Title based on contents of fonds.
Preservation photocopying was done for a part of the Index to the registers of baptisms, marriages and burials (UC074/008/010) in 2007.
The documents were loaned in 1993 by the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada. Parts of this fonds (UC074) and fonds PC014 have the same provenance; however, we must treat them separately as the material is owned by different institutions.
There is 1 unprocessed acquisition (1929-2004): 0.25 l.m. of textual records and 2 architectural drawings. The archives of the Quebec and Sherbrooke Presbytery local churches and pastoral charges are all arranged according to a common classification system established by Susan Stanley, former Montreal and Ottawa Conference Archivist.
Richmond and Melbourne United Church in Richmond is the result of the amalgamation in 1939 of three churches: College Street United Church in Richmond (originally of Methodist denomination), Melbourne United Church (originally of Methodist denomination), and Chalmers United Church (originally of Presbyterian denomination). Richmond and Melbourne United Church is part of the Richmond and Melbourne Pastoral Charge which also includes Trenholm United Church, St. Andrew's United Church in Windsor, and Melbourne Ridge United Church. Richmond and Melbourne United Church is under the jurisdiction of the Quebec and Sherbrooke Presbytery of the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada.
Published
The fonds contains source material on the Church's history and the women's organizations from 1837 to 2018. It also provides information on the Richmond and Melbourne Pastoral Charge from 1977 to 2018. It consists of minutes, finances, registers, annual reports, orders of service, an historical sketch, and press clippings. The fonds also includes a register of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Hatley and Melbourne Methodist Circuit from 1836 to 1853 and the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Windsor) from 1859 to 1923, as well as included some documents pertaining to the Melbourne Congregational Church. The fonds is comprised of the following series: Church Boards (1837-2002), Legal (1947-1987), Buildings and Property (1950), Financial (1924-1964), Banns/Marriages Certificates (1929-1966), Annual Reports (1920, 1923-1929, 1931-1932, 1934-1938, 1939-1970, 1977-1998, 2001, 2003, 2006-2012, 2016-2018), Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1836-1994), Orders of Service (1964, 1978), Membership (1942-1993), Historical (1931, 1958-1974), Organizations (1901-2000), Committees ([1887?]-1972, 2006), and Photographs ([191-?]).
Further accruals are expected.
Legacy accession was integrated and description updated by Jody Robinson, 1 March 2024.
The registers of baptisms, marriages and burials may be restricted at the discretion of the Archivist.