Fonds ORG - Hanley Mennonite Church fonds

Identity area

Reference code

CA MHC ORG

Title

Hanley Mennonite Church fonds

Date(s)

  • 1977-2019 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

56 cm of textual records

Context area

Name of creator

(1925-)

Administrative history

Russian Mennonite immigrant families arrived in the Hanley area of Saskatchewan in the 1920s. They soon formed a congregation for worship, meeting in homes and farm buildings. In 1929 they completed their first meeting house. A larger meeting house was completed in 1956. During these years the congregation was part of the Nordheimer Gemeinde, a multi-congregation church. The Nordheimer Gemeinde was dissolved in 1975. Thereafter, the congregations gradually emerged as independent congregations. In 1976 the membership was 102. By 1980 the congregation was independent although there were still associations with the other independent congregations which emerged from the Gemeinde. In 1986 the membership was 108. In 2000 it was 98.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

the congregation

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The fonds contains bulletins (1978-2000, 2002-2019), annual reports (1977-1993, 2002-2004, 2013-2019), biographies of congregational members (1977-1979), membership lists (1976-1998), congregational meeting minutes (1975-1994), ladies fellowship meeting minutes (1979), Gemeinde meeting minutes (1977-1979), programmes (1977-2000), congregational history (1980), and correspondence (1981-1997). The records pertains to the development of the Mennonite congregation in Hanley, Saskatchewan. They documents some of the leaders and participants in the congregation. A unique feature is the congregational journal which documents the life of the congregation in much detail (1979-1994).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

Script of material

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Inventory file list

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Nordheimer Mennonite Church of Saskatchewan fonds

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

By Bert Friesen 14 February 2002. Edited by Selenna Wolfe 7 February 2019. Updated by Selenna Wolfe 14 May 2021.

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related places