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Summer Service colour slides

  • CA MAO XIV-3.11.5
  • Series
  • [1957?]

Slides in this series are from Summer Service program units in London, Ontario, Bethesda (Vineland, Ontario), Newfoundland, Portage La Prairie, Brandon, Clearwater Lake, Ninette, Manitoba, South America. Of the 240 slides in this file, only those pertaining to Clearwater Lake have been uploaded to the Mennonite Archival Image Database thus far.

Mennonite Central Committee. Summer Service Program.

Jacob B. Reimer fonds

  • CA MHC PP
  • Fonds
  • 1920-1985

This fonds contains detailed records pertaining to Jacob B. Reimer’s life and work in Paraguay, his correspondence with a variety of noteworthy contacts regarding that work in community-leadership roles and his trips to Germany and Canada for further erudition; it includes his personal correspondence, historical documents, and anomalous material.

Reimer, Jacob B., 1916-1985

Ceremony in Brantford, Ontario

Original archival description reads "Making chiefs on the Brantford Reserve. Mayor of Galt, Howie Meeker, Chief Sky of Brantford. Brantford, Ontario, during the 1950s. Hunsberger photo 17-11." This photograph appears to be taken at the same "Doon Jamboree" event as DH-648. Four men and a woman stand on a platform while a crowd looks on. The man on the far right, in traditional Indigenous dress, is possibly Haudenosaunee chief Peter Sky. Facing him are three men in western dress wearing Indigenous headdresses. A woman is adjusting the headdress of one of the men; he is possibly the hockey player and Member of Parliament Howie Meeker. One of the other men is probably the mayor of Galt, Ontario.

Hunsberger, David L.

Indigenous dancers at the Doon Jamboree at Brantford, Ontario

Indigenous dancers at the "Doon Jamboree" at Brantford, Ontario in the 1950s. A crowd looks on, surrounding the dancers who are on a raised platform. Original archival description reads "Brantford Reserve Indians. Brantford, Ontario. Taken in 1950s. Hunsberger photo 17-10." Thus the dancers are probably Grand River Haudenosaunee (Six Nations). The man standing on the platform (third from left) is possibly Haudenosaunee chief Peter Sky.

Hunsberger, David L.

Native Ministries

The Native Ministries files contain material dating back to 1965, but the majority of the records were generated in the years 1971 and following. The small amount of pre-1971 material consists of files retained by the Native Ministries Board after reorganization. These files contains the following records: Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) files (including those generated by Roger Groening and Clarence Nepinak during the years 1974-1976), reports from local mission stations (Loon Straits, Manigotogan, Hole River, Cross Lake, etc. ), social issues files (exploitation of Native migrant labours, alcoholism, etc.) and environmental issues files (which relate largely to Hydro development in the North). There are pamphlets from and correspondence with organizations such as Mennonite Foundation, The Mennonite Central Committee, the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood, and the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission.

In 2007 materials created in the 1990s were brought to the archives (accession 2007-079). A few files have much earlier records, usually dealing with property issues form the 1950s and 1960. Files deal with topics such as, such as hydro electric dam proposals, Meech Lake accord, Oak crisis, uranium mining, native spirituality, United Native Ministries, native camp, and Walnut Receiving Home. Files on various communities include Bloodvein, Cross Lake, Hole River, Hollow Water, Manigotogan, Matheson Island, Paungassi, Pine Dock and Riverton.

The collection is of interest for Canadian studies. These records could be of considerable use in the study of the conditions of native Canadians and attitudes towards them. The records detail life in several Native communities and how the church worked in these communities. Furthermore, correspondence with a variety of Native organizations pertains to their social concerns. These records, along with the Board of Missions files, provide a case study of the kind of transformation which many denominational mission organizations underwent in the 1960s and 1970s. A researcher working on the history of missions in Canada could find considerable useful materials in these files.

Conference of Mennonites in Canada. Native Ministries

Hoffnungsfeld, Mr. Landreth.

The photo shows Mr. Landreth posing in front of a canvas draped box in Hoffnungsfeld. Behind him on the left is an indigenous man on a horse and on the right two covered wagons.

Engen, Fred, 1863-1929

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