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Vera Bell (née Lyon) fonds
Fonds · 1957-2021

Fonds consists of records relating primarily to Vera Bell's work as a nurse and matron at United Church mission hospitals, including Wrinch Memorial Hospital in Hazelton, B.C. and Queen Charlotte Islands Hospital in Haida Gwaii.

Bell, Vera
Fonds · 1925-2020

Fonds consists of Stewards minutes (1926-1932), Official Board minutes (1926-1934; 1987-2020), Congregational meeting minutes (1926-1934), Youth Ministry Task Force (2000), Brighouse Renwal Process Task Force (2003-2005), Property Investigation Committee (2007-2008), Constitution and by-laws (1999); Insurance records (2007-2020); Ladies' Aid Society minutes (1930-1933), Woman's Association minutes (1925-1961), Woman's Association Lulu Circle minutes (1929-1960), Woman's Missionary Society Lulu Circle minutes (1936-1939), Woman's Missionary Society Brighouse Circle minutes and roll (1935-1944).

Brighouse United Church (Richmond, B.C.)
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 · 1925-2018

Fonds consists of records of Chilliwack Circuit (including records of some activities at Carman Methodist), Chilliwack Methodist Church and Chilliwack United Church. Records include Baptism registers (1904-1988), Marriage registers (1904-1980), and Burial registers (1905-1985); Membership records (1905); Board and committee records (1923-1992); Women's group records (1915-1987); Sunday school records (1906-1960); Youth group records (1923-1934); Correspondence/subject files (1969-1972); Congregational financial records (1960-1961); Annual reports (1952-2017).

Chilliwack United Church
Fonds · 1973-2018

Fonds consists of the following record series: Minutes and reports (1975-2012); Program-related records (1973-2003); Correspondence (1977-1995); Newsletters and publications (1974-2004); Events and conferences (1974-2018); Accounts (1983-1992); Mailing lists and directories (1975-1992); Photographs (1979-2017); Sound and video recordings (1990-2009).

BC Conference. Minister to Youth and Young Adults
James A. Taylor fonds
Fonds · 1945-2018

Fonds consists of records relating to Jim Taylor’s writing, editing, and broadcasting work, as well as his liaison with colleagues and family members. Fonds comprises the following record series: Correspondence – JAFT to WST (1945-1998); Published articles and resources (1967-2006); Early writings (1959-1980); Personal correspondence (1966-1986); Academic writings (1958-1967); Newsletters (1984-1994); Regular newspaper columns (1996-2018); Manuscripts for monographs (1996-2001); Reference: books written or edited by James Taylor (1981-2010). Documentary forms include correspondence, research notes, interview transcripts, draft and published versions of magazine articles, play scripts, and full manuscripts of books. Also included is a copy of each published book.

Taylor, James A.
Fonds · 1904-2018

Fonds consists of records from St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and Wesley Methodist Church. Records include Baptisms, Marriage and Burial registers (1914-2018); Membership records (1925-1996); Board and Committee records (1926-2014); Women's group records (1927-2006); Youth group records (1932-1983); Records of other groups (1954-2004); Special program records (1955-2014); Sermons (2005-2009); Correspondence/subject files (1929-2003); Worship service bulletins (1925-2005); Financial and property records (1906-2003); Annual reports (1953-2010); Communications (1955-2014); Architectural records (1958-1961); Reference material (1904-2008); General publications (1913-1993); Photographs (1916-1993); Sound and moving images (1975); and Guest registers (1920-1939).

St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Fonds · 1925-2017

Fonds consist of records from the Powell Street Methodist/United Church, and postwar Vancouver Japanese United Church; as well as the English-Speaking Congregation sous-fonds. Records include: Baptism, marriage and burial records (1896-1942); Membership records (1896-1942); Board and Committee records (1918-1942); Sunday School records (1932-1941); Youth Group records ([before 1942]-1942); Special Program records (1922-1942); Correspondence/Subject files ([before 1942]-1968); Annual reports (1929-1941); Newsletters (1928-1941); and Photographs ([1897?]-2004).

