Section II: Miscellaneous Collection

Volume 2.2.1 Essays and study papers 

1. “Peace, War and Military Service: A Statement of the Position of the Mennonite Church” Resolutions adopted by the Mennonite General Conference at Turner, Oregon, August, 1937. 

2. Clubb, Sally. “No more ‘The quiet in the land.’” Arbos: Journal of the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation 2, no.2 (November-December, 1965): 13-20 

3. “Ukranians” N. Kaminsky – typescript 

4. Christian Education Conference, CMBC, 1964 – conference papers 

5. Toews, W. J., ed. “Brosamen aus Erfahrungen der Mennoniten in und um Mountain Lake, Minnesota,” c. 1938 

6. Gingerich, Orland. “The Farmer and our Mennonite / Christian Heritage”  

7. “A Tour of Batoche National Historic Site” Roland Roy, 1974 

8. “The Mennonite Union Waisenamt of Saskatchewan” Ken Funk, 1976 

9. “A Summary Report of Home Mission Work in Canada,” edited by John R. Baergen and John H. Neufeld, 1956. 

10. “Mennonites in Saskatchewan” Elma Harder, 1977. 

11. “A Brief submitted to the Government of the Province of Manitoba by the Mennonite Churches of Manitoba,” – on education; response to the Royal Commission Report, n.d. 

12. untitled paper, “The church library, we believe, can play a significant role in revitalizing a church to meet today’s challenges.” 

13. Dolden, Elsie (Paetkau), “Ethnic Origin: The Circumstances of the Mennonite Emergence  

14. King, Martin Luther, “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 1963 

15. Sawatzky, Peter G. “The Minister, God’s Servant in Today’s World” 

16. Schroeder, David, “Women in Biblical Perspective,” Report to the Mennonite Central Committee (Canada), Special Meeting, September 11, 1987, Winnipeg, MB. 

17. Funk Wiebe, Katie, “Response to David Schroeder’s Paper, ‘Women in Biblical Perspective,’ at MCC (Canada), September 11, 1987.” 

18. “A History of the Hoffunungsfelder Mennonite Church” Geraldine Balzer, 1974 (2 copies) 

19. “History of the Hoffnungsfelder Church in Rabbit Lake” A. A. Friesen 

20. “A Congregational History of the Rabbit Lake Mennonite Church” Karen Bergen (2 copies) 

21. “Russian Mennonite Exodus to Canada, 1924” J. J. Thiessen, from Der Bote, 14 July 1964. (2 copies) 

22. “Here We Are, Lord!” Palmer Becker 

23. Wiens, Delbert. “New Wineskins for Old Wine: A study of the Mennonite Brethren Church” 

24. Russian Mennonite Immigrants from Harbin China to the United States 

25. Register of those massacred in Eichenfeld, Yazykovo Colony – Oct. 26/27, 1919 

26. Schroeder, David, “The Gospel of Peace” , Moderators and Secretaries Consultation, Winnipeg, August, 1985 

Volume 2.2.2 Essays and Study Papers 

27. Boschman, P. W., “Assets and Hindrances in Sharing our Faith,” Sask. Conference Sessions, 23-24 February 1973. 

28. “Government of the Rosthern Junior College and the Swift Current Bible Institute,” A position paper for discussion, 1 June 1973. 

29. Fretz, J. Winfield, “Strengthening the Family Foundations,” The General Conference Sessions, Bluffton, Ohio, 28 July to 3 August, 1977. 

30. Klaassen, Walter, “Are We Still Anabaptists?” n.d. 

31. Neufeld, Elmer, “The Lordship of Christ in a Desperate World,” reprinted from the October 1959 issue of Mennonite Life. First presented to the General Conference, 1959 Centennial Session, Bluffton, Ohio, under the auspices of the Board of Christian Service.  

32. Neufeld, John H., “A Study Paper on the Meaning of Conversion,” October, 1970. 

33. Neufeld, John H., “A Study Paper on the Meaning of Conversion,” October, 1970; basis of presentation to Conference of Mennonites of Saskatchewan, 23, February 1973. 

