Aleta Dennis

Title: Aleta Dennis slide collection

Classification scheme: Hist. Mss. 10.1.1

Date of creation: 1975

Physical description:  92 35mm slides ; col.

Administrative history: Amish recently immigrated from the United States to Ontario opened the first Amish parochial school in Canada in 1953.  In 1966, the Old Order Amish, Old Order Mennonites, Markham-Waterloo Mennonites, Beachy Amish and Orthodox Mennonites found common cause as Ontario moved to consolidate rural public schools.  When it became clear that small schools could not be retained, these groups together formed the Waterloo-Wellington-Perth Parochial Schools. Within this affiliated body, each group took primary responsibility for individual schools.

Custodial history: This collection of 35mm slides was prepared as an undergraduate class project. It consists of exterior shots of 20 Old Order Amish or Old Order Mennonite parochial schools. Many of the parochial school buildings are former rural public schools. A few have been purpose built by the Old Order Mennonite or Amish community. Also included are three pictures of an Amish Mennonite church and a map of the Wallenstein area schools.

Notes: Description created 1997 by Sam Steiner, and updated 2025 by Laureen Harder-Gissing
These slides are catalogued at the item level in the Mennonite Archival Information Database.

File list:

  1.     Winfield Parochial School, R.R. 2, Drayton (6 shots)
  2.     North Woolwich Parochial School, R.R. 1, Elmira (6 shots)
  3.     Macton Parochial School, R.R. 1, Wallenstein (2 shots)
  4.     Red Hill Section Parochial School, R.R. 3, Wallenstein (5 shots)
  5.     Aylmer East Amish Parochial School (5 shots)
  6.     Aylmer West Amish Parochial School (7 shots)
  7.     Beechvale Parochial School, R.R. #1, Linwood (5 shots)
  8.     Lindale Parochial School, R.R. 1, Linwood (6 shots)
  9.     East Dorking Parochial School, R.R. 1, Wallenstein (4 shots)
  10.     Goldstone Parochial School, R.R. 2, Alma (4 shots)
  11.     Maplewood Parochial School, R.R. 1, Mossley (2 shots)
  12.     Fourth Peel Parochial School, R.R. 2, Wallenstein (6 shots)
  13.     New Jerusalem Parochial School, R.R. 2, Elmira (6 shots)
  14.     Maplewood Parochial School, R.R. 2, Tavistock (3 shots)
  15.     Floradale Parochial School, R.R. 1, Elmira (6 shots)
  16.     Yatton Parochial School, R.R. 4, Elmira (6 shots)
  17.     Maple Grove Parochial School, R.R. 1, Wallenstein (3 shots)
  18.     Amish #2 School, R.R. 1, Newton (3 shots)
  19.     Poole West Amish Mennonite (Nafziger or Mornington) Church (3 shots)
  20.     Brookside Parochial School, R.R. 4, St. Marys (2 shots)
  21.     Clearview Parochial School, R.R. 4, Elmira (3 shots)
  22.     Map of Wallenstein district