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Biggar Pastoral Charge fonds
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- Textual record
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1910–2003 (Creation)
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1.2 metres (approx.) of textual records
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Administrative history
Biggar Pastoral Charge was formed in 1925 as a new United Church charge, part of Wilkie Presbytery and consisting of Third Avenue United Church, in Biggar, Saskatchewan. Third Avenue United had been originally built in 1910, as a Union Church, with a congregation of Methodists, Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Baptists. Early pre-1925 rural preaching points had also included Salter, Lett and Monarch. (By 1936, Monarch was a separate Pastoral Charge, with points at Kensmith, Gagenville and Wilson Lake). Around 1940, Biggar Pastoral Charge included preaching points at Crane Creek, Naseby and Salter, though these three returned to Cando Pastoral Charge sometime before 1946. (Cando Pastoral Charge would eventually join with Landis Pastoral Charge.)
In 2000, the charge became part of Prairie Pine Presbytery and, with the 2018 reorganization, it continued into the new Living Skies Regional Council.
Custodial history
Original provenance for many of the records in the fonds is unclear. Initial items were transferred to the archives between 1925 and 1986. Further batches of records were received around 2005 and 2006.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Biggar Pastoral Charge, as well as associated Monarch Pastoral Charge and Triumph (South Biggar) Pastoral Charge, their predecessors and constituent congregations – church boards, committees and related bodies, local women’s units and other groups.
Contents include: minutes of official board and council, Session, Stewards, committees, congregational, and Sunday School meetings; records of local Ladies Aid Societies, Woman’s Association (W.A.) and United Church Women (UC.W.) groups; annual reports and financial records; historic rolls and related membership records; Home Mission Record Books from Monarch and Triumph; and registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials held at Biggar, Kingsland and related areas.
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Original order for many of these records is unclear. Items under XV.A and XV.B were arranged and listed as local church records sometime before 1990 and the accruals (under XV.SC) were added in 2005 and 2006. The fonds was created in 2023, to include records previously listed and any later additions.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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Restrictions on access
Some records are restricted, to protect personal information.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Use, publication, and/or reproduction of records are subject to the conditions of the Copyright Act. Church registers may not be photographed, scanned or otherwise copied without written permission from the Regional Council. Please consult archivist for assistance.
Finding aids
GS-168 includes original file listings.
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Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
Alpha-numeric designations
Textual records: A.381.XV.A.329 to A.346, A.2333 to A.2337, A.4078 to A.4082, A.6592 to A.6593, A.6633 to A.6666; A.381.XV.B.16 to B.18, B.311; A.1078.XV.SC.263 to SC.341; A.1084.XV.SC.1047