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Reference materials
CA PMRCA Priv 29.05 · Series · 1938-1984
Part of N. Keith Clifford fonds

Series consists of copies of academic theses and dissertations written by United Church students.

Sermons
CA PMRCA Priv 29.04 · Series · 1951-1979
Part of N. Keith Clifford fonds

Series consists of records relating to Clifford’s preaching and worship leadership, primarily at Augustine United Church in Winnipeg, and at Ryerson United Church in Vancouver.

Correspondence
CA PMRCA Priv 29.03 · Series · 1966-1990
Part of N. Keith Clifford fonds

Series consists of records relating to Clifford’s correspondence with colleagues.

CA PMRCA Priv 29.02 · Series · 1960-1989
Part of N. Keith Clifford fonds

Series consists of records relating to Clifford’s academic writings for journals, including original research and book reviews. Series also consists of records relating to lectures and presentations at The University of Chicago Divinity School, The University of British Columbia, and at various academic and church events. Records include lecture notes, copies of articles and reviews, and correspondence.

Research materials
CA PMRCA Priv 29.01 · Series · 1970-1989
Part of N. Keith Clifford fonds

Series consists of records relating to Clifford’s research, primarily concerning the Presbyterian Church in Canada and resistance to church union in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Record types include photocopies of articles and archival materials, as well as correspondence with research assistants.

Audio recordings
CA PMRCA Priv 27.07 · Series · [1972?]-[2001?]
Part of M. John V. Shaver fonds

Series consists of records relating to Shaver’s worship leadership and preaching, public speaking, work at First United Church (Vancouver). Records also include biographical information through interviews with Gordon Laird and Bob Stewart.

Shaver, M. John V.
Sermons
CA PMRCA Priv 27.06 · Series · 1954-2000
Part of M. John V. Shaver fonds

Series consists of records relating to Shaver’s preaching and leadership in worship. Records include Sunday bulletins and handwritten preaching notes.

Shaver, M. John V.
CA PMRCA Priv 27.05 · Series · 1951-1997
Part of M. John V. Shaver fonds

Series consists of records relating to Shaver’s service to the wider church as a member of Manitoba Conference’s Faith and Order Committee (1951-1956); a member of BC Conference’s Commission to Study Institutional Work in the Lower Mainland (1967-1969); a member of the Board of Directors for the Vancouver Inner City Service Project (1967-1969); and supervisor of a student at the Vancouver School of Theology (1995-1997).

Shaver, M. John V.
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.
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).

Student papers and notes
CA PMRCA Priv 27.02 · Series · [1937?]-1965
Part of M. John V. Shaver fonds

Series consists of records relating to Shaver’s classes and assignments as an arts and theology student at United College in Winnipeg, and as a summer school student at Union College in Vancouver. Records include lecture notes and essays.

Shaver, M. John V.
Subject files
CA PMRCA Priv 27.01 · Series · 1935-2001
Part of M. John V. Shaver fonds

Series consists of records relating to several spheres of Shaver’s activities, including his work as a pastor and preacher, university chaplain, educator, church administrator, writer, and student. Document types include notes for sermons and prayers, public addresses, lecture notes, manuscripts and published articles, radio broadcast scripts, copies of minutes, administrative reports, and personal correspondence.

Shaver, M. John V.
Manuscripts for monographs
CA PMRCA PRIV 20.08 · Series · 1996-2001
Part of James A. Taylor fonds

Series consists of records relating to the writing of three of Jim Taylor’s books: SIN: A New Understanding of Virtue and Vice; Precious Days and Practical Love; and John for Beginners.

Taylor, James A.
Regular newspaper columns
CA PMRCA PRIV 20.07 · Series · 1996-2018
Part of James A. Taylor fonds

Series consists of records relating to columns that Taylor wrote for local newspapers in the Okanagan region of BC. Includes samples of columns written for the Kelowna Courier and Penticton Herald (July to December 2009); satirical articles relating to local people and politics (the Back Fence, 2008); and samples of columns from a local weekly paper, the Lake Country Calendar (2007).

