Links

LINKS

"These resources are for volunteer archivists involved in the the task of preserving their congregation's history. This is a task involving not just saving bits of papers, film, and tape but making the archives a living and useful resource for the members of the faith community.

Finding Aids

The finding aids are divided into 81 groups called "fonds" in archives terminology. Each fonds represents a distinct record-producing unit in the Fellowship such as a District, a Bible College, a national office (General Superintendent) and even some prominent individuals for whom we have a significant quantity of records. The finding aids provide an administrative history of the record-producing body and a scope and content note describing the types of records on file for that fonds. The Administrative History entries constitute the most complete, up-to-date and authoritative summary of all the functional units of the PAOC ever created.

To view the finding aid, go to:

http://archeion-aao.fis.utoronto.ca/bsearch.html

Enter "Pentecostal Assemblies" in the Search bar then go to the "Using" menu and select "the exact phrase" and hit the "Submit Search" button. You will find 81 record summaries each with a link called: "View full record" which takes you to the full finding aid for that fonds or collection.

The project was made possible with financial assistance from the Federal Government through the Heritage ministry and the Canadian Council of Archives.

OTHER LINKS

Materials on American Pentecostalism can be found at the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center site maintained by our sister organization in the USA, the Assemblies of God at http://www.agheritage.org.

1. For more information on archives in general, visit the tutorial on the Trent University Archives website at http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/tutorial.htm.
2. A wealth of archival sites can be accessed through the University of Saskatchewan's Canadian Archival Resources on the Internet site at http://www.usask.ca/archives/menu.html.
3. The National Archives of Canada maintains a website at http://www.archives.ca/index.html.
   Want to learn how to preserve your family treasures and important records? Check out the Canadian Heritage Preservation website at http://www.preservation.gc.ca/howto/grid_e.asp.
4. More Than Precious Lives were lost: 9/11 from an Archives perspective. This link is a report from Heritage Preservation (http://www.heritagepreservation.org), a leading non-profit advocate for the proper care of America's cultural heritage. The report is called: "Cataclysm and Challenge; Impact of September 11, 2001, on Our Nation's Cultural Heritage."
5. The Canadian Genealogy Centre Web site is an online centre that provides access to all genealogical resources in Canada. It offers genealogical content, services, advice, and tools, and provides Canadians with the opportunity to work on joint projects online in both official languages. The Canadian Genealogy Centre Web site is http://www.genealogy.gc.ca.
6. Published by the "Friends Meeting at Cambridge (Mass.) Library" this page contains a wealth of information on church history, Archives, Oral History and Church Libraries. http://people.bu.edu/jchris/fmcbibl.html
7. This site published by the Billy Graham Center Archives provides "Sources Of Help And Advice For Your Church Or Synagogue Archives." http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/caw.html

* "The resources listed here, most of which are intended specifically for volunteer archivists, are intended to be of assistance to those involved in the difficult and important task of preserving their congregation's history. This is a task that involves not just saving bits of papers, film, and tape but also and especially making the archives a living and useful resource for the members of the faith community."