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.

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.

Circular letters [copies] received from the Committee on Church Union, concerning unionist minorities, the taking of the vote on Church Union, "Church Union Question Box", "Resolution Proposed by Church Union Committee", and a form for reporting the results of the vote in congregations for entering the United Church of Canada.

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).

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.

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

Bulletin, 1925 -- No. 1 (April 18), No. 2 (May 2), No. 3 (May 16), No. 4 (May 30); No. 5 (June 27).

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.

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 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].

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.

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.

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.

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.