Fonds consists of the records of Ahousaht United Church and its predecessor, Ahousaht Presbyterian Church. Records include Baptism register (1919-1957), Baptismal Certificate stubs (1935-1937), Birth records (1904-1944), Marriage registers (1923-1957), and Death records (1904-1957); Indian Court proceedings (1914, 1955); Communion roll (1951-1954), Membership roll (1958-1962); Church Board minutes (1951-1963), Congregational meetings minutes (1953-1963), Christian Temperance Union of the Ahousat Indians pledge and constitution (1951); Christian Education building dedication (1963); Cash book (1952-1962).
Ahousaht United ChurchFonds consists of 6 record series: Administrative records (1937-2000); Financial records (1993-2014); Media (1940-2010); Medical procedures and treatment records (1920-1996); Patient files (1904-2007); and Property records (1958-1997). The first accession of R.W. Large Memorial Hospital was received in 2017 and arranged and described by Kelly Rovegno. The majority of the BC Conference Archives holdings relate to early records regarding patients and medical procedures. Fonds also contains Dr. Darby's medical notes.
R.W. Large Memorial Hospital (Bella Bella, B.C.)Fonds consists of minutes of the gathering from 1923 to 1927, together with a copy of a Special Report of the Superintendent of Missions written in December 1922.
Methodist Church of Canada. Workers Among IndiansFonds consists of eight record series: Files of the Hospital Administrator (1943-1961); Administrative records (1905-2010); Financial records (2002-2014); Hazelton Children's Home (1967-2004); Media (1915-2009); Patient files (1903-1949); Property records (1905-2015); Annual reports (1978-1993); and Memorabilia and special events (2005-2017).
The first accession of records from Wrinch Memorial Hospital was arranged and described by Sally Easton in 1986. Those consist of the files of the administrator of Wrinch Memorial Hospital and comprise a single alphabetical subject series. These were described in detail at the file level. The date range of these files is from 1935 to 1961, but the bulk of the material includes dates between 1947 and 1952. Most of the files are concerned with financial matters: hospital claims, accounts, etc. Several deal with matters concerning the local Indigenous peoples population. A large number of files concern the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service (inaugurated in 1949), its officials, and its activities. Material in the files includes letters, telegrams, brochures, ledger pages, cheque stubs, photographs, copies of various government documents, and a variety of lists and printed forms. However, the majority of this series consists of correspondence. Most of the files date from the term of Selwyn Simons, who was Administrator from 1947 to 1952. Some material in the files relates to Simons' successor, Paul E. Russell; those items dated 1960-1961 relate to the term of Dr. J. E. Whiting, Medical Superintendent, although his name does not appear on them.
The second accrual of records was arranged and described by Kelly Rovegno in 2017. These records date from 1905-2010, although the predominant range is 1945-2000. This fonds contains files with personal information, which is protected under the law. Such files are identified on the file list; consult the archivist for further information.
Wrinch Memorial Hospital (Hazelton, B.C.)Fonds consists of 12 record series: Bella Coola Hospital founding Committee minutes (1908-1948); Board policy records (1972-1985); Minutes and reports of the Board of Directors (1939-1997); Bella Coola and District Transitional Health Authority (1998-2001); Minutes and reports of the new Board of Directors (2002-2010); Committees of the Board (1972-1995); Administrative records (1941-2014, predominant 1973-1997); Financial records (1970-2013); General Hospital and Bella Coola community reports (1998-2010); Media (1950-2008); Property and building records (1995-1998); and Third Bella Coola General Hospital (1978-1981). The first accession of records was arranged and described in 1997 by Alaric Posey. These records consist of early Board meeting minutes, reports, and policies. These were described at the series level. The second accrual of records was arranged and described by Kelly Rovegno in 2017. These records date from 1908-2014, although the predominant range is 1970-2005. Records include Board meeting minutes and reports from the Board of Directors, various committees, the Bella Coola and District Transitional Health Authority, and documents relating to the administration and finances of the Hospital, mostly from 1970s onward. In addition, there is a considerable amount of records relating to the construction and opening of the third Bella Coola General Hospital.
