Series 01 - Benevolent Society

Identity area

Reference code

CA MHSBC 137-01

Title

Benevolent Society

Date(s)

  • 1953-1990 (Creation)

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

21 cm of textual records
Box of Resident Cards

Context area

Name of creator

(1953-)

Administrative history

  • established Menno Home in 1954

  • establlished Menno Private Hospital in 1960 (later called Menno Hospital)

  • established Pauls Pavilion in 1982 (independent living units)

  • established Menno Pavilion in 1992, Menno Terrace West in 1998, Menno Terrace East (2005 and Primrose Gardens in 2010

  • all of these are operated under the name "Menno Place" (2012)

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Scope and content

Series consists of the following files:
1) Constitution - 1953, 1966, 1967
2) History - 1966-67, 1974
3) Minutes - 1956, 1961-1986 (2 files)
4) Correspondence - 1961-1990
5) Finance - 1959-1985 (3 files)
6) Lists - 1960-1978 & Card file box, 1973
7) Personnel Records - 1961
8) Publications - 1985, 1991-1998
9) Clippings - 1960-1997
10) Annual Reports, 2003, 2007, 2009

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Accruals

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Related units of description

Menno Place - Mennonite Benevolent Society Fiftieth Anniversary 1953- 2003 - call # REF BC Com MEN 1953-2003
Miracle on Marshall Road - 25 Years of the Mennonite Benevolent Society of BC 1953-1978 - call # FEF BC Com MEN 1953-1979

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Notes area

Note

Lists includes Card File of Residents of Menno Home in 1973

Note

Record modified May 23, 2018, LJK

Alternative identifier(s)

InMagic Description ID

414

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Record modified May 23, 2018, LJK
Record modified March 2, 2020, LJK

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