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CA ON00340 F515-13 · Series · 1948-2007, predominantly 1960-1985
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Series contains eleven subseries: 1) Minutes, 1978-1988, 2) Records of the Director’s Office, 1959-1988, 3) Records of Berkeley Studio, 1955-2007, 4) Records of the Television and Film Unit, 1963-2007, 5) Records relating to Interchurch and Interfaith Communications, 1965-2006, 6) Records relating to Nancy Edwards Programming, 1948-1980, 7) Records of the Audio/Visual Production Unit, 1962-1989, 8) Records of the Still Pictures Unit, 1956-1990, 9) Records relating to AVEL and Medial Consulting, 1970-1989, 10) Records relating to Mission Interpretation, 1976-1988, 11) Records of the Editors, 1985-1987.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication. Department of Media Services and Media Resources.
CA ON00340 F515 · Fonds · 1926-2016, predominantly 1968-2002

Fonds consists of fourteen series: 1) Records relating to Administration and Finance, 1967-2012, 2) Records of the United Church Publishing House, 1967-2010, 3) Records of the Retail and Distribution Department/United Church Resource Distribution, 1986-2010, 4) Records of the Graphics and Print Department, 1975-2001, 5) Records relating to Resource Coordination, 1990-2012, 6) Records relating to Publicity, Education and Information, 1969-2016, 7) Records relating to Communication Education, 1968-1997, 8) Records of the Committee on Education for Mission and Stewardship/Department of Education for Mission, 1926-1997, 9) Records relating to Regional/Conference Relations, 1967-1980, 10) Records relating to Special Projects, 1968-1982, 11) Records of the Department of Audio Visuals, 1962-1974, 12) Records of the Department of Broadcasting, 1942-1978, 13) Records of the Department of Media Services and Media Resources, 1948-2007, 14) Records relating to Website Management, 1997-2013.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-12 · Series · 1942-1978, predominantly 1963-1973
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

The Department of Broadcasting was transferred to the Division of Communication from the Board of Information in 1968. The Department was responsible for the production of radio and television of the Church, training and assisting regional and Conference broadcast staff, and responding to the major broadcasting networks. A large part of the production work was carried on in association with interchurch bodies including Religious Television Associates (RTA), the production arm of Interchurch Broadcasting.
RTA helped to produce "Spectrum" for a Toronto television station. In addition, the Department was responsible for United Church participation in the National Religious Advisory Council to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and a separate Religious Advisory Committee to CFTO-TV, a Canadian Television (CTV) affiliate.

Series contains six subseries: 1) Administrative Records, 1967-1972, 2) Records of the Directors, 1942-1978, 3) Records relating to Television Work, 1968-1969, 4) Records relating to Cable Work, 1970-1972, 5) Records of the Assistant Director of Radio and Television, 1956-1973, 6) Record relating to Religious Television Associates, 1961-1972.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-8 · Series · 1926-1997, predominantly 1971-1982
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Series contains seven subseries: 1) Records of CEMS Executive, 1971-1997, 2) Mission Resources, 1957-1988, 3) Mission Interpretation and Deputation, 1956-1984, 4) Mission Study, 1926-1979, 5) Mission Information, 1971-1982, 6) Correspondence with Pastoral Charges, Presbyteries and Conferences, 1969-1979, 7) Records relating to the Canadian Church Calendar, 1971-1995.

United Church of Canada. Committee on Education for Mission and Stewardship.
CA ON00340 F515-3 · Series · 1986-2010
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Series consists of six subseries: 1) Administrative Records of the Retail Management and Distribution Team, 1995-2001, 2) Administrative Records of UCRD, 2001-2010, 3) Records of the Resource Distribution Manager, 2001-2009, 4) Records of the Resource Centre Network Committee, 1993-2003, 5) Records of the Regional Advisory Committees, 1987-2001, 6) Records relating to Resource Centres, 1986-2006.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication. United Church Resource Distribution.
CA ON00340 F515-2 · Series · 1967-2010
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Series consists of eight subseries: 1) Administrative Records, 1968-2008, 2) Records Relating to UCPH and Ryerson Press 1967-1983, 3) Records of the General Managers, 1980-1982, 4) Records of the Management Committee, 1967-1992, 5) Records of the UCPH National Advisory Committee, 1983-1997, 6) Early Publishing Projects, 1968-1987, 7) Records of the Department of Publishing, 1986-2001, 8) Records of the Publishing Group, 1985-2010.

