The Message, Vol. 1, No. 2 (February 1, 1917), and Vol. 1, No. 3 (March 1917).

Consists of various articles and other documents, relating to the Presbyterian Church in Canada and meetings of its committees, boards, synods and other internal organizations.

Publications on Church Union (pro- and anti-union), from the Presbyterian Church in Canada:

• Church Union: Documents Approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada as a Basis of Union. 16 p. [1911].
• "Overture to the General Assembly Presented to the Presbytery of Winnipeg," by Rev. Prof. George Bryce. 4 p. 1916.
• "The Present Crisis in the Presbyterian Church in Canada," by Prof. W.G. Jordan. 7 p. 1916
• "Resolution re: Church Union." 1 p . [1917].
• "Church Union: An Opportunity and a Duty," by a Group of Presbyterians. 16 p. [no date noted].
• "Church Union and the Mission Field", by Rev. Murdoch MacKenzie. 2 p. [no date noted].
• "The United Church of Canada or A New Presbyterian Church. Which?" by Principal W.H. Smith. 8 p. [no date noted].
• "You Will Agree." 2 p. [no date noted].
• "The Union Movement in Australia." 4 p. [no date noted].
• Voting Paper: Church Union. (Ballot) 1 p. (2 copies)
• Statement as to the Assembly's Action on Church Union. 8 p. [1923].

Presbyterian Church Association publications:

• "Statement of Presbyterian Church Association to All Presbyterians Who Desire to Continue the Presbyterian Church Throughout Canada." 1924. 16 p.
• "Suggestions to Congregations As to the Method of Taking the Vote." [1924.] 24 p.
• "Church Union and Church Law," by T. Wardlaw Taylor. 12 p. [no date noted].
• "To All Presbyterians in Canada: Church Union and the Proposed Bill." [ 1924]. 4 p.
• "Our Church and the Proposed Substitute," address by Mr. T. McMillan. October 12, 1922. 16 p.
• "A Statement of the Case of the Presbyterian Church Association in its Opposition to the Proposed Union of the Presbyterian, Congregational and Methodist Churches." 1923. 20 p.
• "To the Officers and Members of the Presbyterian Church Association." Letter from Daniel J. Fraser, President. June 23, 1921. 4 p.
• [Excerpt?] from an address given in 1916 by an Elder of the Church and former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, the late Sir William Mortimer Clark. 1916. 4 p.
• Convocation of the Presbyterian Church Association. June 5 and 6, 1917. 4 p.
• Presbyterian Convocation. June 5 and 6, 1917. 1 p.
• "Head and Front of Presbyterian Church in Canada Gave a Majority Against Organic Union in 1915." 1 p. [no date noted] (oversize)
• "The Great Anglican and Baptist Churches in Canada are opposed to Organic Church Union." 1923. 1 p. (oversize)
• "Presbyterian Church in Canada will continue." [1915]. 1 p. (oversize).
• "Memorandum Regarding the Objections of Presbyterians to the Proposed Church Union Legislation." [c.1923]. 15 p. Submitted by the New Brunswick Branch of the Presbyterian Church Association.

Publications:

• First Report of Historical Committee. (Adopted by the General Assembly, 1917.) 15 p.
• Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in Manitoba and the North-West. June, 1884, 16 p.
• Annual Report of the Church and Manse Building Fund of the Presbyterian Church in Manitoba and the North-West, June, 1886. 32 p.
• Annual Report of the Church and Manse Building Board of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, for Manitoba and the North-West Territories. June, 1887. 16 p.
• The Acts and Proceedings of the Second Synod of Manitoba and the North-West Territories of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, May 19-22, 1885. 25 p.
• Minutes of the Thirty-sixth Synod of Manitoba, October 13 - 15, 1919. 26 p.
• Overture to the General Assembly Presented to the Presbytery of Winnipeg, by Rev. Prof, George Bryce, Member of the Assembly's Union Committee, 4 p.
• Presbyterian Convocation: Instructions To Delegates, June 5 and 6, 1917. 1 p.
• Presbyterian General Assembly: Railway Arrangements For Delegates. June 6-15,1917. 1 p.
• Statement on Church Union from the Session of St. Paul's Church. [Prince Albert, Sask.]. [1924], 4 p.
• Commissioners to the Fiftieth General Assembly, Presbyterian church in Canada, June, 1924. 15 p.
• Presbyterian Church in Canada, General Assembly: Docket of Business and Roll of Assembly, June 1924. 16 p.
• The Presbyterian Record, vol. L., No. 5 (Montreal, May 1925). Pp. 131-158.