34. Unruh, Fred, “Working out our Faith in our Modern World,” for presentation to the Saskatchewan Conference, 23-24 February 1973. 

35. Wiebe, Bernie, “The Mennonite Family in Dispersion,” Conference of Mennonites in Canada, Toronto, ON, 26 July 1977. 

36. “Why is the Family in Deep Trouble? Loosening Family Bond” n.d. 

37. Wiebe, Stanley, “The Longest Journey: A Study of Jakob and Maria Wiebe, One of Canada’s Remarkable Immigrant Families,” for Professor Michael Bourdreau, History 329, 24 June 1999. 

38. Suderman, R. J., “Meditation for Corporation Day,” 25 October 1975. 

39. Cummings, Mary Lou. “What Mennonites Believe about Sex.” Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1979, 8pp. 

40. Hunsicker, Ron, “What Mennonites Believe about Dating, Marriage, and Singleness,” Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1980, 8pp. 

41. Longacre, Doris, “What Mennonites Believe about Food,” Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1979, 8pp. 

42. Steiner, Sue, “What Mennonites Believe about Clothes,” Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1979, 8pp. 

43. Hein, Marvin, “The Church, its Regulations, and the Individual Member,” A paper presented to the Conference on Issues Concerning Church & Home, Reedley, CA, 23-24 November 1967. 

44. Voth, A. B., “Christian Responsibility in Relation to Planned Parenthood,” A paper presented to the Conference on Issues Concerning Church & Home, Reedley, CA, 23-24 November 1967. 

45. Peters, F. C., “Consensus and Change in our Brotherhood,” A paper presented to the Conference on Issues Concerning Church & Home, Reedley, CA, 23-24 November 1967. 

46. Quiring, J. H. “Dealing Redemptively with the Divorced and Remarried,” A paper presented to the Conference on Issues Concerning Church & Home, Reedley, CA, 23-24 November 1967. 

47. Wiebe, Arno, “Principles of Discipleship for Mennonite Brethren Churches,” Two papers presented to the Conference on Discipleship and Evangelism, Winnipeg, MB, May 1968. 

47. Peters, G. W. “Remarriage of the Divorced in the Light of Scripture,” Two papers presented to the Conference on Discipleship and Evangelism, Winnipeg, MB, May 1968. 

48. Ewert, David, “Should the Mennonite Brethren Church agree to use the same Version of the Bible”? Printed in The Voice, May-June 1965, and used with permission. 

49. “Missing Persons: A Guide to Genealogical Resources in the Saskatoon Public Library,” revised August 1995, Information Services Department, Saskatoon Public Library, 18 August, 1995. 

50. Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, “A Basic Guide for Saskatchewan Researchers,” n.d. 

51. Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, Saskatoon Branch, “Saskatoon Genealogy Sources,” Saskatoon Sources for Genealogy: What is available in Saskatoon to further your research, Here, There, and Everywhere, October 1989. 

52. Chamberlain, Rae W. “Saskatchewan Genealogical Society Members’ Interests 1992,” Saskatchewan Genealogical Society Inc., 1992. 

53. Dangelmaier, Margaret, “Twixt One and Ten: Childhood Memories of Osler,” out of Western Producer. 

54. Buhler, Maria, “Some Stories,” trans. By Jake Buhler, August 1997. 

55. Klassen, Mrs. Harvey, and Wm. Neudorf, “River Park School District No. 843: Brief History Notes, 1912-1961,” Compiled for the River Park School Reunion, 7-8 July 1984, Aberdeen SK. 

56. Hunsicker, Ronald J., and John H. Neufeld, “A Guide to Marriage Preparation,” For use by ministers and counselors, Jan. 1973. 

57. Mennonite Board of Missions, “Evangelism and Church Development Seminars” cover containing: “Friendship Evangelism: An Introduction.”  

