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United Church of Canada Living Skies Region Archives Series
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Student Missionaries, 1952-1980

Series consists of files relating to student ministers and the various charges they worked with, in Saskatchewan Conference. Contents include: reports of students in mission fields; correspondence pertaining to funding and expenses, appointment of student missionaries and work done by student missionaries on mission charges; reports pertaining to conditions in charge or field that student missionaries served during the summer; family lists from fields compiled by student missionaries; Student Field Application forms; reports of supervising pastors; and student evaluations of missionary work.

Statistics, 1963-1975

Series contains correspondence, data sheets, schedules and other records relating to statistics tracking of Saskatchewan Conference and its Presbyteries.

Property files, 1925-1983

Series consists of files regarding the title to various church properties, including churches and manses, in Saskatchewan Conference (region), as well as general correspondence relating to property. Contents include correspondence, reports, financial records, and loan and grants documents.

Within the series, there are four sub-groupings: Titles; General; Manses; and Charges. "Property - TItles" files (no. 517 through 529) are mostly listed by type and contain correspondence pertaining to titles of church properties. "Property - General" files (530 through 549) are sorted alphabetically by topic and contain general correspondence pertaining to church properties. "Property - Manses" files (550 through 554) are sorted by sub-topics, e.g. furnishings, and contain correspondence and reports pertaining the furnishing, financing and modernization of manses. "Property - Charge" files (555 through 872) are organized by Pastoral Charge, from Aberdeen through Young-Zelma, and contain: general correspondence pertaining to properties held by particular charges in Sask. Conference; applications for loans and grants; building plans; financial statements; and annual reports. Photographs are also noted in this group.

Presbyterian Church Association materials

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.

Manse plans

Series consists of building plans and specifications for various manses or small houses, associated with the United Church in Saskatchewan. Contents include items relating to: Central Butte, Climax, Eastend, Kipling, Lumsden, Midale, Mossbank, Moose Jaw (Grace United Church), Porcupine Plain, Spiritwood, Tomkins, Wawota, and Whitewood.

Home Missions, 1961-1973

Series contains minutes, reports, correspondence, and other records relating to the work of the United Church Board of Home Missions. Contents include files related to the Board's annual meetings, correspondence and financial assistance to congregations and programs (through various Home Mission Committees).

Division of Mission, 1972-1976

Series contains correspondence and other records relating to the work of the United Church Division of Mission in Canada (which followed the Board of Home Missions, around 1972). Contents include files related to the division, its committees and related activities.

Conference Secretary and office files, 1923-1950

Series consists of records relating to the administrative role of the Saskatchewan Conference office. Contents include: correspondence of the Secretary of Conference (1923-1924, 1928-1934), mostly Rev. A.W. Ingram; correspondence relating to the Cowan Estate (1949-1950); typed Records of Proceedings for the 1926 Conference; typed and mimeographed copies of reports presented at the annual conference (1934); and a file of documents relating to the Conference Cane, its history and symbolism.

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Conference office files

Series consists of a variety of records relating to the administrative role of the Saskatchewan Conference office, overseeing and supporting the work of presbyteries and local United Church congregations and missions in Saskatchewan. Records in this series appear to have been received in one group and reflect the range of activities administrative and field staff was involved in, especially from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Files primarily contain correspondence, reports, and related materials documenting: financial grants and loans made to support church congregations and their work; research and educational projects undertaken within the Church (and with external partners); meetings and decisions of various committees, task groups, boards and divisions; training and staff job descriptions; information and statistics from presbyteries; activities of the General Council; mission work among indigenous people on several Saskatchewan reserves; training and placement of student and lay ministers and missionaries; titles, grants and property information for various churches; newsletters and small scale publications from the Conference and its committees; youth outreach activities; and information about the operations of various incorporated ministries in Saskatchewan, including the Prairie Christian Training Centre (PCTC), Oliver Lodge, the United Church Housing Corporation of Regina, and several youth camps.

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Conference archives correspondence, 1925-1979

Series contains records relating to the archives program operated by Saskatchewan Conference staff. Correspondence files include: requests for information and searches of the records, for purposes of genealogy, vital statistics, and church history; and information and arrangements relating to deposits of records by congregations and presbyteries.

Conference Annual Meetings, 1975-2018

Series consists of: official (signed) copies of Records of Proceedings for the annual meetings of Saskatchewan Conference, including minutes of Conference Executive meetings; annual meeting dockets (with obituaries, reports, and related information); and background documents, including the booklet Conference for Newbies: A Guidebook for New Delegates to the Annual Conference of Saskatchewan Conference by Scott Douglas.

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Conference Annual Meetings, 1925-1983

Series consists of: official and printed copies the Records of Proceedings for the annual meetings of Saskatchewan Conference (1925-1980, 1983); reports presented (1965-1969, 1971-1974); a roll of members at the first Conference (1925); associated financial records (1938-1972), Conference programmes (1925-1952) and some newspaper clippings (photocopied).

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