Records of Robert and Beverley Cheesmur as missionaries in Nigeria and pastors in the Canada West District.

Shirley Brander, with the assistance of her husband Clayton, spent most of their married life compiling this eleven volume collection of missionary newsletters, prayer letters, personal correspondence, and articles from publications related to missionaries of the United Missionary Church and its successors who served in many of the mission fields of the world.
The collection was actually started by Mrs. Gertrude Brander, Clayton’s mother, who began writing to missionaries in 1945. When Shirley and Clayton were married in 1950 Gertrude passed the responsibility to Shirley. Collecting missions documents and having missionaries in their home created a strong missions emphasis that impacted and influenced members of their family and the church community. The Branders completed their collecting about 2000 and subsequently donated their work to the EMCC National Collection.
Three hundred and thirteen missionary couples or single missionaries are addressed in the collection. For many of these the collection is extensive, for a few there is not much more than their names and mission fields served.

Burstall Hope Church began in 1914 as part of the Happy Land Mission of the NWCC Evangelical Church.

Ministries of denominations under which the CWD served and in which it was involved

Records of the Youth Fellowship of the Canada West District variously named during its time of operation which began early in the 1960's and concluded here with the merger.

Documents of the Calgary Spanish Church which began ministry in 1970 and continued until it joined Centre Street in 1983.

Records of the ministry of the Bridgeland Church in Calgary

Records of the congregation begun in the Forest Lawn area of Calgary, Alberta in 1983 and closed in 1994.

Ministry to a multi-cultural group in Calgary for a short period of time that developed into a strong congregation.

Records of the congregation that resulted from the merger of several congregations including Salem, International Friendship and Marlborough Park churches