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.

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.

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.

Reports on addresses:

• "Report of Address by Dr. W.C. Brown, Presbyterian Church Association, Edmonton, Jan. 12, 1924." 14 p.
• "Report of Address by Mr. Justice [W.M.] Martin Before the Presbyterian Church Association, December 12, 1924." 16 p.

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.

This minute book includes minutes for meetings of the Committee and its executive.

Biographical file.

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.

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 meeting minutes (1922-1953), correspondence and a history, "Early history of religious services in the Abernethy
Presbytery" (2 pages, no date indicated).

Includes statistical record of Home Mission Fields (1912-1922 ) and of Mission Fields in southern Saskatchewan (1933-1935).

Treasurer's Report of Superannuation Fund.

Correspondence of Conference Secretaries, Rev. A.W. Ingram and A.W. Keeton, with church officials and clergy, concerning arrangements for annual Conference, the appointment, resignation, transfer and stationing of clergy, and changes to Methodist Year Book.

Miscellaneous, 1905-1925 -- includes letter and attached letter concerning evangelism, prohibition and the appointment of district Historian, 1905; Minutes of Conference Programme Committee, November 14, 1923, p. 1, and attached notes, Canadian Passenger Association forms, 1925; List of Lay Presidents, 1912-1925; typed reports for 1925 conference, and Returns listing lay representatives from each district to Annual Conference, 1925.