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]. — 1.8 m of textual records
• Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization fonds. 1947-1964
• Coaldale Altenfest collection. —1930s-1969. — 1 album (9 photographs)
• Coaldale Cheese Factory fonds. — 1966-1973. — 5 cm of textual records
• Conference of Historic Peace Churches, 1940, 1927  pages
• Kronsweide village collection. – 1919-c.1973. — 2 cm of textual records
• Menno Bible Institute collection. — 1933-2011. — 61 cm of textual records. — ca. 100 photographs. — 1 banner
• Mennonite centennial picture series. — [1975]. — 5 photomechanical reproductions.
• Mennonite Central Committee Alberta fonds. — 1946-2012. — 9.4 m of textual records. — 9 photographs
• Mennonite Church Alberta fonds. — 1928-2010, predominant 1955-1995. — 4.8 m of textual records. — 99 photographs. — 8 slides. — 66 negatives. — 2 CDs.
• Mennonite Community Living Association fonds. — 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 DVD
• 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
• 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
• Passing on the Comfort travelling exhibit project collection. – 2005. – 0.5 cm
• Reinlaender Mennonite Church fonds. — 1880-2000. — 1 compact disk
• Sunday School and Daily Vacation Bible School collection (MCA)  – 1957-1964. – 12 cm of textual records.
• Swift Current Bible Institute fonds.– 1966-1997. — 1.28 m of textual records.
• Vertreterversammlung fonds. — 1933-1966. — 1.48 m of textual records.  — 3 photographs
• Youth Orientation Units fonds.  — 1972-1994. — 65 cm of textual records.

Congregations

• Bergthal Mennonite Church fonds. — 1927-2006, predominant 1969-2001. — 96 cm of textual records. — 16 photographs
• Bethel Mennonite Church (Winnipeg) fonds. — [ca. 1955]-1968. — 2 cm of textual records
• Camrose Mennonite Fellowship fonds. — 1979-2011. — 60 cm of textual records. —  29 photographs
• Chinese Mennonite Church (Calgary) fonds. — 1982. —  0.5 cm of textual records. — 2 photographs
• Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church collection. — 1949-1986. — 8 cm of textual records
• Coaldale Mennonite Church fonds. — 1968-1996. — 23 cm of textual records
• 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) fonds. — 1997-2000.  — 2 cm of textual records
• Foothills Mennonite Church fonds. — 1965-2009. — 14 cm of textual records. – 2 photographs
• Gem Mennonite Brethren Church fonds.  — 1979. — 2 pages of textual records.
• La Crete Bergthaler Mennonite Church fonds. — 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 collection. — [ca. 2011-ca. 2016]. — 0.5 cm of textual records
• 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 fonds. —  1867. — 0.5 cm of textual records
• Bartel family fonds. — [ca. 1890]-2011. — 1 cm of textual records. — 5 photographs.— 1 cd (12 photographs)
• 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, Elfrieda collection. — 1936-1960. — 23 photographs
• Dueck, Jacob E. (Jack) fonds. – 1972-2013. – 72 cm of textual records and other material
• 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 records
• 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.– 10 cm of textual records. – [ca 1940-1962, 2020].
• Friesen, Helen collection. — 1944-2004. — 8 cm of textual records. — 7 photographs. — 4 postcards
• Friesen, John W.  fonds. – 1984. – o.5 cm of 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. – 1.3 m of textual records. – 6 compact discs. – 2 audio cassettes. – 1 photographic 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.
• Hansen, Carl Edward fonds. – 1971-1985.  — 1.2 m of textual records
• Harder, David fonds.- 1915-1918. – 2 cm of textual records
• Harder, Jacob D. fonds. — 1897-2000. — 11.5 cm of textual records
• Heidebrecht, John Abram fonds. – 1927-1983. – 1 cm of textual records
• Heinrichs, John F. fonds. – 1929. – 0.5 cm of textual records
• Hiebert, Wilhelm family fonds.  – [ca. 1988-ca. 1991].  – 2 cm of textual records
• Jantzen Johann fonds. – 1839-1998. – 2 cm of textual records
• Janzen, Anna, fonds. – 1926-1958. – 2 cm of textual records
• Janzen, Eugene, fonds. – 9 cm of textual record. – 1 memory stick
• 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
• Klassen, Alfred fonds. –  1929-1933. – 8 cm of textual material. –  8 photographs. –  1 map
• Klassen, Irene fonds. — 6.5 cm of textual records and other material
• Klippenstein, Lawrence fonds. – 2010. – 0.5 cm of textual records
• Kornelsen, Heinrich fonds. — 0.5 cm of textual records.
• Krahn, Jacob – .5 cm textual material and two photographs
• Neufeld Family fonds. – 1905-1932. – 2 cm of textual records
• Penner, Peter collection. — 1955-2002. — 1.5 cm of textual records
• Penner Richard fonds. – 1969. – 1 cm of textual records
• Peters, Ben, [ca. 2002]. – 2 cm of textual records
• Peters, David C. – [ca. 2003]. – 5 pages of textual records
• Peters, Frieda fonds. — 1890-1943. — 5.5 cm of textual records
• Peters, Henry, fonds. -[ ca.1910-1963]. – 4 cm of textual records. – 125 photographs
• Peters, Johann fonds. – 1857. –  17 pages of textual records
• Polzin, Alfred – 1958-1971. – 4 cm of textual records
• Ratzlaff, David collection. – 1945-1997. – 0.5 cm of textual records
• Regehr, Cornelius fonds. – 1894, 1979-1993. –  3 cm of textual records
• Regehr, Katharina H. fonds. – 1950-1970. – 5 cm of textual records
• 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. – [1979-2015]. –  10 cm of textual records
• Schellenberg, Peter, fonds. –  1926, 1955-1972, 12 cm of textual records
• Spicer, Larry D. fonds, – 2002-2004, –  3 cm of textual records
  Stauffer, Harry, fonds, 1923-2004, 5 m of textual records
• 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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