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archival descriptions
Executive Secretary fonds
Fonds · 1961-2003

Fonds is divided into seven parts, which correspond to separate accessions. Records described in Parts I, II, and III fall into two main series: Major administrative records (1930-1988; predominant 1963-1988) and Secondary subject files (1961-1988). Part IV consists of a number of files that were retained at the Conference Office after the resignation of Arthur M. Anderson; most of these records date from Anderson’s period in office. Series in Part IV include: Outgoing correspondence (1973-1979) and Subject files (1962-1978). Part V relates primarily to the period of Gordon C. How’s term, and includes the following series: Administrative and subject files (1983-1995) and Congregational assessments (1974-1996). Part VI relates primarily to the period of Brian Thorpe’s term, and includes one main series, Administrative and subject files (1987-1999). Part VII relates to primarily to Brian Thorpe and Debra Bowman’s terms, and consists of the following series: Administrative and subject files (1990-2003), Correspondence (1994-2001), and Executive and Division meetings (1995-2000).

United Church of Canada. British Columbia Conference. Executive Secretary.
Fonds · 1944-2016

Fonds consists of the following record series: Board and committee minutes (1946-2015); Board and committee correspondence and reports (1947-1960); Fair Haven Auxiliary records (1962-2009); Communications and marketing materials (1944-2007); Annual reports (1949-2016); Historical reference materials (1945-2009); and Photographs (1992-2011).

Fair Haven Homes Society
Fonds · 1925-2000

Fonds consists of the records of Fairfield United Church and its predecessor, Fairfield Methodist Church. Records include Baptism registers (1915-1979), Marriage registers (1915-1979), and Burial records (1915-1989); Membership records (1954, 1968); Session minutes (1928-1980) and correspondence (1965-1979), Session Elders Communion records (1970-1984), Stewards minutes (1932-1980), Stewards correspondence and reports (1942-1976), Stewards Every Member Visit Committee minutes (1958-1962), Finance Committee minutes (1914-1926), Trustees minutes (1912-1926), Trustees correspondence and reports (1953-1959), Official Board minutes (1912-1985) and correspondence (1954-1974), Congregational Meetings minutes (1943-1971), and Pastoral Relations Committee correspondence (1954-1987); Woman's Association minutes (1927-1961), Woman's Association Mary Allan Auxiliary minutes (1952-1957), Woman's Association Beacon Hill Group minutes (1956-1961), Woman's Missionary Society minutes (1940-1961), Woman's Missionary Society Friendship Group minutes (1956-1961), Woman's Missionary Society Jane Piercy Auxiliary minutes (1949-1961), Woman's Missionary Society Korean Sewing Group financial records (1951-1959), United Church Women minutes (1961-1989) and membership records (1970-1995), United Church Women correspondence and reports (1978-1990), United Church Women Amity Unit minutes (1962-1998), United Church Women Beacon Hill Unit minutes (1962-1985), United Church Women Fireside Friends Unit minutes (1962-1991), United Church Women Friendship Unit minutes (1986-1992), United Church Women Jubilee Unit minutes (1962-1986), United Church Women Mary Allan Unit minutes (1966-1979), and War Service Unit minutes (1940-1946); Men's Club minutes (1952-1962) and membership records (1953-1955), As One That Serves (AOTS) minutes (1963-1988), As One That Serves (AOTS) correspondence (1971-1978) and newsletters (1970-1978); Sunday School minutes (1961-1968), Excelsior Bible Class minutes (1923-1926) and Membership records (1913-1930), Go-Ahead Bible Class minutes (1924-1933), membership records (1914-1937) and financial records (1938-1943), Babyband (Cradle) Roll records (1960-1961); Sunday school treasurer's book (1912-1937); Young People's Union minutes (1957-1959) and financial records (1950-1959); Choir minutes (1940-1959), Choir correspondence (1940-1965) and reports (1940-1959); Special programs records (1970-1992), Refugee program records (1979-1981); Worship bulletins (1952-1994); Church History material (1966-1972), and Scrapbooks (1992); Congregational financial records (1926-1980); Annual reports (1953-2000); Newsletters (1966-1999); Photographs of church and church organizations; Audio cassettes of Anniversary Services (1979, 1992), Videocassette of Anniversary Service (1992); and Architectural records (1985).

Fairfield United Church (Victoria, B.C.)
Fonds · 1956-1988

Fonds consists of Fairview-St. Paul's-Trinity Commission minutes (1956-1976); Annual reports (1968-1988).

