Conference of the United Mennonite Churches of Ontario

Classification scheme:

XIII-1

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

Yearbooks, 1947-1987
Note: Located in the Milton Good Library
Annual Reports, 1925, 1932, 1945-1946, 1950-1951, 1953, 1957-1958, 1960-1983, 1985
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

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. Mennonite Provincial Relief Committee of Ontario correspondence, 1948-1955
  3. Mennonite Provincial Relief Committee of Ontario correspondence, 1948-1955
  4. Mennonite Provincial Relief Committee of Ontario correspondence, 1948-1955
  5. Conference account books, 1949-1955
Ministers and Deacons meetings
Scope and content: Minutes, 1929, 1932-1976; correspondence, 1967, 1969-1976; Meditations and discussion papers
Conference Minister, miscellaneous, 1985-1987

Series 3: Finance committee

Series 4: Education council

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
Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
1. By-Law, 1961, 1967 (proposed constitution), Mar. 1968, 1974 (constitution), 1980 (constitution)
2. Annual reports and meeting minutes, 1962-1988, 1999
  Note: See also United Mennonite conference Jahrbuch.
3. Board and executive minutes, 1961-1987
4. Newsletters
  Note: Includes some issues of The Woodbox, and untitled newsletters.
5. Brochures, [19--], 1961-1999 (incomplete)
6. Manuals and resources
7. Correspondence, [19--], 1961-1982, 1987-1988, 2000, 2018
  Note: Correspondence after 1982 is incomplete.
8. Counsellor patch
9. Historical notes and presentations
10. Camp songs
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.
Yearbook committee correspondence, 1972-1974
Education Council minutes and correspondence, 1965-1970, 1978-1987

Series 5: Missions Committee

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
Ontario Women in Mission records, 1946-1996

Series 6: Peace and Service Committee

Series 7: Homes for the Aged

Leamington Mennonite Home
United Mennonite Home for the Aged (Vineland, Ontario)

Series 8: Ontario Mennonite Youth

Volume 1

1964-1967 (Herman Enns files)
1971 (Herman Enns files)
1973-1974 (Herman Enns files)
Financial Records, 1982-1983
Financial Records, 1984
Financial Records, 1985-1986
Financial Records, 1987
Records, 1960-1963 Custodial history: From the files of J.J. Wichert.

Volume 2

This volume spans the years 1980-1988.