Bella Coola General HospitalFonds consists of Baptism, marriage and burial records (1887-1941); Subscriptions (1914-1925); School registers (1888-1911); and Extra-curricular group records (1934-1935). The missionary subscription lists include those of the Lower Fraser Circuit for the period 1914-1920, mainly listing subscriptions from the Coqualeetza Institute. Also, there are a few records of marriages in the civil register that took place in Alberni, B.C., most likely at the Alberni Indian Residential School.
Coqualeetza Residential SchoolFonds consists of a Scrapbook, 1962-1968; a Baptismal record, 1938-1969; a Civil marriage register, 1937-1976; and a Communion roll, 1941-1954. The Communion roll was passed to a congregation, probably Tseshaht United Church, of which the students were members, and used as a record of those members of the congregation who were students at the School from 1954 to 1956.
Alberni Residential SchoolFonds consists of the records of Bella Bella United Church and its predecessor, Bella Bella Methodist Mission. Records include Baptism registers (1880-1843), Marriage registers (1880-1884), and Burial registers (1880-1943); Membership records (1880-1956); Session minutes (1950-1956); Manuscript Mission Journal (1880-1924); and Congregational financial records (1898-1943).
George E. Darby Memorial United Church (Bella Bella, B.C.) fondsFonds consists of records of the Bella Coola Pastoral Charge; its congregations, Emmanuel, MacKenzie, and Augsburg United Churches; Augsburg Lutheran Church and Bella Coola Methodist Mission. Records include Baptism registers (1907-1986), Birth records (1921-1930), Marriage registers (1913-2007), and Burial registers (1909-1992); Circuit register (1925-1953), Historic roll (1947-1987), Communion roll (1940-1955, 1972); Board and committee records (1920-2013); Property records (1952-1988), Native Affairs and Language records (1977-1984), Visitation records (1972-1973), Refugee sponsorship (1979-1980), Correspondence (1939-1947); Historical material (1926-1976), "Bible in Bella Coola" by Cliff Kopas (church history); Account book (1920-1950), Cash book (1940-1950); and Annual reports (1940-2013).
United Church of Canada. Bella Coola Pastoral ChargeFonds consists of records from Cape Mudge Indian Mission and Quadra Island United Church. Records include Baptismal register (1919-1947), Marriage register (1919-1947), Burial register (1919-1947); Offical Board minutes (1960-1962) and Congregational meetings minutes (1960-1962).
Quadra Island United Church (Cape Mudge, B.C.)Fonds consists of records of Cheam Circuit, Cheam Union Church and Cheam United Church. Records include Baptismal registers (1891-1916), Marriage registers (1902-1905), and Burial registers (1908-1916); Membership records (1891-1917); Official Board minutes (1944-1947); Woman's Missionary Society minutes (1921-1939); and Congregational financial records (1935-1958).
Cheam United Church (Chilliwack, B.C.)Fonds consists of records of Chilliwack Circuit (including records of some activities at Carman Methodist), Chilliwack Methodist Church and Chilliwack United Church. Records include Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records (1904-2019); Membership Records (1905-[1949?]); Board and Committee Records (1923-2019); Legal/Property Records (1978-2019); Women’s Group Records (1915-2018); Men’s Groups Records (1987-1996); Sunday School Records (1906-1993); Youth Group Records (1923-1996); Records of Other Groups (1952-1994); Special Program Records (1965-1983); Correspondence/Subject Files (1969-2018); Worship Service Bulletins (1954-1990); Church Histories (1899-1990); Congregational Financial Records (1960-1961); Annual Reports (1952-2018); Newsletters (1965-2019); Photographs (1894-1990); and Sound and Moving Images (1953-1988).
Chilliwack United ChurchFonds consists of Baptismal register (1878-1902), Marriage register (1878-1902), Burial register (1878-1902); and Trustees minutes (1871-1881).