Fairview United Church (Nelson, B.C.)
Falkland United Church fonds
Fonds · 1928-1959

Fonds consists of the records of Falkland Pastoral Charge and Falkland United Church. Records include a Baptism register (1929-1947) and a Burial register (1929-1946); a Membership roll (1933-1934); Official Board minutes and reports (1928-1959) and Congregational Meetings minutes (1940-1959); Woman's Missionary Society minutes (1941) and account book (1934-1942); and Financial records (1933-1955).

Falkland United Church
F.E. Runnalls fonds
Fonds · 1902-[ca. 1970]

Fonds consists of the following record series: Conference Archives administration (1967-1968); Research materials – It’s God’s Country; and Reference. Records relate primarily to Runnalls’ research and writing of the 1974 history of BC Conference.

Runnalls, F.E.
Fonds · 1979-2018

Fonds consists of the following record series: Property records (1931-2019, predominant 1973-2018); Audited financial statements (1981-2018); General ledgers (1991-2017); Correspondence (1979-1982); and Alphabetical files (1977-1983).

United Church of Canada. Finance Minister, BC Conference
Fonds · 1888-1925

Fonds consists of records from Central Congregational Church (Vancouver, B.C.) and First Congregational Church (Vancouver, B.C.). Records include Marriage registers (1901-1925) and a Burial register (1901-1903); Congregational rolls (1888-1924); Board of Management minutes (1910-1925), Monthly Church meetings minutes (1911-1925), Congregational Meetings minutes (1911-1925) and the Constitution of First Congregational Church (no date); Cooperation Committee of the Methodist, Congregational and Presbyterian Churches minutes and news clippings (1913); "The Congregational Magazine" (publication) (1899); and "The Herald" (newsletters) (1901).

First Congregational Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Fonds · 1914-1997

Fonds contains records of First Memorial United Church and its predecessors, First Presbyterian Church and Vandehoof United Church, as well as some records from Vanderhoof Pastoral Charge and Omineca Pastoral Charge. Records include Baptism records (1918-1979), Marriage registers (1938-1982), and Burial registers (1932-1978); Membership records (1918-1987); Session minutes (1938-1968), Board of Managers minutes (1914-1932), Official Board minutes (1931-1987), and Congregational Meetings minutes (1931-1987); Ladies Aid minutes (1915-1961), Woman's Association Mary and Martha Group minutes (1954-1961), and United Church Women minutes (1962-1963); Annual reports (1965-1997); and Newsletters (incomplete) (1988-1995).

First Memorial United Church (Vanderhoof, B.C.)
Fonds · 1893-1930, predominant 1893-1902

Fonds consists of Baptismal register (1896-1898), Marriage register (1894-1898), Burial register (1893-1930); Board of Managers minutes (1893-1902), and Congregational Meetings minutes (1893-1902).

First Presbyterian Church (Columbia, B.C.)
Fonds · [Microfilmed 19--]

The fonds consists of one microfilm of records from First Presbyterian Church. Records consist of Trustees records (1862-1924); Board of Managers minutes (1862-1885); Session minutes (1882-1915); Fugitive letters (1914-1915). Records of First United Church are kept at First United Church (Victoria, B.C.).

First Presbyterian Church (Victoria, B.C.)
Fonds · 1927-1991

Fonds consists of Membership records (1927-1962); Stewards minutes (1933-1972), Managers minutes (1933-1981), Official Board minutes (1933-1972), and Congregational Meetings minutes (1933-1991); Ladies Aid minutes (1937-1975) and financial records (1935-1975), and Ladies Aid minutes from Endako United Church (1937-1939).

First United Church (Fort Fraser, B.C.)
Fonds · 1916-2009

Fonds consists of records from First United Church and Knox Presbyterian Church. Records inlcude Baptismal registers (1907-1976), Marriage registers (1903-1987), and Burial registers (1949-1971); Membership records (1938-2004); Board and committee records (1905-1999); Women's group records (1933-2004); Men's group records (1965-1973); Youth group records (1952-1961); Correspondence/subject files (1933-1962; Annual reports (1957-2009); Newsletters (1987-1998); and Buildings and property records (1962).

First United Church (Kelowna, B.C.)
Fonds · 1953-2008

Fonds consists of Baptism registers (1953-1963), Marriage registers (civil) (1954-1983), Marriage register (1983-1992), and Burial records (1955-1993); Membership records (1953-1978); Board and committee records (1953-2006); Women's Group records (1954-1988); Youth group records (1958-1970); Worship service records (1966-1977); Newsletters (1982-1988); and Annual reports (1955, 1957-1997, 2005-2008).

