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Susan B. Peters (1899-1992) fonds

  • CA CMBS Photographs: NP118-1; CMBS Personal Papers: Peters
  • Fonds
  • 1915-1980

The Susan B. Peters fonds consists of 11 photographs (1940-1946), correspondence (1944-1956), personal effects (1915-1980), biographical material, and a plate from Mennonite Central Committee. The documents and memorabalia in this fonds were created as a result of Peters involvement with MCC. Part of the Peters fond, relating to her teaching experiences, is in the Glenbow Archives (an inventory is available in this fonds).

Peters, Susan B., 1899-1992

Ken Reddig fonds

  • CA CMBS CMBS Personal Papers
  • Fonds
  • 1873-1991, predominant 1940-1946, 1986-1988

The material in this collection consists of three series. 1) Contentious Objector Thesis Material 2) Teacher/Students Photographs and Baptism Negatives 3) Audio Cassettes of Sermons and Presentations. Reddig completed his M.A. Thesis in 1988 after researching the role Judge Admason played in the Second World War and the Contentious Objector status of Mennonites. This is the content of the first series. The second series are pictures of Reddig and students from MBCI with the premier of Manitoba. The negatives are of large, outdoor baptism services held at Rosehill, North Dakota. The audio cassettes contain sermons and presentations by Reddig.

Reddig, Ken

Gerhard and Margaret Reimer fonds

  • CA CMBS CMBS Personal Papers
  • Fonds
  • 1904-1975

The textual materials in this collection contains material related to Reimer's teaching role in the Winkler Bible School, and some personal material about Reimer such as passports and a biography written by his wife. A small amount of material was placed in the collection after Gerhard died in 1970. Most of the material is in German, with a small amount in Russian. The audio recordings are of an interview Harold Jantz had with Reimer regarding the Russian Revolution, leaving Russia, and starting new in Canada. The recordings have some scattered German in them.

Reimer, Gerhard and Margaret

Wilhelm W. Schroeder fonds

  • CA CMBS CMBS Personal Papers
  • Fonds
  • 1912-1998, predominant 1973-1975, 1997, 1998

The material in this collection deals primarily with the life stories of Wilhelm Schroeder, but also includes Gertruda Pankratz, and Gertrude Enns' stories. The women are the mother (Pankratz) and sister (Enns) to Hildegard (Enns) Schroeder. Wilhelm Schroeder is the father to William Schroeder. The items donated are transcriptions, translations, or copies of original documents. One item dated 1998 is a report by William Schroeder regarding the Mennonite church in Petershagen, Ukraine and the project to restore the building. Most of the material is in English, however a portion is also in German.

Schroeder, Wilhelm W.

Jacob G. Thiessen (1876-1967) fonds

  • CA CMBS CMBS Personal Papers: Thiessen
  • Fonds
  • 1888-1967, predominant 1912-1931

The Jacob G. Thiessen fonds consists of published booklets written by Thiessen, photocopied sermons, and books written by others. His own books reflect his interest in end times.

Thiessen, Jacob G., 1876-1967

John Aron Toews (1912-1979) fonds

  • CA CMBS CMBS Personal Papers: Toews; Tapes: NA-1: 141, 148, 149, 150, 151; NA-2: 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 32; NA-16: 1; NA-19: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 40, 43, 44, 50; Photographs: NP23-1 and NP104-1, NP104-2
  • Fonds
  • 1921-1980

