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Newsletters
UCM-SE6 · Series · 1950-2021
Part of The Unitarian Church of Montreal fonds

This series contains the newsletters created by the Church from 1950 to 2021. Published on a monthly basis, these roughly 2-5 page documents typically contain reports of past and future events at the Church. This includes dates, times and topics of future services; acts of civil service like baptisms that have occurred over the past month; the names of new Church members as well as the deaths of Church members and the dates of their memorial services. The information included varies from year to year and also changes depending on the editor and minister of the time, however they often also include news from various Church clubs and organizations, important personal milestones in members’ lives, profiles on Church officers and members, short essays written by the active minister and poetry or selections from non-religious literature.

The titles of the newsletters changed over time, they were called “Bulletin” or “News Bulletin” from 1950 to 1979, changing to “NUUS” until 2009 when the title became “Gathered Here.”

At the file level, the newsletters are organized chronologically into files that contain September of one year into May of the next. The collection of newsletters in the early 60’s is spotty, with there being an almost total absence from 1963-1966.

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Music lists
UCM-SE3 · Series · 1947-09-07 - 1953-01-25
Part of The Unitarian Church of Montreal fonds

This sub-series contains the music lists created by the Church in the planning of services. They exist for the years 1947-1952, following a September to June schedule, and include the songs and hymns to be played during service in chronological order. They invariably include a "Prelude", "Introit", "Hymn", "Anthem", "Interlude", a second "Hymn", "Offertory", a third "Hymn" and "Postlude" in that order.

The music lists are typewritten on lined notebook paper. Each page contains two music lists for two Sundays. The pages serving as dividers often have relevant calendars (see the calendar series linked under related materials) glued to them.

Minute books
UCM-SE4 · Series · 1842-2023
Part of The Unitarian Church of Montreal fonds

Series consists of minutes books and several file folders detailing the events of meetings and Church goings on from June 1842 to February 2023. The volumes are labelled alphabetically and with their dates up to L, after which point they are simply labelled with their dates or not at all. The volumes are organized in chronological order, both in their boxes and internally, with some variation on the latter. The dates covered in each volume, with notes on their internal arrangement, are noted in an Arrangement note.

The minute books also contain annual reports post-2018. See the Annual reports series (linked in related materials) for more information.

Unitarian Church of Montreal
UCM-SE8 · Series · 1911-2023
Part of The Unitarian Church of Montreal fonds

This series contains records regarding Church finances during normal operations from 1911 to 2023. It does not represent a complete record of Church finances in that time but does include a ledger book from May 1930-1938, financial reports from 1950-1961, a general operating budget pamphlet for May 1968 to April 1969, auditors reports from 1980-1983 and budgets from the 2000s.

Declarations of marriage
UCM-SE10-SU2 · Subseries · 1994 - 2026
Part of The Unitarian Church of Montreal fonds

This sub-series contains copies of the declarations of marriage and other paperwork sent to le Directeur de l'état civil to register a marriage in Québec for the years 1994 to present. Each declaration of marriage and its associated paperwork details the personal information of the spouses, including but not limited to their marital status previous to the marriage and demographic data.