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School-related material.

This series contains notes, lesson plans, pamphlets on various education-related topics from religion, dogmatics, ethics to theories and purposes of education in the Mennonite context.
Of special interest is a set of religious books published in Dutch in 1895-1896.

Bergthaler Mennonite church registers

This series consists of two groups of church registers. The first two registers are preliminary records having been used from 1882-1895. The families in these two registers are recorded in four segments. A total of 220 families are recorded; however some families appear in more than one list. The content includes name of husband, wife and children with birth, marriage, baptism and death dates. The second group of registers are the permanent Bergthaler Church of Manitoba church registers begun around 1896 and consisting of nine volumes.

Correspondence

This series contains photocopies of correspondence between Heinrich Ewert his brother Benjamin Ewert, H.P. Krehbiel, C.H. Friesen, S.F. Coffman and A.N. Harms. The correspondence deals with school related issues, controversies and personal matters.

Sermons

This series consists of a large collection of sermons written by Heinrich Ewert. Some of the sermons may have been used his brother Benjamin Ewert.

Published Pamphlets

  • CA MHC PP-6
  • Series
  • 1883,1888,1893,1895,1898,1900,1901,1903,1907,1908,1911-1916,1918-1938,1940-1944,1950,1952,1962,1963,1964
  • Part of David W. Friesen fonds

This series contains approximately seventy-five published booklets and pamphlets that deal with a wide range of Mennonite activity in Canada (and to a lesser extent in the United States and Russia) during the period from 1874-1950. Some of the items cover topics such as Contentious Objector status, Sommerfeld church private schools, catechisms, song books, Brandordnung, church membership questions, and Krimmer Mennonites. Some of the institutions covered include Mennonite Mutual Aid, Mennonite Educational Institute (Altona), and the Sommerfeld Waisenamt (a church mutual aid and trust fund institution). A few of the items are dated after D.W. Friesen died, indicating someone else added to this collection before it was donated to the archives. Some of the items are undated.

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Correspondence and church matters

This series contains personal correspondence in his role as postmaster and in his various roles as a member of Bergthaler Mennonite church. There are letters from a variety of church leaders (e.g. Benjamin Ewert, Abraham Doerksen, Heinrich Doerksen, P.P. Tschetter, J. Horsch, D.P. Reimer and Peter A. Toews). The series contains his personal correspondence for the years 1929-1950. Church and personal letters are often mixed together. Many letters received by Friesen are from his children as well as from friends and acquaintances that were abroad (Paraguay, Mexico, etc.). Much of this correspondence was produced during the winter of 1929-1930 when Mr. and Mrs. Friesen were in California.

Lists

The series consists of the following files:
1) First Mennonite Church, 2006 - (1 file) - Box 158
2) Burials, 1947-2009 - (2 files) - Box 158
3) Applications for Memberships & burial plots, 1947, 1973-2008 - (1 file) - Box 158
4) Funeral directors, 1883-2006 - (3 files) - Box 158
5) Reserved plots, 2010- (1 file) - Box 158

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