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Dundurn-Hanley Pastoral Charge fonds

  • FL 185
  • Fonds
  • 1902–1984

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Dundurn, Hanley and Dundurn-Hanley Pastoral Charges and constituent churches, including Moose Woods (Whitecap) – their boards, committees and related bodies, and local women’s groups.

Contents include: minutes of boards, stewards, choirs, Ladies Aid Society and W.A. meetings; reports; treasurer’s records; and a Circuit Register containing the membership roll. Dundurn Methodist/United Church, Hanley, Coates, Moose Woods Reserve, and White Cap Reserve are among the congregations and communities identified. There is also a Home Mission Record Book from Moose Woods Reserve (White Cap), containing a communion roll and records of baptisms, marriages and burials.

Dundurn-Hanley Pastoral Charge

Edmund H. Oliver fonds

  • PR 04
  • Fonds
  • 1911–1935

The fonds consists of records by and relating to E.H. Oliver, his travels in Saskatchewan and his teaching at St. Andrew’s College, his experiences in the First World War and involvement with educational programs for the soldiers (through the University of Vimy Ridge and Khaki University), his postwar work as Principal of St. Andrew’s College and later Moderator of the United Church, and his research and publications.

Contents include: correspondence (1911-1916); diary of trips to the Doukhobor area around Veregin (1915), the Cote Reserve, and to the Ruthenians of Kamsack and Canora; military publications and wartime memorabilia; materials related to the University of Vimy Ridge (1917-1918) and Khaki University (1917-1919); Oliver’s postwar correspondence (1920-1935), as he resumed his duties as Principal of St. Andrew’s College; and various historical and research publications and manuscripts, on topics such as Church Union, education, Saskatchewan history and settlement. There is also a collection of material pertaining to the drought situation on the prairies and the United Church response (1930-1932), at which time Oliver was serving as Moderator.

The collection also includes letters and tributes to E.H. Oliver, from after his death (1935-1936).

Oliver, Edmund Henry

Elrose Presbytery fonds

  • FD 07
  • Fonds
  • 1926–1949

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by the Presbytery, its secretaries, committees and related bodies, in fulfillment of their responsibilities, as outlined in the Manual of the United Church of Canada.

Contents include: minutes (1926-1949); a treasurer’s book; and a “Report of the Historical Committee of the Elrose Presbytery” (Feb. 9, 1932), which includes a history of the presbytery and its pastoral charges.

United Church of Canada Elrose Presbytery

Estevan Presbytery fonds

  • FD 08
  • Fonds
  • 1906–1962

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Alameda, Estevan and Arcola-Estevan Presbyteries, their secretaries, committees and related bodies, in fulfillment of their responsibilities, as outlined in the Manual of the United Church of Canada and by the Presbyterian Church in Canada, prior to 1925.

Contents include minutes (1906-1951) and Statistical Records of Home Missions (1912-1935). Minute books document meetings of pre-union Alameda Presbytery, as well as United Church successor, Estevan Presbytery.

Presbyterian Church in Canada Alameda Presbytery

File Hills Pastoral Charge fonds

  • FL 220
  • Fonds
  • 1921–1978

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by File Hills Pastoral Charge, its predecessors, constituent churches and communities – their boards, committees and related bodies, local women’s units and other groups.

Contents include: minutes of board and congregation meetings; minutes of local Women’s Missionary Society (W.M.S.), Women’s Association (W.A.) and United Church Women (U.C.W.) groups; correspondence; newsletters; membership rolls; financial records; and baptism, marriage and burial records. Wanakepew, Pheasant Creek and File Hills Colony Mission are among the congregations and communities identified.

File Hills Pastoral Charge

Fiske, Herschel, Anglia, Kingsland Pastoral Charges fonds

  • FL 224
  • Fonds
  • 1907–1989

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by several associated churches and their varying governing pastoral charges: Fiske Pastoral Charge, Anglia Pastoral Charge, Herschel Pastoral Charge, Kingsland Pastoral Charge, and Stanraer Pastoral Charge, as well as predecessors, successors, and constituent churches – their boards, committees and related bodies, and local women’s units.

Contents include: minutes of church boards, stewards, session, congregational and committee meetings; minutes and other records from local Woman’s Association (W.A.) and United Church Women (U.C.W.) groups; Sunday School records; Communion Rolls and related membership records; some financial records and correspondence relating to property; Home Mission Record Books and church registers documenting baptisms, marriages and burials in Fiske, Spring Lake, Hill View, McGee, Anglia, Herschel, Kingsland, Stanraer [Stanrauer], Oliver, and nearby area(s).

