Original Documents
On this page are primary documents related to Deaconess history and context. Please note that photographs can be found under the PICTURES tab. Scholarly papers are under the RESOURCES tab.
Primary Documents related to disjoining are under the DISJOINING Tab.
Other primary documents related to Diaconal Ministry can be found on the Diakonia of the United Church of Canada website (ducc.ca)
Deaconess Order (United Church)
- Handbook of Deaconess Order
- Bi-annual Deaconess Conference Minutes/Reports
- 1926 Report of the First Conference of Deaconesses in the UCC
- 1927 Report of 2nd Annual Deaconess Conference
- 1932 Report of 5th Annual Deaconess Conference meeting
- 1953 Local Constitution of Fellowship of Professional Women in the UCC
- 1953 National Constitution of Fellowship of Professional Women in the UCC
- 1955 Final Report Professional Women and Deaconess Association Annual Meeting
- 1955 Digest of Minutes of the Deaconess Association Meeting
- 1955 Report Fellowship of Professional Women of UCC to Commission Studying Women’s Work
- 1963 Annual Meeting Deaconess Association and Fellowship of Professional Women Report
- 1965 Fellowship of Deaconesses and Other Professional Women Workers in the UCC Constitution
- 1965 Report of National Conference of Fellowship of Deaconesses and other Women Workers
- 1967 Report of Biennial Conference of Fellowship of Deaconesses and other Professional Women Workers
- 1988 The Newsletter Historical Issue Association of Professional Church Workers This book contains short profiles on Canadian Deaconesses and Women Workers, United Church and Anglican
- Newsletters to Deaconesses
Conference Deaconess Boards
- 1926 Report of the Manitoba Conference Deaconess Board
- 1926-1937 Correspondence Between MB Board and Deaconess Order
Media
- Centre for Christian Studies
- Ministry Status
- Women in the Church
- 1975 United Church Observer Article reviewing woman’s place in church 1925 to 1975
Methodist Church and Methodist School
- General Conference Deaconess Committee Reports
- 1894 Journal of Proceedings of the 4th General Conference of the Methodist Church, London (pages related to Deaconesses)
- 1898 Journal of Proceedings of the 5th General Conference of the Methodist Church, Toronto (pages related to Deaconess)
- 1906 Journal of Proceedings of the 7th General Conference of the Methodist Church, Montreal (pages related to Deaconesses)
- 1914 Journal of Proceedings of the 9th General Conference of the Methodist Church, Ottawa (pages related to Deaconesses)
- 1918 Journal of Proceedings of the 10th General Conference of the Methodist Church, Hamilton (pages related to Deaconesses)
- 1922 Journal of Proceedings of the 11th General Conference of the Methodist Church, Toronto (pages related to Deaconesses)
- Deaconess Appointments
- Deaconess School and Society Reports
- 1904-1905 11th Annual Report of Toronto Deaconess Home and Training School and Deaconess Society. This is a scan from a photocopy (and poor quality) from the United Church, Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Archives. An original copy is in the United Church General Council Archives.
- 1905-1906 12th Annual Report of Toronto Deaconess Home and Training School and Deaconess Society. This is a scan from a photocopy (and poor quality) from the United Church, Conference of Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario Archives. An original copy is in the United Church General Council Archives.
Presbyterian Church
- Acts and Proceedings of the Assembly Presbyterian Church in Canada
United Church Schools
- Anniversary Booklets
- Brochures and Pamphlet
- Calendar
- Graduation Bulletins
- 1926 Convocation Bulletin Combined Methodist and Presbyterian Training Schools
- 1927 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1928 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1929 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1930 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1931 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1932 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1933 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1934 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1935 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1936 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1937 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1938 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1940 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1941 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1942 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1943 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1944 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1945 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1946 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1947 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1948 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1949 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1950 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1952 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1953 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1954 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1955 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1956 UCTS Convocation bulletin
- 1957 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1958 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1959 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1960 UCTS Convocation Bulletin
- 1961 Covenant College Graduation Bulletin
- 1963 Covenant College Graduation Bulletin
- 1964 Covenant College Graduation Bulletin
- 1969 Covenant College Graduation Bulletin
- 1970 Centre for Christian Studies Graduation Bulletin
- Student Yearbooks
- 1954 UCTS Student Yearbook Wanderings
- 1955 UCTS Student Yearbook Open House
- 1957-58 UCTS Student Yearbook
- 1958 -59 UCTS Student Yearbook The Beaconess
- 1965-66 Covenant College Student Yearbook The Hallowed Hollers
- 1966 -67 Covenant College Student Yearbook The Fishbowl
- 1968-69 Covenant College Student Yearbook
- 1971 Centre for Christian Studies Student Yearbook
United Church
- 1926 – 1928 Committee on Employed Women Workers in the Church Minutes (The Committee met November 5, 1926, December 6, 1926, February 18, 1927, April 8, 1927, May 10, 1927, June 14, 1927, June 21, 1927, January 17, 1928, February 16, 1928, March 20, 1928, April 20, 1928, June 26, 1928)
- Committee on the Deaconess Order Annual Report to General Council, United Church Yearbook, includes Deaconess Annual Appointments
- General Council Proceedings Related to Deaconesses
- Ministry Studies
- Vocational Literature
- 1945 UCC Vocational opportunities for women brochure
- 1950 UCC Vocations Pamphlet
- 1959 WMS Vocations brochure
- 1959 WMS Mission Night Vocations Brochure
- 1985 Called To Serve A story of Diaconal Ministry in The United Church of Canada (for a higher quality copy of this resource contact us)
- 1993 Diaconal Ministry in the United Church Brochure
Woman’s Missionary Society (WMS)
- Histories
- The Story of the Years Vol 3, A History of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, Canada, from 1881 to 1906, The Woman’s Missionary Society. (this version is on the University of Toronto library site) For a text only version click here.