The English-Speaking Congregation sous-fonds includes: Baptism, marriage, and burial records (1970-2008); Membership records (1959-2016); Board and Committee records (1955-2017); Congregational correspondence (1969-1976); Annual reports (1971-2016); Bulletins and newsletters (1954-2009); Church history (1936-2013); Women's group records (1989-1999); Records of other groups (1952-1970); and Photographs (1905-2006).

Vancouver Japanese United Church
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 · 1925-2005

Fonds consists of records from Knox United Church, Knox Presbyterian Church, and First Methodist Church. Record series include: Baptism, marriage, and burial records (1913-1987); Membership records (1911-1959, 2007); Board and committee records (1910-2004); Legal/property records (1915-1991); Women's group records (1913-1997); Men's group records (1960-1963); Sunday school records (1921-1937); Youth group records (1914-1961); Correspondence/subject files (1963-1986); Newsletters (1989-2006); Church histories (1912-2016); Congregational financial records (1910-1986); Annual reports (1913-2005); Photographs (unprocessed); Sermons (1923-1938); and a pulpit bible.

Knox United Church (Prince George, B.C.)
Robert F. Smith fonds
Fonds · 1926-2016, predominant 1966-2016

Fonds consists of the following record series: Sermons (1966-1998); Correspondence (1988-1990); Speeches, lectures, and other material (1967-2014); National committee working papers (1987-2000); Issues (1983-2016); Published works (1970-1996); Travel journals (1984-2004); and Reference material (1926).

Smith, Robert Frederick
Fonds · 1925-2015

Fonds 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 Conference
Fonds · 1939-2015

The fonds is arranged into eight series: Files of the Hospital Administrator (1943-1961); Administrative records (1905-2010); Financial records (2002-2014); Hazelton Children’s Home (1967-2004); Media (1915-2009); Patient files (1903-1949); and Property records (1905-2015).

The first accession of records from Wrinch Memorial Hospital was arranged and described by Sally Easton in 1986. Those consist of the files of the administrator of Wrinch Memorial Hospital and comprise a single alphabetical subject series. These were described in detail at the file level. The date range of these files is from 1935 to 1961, but the bulk of the material includes dates between 1947 and 1952. Most of the files are concerned with financial matters: hospital claims, accounts, etc. Several deal with matters concerning the local First Nations population. A large number of files concern the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service (inaugurated in 1949), its officials, and its activities. Material in the files includes letters, telegrams, brochures, ledger pages, cheque stubs, photographs, copies of various government documents, and a variety of lists and printed forms. However, the majority of this series consists of correspondence. Most of the files date from the term of Selwyn Simons, who was Administrator from 1947 to 1952. Some material in the files relates to Simons' successor, Paul E. Russell; those items dated 1960-1961 relate to the term of Dr. J. E. Whiting, Medical Superintendent, although his name does not appear on them.

The second accrual of records was arranged and described by Kelly Rovegno in 2017. These records date from 1905-2010, although the predominant range is 1945-2000. This fonds contains files with personal information, which is protected under the law. Such files are identified on the file list; consult the archivist for further information.

Wrinch Memorial Hospital
Edwin Searcy fonds
Fonds · 1974-2015

Fonds consists of records relating to Ed Searcy’s work in pastoral ministry, his studies, his teaching and writing, and his work in the wider church. Fonds comprises the following record series: Sermons (1974-2008); Lectures and addresses (2000-2007); Leadership-related records ([1991]-2003); Publications and manuscripts (1989-2015); Student papers (1974-2002); Audiovisual recordings (2001-2015); and Significant documents (1976-2015).

Searcy, Edwin
Fonds · 1959-2014

Fonds consists of the following record series: Comox-Nanaimo Presbytery and Executive meeting minutes (official minutes, 1959-1991 and 1994-1996; 1998-2014); Correspondence of the Presbytery Secretary (1965-1994); Pastoral Relations files of the Presbytery Secretary (1967-1976); and Subject files of the Presbytery Secretary.