Methodist Indian Mission (Chilliwack, B.C.)Fonds consists of records of the Rosedale congregation, namely, Rosedale Presbyterian Church (including associated points at East Chilliwack, Camp Slough, Cheam, St. Elmo, and Popcum), Rosedale Union Church and Rosedale United Church. The fonds also includes records of Rosedale Union Church Circuit, Rosedale Pastoral Charge, and Agassiz United Church. Records include Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records (1907-2018); Membership Records (1909-2015); Board and Committee Records (1911-2016); Legal/Property Records (1994-2007); Women’s Group Records (1940-1986); Sunday School Records (1964-1979); Youth Group Records (1935-1967); Correspondence/Subject Files (1978-2002); Church Histories (2008); Congregational Financial Records (1919-1958); and Annual Reports (1958-2017).
Rosedale United Church (Chilliwack, B.C.)Fonds contains records from Soowahlie United Church. Records consist of Baptismal Records (1934-1982); Board and Committee Records (1964-1970); Youth Group Records (1963-1965); Correspondence (1958-1964); Statistical Reports (1962-1970); Church Histories ([196-?]); Scrapbooks (1961-1970); Congregational Financial Records (1962-1967); Annual Reports (1962-1968); Photographs ([1962?]); and Visitors register (1962-1983).
Soowahlie United Church (Chilliwack, B.C.)Fonds consists of the records of Clo-oose United Church and its predecessor, Clo-oose Methodist Mission. Records include Baptism records (1919-1964), Marriage registers (civil) (1938-1961), and Burial registers (1919-1950); Membership records (1934-1936); and the correspondence of William Rickaby (1937-1961).
Clo-oose United ChurchFonds consists of minutes of the Annual District meetings and the Ministerial Session, 1898-1900, and minutes of the Financial District meetings, 1897-1898.
Methodist Church of Canada. Bella Bella DistrictFonds consists of minutes of the Annual District and the Ministerial Session, 1919-1925.
Methodist Church of Canada. Hazelton DistrictFonds consists of minutes of the Annual District and the Ministerial Session, 1901-1907; minutes of the Financial District, 1900-1906; and the Circuit Schedule, 1903-1904.
Methodist Church of Canada. Indian DistrictFonds consists of the minutes of the Annual District and the Ministerial Session, 1915-1918.
Methodist Church of Canada. Nanaimo DistrictFonds consists of the minutes of the Annual District and Ministerial Session, 1881-1900 and 1908-1925; and minutes of the Financial District, 1882-1899 and 1918-1925.
Methodist Church of Canada. Port Simpson DistrictFonds consists of incoming correspondence accumulated by J.H. White as Superintendent of Missions between 1910 and 1919; accounts of the Missionary Committee from July 1908 to July 1909; and accounts of the Home Missions Committee from 1893-1925. The mission boat logs are described with the Marine Committee of the United Church.
Methodist Church of Canada. Missionary Society. British Columbia Conference BranchFonds consists of the minutes of the Advisory Committee of the Japanese Mission, later called the Oriental Mission, 1908-1923; minutes of the Victoria District meetings, 1904-1911; and minutes of the Westminster District meetings, 1905-1923.
Methodist Church of Canada. Woman's Missionary Society. British Columbia Conference BranchFonds consists of the ship's log from November, 1884 to May, 1890.
Glad Tidings (Ship)Fonds consists of the ship's log from December 1908 to July 1909.
Udal (Ship)Fonds consists of the following record series: Minutes of Synod Branch meetings (1914-1926); Minutes and other records of presbyterial branches, including Victoria, Westminster and Kamloops (1906-1926); and Presbyterial accounts (1912-1926).
