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Ethiopian Manuscripts Collection

  • Coll. 12
  • Collection
  • 1601 - 1960

The Ethiopian Manuscripts Collection contains four codices (bound manuscripts) written in Ge'ez, the traditional liturgical language of the the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Text manuscripts include Psalters, Biblical Canticles, the Song of Songs, Ethiopian Orthodox works known as The Praises of Mary and The Gate of Light, and The Bandlet of Righteousness. The collection also consists of carrying cases associated with holding related religious texts, such as the Ethiopian Kitabe leather amulets.

Robert N. Thompson fonds

  • CA TWU RNT
  • Fonds
  • 1914, 1916, 1920-1925, 1930-1999

The fonds consists of correspondence, speeches, articles, notes, minutes, photographs, scrapbooks and other records relating to Thompson's personal life, his involvement with various organizations, his military career and work in Ethiopia, his political career as a Member of Parliament (MP) and national leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada, and his work as an educator.
The fonds are arranged into the following sous-fonds:
-SF 1: Personal History/Biography
-SF 2: Organizations – General, A to Z
-SF 3: Military Years/Ethiopia
-SF 4: Political Years
-SF 5: Post-Secondary Institutions
-SF 6: Object and Artifacts Related to Robert N. Thompson
-SF 7: RNT Photograph Collection
Note that in addition to these records, the RNT Fonds is also comprised of the following:

  • Audio and video cassettes, filed in the database with Coll. 02, the A/V collection; also physically filed with other A/V materials
  • Scrapbooks containing news clippings and personal memorabilia sorted in chronological order (from 1960 to 1996)
  • Scrapbooks containing political cartoons clipped from newspapers, sorted in chronological order (1963-1996)
  • Unprocessed reel to reel (approximately 41) and audio tapes (approximately 55) mostly pertaining to Thompson’s political career
    • Thompson also donated published Social Credit materials, including 187 booklets/pamphlets, as well as a selection of books (84) from his personal library on the following broad topics: early education textbooks, teaching educational texts, air force, Ethiopia, Amharic language, local history, and a family bible that has no annotations.

Thompson, Robert N.

Hedberg Collection of EFCA Yearbooks and Publications

  • CA TWU Coll. 09
  • Collection
  • 1920-1921; 1923-1924; 1926-1959; 1961-1997; 2000; 2002; 2004-2005

This collection consists of yearbooks published by the Evangelical Church of America. Reports from Trinity Western University were submitted annually, and are included in the "reports" section of these publications. The collection also includes several miscellaneous publications and pamphlets documenting the history of the EFCA, also donated by Dr. Hedberg.

EFCA Yearbooks
KEY:
YB = complete yearbook containing directory and reports
YS = as above but physically split into two parts
YR = incomplete yearbook with reports only
SR = separately published reports, no minutes

Date Range
1920 - 1921: YB
1922: none
1923 - 1924: YB
1925: none
1926 - 1946: YB
1947: SR
1948 - 1949: YB
1950: SR
1951 - 1959: YB
1960: none
1961: SR
1962 - 1964: YB
1965 - 1966: SR
1967 - 1986: YB
1987: YR
1988: YB
1989: YR
1990: YB
1991: YR
1992 - 1993: YB
1994 - 1996: YS
1997: YB
1998 - 1999: none
2000: SR
2001: none
2002: SR
2003: none
2004 - 2005: SR

EFCA Books
Title / Author
20 Years in the Wild West / Anderson, A. A.
Bibelns Gudomlighet / Truedson, Nils
Diamond Jubilee Story / Norton, H. Wilbert et. al.
First the Rapture / Strombeck, J. F.
Forward From a Firm Foundation / EFCA
Forward in the Faith of our Fathers / EFCA
Frikyrkans Missions Kalender / Swedish EFC
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life / Calvin, John. trans. Henry J. Van Andel
Golden Jubilee / Swedish EFC
Halleen Legacy in Type, The / Thompson, Roy A.
Heritage Series 1: "The Search for Identity" / Olson, Arnold Theodore
Heritage Series 2: "The Significance of Silence" / Olson, Arnold Theodore
Heritage Series 3: "Stumbling Toward Maturity" / Olson, Arnold Theodore
Heritage Series 4: "The Dynamic of the Printed Page" / Thompson, Roy A.
Heritage Series 5: "Light a Small Candle" / Palmer, Bernard & Marjorie
Heritage Series 7: "While the Sun is High" / Palmer, Bernard & Marjorie
Heritage Series 9: "Mount to the Sky Like Eagles" / Palmer, Bernard & Marjorie
Honey and Salt / Hanson, Muriel
Honey and Salt / Portion 2 Hanson, Muriel
Levnadsminnen / Princells, J. G.
Looking Back Fifty Years / Lindberg, Frank Teodor
Story of the Mother Church of American Methodism / Dolliver, Robert H.
Sunshine and Shadow / Halleen, E. A.

