Mennonite
Historical
Society
of Alberta

Archives

Our archives contains records, papers and documents of the Alberta Mennonite organizations, congregations, and individuals listed below.  The archival materials are arranged as fonds or collections. (A fonds is an aggregation of archival material that originate from a particular source.  A collection consists of material from various sources put together by a collector).  You are welcome to view our archival holdings in the Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta’s office.

Organizations

• Alberta Mennonite Youth Organization fonds. — 1944-2001. — 1.8 m of textual records. — 19 photographs
• Alberta Women in Mission fonds. — 1947-2005, predominant 1982-2005. — 90 cm of textual records. — Ca. 700 photographs. — 3 slides
• Argentina Director General de Inmigracion fonds. – 1930.- 29 cm of textual records (12 sheets). – 5 compact disks (93 digital images)
• Bergthal Mennonite Church Women in Mission fonds. — 1978-1999. — 27 cm of textual records. — 8 photographs
• Camp Valaqua fonds. — [ca. 1961-ca. 2003]. — 18 cm of textual records
• Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization fonds. 1923-1930
• Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization fonds. 1947-1964
• Coaldale Cheese Factory fonds. — 1966-1973. — 1.5 cm of textual records
• Coaldale Altenfest Photographs, 193o’s – 1969
• Conference of Historic Peace Churches, 1940, 27 pages.
• Kronsweide Village Collection, 1919-c.1973, 2 cm
• Meeting of the Representatives of Mennonite Churches and Groups of Alberta fonds. — 1933-1966. — 1.48 m of textual records. — 3 photographs
• Menno Bible Institute collection. — 1933-2011. — 61 cm of textual records. — ca. 100 photographs. — 1 banner
• Mennonite Centennial (1875-1975) Picture Series, 1975, 5 pages
• Mennonite Central Committee Alberta fonds. — 1946-2012. — 9.4 m of textual material. — 9 photographs
• Mennonite Church Alberta fonds. — 1928-2010, predominant 1955-1995. — 4.8 m of textual records. — 99 photographs. — 8 slides, 35 mm. — 47 negatives, 35 mm. — 19 negatives, 16 mm. — 2 CDs.
• Mennonite Community Living Association – 1988 – 2004, 20 cm of textual records
• Mennonite Disaster Service fonds. — 1959-1968. — 3 cm of textual records
• Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta fonds. — 1972-2008. — 28.75 cm of textual records. — 236 photographs. — 15 DVDs
• Mennonite Historical Society Alberta 25th Anniversary Video
• Mennonite Mutual Insurance Company (Alberta) fonds. — 1936-2012. — 3 cm of textual records
• Molotschna Colony census file. — [Microfilmed ca. 2002 (originally created 1835)]. — 1 microfilm reel
• Molotschna Colony additional information at molotschna
• Namaka and Namaka Farm School Districts fonds. — 1927-1953. — 20.5 cm of textual records
• Northwest Mennonite Conference fonds. — 1949-2004. — 5.3 m of textual records. — 2 compact discs
• Old Colony Mennonites fonds. — 1880-2000. — 1 compact disc
• Reinlaender Mennonite Church fonds. — 1880-2000. — 1 compact disk
• Sunday School and Daily Vacation Bible School Collections, (MCA) 1957-1964, 12 cm.
• Swift Current Bible Institute,1966-1997. 1.28 m
• Youth Orientation Units Fonds, 1972-1994, 65 cm of textual records.
• Vertreterversammlung fonds. — 1933-1966. — 1.48 m of textual records. — 13 photographs

