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Series consists of copies of photographs relating to the church and community at Lax Kw’alaams (formerly known as Port Simpson).

Series consists of records relating to Searcy’s leadership as Chair of the Land Claims Campaign, BC Conference, and in the matter of the partnership between University Hill Congregation and the Vancouver School of Theology. Records include correspondence, statistical analyses, meeting notes, copy of an agreement, and promotional materials.

Series consists of records relating to the topics and activities associated with truth and reconciliation and with sexual orientation and the ordination of gay and lesbian people.

Series includes minutes of the Native Ministries Council, Native Ministries Division minutes, memos, and letters from Charlotte Sullivan.

Series contains artwork by children to celebrate the 60th Annual meeting of the BC Conference.

Series includes program calendars for school years between: 1991-1997.

Records include: literature about the All Native Circle Conference, annual reports, minutes from BC Conference, minutes from Coastal Regional Group, newsletters and correspondence, applications for funding from the BC Native Land Claims fund, and press releases newspaper clippings about residential schools issues and native land claims.

Series includes: Healing Fund activity reports, budgets, minutes of Technical Implementation Group (TIG) for the Healing Fund, correspondence, memoranda, and information bulletins.

The Land Claims Campaign was a five year project launched by the BC Conference in May 1991. It had the dual purposes of education and fundraising in support of Aboriginal land claims in the province. Education events addressed questions of land claims and self government. A fundraising goal of one million dollars was set with money raised used to provide grants to BC First Nations to assist with research, political negotiations, legal fees and other related land claims costs. Campaign funds were held in trust and dispersed on the recommendations of the Native Ministries Council of BC Conference (formerly known as the “Coastal Regional Group”); recipients included the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en for their Supreme Court Case, Delgamuukw v. British Columbia.
Series includes records of donations and pledges, Land Claims Campaign Committee minutes and budgets, newsletters, information materials, and correspondence.

Series includes: Residential School Advisory Group minutes, minutes of the Technical Implementation Group (TIG) for the Healing Fund, Healing Fund applications, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and Information bulletins.

Series includes program calendars, directories, curriculum development, TEE Centre Steering Committee minutes, correspondence and reports.

Series consists of three subseries: General Council, BC Conference, and the Prince Rupert Presbytery. Series contains records relating to various topics and maintained for their informational value. Series also contains records of the Presbytery’s interaction with external groups and organizations.

Series contains Native Ministries Council minutes, Division of Mission in Canada reports and minutes, correspondence and reports related to property issues and staffing, including the Central Mainland Marine Mission (CMMM) and the Thomas Crosby, financial statements, BC Conference minutes, correspondence, newsletters and press releases.

Fonds consists of Baptism, marriage and burial records (1887-1941); Subscriptions (1914-1925); School registers (1888-1911); and Extra-curricular group records (1934-1935). The missionary subscription lists include those of the Lower Fraser Circuit for the period 1914-1920, mainly listing subscriptions from the Coqualeetza Institute. Also, there are a few records of marriages in the civil register that took place in Alberni, B.C., most likely at the Alberni Indian Residential School.

The fonds consists of the following series: Internal matters, 1963-1973; Records pertaining to Darby Lodge, 1967-1973; Records pertaining to the Metropolitan Council in the Lower Mainland, 1969-1973; Lay workers, 1969-1973; Dealings with B.C. Conference, 1965-1973; Dealings with the national Church, 1967-1973; Dealings with presbyteries, 1968-1973; Ecumenical business, 1969-1973; Governments, 1967-1972; Indian councils and organizations, 1967-1973; Conferences and consultations, 1964-1973; Students, 1970-1973; and Other matters, 1968-1973.

Fonds consists of a single volume containing minutes of the trustees, 1876-1900.

Fonds consists of records of the Bella Coola Pastoral Charge; its congregations, Emmanuel, MacKenzie, and Augsburg United Churches; Augsburg Lutheran Church and Bella Coola Methodist Mission. Records include Baptism registers (1907-1986), Birth records (1921-1930), Marriage registers (1913-2007), and Burial registers (1909-1992); Circuit register (1925-1953), Historic roll (1947-1987), Communion roll (1940-1955, 1972); Mission Circle minutes (1920-1922), Session minutes (1949-1967), Stewards minutes (1940-1978), Official Board minutes (1934-1983) and correspondence (1952-1983), and Congregational Meetings minutes (1935-1978); Property records (1952-1988), Native Affairs and Language records (1977-1984), Visitation records (1972-1973), Refugee sponsorship (1979-1980), Correspondence (1939-1947); Historical material (1926-1976), "Bible in Bella Coola" by Cliff Kepas (church history); Account book (1920-1950), Cash book (1940-1950); and Annual reports (1940-1985, 1988).

The 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).

Fonds contains the following series: Minutes (1993-1997), Artwork by Children (1985), Native Ministries Consortium (1991-1997), Reference and Liaison (1981-1998), Healing Fund (1988-1986), Land Claims Campaign (1987-1996).

Fonds 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).

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.

Fonds consists of a photo album relating to students at the Alberni Indian Residential School.

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).

Fonds consists of a single record series: Educational materials relating to women's issues (1981-1996).

Collection was developed by the Rev. John Goodfellow, an amateur church historian who also served on the BC Conference Archives and Historical Committee from 1925 to 1950. He collected information from various sources about the early history of the United Church and its founding partners (Congregational, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches) in British Columbia. Collection consists of the following series: Biographical files; Congregational files; Subject files; and Photographs.

The 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.