Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Winnipeg

Identity area

Identifier

CMBS

Authorized form of name

Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Winnipeg

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Centre for MB Studies
  • CMBS
  • Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies

Other form(s) of name

Type

  • Religious
  • National
  • Community

Contact area

 

Jon Isaak Primary contact

Type

Address

Street address

1310 Taylor Ave.

Locality

Winnipeg

Region

Manitoba

Country name

Canada

Postal code

R3M 3Z6

Telephone

204 669-6575

Fax

204 654-1865

Email

Note

Description area

History

Geographical and cultural context

Mandates/Sources of authority

The Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies (est. 1969) seeks to collect, preserve, and make accessible textual materials, photos, sound and moving images that document the life of the Canadian Mennonite Brethren Church and its members.

Administrative structure

Records management and collecting policies

Buildings

Holdings

Finding aids, guides and publications

Fonds level descriptions can be found on the CMBS web site http://cmbs.mennonitebrethren.ca/ that also houses digital indices and reproductions of periodical publications. Also on the site are links to PDFs of study papers exploring the life and thought of the Mennonite Brethren Church. CMBS publishes a quarterly magazine together with the Mennonite Heritage Archives at Canadian Mennonite University called the Mennonite Historian. A digital archive of current and back issues is housed at www.mennonitehistorian.ca .

Access area

Opening times

CMBS is open to the public on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm (Central Standard Time), closed statutory holidays and Easter Monday.

Access conditions and requirements

Accessibility

Services area

Research services

Centre staff seek to provide good reference services. Please consider a donation to help support our work (use "donate" button at top of http://cmbs.mennonitebrethren.ca).

Reproduction services

Photocopier/scanner is open for public use. The charge is 10 cents per image for physical copies. In most cases, the Centre allows digital images to be made of its archival materials.

Public areas

Control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Maintenance notes

Access points

Access Points

  • Clipboard

Primary contact

1310 Taylor Ave.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
CA R3M 3Z6