Fonds F1923 - St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Kingston) fonds

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Kingston) fonds

General material designation

Parallel title

Other title information

Title statements of responsibility

Title notes

Level of description

Fonds

Edition area

Edition statement

Edition statement of responsibility

Class of material specific details area

Statement of scale (cartographic)

Statement of projection (cartographic)

Statement of coordinates (cartographic)

Statement of scale (architectural)

Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • 1817-2003 (Creation)
    Creator
    St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Kingston, Ont.)

Physical description area

Physical description

3.07 m of textual records and other material

Publisher's series area

Title proper of publisher's series

Parallel titles of publisher's series

Other title information of publisher's series

Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series

Numbering within publisher's series

Note on publisher's series

Archival description area

Name of creator

(n.d.)

Administrative history

In 1818, King George III granted to the Scottish Presbyterians in Kingston, Ontario a deed for one acre of land on Clergy Street, between Store Street and Grave Street (now Princess Street and Queen Street). In 1820, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church was built on the site. In 1822, St. Andrew’s was opened to the public. The first minister was the Rev. John Barclay, who died in 1826. He was replaced by the Rev. Dr. John Machar, who was the minister at St. Andrew’s until his death in 1863. His successor, the Rev. William Maxwell Ingleis, served as minister until his retirement in 1871; he was replaced in 1874 by the Rev. Thomas G. Smith.

As Kingston evolved from a town into a city during the 1830s, the congregation of St. Andrew’s grew. A notable project of the Kingston Presbyterian community in the mid-nineteenth century was the founding in 1839 of Queen’s University. Also of note is the fact that Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, was a member of St. Andrew’s during his years in Kingston.

The growth of St. Andrew’s, however, was not altogether smooth; the Disruption of 1843 in Scotland caused a rift in St. Andrew’s in Kingston. Members of the congregation left St. Andrew’s in 1844 to form what would become the Chalmers Free Presbyterian Church (now the Chalmers United Church). In 1888, St. Andrew’s was destroyed by a fire; it was rebuilt at the same location in 1889. The Rev. John Mackie, the fifth minister of St. Andrew’s, was appointed in 1885 and saw St. Andrew’s into the twentieth century. He resigned in 1911 and died in 1929, a Minister Emeritus, in Coonoor, India. The Rev. S.J. Moore Compton was minister from 1912 to 1915. Members of the Church served in the Great War, and a memorial service and Dedication of Church Windows was held in their honour in 1919. In 1916, the Rev. John W. Stephen became the minister of St. Andrew's. He resigned in 1939 and was replaced by the Rev. J. Forbes Wedderburn, the eighth minister of St. Andrew's. Members of the congregation served in the Second World War, and in 1946 a ceremony was held in their honour. In 1957, Rev. Wedderburn died; he was replaced in 1958 by the Rev. Max V. Putnam, who resigned in 1976 to accept a position at the Scots Presbyterian Church in Melbourne, Australia. He was succeeded by the Rev. William F. Duffy in 1976. In 1987, the Rev. Lincoln Bryant was inducted into St. Andrew’s as assistant minister; in 1996, upon Rev. Duffy’s retirement, Rev. Bryant became the eleventh minister of St. Andrew’s Church.

Custodial history

While the majority of the record was donated by the Church, small additions have been added by individuals or organizations who have been actively involved with the Church and/or its history.

Scope and content

The fonds consist predominantly of administrative records, St. Andrew's publications, documents on the subject of the church's history, records of missionary work, and documents concerning members of the clergy and congregation. The collection reflects the growth of St. Andrew's, changes in the church's structure, and the evolution of St. Andrew's relationship with Kingston since its founding in 1818. The fonds consist of the following series: Fellowship, Work, and Worship.

Notes area

Physical condition

Immediate source of acquisition

Gift of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Loc#2225.6 (2012-075) through the Davis family. Loc# donated by Brian Osborne.

Arrangement

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Location of originals

MF 2172-2174
1001.30
1001.43
5023.4
2225.6
KAD 54
F5 D9
F5 D11

Availability of other formats

Restrictions on access

None.

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

Public domain

Associated materials

Related materials

Accruals

Further accruals are expected

Alternative identifier(s)

Standard number area

Standard number

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Control area

Description record identifier

Institution identifier

Rules or conventions

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Language of description

Script of description

Sources

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related places

Related genres

Location (use this to request the file)

  • Shelf: MF 2172-2174
  • Shelf: 1001.30
  • Shelf: 5023.4
  • Shelf: 2225.6
  • Map cabinet: KAD 54
  • Shelf: F5 D9
  • Shelf: F5 D11
  • Shelf: 1001.43
  • Shelf: 2403.2 SE
  • Map cabinet: Map 5
  • Map cabinet: Map 60