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, YoshinosukeFonds consists of the following record series: Family correspondence and other materials (1892-1995); Publications and manuscripts (1915-2000); Audio and video recordings (1985-1992); Florence Gruchy photographs (1933-1960); Lydia Gruchy family photographs (1917-1953).
Gruchy, LydiaFonds consists of records from Westview United Church and Cranberry United Church. Record series include: Baptismal records (1935-1986), Marriage records (1934-1969), Burial records (1936-1986); Communion roll (1931-1962); Board and committee records (1929-1984); Women's group records (1928-1985); Men's group records (1956-1966); Annual reports (1962-1989, predominant 1984-1989); Special program records (1971); Newsletters (1987-1989).
Cranberry-Westview Pastoral Charge (Powell River, B.C.)Fonds consists of two record series: Correspondence (1932-1952) and Sermons and Lectures (1938-1951).
Telfer, Douglas H.Fonds consists of the following record series: Minutes and reports (1960-1970); and Correspondence (1961-1971).
United Church of Canada. Pacific Mountain Regional Council. Campus Ministry CommitteeFonds consists of the following record series: Sermons ([between 1898 and 1946]); Correspondence ([between 1898 and 1946]), and Manuscripts ([between 1898 and 1946]).
Fong, DickmanFonds consists of four record series: Research notes ([193-?]); Correspondence (1929-1968); Reference - Religions (1924-1968); and Memoir ([1967]).
Goodfellow, John ChristieThe fonds consists of photocopied materials, personal notes, transcripts, personal correspondence and historical correspondence. The fonds is divided into three series: Research files, audio materials and research index cards.
Collison, MichaelFonds consists of a single volume containing minutes of the trustees, 1876-1900.
Methodist Indian Mission Church (Victoria, BC)Fonds includes records of First United Church and its predecessors, First Presbyterian Church and the Turner Institute. Fonds consists of the following series: Baptisms (1919-2005), Marriages (1897-1996), and Burials (1948-2004); Membership records (1943-1968); Board and Committee records (1897-2007); Superintendent’s records (1934-1984); Administration – General (1955-2007); Personnel records (1952-1984); Women’s Group records (1894-1971); Men’s Group records (1960-1972); Sunday School records (1893-1968); Youth Group records (1952-1955); Financial records (1916-1992); Annual Reports (1917-2004); Building and Properties records (1929-1987); Worship Bulletins (1952-1988); Choir records (1924-2005); Communication records (1976-2007); Radio Ministry records (1954-1983); Outreach and Social Action (1969-2010); Welfare Industries records (1954-1979); Camp Fircom records (1954-1980); Visitor registers (1930-1974); Photographs; and Reference Materials (1935-2004).
First United Church (Vancouver, B.C.)Fonds consists of the photocopied transcribed textual records of Charles Ora Card from 1886. Includes a biography from the oral history of his daughter, Pearl Card Sloan, transcribed diary entries from his Canadian travels in 1886, and a map outlining his travel route in Washington and British Columbia.
Card, Charles OraFonds consists of a Baptism register (2001-2003) and Burial register (2001-2003); Board and committee records (2003-2004); and Annual reports (2005-2006).
Alberni Valley United Church (Port Alberni, B.C.)Fonds consists of the following record series: Victoria Presbytery and Executive meeting minutes (1925-2011); Subject files of the Presbytery Secretary (1955-1986); Correspondence of the Presbytery Secretary (1957-1972); Presbytery committees (1931-1936; 1964-1994); and Financial records (1938-1959).
United Church of Canada. Victoria PresbyteryFonds consists of records from Westbank United Church and Peachland-Westbank Pastoral Charge. Records include Membership records (1929-1964); Board and committee records (1935-2001); Women's group records (1926-1999); Men's group records (1934-1935); Youth group records (1992-1995); Annual reports (1978-2007); and "The Uniter" newsletters (1985-2001).
Westbank United ChurchFonds consists of audio, video, and visual materials created by Basil and Edythe Hartley. Materials include video footage of the Haisla people, which Hartley shot while working in Kitimaat from 1941-1944, a voiceover for the footage which Hartley’s widow, Edythe McClure, created in ca. 1983, a letter, and three photographs of Kitimaat people and landscapes. The three audio cassettes all contain the same 1983 recording.