United Church of Canada. United Church Publishing House
CA ON00340 F515-1 · Series · 1967-2012
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

From its inception in 1968 the Division of Communication has been overseen by an Executive and a Secretary, later termed the General Secretary and Executive Minister. The Secretary and succeeding roles were the heads of the Division, and the Executive were responsible for communicating with other Division Secretaries as well as counterparts in other denominations. The Division Executive was comprised of members elected to that role by their Conference (1 per) and others elected according to function (such as Chair, Vice-chair, Committee/Taskforce Chairs etc.) by the General Council. The Executives were also responsible for setting policy and overall direction for the work to be carried out in the program units and by the staff of the Division. The Department of Finance and Administration was established in 1985 with responsibility for all of the accounting and budgeting within the Division. The department dissolved in 1993 and the work was adopted by the General Secretary’s office in 1994.

Series contains eight subseries: 1) Minutes, 1967-1999, 2) Reports, 1968-1990, 3) Correspondence, 1968-1983, 4) Financial Records, 1968-1998, 5) Office Files, 1967-2001, 6) Records of thee General Secretaries, 1968-2008, 7) Records of the Division Management Team, 1991-1998, 8) Records of the Communications Group, 2008-2012.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-6 · Series · 1969-2016
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

The Department of Press and Information originated in the Board of Information and Stewardship, and became part of the Division of Communication in 1968. This Department was the liaison between the Church and the news media. It also produced several publications for distribution within the Church including editorial work on Mandate, Unchurched Editorials (a series distributed to Canadian publications on behalf of the Board of Evangelism and Social Service and later the Division of Mission in Canada), Words to Live By, Profiles (biographical sketches of church workers) and News/News Releases. The Department also played a role in developing communications awareness among church employees through presentations and seminars. In 1972 The Department changed its name to News Services, and in 1982 it was renamed News and Public Relations.

In 1985 the Statistics and Information Office was transferred from General Council to the Division of Communication’s Department of Finance and Administration as part of a new Information Services Unit. This unit also took over the News and Public Relations functions. The unit was also responsible for producing the General Council Record of Proceedings, the United Church of Canada Yearbook, and press releases by the publicist. The position of Publicist was first created in 1987. The position was held by Mary-Frances Denis from 1987-2017 however the title changed various times through subsequent departmental changes. Marketing was never an official part of her job description but there were de facto marketing elements due to the public image impact that media relations involves.

In 1989, Information Service Unit functions were transferred to a new Department of Education and Information. The Department combined Information Services (from the Department of Finance and Administration) with Mission Education, Interpretation, and AVEL (from the Department of Media Services), and also absorbed the responsibility of the Publicist.

In the 1996 the responsibilities of the Department of Education and Information, including publicity and statics, were transferred to the Public Relations and Information Unit in the Division of Communication’s General Secretaries Office. That unit became a part of the Public Relations and Marketing Cluster in 1999. After the re-organization of General Council administrative units in 2001, the responsibility of publicity was moved from the Division of Communication to the General Council Support and Services Unit under the new position of Communications Officer. When the Office of the Moderator and General Secretary was created in 2003, the position became a part of that unit.

Under another re-organization in 2005, the Communications Officer position was moved to the newly created Resources, Production and Distribution Unit (formerly the Division of Communication). In 2010 the Resources, Production and Distribution Unit was re-named Communications, and the position title was changed to Manager, Public Relations and Information.

Fonds contains nine series: 1) Correspondence of the Director of Press and Information/News Services/News and Public Relations 1973-1982; 2) Office Files, 1969-2012; 3) Records re Editorial Work, 1972-1981; 4) Records re Communication Education Work, 1976-1979; 5) Records of the Information Services Unit, 1970-1988; 6) Records of the Publicist and Antecedent Positions, 1986-2008; 7) Records of the Department of Education and Information, 1975-2000; 8) Records of the Public Relations and Information Unit, 1996-1998; 9) Communication Documents, 1969-2016.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-11 · Series · 1962-1974, predominantly 1968-1973
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

This Department of Audio Visuals was adopted by the Division of Communication through the Board of Information in 1968. The Department was responsible for instructional communication concerned with the design and use of messages which control the learning process involved in communication research, communication education, search for resources, consultation and presentation, media production, and information and promotion. More specifically the Department produced film, still pictures (photographs, slides, filmstrips) and audio cassettes, which was usually undertaken at the request of other Divisions within the Church. The Audio Visual Education Library (AVEL) was administered by the Department during this period, and it played an early role in the provision of communication education. In 1973 the Department of Audio Visual’s joined with the Department of Broadcasting to form the Department of Media Services.

