©Mennonite Heritage Centre 2003
Last updated 28 February 2008
Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Title: Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1965-2007
Extent: 28 cm of textual records
Historical note
The Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite congregation began
after Mennonites first moved into the Plum Coulee area in the 1890s. In
1897 the Bergthaler Lehrdienst assigned two men to visit the families
in the area. By 1904 some worship services were held in the local
school building. From then until 1925 they met in various rented
facilities. Then, in 1925, they purchased the Baptist meeting house in
Plum Coulee. In the 1940s this building was expanded. The leaders of
the congregation were: Abram Bückert (1930-1950), Johann Hooge
(1911-1957), Jakob N. Hoeppner (1932-1935), Peter Dirks (1933-1934),
Franz Sawatzky (1936-1950), Johann Heinrichs (1938-1944), Peter Rempel
(1940, 1942), Bernhard Wiebe (1948-1967), D. Hildebrandt (1953-1957),
Lawrence Siemens (1968-1971), David Adrian (1972-1980), Harry Siemens
(1981), Ed Funk (1982-1988), Werner Janzen (1989-1993), Glen Siemens
(1994- ).
Scope and content note
This fonds consists of congregational bulletins (1965,
1966, 1969, 1973, 1976-1993, 1995-2000, 2002), congregational
correspondence (1949), financial records (1952, 1957, 1963),
congregational meeting minutes (1961, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977,
1984-1986, 1988, 1996), annual reports (1974, 1976, 1977, 1984-1986,
1988, 1996), congregational newsletters (1977).
Finding aids
Inventory file list available.
Notes
Language
Some German.
Restrictions on access
No restrictions on access.
Other notes
Textual records were regularly deposited by the congregation. Described by Bert Friesen 15 November 2001.
Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church fonds file list:
Volume 35
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1965)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1966)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1969)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1973)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1976)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1977)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1978)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1979)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1980)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1981)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church correspondence (1949),
financial records (1952, 1957, 1963), congregational meeting minutes
(1961, 1966, 1974, 1976, 1977), annual reports (1974, 1976, 1977),
congregational newsletters (1977)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1982)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1983)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1984)
Volume 2924
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church annual reports and congregational meeting minutes (1984)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins, annual reports, and congregational meeting minutes (1985)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins, Manitoba
Conference report, annual reports, and congregational meeting minutes
(1986)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1987)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins, annual reports, and congregational meeting minutes (1988)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1989)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1991)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1992)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1993)
Volume 4424
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1995)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins, annual reports, and congregational
meeting mintues (1996)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1997)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1998)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1999)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (2000)
- Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (2002)
Volume 2882
1. Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite
Church bulletins (2003)
2. Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite
Church bulletins (2004)
3. Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite
church bulletins (2005)
4. Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (2006)
5. Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (2007)
6. Plum Coulee Bergthaler Mennonite Church bulletins (1994); annual report book (1993)