Conference of the United Mennonite Churches of Ontario

Title: Conference of the United Mennonite Churches of Ontario fonds

Dates of creation: 1925-1988

Custodial history: Received directly from the Conference and from various individual officers from time to time.

Physical description: 3.73 m of textual material
Note: Further accruals are expected

Note: Additional materials on microfilm (Hist.Mss.11.4)

File list:

Series 1: Printed materials    

1.    Yearbooks, 1947-1987
Note: Located in the Milton Good Library

2.    Annual Reports, 1925, 1932, 1945-1946, 1950-1951, 1953, 1957-1958, 1960-1983, 1985

3.    Other
1. Senior choirs of the United Mennonite Churches of Ontario song festival program, 1968
2. Gemeindeblatt der Vereinigen Mennoniten Gemeinden in Ontario, Dec 1945, Jan 1946, Mar 1946, Jun 1946, Dec 1946
 

Series 2: Executive Council or Committee

1. Officers records
1.    Chair
2.    Secretary
Scope and content: Executive committee minutes, 1964-1979, 1981-1987; Executive committee correspondence, 1964-1967, 1973-1978, 1982-1986.
3. Treasurer
1. Mennonite Provincial Relief Committee of Ontario account books, 1937-1944
2-4. Mennonite Provincial Relief Committee of Ontario correspondence, 1948-1955
5. Conference account books, 1949-1955

2: Ministers and Deacons meetings
Scope and content: Minutes, 1929, 1932-1976; correspondence, 1967, 1969-1976; Meditations and discussion papers

3. Conference Minister, miscellaneous, 1985-1987

Series 3:  Finance committee

Series 4: Education council

1. Educational Institutions
1.    United Mennonite Educational Institute (UMEI)
Scope and content: Constitutions; Minutes of the Schulverein der Vereinigten Mennoniten von Ontario, 1946-1949, 1958, Jan 1962, 1965-1966; Miscellaneous printed materials
Custodial history: Includes items from the files of J.J. Wichert.
2.    Other
1. Lehrerkonferenz der deutschen Schulen in den Mennonitengemeinden Ontarios, 1958, 1963-1964
2. United Mennonite Bible School catalogue, 1952/1953
Note: UMBS (St. Catharines, Ontario) yearbooks are located in the Milton Good Library

2.    Silver Lake Mennonite Camp annual reports and brochures

1. By-Law, Mar 1968
2. Annual reports and meeting minutes
   1962 (reports only), 1963 (minutes only), 1964 (minutes only), 1965 (minutes only), 1966-1969, 1972, 1974 (reports only), 1975 (reports only), 1981 (minutes only), 1982-1983, 1984 (reports only), 1999 (reports only)
3. Board and executive minutes, 1963-1970, 1972-1974, 1982-1984 (incomplete)
4. Newsletters, [19--], Sept 1964, 1968, May-June 1969, 1974, Mar 1975, Summer 1975, [1976?], Feb 1977, Jun 1977
   Note: Includes some issues of The Woodbox, and untitled newsletters.  
5. Brochures (various), [19--], 1964, 1969, 1970-1971, 1975-1977, 1982-1984, 1990, 1992, 1999
6. Manuals and resources
   “A Guide to Trees: A Camper’s Guide to the Identification of Trees in the Silver Lake Area,” Henry W. Epp, [196-?]
   “Frontiers” checklist, [196-?]
   Bible scavenger hunt, 1963
   “Living and Learning in God’s World,” Canadian Council of Churches, 1964.
   Schedules, 1964
   Silver Lake Mennonite Camp resource manual, 1964, 1972
   “A Resource Manual for Retreat Planning,” Committee on Retreat Experiences, 1975
   “Nature hymn”
7. Correspondence (miscellaneous)
8. Counsellor patch

3.    Sonntagschul Konvention = Sunday School Convention, 1930, 1932-1937, 1939-1950, 1952-1967, 1974-1975
Custodial history: Includes items from the files of J.J. Wichert.

4.    Yearbook committee correspondence, 1972-1974

5.    Education Council minutes and correspondence, 1965-1970, 1978-1987

Series 5: Missions Committee

1.    Minutes and Correspondence
Bericht ueber den Plan von der Sommerschule [19--]
Minutes of the Home Missions Committee, 30 Jul 1942, 30 Sept 1942
Minutes and correspondence, 1960
Minutes of the Mission and Service Committee, 1975-1988

2.    Ontario Women in Mission records, 1946-1996

Series 6: Peace and Service Committee

Series 7: Homes for the Aged

1. Leamington Mennonite Home

2. United Mennonite Home for the Aged (Vineland, Ontario)

Series 8: Ontario Mennonite Youth

Volume 1
1. 1964-1967 (Herman Enns files)
2. 1971 (Herman Enns files)
3. 1973-1974 (Herman Enns files)
4. Financial Records, 1982-1983
5. Financial Records, 1984
6. Financial Records, 1985-1986
7. Financial Records, 1987
8. Records, 1960-1963 Custodial history: From the files of J.J. Wichert.
Volume 2
This volume spans the years 1980-1988.

Series 9: Personnel committee

Series 10: Student services