The Church of England Deaconess and Missionary Training House was established in 1890 as a residential school to prepare women workers for Deaconess and missionary service. In 1947 the name was changed to the Anglican Women's Training College (AWTC). Anglican women from all over Canada came to Toronto to train for work in Christian Education in parishes, medical and teaching services overseas, Indian and Eskimo Residential Schools and reserves, Bishop's Messengers in western Canada, Sunday School by Post and Radio, youth and social work. The Woman's Auxiliary recruits were sent to the AWTC for missionary training for a year or less before being sent out. This was different from the three year diploma program offered to AWTC students.
In 1969, the AWTC merged with the United Church's Covenent College to become the Centre for Christian Studies using the former AWTC building on Charles Street, Toronto. In 1997, the building in Toronto was sold and a decision was made to discontinue the traditional residential program in favour of the community based program and to relocate the administrative offices to Winnipeg. In July, 1998, CCS officially moved.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of correspondence, fundraising and insurance records, architectural plans and blueprints, minutes of meetings, Alumnae and student records, daybooks, financial and legal records, annual reports, scrapbooks, pamphlets and other printed materials, photographs, artifacts, and oral history interviews.
Fonds is arranged in 7 series:
Series 1: Committee on Deaconesses, 1890-1897.
Series 2: Administration Records of the Deaconess House and AWTC, 1893-1990.
Series 3: Committees, 1899-1973.
Series 4: Associations, 1896-1990.
Series 5: Printed and Miscellaneous Material, 1892-1998. Series 6: Anglican Women’s Training College: A Background Document. – 1893-1990.
Series 7: Photographs, 1900-1969.
Related Fonds
Woman's Auxiliary fonds
Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC) fonds
Photo consists of ten women including the Head Deaconess, Miss E.J. Naftel. Includes Helen Howlett, Sadie Brown [IRS], Norah F.J. Bowman, Mary Etches, Mabel Sandwith, E.G. (Bessie) Gunn, Alice Moors, E.J. Naftel, Mabel Kemp, Frances E. Morrison.
Photo consists of seven women, including the Head Deaconess, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes Annie Sedgwick, Elizabeth Kellogg [IRS], Miss Edith Trent, T.A. Connell, Miss Noxon, and Miss H. McCollum.
Photo consists of sixteen women, including the Head Deaconess, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes Miss Burpe, Miss Ball, Miss Lennox, Miss Rowsom, Miss Grant, Miss Elizabeth Kellogg [IRS], Miss Hurlbut, Miss Napper, Miss Oatler, Miss H. McCollum, Miss Alice Hague, Miss Annie Sedgwick, Miss Rayner, Miss Connell, Miss Morrison, Miss Bessie Benbow [China].
Photo consists of eighteen women, including the Head Deaconess, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes Miss Napper, Miss Chummley(?), Miss T.A. Connell, Miss H. McCollum, Miss Annie Sedgwick, Miss Maude Sedgwick, Mrs. Jones, Miss Hurlbut, Miss A. Hague, Miss A. Grant, Miss Nesbitt [IRS], Miss Philips, Miss Goddard, Miss Caldwell, Miss Annie Andrews, Miss Burpee, Miss Thomas [IRS].
Photo consists of eighteen women, including the Head Deaconess, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes Miss Mansell, Miss Binden, Miss Newbery, Miss Burpee, Miss Nesbitt [IRS], Mrs. Dean, Miss Eadley, Miss Benbow [China], Miss H. McCollum, Miss T.A. Connell, Miss Napper, Miss Hague, Miss McClure, Miss Marah, Miss Thomas [IRS], Miss Brown, Miss Phillips.
Photo consists of sixteen women, including the Head Deaconess, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes Miss Phillips, Nurse Hutchison, Miss Connell, Miss H. McCollum, Miss Peters [China], Miss Strickland [IRS], Miss Appleyeard, Miss Patterson, Miss Hamilton [Japan], Miss Borden, Miss Marsh, Miss A. DeBlais, Miss Brown, Miss Newbury, Miss Dudley.
Photo consists of seventeen women, including the Head Deaconess, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes Miss Hamilton [Japan], Miss Brett, Miss Appleyard [IRS], Miss Howard, Miss Marsh, Miss Chapman, Miss Gladstone, Miss Marling, Mrs. Langford, Miss K. Hamilton, Miss Peters [China], Miss Gould, Miss Hutchinson, Miss Connell, Miss Phillips, Miss Georgina Wibby, Miss Strickland [IRS].