Presbyterian Church in Canada. Woman's Missionary Society. British Columbia Synod BranchFonds consists of the following record series: Prince Rupert Presbytery and Executive meeting minutes (official minutes, 1925-1956, 1981-1991, 1997-2009; 2011-2014; and unofficial minutes, 1973-1975, 1978-1981; 2010-2018); Correspondence of the Presbytery Secretary (1933-2001); Subject files of the Presbytery Secretary (1951-2010); Correspondence and subject files of the Chair of Presbytery (1971-1976, 2005); Financial records (1947-2019); Pastoral Relations files (1973-2007); Division and committee records (1960-1983); Plans and drawings (1966); and Photographs (1985-1989).
United Church of Canada. Prince Rupert PresbyteryFonds consists of the following series: Internal matters, 1963-1973; Records pertaining to Darby Lodge, 1967-1973; Records pertaining to the Metropolitan Council in the Lower Mainland, 1969-1973; Lay workers, 1969-1973; Dealings with B.C. Conference, 1965-1973; Dealings with the national Church, 1967-1973; Dealings with presbyteries, 1968-1973; Ecumenical business, 1969-1973; Governments, 1967-1972; Indian councils and organizations, 1967-1973; Conferences and consultations, 1964-1973; Students, 1970-1973; and Other matters, 1968-1973.
United Church of Canada. British Columbia Conference. Native Affairs ConsultantFonds consists of four sous-fonds: Records of Dr. George E. Darby; Records of Dr. W. Donald Watt; Records of Dr. Peter Newbery; and Records of post-2001 directors. The Records of Dr. George E. Darby sous-fonds includes: Correspondence (1953-1962) and Constitutions (1961). The Records of Dr. W. Donald Watt sous-fonds includes: Burns Lake and District Hospital records (1960-1975); Queen Charlotte Islands General Hospital records (1952-1979); Archer Memorial Hospital records (1978-1990); Bella Coola General Hospital records (1959-1987); Baie Verte Hospital records (1974-1990); Port Simpson Hospital records (1975-1986); R.W. Large Memorial Hospital records (1927-1999); Wrinch Memorial Hospital records (1921-1990); Hazelton Children's Home records (1966-1985); General administrative records (1946-1989); and Printed material (1973-2005). The Records of Dr. Peter Newbery sous-fonds includes: General administrative records (1979-1996); Personnel files (1975-1999); General correspondence (1989-1995); Archer Memorial Hospital records (1990-1995); R.W. Large Memorial Hospital records (1987-1995); Bella Coola General Hospital records (1990-1995); Baie Verte Hospital records (1988-1994); Hazelton Hospital records (1979-1995); Port Simpson Hospital records (1990-1995); and Stewart Hospital records (1993-1995). The Records of post-2001 directors sous-fonds includes: UCHSS Board meeting minutes (2007-2010); UCHS Annual General Meeting reports (1999-2009); Development of UCHS Society (1994-2010); Financial statements (2001-2013); Funding agreements and contracts (1991-2010); Employment and housing contracts (2006-2011); History of United Church mission hospitals (1922-2016); and Transfer of UC hospitals to regional health authorities (2014-2017).
United Church Health Services Society Medical DirectorFonds consists of the following series: General records (1959-1996); Annual reports of congregations and pastoral charges (1974-1976); Comox-Nanaimo Presbytery (1950-1996); Victoria Presbytery (1957-1996); Financial records (1971-1994); Subject files (1956-1996); and Personnel files (1972-1996). Records relate to the main functions of the presbytery officer: liaising with the Division of Mission in Canada, Home Missions Committee (B.C.), the presbyteries, and special interest committees; advising and consulting with ministers and personnel of pastoral charges; liaising with Indigenous ministries and team ministries; supervising summer students; ; supervising property administration and facilitating block grants for Comox-Nanaimo and Victoria presbyteries; and participating in ecumenical projects.
United Church of Canada. British Columbia Conference. Vancouver Island Presbytery OfficerFonds consists of the following series: Minutes and reports, 1962-1977; Finances and accounts, 1970-1976; Organization and staffing, 1970-1976; Property management, 1970-1976; Correspondence, 1970-1972; Projects and strategic planning, 1971-1977; Resident students' and band members' lists, 1962-1974; and Tseshaht United Church, 1971-1975. Minutes from 1962-1969, and possibly other records of the Advisory Committee to Indian Work in the Alberni Valley, were inherited by the Mission and are with the records.
