This album contains photos of Mary Neufeld (later Mrs. Mary Schroeder), the staff, activities, residences, buildings and landscapes associated with the places she worked before she married in 1959. One series were taken in 1947 and 1951 while working at the Rosthern Invalid / Nursing Home. Another series were taken in the summer of 1952 when Mary Neufeld served in the Brandon Mental Hospital on a Voluntary Service (VS) assignment. Another series of photos were taken during the summer of 1953 when she worked at the Ninette (Manitoba) Sanitorium. There are also a few photos from 1948 when she worked at a canning factory in the Niagara (Ontario) region and visited Niagara Falls, Crystal Beach, and Brock's monument at Queenston. A few photos were taken when she worked as a cook at the Rosthern Bible School in 1951-1952. NOTE: The photos were also available on a CD and transferred a network drive ( U:/MHC Archives/Inventory/Photograph Collections.) . . NOTE: 40,57,63 were missing from CD and 5 additional photos on CD which were not in the album. The CD was culled and discarded.
This fonds contains oral interviews gathered on the subject of labour history from the view of Mennonite business owners and Mennonite employees and well as the history of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate in Winnipeg. The workers were selected from different gender and social classes. The content formed the basis for Thiessen's thesis on labour history of Russian Mennonites, a book on unions, and history of the private Mennonite high school, Westgate.
This photo shows Katharina (Rempel) & Abram Willms family. L-r: Frank & behind him Agnes, Annie & Hans, Anna Thiessen, Tina, Abram (not sure whether his wife is Tina/Annie , Annie?, and seated in front: Gerhard & Nikolai.
The album contains photos of Mary Neufeld (later Mrs. Mary Schroeder), the staff, activities, residences, buildings and landscapes associated with the places she worked before she married in 1959. One series were taken in 1947 and 1951 while working at the Rosthern Invalid / Nursing Home. Another series were taken in the summer of 1952 when Mary Neufeld served in the Brandon Mental Hospital on a Voluntary Service (VS) assignment. Another series of photos were taken during the summer of 1953 when she worked at the Ninette (Manitoba) Sanitorium. There are also a few photos from 1948 when she worked at a canning factory in the Niagara (Ontario) region and visited Niagara Falls, Crystal Beach, and Brock's monument at Queenston. A few photos were taken when she worked as a cook at the Rosthern Bible School in 1951-1952.
This fonds consists of the financial record which the bookkeeper from 1980-1993 passed on to the Conference of Mennonites in Canada finance office in 1994, when they took over the bookkeeping responsibilities. There are minutes of Mennonite Church (Region I) Canada Coordinating/Planning commitee, minutes of the annual general meetings of Mennonite Church International for 1988-1993, detailed financial statements for 1993, and the bookkeeper's correspondence.
Mennonite families who formerly made their home in southern Russia but have now found a home in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Heinrichs, teacher; Jakob Dyck, Johann Wichert and Nikolai Driediger. All four men are serving here as pastors (elders) of Mennonite congregations. Heinrichs in St. Catharines, Dyck in Niagara, Wichert in Vineland and Driedger in Leamington. [HR 266]
This is a photo of several people standing in front of a church in Ontario for an MCC-related occassion. Pictured are (left to right): Newton Gingerich, Bishop Swalm, unidentified, unidentified, C. J. Rempel, Ted Friesen, D. P. Neufeld, and unidentified.
