Series 25 - Ephemera

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CA MHSBC 112-25

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Ephemera

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  • 1948-1982 (Creation)

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2 cm of textual records

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Series consists of the following files:
1) Mennonite Brethren Conference reports, 1957, 1961 - (1 file) Box 258
2) Mennonite Brethren Bible College, Mennonite Bethren Biblical Seminary pamplets, Gospel Light Hour - (1 file) Box 258
3) Clippings - Articles from "Neues Leben" on Mennonite origins and "Freundschaft" on Patriotism - (1 file) Box 258
4) Clippings - Mennonite Brethren Missions booklets, 1948-1950, posters of missionaries to Congo, India and Colombia and an article "A Mennonite Hospital in India" by Virginia B. Rodamor about missionary nurse Margaret Willems. California Mennonite, 2013, Elsie Ann Kroker in Shamshabad, India, Box 258
5) Death of Joseph Stalin, March 5, 1953, Time Magazine clipping, 1953 from The Year in Review, 1953, pp 18 - 21. - (1 file) Box 258
6) Torgsin Stores, Torgsin Certificates were rare vouchers which citizens could use to buy goods in Russian stores. A.A. Toews sent these to his brother in Russia in the 1930's - (1 file) Box 258
7) Unruh, Nic. , A play written for 11 actors and several farmers and soldiers, . "Uht Biwejdi Tiet" ( Aus bewegter Zeit) , has 4 acts; written in Low German dialect, 20 pages. It takes place in 1923 in Russia and describes the memories of the good days and the dark days the family is currently experiencing. - (1 file) Box 258
8) Canadian Citizen Certificate for Sarah Huebert, 1895, issued on October 26, 1926, 3 pages. - (1 file) Box 258

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A Play in 4 acts, in Plautdietch

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375

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Record created 4/16/2012
Record modified November 21, 2016
Record modified August 2025

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