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Student notes
CA PMRCA 01 · Series · 1908
Part of H.P. Davidson fonds

Series consists of a notebook relating to a course on New Testament criticism, which he was likely enrolled in at Knox College, Toronto.

Reference material
CA PMRCA 09 · Series · 1926
Part of Robert F. Smith fonds

Series consists of The United Church of Canada Forms of Service (1926) that Smith’s grandfather, Rev. Robert Smith, used during his ministry.

Poetry and literature
CA PMRCA 05 · Series · 1898-1938, predominant 1923-1938
Part of Lily McCargar fonds

Series consists of records relating to McCargar’s reading interests and compositions.

Study notes
CA PMRCA 04 · Series · 1941
Part of Lily McCargar fonds

Series consists of records relating to McCargar’s attendance at lectures in the Canadian School of Missions and Emmanuel College in Toronto.

Photographs
CA PMRCA 06 · Series · [1925?]-[1946?]
Part of Lily McCargar fonds

Series consists of records relating to McCargar’s work with the children and youth at the Chinese United Church in Vancouver; her association with the Woman’s Missionary Society; and her correspondence with friends, relatives, and colleagues.

McCargar, Lily
Manuscripts
CA PMRCA 03 · Series · [between 1898 and 1946]
Part of Fong Dickman fonds

Series consists of manuscripts created and/or maintained by Rev. Fong Dickman. Records include a 65-page manuscript in traditional Chinese, narrating the story of a fisherman and a logger.

Sermons
CA PMRCA 01 · Series · [between 1898 and 1946]
Part of Fong Dickman fonds

Series consists of records relating to Fong Dickman’s preaching at churches he served between 1898 and 1946. Records include handwritten sermons in traditional Chinese, some dated 1936.

James M. Shaver writings
CA PMRCA Priv 27.03 · Series · 1935-1946
Part of M. John V. Shaver fonds

Series consists of records relating to publications written by M. John V. Shaver’s father, the Rev. James M. Shaver. Records include handwritten manuscripts, correspondence, and news clippings for An Effort to Understand (published in Onward, 1936) and With Glowing Hearts (a monograph published 1946).

Correspondence
CA PMRCA 02 · Series · [between 1898 and 1946]
Part of Fong Dickman fonds

Series consists of correspondence maintained along with Fong Dickman’s sermons. Records include two handwritten letters in traditional Chinese, with the first being a communication between two fellow church members and the second, a letter to the executive of the Wa-Ying Yat Po (Chinese-English Daily Newspaper).

Diaries and scrap books
CA PMRCA 03 · Series · 1933-1946
Part of Lily McCargar fonds

Series consists of written and pictorial records relating to McCargar’s furlough year in China, and her travels in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Also consists of appointments and speaking notes.

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.

Medical profession records
Series · 1923 - 1951
Part of Drs. Edison and Gladys Cunningham fonds

Series relates to the couple’s academic research and professional lives. Includes clinical notes, reports, and reprints of medical articles that were written by Dr. Edison Cunningham himself or other professionals in the field. Series also includes some of Dr. Gladys Cunningham’s notes from her public addresses, a selected bibliography, and some copies of letters she wrote to other colleagues. Also included are a few letters of recommendation written by the two doctors, photographs of patients from China (mainly with eye diseases), and the financial records of their private practice in Vancouver.

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.

Early published writings
CA PMRCA Priv 27.04 · Series · 1947-1952
Part of M. John V. Shaver fonds

Series consists of news clippings of Shaver’s column, “Sidney Chips,” from the Carberry News-Express, a local weekly for the Carberry, Manitoba region.

Shaver, M. John V.
Writings
CA PMRCA 01 · Series · 1953
Part of William Stott fonds

Series consists of a draft of Stott’s semi-fictional account of life in the Cariboo in the early 20th century.

CA PMRCA 04 · Series · 1923-1957
Part of Robert C. Scott fonds

Series includes four bound volumes of records, including personal and church accounts, mortgages, salaries, monies raised for home missions, mailing checklists, and books loaned. Scott kept many kinds of financial records together in notebooks. The few birth and death records in the second volume appear to have been superseded by entries in another register.

CA PMRCA 03 · Series · 1897 1958, predominant 1945-1958
Part of Robert C. Scott fonds

Series includes records of the Coqualeetza Indian Hospital and Coqualeetza Fellowship, 1945-1957; of the Coqualeetza Institute and Albemi Indian Residential School, 1897-1900 and 1939-1944; of the Conference committee Sunday School in the Home, 1951-1958; and of Vancouver Presbytery, 1958.

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.

Vital records
CA PMRCA 01 · Series · 1930-1960
Part of Robert C. Scott fonds

Series includes Baptismal records, 1930-1960; Burial records, 1939-1957; and Marriage records, 1940-1958, including some correspondence.

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.

Florence Gruchy photographs
CA PMRCA 04 · Series · 1933-1960
Part of Lydia Gruchy fonds

Series consists of records relating to Florence Gruchy (sister of Lydia Gruchy) and her experiences living in India as a part of the Women’s Missionary Society. Records include photographs, as well as some textual materials (primarily notes) and artwork.

Scouting records
CA PMRCA 05 · Series · 1957-1963
Part of Deryl J.M. McCrindle fonds

Series consists of records relating to Dal McCrindle’s participation in the 43rd Vancouver Troop “Muskwa” through Knox United Church. Records include souvenir programs, certificates, trip report, badges, and images. Also includes school certificates.

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.