EFCA Documents
Title / Date / Description
25 Years in the Ubangi with the EFCA / ca. 1947 / commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the EFCA's work in the Congo
Brief History of the EFCA / ca. 1968? / notes in binder, "to be used for Bible Instruction Classes"
Centennial Celebration / 1984 / commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the EFCA
Church Survey of the EFCA / ca. 1953? / one-page document
Early History of the Swedish Free Christian Church, Rockford, IL / none / taken from minutes of congregational meeting held Nov. 28, 1904
Evangelical Beacon, The, Vol. 1 no.1 / 1931 / first issue of EFCA newspaper
Introducing You to the EFCA / ca. 1946? / pamphlet on EFCA history, organizations, and doctrinal positions
Konstitution för Svenska Ev. Frikyrkans Åldersdomshem / none / small pamphlet in Swedish
Proposed Merger Plan / 1949 / proposes merger between Ev. Free Church Assoc. and EFCA
Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly, The / 1975 / Vol. 26 no. 4

Lyle Wicks fonds

  • CA TWU Wicks
  • Fonds
  • 1929-1931; 1942-1983; 1994; 2002

The fonds consists of professional documents relating to Lyle Wicks' political career and includes correspondence, reports, minutes, news releases, news clippings, campaign materials, government documents, and photographs.
These materials are sorted into two series:
Series 01: Social Credit Materials
Series 02: British Columbia Utilities Commission
The fonds also includes a collection of reports on the Workmen's Compensation Board and Act (1942; 1950; 1952; 1958; 1966)
In 2005/2006 two additional series were created:
Series 03: Reports of the Workmen's Compensation Board
Series 04: Photographs

Wicks, Lyle

Photograph Collection

  • CA TWU Coll. 08
  • Collection
  • 1947; 1950-2018

The collection consists of over 9600 photographs and slides documenting the history of Trinity Western University; included are images of administrators, faculty, staff, students, campus grounds and buildings, events, guest speakers, and aerial views of the campus.

Maps Collection

  • CA TWU Coll. 07
  • Collection
  • 1950; 1959; 1962; 1980; 2004

This Collection consists of maps of the Fraser Valley, Langley Municipality, and the property on which Trinity Western University is located; most are photocopies

Registrar's Office Fonds

  • CA TWU 37
  • Fonds
  • 1956 – 1997

The fonds consists of records dating from 1956 to 1997 that document the activities and functions of the Registrar's Office. It provides a unique source of information regarding the founding and early development of the University, as well as student-related matters including grades, admissions, scholarships, transfers, and graduation. Also included are financial records, annual reports, statistical summaries, survey results, and correspondence pertaining to the administration of the department.
Series within the fonds include:
Series 01: Founding: Historical Information (including School-for-Canada Exploratory Committee minutes)
Series 02: Correspondence and Memoranda
Series 03: Minutes of Meetings
Series 04: Financial Records
Series 05: Admissions Records, Brochures, and Reports to 1984: Recruitment and Application process and transfers
Series 06: Graduation
Series 07: Course and Exam Timetables
Series 08: Reports, Presentations, Enrolment Summaries, and Manuals

Registrar’s Office

Office of the President Fonds

  • CA TWU 02
  • Fonds
  • 1958 – 2005

The fonds consists of records that document the activities and functions of the President’s Office, including correspondence, minutes, annual reports, financial and personnel records.
Series within the fonds include Papers created and received in the course of the work of Calvin B. Hanson (Series 01); Papers created and received in the course of the work of all other Presidents (Series 02).
The second series consists of the following:
Personnel (02.01)
Committees (02.02)
Personal (02.03)
Events (02.04)
Correspondence (02.05)
Reports to the Board of Governors (02.06)
Development and Fundraising (02.07)
Speeches, Papers, and Manuscripts (02.08)

Office of the President

Papers of Staff & Administrators

  • CA TWU 64
  • Fonds
  • 1957-1965, 1980, 1996, 2015

Fonds consists of materials written by administrators and staff members, including papers, memoirs, and books. Only items donated voluntarily to the archives are filed here. May contain both published and unpublished material.

Newspaper Clippings Collection

  • CA TWU Coll. 03
  • Collection
  • 1962-2020

This collection consists of newspaper clippings and articles which pertain to TWU in some way; also includes news releases for some years.
Note that Box 5 contains entire issues of various Vancouver papers published before TWU was founded; it is assumed that these were donated to the archives, as being considered "historically significant."

