The fonds consists of records Telfer created or received during the time that she spent as a teacher at residential schools. It include correspondence, essays, schedules, programs, ephemera notes and a significant number of photographs. These records are primarily related to the Morely School, the Coqueeletza School and the Port Alberni Residential School, as well as the Nakoda (Stoney) Nation.
Telfer, JeanThe fonds consists of the following record series: Minutes of Synod Branch meetings (1914-1926); Minutes and other records of presbyterial branches, including Victoria, Westminster and Kamloops (1906-1926); and Presbyterial accounts (1912-1926).
Presbyterian Church in Canada. Woman's Missionary Society. British Columbia Synod BranchFonds contains the records from St. Andrew's United Church and its predecessor, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. The records include Baptism registers (1915-2001), Marriage (church) registers (1915-1950), Marriage (civil) registers (1920-1986), and Burial registers (1915-1976); Membership records (1915-2001); Session minutes (1896-2001), Board of Managers minutes (1915-1955), Stewards minutes (1955-1972), Official Board minutes (1950-2001), Congregational Meeting minutes (1916-1999), Christian Education Committee minutes (1962-1964; 1978-1986), and Joint meetings of St. Andrew's and First United Church Boards (1999-2000); Building Fund records (1960-1972), and Church Hall Booking registers (1959-1963); Ladies Aid minutes (1920-1953), Woman's Association Evening Circle records (1941-1962), Woman's Association Willing Workers Circle minutes (1952-1953), Woman's Missionary Society minutes (1914-1932), United Church Women minutes (1970-1973), and United Church Women Lydia Unit minutes (1965-1973); Annual reports (1970-1996); First Nations related material (1990-1998); and Photographs (1992). The records also include a draft manuscript of a church history and a variety of historical memorabilia (1900-1990).
St. Andrew's United Church (Port Alberni, B.C.)Fonds consists of a photo album relating to students at the Alberni Indian Residential School.
How, KathleenThe fonds consists of a Scrapbook, 1962-1968; a Baptismal record, 1938-1969; a Civil marriage register, 1937-1976; and a Communion roll, 1941-1954. The Communion roll was passed to a congregation, probably Tseshaht United Church, of which the students were members, and used as a record of those members of the congregation who were students at the School from 1954 to 1956.
Alberni Indian Residential SchoolCollection consists of materials relating to Oliver’s ministry and work with the First Nations people. Collection contains Photographs (1934-1938), Memorabilia ([190-?]) and Reference materials ([193-?]-1988).
Oliver, Jessie