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Fonds · 1913-2005

Fonds consists of records from Skeena River Methodist Circuit which includes Terrace, Kitsegucla, Kitselas and Cedarvale, Knox Presbyterian Church (Terrace, B.C.), and Knox United Church (Terrace, B.C.). Records include Baptism registers (1920-1993), marriage registers (including civil) (1921-1988), and burial registers (1921-1972); Board and committee records (1913-1989); Property and legal records (1981-1988); Women's group records (1932-2005); Sunday school records (1954-1972); Youth group records (1954-1957); Records of other congregational groups (1954-[198-?]); Ecumenical group records (1970-1982); Congregational financial records (1965-1976); Annual reports (1956-1992); Newsletters (1972-1991); and Photographs (1912-1992).

Knox United Church (Terrace, B.C.)
Fonds · 1914-1925

Fonds contains the records of Garden City United Church, Wilkinson Road-Garden City Pastoral Charge, Wilkinson Road Methodist Circuit and Garden City Methodist Church. Records include Baptism, marriage and burial records (1944-2012); Membership records (1964-2012); Board and committee records (1915-2012); Legal and property records (1934-2012); Women's group records (1926-2012); Sunday school records (1924-1974); Youth group records (1915-1921); Records of other groups (1931-1969); Correspondence / subject files (1974); Financial records (1933-1983); Annual reports (1943-1997); Newsletters (1962, 1990-2001); Congregational histories (1989-2010); and Photographs (1914-2012).

Garden City Methodist Church (Victoria, B.C.)
Photographs
CA PMRCA 08 · Series · 1915-[1966]
Part of Robert C. Scott fonds

Subjects of the photographs include family, the marine missions, students of the Coqualeetza Institute. Some of the photographs were published in My Captain Oliver (Toronto: United Church Publishing House, 1947).

Publications and manuscripts
CA PMRCA 02 · Series · 1915-2000
Part of Lydia Gruchy fonds

Series consists of records relating to publications such as books, essays and articles written both by and about Rev. Lydia Gruchy including the graduation thesis of Lydia Gruchy, multiple articles and biographies, interviews, and a school yearbook.

Fonds · 1915-1997

Fonds consists of records from Qualicum Beach Presbyterian Church, Qualicum Beach United Church, Knox United Church (Parksville, B.C.), Qualicum Beach/Coombs Pastoral Charge and St. Stephen's United Church (Qualicum Beach, B.C.). Records include Marriage registers (1920-1988), Burial register (1965-1995); Membership records (1915-1996); Board and committee records (1954-1990); Legal and property records (1993); Women's group records (1928-1985); Youth group records (1931-1983); Sunday School records (1961-1985); Financial records (1955-1996); Correspondence (1961-1970); Worship service records (1984); Church histories (1961-1983); Reference (1960-1990); Newsletters (1961-1977); Guest registers (1994-1995); Annual reports (1965-1997).

St. Stephen's United Church (Qualicum Beach, B.C.)
Fonds · 1915-2008

Fonds consists of records of West Vancouver United Church and its predecessor, West Vancouver Union Church. Records include Unofficial Session minutes (1969), Board of Managers correspondence and building records (1919-1928), Official Board minutes (1915-1918), Unofficial Board minutes (1971-1972), Ministry and Personnel Committee plan (2000), Music Committee minutes and correspondence (1957-1958), Organ Committee feasability study (1990-1991); Women's Federation minutes (1959-1961), Women's Federation Coordinating Committee minutes and reports (1959), Women's Federation/Woman's Association Financial records (1956-1961), Woman's Association minutes (1940-1959) and financial records (1929-1955), Women's Missionary Society minutes (1948-1959) and membership records (1949-1958), Women's Missionary Society Anne Copithorne Auxiliary minutes (1950-1955) and financial records (1945-1961), United Church Women Annual reports (1981-2008); "The Founding of West Vancouver United Church, 1908-1919" by Maria J. Brown (church history) (1969), "Steps Toward Union: West Vancouver United Church," by Dianne Whidden (church history) (1972), Memorabilia articles by Rupert Harrison (1972), Historical news clippings (1920-1980), Historical notes (1917-1985); Homosexual ordination correspondence and reports (1988), Memorial Gifts lists (1963-1978), Pim Bequest correspondence (1985); Annual reports (1921-2000); Newsletters (1981-2000); Architectural plans (1958, 1963); Favourite recipes (1955), Photo Directories (1981, 1985, 1989).

West Vancouver United Church
Fonds · 1916-2009

Fonds consists of records from First United Church and Knox Presbyterian Church. Records inlcude Baptismal registers (1907-1976), Marriage registers (1903-1987), and Burial registers (1949-1971); Membership records (1938-2004); Board and committee records (1905-1999); Women's group records (1933-2004); Men's group records (1965-1973); Youth group records (1952-1961); Correspondence/subject files (1933-1962; Annual reports (1957-2009); Newsletters (1987-1998); and Buildings and property records (1962).

