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This fonds consists of two main categories - publications, both regular and special, and minutes detailing the church and its committees. The regular publications included are Church Bulletins (1973-2002), Annual Reports (1964-1999, 2001-2002), newsletters (Informers) (1980-2002), other church newsletter (1980-1982), church directories (1976-1999) and pictorial directories (1970; 1980; 1988; 1994; 1999). The special publications included are a membership list from 1994, the church's 75th Anniversary Album published in 1970, a report of individual financial contributions collected in 1960-1961, membership directories from 1976, 1977 and 1979, and the church's history book, compiled in 1995. The second category includes the church minutes recorded from 1955-1999 with 1955-1981 primarily being on microfilm and 1982-1999 being textual records. The committees included are: Ministerial (1962-1974; 1976-1999), Finance and Administration (1964-1999), Church Council (1960-1999), Education (1966-1973; 1976-1999), Centennial Celebrations (1994-1995), Building (1992-1994), Pictorial (1970;1980;1993-1994), Music (1979-1999), Missions (1966-1973;1979-1999), Nominations (1984-1999), History Book (1989-1994), Sunday School Teachers (1979-1999), Membership (1955-1999), Service (1961-1971), and Church Growth (1980-1982). Other material found within the Winkler Bergthaler Mennonite Church microfilms are two student papers done on the Winkler Bergthaler Mennonite Church done in 1979 and 1980 , "Hoffnungsfeld - Winkler" from Adventure in Faith written by Henry J. Gerbrandt.

The fonds contains church bulletins (2000-2002), annual meeting minutes (1967-2004), financial records (1946-1983), membership files (1982-1999), a guest book (1933-1983), and a constitution (1982).

This fonds contains bulletins (1996-1999) and newsletters (1996-1999). The records pertain to the development of the Mennonite congregation in Baden, Ontario from 1996-1999.

Fonds consists of the following series:
1) Constitution - 1977, 1982 (1 file) - Box 154
2) Reports - 1986 (1 file) - Box 154
3) Correspondence - 1945-1987 (1 file) - Box 154
4) Financial - 1980-1981 (1 file) - Box 154
5) Lists of Elders (1 file) - Box 154
6) Programs - 1983-1984, 1987-1988 (1 file) - Box 154
7) Publication - 2012 - The Story of Willingdon Church 50 Years of God's Faithfulness (1 file) - Box 154

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Financial Records - 1948-1996 (12 files) Box 206

This fonds contains documents pertaining to the life of William Hespeler, such as confirmation of attending the Polytechnic Institute in Karlsruhe (1847-1849), of deferment from military service in 1850, of immigration to Canada, and of naturalization as a British subject. The fonds includes the items taken to Russia in 1872 (i.e. responses from Ottawa to the Russian Mennonite inquiries about priveledges been sought such as exemption from military service). The fonds also contains various items with the autographs of individuals such as Otto von Bismark, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Prussia, and the British monarch, Queen Victoria. The documents pertain to Hespeler's service to Canada or Germany.

This fonds includes correspondence between William Baerg with colleagues and friends. Many of these correspondences are between Baerg and the Mennonite Brethren Bible College (MMBC), Peabody Institute, and the University of Manitoba. Programs, reviews, articles, and photographs of Winnipeg Singers, Bach Festival, Mennonite Community Orchestra, and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Irmgard Baerg’s professional correspondence, recital and concert programs, photos, newspaper reviews and articles published about her. Both series highlight the successful and extensive careers of each individual.

This fonds contains sermons and outlines, correspondence, minutes, lists of marriages, material related to conscientious objectors, agricultural records and several photographs. These records are the personal papers of Bishop Falk showing his work and interests as a servant of the church.

This fonds consists of one ledger that records grain and land prices around the turn of the 20th century. There are financial records related to the support for the local school and for fire insurance levies. There is also some prose written by William Friesen. The materials give a sense of the economic conditions and show some of the activities the Mennonite ministers in the Rosenheim area of Manitoba at that time.

This fonds consists of bulletins, annual reports, directories, constitutions, minutes, newsletters, programmes, and a brief congregational history which pertain to the founding and development of the congregation. It documents the leaders and participants in the congregation. There are bulletins (1977-2019), annual reports (1976-1993), directories (1977-1996), constitutions (1977-1981), congregational meeting minutes (1978-1981), newsletters which also contain summaries of meetings but not actual minutes (1981-1997), programmes (1986-1997), and a brief congregational history (1986).