Photo consists of nineteen women, including the Head Deaconess, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes Mrs. Langford, Miss Collins [IRS], Miss Marling, Miss Duggan, Mrs. Cary, Miss Perry, Miss Bryant, Miss Ford, Miss Phillips, Miss T.A. Connell, Miss Gould, Miss Strangman, Miss Georgina Wibby, Miss Madeleine Macrae [IRS], Miss Jutting, Miss Gladstone, Miss M. Peters [China], Miss Kathleen Sprackett, Miss Gandier.
Photo consists of fifteen women, including the Head Deaconess, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes Miss Sprackett, Miss Gandier, Miss Macrae [IRS], Miss Marling, Miss Burton, Miss H. Emery, Miss Graham, Miss Collins [IRS], Miss Duggan, Miss Ford, Miss Phillips, Miss Connell, Miss Strangman, Miss Buchanan, Mrs. Cary.
Photo consists of seventeen women, including the Principal, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes F. Jones, H. Emery, R. Gandier, M. Macrae [IRS], D. Hale, F.M. Watts [China], E. Horner, I. Fasverry, M. Tomkin, D. Masters [China], E. Rabajotti [India], T. Bradley, T.A. Connell, K. Ford, K. Sprackett, C. Glover [IRS], Mrs. Gibson.
Photo consists of sixteen women, including the Principal, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes F.M. Watts [China], M. Taviskin, A. Taylor [IRS], M. Macrae [IRS], Mrs. Lindsar, F. Jones, E. Horner, E. Rabajotti [India], Mrs. Gibson, I. Isaac [Japan], R. Gandier, T.A. Connell, H. Emery, K. Sprackett, D. Masters [China], G. Baldwin.
Photo consists of twenty-three women, including the Principal, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes A. Turner, F. Jones, Collins [IRS], A. Robinson, A. Taylor [IRS], K. Kelly, G. Clark, D. Shea, Mrs. Simpson, Baldry, H. Emery, M. Macrae [IRS], T.A. Connell, K. Sprackett, M. Watts [China], Mrs. Gibson, Jay, E. Horner, J. Munro, H. James, E. Day, M. Tomkin, Y. Burdon.
Photo consists of twenty-two women, including the Principal, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes Spencer, A. Turner, F. Hawkins [Japan], J. Munro, A. Taylor [IRS], G. Clark, V. Smith, A. Robinson, A. Reynolds [IRS], E. Jay, E. Thompson, E. Emery, H. Emery, T.A. Connell, K. Sprackett, E. Horner, Rumsey, W. Pearse, E. Days, G. Morton, D. Shea, G. Baldry.
Photo consists of twenty-one women, including the Principal, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes J. Munro, A. Turner, V. Smith, M. Jones [IRS], G. Morton, F. Hawkins [Japan], M. Naisbett, Mrs. Pettit, E. Jay, Mrs. Mann, K.L. Sprackett, H.M. Emery, T.A. Connell, M.J. Macrae [IRS], E. Horner, A. Reynolds [IRS], W. Pearce, M. Jackson, G. Booey [IRS], E. Gilmour [IRS], M. Spencer.
Photo consists of eighteen women, including the Principal, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes E. McCormak, E. Moore [IRS RS0111], A. Tozer, K. Butcher [Japan], M. Naisbett [China], M. Jones [IRS], E. Horner, H.M. Emery, T.M. Connell, Mrs. Comber, Miss Mellor, Mrs. P. Pettit, M. Jackson, G. Morton, K.L. Sprackett, M.J. Macrae [IRS], W. Pearce, B. Brown [IRS].
Photo consists of eighteen women, including the Principal, Miss. T.A. Connell. Includes Miss Luck, Johnson, Collier, M. Bernard, E. King, Mrs. McLean, I. Leake, M. Bertie, W. Black, H. Horobin [Japan], M. Sholler, H. Emery, Mrs. Pope, T.A. Connell, K. Sprackett, M. Macrae [IRS], E. Horner, H. Boyd, A. Tozer, K. Butcher [Japan], Mrs. Pettit, D. Smart [IRS].