First United Church (Kelowna, B.C.)
Correspondence files
CA PMRCA 05 · Series · 1917-1960
Part of Robert C. Scott fonds

The correspondence files were kept on the basis of a subject filing system, with one file assigned to a correspondent, place, or type of business. Series includes incoming and outgoing correspondence, and related records.

Yoshinosuke Yoshioka fonds
Fonds · 1917-1939

The photograph collection documents Yoshioka’s transition to Canada and his life as a minister serving in the Japanese community. The majority of the collection dates from the earlier 1920s, his early days in Canada; photographs capture the life of the Japanese church community in and around Steveston and Powell Street. Fonds also includes photographs of the Yoshioka family and Rev. [Robert?] Wilkinson and his family, taken at Shizuoka, Japan, around 1917.

Yoshioka, Yoshinosuke
CA PMRCA 07 · Series · 1918-1959
Part of Robert C. Scott fonds

Series includes newspaper clippings, pamphlets and periodicals, unpublished poems by W. Howey, and transcripts of Basil Mathew's sermons from August 1944 to October 1945. Topics of the published materials include the mission boats, the Indian and oriental missions in B.C. and abroad, and church stewardship.

CA PMRCA 02 · Series · 1918-1950
Part of Lily McCargar fonds

Series consists of records relating primarily to McCargar’s letters to her family while she was in China on furlough. Series also contains memorabilia relating to the Chinese United Church. Record types include correspondence, photographs of family, orders of service, speaking notes, greeting cards, journals, and booklets.

Marine mission records
CA PMRCA 02 · Series · 1919-1978, predominant 1919-1948
Part of Robert C. Scott fonds

Series includes logs of the Iwyll, Thomas Crosby III and IV, and the Melvin Swartout I, the latter including related reports, 1919-1948: Invoices and correspondence relating to the construction of the Thomas Crosby III, 1926-1928; West Coast Missions correspondence, 1926-1934; and a Master's certificate, 1927.

Manuscripts and writings
CA PMRCA 06 · Series · 1919-1951, predominant 1925-1947
Part of Robert C. Scott fonds

Series includes articles published by the church; a personal diary dated 1919-1945; a typescript of My Captain Oliver dated 1947; and records of services held and evangelism at "Indian hospitals" (as they were then known) in Sardis and Nanaimo.

CGIT British Columbia fonds
Fonds · 1919-1996

Fonds comprises two subgroups: Provincial Board and Victoria Committee. The Provincial Board subgroup consists of the following record series: Administrative records (1924-1996); Annual reports (1968-1996); Leadership materials ([1936?]-[ca. 1990]); Program materials (1963-1995); Camping and Camp Council materials (1919-1995); Conference materials (1955-1970); Special events, ceremonies, and services (1925-1994); Newsletters (1932-1996); Historical reference and memorabilia (1922-1990); Photographs and scrap books (1922-1992); and CGIT publications ([192-?]-1985). Victoria Committee subgroup consists of the following records series: Minutes (1956-1984); Financial records (1942-1993); Photographs and memorabilia (1921-1995); CGIT publications (1922-1976); Explorer materials (1957-1973); Arlene Kropp Collection (1951-1954); Audio records (1990).

Canadian Girls in Training. British Columbia Provincial Board
Fonds · 1920-1992

Fonds consists of Baptismal certificate stub book (1920-1932), Baptisms [applications] (1965-1967), Marriage records (1950-1972), and Burial records (1958-1976); Board and committee records (1941-1987); Women's group records (1950-1992); Sunday School records (1960-1972); Youth group records (1965-1969); Financial records (1953-1969); Property records (1968-1987); Correspondence (1930-1982); Newsletters (1991); Worship bulletins (1981); Guest registers (1953-1972); and Annual reports (1960-1965, 1966-1973, 1976-1979, 1980-1982, 1984-1989).

Also includes baptismal certificate stubs for Campbell River Indian Mission (1920-1932). Some records of Willow Point are also included in the fonds.

Campbell River United Church
Vi Keenleyside fonds
Fonds · [192-?]-1987

Fonds consists of four record series relating to Keenleyside’s research for They Also Came: Subject files ([1970?]-1984); Biographical files ([192-?]-1987); Photographs (1946-[1986?]); and Audio recordings ([197-?]).

Keenleyside, Vi
Fonds · 1921-2009

Fonds consists of records from St. John's Strawberry Hill United Church. Records include Baptism, marriage, and burial records (1934-2009); Membership records (1934-2009); Board and committee records (1921-2009); Legal / Property records (1922-2005); Women's group records (1940-1995); Annual reports (1957-2009); Communications (1984-2009); and Church history (1944-2009).

