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The MHSA Archives and Library will be closed all Saturdays during the summer months beginning in May 2013 |
| AGM Notice |
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The Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta will be having their Annual General Meeting on April 27, 2013 at the First Mennonite Church at 2600 Richmond Road, Calgary. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the business session will begin at 10:00 a.m. Following the business session, the theme is "Historical Roots of Mutual Aid as Practiced Among Mennonites in Alberta". Lunch will be served at noon and coffee will be available at the time of registration. |
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The Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta located in the MCCA Building at 2946-32 Street N.E. is open every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We welcome visitors to come browse our books and records, check on Mennonite History, and look for family history information or some other topic of interest. We are also in need of Volunteers to assist us in doing the work of the Society. A learning session for volunteers will be arranged.
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Mennonite Central Committee Alberta fonds. — 1946-2012. — 9.4 m of textual material. — 9 photographs
Menno Bible Institute collection. — 1933-2011. — 61 cm of textual records. - ca. 100 photographs. - 1 banner
Goerzen, Henry D. collection on conscientious objectors. — [ca. 1939]-2005. — 16 cm of textual records. — ca. 300 photographs
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| NEW PUBLICATIONS GO ON SALE |
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Pushing through invisible barriers An autobiography - at the age of 12 she and her family moved from Sask. to Northern Alberta to face the challenging primitive conditions. Persevering in her pursuit of education she was one of the first students to graduate from high school and became a teacher and librarian. She married and raised a family. This is her first book. (order form).
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Alfalfa to Ivy: Memoir of a Harvard Medical School Dean - Now available
"The last forty years have seen seismic changes in the functions and missions of medical research, medicine, and medical schools in the US. There is no book that describes this range of cosmic changes more clearly or dramatically than Joe Martin's excellent memoir: Alfalfa to Ivy. Martin describes the revolution in American medicine first, from a bottom-up view as a participant; but, perhaps even more important, Martin can describe these changes from a top-down view since he has been the leader of academic medicine during this period. In this book we learn about the evolution of modern medicine from one of the people who participated in shaping it and who did so with the attempt not to lose sight of the patient, the physician, and the science that drives it all."
– Dr. Eric Kandel, 2000 Nobel Laureate in Physiology & Medicine
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Support the MHSA by purchasing your Mennonite history books from us. Your purchases, memberships and donations help maintain our archives, library & research support services. |
| PHOTOS FOR IDENTIFICATION |
Charlotte McCrae submitted this photo (2012.007) with a possible name. Can you add others?
There are 7 photos submitted this year - see if you can help our submitters.
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| GENEALOGY DATA SOURCE |
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Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization Records
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