Series contains five subseries: 1) Records relating to Administration, 1967-1973, 2) Records relating to Film Production, 1968-1972, 3) Records relating to Still Picture Production, 1968-1972, 4) Records relating to Audio Cassettes Production, 1971-1972, 5) Records relating to AV Consultation and AVEL, 1968-1972.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-10 · Series · 1968-1982
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Special projects were created by the United Church to use the media, especially television, to bring the message of the Church to the general public. The Division of Communication and specifically the departments dealing with av were heavily involved. These projects included attempts to generate interest in United Church activities in selected locales under the auspices of Media Plans I-III in the 1970s. The results of these broadcasts were analysed and the remaining work was left to the Conferences. Three television specials, "Mediamix," 1971, "The Fiftieth Anniversary National Event," 1975, and "These Things We Share," 1981, which promoted the mission of the Church, were contained under the rubric of special projects.

Series contains seven subseries: 1) Records relating to R.S.V.P. Telecasts, 1968-1969, 2) Records related to Mediamix, 1970-1973, 3) Records related to Media Plan I, 1973-1974, 4) Records related to Media Plan II, 1974-1975, 5) Records related to Media Plan III/Media Outreach, 1975-1980, 6) Records related to the Fiftieth Anniversary National Event, 1974-1975, 7) Records related to the United Church Television Special “These things we share”, 1974-1982.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
Records of the Editors
CA ON00340 F515-13-11 · Subseries · 1985-1987
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Editors worked under the director of Media Services and helped to edit content created by the Department.

Subseries contains the records of Rebekah Chevalier who served as an editor for this department and then succeeding departments from 1985-2015.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-14 · Series · 1997-2013
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

The position of Website Manager was established 1998 under the Divisions’ General Secretary’s Office Planning and Administration. The role was created to help establish the United Church website. In 1999 the role became its own entity separate from the above office and after 2002 additional staff were involved including a Web Production Specialist, Web Designer, Web Producer, Web Developer, Web Content Strategist, and Digital Camera Strategist. From creating the United Church’s website the work evolved in all website creation for all General Council work. The staff managed day to activities involving the websites as well as the contributing to the vision and formation of the sites. The Website Manager is also responsible for the IT Steering Group which oversees the Church’s statistics and as well as social media.

Series contains one subseries: 1) Records of the Web Services Manager, 1997-2013.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-13-10 · Subseries · 1976-1988
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Mission interpretation, previously part of the Committee on Education for Mission and Stewardship, became part of the new Department of Media Resources in 1983. Interpretation enjoyed special relationships with the Division of World Outreach and the Division of Mission in Canada, as well as active work at the congregational level to ensure a devotion to mission understanding and support. One of its principal activities was arranging tours by missionaries in Canada on furlough. In 1989 Mission Interpretation was transferred to the new Department of Education and Information.

Subseries contains Coordinator and Unit Staff correspondence, Coordinator Carolyn Wilkinson’s correspondence and documents re overseas guests visiting Canada as part of various mission themes, files on Native Ministry Interpretation, general correspondence with overseas personnel including some annual (Christmas) letters to Canada, and photographs and plans for speaking tours during furloughs.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-13-9 · Subseries · 1970-1989, predominantly 1973-1986
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Audio-Visual Resources was brought under the Department of Media Services in 1973, bringing with it the responsibility for the consultant and, subsequently, the Audio Visual Education Library (AVEL). The Media Resource Consultant was to act as an educator and facilitator for Conferences and congregations, as well as a buyer of resource materials worldwide.

Subseries contains reports of the Media Resource Consultant and reports regarding audio visual usage, correspondence of both the Resource Consultant and the Audio Visual Education Librarian with Conferences, resource centres, other denominations and suppliers of materials, and bulletins and circulars issued by AVEL 1970-1989.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-13-8 · Subseries · 1956-1990
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Still pictures were originally the responsibility of the Audio-Visual Department within the Board of Information and Stewardship (created 1954). The programme was continued by the Division of Communication's Audio Visual Department prior to 1973 and then by the Department of Media Services/Media Resources Still Picture Unit. The Unit, housed at Berkeley Studios, was involved in the collection and production of photographs, slides, and film strips. Like most of the other units in Media Resources, Still Pictures existed largely to serve the needs of other Divisions as well as Conferences and Pastoral Charges, maintaining a library of materials. These filmstrips produced were created for educational purposes on behalf of departments and divisions of the Church, especially the Division of Mission in Canada, and the Division of World Outreach, and their antecedent bodies. They were also used for fund-raising awareness within the church.

