Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1942-1998 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
44 cm of textual records
1 reel of microfilm
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Steinbach Mennonite Church in Steinbach, Manitoba, began services on 17 July 1938, and formally organized in 1939. The first building was occupied in 1941, with subsequent building programs in 1951, 1974, and 1989.
Repository
Archival history
Textual records were deposited at the Mennonite Heritage Centre on a regular basis up to 1999.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This fonds contains bulletins (1965-1998), congregational meeting minutes (1942-1992), church council meeting minutes (1944-1957), annual reports (1957-1992), congregational newsletters (1988-1997), directories (1965-1987, 1990), membership lists (1956-1980), constitutions (1956-1993), brief congregational histories (1941-1974), and family registers (1943-1980). The records begin with the period after the congregation became independent from the Schoenwiese group of churches and document the activities of its leaders and participants.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Some German
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Inventory file list
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Some materials were microfilmed in 1980.