Fonds BUR VH - Vancouver Heights United Church (Burnaby, B.C.) fonds

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Vancouver Heights United Church (Burnaby, B.C.) fonds

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    CA UCCBC BUR VH

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    • 1912-1974 (Creation)
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      Vancouver Heights United Church (Burnaby, B.C.)

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    • 1.62 m of textual records
    • 106 photographs

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    Vancouver Heights United Church was formed in 1925 in Burnaby from the local union of Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church, established in 1911, and Vancouver Heights Methodist Church, established in 1912. In 1973 the congregation disbanded. Throughout its United Church history Vancouver Heights has constituted a single point pastoral charge in Vancouver Presbytery (1925-1959) and Westminster Presbytery (1959-1973).

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    Fonds consists of the records of Vancouver Heights United Church and its predecessors, Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church and Vancouver Heights Methodist Church. Records include Baptism registers (1912-1973), Marriage registers (1915-1973), and Burial registers (1913-1973); Membership records (1912-1973); Session minutes (1912-1972), Stewards minutes (1947-1967), Stewards correspondence and reports (1967-1973), Managers minutes (1912-1925), Official Board minutes (1913-1967) and correspondence (1971-1974), Church Council minutes (1967-1973), Trustees minutes (1966-1973) and correspondence (1954-1973), Congregational Meetings minutes (1912-1940), Annual Meetings minutes (1941-1955), Building Committee minutes (1929-1956), and Building Committee correspondence and plans (1953-1956); Property records (1960-1973); Women's Auxiliary minutes (1912-1956), Woman's Missionary Society Evelyn Graham Evening Auxiliary minutes (1936-1961), United Church Women Evelyn Graham Unit minutes (1962-1965), Women's Federation minutes (1957-1961), United Church Women minutes (1962-1972) and financial records (1962-1972), Woman's Association and United Church Women reports (1955-1970); Sunday School minutes (1914-1951), Sunday School reports and correspondence (1950-1959) and financial records (1937-1973); Young People's Society minutes (1933-1940), Canadian Girls in Training minutes (1926-1962); Book of Remembrance Committee minutes (1958-1965), financial records (1958-1973) and correspondence (1961-1965), Book of Remembrance Historical File (1927-1973); Congregational financial records (1964-1969); Annual reports (1926-1971); Guest registers (1925-1973); and Photographs ([ca. 1934]).

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    Records transferred directly from Vancouver Heights United Church (Burnaby, B.C.) on December 12, 1974

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    • English

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      Access to vital event records (baptism/marriage/burial records) may be restricted according to requirements of the B.C. Personal Information Protection Act

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      No further accruals expected

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      BCAUL control number: UCCBC-123

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      Final

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      Full

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Revised October 4, 2018

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      • English

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