58. Wenger, J. C. “How We Understand and Use the Bible,” Elkhart, IN, 15 June 1974. 

59. Adrian, Victor, “The Inspiration of Scripture,” n.d. 

60. Roth, Willard E., ed., A Time for Teaching, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1968. This booklet contains a series of articles selected from various issues of Builder, a leadership magazine for Christian education workers. 

61. Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, “Next Generation: AMBS Fund for Church Leadership.” Laid in: Invitation to AMBS Alumni and Friends Supper Meeting, Winkler, MB, 10 Jul. 2004; list of proposed projects. 

62. Epp, Menno H., “A Proposal for Pastoral/Church Assessment,” Draft #4, May 1982. 

63. “An Understanding of Evangelism: Background Statement,” n.d. 

64. Constitution of local churches belonging to the Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Manitoba, n.d. 

65. Martin, Laurence, “Pilgrimage of Faith: A Resource Guide to Help Congregational Leaders Instruct New Believers,” edited by Donald Graber, prepared by Congregational Literature Division, Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, PA. 

66. Kehler, Larry, compiler and editor, Focus on Faith: Materials for Membership Class Instruction, for General Conference congregations, n.d. 

67. Abram and Elizabeth Fehr family – Paul Grescoe, “The Long Road Back: How the Fehr Family Overcame Ten Lost Years,” The Canadian (March 6, 1976): 4-8. 

68. Fast, Jacob, Die Himmlische Heimmat, 1932 

69. “Dunelm Sommerfeld Mennonite Church – 1906-1953” by Jacob M. Fehr 

70. “Thoughts that go through my mind in the sleepless nights.” Written in German by the father of Miriam Kroeker, Box 1753, Swan River, Manitoba, mbkroeker@hotmail.com (204-734-3053) Translated into English by Amanda Anderson. 

71. Ratzlaff, Vern, According to VR, sermons on the Seven Last Words from the Cross, 2008-2011 

72. Janzen, Scott Steven, “A Church Divided: Fundamentalism and Bethesda Mennonite Church, Henderson, Nebraska, 1934-1950,” 2006 

73. Neufeld, John H. and Victor D. Kliewer, “Seven Sermons on the Book of Revelation,” January 3-February 14, 1982 

74. Harder, Helmut, “Education in the Anabaptist-Mennonite Context” 

75. Wiebe, Bernie, “The Russian Mennonite House-Barn of Manitoba: A Study in Cultural Transformations,” 1984 

76. Peters, Jake, “Furniture Research Report at Mennonite Heritage Village,” 1986 

77. Huebner, Harry, “Faithfulness in the ‘90s,” 1990 

78. Harder, Gary, “Identity and Vision: Twin Paths into the Nineties,” 1990 

79. Meisner Lindsay, Mela, “A Window Into the Iron Curtain,” 1972 

80. Wiebe, Bernie. Mennonite Family in Dispersion, 1977 

Volume 2.2.3 – Low German Works 

– Sackmann, Jobst, Plattdütsche Predigten, Leipsig, Insel Verlag, 1680-1718 

-Low German play – “Beem Be-Freehi” 

– Wie räden en läen Plautdietsch 

Volume 2.2.4  Essays and Study Papers 

81. Cummings, Mary Lou and Helmut Harder, Called to Teach Youth, The Foundation Series, Teacher Training Course Leader’s Guide, c1981 

82. Bailes, Kendall, “The Mennonites Come to Kansas,” 1959 

83. Driedger, Leo, “Changes in Types of Boundary Maintenance in a Canadian Ethnic Minority,” 1967 

83. Driedger, Otto H., “Mennonite Family Stresses in the City” 

84. Friesen, David, “Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage,” 1987 

85. Friesen, Richard J., “Saskatchewan Mennonite Settlements: The Modification of an Old World Settlement Pattern” 

86. Klippenstein, Lawrence, “Wehrlosigkeit: The Ups and Downs of Russian Mennonite Nonresistance” 

87. Neufeld, John H. and Victor D. Kliewer, “Seven Sermons on the Book of Revelation” presented in Winnipeg, MB, January & February, 1982 