St. John's Strawberry Hill United Church (Delta, B.C.)
Osoyoos United Church fonds
Fonds · 1921-2011

Fonds consists of records from Osoyoos United Church, and some marriage records from Oliver United Church. Records include Marriage and burial records (1944-2011); Board and Committee records (1948-2010); Legal and property records (1939-1967); Women's group records (1931-2000); Osoyoos Youth Group records (1987-1989); Correspondence/subject files (1969-1979); Annual reports (1965-2011); Church histories (1921-2011); Worship service records (1959-2010, predominant 2006-2010); Newsletters (1965-2011, predominant 1992-2004); Financial records (1983-2001); Membership directories (1984); and Administrative records (2006).

Osoyoos United Church
CA PMRCA 01 · Series · 1921-1981, predominant 1921-1947
Part of Lily McCargar fonds

Series consists of records relating primarily to McCargar’s liaison with the head office of the Woman’s Missionary Society (WMS) of The United Church of Canada. Also included are records relating to her association with the WMS at the Chinese United Church in Vancouver and other congregations. Documents include correspondence, reports, speaking notes, worship preparation notes, financial records, mailing lists, course outline, order of worship, poetry, and greeting cards from special events.

Fonds · 1922-2013

Fonds consists of records from Dunbar Heights Union Church and Dunbar Heights United Church. Records include Baptismal register (1925-1961), Marriage registers (1925-1988), Burial permits (1948-1956), Burial registers (1957-1979); Communion Rolls (1923-1978), Communion Roll appendix (1939-1942), List of Members Received (1930-1939), Historic Rolls (1979-2013); Session minutes (1922-1990), Session minutes (unofficial) (1975-1989), Session correspondence and reports (1925-1989), Session reports (1925-1939), Session Elders District lists (1989-1990), Session Christian Initiation Study material (1979-1983), Stewards minutes (1926-1977), Stewards correspondence and reports (1925-1977), Official Board minutes (1926-1992), Official Board correspondence and reports (1958-1992), Trustees Fire Insurance records (1980-1982), Trustees Engineering report (1981), Trustees Building repairs (1980-1982), Trustees Building repair blueprints (1981), Congregational meetings minutes (1922-1992), Christian Education Committee minutes (1962-1992), Christian Education Committee correspondence (1960-1992), and reports (1961-1992), and program records (1963-1971), Worship and Music Committee minutes (1981-1989), Worship and Music Committee correspondence (1981-1988), and reports (1981-1985), Building Committee minutes and correspondence (1949-1951), Outreach Committee minutes (1976-1983), Library Committee (1972-1973); Ladies Auxiliary cash book (1927-1938), Woman's Association records (1930-1968), Woman's Missionary Society minutes (1945-1961), Woman's Association/Woman's Missionary Society/United Church Women historical memorabilia and reports (1923-1968), United Church Women records (1962-1987); As One That Serves minutes (1927-1963), As One That Serves correspondence and reports (1953-1966), As One That Serves programs and reports (1958-1963), and cash books (1936-1963); Sunday School minutes (1924-1938), Sunday School minutes and reports (1975-1981), Sunday School attendance record (1959-1973), Sunday School correspondence and reports (1967-1968), Sunday School survey (c.1935); Couples Club (1975-1983), Analysis of Dunbar Heights United Church attendance (1981-1982), Acknowledgement letters (Glen Baker) (1976-1983), Memorial Organ (1955); Worship Service Bulletins (1958); "Our Yesterdays, 1914-1968" (church history), historical memorbilia (1975, 1981), "Book of Remembrance" and committee minutes (1964-1965); Building and property records (1950-1959); Annual reports (1930-1997), Annual financial statements (1925-1952); Newsletters (1970-1997); unprocessed photographs and 35 mm slides; unprocessed oral history tapes and records.

Dunbar Heights Union Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Family correspondence
Series · 1922 - 1965
Part of Drs. Edison and Gladys Cunningham fonds

Series consists primarily of letters from Gladys to family and friends, describing in detail the couple’s activities and aspects of their daily life in China. Series also includes personal correspondence between the couple.

Chizu Uchida fonds
Fonds · 1922-2010

Fonds consists of two record series: Photographs (1922-2010) and Kyogikai records (1975-1990).

Uchida, Chizu
Fonds · 1922-1965

Fonds consists of four record series: Family correspondence (1922-1965); Medical Profession Records (1923-[1951?]), Photographs ([1920s-1940s?]), and Board of Foreign Missions records ([1924?]-1956).

Cunningham, Edison and Gladys
Burrows family fonds
Fonds · 1923-2010

Fonds consists of records relating to the Rev. Bob and Joan Burrows and of Joan’s parents, the Rev. Frank and Marguerite Fidler. Includes the following series: Frank and Marguerite Fidler correspondence and other material (1923-1995); Frank and Marguerite Fidler photographs (1928-1974); Bob Burrows research material and interviews (1962-2010); Joan Fidler Burrows church leadership and committee materials (1960-1984); Burrows family memorabilia (1961-1987); Burrows family photographs (1991); and Bob Burrows audio recordings (1961-1967).

Burrows family