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Minutes and Correspondence
CA ON00340 F566-1 · Series · 1874-1930
Part of United Church of Canada Committees on Law and Legislation

Series consists of Minutes of the Committee on Law and Legislation, 1921-1942, correspondence and letterbooks of committees’ and church lawyers, 1927-1936, minutes of the Joint Committee on Church Union, 1923-1927; records on Church Union Legislation, Commissions and Miscellaneous, 1874-1930.

Office Files
CA ON00340 F552-3-1 · Subseries · 1998-2013
Part of United Church of Canada Justice, Global and Ecumenical Relations Unit fonds

Area Secretaries were Lee Holland (East & Central Africa, 2001-), Wendy Gichuru (East & Central Africa and the Middle East, 2003), Gary Kenny (South Africa, 2002-2003).

Program Coordinators were Wendy Gichuru (East & Central Africa, and the Middle East, 2004-2009), Gary Kenny (South Africa & Emergency Response, 2004-2009). In 2010 the Africa Desk jointed the Partners in Mission Unit. The Program Coordinator was Wendy Gichuru (Africa and Middle East, 2010-2013).

Jay Scott, Nyambura Githaiga, Kimberly Bennett, Diane Mitchell, Josie Forcadilla were Administrative Support/Program Assistants.

Subseries consists of records of Area Secretaries, Program Coordinators and Administrative Support/Program Assistants, 1998-2013; records of Africa Area Committee, 1995-1998.

CA ON00340 F515-1 · Series · 1967-2012
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

From its inception in 1968 the Division of Communication has been overseen by an Executive and a Secretary, later termed the General Secretary and Executive Minister. The Secretary and succeeding roles were the heads of the Division, and the Executive were responsible for communicating with other Division Secretaries as well as counterparts in other denominations. The Division Executive was comprised of members elected to that role by their Conference (1 per) and others elected according to function (such as Chair, Vice-chair, Committee/Taskforce Chairs etc.) by the General Council. The Executives were also responsible for setting policy and overall direction for the work to be carried out in the program units and by the staff of the Division. The Department of Finance and Administration was established in 1985 with responsibility for all of the accounting and budgeting within the Division. The department dissolved in 1993 and the work was adopted by the General Secretary’s office in 1994.

Series contains eight subseries: 1) Minutes, 1967-1999, 2) Reports, 1968-1990, 3) Correspondence, 1968-1983, 4) Financial Records, 1968-1998, 5) Office Files, 1967-2001, 6) Records of thee General Secretaries, 1968-2008, 7) Records of the Division Management Team, 1991-1998, 8) Records of the Communications Group, 2008-2012.

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Administrative Records
CA ON00340 F515-11-1 · Subseries · 1967-1973
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Subseries contains correspondence and financial files pertaining to the administration of the Department of Audio Visuals as well as the office files of Rev. Anson C. Moore who served as Secretary of the Department 1967-1973.

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Correspondence
CA ON00340 F3632-1 · Series · 1925-1991
Part of Frank Prescott Fidler fonds

Series consists of correspondence on a wide variety of topics, both personal and work related. Additionally, correspondence related to the many workshops and conferences Fidler presented at and attended. Workshop files may include additional resources. Some topics include marriage, marriage preparation, couples clubs, counselling, sexuality, sexual education, family, gerontology, Planned Parenthood, family planning, Christian education, Boys work, Lay preachers, the Publication Coordination Commission of the United Church of Canada, the Cedar Glen Implementation Committee, the Committee on Marriage Preparation, Marriage Guidance, the Marriage Guidance Council, the Canadian Council on Children, Ottawa Presbytery, Montreal and Ottawa Conference, Young Peoples, Tuxis, Divorce, Aging and Retirement, Christian Family Life Committee, United Church of Canada Board of Evangelism, The Vanier Institute, United Church of Canada Board of Christian Education.

