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Caption on back reads: "Where M.P.M. is building station. A house on the Bloodvein Indian Reserve. It appears to be a good size. However at the time I visited the large part was not in use at all due to a need of repairs. A family of five were living in the small right section of the house.. Miss Helen Willms, Matheson Island." Used in CM 3-44-1. See also CM 7-16-6.
Bergen, Helen (Willms), 1925-2003
An Indigenous man stands in front of a log house in winter. Three children are also visible in the photograph. Perhaps this is a newly built home for a family. CM 7-16-7 has an article about Henry Neufeld's task of assisting people to build better houses. Probable location is Pauingassi, Manitoba. Negative also.
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A Sunday evening audience in Pauingassi
Negative also. Used in CM 7-16-5 & CM 8-21-4. A Sunday evening audience of adults & children in Pauingassi where Henry & Elna Neufeld of MPM were stationed. Smaller photo (9x6.5) also.
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Anne Giesbrecht and Henry J. Gerbrandt
Negs only, 2. Anne Giesbrecht? (left), secretary of the Canadian Mennonite Youth Organization, hands a cheque to H. J. Gerbrandt (right), executive officer of Mennonite Pioneer Mission. The CMYO raised money to build a mission chapel at Cross Lake, Manitoba for MPM. See CM articles: 4-30-7, 5-27-4, 5-41-5
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Bell-Saw shipped to Pauingassi
Used in the CM 3-47-6. This Bell-Saw had been shipped to Pauingassi to faciliate building a school & residence for the MPM. See 14.2995.
Giesbrecht, Jacob David, 1924-2008
Building for Mennonite Pioneer Mission
Used in CM 16-43-4; 3 of 7 men building for MPM in Pauingassi & Little Grand Rapids. Kneeling are Penner (Dave, M.D.?) & Rev. Henry Friesen; standing is John Sawatsky, teacher at Pauingassi. See 14.4289 for small photo & neg.
Kroeker, Dave, 1939-
Negative also. Harry Cook, Chief of Bloodvein Indian River Band, with his wife and children. See CM 17-32-1 re. different photo of him & re-election as chief. He attended mission conferences in southern Manitoba. Smaller photo on contact sheet 14.4292.
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Children from Indigenous and Metis communities at a summer camp
Used in CM 7-16-8. Children from Indigenous and Metis communities with a teacher at a summer camp
Brandt, Edwin Cornelius, 1921-2019
Children on a tractor with one of the men of Mennonite Pioneer Mission
Children on a tractor with one of the men of MPM in Man.? They are in front of a newly build house.
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Cousins Stan and Alfred Monkman
Used in CM 7-16-6; 11-11-5 & 8-1-9. Stan Monkman and Alfred Monkman, cousins, from Loon Straits. Neg for photo and 4 additional negs of boys (It is not clear if there are any girls.) in groups of 2, 3 and 11.
Kehler, Larry, 1933-2015
Five men examine model airplane
Five men examine model airplane labelled N7765A; possibly one of the types of airplane needed in their work in remote communities. Left to right: Henry Neufeld, Otto Hamm, Ed C. Brandt, John N. Braun, H.J. Gerbrandt. Taken at Mennonite Pioneer Mission workers meeting, See also 14.4257. Negative for photo and 2 additional similar poses. Two additional negs with all 7 men (all of whom are in 1992-14.4257) and the model airplane.
Kehler, Larry, 1933-2015
Group of children at Christmas time
Group of children at Christmas time. The children of the Otto Hamms may be part of the group; this would mean this was at Cross Lake. It could also be at Pauingassi in the school house See CM 7-16-5; 7-16-7.
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Group of Mennonite Pioneer Mission workers and others
Group of Mennonite Pioneer Mission workers plus additional people, at the field conference at Loon Straits. See photos in feature article in CM 7-16-5-7 and related MPM photos of the workers, for eg. 2010-14.339-341.
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Hamm family, 1956; sitting on the steps of their home? C.f. 14.4254. L.to R.: David, Otto, Janie, Margaret, Wesley, Sharon. See art. by Otto in CM 7-16-6 & his book "MPM in Cross Lake" p.3.
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