Fonds ORG - Rosenfeld Bergthaler Mennonite Church fonds

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CA MHC ORG

Title

Rosenfeld Bergthaler Mennonite Church fonds

Date(s)

  • 1947-2017 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

83 cm of textual records
53 photographs
279 MB of electronic records

Context area

Name of creator

(1928-)

Administrative history

Only in 1928 were regular services held for the Bergthaler group. In 1942 they built their own meeting house.

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Scope and content

This fonds consists of weekly bulletins (1958-2016; many missing), constitutions (1958-2012), annual reports (1957-2017; many missing), annual meeting minutes (1957-2007), church council meeting minutes (1964-2017; many missing), congregational meeting minutes (1956-2016; many missing), membership files (1965-2017), financial records and reports (1947-2006), ladies’ fellowship meeting minutes (1963-1993), and membership lists (1964-2017). The materials in this fonds show the workings of a rural Mennonite congregation as it contends with urbanization, theological and life style issues, and serving its community.

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Accruals

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Conditions governing access

None to Access.

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Language of material

  • English
  • German

Script of material

Language and script notes

Some German.

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Finding aids

Inventory file list

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Related units of description

See also Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Manitoba fonds

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Described by Bert Friesen 16 November 2001, updated by Andrew Klassen Brown June 2020.

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