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Mennonite Central Committee of BC
British Columbia Mennonites became active in their support of refugee relief during the 1930s. In 1940 the Provincial Mennonite Relief Committee, British Columbia (PMRC-BC) was formed. Abram A. Wiens was the director of this work from 1943-1963 having opened a clothing depot in a converted chicken barn on his property in 1944. In 1961 it became known as the Provincial Mennonite Relief and Immigration Committee (PMRIC).
In December, 1963 Mennonite Central Committee Canada was formed by representatives of various Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches. Its affiliate, Mennonite Central Committee British Columbia (MCCBC) was formed on October 24, 1964. MCC remains an active organization concerned with international development and emergency relief services in more than 50 countries world-wide, but also with local services to aboriginal people, abuse response and prevention, employment and community development, HIV/Aids education, peace education, refugee assistance and service worker placement.
Sources: Footprints of Compassion edited by Helen Lescheid et al.
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Series consists of the following files:
1) Executive Committee - 1945-1999 - Boxes 323-331
2) History (A.A. Wiens) - (1 file) Box 323
3) Minutes - 1948-1983 - ( files 1-15) Box 323; 1984-1999 - (files 16-35) Box 324
4) Correspondence - 1945, 1963-1979 - (files 1-16) - Box 325; 1979-1989, 1993, 2004 - (Files 17-31) Box 326
5) Reports - 1961-1995, 1997-1998 - (files 1-26) Box 327; 1977-1989 - (files 27-51) Box 328; 1989-1995 (files 52-55) - Box 329
6) Personnel Records & staff meetings - 1970-1986, 1992, 2003 - (11 files) Box 330. Employment Concerns - 1991-1992, Employment Development, 2000, 2003, 2005 - (2 files) Box 438
7) Financial records - 1964-1994 (11 files) - Box 330
7a) Large Ledger books - 1948-1974 (8 books) - Box 331
8) Legal Documents - 1965-1966, 1977, 1981 - (1 files) Box 330
9) Lists - 1971-1978 - (4 files) Box 8
10) Questionaires - 1981-1985 - (1 file) Box 330
11) Self Study - 1972-1974 - (1 file) Box 330
12) Offender's Ministries - 1980-1981 - (1 file) Box 330
13) Centennial Canada -1955 - (1 file) Box 330
14) Kamphachea - 1982 - (1 file) Box 330
15) Vietnam Delegation - 1983 - (1 file) Box 330
16) Christian Conciliation - (1 file) Box 330
17) PNE - 1981 - (1 file) Box 330
18) MCC Plaza - 1987-1989 - (3 files) Box 330
19) Lectures and Sermons - (1 file) Box 330
20) Publications - (3 files) - Box 332
21) Planning & Resources - Resource Centre 1990-1991, General Assumptions and Objectives, 1991, Futures Planning Committee, 1992 - (3 files) Box 330
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Mennonite Central Committee of BC
British Columbia Mennonites became active in their support of refugee relief during the 1930s. In 1940 the Provincial Mennonite Relief Committee, British Columbia (PMRC-BC) was formed. Abram A. Wiens was the director of this work from 1943-1963 having opened a clothing depot in a converted chicken barn on his property in 1944. In 1961 it became known as the Provincial Mennonite Relief and Immigration Committee (PMRIC).
In December, 1963 Mennonite Central Committee Canada was formed by representatives of various Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches. Its affiliate, Mennonite Central Committee British Columbia (MCCBC) was formed on October 24, 1964. MCC remains an active organization concerned with international development and emergency relief services in more than 50 countries world-wide, but also with local services to aboriginal people, abuse response and prevention, employment and community development, HIV/Aids education, peace education, refugee assistance and service worker placement.
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- Mennonite Central Committee (Subject)
- Wiens, Abram A., 1896-1965 (Subject)
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Record created February 05, 2009
Record modified June 05, 2014
Series updated August 11, 2022 LJK