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Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia (repository) Harder, Johannes A., 1897-1964
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43 delegates participating in the Canadian Conference of M.B. Churches of North America

143 North America delegates at Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren churches are posing outdoors at the side of a building. Back row (sixteenth from left): Jacob Siemens. Fourth row (ninth from left) : David Pankratz. Third row (twentieth from left): J.A. Toews. (twenty-first from left) Isaac Tiessen. (twenty-sixth from left) B.B. Fast, (twenty-eighth from left) Dietrich Rempel. Second row (second from left): Heinz Klassen. Front row (ninth from left): Johann Harder, (tenth from left): H.H. Janzen, (eleventh from left): B.B. Janz, (twelfth from left): A.H. Unruh, (eighteenth from left) F.C. Thiessen

Clark Studio, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

Baptism

Rev. John Harder baptizing people in the stream called "Jordan" near Yarrow, BC

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Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization

The executive members of the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization. Front row (left to right) : Benjamin Janz, David Toews, C.F. Klassen, J.J. Thiessen. Second Row : John A. Harder, C.A. Defehr, Gerhard J. Derksen, and Jacob Gerbrandt.

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Correspondence

Series consists of the following files:
1) Correspondence Jacob A Harder With Sisters and Others - 1933-1935
2) Correspondence Jacob A Harder With Siblings - 1933
3) Correspondence Jacob A Harder With Wife and Children - 1955
4) Correspondence Jacob A Harder With B B Janz - 1937-1957
5) Correspondence Jacob A Harder With Mission Board Volume 1 - 1944-1956
6) Correspondence Jacob A Harder With Mission Board Volume 2 - 1957-1966
7) Correspondence - Jacob A Loewen - 1992-2001
8) Correspondence - 1999-2000
9) Correspondence - 2001

Yarrow Research Committee

Elim Bible school teachers

Four teachers of the Elim Bible school sitting on a bench in front of the Mennonite Brethren church entrance in Yarrow, BC. Left-right: Jacob Regehr, C. C. Peters, Johannes A. Harder and Gerhard H. Sukkau.

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John Harder family

Rev. Johannes A. Harder family sitting in front of a crisscross fence; mountain in the background. Back row (left to right) : Mrs. Tina (Rempel) Harder, Dave Harder, Rose Harder, Rev. John Harder. Front row (left to right) : Fred Harder, Lillian Harder, John Harder.

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Miscellaneous written works fonds

  • CA MHSBC 180
  • Fonds
  • 2018

1) Reports - Tribute to H.A. Neufeld & Peter Toews, by J.J. Wiens. Submitted by Maria Kroeker - (1 file) Box 374
2) "Ein Jahr Gefaengnis" (One year in Prison) by Franz Martin Hamm (1901-1971) Written in German, includes English translation - (1 file) Box 374
3) Lists - Mennonites in Politics, 1997 - (1 file) Box 374
4) Medical Text - Anatomie und Physiologie! Menno Colony, Paraguay 1959, by Anny Giesbrecht. A German language, handwritten, bound medical textbook with diagrams. Some handwritten notes and exam papers are included - (1 file) Box 374
5) P. Thiessen - Journal of Poetry & Music, 1917. A handwritten journal in Russian & German (some Gothic script) which includes musical score written in Ziffern. Writer could be Peter Isaak Thiessen. - (1 file) Box 374
6) The Fresno Bee - "Call Em Muppies" & "If there wasn't guilt, you'd just be a Yuppie" 1986 - (1 file) Box 374
7) David Duerksen, translation of Der Bote article "Reise Prediger" - (1 file) Box 374
8) Military Exemption, Prussia 1868: An account by Aeltester Peter Bartel - (1 file) Box 374
9) John A. Harder - Travel Diary March 14 - July 25, 1955 to Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay & Uruguay. German Language. - (1 file) Box 374
10) The Story of Peter Franz Froese, "Begegnungen, Zusammenarbeit und engere Bekanntschaft mit P.F. Froese" by Cornelius Reimer N.D. - (1 file) Box 374
11) Shapansky, Maria (Barwich), Hardbound Journal of handwritten songs in Ziffern and a diary of the journey to Canada from Adelsheim, 1943-1948. - (1 file) Box 374
12) Report on Sagradowka by D. Wiebe, Berlin 1946 (in English) - (1 file) Box 374
13) Echo Verlag - Constitution N.D., October 1959 edition and a list of books by Arnold Dyck. - (1 file) Box 374
14) Walter & Mary Balzer, letter from D & L Pauls, 1962; Poem: The Blessings that Remain, Memorial bulletin for Mary Balzer, 2015 - (1 file) Box 374
15 Hans Kasdorf, "Flammen Unausloeschen, 1991 - (1 file) Box 374
16) Agnes Huebert, Recipe Book from Steiglitz-Berlin, (in German Gothic script), 1913 - (1 file) Box 374

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Principals - Framed display photos

The subseries consists of the following framed photographs:
001) J. F. Redekop, Principal, 1944-1955 - Box 426
002) A. H. Wieler, Principal, 1955-1959 - Box 426
003) George G. Konrad, Principal, 1959-1962 - Box 426
004) John B. Epp, Principal, 1962-1964 - Box 426
005) Henry C. Born, President, 1964-1969 - Box 426
006) J. F. Harms, Founder of M.B. Bible School - Box 426
007) Peter D. Loewen, Founder of first Bible School in Yarrow, BC, 1930 - Box 426
008) John H. Harder, Moderator of BC Conference. Leader of Yarrow Church, Teacher at Bible School - Box 426