88. Bonk, Jon, Is Peace Our Mission? A paper prepared for MCC Saskatchewan Peace and Social Concerns Committee Workshop, Saskatoon, March 10, 1990 

89. Breen, Mike, What are Missional Communities? 

90. McDonnold, Randy, Reflections on the Peace Theology Colloquium VI: “Mennonite Peace Theology Into The 90s,” held at Columbia Bible College, Clearbrook, B.C., June 1991 

91. “Christian Leaders Call for a Halt to Uranium Mining for the Sake of Peace” 

Papers on Nuclear Weapons and Warfare 

92. Briefs and Comments on the Proposed Uranium Refinery at Corman Park, 1978-1980 from the Government of Canada, Environmental Assessment Review 

93. Stahl, John D. and Henry D. Weaver, Nuclear Energy – Two Mennonite Views, MCC U.S. Peace Section 

94. Economic Options for Northern Saskatchewan sponsored by the Inter-Church Uranium Committee and the Northern Native Rights Committee, Nov., 1984 

– Economic Options Conference Resource Kit 

– Papers on Nuclear Energy 

– The Canadian-Pacific Rim Nuclear Connection: A Threat to Peace and the Global Environment 

– Report from Doug Anguish, MP the Battlefords-Meadow Lake, June 29, 1984 

– Energy Fact Sheets No. 1-8, Washington, D.C.: Nuclear Information and Resource Service 

95. Christian Faith in a Nuclear Age, Consultation with Moderators and Secretaries, Tofield, AB, January 18, 1984 

96. Case Study II: “Saying No, and Being Heard” re Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. plan to build a nuclear refinery at Warman, Saskatchewan. 

97. Bartel, Robert, MCCS Study: Discerning Involvement with Native People, April 30, 1991 

98. Ewert, H.H., Die Mennoniten, Gretna, Manitoba, 1933 

99. Wuschke, Ewald, An Overview of German Migrations in Central Europe, lecture given at Wandering Volhynians Genealogical & Cultural Conference for Germans from Poland & Volhynia and Their Descendants, July 25-26, 1998 

100. Prairie Mennonite History 

101. Narrative of the Experience of Thomas Reesor, published by Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario 

102. Friesen, Ted, The Many Faces of the Mennonite Church, 1987 

103. Frohe Botschaft Radioansprachen, 1977 

104. Hubert, Dave, Security: A Matter of Guns or a Matter of Friendship 

105. Shenk, David W., Multiplying Signs of the Kingdom, address at an assembly on Peace Church Evangelism, November, 1984 

106. Epp, Elsie M., Summoned for Jury Service: A Personal Response, June, 1984 

107. Redekop, John H., “No” re capital punishment, published in Faith Today, no date 

108. Klassen, A.J., The Bible in Congregational Peace Education, a working paper 

109. Diefenbaker, John, Against Capital Punishment, a speech given in the House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada, April 4, 1966 

110. Mennonite Central Committee Canada, Brief Submitted to the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, no date 

111. Towards a Policy of Calling and Ordination of Ministers in the Congregation and Conference, the Committee on the Ministry to the Ministers and Deacons Conference, Calgary, AB, July 7, 1979 

112. Janzen, Waldemar, Maintaining a Spirit of Unity in the Face of Current Diversities, no date 

113. Klippenstein, Lawrence, The Mennonites of Siberia (2,3,4) 

114. Bartsch, Franz, Lysanderhoeh, Saratow, 1906, Unser Auszug Nach  Mittle Asian, 1880 (Our Exodus to Central Asia, 1880). Translated into English by Agnes Ketler, Steinbach, MB, 1983 

115. Polle, Sig, Mennonite Worship and Spiritual Formation, 1992 

116. Inherited Diseases in Old Colony Mennonites 

– Jaworski, M.A. et al, Focus on Old Colony (Chortitza) Mennonites 

– Jaworski, M.A. et al, Unusual clustering of diseases in a Canadian Old Colony(Chortitza) Mennonite kindred and community, 1998 