Subseries consists of the following files: administrations, correspondence, photo collections, production lists, general production files, film strips and slides production files, presentation slides/slide set production files, caption material and filmstrip kits and production files.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-13-7 · Subseries · 1962-1989
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Audio/Video Production became a unit within the Department of Media Services in 1976, with Betty Richardson as producer. The Unit produced mostly audio cassettes. Responsibilities included recording of General Councils, Divisional meetings, and special events, and production of materials in response to programmes of the several Church Divisions, as well as maintaining an active library. In particular it produced "Godshow," an ecumenical radio magazine show, “Make My Day” which succeeded Godshow, and "Inside Track," an information series on audio cassette for the order of ministry, and it also publishes Visual Catalogue, which lists the holdings of its library.

Subseries contains administrative files, production files and files pertaining to Godshow, Make My Day and Inside Track 1962-1989.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-13-6 · Subseries · 1948-1980
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Nancy Edwards joined the Department of Radio and Television of the Board of Information and Stewardship as an Assistant to the Director in 1956, and until her retirement in 1980 held various positions (subsequently in the Departments of Broadcasting and Media Services) relating to radio production. During her involvement with the Departments she hosted two radio shows, "Nancy Edwards Reports" and "The Human Gamut," which were short broadcasts featuring interviews with people of varied backgrounds, the sole topic being the interaction of people with the world around them. In addition, Edwards participated in several media organizations, especially those concerned with women in the media.

Subseries contains Nancy Edwards’ correspondence relating to her programming, reports and miscellanea. Also included are program materials and production files relating to the Nancy Edwards Reports and The Human Gamut.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-13-5 · Subseries · 1965-2006
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

The Department of Media Services and later Media Resources participated in interchurch and interfaith broadcasting throughout it’s history, adopting this area of work from it’s predecessor the Department of Broadcasting. In the early years the Department was a participant in Interchurch Broadcasting and later Interchurch Communications: a channel for main-line Christian denominations. Later the Department was involved in Vistion TV and interfaith network for religious programming developed from a call for application from the CRTC.

Subseries consists of ICB and Interchurch Communications Committee minutes, reports, and correspondence as well as United Church correspondence with other participating denominations, and reports on cable television projects. Also included are files on Between Ourselves, a radio show produced by ICB, and records pertaining to the formation and operation of the Canada Interfaith Faith Network and Vision TV.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
Records of Berkeley Studio
CA ON00340 F515-13-3 · Subseries · 1955-2007, predominantly 1973-1995
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Berkeley Studios opened in 1956 at the site of the former Berkeley Street United Church in Toronto, and was housed there for 40 years. The building provided a dedicated facility for photographs, film and film strips, recordings and radio and TV production that aided all Church Departments in promoting the work of the United Church.

Berkeley Studios was initially formed under the Audio-Visual and Radio and Television Units of the Board of Information and Stewardship, at its inception in 1956 (authorized by the Sixteenth General Council). In 1968, Berkeley Studios became a part of the newly created Division of Communication, an amalgamation of the Board of Publication, and most operations of the Board of Information.

In the 1970s, a re-organization within the Division of Communication occurred. In 1973, Berkeley Studios became a part of the Department of Media Services, which was established as a result of the union of the Audio-Visual Resources and Broadcasting and the Communication Education units; its goal was to educate Church members in the use of communications media.

In the 1980s reorganization of the Division of Communication continued. In 1983, the Department of Media Resources/Services was established by adding the Education for Mission function. Thus, Berkeley Studios, AVEL, the Audio Visual Consultant and the mission interpretation and education programme became components of this new Department. In 1984, the Department of Media Services and Education for Mission were amalgamated to form the Department of Media Resources. Participating in inter-church and interfaith associations, its biggest challenge by 1988 was Vision TV, the interfaith religious television network in Canada.

With restructuring and the office move to 3250 Bloor Street West in 1995. Berkeley Studio which housed both the broadcast and educational/resource video teams moved as part of the Division of Communication's overall move to the new premises. In the wake of the 2001 restructuring when the divisional structure was eliminated, Berkeley became part of the Resource Production and Distribution (RPD) Unit. In 2007, Berkeley Studio was closed and its broadcasting relationship with Vision TV ended. A small video edit suite was maintained by a producer and renamed the Multimedia Unit as part of RPD. That exists today within the Communications Unit.

Subseries consists of records of the Berkeley Studio Manager, and later of the Studio Administrator. Subseries includes files regarding production data, correspondence relating to personnel, and programmes produced at Berkeley Studio, and records of committees.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.