Columbia Bible College (Abbotsford, British Columbia)

Research Material - Johann and Katharina (Rempel) Harder

Series consists of the following files:
1) Recollections of the Harders - Jacob A. Loewen, Frank Peters, Peter D. Loewen
2) Our Story - J A Harder
3) I Was Led Away to be Shot - J A Harder
4) Continuing My Husband's Journal with our story - Tina Harder
5) Postscript - J A Harder
6) Biography of Grandparents and Great Grandparents of A J Harder
7) The Johannes Harder Family - John Harder Jr.
8) Recollections - Children of John and Tina Harder
9) The Blumstein Legacy - Leland and Samuel Harder
10) Obituary of Reverend John Harder - Tina Harder
11) Obituary of Tina Harder
12) Poetry - J A Harder
13) Poems to Johannes Harder From His Parents (Waisenheim, Grossweide) - 1907-1938

Yarrow Research Committee

Staff and students

A group of nineteen students with four staff members. The four staff members on the far left are John A. Harder, George Sukkau. and on the far right are: C. C. Peters, Isaak Dyck. Students are back row (left to right): Jacob A Loewen, Peter Friesen, ? Stobbe, Alfred Hamm, Dave Braun, Abe Ewert. Third row (left to right): Henry J, Isaak, Rudy Goetz, Henry Warkentin. Second row (left to right): Helen (Toews) Wolfe, Melita (Krause) Peters, Nettie (Esau) Wiebe, Erna Voth. First row (left to right): Agnes (Isaak) Spenst, Louise (Riesen) Matties, Helen Reimer.

Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church fonds

  • CA MHSBC 59
  • Fonds
  • 1928-2005

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Constitution - 1980 (2 files) - Box 145
2) History - 1928-1999 - (1 file) - Box 145
3) Minutes - 1929-1993 - (29 files) - Boxes 145-146
4) Correspondence - 1929-1989 - (48 files) - Boxes 146-147
5) Financial records - 1929-1965 - (5 files) - Box 147
6) Reports - 1952-2005 - (18 files) - Box 147
7) Lists - 1929-2005 (12 files) - Box 148
8) Vital Statistics - 1929-1990 - (18 files) - Box 148
9) Certificates - 1963-1973 - (11 files) - Box 149
10) Publications - 1928-2005 - (32 files) - Boxes 149-150
11) Clippings - 1930-1985, 1989 - (1 file) - Box 150
12) Ephemera - 1968-1992 - (1 file) - Box 150
13) Maps - (1 file) - Box 150
14) Photographs - 55 photographs
15) Microfilms - (Roll # 65 pages 1-239) (Roll # 66 1-285 includes Vital Statistics)
16) Renewal in the History of the Yarrow MB Church - David Nightingale (1 file) Box 150

Yarrow Mennonite Brethren Church (British Columbia)

Yarrow Research Committee fonds

  • CA MHSBC 162
  • Fonds
  • 1907-2004

Fonds consists of the following series:
1) History of the General Conference Church in Yarrow and town of Yarrow - 1951, 1959 - (2 files) - Box 361
2) Yarrow Settlement - 1928 - (1 file) - Box 361
3) Minutes - 1999- 200 - (1 file) - Box 361
4) Correspondence - 1937-2001 - (9 files) - Box 361
5) Finances - 2000-2010 - (3 files) - Box 361
6) Draft - Johannes Harder Story by Jacob Loewen & Leonard Neufeldt - (3 files) Box 361
7) Research Material - 1933-1966 - (13 files) - Box 362
8) Tribute to Yarrow - Jacob Loewen - (1 file) - Box 362
9) Family Registers and Profiles of Yarrow Residents - (1 file) - Box 362
10) Genealogy - Epp Harder - (1 file) - Box 362
11) Aboriginal - 1999 - (1 file) - Box 362
12) Boer War - Majuba Hill - 1979, 1999 - (1 file) - Box 362
13) Education of Yarrow Community - Harvey Neufeldt - 1928-1960 - (1 file) - Box 362
14) Yarrow Co-op - 1974 - (1 file) - Box 362
15) Casualities WWI - Yarrow Connection - (1 file) - Box 362
16) Diary of Emma Mollmann Recorded by Janet Boldt -1974 - (1 file) - Box 362
17) Biographical - Vivian Siddon 2006 & C C Peters 1973 - (3 files) - Box 362
18) Chilliwack Museum - Understanding with the Historical Society - 2000 - (1 file) - Box 362
19) Yarrow Questionaire - 1999 - (1 file) - Box 362
20) Photographs & Catalogue of CD - (1 file) - Box 362
21) Clippings - (1 file) - (1 file) - Box 362
22) Ephemera - 2003 - (1 file) - Box 362
23) Teaching Materials to Accompany Birth Records - 1909-1941 - Sara Dekker Thielman - Box 2 (includes CD of 1,448 birth records) - (1 file) - Box 362
24) Maps
25) Cultural and Business Life in Yarrow - (1 file) - Box 362

Yarrow Research Committee