The John A. Toews fonds consists of sermons and addresses from his preaching and public ministry as an itinerant minister, as pastor of the Fraserview Mennonite Brethren Church and as a participant in many symposiums and seminars. Included are various scholarly papers written during his student days and for his degrees. Many of Toews' records, such as syllabi, examinations, teaching notes, and minutes of various college committees were created as a result of his teaching career at Mennonite Brethren Bible College and at Trinity Western College. Minutes of meetings and correspondence between members of boards are in this fonds as a result of Toews' involvement with the General Conference, the Canadian Conference, and provincial conferences as well as his inter-Mennonite activities in Peace Conferences, Mennonite Central Committee, and Mennonite World Conferences. A handwritten draft of The History of the Mennonite Brethren Church, published in 1973, is in this fonds as well as correspondence regarding other publications. Also included are trip diaries and correspondence relating to Toews' extensive travel and ministry in South America, Europe, and Russia, and from participation in World Conference Presidium in Japan and Indonesia. Toews' fonds contains personal correspondence, notebooks, and research material. Toews' books, True Non-Resistance through Christ (1955), Alternative Service in Canada During World War II (1959), A History of the Mennonite Brethren Church (1975), People of the Way (1981), are found in the J.A. Toews library at CMBS as well as his theses and many essays. The CMBS tape collection holds tapes of Toews' messages classified under NP1. NP2 holds historical lectures presented at the West Coast Anabaptism Conference (1972), a series on Anabaptism (undated), and a series on Anabaptist distinctives presented to a Sunday School class in South Abbotsford M.B. Church (undated). Included are also 2 tapes called "100 Jahre unter der Wolkensaeule" for services at the Vancouver M.B. Church (1974). NP16 is a tape of the funeral service of Toews' mother (1978). NP19 consists of tapes of Bible Conferences in which Toews' participated (1960-1965. Also in NP19 are Toews' messages at the Mennonite Brethren Centennial Celebration in Winnipeg and in Reedley, California in 1960. The photograph collection classified under NP23 consists of a portrait of Toews and a group picture of the participants of the Prediger-Kursus at the M.B. Bible College on 4 March 1955. NP104 contains originals used in Elfrieda Nafziger's biography of Toews, Man of His Word.

Toews, John Aron, 1912-1979

Abraham H. Unruh (1878-1961) fonds

  • CA CMBS CMBS Personal Papers: Unruh; Tapes: NA-1: 116 to 140; 142 to 147; 196-209; 211-212. NA-15: 30. NA-19: 1-6; 9. NA-16: 11, 12; Photographs: NP120-1
  • Fonds
  • 1850-1976

The A.H. Unruh fonds reflects Unruh's life as a preacher, teacher, and writer. It consists of sermons, some typed, many handwritten in the Gothic script. Most of Unruh's sermons are undated but his later sermons are recognizable by larger writing because his eye-sight was failing. Some sermons are in published form, cut out from various periodicals, many from The Voice, the MBBC periodical. In the fonds are Unruh's lecture notes from his teaching career at Pniel Bible School and at Mennonite Brethren Bible College. Records that document his writing are early Bible School textbooks, pamphlets, many articles, and his manuscript of Die Geschichte der Mennoniten-Bruedergemeinde. The book itself is in the J.A. Toews library. The CMBS audio-collection holds 46 casette tapes and 7 reel to reel tapes of Unruh's sermons. Also included are tapes of special occasions such as ordinations, the Unruhs' Golden Anniversary, and wedding sermons, and Unruh's funeral. Some of the records in this fonds are dated after Unruh's death because A.A. Unruh (son) seems to have added to the collection.

Unruh, Abrahma H., 1878-1961

Georgi Vins (Wiens) fonds

  • CA CMBS CMBS Personal Papers
  • Fonds
  • 1979-1998

The material in this collection consists of some of the publications by the organization that Vins founded. Other material was collected after his death and put togther into this collection.

Vins (Wiens), Georgi

Heinrich H. Voth (1851-1918) fonds

  • CA CMBS CMBS Personal Papers: Voth
  • Fonds
  • 1879-1920

The Heinrich H. Voth fonds consists of original and photocopied letters and documents relating to the itinerant ministry and the origins of the M.B. churches at Winkler, Manitoba and Mountain Lake, Minnesota, and the General Conference. Since Voth was on the Board of Foreign Missions, the fonds contains letters from early missionaries. The fonds also contains sermons and genealogical material. Most of the documents are in the German Gothic script.

Voth, Heinrich H., 1851-1918

John H. Voth (1879-1943) and Maria Epp Voth (1881-1968) fonds

  • CA CMBS CMBS Personal Papers: Voth
  • Fonds
  • 1907-1929

The John H. and Maria Voth fonds consists of personal letters from India to their father, Rev. Heinrich H. Voth in North America. The correspondence is mostly in the German Gothic script.

Voth, John H., 1879-1943

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