Taylor, James A.
Newsletters
CA PMRCA PRIV 20.06 · Series · 1984-1994
Part of James A. Taylor fonds

Series consists of a complete set of the issues of Currents, a small journal for which Taylor was the primary writer and sole editor.

Taylor, James A.
Academic writings
CA PMRCA PRIV 20.05 · Series · 1958-1967
Part of James A. Taylor fonds

Series consists of records relating to Taylor’s course work through the University of British Columbia, most of which he generated through a correspondence course in short-story writing, while living in Prince Rupert. Records also include some curricula for courses he designed and taught for the Canadian Institute of Speech in Prince Rupert.

Taylor, James A.
Personal correspondence
CA PMRCA PRIV 20.04 · Series · 1966-1986
Part of James A. Taylor fonds

Series consists of records relating to Taylor’s liaison with friends and colleagues. Includes correspondence with A.C. Forrest about coming to work for The Observer in 1968; exchanges with Edith Stockton, well-known church lay person in Saskatchewan; and letters to and from Sam Nazombe, Taylor’s protégé from Malawi, who came to Canada in 1973 to learn some of the trade of journalism.

Taylor, James A.
Early writings
CA PMRCA PRIV 20.03 · Series · 1959-1980
Part of James A. Taylor fonds

Series consists of records relating to Taylor's early works of fiction, poetry, plays, and musicals.

Taylor, James A.
CA PMRCA PRIV 20.02 · Series · 1967-2006
Part of James A. Taylor fonds

Series consists of records relating to magazine and journal articles for churches and secular organizations. Series contains the following subseries: The United Church Observer articles (1970-1981, 2000); United Church of Canada writings (1976-1990); Writings for religious papers other than the Observer (1974-2006); and Writings not related directly to the Church (1963-1987). Documentary forms include correspondence, research notes, interview transcripts, and draft and published versions of articles and resources.

Taylor, James A.
Reference and liaison
CA PMRCA ChUN 23.03 · Series · 1966-2008, 1983-2008 predominant
Part of Conference Minister, Prince Rupert Presbytery fonds

Series consists of three subseries: General Council, BC Conference, and the Prince Rupert Presbytery. Series contains records relating to various topics and maintained for their informational value. Series also contains records of the Presbytery’s interaction with external groups and organizations.

Series contains Native Ministries Council minutes, Division of Mission in Canada reports and minutes, correspondence and reports related to property issues and staffing, including the Central Mainland Marine Mission (CMMM) and the Thomas Crosby, financial statements, BC Conference minutes, correspondence, newsletters and press releases.

Conference Minister, Prince Rupert Presbytery
Residential schools issues
CA PMRCA ChUN 23.01 · Series · 1986 ; 1993-2005
Part of Conference Minister, Prince Rupert Presbytery fonds

Series includes: Residential School Advisory Group minutes, minutes of the Technical Implementation Group (TIG) for the Healing Fund, Healing Fund applications, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and Information bulletins.

Conference Minister, Prince Rupert Presbytery
Land Claims Campaign
CA PMRCA ChUN 22.06 · Series · 1987 - 1996
Part of British Columbia Conference, Native Ministries fonds

The Land Claims Campaign was a five year project launched by the BC Conference in May 1991. It had the dual purposes of education and fundraising in support of Aboriginal land claims in the province. Education events addressed questions of land claims and self government. A fundraising goal of one million dollars was set with money raised used to provide grants to BC First Nations to assist with research, political negotiations, legal fees and other related land claims costs. Campaign funds were held in trust and dispersed on the recommendations of the Native Ministries Council of BC Conference (formerly known as the “Coastal Regional Group”); recipients included the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en for their Supreme Court Case, Delgamuukw v. British Columbia.
Series includes records of donations and pledges, Land Claims Campaign Committee minutes and budgets, newsletters, information materials, and correspondence.

British Columbia Conference, Native Ministries