First United Church (Kitimat, B.C.)
Fonds · 1891-1997

Fonds includes records of First United Church (Ladysmith, B.C.) and its predecessors, First Presbyterian Church (Ladysmith, B.C.), Ladysmith Methodist Church, Roberts Street United Church (Ladysmith, B.C.) and High Street United Church (Ladysmith, B.C.). Records include Baptism registers (1891-1970), Marriage registers (1904-1980), and Burial registers (1938-1970); Membership records (1913-1964); Session minutes (1907-1951), Managers minutes (1914-1925), Stewards minutes (1926-1966), Management Committee minutes (1971-1980), and Official Board minutes (1901-1967); Tuxis Square minutes (1938-1939); Congregational financial records (1909-1924); and Annual reports (1982-1997).

First United Church (Ladysmith, B.C.)
Fonds · 1925-2001

Fonds consists of the following record series: Baptism, marriage and burial records (1909-2001), Membership records (1910-2001), Board and committee records (1909-2001), Women's group records (1941-1992), Financial records (1967-1985), Annual reports (1956-1999), Guest registers (1962-1991), and Photographs ([193-?]-[1952?]).

First United Church (Port Alberni, B.C.)
Fonds · 1909 - 1995

Fonds consists of records from Prince Rupert Methodist Church, First United Church (Prince Rupert, B.C.) and Rupert East United Church. Records include Baptism registers (1909-1995), Marriage registers (1909-1987), and Burial registers (1910-1984); Membership records (1910-1988); Board and committee records (1908-1987); Women's group records (1926-1942); Men's group records (1912-1914); Sunday School records (1909-1928); Youth group records (1952-1958); Records of other groups (1917-1940); and Annual reports (1942-1991).

First United Church (Prince Rupert, B.C.)
Fonds · 1925-2004

Fonds consists of records from the First United Church, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Fort Steele Presbyterian Church, Knox Presbyterian, Malakwa United, and Canoe United Church. Records include Baptismal registers (1894-1977), Marriage registers (1894-1985), Burial registers (1895-2001); Membership records (1892-1947); Board and committee records (1890-2003); Property/legal records (1910-1973); Women's group records (1913-1983); Youth group records (1928-1933); Records of other groups (1914-1923); Annual reports (1963-2004); and Newsletters (1979).

First United Church (Salmon Arm, B.C.)
Fonds · 1887-2010

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 · 1932-1996, predominant 1962-1996

Fonds consists of two record series: Annual reports (1932, 1962-1996), and Newsletters (1990-1995).

First United Church (Victoria, B.C.)
Fonds · 1914-1997

Fonds consists of the records of First United Church and its predecessor, White Rock Methodist Church. Records include Baptism registers (1914-1983), Marriage registers (1915-1986), and Burial registers (1916-1995); Membership records (1916-1982); Joint Official Board minutes (1931-1989), Session minutes (1941-1981), Session Elders Communion rotation (1948-1966), Board of Managers minutes (1925-1936), Stewards minutes (1950-1981) and correspondence (1972-1976), Official Board minutes (1914-1969) and correspondence (1963-1975), Church Council minutes (1981-1986), Congregational Meetings minutes (1925-1989) and reports (1969-1989), Christian Education Committee minutes (1959-1960), Congregational Life and Work Committee minutes (1973-1981), Finance Committee minutes (1983-1988), Long Range Planning Committee reports (1981-1982), Manse Committee minutes (1961-1981), Membership Committee minutes (1987-1991), Property Management Committee minutes (1981-1988), and Worship Committee minutes (1984-1988); Ladies Aid minutes (1929-1936), Woman's Association minutes (1937-1962) and financial records (1942-1961), Woman's Association Elizabeth Circle minutes (1953-1961), Woman's Association Evening Circle minutes (1953-1959), Woman's Association Sea Vista Circle minutes (1957-1961), Woman's Association Semiahmoo Circle minutes (1959-1961), United Church Women minutes (1962-1977)and membership records (1981-1985), United Church Women Deborah Unit minutes (1965-1971), United Church Women Esther Unit minutes (1962-1986), United Church Women Lydia Unit minutes (1962-1983), United Church Women Mary Unit minutes (1972-1985), United Church Women Miriam Unit minutes (1962-1972), United Church Women Oxford Unit minutes (1966-1967), and United Church Women Ruth Unit minutes (1962-1963); Sunday School minutes (1948-1962) and membership records (1925-1988); Explorers records (1964-1968); Missionary Society records (1923-1928); Worship Service Bulletins (1960-1995); Church History records (1925-1989); Annual reports (1926-1997); and Newsletters (1979-1996).

First United Church (White Rock, B.C.)