Fonds Number: 350

Title: Edmison, rev J. H. fonds

Creator: Rev. John Hall Edmison

Dates of Material: 1857-1928

Physical Description: 10 cm

Scope and Contents:
1857 diary of Alexander Edmison (1871-1928); sermons, news clippings and correspondence of the Rev. J. H. Edmison, chiefly while at Cheltenham, Ontario, Presbyterian Church. Includes unbound copy of Presbyterian Record, 1877, and a scrapbook in memory of Rev. Edmison that contains clippings, letters, and postcards from throughout his life.

Access Conditions:
Open to researchers.

Finding Aids:
None Available on site.

Accruals:
None expected.

Custodial History:
These papers came to the Trent Valley Archives with the papers of J. Alex. Edmison (Fonds 2) and have been transferred to a separate fonds to more clearly highlight the provenance.

Biographical Sketch/ Administrative History
The Rev. J. H. Edmison (1871-1928) was a Presbyterian minister who spent much of his career in Bruce County. Born and raised in Peterborough, he attended the Peterborough Collegiate Institute, then Queens University where he obtained degrees in Arts and Theology. In 1920, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Pine Hill College in Halifax. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Queens Board of Governors and Secretary of the Board of Home Missions with the United Church of Canada.. Rev. Edmison and his wife, Lilian Fitzgerald of Peterborough, had three children– Alexander, Harry, and Helen.

Access Points:
Cheltenham, Ontario
Kincardine, Ontario
Bruce County
Presbyterian Church of Canada
United Church of Canada

File listing:

1. The Rev. J. H. Edmison
2. Letter, 1901
3. Telegram, 1920
4. Letter, 1926
5. 1928
6. Sermon: “Want” a Necessary Element
7. Talk
8. Socratic Method/ Matthew Arnold’s Theory of Life
9. Moral and Social Obligation
10. Exodus 34:29– Speech Based on Exodus
11. Speech based on Deut. 33:27
12. Speech based on 2 Kings 7:9
13. Canada of To-Morrow
14. Speech based on 1 Thesselonians 5:18 no. 1
15. Speech based on 2Timothy 4:10
16. Speech based on Mark 12:30, 31
17. Speech based on 2 Kings 7:9
18. Speech based on Luke 5:27
19. Speech based on Isaiah 2:15
20. Speech based on Acts 13:36 no. 1
21. Speech based on Acts 13:36 no. 2
22. Speech based on Thesselonians 5:18 no. 2
23. Speech based on 1 Samuel 24
24. Letter to Irene
25. Speech “The Missionary Spirit”
26. Prayer no. 1
27. Prayers, no. 2
28. Prayers, funeral
29. Speech on Patriotism
30. Funeral based on Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
31. The church in wartime
32. Inauguration– Its Challenge to the Christian Church
33. Funeral Service (Raney)
34. Romance of Early Home Missions
35. A Missionary Statement– Dr. Robertson
36. An Easter Message
37. Obituaries and Tributes, 1928
38. Photographs
39. Scrapbook
40. Edmison memorials, Cheltenham and Home Missionary office
41. Cheltenham
42. Cheltenham Presbyterian Church
43. Cheltenham United Church
44. Chambers Journal, 8 May 1875
45. Chambers Journal, 5 and 26 June 1875
46. Presbyterian Record 1877-78
47. Presbyterian Record, June 1879
48. Globe clippings 1880-1882
49. Truth, 1884
50. Kingston Chronicle, 1 May 1884
51. Missionary Messenger, October 1917
52. Alexander Edmison diary 1857