Congregations

• Bergthal Mennonite Church fonds. — 1927-2006, predominant 1969-2001. — 96 cm of textual records. — 16 photographs
• Bethel Mennonite Church fonds. — [ca. 1955]-1968. — 2 cm of textual records
• Camrose Mennonite Fellowship fonds, 1979-2011, 60 cm, 1 photograph album
• Chinese Mennonite Church Calgary, 1982, .2 cm and 2 photographs
• Coaldale Mennonite Church fonds. — 1968-1996. — 23 cm of textual material
• Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church fonds. — 1949-1986. — 8 cm of textual records
  Gem Mennonite Brethren Church, 1979, 2 pages
• Faith Mennonite Church fonds. — 1968-1999. — 1.765 m of textual records. — 5 slides. — 3 objects
• First Mennonite Church (Calgary) fonds. — 1966-2010. — 22 cm of textual records. — 5 electronic files (PDF)
• First Mennonite Church (Edmonton, Alta.) fonds. — 1997-2000.  — 2 cm of textual records
• Foothills Mennonite Church fonds. — 1965-2009. — 14 cm of textual records. – 2 photographs
• LaCrete Bergthaler Mennonite Church, 1993, 1 cm of textual records
• Lao Community Mennonite Church fonds. — [ca. 1995]. — 24 photographs
• Lethbridge Mennonite Church fonds. — 2003. — .25 cm of textual records
• Mennonite Church of Lacombe fonds. — [ca. 1940-ca. 1949]. — 3 cm of textual records. — 1 church stamp
• Mount View Mennonite Church Cemetery, .5 cm.
• Namaka Mennonite Brethren Church fonds. —1929-1969. — 1 cm of textual records
• Namaka Mennonite Church fonds. — 1937-1971. — 3.5 cm. of textual records
• Neukirchner Mennonite Church fonds. — 1928-1945. — 3 cm of textual records
• Rosemary Mennonite Church fonds. — 1930-2003. — 12 cm of textual records. — 1 church stamp
• Springridge Mennonite Church fonds. — 1928-1992. — 16 cm of textual records
• Taber Mennonite Church fonds. — 1954-1999. — 91.7 cm of textual records. — 6 photographs. — 1 negative
• Tofield Gospel Church fonds. —  1927-1995. —  8 cm of textual records.
• Trinity Mennonite Church fonds. — 2004-2006. — .25 cm of textual records. — 2 electronic files (PDF)
• Vauxhall Mennonite Church fonds. — 1939-2005. — 6 cm of textual records
• West Zion Mennonite Church fonds. — 2001. — 2 cm of textual records

Individuals

• Baergen, Marvin fonds. – 1983-2003 (predominant 2000-2003). – 5 cm of textual records
• Bartel, Peter, 1867, 1 cm
• Bartel, Henry fonds, undated, 1 cm.
• Bartel (Lane), Lillian collection. – 2005.  – 0.5 cm of textual records
• Bergen, Helen fonds. — 1943-1944. — 2 cm of textual records
• Bergen, John J. fonds. — 1923-2008. — 90 cm of textual records
• Bowen, Dawn S. fonds. — 1990-2001. — 2.5 cm of textual records
• Bowman, Jim, 2012-2013, 2 cm of textual records
• Braun, David William fonds. — 1956-1993. — 1.7 m of textual records
• Braun, Jakob Johann family fonds. — [ca. 1905-ca. 1907], 2009. — 5 cm of textual records
• Dick, David fonds. — 1997-1998. — .25 cm of textual records
• Dick, Hilda, fonds, 1890-1992, 2 large photograph albums
• Dick, Elfrieda collection. — 1936-1960. — 23 photographs
• Dueck, Jacob E. (Jack) fonds, 1972-2013, 100 cm
• Dueck, Ulrich fonds. — Microfilmed 2001 (originally created ca. 1950-ca. 2001). — 1 microfilm reel
• Dyck, John Raymond collection. — 1879. — .25 cm of textual records
• Enns, Frederick, fonds, 1959-2019, 5 cm of textual material
• Esau, John J. fonds. — 1968-1987. — .25 cm of textual records
• Friesen, C. Blake and Louise Friesen family fonds. — 1925-2009. — 85 cm of textual records. — 3 photographs
• Friesen, Heinrich D. collection, 4 cm poems and autobiographical writings, c. 1930-1955.
• Friesen, Helen collection. — 1944-2004. — 8 cm of textual records. — 7 photographs. — 4 postcards
• Friesen, John W.,  fonds, 1984, 2 cm, textual records.
• Geddert, Heinrich and Maria collection. — 1924-1926. — .25 cm of textual records. — 7 electronic files
• Gerbrandt, Heinrich fonds. — 1997. — .5 cm of textual records – 1 compact disk
• Gerbrandt family fonds. — [Copied ca. 2008 (originally created 1874-1931)]. — .5 cm of textual records
• Glick, Ike and Millie fonds, 1955-2020, 1.3m, 6 cds, 2 cassettes, 1 film strip
• Goerzen, David D., fonds, 10 cm of textual material, 5cds, 18 photographs
• Goerzen, Erna fonds. — 1980s-1999. — .5 cm of textual records
• Goerzen, Henry D. fonds. — 1906-2005. — 15 cm of textual records. — 1 3.5 disk
• Goerzen, Henry D. collection on conscientious objectors. — [ca. 1939]-2005. — 16 cm of textual records. — ca. 300 photographs
• Gossen, Johann fonds, 1930 -.5 cm
• Hackman, Linford fonds. — 1945-1970. — 1,910 slides.
  Harder, David, Diaries, 1915-1918, 2 cm
• Harder, Jacob D. fonds. — 1897-2000. — 11.5 cm of textual records
• Hansen, Carl Edward fonds. – 1971-1985.  — 1.2 m of textual records
• Heidebrecht, John Abram fonds, 1927-1983, 1 cm
• Heinrichs, John F. fonds. – 1929. – 0.5 cm of textual records
• Hiebert, Wilhelm family fonds.  – [ca. 1988-ca. 1991].  – 2 cm of textual records
• Janzen, Anna, fonds. 1926-1958, 2 cm
  Janzen, Eugene, fonds, 9 cm.
• Janzen, Hans family fonds. – [19–] – 1 oversized page.
• Janzen, Peter family fonds.– [ca. 1968]. – 10 cm of textual records
• Janzen, Tim collection. — Copied 2001-2005 (originally created 1799-2005). — 42 microfilm reels. — 1 computer disk
• Janzen, Tim historical map collection. — 1914-1921, 2005. — 6 maps (jpg). — 4 files of textual records (xls)
• Jantzen Johann fonds, 1839-1998, 1.5 cm of copied textual material
• Klassen, Alfred fonds, 1929-1933 8 cm of textual material, 8 photographsh, 1 map
• Klassen, Irene fonds. — 6 cm textual records
  Klippenstein, Lawrence fonds, 2010. .5 cm
• Kornelsen, Heinrich fonds. — 0.5 cm of textual records.
• Krahn, Jacob – .5 cm textual material and two photographs
• Penner, Peter collection. — 1955-2002. — 1.5 cm of textual records
• Penner Richard fonds, 1969. 1 cm.
• Peters, Ben, c. 2002, 2 cm of textual records
• Peters, David C., c. 2003, 5 page manuscript
• Peters, Frieda fonds. — 1890-1943. — 5.5 cm of textual records
• Peters, Henry, fonds, c.1910-1963, 9 cm, photographs, corrrespondence.
• Peters, Johann, fonds, 1857, 17 pagesPeters, Johann fonds, 1857, 17 pages
• Polzin, Alfred – .5  cm of textual material
• Neufeld, Johann and Barbara Funk Neufeld Diary, 1905-1932, 2 cm.
• Ratzlaff, David, Collection, 1945-1997, 50 cm.
• Regehr, Cornelius, fonds, 1894, 1979-1993, 3 cm.
• Regehr, Katharina H., fonds,1950-1970, 5 cm.
• Regehr, Theodore D. fonds. — 1901-2003. — 92 cm of textual records. — 62 photographs. — 2 CDs
• Reimer, Clara fonds. — 1949-1959. — 1 cm of textual records. — 1 photograph
• Rempel, Judith fonds. — [ca. 1890]-2011. — 55 cm of textual records. — 5 photographs. — 1 print.
• Rempel, Peter fonds. — 1961-2004. — 0.5 cm of textual records.

