Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1820-1988 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1.3 m of textual records
90 photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Christian Heritage Library Collection was begun by David and Trudy Schellenberg of Winkler. Since they saw their collection of sermons by Mennonite bishops and ministers as a resource to the community, they chose the term "library" as part of the name. With the transfer of the collection to the Mennonite Heritage Centre in Winnipeg in 1997, the Christian Heritage Library as a resource to the Winkler area ceased to exist.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
David and Trudy Schellenberg
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection consists of sermons or other writings of 166 individuals, sermons with no author given which were read numerous times by a particular branch of the Mennonite church, biographies of a number of missionaries, photographs of approximately 90 of the Mennonite ministers and some miscellaneous material.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
There is a file list for each box in the collection. For 85 of the 166 identified writers, there is a detailed historical sketch associated with the description of the file -- some with a larger fonds level description, others just with the item or file description.
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
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Acc. no. 97-150