Herschel Pastoral Charge

Foam Lake – Leslie Pastoral Charge fonds

  • FL 228
  • Fonds
  • 1904–2011

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Foam Lake – Leslie Pastoral Charge and predecessors, including Foam Lake Pastoral Charge and Leslie Pastoral Charge, as well as their constituent congregations – church boards, committees and related bodies, local women’s units and other groups.

Contents include: minutes of official boards, Stewards, Session, congregational, and committee meetings; records of local Ladies Aid Society, Women’s Missionary Society (W.M.S.), Woman’s Associations (W.A.), and United Church Women (UC.W.) groups; some financial records and annual reports; communion and historic rolls; and registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials held at Foam Lake, Leslie, Kelvin Grove, Mt. Hecla, Tuffnell, Bertdale, Elfros, and related locations.

Foam Lake Pastoral Charge

Fort Qu'Appelle Pastoral Charge fonds

  • FL 233
  • Fonds
  • 1881–1984

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Fort Qu'Appelle Pastoral Charge and constituent churches – their boards, committees and related bodies, local women’s units and other groups.

Contents include: minutes of Official Board, Ladies Aid Society and U.C.W. meetings; membership rolls; baptism, marriage and burial registers. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian/United Church (Fort Qu'Appelle), Balcarres, Indian Head, Pheasant Plains, Wide Awake, and Lipton are among the congregations and communities identified.

Fort Qu'Appelle Pastoral Charge

Frank Hoffman fonds

  • PR 01
  • Fonds
  • 1920–1945

The fonds primarily consists of papers by and relating to Rev. Hoffman and his and others work among Hungarian immigrants.

Contents include: correspondence and reports about missions in Alberta and Northern Saskatchewan; a list of Hungarian immigrants to Canada (some photos included); Az Otthon 1922-1925 (in Hungarian); and related materials, newspaper clippings, and documents concerning mission work and fieldwork Hoffman and others undertook in Saskatchewan. Among the materials is a biographical sketch of the Rev. Emerick Csendes [Czendes], written by Rev. Hoffman, and a copy of “Tales of Hoffman” by R.W. Hardy.

Hoffman, Frank

Frederick A. Clare fonds

  • PR 12
  • Fonds
  • 1933–1946

The fonds consists of 4 small notebooks created and used by Rev. Frederick A. Clare, during his time as an ordained minister: a diary (1937); a notebook (1940-1942); pocket record book (1933-1946), with information about church officers, communion services, members, baptisms, marriages, and burials for various Saskatchewan locations; and a notebook recording translations of 421 English words into Cree and/or Salteaux, as well as financial accounts information and additional notes.

Clare, Frederick Alexander

General Council of Local Union Churches fonds

  • FA 06
  • Fonds
  • ca.1915–1924

The fonds consists of textual materials created by and relating to the General Council of Local Union Churches, its Policy Committee and related individuals and bodies.

Contents include: minutes of the Policy Committee (ca.1920), a report to the General Council of Local Union Churches of Western Canada (1921), and resolutions passed by the General Council (1922); publications relating to the General Council (1921-1924); correspondence regarding Union Churches and Cooperative Churches (1924); and an address, The Evolution of Organic Church Union in Canada, given by the Chairman at a General Council Meeting, on April 5, 1915.

There is also a group of additional materials on the topic of Local Unions, created/collected by the Rev. W.H. Hughes. This contains some originals and some copies of archival materials, along with other documents assembled by Hughes.

General Council of Local Union Churches of Western Canada

George Arthur fonds

  • PR 15
  • Fonds
  • 1898–1900

The fonds consists of records created and/or collected by Rev. Arthur, during his time as a Presbyterian minister in Kinistino, Saskatchewan. Contents include: a record book (1898-1900), with information about congregations at Birch Hills, Coxby, Kinistino, Melfort, Rosthern.

Arthur, George

G.G. Heffelfinger fonds

  • PR 06
  • Fonds
  • ca.1925

The fonds consists of Rev. Heffelfinger’s sermon “Sympathy”, written for March 1st, 1924, with biblical citations for scripture readings and first lines of praise selections (hymns).

Heffelfinger, Galen Gordon

Golden Prairie Pastoral Charge fonds

  • FL 259
  • Fonds
  • 1937–1983?

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Golden Prairie Pastoral Charge, its predecessors and constituent churches – boards, committees and related bodies.

Contents include: historic rolls; a Visitor’s Book; and Home Mission Record books, containing lists of missionaries, officials and board members, as well as records of baptisms, marriages and burials held at Golden Prairie, Good Hope and Richmond.

Golden Prairie Pastoral Charge

Goose Lake District (Methodist) fonds

  • FA 14
  • Fonds
  • 1911–1921

The fonds consists of Ministerial Session minutes (1911-1921) from Goose Lake District of the Methodist Church.

Methodist Church (Canada) Goose Lake District

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