Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1903-2001 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
33 m of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
In 1959 the conference officers consisted of the Executive officers (chair, vice-chair, secretary) and one member from each of: Missions, Education and Service Boards, and the Finance Committee. A further review of conference structures in 1971 resulted in a new General Board, consisting of the three-person executive and the chairs of the three program boards, and the finance committee.
The General Board's role was to coordinate program and finances.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This series consists of minutes, reports and correspondence of the elected leadership of the Conference. The files are all originals, although much of the material consists of carbon copies of letters sent to persons other than the addressee. Minutes and reports of the post-1950 era are usually mimeograph copies. The financial ledgers are, of course, the original handwritten volumes. The early CMC minutes are of interest for anyone working on the history or sociology of the church in western Canada or of Mennonites in particular. They tell the story of how a small nonconformist group acculturated to its host society.
The records have been arranged and described under eight headings:
-1. Annual conference sessions
-2. Conference secretary files
-3. Executive/general secretary files
-4. Finance committee
-5. Leadership Commission
-6. European Ministries
-7. General Board
-8. Integration Membership Committee
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some personnel files restricted.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- German
Script of material
Language and script notes
The language used in correspondence was exclusively German until 1958 and almost exclusively English after 1967.