Hartley, Reverend Basil Shakespeare SutherlandThe collection consists of brief typewritten histories of Langley, B.C. and area churches, including Derby Church (Anglican), St. George's Anglican Church, Church of the Redeemer, and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church [1977], a pamphlet on Reverend William Burton Crickmer, pioneer minister at Derby, B.C. in 1859 and Yale, B.C. in 1860, and a 1968 register of people who attended Fort Langley churches prior to 1910, with signatures, names, and dates of church attendance.
Fonds consists of Baptism, marriage, and burial records (1982-2005); Membership records (1993); Board and committee records (1991-2003); Property and legal documents (1959-2008); Construction project records (1993-2005); Correspondence and subject files (1989-1994); Financial records (1986-2006); Annual reports (1992-1996); Historical reference material (1987-1997); and Photographs (1999).
The fonds consists of annual reports and calendars (1926-1971), minutes of the Board of Governors, the Executive Committee and the Senate (1927-1971), correspondence, financial files, and clippings of Principal J. G. Brown (1927-1947), minutes and other records of the Building, Finance, and House Committees (1928-1951), financial records (1926-1970), records of student standing (1923-1947), minutes and other records of the Faculty Council (1927-1971), minutes and other records of the Theological Student Society (1929-1970), minutes and other records of the Alumni Association (1926-1971), minutes and other records of the Union College Women's Auxiliary, including the Women's Educational Club of Columbian College (1909-1972), architectural drawings (1925-1927), and scrapbooks, visitors register, marriage register, and accession records of the library.
Union CollegeFonds consists of minutes of the annual Conference meetings, 1925-2014, including complete annual reports of the committees, divisions and other bodies and offices that report to the Conference; and minutes of the Conference Executive from 1930 onward. Fonds also includes Conference services and celebrations (1990-2015); Illuminated manuscripts (1933); and Project records (1981-2005).
United Church of Canada. British Columbia ConferenceFonds consists of the following sub-groups: UCW, BC Conference Branch (1949-2012, predominant 1961-2012); Cariboo Presbyterial (1959-2000); Comox-Nanaimo Presbyterial (1962-2010); Fraser Presbyterial (1961-2010); Kamloops-Okanagan Presbyterial (1962-2009); Kootenay Presbyterial (1960-1971); Prince Rupert Presbyterial (1962-1971); Vancouver-Burrard Presbyterial (1960-1995); Vancouver-South Presbyterial (1962-1997); Victoria Presbyterial (1874-2006, predominant 1962-2006); Westminster Presbyterial (1962-2006).
United Church Women. British Columbia Conference.Fonds consists of the following record series: Vancouver-Burrard Presbytery and Executive meeting minutes (1959-2012); Subject files of the Presbytery Secretary (1959-1983); Pastoral Charge files of the Presbytery Secretary (1959-1983); Correspondence of the Presbytery;Secretary (1984-1989); and Presbytery committee records (1970-1983).
United Church of Canada. Vancouver-Burrard PresbyteryFonds consists of unofficial presbytery minutes (1925-1926).
United Church of Canada. Vancouver East PresbyteryThe fonds consists of constitution and by-laws (1966), minutes (1975-1976) and correspondence relating to the fundraising campaign for a larger church. Also included are church programs and songbooks.
Whistler Skiers Chapel SocietyFonds consists of records from Whonnock Presyterian Church, Whonnock United Church, Whonnock-Webster's Corners Pastoral Charge, Whonnock-Webster's Corners-Albion, Whonnock-Rushkin Pastoral Charge and Webster's Corners United Church. Fonds consists of the following record series: Baptism, marriage and burial records (1912-1987); Membership records (1912-2009); Board and committee records (1910-2010); Legal/property records (2009-2011); Women's group records (1913-2008); Sunday school records (1962-1976); Worship service bulletins (1975-1999); Church histories (1910-1999); Congregational financial records (1912-1988); Annual reports (1966-2010); and Newsletters (1988).
Whonnock United Church (Maple Ridge, B.C.)Fonds consists of a Baptism register (1924-1940), Marriage registers (includes civil) (1924-1941) and a Burial register (1923-1941); Stewards minutes (1930-1940), Official Board minutes (1930-1940) and Congregational Meetings minutes (1930-1940); and a Congregational cash book (1940-1941). Note that the baptism and burial records were begun by Anyox Circuit and continued through Anyox and Stewart United Churches.
Stewart United Church