This file contains a sampling of the glass slides collected and used at Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church in the 1940s. Some of the slides were created from photographs of church activities or supplied to the church by mission organizations. Others, mostly texts of hymns, were ordered from the United Church Publishing House in Toronto and used in informal worship services. All slides in this file bear the United Church Publishing House label (not visible in scans), which would indicate that this publishing house did the work of transforming all of these photographs into slides.
Several mission and service activities supported by the congregation are highlighted. They include: 1) The Stirling Crusaders program whereby children and youth grew produce, raised livestock, collected recycling and did odd jobs to raise funds for war relief and missions projects; 2) the activities of missionaries Lillian and Cyril Forth of the Sudan Interior Mission (a non-Mennonite mission in Nigeria supported by the congregation); 3) the House of Friendship in Kitchener. These slides were used by the congregation in meetings and informal services to highlight these mission and relief activities.
Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario)
"Die wegen Mennonisten-Wesens verlangte Nachrichten, 1788-1827" digitized from microfilm MF MSS 236: http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/mf_mss_236/acc232/ originally were in Staatsarchiv Danzig, Abteilung 145: Domänenämter und Intendaturen, später Domänenrentämter, 1773-1872 at time of microfilming in 1984 they were in the Bydgoszcz archives, sygn. 487, Nr. D-12256
Artist's sketch around 1834. Later called Christian Eby Meetinghouse. (L.J.Burkholder collection). Benjamin Eby Frame Meetinghouse. See 1987-1.1 for larger copies.
Erected ca. 1813. Artist's sketch ca. 1830s. (L.J.Burkholder collection.) Benjamin Eby Log Meetinghouse.Written on image: "J. L. Jones. Ben. Eby's Old Church."
A small set of personal papers that consist of handwritten Bechtel and Hartmann family histories and a collection of broadsides. Also includes a photocopy of a handwritten German hymn perhaps written by Abraham A. Meyer and given the English title "Life's Great Balance." English translations are available for the family histories and the hymn.
The collection consists of an original leather-bound notebook belonging to Joseph Bowman, documenting among other things some of his travels. Along with this notebook is a typed transcript of these travel reports dated 1975.
The collection consists of a book filled with legal descriptions of agreements recorded by Michael Bergey from 1834 to 1840. The other half of the book is described as a day book by Benjamin Kropp dated April 8, 1833 in Wilmot, Ontario. This latter section records a number of business transactions.
Eleven handwritten booklets in Dutch, dated 1820-1846, some undated. Possibly sermons. Some on the topic of baptism. One booklet dated 17 April 1836 belonged to Jan Dirkmaat who was baptized on that date at Broek op Langendijk (where Fleischer was later pastor) by J. Eenigenburg.
Six letters in German script from members of the Brubacher family residing in Ontario and Pennsylvania. Correspondents include Johannes and Susanna Brubacher, Jacob and Maria Brubacher, and Heinrich Brubacher. ALl of the letters have either been transcribed or translated. Among the letters are also several photocopied German hymns with translations into English.
An "Erb-Schrift" providing dates of birth and death, when applicable, for the wives and descendants of Christian Yoder (1790-1846). A transcription of this hand-written document is available. Additionally, this collection includes a letter written in 1845 from Christian Yoder (1790-1846) to his son, also named Christian Yoder regarding the state of the Amish Church.
