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United Church of Canada Living Skies Region Archives Woman's Missionary Society Saskatchewan Synod (Presbyterian) fonds Qu'Appelle (Sask.)
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Woman's Missionary Society Saskatchewan Synod (Presbyterian) fonds

  • FW 06
  • Fonds
  • 1893-1940?

The fonds consists of records created by the Saskatchewan Synod branch of the Presbyterian W.M.S., its treasurers and members, as well as records from various Presbyterial W.M.S. groups.

Contents include: branch meeting minutes (1924-1926); treasurer’s accounts (1914-1926); membership records of Junior and Life members; annual meeting programs (1915-1925); and a collection of materials assembled by Mary S. Scott McKechnie, the first president of the [Saskatchewan] Provincial W.M.S. and of Qu’Appelle Presbytery W.M.S. The materials collected by McKechnie include: Presidential Addresses and Annual Reports of the Saskatchewan Presbyterian W.M.S. (1915-1924); history of Presbyterian W.M.S., for Diamond Jubilee (ca.1924); W.M.S. annual meeting programs (1916-1925); Qu’Appelle Presbyterial W.M.S. annual reports (1907-1926); and copies of newsletters “Echo” (Qu’Appelle) and “Progress” (from the Regina Industrial School), along with photographs of pupils at File Hills school (1925), Round Lake School (no date), and Cote Day School (no date).

The collection also includes meeting minutes from W.M.S. Presbyterial groups from Abernethy, Alameda, Prince Albert, Qu’Appelle, and Saskatoon.

Presbyterian Woman’s Missionary Society, Synod of Saskatchewan

Miscellaneous materials collected by Mrs. McKechnie

Contents include: The Echo (newsletter), from Qu'Appelle, 1894; Progress (newsletter), from Regina Industrial School, 1907; Report on Indian Schools and Students, from an unidentified publication, date unclear. There are also photographs: a group portrait of adults and children outdoors, captioned "Pupils of File Hills Indian School", 1925; exterior view of a large building, with postcard template and notes on back "Round Lake Residential School [...] Additions" and "Complements of W.J. Cookson" (no date provided); and a group photo of 14 adults and children, on the steps of a building, under sign "Cote School 1915" (no date provided for the photo).