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archival descriptions
Project records
CA PMRCA 01 · Series · [197-?]-2010
Part of Rodney M. Booth fonds

Series consists of records relating primarily to Booth’s consulting work after retirement. Includes scripts, timecode descriptions, project schedules, speeches, reports, correspondence, and maps.

CA PMRCA 01 · Series · 1892-1995
Part of Lydia Gruchy fonds

Series consists of records relating to Lydia Gruchy’s family correspondence throughout her life and after her death. Documents include education certificates and diplomas, photographs of the Gruchy family, news articles about Lydia Gruchy, the will of her father Charles Gruchy, family records, and letters of personal correspondence.

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.

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.

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.

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).

CA PMRCA 05 · Series · 1900-1980
Part of Lydia Gruchy fonds

Series consists of records relating to Lydia Gruchy’s personal life and education, and includes both photographs of her graduation class as well as photographs and textual materials relating to her family.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 01 · Series · 1923-1995
Part of Burrows family fonds

Series consists of records relating to the Rev. Frank Fidler’s ministry within the United Church of Canada, including his service as Boys’ Work Secretary for BC Conference (1928-1931); pastoral work at Bloor Street United Church in Toronto (1934-1940) and at Glebe United Church in Ottawa (1940-1949); and work at General Council as Secretary of the Christian Education Department (1949-1971). Also included are records relating to Marguerite Fidler’s involvement with the Woman’s Missionary Society. Record types include correspondence, research papers, conference planning materials, and publications.

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.

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
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.

CA PMRCA 02 · Series · 1928-1974
Part of Burrows family fonds

Series consists of photographs relating to Frank Fidler’s trip from Manitoba to British Columbia, and work within BC Conference as Boys’ Work Secretary (1928-1932). Series also includes photographs relating to Fidler’s work at General Council as Secretary of the Christian Education Department.