Access and support services
The Archives is housed in the Sunday School portion of the building. The Archives is open by appointment only and described records are accessible to researchers. Access restrictions may be imposed for reasons of privacy, conservation or other concerns.

Please contact the volunteer archivist to arrange an appointment. Copies of extracts from the church registers are available for a cost of $10 each. Please complete and submit the form found on the church web-site to avail of this service.

Tours of the building can be arranged by appointment throughout the year, as well as every Thursday from the end of June to the end of August during 11AM -1PM.

Background
Cochrane Street United Church (formerly Methodist) began in 1878 as a Sunday School in the Old Temperance Hall on Victoria Street. The first church building opened on Cochrane Street in 1882 and was subsequently destroyed by fire in 1914. The present building was opened in 1916 and continues to serve the congregation on the same site.

The Archives, established in 2003, is administered by the Committee on Records, Archives and History, and is accountable to the Church Board through the Stewardship Committee.

The mandate of the Committee is to care for the records created by the Board, Committees and organizations of the church, to appropriately preserve and describe them in accordance with professional archival standards and practices, and to promote the history of the congregation both within the congregation and in the community.

Archival holdings
The holdings consist of the records of the congregation, its boards, committees and organizations, including church registers, minutes, annual reports, records of the Sunday School, CGIT, Explorers, choirs, women's and men's groups, service bulletins and photographs. The records date from 1886.

Finding Aids / Publications
The Archives holdings have been described according to Rules for Archival Description. A Finding Aid is available. Pamphlets describing various aspects of the history of the church, including the construction of the present building, memorial plaques, stained glass windows and the organ are available.