CA ON00340 F1028-1 · Series · 1975-2012
Part of United Church of Canada Manitou Conference fonds

Manitou Conference met annually from 1975 to 1992; however, at the 1992 annual meeting, Conference moved to meet every two years. Series consists of the record of the Conference's annual meeting, referred to as the "Record of Proceedings." In addition to the minutes of the annual meeting, a Record of Proceedings may also include a history of the Conference, compiled minutes of the Executive Committee meetings for that year, reports and the agenda distributed prior to an annual meeting, a Conference directory and an index of motions. Series consists of official and unofficial records of proceedings of annual/general meetings and executive minutes, 1975-2012; annual meeting report books, 1989-1995; and general meeting correspondence and reports, 2002-2003, 2007. Records of Proceedings and executive minutes from 1982 to 1990 are bound.

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CA ON00340 F502-4-1 · Subseries · 1910-1965, predominant 1925-1952
Part of United Church of Canada Board of Overseas Missions fonds

Subseries consists of Section I: Papers of the Board of Overseas Missions Associate Secretary relating to West China, which consists of correspondence, reports, and documents from the Board Secretaries and the missionaries dealing with medical, educational and evangelistic work and matters of finance, property, mission staffing and conditions and the Mission Press, 1925-1952; Section II: West China Union University which consists of correspondence, reports and minutes of various committees of West China Union University, 1926-1954; and Section III: Minutes of the Mission Councils (1929-1949) and West China Union University Bodies (1910-1950), Section IV: Records of Canadian School (1925-1968).

Administrative records
CA ON00340 F503-1 · Series · 1962-1971
Part of United Church of Canada Board of World Mission fonds

Series consists of minutes of Executive and annual meetings, 1962-1972 (official); general files arranged by year including, for example, records of internal and international ecumenical committees, and correspondence of Board staff, and records of Crossroads Africa, 1961-1968.

CA ON00340 F512-1 · Series · 1971-2000
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Mission in Canada fonds

The Division met annually. It was responsible for setting policy and overall direction for the work to be carried out in the program units and by the staff of the Division.

Series consists of the following subseries: 1) Executive and Annual Meeting minutes, 1971-2002; 2) Records relating to the Executive Staff Committee, 1970-1984, 3) Records relating to the Augmented Executive Staff Committee, 1978-1980, 4) Records relating to the Senior Executive Staff/Management Group, 1980-1995, 5) Records relating to the Executive Staff Forum, 1983-1984, 6) Records relating to Staff meetings, 1971-2002.

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CA ON00340 F514-1 · Series · 1954-1968
Part of United Church of Canada Board of Information and Stewardship fonds

Series consists of minutes of Annual Meetings, 1955-1967; minutes of the Executive, 1956-1967 (incomplete); Annual Reports of the Board, 1956-1964; minutes and reports, agendas, and background materials of Board committees for which Secretaries had responsibility, including the Communications Standing Committee, Communications Survey Committee, Committee on Information and Public Relations, various committees on literature distribution, Stewardship Committee, Mission Education Committee, and Committee of Liaison with the Woman's Missionary Society, 1956-1967; correspondence with the General Council and Boards, 1955-1965; correspondence with Conferences and Presbyteries, 1956-1966; correspondence files with Board staff on subjects including Berkeley Studio, staff appointments, interdenominational broadcasting, 1957-1968; general correspondence files, 1957-1964; correspondence, financial and annual reports relating to the Literature Distribution Centre and regional depots, 1954-1966; a series of general files organized on a subject basis and arranged alphabetically, 1955-1965; financial documents including budgets, 1955-1965; and files related to general Board activities, including its constitution and amalgamation into the Division of Communication.

CA ON00340 F521-2-1 · Subseries · 1901-1942
Part of United Church of Canada Church Union collection

Subseries consists of records relating to administration and legislation, including minutes of the Committees of Law and Legislation, 1921-1933; copies of The United Church of Canada Act (Dominion), 1924, and similar legislation for the provinces, Newfoundland and Bermuda; correspondence re passage of the legislation; copies of the House of Commons debates, 1924; general correspondence, 1922-1942; accounts, 1923-1930; correspondence re use of the name "Presbyterian Church in Canada"; papers of the Committee Chairman, Newton Wesley Rowell, 1921-1929, and of W.R. Motherwell, a defender of the legislation in the House of Commons, 1924-1925; and "Resolutions re Church Union of Presbyterian General Assembly, 1899-1923; of the Joint Committee on Church Union, 1904-1923; Methodist General Conference, 1902-1922; and of the Congregational Union of Canada, 1901-1923: a compilation with index (94.167C).