United Church of Canada. Comox-Nanaimo Presbytery
Fonds · 1930-2014

Fonds consists of the records of Ellesmere United Church and its predecessor, Capitol Hill United Church, as well as some records of the Capitol Hill Pastoral Charge, which include records from Douglas Road United Church, Cliff Avenue United Church and Westridge United Church, as well as some records from Ellesmere-Willingdon Heights Pastoral Charge. Fonds consists of the following record series: Baptism registers (1930-2011), Marriage registers (1931-1990), and Burial registers (1932-2012); Membership records (1947-2012); Board and committee records 1931-2001); Women's group records (1932-1989); Sunday school records (1941-1970); Financial records (2014); Legal and property records (1930-1968); Annual reports (1981-2012); Historical reference materials (1957-2007); and Photographs (1962, 1993).

Ellesmere United Church (Burnaby, B.C.)
Gordon C. How fonds
Fonds · 1978-2014

Fonds consists of textual and non-textual records created and received by Gordon How in his role as the Executive Director of the Vancouver Planning Committee for the Sixth Assembly of the World Council of Churches. Fonds includes the following series: Reports, correspondence, and publications (1981-2014); Reference material (1982); Objects (1983); Sixth Assembly photographs (1981-2011); and Commemorative collections (1978-2014).

How, Gordon C.
Rodney M. Booth fonds
Fonds · 1930-2014

Fonds consists of records relating to Booth's communications work for the United Church, his pastoral ministry, his teaching, and his private consulting work. Record series include: Project records ([197-?]-2010; Training materials (1962-2011); United Church of Canada materials (1978-2007); Liaison with broadcast networks (1975-2009); Resources (1930-2008); Product-related records (1956-2007); Subject files (1960-2009); Notes (1981-2012); and Memories (1959-2014).

Booth, Rodney M.
Fonds · 1904-2014

Fonds consists of 6 record series: Administrative records (1937-2000); Financial records (1993-2014); Media (1940-2010); Medical procedures and treatment records (1920-1996); Patient files (1904-2007); and Property records (1958-1997). The first accession of R.W. Large Memorial Hospital was received in 2017 and arranged and described by Kelly Rovegno. The majority of the BC Conference Archives holdings relate to early records regarding patients and medical procedures. Fonds also contains Dr. Darby’s medical notes.

R.W. Large Memorial Hospital
Fonds · 1908-2014

Fonds consists of 12 record series: Bella Coola Hospital founding Committee minutes (1908-1948); Board policy records (1972-1985); Minutes and reports of the Board of Directors (1939-1997); Bella Coola and District Transitional Health Authority (1998-2001); Minutes and reports of the new Board of Directors (2002-2010); Committees of the Board (1972-1995); Administrative records (1941-2014, predominant 1973-1997); Financial records (1970-2013); General Hospital and Bella Coola community reports (1998-2010); Media (1950-2008); Property and building records (1995-1998); and Third Bella Coola General Hospital (1978-1981). The first accession of records was arranged and described in 1997 by Alaric Posey. These records consist of early Board meeting minutes, reports, and policies. These were described at the series level. The second accrual of records was arranged and described by Kelly Rovegno in 2017. These records date from 1908-2014, although the predominant range is 1970-2005. Records include Board meeting minutes and reports from the Board of Directors, various committees, the Bella Coola and District Transitional Health Authority, and documents relating to the administration and finances of the Hospital, mostly from 1970s onward. In addition, there is a considerable amount of records relating to the construction and opening of the third Bella Coola General Hospital.

