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Canadian Women in Mission

This series consists primarily of the records collected and generated by the president, secretary or treasurer of the organization. There are four parts: Presidents' files, 1966-1978; Secretary/Treasurer's files, 1954-1991; Presidents' files, 1981-1990, 1996; President's files, 1989-1993; and treasurer files consisting of minutes, finances, reports, and correspondence, 1993-2010. The president's files from 1981-1993 includes files of each of the Provincial WIM activities, minutes, reports and correspondence relating to the Canadian and General Conference WIM, copies of the constitution, some project files, and miscellaneous articles. There are also photographs of women's groups typical activities such as quilting, sewing, planning meals and having spiritual fellowship together. Of special interest is a small scrapbook album of a Girl's home reunion for the Eben Ezer Maedchenheim held in 1961 in Vancouver. This collection will be critical for the researcher studying the roles of women in the life of the church.

Canadian Women in Mission

Whitewater Serving Circle outside Mennonite Central Committee in Boissevain, Manitoba.

Standing from left to right is Susan Eagbreeht, Anne Unger, Mary Wiebe, Lena Dyck-Hildebrand, Katie Neufeld, Cathy Heide, Anges Epp, Tinie Sawatshy, Helen Bergman, Lena Franz, Nettie Reimer, Hedy Dyck, Elsie Dyck, Helena Dyck. Sitting in front left to right is Helen Dyck, Tina Neufeld and taking the photo is Martha Kroeker.

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Conference of Mennonites in Canada fonds

  • CA MHC ORG
  • Fonds
  • 1902-2005, predominant 1902-2000

This fonds consists of the records of the various committee, boards, staff and offices of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada. They have been described based on the 1994 conference structure for administering the programs -- 3 boards and several auxiliary organizations. A fourth elected board under the conference structure was the Canadian Mennonite Bible Collge Board (CMBC). Their records have been integrated and described separately as the Canadian Mennonite Bible College fonds.
The Conference of Mennonites in Canada fonds consists of the following series/sub-series:
A. General Board (1903-1999)

  • A.01. Annual conference sessions
  • A.02. Conference secretary files
  • A.03. Executive/general secretary files
  • A.04. Finance committee
  • A.05. Leadership Commission
  • A.06. European Ministries
  • A.07. General Board
  • A.08. Integration Membership Committee
    B. Resources Commission (1922-1999)
  • B.01. Board of Missions
  • B.02 Conference Publications
  • B.03 Board of Education and Publications
  • B.04 Board of Christian Service
  • B.05 Congregational Resources Board
  • B.06 Resources Commission
    C. Native Ministries (1948-2005)
    D. Auxiliary Organizations (1947-1999)
    • D.01 The Canadian Mennonite Youth Organization
    • D.02 Canadian Mennonite Men
    • D.03 Canadian Women in Mission

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Native Ministries

The Native Ministries files contain material dating back to 1965, but the majority of the records were generated in the years 1971 and following. The small amount of pre-1971 material consists of files retained by the Native Ministries Board after reorganization. These files contains the following records: Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) files (including those generated by Roger Groening and Clarence Nepinak during the years 1974-1976), reports from local mission stations (Loon Straits, Manigotogan, Hole River, Cross Lake, etc. ), social issues files (exploitation of Native migrant labours, alcoholism, etc.) and environmental issues files (which relate largely to Hydro development in the North). There are pamphlets from and correspondence with organizations such as Mennonite Foundation, The Mennonite Central Committee, the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood, and the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission.

In 2007 materials created in the 1990s were brought to the archives (accession 2007-079). A few files have much earlier records, usually dealing with property issues form the 1950s and 1960. Files deal with topics such as, such as hydro electric dam proposals, Meech Lake accord, Oak crisis, uranium mining, native spirituality, United Native Ministries, native camp, and Walnut Receiving Home. Files on various communities include Bloodvein, Cross Lake, Hole River, Hollow Water, Manigotogan, Matheson Island, Paungassi, Pine Dock and Riverton.

The collection is of interest for Canadian studies. These records could be of considerable use in the study of the conditions of native Canadians and attitudes towards them. The records detail life in several Native communities and how the church worked in these communities. Furthermore, correspondence with a variety of Native organizations pertains to their social concerns. These records, along with the Board of Missions files, provide a case study of the kind of transformation which many denominational mission organizations underwent in the 1960s and 1970s. A researcher working on the history of missions in Canada could find considerable useful materials in these files.

Conference of Mennonites in Canada. Native Ministries

Integration Membership Committee files

This sub-series contains the files of David Schroeder, long time Bible teacher and church leader of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada and the General Conference Mennonite Church, who was a member of the Integration Membership Committee. The records includes correspondence, submissions, reports and minutes of the activities of this committee from the time that it was appointed in mid-1998 up until it presented it report and recommendations at the St. Louis Assembly in July 1999. There are a few items of correspondence to the committee reflecting on the St. Louis ’99 process, as well as one letter of thanks to the committee members from chairman James Waltner dated July 2001.

Conference of Mennonites in Canada. Integration membership committee

Finance committee

Most of the financial records consist of administrative correspondence after 1965. There are documents relating to the finances of the difference CMC boards. There are a series of ledgers dating from 1930-1945, 1949-1957 and 1957-1973. Also included are the CMC financial Records from 1981-2001 which include personnel files, pension benefit statments, and external audits. These financial records pertain to all branches of Conference work and can help demonstrate the growth of the Conference in a quantifiable way.

Conference of Mennonites in Canada. Finance committee

General board

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

Conference of Mennonites in Canada. General Board

Resources Commission

This record sub-series becomes difficult to describe, because in some instances several sources for records originate from the same period, while in others, material from two different sub-series have been interfiled. In still other cases, confusion is caused by one individual generating material for several organizations. The records of this sub-series include the records of the following predecessor boards, committees and programs:
-Board of Missions
-Board of Christian Service
-Board of Education and Publications
-Congregational Resources Board
-Resources Commission

Conference of Mennonites in Canada. Congregational Resources Board

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