Publications from the Committee on Church Union:

• Explanatory Statement Prepared by the General Assembly's Committee on Union With Other Churches. 31 p. 1906. (2 copies).
• Report of the Committee on Union with the Methodist and Congregational Churches. 9 p. [1914].
• A Message to Sessions From the Church Union Committee of the General Assembly. 8 p. September, 1916.
• Report of Committee on Church Union and Co-operation. 4 p. 1921.
• Report of the General Assembly's Committee on Church Union. 6 p. [1924].
• A Message from the Committee on Church Union to the Ministers, Elders, Members and Adherents of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. 6 p. October 1, 1924.

Publications from the Church-Union Movement Committee:

• "The Need of Church Union," by A Group of Presbyterians. 16 p. [no date noted].
• "Organic Union of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Churches in the Dominion of Canada." Address by Rev. Edmund H. Oliver, January 9, 1923. 16 p.
• "How Far Has The Church Gone Towards Union?" 4 p. [1922].
• "A Catechism on Church Union in Canada." 8 p. [no date noted].
• "If Church Union is not Consummated Now -- What?" 2 p. [no date noted].
  " The Task of Unity." 4 p. [no date noted].
• "Has Dr. Drummond Found the Way?" 4 p. [no date noted].
• "The Coming United Church of Canada." 4 p. [no date noted].
• "Another Vote on Church Union." 4 p. [no date noted].
• "Is Further Conciliation Possible?" by Rev. Geo. C. Pidgeon, 4 p. [no date noted].

Presbyterian Standard -- July 1923 and Vol. 1, No. 2 (October 1923).

The collection consists of primarily textual items, published by the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Contents include published Acts and Proceedings (with minutes of the General Assembly, reports, etc.), materials related to the Committee on Church Union and the Presbyterian Church Association, as well as a range of other documents and publications about Church Union, especially the Presbyterian debates on that topic.

Consists of publications of the Presbyterian Church Association, which was a group of clergy and laymen opposed to the organic union of the Presbyterian Church with other churches. Series also includes materials published by other individuals, groups, or churches who were opposed to union (though some of the individuals may have been members of the Association). Publications other than those of the Association have been listed separately and the author and publisher identified where possible.

Presbyterian Advocate, Vol. l, Nos. 1 and 2 -- published by the Organization for the Preservation of the Presbyterian Church.

Mimeographed copies of minutes of some meetings of the Presbyterian General Assembly's Committee on Church Union. Also included are minutes for Executive and Subexecutive meetings. This is an incomplete set.

Memoranda concerning revisions of the Church Union Bill, the matter of breach of trust with relation to property if the Bill is passed, the constitutionality of the Bill, the possibility of holding another vote on Church Union, the rights of a minority in a congregation, United States judgements concerning church government, and resolutions concerning amendment of legislation.

Two mimeographed copies of document "Is There Not A Way Out?" by D.R. Drummond (April 5, 1923), one with changes and annotations written on it. Much of this mimeographed version appears to have been used in the publication of the same name, listed in A.381.IV.C.7.

Statement of Claim in John D. Cunningham et al. versus George C. Pidgeon et al., in the Supreme Court of Canada, and "Spiritual Independence of the Church: Sir Robert Falconer - on Questions Raised by Paragraph 26 of Statement of Claim", which was concerned with the competency of a majority of individual members of the Presbyterian Church to authorize union with another church or to alienate property of the Church.