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This fonds consists of correspondence and other documents that were created or received by Warkentin in his capacity of Aeltester (elder) of the Ebenfelder Mennonite Church. The letters were exchanged with, and the other materials received from, a variety of church leaders and Mennonite institutions, including: the Conference of Mennonites in Canada and its subcommittees; the General Conference Mennonite Church and its subcommittees; the Rosthern Junior College and the Rosthern Bible School; Mennonite Biblical Seminary; Bethel College; the Mennonite Publication Office and Bookstore; the Rosthern Bookstore; the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization; the British Foreign Bible Society and the Canadian Bible Society; the Canadian Mennonite, the Mennonite Central Committee; the Mennonite Youth Farm; Mennonite Disaster Services; the Swift Current Bible Institute; Freeman Junior College; and various mission programs and mission fields. Some of the materials are filed alphabetically (1943-1948), some by month (1948-1955; 1963-1965), and some by year (1955-1962).

This fonds contains writings of H.T. and Clara his wife, including an extensive well-organized sermon collection. There is a photograph of a reunion of former Kronsgartner, Wiesefelder and Prijuter from 1973, as well as a map of Wiesenfeld as remembered from 1923. There is also one sound recording of H.T. Klassen speaking about his childhood memories of Russia.

This fonds consists of Klassen's collection of poetry, sermon notes, research on doctors in Russia, recollections from Russia, and two manuscripts: "The Kronsweide Mennonite Church in Russia: Its Villages and Elders" and "Im Zyklus der Zeit"

This fonds contains a collection of sermons in German (1936-1941), and correspondence, minutes and reports related to the Nordheimer Church (Dundurn, Saskatchewan), Conference of Mennonites in Canada annual conferences, the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization, and the German English Academy. Materials are both handwritten and typewritten.

This fonds consists of reports from the mission field in India published in the Christlicher Bundesbote (1901-1909), correspondence with the Mennonite Mission Board (1902-1909), Susanna (Schowalter) Kroeker's diary (1925-1925), and family letters (1932-1953). A significant letter is the last letter written by Johann F. Kroeker from exile to his wife in 1932. The documents are photocopies of the original and in many cases also include transcriptions and / or English translations.

This item is the autobiography of Olga Thiessen (1916), the daughter of Dr. Isaak Thiessen and Katharina Wallman, main doctor of the Bethania Mental Hosptial in Chortitza, Russia.

This fonds is dominated by sermon notes and conference materials. The materials also reflect J.M. Pauls' involvement with Sunday School and youth activities which span his career within the Bergthaler community. There are files related to his involvement with Salem Old Folks home and the Winkler Bergthaler Church. Unfortunately, his involvement Eden Mental Health Centre and Mennonite Collegiate Institute are not well documented in the collection.
A few personal papers in the fonds include some family correspondence, a short story written by Pauls and his wife about their lives in Russia. There is also a diary of his trip in 1957 to attend the Mennonite World Conference in Germany.

This fonds consists of two groups of letters. The first group of letters were written by Jakob Peters (1908-1944) to his sister Anna Peters (1919-) between 1942 and 1944, after he had accompanied her from the Ukraine to Berlin where she remained to work in a German household. Anna had had little schooling in German, with her father exiled to Siberia when she was 11 and her mother dying when she was 13, and the family being classified as kulaks (tight-fisted landowners). As her German was so poor, Jakob would correct her letters and return them to her so that she would improve her German. There are 24 letters in this group and they have all been transcribed and translated into English.
The second group of letters were written to relatives in Canada, specifically his sister and brother-in-law, Maria (Peters) and Jakob Bergen and her son John Bergen (1922- ). The letters begin from when Jakob Peters escaped Russia in 1928 across the Caucausus to Persia, his years in Brazil and his years studying in Berlin. In his letters to John Bergen, who was studying at Mennonite Collegiate Institute in Gretna during the late 1930s, Jakob Peters often writes about how wonderful it would be for him to come and get an education in Germany after completing his high school in Gretna.

This fonds includes digital masters, optical and negative tracks, broadcast VHS and Beta master videocassettes, release prints in 16 mm film and VHS video format. The moving images contain some colour and some black and white scenes. Otto Klassen's productions are the result of extensive research in archives, both in Canada and Germany. These productions represent the first time that the story of the Mennonite people in Prussia, Russia, Canada, Mexico, and Paraguay have been told through moving images. Several productions were released in multiple languages -- English, German, Low German and Spanish. At least 11 separate titles or series are represented in this fonds. They are:
-1) The Great Trek 1939-1945
-2) Prairie Pioneers: The Mennonites of Manitoba
-3) Mennonites Conquer the Vistula Delta
-4) Mennonite Monument
-5) 75 years Mennonites in Mexico
-6) 50 year Freedom Jubilee: Praise God for Canada
-7) Women of Courage: Stories of Sadness & Stories of Suvival
-8) Gespräch: Delgatenreise 1921
-9) Im Dienst Der Liebe (KM 81)
-10) Frajoa Enn De Oost-resaew, "Three Short Plays"
-11) 125th Anniversary of Mennonites in Manitoba: 1874-1999

This fonds contains bulletins (1963-1998), directories (1969-1993), 10th anniversary history booklet (1973), brief congregational histories (1973-1983), annual reports (1978-1979), list of deceased (1979), and newsletters (1978-1997). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in Abbotsford, B.C. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

This fonds contains bulletins (1963-2001), annual reports (1964-1994), congregational meeting minutes (1964-1987), ladies fellowship meeting minutes (2000), correspondence (1968-1976), directories ([1977]-1993), constitution (1979-1989), newsletters (1980-2000), 50th anniversary celebrations programme (1995), list of deceased members, 1946-2001 (2001), and brief congregational histories ([197-]-1985). Audio cassettes of church service while George Groening as pastor (1981-1984). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in Chilliwack, B.C. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.