Special Committee of Conference to study the relationship between the Christian Church and Education in Saskatchewan

History of organised Sunday School work in Saskatchewan, 1888-1919.

Material apparently collected by Dr. Nicol, Superintendent of Home Missions, United Church of Canada, 1929-1946:

• Memos re Certain Bible Schools and "Sects" in Saskatchewan, John L. Nichol, compiled 1944-1946 (37 pages)
• Description of the Church of God
• The Christian Science Movement
• The Seventh Day Adventists
• "The Doukhobors in Canada," [by] Lydia Gruchy, Board of Home Missions, [no date provided] (64 pages)
• "The Pathfinder," 1930, with article on the Doukhobors by Lydia Gruchy
• "The Religious Education of the Canadian Doukhobors," [no date provided] (22 pages)
• The Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church: A Historical Memorandum," [by] M. Stechishin (Yorkton), 1929 (60 pages)

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Arcola-Estevan 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 (1951-1973); correspondence; statistics; property and treasurer’s records; the record of candidates for ministry; as well as documents from the Pastoral Charge Committee and Rural Evangelism Committee.

The fonds consists of textual materials generated by Assiniboia 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 (1925-1973); presbytery dissolution documents (1973); statistics and treasurer’s records; records of candidates for ministry; a historical sketch of Assiniboia Presbytery (1925-1932); and a history of the United Church Women’s Association of Assiniboia Presbytery (1901-1961).

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; reports; correspondence; documents regarding Hafford (Mission) Hospital; an accounts ledger; files relating to education and students; record of candidates for ministry; pastoral relations records; and a Battleford Presbytery Survey (1973).

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; correspondence; newsletters; statistics (1960); records of the Communications Committee (1969-1980); a document “Sketch History of Rosetown Presbytery, Part 1” (Oct. 1975), by Rev. M. John Moor; and some minutes, correspondence, and other material from the United Church Men / A.O.T.S.

The fonds consists of publications and other records relating to the Religious Educational Council of Saskatchewan, previously known as the Saskatchewan Sunday School Association. Contents include: historical sketches; correspondence; committee minutes; and convention minutes.