This fonds consists of two bound books and the loose papers that were found in one them, copies of the books, their translations, and copies of letters written by Jacob Wiens (1816-1888) that were published in the Mennonitische Rundschau .

The first book, the Wiens Family Diary, contains mathematical instructional material, fraktur art, a travel diary, recipes, poetry, and a record of events that took place in Prussia, Russia, and Canada. The second book, the Jacob Wiens Family Record, contains Wiens genealogical information and financial records.

This material is unique in that it spans a large time frame, following a family through three countries and contains entries by multiple members of the Wiens family. It shows a love for artistic expression. It shows complex mathematical problems and solutions as by a teacher. The material shows the writer's love for poetry, music, and the kind of medical practices in use by Mennonite people in Russia in the mid to late 1800s. A travel diary documents the trip from Russia to Canada in 1876. The materials give the reader a unique window into the life of a Mennonite community in Prussia, Russia, and Canada.

Location: Volumes 2252-2253, 4580, microfilm #785.

This fonds consists of minutes, bulletins, newsletters, registers, constitutions, and annual reports which pertain to the beginning and development of the Whitewater Mennonite group of congregations (Gemeinde). This fonds contains material which is applicable to both the Gemeinde and the local congregation and it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the two because the group of churches had the same name as the one congregation in the group. There are membership and family registers (1927-1979), membership lists (1927-1969, 1991), Gemeinde/congregational constitution ([196-?]), brief history of the Gemeinde (1980), miscellaneous documents concerning the history of the Gemeinde ([197-?]), congregational bulletins (1965-2000, 2002-2003, 2005-2013), church council meeting minutes (1966-1979, 1992, 1995-2004, 2006-2009), Gemeinde/congregational meeting minutes (1927-1993, 1995-2004, 2008-2009), ministers and deacons conference programmes and minutes (1931-1969), annual reports (1966-1992), congregational newsletters (1983-1996), financial documents ([196-]), directories (1980-1993).

Fonds consists of the following series:
1) History - Box 113
2) Correspondence - 1990-1992 - (1 file) Box 113
3) Directories - 1978-1994, 2000 - (1 file) Box 113
4) Newsletter - 1980-1990 - (1 file) Box 113
5) Bulletins - 1985-1994 - (1file) Box 113
6) Ephemera - 1991 - (1 file) Box 113

There are six series that make up the Westgate Mennonite Collegiate fonds. Series:

1. Building and Facilities. -- 1970-2015.
2. Mennonite Educational Society, Westgate Parents Association, and Committee Minutes. -- [196-?]-2000.
3. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, and Reports. -- 1957-2012.
4. 25th Anniversary Celebration, Alumni, Publications, and Programs. -- 1965-2016.
5. Canadian Association of Mennonite Schools (CAMS). -- 1990-2014.
6. Staff Meeting Minutes. -- 1966-2015.

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Constitution - 1990 - (1 file) - Box 143
2) Policies - 1989-2001 - (1 file) - Box 143
3) History - 1987-1998 - (1 file) - Box 143
4) Minutes - 1987-1998 - (11 files) - Box 143
5) Correspondence - 1988-1998 - (2 files) - Box 143
6) Financial records 1989-1998 - (1 file) - Box 143
7) Reports 1987-2001 - (1 file) - Box 143
8) Lists 1989-1998 - (1 file) - Box 143
9) Vital Statistics - includes Certificate of Baptism and Marriage Registers - (2 files) - Box 143
10) Personnel records - 1987-1990 - (1 file) - Box 143
11) Certificates of Transfer - 1989-1998 - (1 file) - Box 143
12) Publications - 1989-1998 - (4 files) - Box 143
13) Clippings - 1989-1998 - (1 file) - Box 144
14) Ephemera - 1989-1998 - (1 file) - Box 144
15) Faith MB church - 1985-1986 - (1 file) - Box 144
16) Lectures and Sermons - 1987 - (1 file) - Box 144
17) Summer Ministries - 1983-1984 - (1 file) - Box 144
18) Tape cassettes - 1989-1990 - (1 file)
19) Photographs - Negatives - 1996