• Rempfer, Marie fonds. – 2001. – 0.5 cm of textual records

• Riediger, Peter A. family fonds. — 1918-1997. — 22 cm of textual records
• Roberts, Susan, undated, 10 cm.
• Schellenberg, Peter, fonds, 1926, 1955-1972, 12 cm.
• Spicer, Larry D. fonds, 2002-2004, 3 cmhttps://mennonitehistory.org/larry-d-spicer-fonds-2004-1-cm/
  Stauffer, Harry, fonds, 1923-2004, 5. of textual material https://mennonitehistory.org/stauffer-harry-fonds-4-m-1923-2004/
• Stoesz, Donald fonds. — 2006. — 2 cm of textual records

• Strempler, Erwin and Magdalena fonds. – 2005. – 3 cm of textual records. – 19 photographs

• Sweet, Cary fonds, 20 cm.
• Connie Thiessen fonds, 2020, 5 cm..
• Thiessen, Herman fonds. — [ca. 1872]-1997. — 29 microfilm reels
• Tiessen, Maria fonds. — 1947, [ca. 1975]. — 1 framed artwork. — 1 photograph
• Toews, Johann R. fonds, 1984, 1993, 3 cm
• Toews, Peter fonds.  – 1923. – 1 cm of textual records.
• Wall, Cliff fonds – 2007, 15 cm
• Wall, Mary – 2 cm textual material
• Warkentin, Mary fonds. — 1984-1986. — 2.5 cm of textual records
• Warkentin, Peter J. fonds – 1952-1963 – 6 cm of textual records
• Wichert, Johann, fonds, 1956, 1 cm of textual records
• Wiebe Elsie fonds -1976-1998 – 4 cm of textual records
• Wiebe, Peter, autobiography, c. 1962, 5cm
• Willms, Helen – 1943-1946. 2 cm of textual material.

 

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