– Jaworski, M.A., et al, Editors, Familial Aggregation of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus: Roots in Europe, Branches in North, Central and South America 

– Jaworski, M.A., et al, Genetic Conditions Among Canadian Mennonites  

– Bulletin of the Hereditary Diseases Program of Alberta, Vol. 6 No. 2, (1987)  

117.  Pauls, J.M., Devotional talks for the Evang. Study Conference in Goshen, Indiana, Aug., 1958 

Volume 2.2.5 Essays and Study Papers 

118. Resolution from Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church regarding Membership in Mennonite Church 

119. Schapansky, Henry, Mennonite Beliefs and Culture, January 30, 1998 

120. Neufeldt, Aldred H. Chair, Commission on Aging, Saskatoon, SK: MCC, 1974 

121. Klassen, D.D., The Speaking of Tongues and the Holy Spirit and The Charismatic Renewal Movement 

122. Metzler, Edgar, Report: A New Look at the Church & State Issue, Akron, PA: MCC, 1966 

123. Sider, Ronald J., Living the Kingdom in the late Twentieth Century, Schowalter Memorial Lecture 1986, Newton, Kansas: Faith and Life Press 

124. Calhoun, John B., Editor,  translated by H.K. Neerskov,  A Russian Martyr, Ivan Vasilyevich Moiseyev , Toronto, ON: Peter Popoff  [Moved to Pamphlets] 

125. Gerbrandt, H.J. “Introductory Comments towards a Discussion on Marital Counselling,” n.d. 

125. Bernie Wiebe, “Preparation for Marriage,” prepared for Canadian Conference Ministers, Deacons and  Laymen, July 5, 1969 

126. Baergen, E.H., How to Conduct Effective Meetings, 1981 

127. Harder, Helmut, Church Membership Reader 

128. Die biblische Begruendung des Diakonendienstes (Biblical Basis for the Ministry of the Deacon) n.d., author unknown.  This document was found with Bernhard W. Buhler’s things.  Bernhard Buhler (1907-1977) was deacon of Osler Mennonite Church from 1944 to 1977. 

129. McPhee, Arthur G., The Friendship Evangelism Handbook 

130. Conrad, Dr. Missionsfestpredigten, Im Reiche der Gnade, Band III, Heft 1, Dresden-A, 1906. C. Ludwig Ungelenk 

131. Epp, Frank H. Draft: Manual for the Writing of Congregational Histories, 1976 

131. Epp, F.H. Stories with Meaning: A Guide for the Writing of Congregational Histories, 1978 

132. Wiens, Delbert. New Wineskins for Old Wine; A Study of the Mennonite Brethren Church. Hillsboro, Kansas: Mennonite Brethren Publishing House, c1965 

133. Grimsrud, Tim, a faithful teacher in the church (John Howard Yoder), published in the Mennonite, March 3, 1998 

134. Schapansky, Henry. Mennonite Beliefs and Culture, January 30, 1988 

135. Schroeder, David. Homosexuality: A Study Paper on Biblical/Theological Considerations 

136. Wiebe, Victor G. The Friesen-Braun Trials. Presented at the MHSS Annual Meeting on 2 March 2019. 

137. Catechism Workbook, Board of Education and Publication, 62pp 

138. Pries, Edmund. Witnessing to Moral Issues in Larger Society, Workshop at Conference of Mennonites in Canada, Waterloo ’86 

139. Janzen, William. Do the Canadian Mennonite people have a future? Mennonite Reporter, Vol. 26, No. 12 (1996) 

140. Krause, Carl A. Die Suenderbank (The Sinner’s Bench) Folklore, Autumn 1999 

141. Unger, John. Children in the Church: Conversion, Nurture, Membership. An Anabaptist Understanding of the Biblical Teaching, January, 1988 

