Classification scheme:
Hist.Mss.22.11
Title: Valleyview Mennonite Church Oral History Project [sound recording]
Date of Creation: 2002-2011
Physical Description: 22 compact discs; 5 cm of textual records
Administrative History: Valleyview Mennonite Church began services in 1953 and formally organized in 1962. Alvin Roth and Ralph Lebold were considered to be the founding leaders. The congregation established a voluntary service unit in 1966. Valleyview was affiliated with the Western Ontario Mennonite Conference from 1953-1988, and then became a congregation of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada.
Interviews were conducted for the congregation by Al Koop, Rudy Fast, Ken Drudge, Neil Froese, Grace Zehr, and Karl Bergen.
Custodial History: The discs were accessioned by the Mennonite Archives of Ontario in 2009 (Interviews 1-5) and 2015 (Interviews 6-20)
Scope and Content: The project asked interviewees for their reminiscences of Valleyview. Unless noted below, most interviews have been transcribed.
File list:
- Ralph and Eileen Lebold, 2003 (2 discs; 80 min.)
- Voluntary Service Group, 2002 (40 min.): Richard Bucher, Carol Bucher, Dorothy Hathaway, John Niche, Gladys Hurst-Schlegel, Dave Schlegel.
- Millard and Joyce Osborne, 2002 (38 min.)
- Alvin Roth, 2003 (66 min.)
- Linda Ressler, 2002 (43 min.)
- Mary Burkholder, 2010
- Jan Dolliver, 2010
- Carl Gingrich, 2008
- Glen Horst, Interview 1, undated; Interview 2, 2006
Note: Interview 2 is not transcribed - Clare and Marie Jantzi, 2008
- Gloria Janzen, 2008
- Erma Kropf, 2003
- Harold Peters-Franzen, 2007
- Madeline Roth, 2003
- Milt and Eva Schwartzentruber, 2006
- Valleyview group interview: Victor and Rebecca Fast, Erwin and Joan Schmidt, Henry and Ellie Boldt, Grace Zehr, Clare Jantzi, 2009
- Beulah (Wagler) Shepherd, 2006
- Doris Weber, 2011
- Grace Zehr, 2008
- Millard Osborne, 2010
Note: Interview not transcribed