Church history file.

Church history file -- "A Brief History of Wesley Methodist Church (later Wesley United Church) of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan" (bound), by John Halliday, July 1958.

The fonds consists of records created by the Saskatchewan Synod branch of the Presbyterian W.M.S., its treasurers and members, as well as records from various Presbyterial W.M.S. groups.

Contents include: branch meeting minutes (1924-1926); treasurer’s accounts (1914-1926); membership records of Junior and Life members; annual meeting programs (1915-1925); and a collection of materials assembled by Mary S. Scott McKechnie, the first president of the [Saskatchewan] Provincial W.M.S. and of Qu’Appelle Presbytery W.M.S. The materials collected by McKechnie include: Presidential Addresses and Annual Reports of the Saskatchewan Presbyterian W.M.S. (1915-1924); history of Presbyterian W.M.S., for Diamond Jubilee (ca.1924); W.M.S. annual meeting programs (1916-1925); Qu’Appelle Presbyterial W.M.S. annual reports (1907-1926); and copies of newsletters “Echo” (Qu’Appelle) and “Progress” (from the Regina Industrial School), along with photographs of pupils at File Hills school (1925), Round Lake School (no date), and Cote Day School (no date).

The collection also includes meeting minutes from W.M.S. Presbyterial groups from Abernethy, Alameda, Prince Albert, Qu’Appelle, and Saskatoon.

Nine separate photos taken of camps from Prince Albert, North Battleford, Estevan, Moose Jaw and ?. Photos are attached to two heavy sheets of paper on which they were displayed. Seven are group photos of club members; one is of horses being judged; and one is of club members posed in back of a truck.

The fonds consists of records created by the Bishops' Chancery Office in dealing with diocesan parishes, the clergy, religious orders, institutions, church organizations, other dioceses, and the Vatican in Rome, The fonds contains correspondence, manuscripts, historical notes, and news clippings; as well as photographs; copies of registers of sacraments sent annually from the parishes; some audio and video tapes of historic interest; architects plans of churches, some cemetery plans, and maps of the rural municipalities and miscellaneous.