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Mennonite Heritage Centre news
Staffing Update
The Resources Commission of Mennonite Church Canada on June 12th announced the appointment of Alf Redekopp as Mennonite Heritage Centre Director, a transition from the interim position he held since November 1999. In addition to working at the Mennonite Heritage Centre on a part-time basis since 1994, Alf worked at the Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies as archivist since 1987.
The Mennonite Heritage Centre is also please to announce that Conrad Stoesz has been appointed as half-time archivist, also a transition from the interim position held since January.
Connie Wiebe, Archives secretary, will be working the equivalent of three days a week spread over four days, as she adds additional responsiblities at the Canadian Mennonite University Bookstore from September to April.
Guide to Holding On the Web
Since the end of August the description of approximately 60 fonds or collections including the detailed file lists have been accessible as MS Word files to be downloaded from the MHC Web site. The description of each collection includes the following key elements of description: title, dates of creation, physical extent of the material, a biographical sketch or an administrative history of the creator of the records and a description of the scope and content of the collection. There are also often other notes about the history of the collection, when and who donated it and if there are any restriction with regards to access or use.
The web site is still very much in the process of being developed. Only a small portion of our holdings are described at our website. We plan to add many more in the future. We will continue to add to our site items which describe our holdings so that people can know of the magnitude of our historical resources. It is also hoped that researchers will be able to much better prepare for research visits and make the most of the time spent at the Centre.
Keep checking our website periodically for new additions. The address is: www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/archives/.
Grants Received
The Mennonite Heritage Centre is very grateful for every financial contribution it receives. Financial assistance has been received this year in the amount of $1,786 from the Government of Canada through the National Archives of Canada and the Canadian Council of Archives for some additional shelving and archival supplies for storing photographs. Two other federal government programs, Summer Career Placement and Young Canada Works granted a total of almost $6,000 to hire summer students to work as archival assistants. All of these projects were performed on a cost-shared basis.
Financial assistance in the amount of $5,000 was received from Mennonite Foundation of Canada toward the writing of the David Toews Biography.
For the operation of the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery we thank and acknowledge the Vine and Branch Foundation, the P.W. Enns Family Foundation, the DeFehr Foundation, Palliser Furniture Limited, the Winnipeg Foundation and individual supporters.
Funds Needed to Manage the Memory
The mission of the Heritage Centre could be described using the image of managing memory. We do this by collecting, arranging and preserving the resources of lasting historical value, by interpreting our story and by proclaiming God’s work among us. There is a lot of memory to manage.
If we made one stack out of all the papers in the archives vault, it would be as high as the CN Tower. Our goal is to make it useful to the church and others seeking to understand the past in order to inspire greater faithfulness in the present and vision for the future.
You can contribute beyond your subscription to the Mennonite Historian. We need to receive $26,000 by January 31, 2001. Your gift of $100, $200, $500, $,1000 or $5,000 is needed.
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