Getting Rid of Old RLDS History Books?

The Doris Hillyard Library at Toronto Centre Place has a mandate to preserve books and documents relating to the history of Community of Christ in Canada.  We are always looking for materials about the church published in Canada.  In addition, we serve as a research library for the study of RLDS history.  As such, we have the goal of collecting at least one copy of all books and periodicals published by the church and its printing houses.  

Fortunately, our collection of books published since World War 2 is very complete. Therefore, if you have a book published in the 1950s or later, we likely already have a copy and do not need another.  However, we are interested in most books published in the 1940s or earlier.  
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We do NOT need copies of:
• Any books published in the 1950s or later
• Heman C. Smith and Joseph Smith III, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (multi-volume)
• The Saints’ Hymnal
• The Hymnal (the gray hymnal)
• Scriptures published 1920 or later
 
We are looking for copies of:
• Church books and pamphlets published in the 1940s or earlier
• Manuscript books containing minutes of congregational meetings, branch histories, anniversary service bulletins

We are ESPECIALLY looking for copies of:
• Any church book or pamphlet published in the 1800s
• Historical photographs of the church in Canada
• The Gospel Banner (Independence 1894-1906)
• The Canadian Messenger (Stratford, 1903-08)
• The Canadian Mirror (London, 1909-11)
• The Bishopric of Canada (1909)
• The Journal of History (1908-25)
• Luff, Joseph, “Autobiography” (1894)
• R.C. Evans, “Autobiography” (1909)
• R.C. Evans, “Why I Am a Latter Day Saint”
• R.C. Evans, “Why I Left the Latter Day Saint Church” (1918)
• J.J. Cornish, “Cornish to Evans” (1919)

We thank you for helping us preserve the history of the church in Canada for future generations! 

Please email John Hamer if you are thinking for making a donation to the library: [email protected]

Our library is named in honour of Doris Hillyard, a lifelong member of the Toronto Congregation, who served for decades as the branch historian and book steward.