142. Fehr, John, “What is Truth?” 

143. Retzlaff, Bernhard. Studies in the Book of Acts, 1965 

144. Yoder, John Howard. Singleness in Ethical and Pastoral Perspective 

145. Janzen, William. Militarism and the Responses of Canadian Mennonites from the 1940s to the 1980s, 1986 

146. “And No One Shall Make Them Afraid” (Zeph. 3:12-13), A Mennonite Statement on Violence 

147. Schroeder, David. Missions and Service; Service and Missions 

148. Wiebe, Victor G. Saskatchewan Mennonite Bibliography, 1962-1995, Saskatoon, SK: Mennonite Historical Society of Saskatchewan, 1995 

149.  Articles re History of Mennonites in the Former Soviet Union 

150.  Doell, Leonard. Aboriginal-Mennonite Conference,  University of Winnipeg, October 2000 

151.  Janzen, William. The 1920s Migration of Old Colony Mennonites from the Hague- Osler Area to Mexico. March 2006 

152.  Krause, Carl A. Before the Settlers Came to Township 43. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, July, 1983 

153.  Epp, Jacob J. Historical Sketch of Our Mennonite People’s Trek From Russia to Canada and Early Developements in the New Land.  Foreword by Dora (Epp) Adrian, daughter of the author. 

154.  Beweisführung (Evidence). No author, place, publisher, or date indicated. Handwritten name “J.W. Nickel” on the front cover. 

155. Pulpit Committee Preparation Material, assembled 1983 

156.  Prairie Mennonite History, Part I-VIII, Appendix 

157.  Mennonite Privilegium, 1873; “Letter of Invitation” from John Lowe, representative of the Government of Canada 

158.  StarPhoenix Articles regarding Allen Warren Hansen [Louis Rudolph Antoine Barran] 1996-1998 

159.  Fehr, John. What is Truth 

160.  MCC Peace Office. Christian Zionism and Peace in the Holy Land, 2005 

         Mennonite Church USA. A Biblical-Theological Reflection on Israel, 2009 

161.  Schnitzler, R. Balthasar Hubmaier, His Life and Teachings. March 1964 

162.  Bast, Sister C. Origins of the Three Russian-German Colonies Around Kronau. PRISMA, Vol. 5, No. 2. Winter 1976 

163.  Clubb, Sally.  No More “The Quiet In the Land.” ARBOS, pp13-20, Nov.-Dec. 1965 

164.  Todd, David. A People’s Past. University of Toronto Magazine, pp18-23, Spring 1994 

165.  Nickel, J. W. The Canadian Conscientious Objector 

166.  Simons, Menno. Letter to a Sister. (1557) Decision, February 1971 

167.  Epp, Edgar W. “If You Would Be Perfect…” Matt. 19:21.  Sermon at Arnold M.B. Church, B.C., January 19, 1986 

168.  Ewert, Sherida. Collections and Materials Related to Saskatchewan. Mennonite Studies Project, CMBC, April 6, 1990 

169.  Neues christliches Vergissmeinnicht, siebzehnte auflage. Basel: Buchdruckerei Werer Niehm 

170.  Begrabnes brief from Abram Loewen, Gruenfeld, March 2, 1925. Translated into English by Esther Patkau, April 24, 2013. 

171.  Anne Frank in the World 1929-1945 

172.  Who Is a Mennonite? 

173.  Janzen, Bill.  Remembering the Hague-Osler Mennonite Migration to Mexico. Presented May 20, 2023 

174. The Schleitheim Confession 1527 

175. Kratz, Paul. L. Facing the Impact of Pluralism. Reprinted from the April, 1987 issue of The Sword and Trumpet, Harrisonburg, VA 

176.  Canadian Board of Colonization Liste der Immigranten, Rosthern, Sask., July 17th, 1940 

177.  Die Post, Nummer 26, 25. Juni (1963)  Drawings 

179.  Berg, Abram. Dietrich Heinrich Epp 1875-1955. Translation by George G. Epp

180. CBC News Release posted Nov. 3, 2019: Demolition of abandoned building in Ukraine uncovers dozens of Mennonite tombstones.