Biographical file – "In Praise of Prairie Women: Compilation of Histories to Honour Prairie Church Women" by Barb Elliott and Joyce Dickin (14 pages); also correspondence about the fund supporting the project.

The manuscript "In Praise of Prairie Women" was based on stories of women shared by United Church congregations, at the invitation of St. Andrew's College, in 1980. Featured women include: Hilda May Swan (1897-19?), Percival; Willa Woods (1906-?), Moosomin; Elizabeth Jane Lowe (1885-?), Prince Albert; Gertrude Wood, Kincaid; Gertrude Eliza Craig, Vermilion, Alta.; Mrs. John Bellamy (1857-?), Moose Jaw; Annie Beatrice Joness, Moose Jaw; Hilda Bigelow, Bladworth; Ethel Hunter, near Mortlach; Helen Ross (19?-?), Alberta; Margaret Backus, Kindersley and Cabri; Laura Hamblay (1877-1951), Manitoba; Ethel Elizabeth Heffren (1892-19?), Man./Sask.; Mary Elizabeth Heffren (1890-19?), Kelvington; Margaret Jane White (ca.1878-1955), Meglund, Man.; Ruth Winchester Ormiston (1890-19?), Tantallon; Mary Alice Ozmun (18?-19?), Kinistino; Jessie Kingston (1880-19?), Climax; Elizabeth Margaret Haney (1888-1948?), Cabri district; Elizabeth Bertram (1904-?), Sovereign and Milden; Lillian Beatrice Bray (18?-?), Melfort, Caron, Sintaluta; Anna Margaret Wilson, Moose Jaw; Mary Jane Stevenson (1870-19?), Pilot Mound, Kisbey, Ethelton; Agnes Sorrel Forbes (18?-19?), Fort Saskathewan, Grande Prairie; Jean Christie, Vanscoy and Saskatoon; Mabel Middleton, Saskatoon.

The collection consists of primarily textual materials relating to various ministers and other lay people associated with the United Church, in Saskatchewan. Contents include obituaries, newspaper articles, pamphlets, programs, publications, and various other documents containing biographical information. Some are accompanied by portraits.