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Includes records of self-regulating entities, projects, sponsored programs, special events, and networks for large cross-departmental mission-oriented activities and work with external Episcopal organizations. The class category accommodates entities and interaction not easily assigned to existing program classifications.

These are the working files of the National Council for the years 1920 through 1936. The years 1930, 1933, 1934, and 1935 are fairly complete with the other years scantily represented. Material consists of correspondence, notes, memoranda, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and some financial records of individuals’ gifts to the church. Most of the files are related to individuals, but there are also files for organizations, movements, conferences, and broad subjects. The material is arranged alphabetically within each year or span of years.

Records of the proceedings and programs of the agencies and administrative units associated with the National Council unless the fonds or records was absorbed into a continuing successor unit that operated largely under the Executive Council.

These records span the years 1943 to 1976 but are very limited from 1943 to 1961. From 1964 to 1976 the records include minutes, committee reports, correspondence, delegate lists, financial reports, election records, and related mailings and printed materials. The records of the President of the 1976 Triennial Meeting, Pamela Chinnis, who later became the first female President of the House of Deputies, are feature prominently. Of note are addresses given by notable women leaders, including Verna Dozier, Marion Kelleran, Letty Russell, and Carmen Hunter.

This small collection includes minutes, reports, correspondence, mailings, position papers, and printed materials that document the Woman’s Auxiliary and its successor body, the General Division of Women’s Work, in their efforts to integrate lay women into the whole structure of the Episcopal Church on every level.

These records consist entirely of United Thank Offering grant files from the years 1973 to 1978, with a small amount of administrative records and correspondence extending before and after. The files include formal applications, support documents, status reports, and correspondence. The institutions reflected in these files include Episcopal parishes in the United States, Anglican parishes or dioceses abroad, ecumenical groups, and social welfare organizations. Common types of grant proposals include building projects, equipment and transportation purchases (especially for overseas dioceses), and budget support for childcare, health, and education programs associated with Episcopal dioceses.

Materials include printed material made available on-site at Convention as well as official publications of the General Convention office.

The Records of the Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop document the selection of members of the House of Bishops to be considered by General Convention for the position of Presiding Bishop. Included in the collection are meeting minutes, correspondence, and documentation on the prospective nominees.

The records document the revision of the Hymnal 1940 and the subsequent companion handbook that was published in 1949. Earlier history is covered by documents gathered on the previous Hymnal 1916. The archive includes correspondence to and from chair person Winfred Douglas and other members of the Commission (including Arthur Farlander, who succeeded Douglas), notes on hymn revisions and changes, a copy of the Commission's report to the 1940 General Convention, reports from the Tunes Committee, and essays and reflections on The Hymnal 1940 after its publication.

The records of the Standing Liturgical Commission (SLC) comprise papers pertaining to the revision of the Book of Common Prayer for the General Convention of 1970, following the Plan for Prayer Book Revision outlined by the Standing Liturgical Commission of the General Convention of 1967. These papers were compiled by Elmer Beamer, a lay person who served on the Panel of Readers and Correspondents, which was a subcommittee of the SLC. Included are files pertaining to the creation of common vernacular materials and the drafting committees, as well as a small amount of correspondence.

Canonical deposits and other records of the Church's disciplinary process, including mostly appellate court record for the trial of a bishop and provincial trials of presbyters on appeal; some trial records from the diocesan courts. Also records of Accords and Orders.

Records of the Custodians in their role of approving copies of the Standard in English and other languages, and their participation in trial or revision liturgies for the Prayer Book.

Includes records generated by the Secretary, the Treasurer of General Convention (if separate person), the Executive Officer (if a separate person), the Convention Manager, and other officials serving the Convention in the functions of planning, arrangements, statistical reporting on the state of the church, and other administrative coordination.

General Convention financial records include files created and maintained by the Treasurer of General Convention, during the time period when the Treasurer of Executive Council/DFMS and the Treasurer of General Convention were occupied by different persons and separate cash accounts were kept. Records includes correspondence related to financial matters; expense reports and worksheets; reports; budget and budget working files; and committee meeting files.

Records that were generally put into print; the function and office was regularly appointed to the Church Pension Fund.