Porträts der mennonitischen Vertreter der kanadischen Gemeinden für die Chacodelegation von 1921 (Altbergthaler) • Chortitzer der Westreserve: Jacob Doerksen (Farmer) • Sommerfelder der Westreserve: Bernhard Toews und Isaak Funk (beide Farmer) • Bergthaler von Saskatchewan: Jakob Neufeld und Johann Friesen (beide Prediger) • „Mennonitischer Rechtsanwalt“ aus Altona: Johann Priesz • Datum der Abfahrt in Manitoba, Kanada: 11. Februar 1921
This is a audio-visual presentation commissioned the three major Mennonite archives in Ontario -- Mennonite Archives of Ontario, Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies and Mennonite Heritage Centre. The 17-minute presentation consisted of slides and a cassette recording, designed to both promote the archival institutions and to educate the public about the work of an archives. It starred a snoopy reporter who stumbles upon the Mennonite Heritage Centre, and realizing a good story when he sees one, seeks out the other two major archives in the Canadian Mennonite world. Using shots from all three archives and featuring the real-life staff of the three archives as well as their researchers, writers/photographers Gareth Neufeld and Allan Siebert developed an entertaining and informative look at the world of an archives. (See Mennonite Historian, June 1986, p. 4.)
Information regarding the World War II experiences of Henry C. Penner, a Mennonite from Wrickler, Manitoba who was arrested for resisting the draft in 1944. Tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by Leonard Gross with Henry and his son Leonard Penner are included, as is correspondence between the army and Henry’s uncle George Penner concerning the arrest and subsequent court martial. The records of the court martial, some miscellaneous notes and pamphlets, and slides of documents are also included.
The collection consists of a copy of a letter written by Johannes Weber to his cousin Samuel Weber on January 10, 1865, and its transcription. The letter offers some local news about various people and a brief mention of draft and the government.
The collection includes sermon notes, wedding anniversary card, a short autobiography and a letter largely related to work done at the Duchess Church in Alberta, Canada.
Personal papers of a pastor, missionary, and administrator who served in Argentina and Uruguay from 1925 to 1967 and cofounded Mennonite Renewal Services in 1975. Researchers should note that the volume of materials documenting the life of Ada Ramseyer Litwiller is quite small. The collection is divided into the following series:
Included in this collection are notices of Clayton F. Derstine's early speaking engagements, a sermon given in 1940, and a condensed version of the biographical sketch that appeared in the Canadian Mennonite in 1966.
The collection consists of an original document issued for military exemption for Jacob Bergey, dated February 14, 1871 for the county of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
This is a photo of conference delegates sitting in the arena listening to sessions at a Canadian MB Conference convention. There are delegates sitting on the floor of the arena and in the stands.