Fonds ChMD 7 - Victoria District (Methodist Church) fonds

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Victoria District (Methodist Church) fonds

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    • Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the fonds

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    Fonds

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    CA UCCBC ChMD 7

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    • 1887-1925 (Creation)
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      Methodist Church of Canada. Victoria District
    • 1881-1886 (Creation)
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      Methodist Church of Canada. Victoria-New Westminster District
    • 1860-1880 (Creation)
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      Methodist Church of Canada. British Columbia District

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    12 cm of textual records

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    (1885-1925)

    Administrative history

    The Victoria District was divided off from the Victoria-New Westminster District in 1885, and became one of the four districts of the B.C. Conference in 1887. Nanaimo District was divided off from Victoria District in 1910.

    Name of creator

    (1868-1881)

    Administrative history

    The British Columbia District was created in 1868 as an administrative division of the Foreign Missions Board of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, and comprised most of the present-day British Columbia Conference. In 1874, B.C. became a mission district of the newly formed Toronto Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada, and in 1881 was divided into the Victoria-New Westminster District and the Port Simpson District, the latter consisting of the territory north of Prince Rupert.

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    (1881-1885)

    Administrative history

    The Victoria-New Westminster District was created in 1881 through a division of the British Columbia District. Between 1885 and 1887 it was divided further into the Victoria, New Westminster and Kamloops districts, the latter being created as part of the new B.C. Conference in 1887.

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    Scope and content

    Fonds consists of minutes of the Annual District and the Ministerial Session, 1910-1918, 1922-1925; minutes of the Financial District, 1886-1925; and incoming correspondence of the District chair, 1905-1906. Fonds includes minutes of antecedents British Columbia District (1868-1880) and Victoria-New Westminster District (1881-1886), integrated within the files.

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    Physical condition

    Material is fragile

    Immediate source of acquisition

    Accession was not documented; records were received prior to 2006

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    • English

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      No further accruals expected

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      BCAUL control number: UCCBC-65

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      Final

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      Full

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Created prior to 2006
      Revised July 26, 2022

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      • English

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