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Conference office files
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- Variations in title: Previously Saskatchewan Conference records series (A.676.XXIII).
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1925–1980 (Creation)
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- United Church of Canada, Saskatchewan Conference
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- Predominantly 1950-1975.
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ca.1900–1925 (Creation)
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- Pre-dates establishment of Saskatchewan Conference.
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Physical description
6.5 metres of textual records
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Administrative history
The United Church of Canada was formed in 1925, from a union of the Congregational Union of Canada, the Methodist Church and 70% of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, along with a number of churches organized under the General Council of Local Union Churches (mostly in Western Canada). Saskatchewan Conference was one of eleven regional Conferences established by the United Church of Canada General Council, at their inaugural meeting, in June 1925. Initially, the Conference contained 16 presbyteries but this number varied, in the years that followed.
In January 2019, as part of a larger restructuring of the United Church of Canada, Saskatchewan Conference and its seven existing presbyteries were combined into a single entity, initially identified as Region 4 and later renamed Living Skies Regional Council.
Custodial history
The provenance of this series is not clear but the records were likely transferred in the late-1980s and stored at the Saskatoon office of the Saskatchewan Archives Board (now Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan). In 2006, this group of Conference records was moved from the Saskatoon office, to a SAB storage space in Regina. Ownership and responsibility for the records remains with the UCC Living Skies Regional Council (formerly Saskatchewan Conference).
Scope and content
Series consists of a variety of records relating to the administrative role of the Saskatchewan Conference office, overseeing and supporting the work of presbyteries and local United Church congregations and missions in Saskatchewan. Records in this series appear to have been received in one group and reflect the range of activities administrative and field staff was involved in, especially from the 1950s through the 1970s.
Files primarily contain correspondence, reports, and related materials documenting: financial grants and loans made to support church congregations and their work; research and educational projects undertaken within the Church (and with external partners); meetings and decisions of various committees, task groups, boards and divisions; training and staff job descriptions; information and statistics from presbyteries; activities of the General Council; mission work among indigenous people on several Saskatchewan reserves; training and placement of student and lay ministers and missionaries; titles, grants and property information for various churches; newsletters and small scale publications from the Conference and its committees; youth outreach activities; and information about the operations of various incorporated ministries in Saskatchewan, including the Prairie Christian Training Centre (PCTC), Oliver Lodge, the United Church Housing Corporation of Regina, and several youth camps.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Records were most likely transferred directly from the Conference office into the Conference Archives, around the late-1980s.
Arrangement
Files are arranged by subject, in keeping with what may have been the office filing system around the time the records were transferred. Contents do not appear to have been rearranged by archives staff. Records in this series were described, ca.1990, as part of the second group of Conference records (XXIII) added to the archival collections. In 2018, select groups of records were re-described as separate series (see Related Materials).
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Digital copies of select photos and documents are also held by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), in Manitoba.
Restrictions on access
Several files in this series are restricted, due to the personal information they may contain. For further information, consult the Saskatchewan Conference Archivist.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Use, publication, and/or reproduction of records are subject to the conditions of the Copyright Act. Please consult archivist for assistance.
Finding aids
GS-168 contains a file list, in section A.676.XXIII.
Associated materials
Accruals
No further accruals to this series are expected.
Alpha-numeric designations
Textual records: A.676.XXIII.77 to 96, 112, 128 to 135, 190 to 278, 291 to 378, 873 to 1417
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- United Church of Canada. Division of Mission (Subject)
- United Church of Canada. Board of Women (Subject)
- United Church of Canada. Board of Men (Subject)
- United Church of Canada. Division of Communication (Subject)
- United Church of Canada. Division of Congregational Life and Work (Subject)
- United Church of Canada. Division of Ministry, Personnel and Education (Subject)
- Cote Pastoral Charge (Subject)
- File Hills Pastoral Charge (Subject)
- Hurricane Hills Pastoral Charge (Subject)
- White Bear Pastoral Charge (Subject)
- White Cap Dakota Pastoral Charge (Subject)
- Round Lake Pastoral Charge (Subject)
- Oliver Lodge (Subject)
- Calling Lakes Centre (Subject)
- University of Saskatchewan - St. Andrew's College (Subject)
- Saskatchewan Youth Parliament (Subject)
- United Church Women, Saskatchewan Conference (Subject)
- United Church Woman's Missionary Society, Saskatchewan Branch (Subject)
- United Church of Canada. Division of World Outreach (Subject)
- United Church Young Peoples' Union, Saskatchewan Conference (Subject)