Bella Coola General Hospital
Fonds · 1922-2013

Fonds consists of records from Dunbar Heights Union Church and Dunbar Heights United Church. Records include Baptismal register (1925-1961), Marriage registers (1925-1988), Burial permits (1948-1956), Burial registers (1957-1979); Communion Rolls (1923-1978), Communion Roll appendix (1939-1942), List of Members Received (1930-1939), Historic Rolls (1979-2013); Session minutes (1922-1990), Session minutes (unofficial) (1975-1989), Session correspondence and reports (1925-1989), Session reports (1925-1939), Session Elders District lists (1989-1990), Session Christian Initiation Study material (1979-1983), Stewards minutes (1926-1977), Stewards correspondence and reports (1925-1977), Official Board minutes (1926-1992), Official Board correspondence and reports (1958-1992), Trustees Fire Insurance records (1980-1982), Trustees Engineering report (1981), Trustees Building repairs (1980-1982), Trustees Building repair blueprints (1981), Congregational meetings minutes (1922-1992), Christian Education Committee minutes (1962-1992), Christian Education Committee correspondence (1960-1992), and reports (1961-1992), and program records (1963-1971), Worship and Music Committee minutes (1981-1989), Worship and Music Committee correspondence (1981-1988), and reports (1981-1985), Building Committee minutes and correspondence (1949-1951), Outreach Committee minutes (1976-1983), Library Committee (1972-1973); Ladies Auxiliary cash book (1927-1938), Woman's Association records (1930-1968), Woman's Missionary Society minutes (1945-1961), Woman's Association/Woman's Missionary Society/United Church Women historical memorabilia and reports (1923-1968), United Church Women records (1962-1987); As One That Serves minutes (1927-1963), As One That Serves correspondence and reports (1953-1966), As One That Serves programs and reports (1958-1963), and cash books (1936-1963); Sunday School minutes (1924-1938), Sunday School minutes and reports (1975-1981), Sunday School attendance record (1959-1973), Sunday School correspondence and reports (1967-1968), Sunday School survey (c.1935); Couples Club (1975-1983), Analysis of Dunbar Heights United Church attendance (1981-1982), Acknowledgement letters (Glen Baker) (1976-1983), Memorial Organ (1955); Worship Service Bulletins (1958); "Our Yesterdays, 1914-1968" (church history), historical memorbilia (1975, 1981), "Book of Remembrance" and committee minutes (1964-1965); Building and property records (1950-1959); Annual reports (1930-1997), Annual financial statements (1925-1952); Newsletters (1970-1997); unprocessed photographs and 35 mm slides; unprocessed oral history tapes and records.

Dunbar Heights Union Church (Vancouver, B.C.)
Fonds · 1946-2018

Fonds consists of records from Colebrook United Church as well as Strawberry Hill Pastoral Charge, whose records passed to the custody of Colebrook. Records include Marriage registers (1963-1989); Membership records (1949-1975); Session minutes (1949-1977), Stewards minutes (1947-1977) and correspondence (1958-1967), Official Board minutes (1951-1976), Church Council and Executive minutes (1973-2018), Congregational Meetings minutes (1946-2018), Worship Committee minutes (1977-1982), and Outreach Committee minutes (1977-1988); Woman's Association minutes (1946-1955); Sunday School Teachers meetings minutes (1969-1970); Choir records (1948); Financial records (1969-2000); and Annual Reports (1993-2000).

Colebrook United Church (Surrey, B.C.)
Fonds · 1925-2013

Fonds consists of records from St. Andrew's United Church, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Haney-Hammond, Haney-Whonnock, and Haney-Albion Pastoral Charge. Records include Baptismal registers (1923-2011), Marriage registers (1924-1985), Burial registers (1944-2011); Communion roll (1925-1970), Historic rolls (1970-2012); Board and committee records (1891-2013); Legal/property records (1887-2006); Women's group records (1920-2012); Men's group records (1951-1964); Youth group records (1947-1983); Other group records (1965-1999); Correspondence (1931-1990); Worship service bulletins (1959-1965); Scrapbooks (1950-1986); Financial records (1943-2013); Annual reports (1938-2012); Newsletters (1975-2002); Photographs (1947-2012); and Sound and moving images (1965, 2007-2008).

St. Andrew's (Haney) United Church (Maple Ridge, B.C.)
Fonds · 1890-2012

Fonds consists of records from Hammond United Church and Maple Ridge Circuit Methodist Church, Agassiz, Westminster Junction, Pitt Meadows, and Websters Corners. Records include Baptismal register (1955-2012); Marriage registers (1920-2012); Burial register (1987-2012); Circuit register (1890-1940); Board and committee records (1908-2012); Women's group records (1943-1986); Men's group records (1960-1968); Sunday school records (1927-1968); Correspondence and subject files (1947-1963); Financial records (1911-2012); Policy and procedures (1996-2007); Annual reports (1958-2011); and Photographs and memorabilia (1982-2012).

Hammond United Church (Maple Ridge, B.C.)
Fonds · 1874-2012, predominant 1962-2012

Fonds 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.