials, 1901-1952.

Series consists of a marriage register of marriages that took place at Albright Manor chapel,
1962-1995.

Series contains Rhea Whitehead’s articles, addresses, correspondence, reports, notes and papers relating to her missionary work and teaching in China, 1969-2007.

Series contains six subseries: 1) Sermons, 1951-1989, predominant, 1978-198, 2) Addresses, 1968-1989, 3) Notes, n.d., 4) Correspondence, 1929-1987, 5) Records relating to ministerial career, 1982-1989, 6) Subject files, 1963-1989.

Series consists of annual meeting records, including minutes, agendas, reports, financial reports, and programming information, 1998-2016

Series consists of Belle Chone Oliver’s personal papers collected and annotated by Glenna Jamieson. The annotations document the relationship of a particular document (s) to Belle Chone Oliver. Series includes Belle Chone Oliver’s correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, publications, maps, certificates, diplomas and notebooks of Dr. Oliver about her work as a medical missionary in India with the Presbyterian and United Churches and as Secretary to the Christian Medical Association of India, Burma and Ceylon.

File consists of education credentials, a passport, her deaconess certification, certificates marking significant milestones, and a statement of death from a funeral director.

Series consists of correspondence of the National Coordinating Committee.

Series consists of annual meeting minutes, 1970-1973, 1987-1988, 1995-2000, and annual reports, 1980-1999.

Series consists of the minutes of Four Rivers Presbyterial United Church Women, 2012-2019.

Series consists of minutes, correspondence and reports of committees, organizations and programs of Davenport – Perth Community Ministry: including Steering Committee, 1994-2002; Cluster meetings, 1994-1995; Anti-Racism Committee, 1989; Campaign 2000, 1999; Christmas Club/Community Cheer Club, 1996-2003; Community Development Corporation, 1999; Community Economic Task Force and Planning Group, 1992-1999; Employment Work Group, 1998-1999; Food Access Project, 1995-1996; Forum on Safety on Women, 1990; Income Survivors Group, 1997; Pelham Park Advisory Committee, 1994-2003; Self-Employment Co-op Group, 1998; Sex Trade Workers Project, 1996-1998; Social Action Committee, 1997-1999; and Youth Advisory Committee, 2002-2003

Series consists of a copy of Talks to Children, written by E.P. Sparling, 1932.

Series consists of Minutes of the Meetings of the Executive and Sub-Executive for the period 1964-1971, along with the agendas of these and the annual meetings of the Division.

Series consists of Committee minutes, reports and correspondence between the United Church and the Anglican Church, the Evangelical United Brethren, and the Reformed Episcopal Church in Canada, as well as a transcript of an interview by C.E. Silcox.

Series consists of correspondence from the mission field (mostly to Newton Reed), a biography of F.J. Reed and a report from the field from Floyd Honey.

Series contains background and remandating documents, as well as Board and Executive Committee minutes 1973-1997.

Subseries consists of background and historical material, minutes, questionnaires, correspondence and reports of the Task Force on Administrative Review, 1982-1986.

Subseries consists of minutes and agenda, 1963-1966; correspondence, 1962-1968; briefs and reports submitted by Conferences, [196-]-1966; statistics on Presbyteries and Conferences, [196-]; maps showing suggested Conference boundaries, [n.d.]; map of the Ecclesiastical Provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada, 1960; reports of subcommittees of the Long Range Planning Committee, [ca.1963]; reports of the Commission, 1964-1966.

Series includes minutes of the Board and Executive with indexes, 1926-1961; general correspondence of Board and mission secretaries regarding, for example, policy, finance, and candidates, relating to all mission fields; reports of the Joint Policy and Medical Committee; Treasurer's reports, correspondence with the Woman's Missionary Society, scholarship applications and documentation for the United Church's involvement with the Canadian School of Missions (later, the Canadian School of Missions and Ecumenical Institute), each secretary having sat on the Board (1927-1973).

Series consists of sermons, correspondence, and radio and television writing 1966-2006.

The position of the Conference Minister of Mission and Stewardship was responsible for: providing staff leadership, support and liaison in the areas of church life that were served by the National Division of Mission in Canada and the Department of Stewardship Services and their subsequent bodies; providing administrative support to committees and pastoral charges in the areas of grants and other funding sources; exploring and developing the Conference role in relation to innovative evangelism, outreach and social issues; and engaging in ecumenical, community and personal ministries that will enhance the mission of the church. It was later named Minister of Mission & Stewardship Animation in 2008. Subseries consists of correspondence of the Conference Minister of Mission and Stewardship, 1985-1992.

Series consists of correspondence of ministers in Great Britain dealing with their working life, and albums of ministers and presidents of the Wesleyan Methodist Church containing correspondence, 1777-1901, and biographical information and lists of stations, [ca. 1744]-1929. Included are reproductions of portrait paintings and engravings.

Series consists of minutes of regular and Executive meetings, 1925 2012.

Series consists of minutes of Presbytery and Executive, 2012-2018.