Floods

Used in CM 4-7-5. A truck overturned by floodwaters in the Yuba City area. MDS workers worked there to alleviate the devastation caused by heavy flooding. Cf. 1994-14.1181.

Unknown

Agatha Klassen fonds

CA MHSBC 133
Fonds
1855-2005

Fonds consists of the following series:
1) Constitution - 1980 (Yarrow MB Church) - (1 file) Box 288
2) History - 1928-2002 (MB Churches) (2 files) Box 288
3) Minutes - 1942-1946 - (1 file) Box 288
4) Correspondence - 1977-1990 - (1 file) Box 288
5) Reports - 1972 - (1 file) Box 288
6) Financial Records - 1948 - (1 file) Box 288
7) Lists - 1928,1930,1933,1948 - (1 file) Box 288
8) Obituaries - - (1 file) Box 288
9) Interview - (A.A Rempel) - 1976 - (1 file) Box 288
10) Publications - (1 file) Box 288
11) Clippings - Earlier Settlers - Yarrow - 1920, 1973-1978,1987 Flood - 1948 - (2 files) Box 288
12) Maps - 3 Maps of the Township of Chilliwack (Greendale Area) - 2 of the maps are hand drawn. - (1 file) Box 288
13) Photographs - Scrapbook of 16 pages of photos of Agatha and Annie Klassen from childhood to adulthood. - (1 file) Box 288
14) Yarrow Churches (including a list of Yarrow MB pastors) and Related Institutes - Research Paper 1929-1993 - (1 file) Box 288
15) Stories - 1970, 1992,1993 - (1 file) Box 288
16) Portrait in Mosaic - (Yarrow) - (1 file) Box 2
17) Abbotsford Florence Nightingale Award - (1 file) Box 288
18) Yarrow Cemetery Tour - May 14 2005 - (1 file) Box 288
19) Vital Statistics - 1939-1968 - (1 file) Box 288
20) Genealogy - (1 file) Box 288

Klassen, Agatha, 1921-2014

Alvin Rempel in rubber boots

CA CMBS NP149-1-6689
Item
1979

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of Alvin Remple standing by the waters edge pointing out how high the floods crest was. In the background are two houses surrounded with sandbags.

Another example of canal-bank breaks

CA MAO XV-19.3-1994-14-2158
Item
1969

Part of The Canadian Mennonite photograph collection

Note on back: "Another example of canal-bank breaks." A flooded field in S. Cal. where flooding due to heavy rains gave MDS units their first major operation in four years (see CM 17-9-1).

Wingert, Norman A., 1898-1987

Army, 1950 flood

CA MHC PP-8 - Photo Col. 500-73.0
Item
1950

Part of Koop Family fonds

This is a photo of four soldiers walking down a sidewalk lined with bare trees. There are a couple of army vehicles on the street .

Unknown

Badly damaged home and flooded area

CA MAO XV-19.3-1994-14-1181
Item
1956

Part of The Canadian Mennonite photograph collection

Used in CM 4-5-3. Badly damaged home & flooded area in the foreground; in the region of Yuba City, Cal. See 1994-14.1180 re. photo of overturned vehicle which was used in CM 4-7-5.

Unknown

Bangladesh

CA MHC 280-84.0-007
Item
1981

Part of Mennonite Central Committee Photograph Collection

This is a photo of young Bangladeshi volunteers helping to put up houses in an area devastated by floods. MCC provided money for materials.

MCC

Barge along the dyke

CA MHSBC 133-13-5-2011.016.016
Item
1948

Part of Agatha Klassen fonds

People transported on a barge at the dyke in Yarrow, BC.

Unknown

Bill Baerg and Garry Doer shoveling snow

CA CMBS NP149-1-6720
Item
1997

Part of MB Herald Photograph Collection

This photo is of (l-r) Bill Baerg and Garry Doer shoveling snow to make room for sandbags during the Flood of the Century.

Building moved onto road by Yuba City flood, 1956

US MLA S-0242
Item
[1956]

The 1956 Yuba City flood was the first project of the West Coast chapter of Mennonite Disaster Service.

Unknown

Bulldozers, cranes & dump trucks used by Mennonite Disaster Service in Pennsylvania

CA MAO XV-19.3-1994-14-2315
Item
1955

Part of The Canadian Mennonite photograph collection

Used in CM 3-36-3. Bulldozers, cranes & dump trucks being used by the men from Mennonite churches in the East to make a road through the flooded areas of northwestern Pa. & clear away mud & debris. MCC sponsored.

Unknown

Car buried in sand by the Yuba City flood, 1956

US MLA S-0243
Item
[1956]

Roof of car has been opened in order to remove bodies. The 1956 Yuba City flood was the first project of the West Coast chapter of Mennonite Disaster Service.

Unknown

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