| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR3574 | | TITLE: | St. Andrew's United Church (Edmonton) fonds | | CREATOR: | St. Andrew's United Church (Edmonton) | | DATE RANGE: | 1948-1997 | | EXTENT: | 3.60 m of textual records. -- 31 photographs. -- 36 negatives. -- 4 blueprints. | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Jasper Place United Church had its origins in a Sunday School started in the Jasper Place and Crestwood neighbourhoods of Edmonton under the sponsorship of Robertson United Church in 1929. The Sunday School was held in a local school. Church services also started to be held in the school in 1931. Services were later moved to the Community Hall. In 1945, a motion was passed by the community to create a new United congregation under the name of Jasper Place United Church. Construction began on a church building in the fall of 1946 with a service held in the completed basement on April 6, 1947. The mortgage was burned on April 2, 1950. Construction work began to extend the basement and build the church Sanctuary in the fall of 1950. Opening services for the new additions were held on March 25, 1951. In the spring of 1953, plans were completed for finishing the church and the construction of a manse. The completed church building was dedicated in 1953. In 1956, Jasper Place United Church was re-dedicated at St. Andrew's United Church. St. James United Church Amalgamated with St. Andrew's United Church in 1993 into a newly constituted St. Andrew's United Church. It continues to exist in the same location on 99 Ave and 148 Street in Edmonton. It is part of the Edmonton Presbytery. | | CUSTODIAL HISTORY: | Records deposited under accession number PR1975.0387 were acquired sometime prior to 1975 however there is no surviving record of the details. In 1975, the Conference entered into a permanent loan agreement with the Provincial Archives of Alberta (PAA) for the physical custody and control of the holdings of the Conference Archives and the records were relocated to the PAA in that same year. Records received after 1975 have come from the congregation, church members, or officers of the presbytery or the Conference. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of Annual Reports (1949-1997); Administrative Correspondence (1949-1962); Official Board records (1953-1995); Official Board Correspondence (1954-1955, 1988-1990); Committee (Board) of Stewards records (1947-1994 with gaps); Session records (1945-1967); Board of Trustees records (1947-1976); Congregational Meetings minutes (1953-1987); Registers of Baptisms (1946-1963) Marriages (1946-1989), and Burials (1945-1975); Membership records (lists, certificates, and transfers) (1933-1992 with gaps); Communion Roll and Register (1948-1993); Guest Books (1949-1982, 1987-1996); Church Directories (1958-1967, 1986-1992 with gaps); Financial records (1954-1988 with gaps); Christian Stewardship Committee records (1961-1968); Finance Committee minutes (1990-1995); Building Committee records (1946-1964, 1989-1995); Property and Development Committee (1993-1994); Visitation Committee records (1960-1964); Christian Education Committee records (1954-1965); Choir and Organ Committee records (1963-1966, 1986-1990); Worship Committee minutes (1989-1995); Pastoral Relations Committee records (1960-1967); Outreach Committee records (1986-1993); Christian Development Committee minutes (1989-1995); Communications Committee records (1989-1994); Contact and Caring Committee records (1989-1995); Memorial Historical Committee minutes (1993-1995); St. James St. Andrew's Merger Committee (1990-1993); Refugee Action and Fellowship Team records (1980); Survey Committee records ([1950s]); Student Sponsorship Committee records (1964); Ladies' Aid records (1942-1957 with gaps); United Church Women records (1962-1996); AOTS records (1953-1979 with gaps); Hi-C records (1964-1974); CGIT records (1964); Tuxis minutes (1952-1954); Trail Rangers records (1946-1949); Explorer's records (1957-1964); Cub Scouts records (1960-1967); Young People's Group records (1951-1958, 1965); Young Adults Group records (1952-1956); Sunday School records (1947-1974, with gaps); Orders of Service (1953-1997 with gaps); Newsletters (1953-1997 with gaps); 31 photographs and 36 negatives([1940]-1991 with gaps); Statistical Reports (1952-1977, with gaps); Church Histories (1948, 1955, 1956, 1958) and Correspondence relating to Church History (1973-1993); Blueprints (1946-1947, 1958); and Newspaper Clippings (1946-1997). | | RELATED RECORDS: | For St. James United Church materials prior to amalgamation please see the St. James United Church fonds PR3516 in the United Church of Canada Alberta and Northwest Conference Archives, located at the Provincial Archives of Alberta. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Information in the Administrative History was sourced from the fonds. |
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