United Church of Canada. West Coast MissionFonds consists of the following series: Ships' logs, 1924-1967, 1989; Vital records and rolls, 1926-1989; Mission oversight records, 1963-1990; Ship operations records, 1967-1995; Donations, fundraising and grant applications, 1962-1990; Pamphlets and publications, 1978-1990; Presbytery visitations and place name files, 1969-1989; Correspondence, 1964-1989; Indigenous ministries and studies, 1960-1990; Publication of the Log, 1977-1989; Projects and other files, [196-?]-1988; Display kit, [1984]; and Plans and drawings, 1966.
United Church of Canada. Central Mainland Marine MissionFonds consists of constitution and bylaws, minutes, registration records, record books for affiliated groups, scrapbooks, reports, and lists of officers of the B.C. Conference Branch, and minutes and other records of presbyterial branches, including Fraser, Kamloops-Okanagan, Kootenay, Vancouver, Vancouver-Burrard, Vancouver South, Victoria, and Westminster.
United Church of Canada. Woman's Missionary Society. British Columbia Conference BranchFonds contains the following series: Minutes (1993-1997), Artwork by Children (1985), Native Ministries Consortium (1991-1997), Reference and Liaison (1981-1998), Healing Fund (1988-1986), Land Claims Campaign (1987-1996).
United Church of Canada. British Columbia Conference. Native MinistriesFonds contains the following series: Native Ministries Consortium (1986-2004), Reference and Liaison (1966-2008, 1983-2005 predominant), and Residential Schools Issues (1986; 1993-2008).
United Church of Canada. British Columbia Conference. Conference Minister, Prince Rupert PresbyteryFonds consists of minutes of the Committee and its executive, 1926-1972, and an accounts book and record of appropriations, 1940-1946.
United Church of Canada. British Columbia Conference. Home Missions CommitteeFonds consists of minutes of the Committee, 1929-1966.
United Church of Canada. British Columbia Conference. Marine CommitteeFonds consists of records accumulated by William Percy Bunt as Superintendent, 1939-1958; records of Robert W. Henderson, 1958-1963; and records of Lawrence G. Sieber, 1963-1972.
United Church of Canada. British Columbia Conference. Superintendent of Home MissionsFonds consists of Marriage register (1944-1955); and Cash Book (1923-1935).
Koksilah Indian Mission (Duncan, B.C.)Fonds consists of an album of photographs from Berens River Mission, including members of the community, taken between 1891 and 1903.
McLachlan, James Arthur, 1855-1903Fonds consists of records from Hazelton Pastoral Charge, Hazelton-Skeena Methodist Circuit, New Hazelton and South Hazelton United Church, Hazelton Methodist Church, Hazelton United Church, New Hazelton Methodist Church, Miller Memorial United Church, and Kitsegukla United Church. Records include Baptismal records (1917-1976), Marriage records (1916-1986), Burial records (1917-1974); Circuit register (1917-1971), Historic roll (1957-1976); Session minutes (1958-1976), Stewards minutes (1943-1973), Official Board minutes (1922-1973), Congreational meetings minutes (1933-1977); Cash books (1917-1963), Manse building fund ledger (1965-1976); and Annual reports (1933-1934).
United Church of Canada. Hazelton Pastoral ChargeFonds consists of Baptismal register (1958-1983), Marriage register (1956-1982), and Burial register (1969). Historic roll (1956-1957) is located within the Central Mainland Marine Mission fonds, Box 488 / file 6.
Kemano United ChurchFonds consists of records from Kispiox Methodist Church, Kispiox United Church and Pierce Memorial United Church. Records include Baptismal registers (1895-1976), Marriage registers (1916-1952), Burial records (1914-1950); Circuit registers (1895-1954); Official Board minutes (1925-1988), Congregational meeting minutes (1934-1988); Sunday School Attendance roll (1915-1937); Land claims (1915-1958), Lay supply (1963-1974), Church redevelopment planning (1984-1987); Financial record book (1914-1949), Cash book (1960-1966), Renovation fund (1968-1972); and Annual reports (1927-1982).
