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Series consists of a photograph album of the United Church West China Mission.

Subjects of the photographs include marine missions, Indigenous communities, students of Coqualeetza and Alberni residential schools, forestry and fishing, family and friends.

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.

Series consists of records relating to McCrindle’s attendance at ceremonies, travel within the Conference, planning meetings, and liaison with various church officials and secular organizations.  Records include correspondence, itineraries, meeting notes, orders of service, and news clippings. 

Series consists of records relating to the establishment of a fund for ministry to isolated Indigenous communities the northwest coast. Records include report and recommendation of the Central Mainland Marine Mission Endowment Fund Committee, correspondence and appeals, excerpts from Conference Executive minutes, and terms of reference for the Thomas Crosby Fund.

Series consists of records relating to special events and milestones in McCrindle’s life and ministry.  Records include programs and orders of service from special celebrations, correspondence, student assignments, magazine and news clippings, drawings, and memorabilia.

Series consists primarily of letters from Gladys to family and friends, describing in detail the couple's activities and aspects of their daily life in China. Series also includes personal correspondence between the couple.

Series relates to the couple's academic research and professional lives. Includes clinical notes, reports, and reprints of medical articles that were written by Dr. Edison Cunningham himself or other professionals in the field. Series also includes some of Dr. Gladys Cunningham's notes from her public addresses, a selected bibliography, and some copies of letters she wrote to other colleagues. Also included are a few letters of recommendation written by the two doctors, photographs of patients from China (mainly with eye diseases), and the financial records of their private practice in Vancouver.

Series consists of published material relating to Bracewell’s service and interests in the work of the national United Church, including reports relating to ordered ministry, sexual orientation, the Indigenous church, and Indigenous rights.

Series consists of architectural drawings of proposed 40 Oak Street redevelopment, Regent Park North, Toronto, Ontario for the Toronto United Church Council, 1989-1990.

Series consists of personal marriage register for Toronto, 1929, 1932, 1937-1938, 1940, 1942-1943; ca. 450 sermons, addresses, diary, report and correspondence.

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

Series consists of images from missions in India.

Series consists of images from missions in Nigeria.

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

Series consists of photographs (including glass slides) that were created and/or collected by the Board of Home Missions, [1890?]-1970. Most of the images depict residential institutions run by the United Church of Canada and its antecedent denominations.

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 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).

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

Series contains artwork by children to celebrate the 60th Annual meeting of the BC Conference.

Series consists of records relating to Burrows' research and writing of two books: Healing in the Wilderness (2004) and Hope Lives Here (2010), which tell the history of United Church hospitals and Vancouver's First United Church, respectively. Series contains 5 subseries: Healing in the Wilderness research material (1962-2006); Healing in the Wilderness interview recordings (1982-2002); Healing in the Wilderness photographs (1934-2005); Hope Lives Here research material (1964-2010); and Hope Lives Here photographs (1913-2010).

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.

Series consists of records relating to Harrison's work for The United Church of Canada as BC Conference President and as a member of General Council committees and task groups. Includes reports, correspondence, and speaking notes.

Series consists of images from missions in China.

Series consists of images from missions in Japan

Series consists of images from missions in Nepal.

Series consists of images from missions in Nicaragua.

Series consists of records of Committee for Capital Funds and Extra Appeals, 1963-1969; Property and Boundaries Committee, 1957-1960l and United Church Men (including Lay Association), 1950-1954.

Series consists of records, which may include correspondence, property records, reports, surveys, grant applications, financial and other records of pastoral charges and local congregations, including: Clifford: Knox, 1959; Erin., 1959; Fergus: Melville, 1959; Waterloo: First, 1948-1953; and Waterloo: Parkminster, 1959.

Series consists of history of Guelph Presbytery Woman's Associations, 1954, and records of Guelph Presbyterial United Church Women, 1962-1969.

Series consists of records, including correspondence, reports, evaluations and other records, 1997-2018, predominantly concerned with the property of congregations in the following areas: Chatham: St. Andrew’s; Chatham: Sprucedale; Chatham: Victoria Avenue; Fourth Line; New Scotland; Ridge Community Church; Rural United Pastoral Charge; South Buxton Pastoral Charge; Talbot Street; Thamesville; Tilbury: Darrel S. Moffat; Tupperville: Lindsay Road; Wallaceburg: Trinity.

In 1998 the UC National Consultation of Leaders in Ministry strongly urged DMC to establish a Work Group on Deaf Ministries which would have a Governance Sub-Group and Program Sub-Group. Part of the mandate of the Program Sub-Group would be to work with DMPE to conduct ecumenical pilot projects for training deaf ministry candidates within the coming years. This series contains records pertaining to DMPE’s contribution to Deaf Ministry.

Series consists of three subseries: 1) Theological Education for the Deaf, 1998-2001, 2) Working Group on Deaf Ministries, 1994-2004.

Series consists of lectures and theme addresses given in various church and academic settings as Moderator of the United Church. Also includes Moderator’s journal and the original script for the 1986 Apology to First Nations Peoples.

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.

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).

Series consists of records relating to Shaver's worship leadership and preaching, public speaking, work at First United Church (Vancouver). Records also include biographical information through interviews with Gordon Laird and Bob Stewart.

Series consists of copies of photographs relating to the church and community at Lax Kw’alaams.

Series consists of a memoir written by Kristine Greenaway after visiting the place of her birth.

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.

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.

Series consists of two scrapbooks comprising primarily new clippings relating to McCrindle’s work in the community, taken from the Daily News. 

Series relates to family, children, and friends from China and abroad. Includes scenes of nature and everyday life in China.

Series consists of photographs relating to Frank Fidler's trip from Manitoba to British Columbia, and work within BC Conference as Boys' Work Secretary (1928-1932). Series also includes photographs relating to Fidler's work at General Council as Secretary of the Christian Education Department.

Series consists of records relating to Florence Gruchy (sister of Lydia Gruchy) and her experiences living in India as a part of the Women's Missionary Society. Records include photographs, as well as some textual materials (primarily notes) and artwork.

Series consists of photographs collected during Ward's time in West China; images of missionaries, missions, and travel.

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

Series consists of daily diaries, 1901-1971; correspondence, 1938-1945, personal marriage register of Rev. Richard Orlando Jolliffe, 1945-1959; personal baptismal register of Rev. Richard Orlando for Rockwood, Ont. (1946-1958) and West China (1909-1946), 1909-1958.

Series consists of photographs, negatives and postcards depicting missionaries and mission field in India and China, [18--]-1949.

Series consists of two subseries: records of the Conference Minister of Mission and Stewardship, 1985-1992; and records of the Mission and Stewardship Committees, 1983-2017.

Series consists of images from missions in Angola.