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

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.

Contains [published volumes] "Acts and Proceedings ...of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, for the years 1897 and 1901 through 1925, which include proceedings of the General Assembly, reports of various church bodies, statistical information and the Rolls of Synods and Presbyteries which provide the names of ministers and elders for congregations.

Volumes contain proceedings of the General Assembly, reports of various church bodies, statistical information and the Rolls of Synods and Presbyteries which provide the names of ministers and elders for congregations.

Consists of minutes, circulars, publications, extracts and other documents, largely from and/or related to the [Presbyterian] Committee on Church Union and the topic of Church Union, more generally.

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 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].

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.

Anti-Union Publications:

• Is There Not A Way Out? [1923]. 16 p. Memorandum by Rev. D.R. Drummond. Issued by the Committee.
• The Church Union Question. [no date noted]. 13 p.
• Reply By Dr. Drummond, Hamilton, to Criticism by Dr. Pidgeon, Toronto, of Memorandum Re: the Federal Church of Canada. April 16, 1923. 8 p. Issued by The Committee.
• The Need of the Presbyterian Church. [1924]. 14 p.
• Church Union: Short Answers to Big Questions. Respectfully Submitted to All Members and Adherents of Grace Presbyterian Church, Calgary, by Their Non-Concurring Fellow Presbyterians, January, 1925. 1 p. (Oversize.)
• Presbyterian Duty and Responsibility. [no date noted]. 4 p. Includes insert: Loyalty to Christ or our Mother Church. 1 p.
• Presbyterians and Church Union. [no date noted], 20 p.
• Ten Points of Federal Union. [no date noted]. 1 p.
• The Presbyterian Church in Canada: Its Preservation and continuance. [1914]. 23 p.
• Why I Am A Presbyterian, by the Rev. Herrick Johnson, (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1912). 31 p.
• The Presbyterian System vs. The Settlement Committee. [no date noted]. 16 p.
• How Shall I Vote on Church Union. by E. Scott. December 1, 1911. 16 p.
• Organic Union or Federation: Which? by Rev. R.G. MacBeth. [c. 1912], 17 p.
• Church Union, by Robert Campbell. July 10, 1910. 8 p.
• Overture re: Elder-Moderator, by Rev. Robert Campbell. 1918. 16 p.
• Junkerism in the Presbyterian Church, by John Stenhouse, May, 1921, 8 p.
• The Union Resolution - What Does It Mean? by John Stenhouse. [1921], 2 p.
• Minority Report of the Committee on Church Union. [no date noted]. 1 p.
• A Church at Stake. June 9, 1923. 1 p.
• Church Union was Overwhelmed in U.S.A. in 1920. [1924]. 4 p.
• Why You Should Remain Presbyterian. [no date noted]. 1 p.

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

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.

A minute excerpted from the Acts and Proceedings of the Forty-second General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, concerning the establishment of the United Church of Canada (1916) and a copy of part of the report of the Committee on Union (1916).

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

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.