Pierce Memorial United Church (Kispiox, B.C.)Fonds consists of an Indigenous civil marriage register (1951-1974). Included are records of two marriages performed at First United Church (Kitimat, B.C.) and one performed at Terrace, B.C.
United Church of Canada. Kitamaat-Kemano Pastoral ChargeFonds consists of Baptismal register (1897-1962), Marriage register (1897-1992), and Burial register (1897-1993).
Edgar Memorial United Church (Klemtu, B.C.)Fonds consists of records from Haliburton Street Methodist Church, South Nanaimo Pastoral Charge and Haliburton Street United Church. Records include Baptismal registers (1905-1966), Marriage register (1905-1966), Burial registers (1905-1947, 1954-1979); Circuit register (1893-1945), Communion Roll (1954-1968); Session minutes (1961-1966), Stewards minutes (1945-1966), Official Board minutes (1892-1966), Trustees minutes (1891-1913), Christian Education Committee mintues (1962-1966); Ladies' Aid minutes (1902-1962), Woman's Missionary Society minutes (1923-1961); As One That Serves minutes (1960-1961), Sunday School teacher's minutes (1899-1966); Young People's Union minutes (1943-1945), Young Women's Association minutes (1954-1961).
Haliburton Street United Church (Nanaimo, B.C.)Fonds consists of records from Nanaimo Indian Mission. Record series include: Baptism, marriage, and burial records (1886-1952) and Sunday school records (1892-1912).
Methodist Church of Canada. Nanaimo Indian MissionFonds contains the records from St. Andrew's United Church and its predecessor, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. The records include Baptism registers (1915-2001), Marriage (church) registers (1915-1950), Marriage (civil) registers (1920-1986), and Burial registers (1915-1976); Membership records (1915-2001); Session minutes (1896-2001), Board of Managers minutes (1915-1955), Stewards minutes (1955-1972), Official Board minutes (1950-2001), Congregational Meeting minutes (1916-1999), Christian Education Committee minutes (1962-1964; 1978-1986), and Joint meetings of St. Andrew's and First United Church Boards (1999-2000); Building Fund records (1960-1972), and Church Hall Booking registers (1959-1963); Ladies Aid minutes (1920-1953), Woman's Association Evening Circle records (1941-1962), Woman's Association Willing Workers Circle minutes (1952-1953), Woman's Missionary Society minutes (1914-1932), United Church Women minutes (1970-1973), and United Church Women Lydia Unit minutes (1965-1973); Annual reports (1970-1996); Indigenous peoples related material (1990-1998); and Photographs (1992). The records also include a draft manuscript of a church history and a variety of historical memorabilia (1900-1990).
St. Andrew's United Church (Port Alberni, B.C.)Fonds consists of records from Grace United Church and Grace Methodist Church. Records include Baptismal registers (1874-1962), Marriage registers (1874-1937), Burial registers (1874-1962); Circuit register (1874-1897, 1920-1960), Historic roll (1903); Session minutes (1955-1964); Ladies Aid minutes (1942-1963), Woman's Missionary society records (1921-1937, 1954-1967); Women's Auxiliary account book (1913-1946), Woman's Missionary Society account book (1890-1923). Note that there is a gap in original registers for baptisms (1911-1962), marriages (1913-1937), and burials (1914-1962); these registers are available in microfilm only.
Grace United Church (Lax Kw'alaams, B.C.)Fonds consists of records from Pierce Memorial United Church, Port Essington and Port Simpson Circuit. Baptismal registers (1883-1942), Marriage registers (1901, 1907-1942), Burial register (1883-1942); and Stewards minutes (1935). Note that there is a gap in the original baptism and burial registers, 1883-1907; only a microfilm copy is available.
Pierce Memorial United Church (Port Essington, B.C.)