Mennonite Archival Image Database

00 Script for Slide Presentation (MHC 708)

This document is part of the slide presentation and consists of the text that accompanied each image in MHC Collection 708.

Alfred & Agnes Wiebe and Leonard & Marguerite Wiebe

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

Alfred & Agnes Wiebe served as missionaries in the first half of the century, as well as their son Leonard and his wife Marguerite.

Alfred Wiebe family

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

Alfred Wiebe and his wife Agnes (Thiessen) Wiebe arrived as missionaries in Montana in 1911.

Anna Baerg and Mary Boehr

CA MHC 708-75
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[between 1950 and 1969]

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

Both of these women served as short-term voluntary service worker among the Hopi.

Anna Wolfname, Ernest King and Rodolphe Petter

CA MHC 708-41
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[between 1925 and 1945]

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

Anna Wolfname was Petter's typist, and Ernest King ran the multigraph that printed his Cheyenne translations of the New Testament, portions of the Old Testament, and hymns.

Arapaho Church

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

J.A. and Cornelia Funks established a congregation among the Arapaho Indians which met in this structure.

Ashland Church

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

The Kliewers built this church at Ashland in 1917. The dedication occured in December.

Bacavi

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

This photo shows the village of Bacavi, nearby the original Hopi Mennonite Mission at Oraibi.

Bertha Petter

CA MHC 708-42
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[between 1916 and 1926]

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

Bertha Petter trained native helpers and helped in literacy training.

Birney Station

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

The Birney Mennonite Mission station was opened in 1910 by the Kliewers.

Busby Chapel

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

A log cabin was completed by the middle of December 1904. This is where the Linscheids invitged their Cheyenne friends to gather for worship.

Busby Mission

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

The first Mennonite mission to the Northern Cheyenne Indians was established at Busby, Montana.

Cantonment Church

CA MHC 708-16
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[between 1895 and 1915]

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

The Cantonment congregation met in this building.

Cantonment Mission School

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

The photo shows the children and teachers at Cantonment School, where Samuel and Susie Haury were placed by the General Conference Mennonite Church mission board, and opened a school in Fall of 1883, among the Cheyenne Indians of Oklahoma.

Cantonment School Building

CA MHC 708-11
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[between 1890 and 1899]

Part of COE Slide Presentation - "Indian Missions: General Conference Mennonite Church"

This large two-storey school building was erected in 1890 to replace the deteriorated palisade houses first used by the Mennonite mission at Cantonment.

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