Used in CM 15-32-3. Group photo of the presidium of the 8th MWC in Amsterdam and some appointed for the next (9th) MWC to be held in South America, standing in front of the entrance to the congress hall. Three similar photos, one of which was used. Large photo also, 24x18, showing all members clearly.
Negative also. Used in CM15-34-3. Karl Kilsko, a Swedish senator (center) was one of the non-Mennonite at the MWC. He told A. J. Klassen (right) of Fresno that the Anabaptist freechurch as the predecessor of his own church in Sweeden.
Negative also. Used in CM 15-32-8. Epp interviews Lucille Snyder (right), wife of W.T. Snyder, a homemaker from Akron, Pa.; she is sitting with another woman.
"The ones who did much to make the conference tick." Note on back of photo.C. j. Dyck, exec. Sec. of the Mennonite World Conference (at left) and J. J. J. Sluijs, president of the Netherlands Mennonite Conference (at right) sit at a table on which there are papers, likely discussing conference business.
Three photos from the 8th Mennonite World Conference in Amsterdam. In one the note on the back states, "Book shelves with all kinds of Menno publications," and a number of people are purusing the books. The note for another photo states, "We studied many maps - where do we go from here?" An unidentified couple sits on a bench studying a map. The 3rd photo shows Richard Blosser and his wife at left, he being the editor of the "Mennonite Weekly Review." To the right are Edna and Henry Bauman from Preston, Ont. The couples are standing in front of the college displays of the exposition.
Five photos with negs and 1 neg without a photo of Frank H. Epp interviewing various men at the 8th Mennonite World Conference in Amsterdam. None were used in the CM and most of the men are not identified. See CM 15-32-8 & 9 for others Frank H. Epp interviewed as well as 1992-14.4003-4026 & 1992-14.4370-4375. Nos. 1 & 2 are likely of Ernst Harder, a faculty member at the Mennonite Evangelical Biblical Seminary in Montevideo, Uruguay. Compare these photos to the one of Harder in CM 10-41-10. The young man with glasses in #5 is likey a youth leader or a Pax man.
Three photos from the 8th Mennonite World Conference opening ceremonies on Sunday evening July 23, held in the Zuidhal (South Hall?) of the International Congress Centre in Amsterdam and attended by 4,000 people. J. J. J. van Sluijs, president of The Netherlands Mennonite Conference (Algemene Doopsgezinde Societeit), chaired the meeting and is visible in all 3 photos, 2 of which were taken from the back of the stage and show the audience in front of him. The 4 men on stage with him (backs to the camera) are likely members of the Presidium. One photo is taken from the side along the stage, showing Sluiys, the front rows of the audience and the flower arrangements on and in front of the stage. See also 1992-14.4001 and 1992-14.4377.
Two photos from the 8th Mennonite World Conference opening ceremonies on Sunday evening July 23, held in the Zuidhal (South Hall?) of the International Congress Centre in Amsterdam and attended by 4,000 people. On stage the Dutch choir and orchestra perform a cantata compiled from the words of Menno Simons with music written by a Dutch Mennonite. Only the soloist, near the piano at right, dressed in black, was not Mennonite. The stage, with a cross visible in the middle, was flanked on either side by banners showing the theme of the conference, "The Witness of the Holy Spirit," in English and in Dutch.