Box 01: Newspaper Clippings - general, filed in date order (continued in Box 11)
Files 1 - 44: 1959 - 2004

Box 02: Scrapbooks, 1977 - 1996

Box 03: Newspaper Clippings, 1996 - 1997; 2000 - 2004
File 1: Athletics
Files 2 - 3: Faculty
File 4: Diane Ferguson
File 5: Students
Files 6 - 8: BCCT / Legal Challenge
Files 9 - 17: Athletics

Box 04: Newspaper Clippings, 1995-2005
Files 1 - 3: BCCT / Legal Challenge duplicates
Files 4 - 7: News Releases, various topics

Box 05: Newspapers, various dates from 1896 to 1955
File 1: The Vancouver World, May 14, 1915
File 2: The Vancouver Daily Province, April 17, 1916
File 3: The Vancouver World, July 18, 1919
File 4: The Daily Sun, Vancouver, September 22, 1919
File 5: The Vancouver Daily Province, September 23, 1919
File 6: The Vancouver Daily Sun, September 24, 1919
File 7: Journal of Commerce, April 22, 1925; The Vancouver Sun, September 30, 1925
File 8: Vancouver Evening Sun: Canada’s Diamond Jubilee issue, June 30, 1927
File 9: The Vancouver Sun, May 7, 1945
File 10: The Province, Vancouver BC, March 25, 1948 (Souvenir issue of 1898 paper)
File 11: The Vancouver Province, BC Magazine, December 31, 1955
File 12: Vancouver BC World Souvenir Edition reprint for June, 1896, Undated [in very poor condition]

Box 06: Newspaper Clippings, 1996 - 2007
Files 1 - 4: Students ( 2002 - 2005 )
Files 5 - 7: Students ( 2005 - 2007 )
File 8: Students - Hometowning ( 1997 - 2000 )
Files 9 - 10: Alumni ( 1997 - 1999 )
File 11: Alumni ( 1999 - 2003 )
Files 12 - 13: Alumni ( 2003 - 2007 )
Files 14 - 15: General ( 1996 - 1999 )
File 16: General ( 1999 - 2003 )
Files 17 - 18: General ( 2003 - 2007 )

Box 07: Newspaper Clippings, 1997 - 2006
Files 1 - 2: Faculty / Staff ( 1998 - 2000 )
File 3: Faculty / Staff - Redekop ( 1998 - 2000 )
Files 4 - 8: Faculty / Staff ( 2000 - 2002 )
Files 9 - 12: Faculty / Staff ( 2002 - 2004 )
Files 13 - 16: Faculty / Staff / Academics ( 2004 - 2005 )
File 17: Academics ( 1997 - 2003 )
File 18: Academics ( 2003 - 2006 )
File 19: BCCT / Legal Challenge ( 1999 - 2002 ; 2005- 2006 )

Box 08: Newspaper Clippings, 1998 - 2007
Files 1 - 3: Athletics ( 1998 - 2000 )
Files 4 - 7: Athletics ( 2004 )
Files 8 - 12: Athletics ( 2005 )
Files 13 - 17: Athletics ( 2006 )
Files 18 - 19: Athletics ( 2007 )

Box 09: Newspaper Clippings, 1996 - 2007
File 1: Arts ( 1997 - 1999 )
File 2: Events ( 1996 - 1999 )
File 3: Events ( 1999 - 2001 ; 2003 )
Files 4 - 7: Development ( 2001 - 2007 )

Box 10: Newspaper Clippings
Files 1 - 10: Various ( October 2004 - November 2007 )

Box 11: Newspaper Clippings - 2005 - 2013 (continued in Box 12)

Box 12: Newspaper Clippings - 2014 to present

Box 13: Newspaper Clippings, 1999-2007
Files 1 - 2: Academics ( 2005 - 2007 )
Files 3 - 5: Faculty ( 2005 - 2007 )
File 6: Dr. Neil Snider ( 2005 - 2006 )
Files 7 - 10: Various ( 1999 - 2002 )
Files 11 - 16: News Releases ( 2003 - 2006 )

Box 14: Newspaper Clippings, 2000-2006
File 1: Laurentian Leadership ( 2003 )
File 2: Hometown News Release Samples ( 2000 - 2001 )
Files 3 - 7: TWU News Releases ( 2000 - 2002; 2004 - 2005 )
Files 8 - 11: Athletics ( 2005 - 2006 )

Box 15: Newspaper Clippings - general, filed in date order
Files 1 - 18: January 2007 - December 2008

Box 16: Newspaper Clippings - general, filed in date order
Files 1 - 10: July 2007 - December 2008

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