Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1943-1995 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
14.5 cm of textual records; 9 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Edenburg Sewing Circle was started by a group of women from Edenburg Bergthal Mennonite Church near Gretna, Manitoba, who agreed to meet monthly for fellowship and to support mission work through the proceeds of their sewing projects. Mrs. Dietrich Klassen of Neuanlage held the first meeting in her home on 4 February 1943. They became a registered charity in 1967. They supported many mission projects, working closely with Mennonite Central Committee and other organizations such as the General Conference Mennonite Church Women in Mission organization. On 31 August 1991, the Edenburg Sewing Circle officially unregistered as a charity. Because of illness and old age, the formal group was dissolved and the last official meeting was held on 28 September 1995.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Marlene Plett, the last treasurer of the Edenburg Sewing Circle, donated this collection to the Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives on November 21, 1994.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This fonds consists of minutes, correspondence, and financial and legal documents. The records record the issued discussed, decisions made about the distribution of funds raised, report from programs or projects that their funds supported. The records record the financial transactions required for standard accounting and for functioning as a registered charity. The correspondence documents the breadth of the contacts that this women's group maintained including such organizations as Mennonite Central Committee, Canadian Association for the Mentally Retarded, Faith and Life Communications and General Conference Mennonite Church Women in Mission. The photographs include some from the mission fields that were recipients of funds from their organization.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged and described by Aileen Dyck in May 1999. Reviewed and updated by Alf Redekopp, Oct. 2006; April 2020.
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Language of material
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
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Notes area
Note
Accession No. 1994-226; 1998-120