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• Conference of Mennonites in Canada - General Board - Annual conference sessions
  
  
  Retrieval numbers: Volume 525, 542, 3138, 3189, 3750
  
  Title: A.01 Annual conference sessions
  Dates: 1903-1983
  Extent: 26 cm of textual records

  Historical note

  Annual conferences occurred annually from 1903 onwards. The first ministers' conferences was held at the 1912 sessions and in a slightly altered form have continued up to the present with the successor organization, Mennonite Church Canada (2006).

  Scope and content note

  This sub-series contains the original handwritten minute books of the conference sessions for the years 1903 to 1942. Original minutes for the years 1943 to 1948 are not available, although published minutes exist in the CMC Yearbooks for the years 1928-1999. The minute books provide a handwritten copy of the constitution and summarize the papers presented and discussed at the annual sessions. The issues discussed were usually religious in nature although in some instances they had broader implications (e.g. the discussion on involvement in politics). The minutes also recorded all the resolutions approved during the sessions.

  Index terms

  Creators

• Conference of Mennonites in Canada - General Board - Annual conference sessions

  Adjunct descriptive data

  Finding aids

  Inventory file list available

  Related material in this repository

  MHC Photographs Collections: 1, 28, 52, 53, 99, 109, 146, 147, 155, 157, 170, 183, 298, 282, 300, 321, 323, 404, 405, 405, 428, 482, 484, 491, 492 ; MHC Audio reel to reel collections: 61, 62, 865, 866 ; MHC Audio cassettes collections: 5, 127-130, 477-478, 481-504, 509, 1289-1346, 1348, 1970-1972, 1998-1999 ; Some of the pre-1928 minutes and papers presented at these conferences were published in Der Mitarbeiter and for the years after 1950, minutes can be obtained in the CMC Yearbooks.

  Notes

  Physical description details

  Handwritten Gothic German for the minute books 1903-1942.

  Language

  Almost exclusively German until 1958 and almost exclusively English after 1967.

  Restrictions on access

  none

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  Inventory file list for CMC Series A.01. General Board: Annual Conference Sessions (1903-1983)

  Volumes 525, 542, 3138, 3189, 3750

  Volume 525
  CMC – General Board - Annual Conference Sessions (1903-1942)

  1. Minute Book of the Conference of Mennonites in Middle Canada (1903-1913)
  2. Minute Book of the Conference of Mennonites in Middle Canada (1914-1924)
  3. Minute Book of the Conference of Mennonites in Middle Canada (1925-1933)
  4. Minute Book of the General Conference of Mennonites in Canada (1935-1942)
  5. Minute Book of the Ministers Conference (CMC) (1928-1949)
  6. Financial “Cash Book” of the CYO-CMBC Chapel Fund (1955-1957)

  
  Volume 542
  Benjamin Ewert Collection (1916-1956)

  Subject

  CMC – General Board - Annual Sessions (1935-1954)

  1. a. Complete index of Benjamin Ewert Collection (Vol. 542-545, 1018) b. Two Lists of materials given to archives by B. Ewert (list 1956, 1957 1pp., list 3pp.)
  2. Correspondence to B. Ewert and miscellaneous correspondence (1916)
  3. Correspondence to and from B. Ewert including other correspondence, reports and newspaper clippings (1917)
  4. Correspondence to and from B. Ewert including other correspondence (1918)
  5. Correspondence to and from B. Ewert (1919)
  6. Abram Doerksen, Bishop, trust(fund), in Bank of Montreal, Altona (1917)
  7. Letters drafted by Western Canadian Mennonites and sent to R.B. Bennett, Director General National Service and sent to Robert Rogers (April 1917)
  8. List of Persons and amount donated to a Thank-offering (1917)
  9. Many variations on a CERTIFICATE re; status of being Mennonite, in war effort (191?)
  10. Miscellaneous reports on Peace, (1957) from Newton office, and Conscientious Objectors (1950)
  11. Notes and reports on General Conference, Berne, Indiana (August 20-27, 1948)
  12. Program, Minutes, and Reports from Mennonite World Conference (August 1948)
  13. Newspaper Clippings re; General Mennonite Conference, Brene Indiana (August 20-27, 1948)
  14. a. Circulars from: General Conference to Minister (1939) and Conference of Mennonites in Canada (1951) b. Reports written by B. Ewert on; General Conference (1933), Canadian Conference (1937, 194?, 1951-1954) c. Newspaper clippings related to unwritten conference articles (1930-1956)
  15. Newspaper Clippings on Ministers Conferences, Canadian Mennonite Conferences, Bible Conferences Canadian Mennonite Bible College (1938-1956)
  16. Notebook on “Statistics on the Conference of Mennonites in Canada Churches” (1944-1949)
  17. A collection of Programs of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada (1935-1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1954)
  18. A collection of Programs of the Teacher conference (1949), Bible Conference (1948, 1953) Ministers Conference (1945-1949, 1953) Manitoba Provincial Conference (1952, 1954-1955)
  19. Articles, both published and unpublished on Mennonites and their history

  
  Volume 3138
  John P. Dyck Collection (1956-1983)

  Subject

  CMC – General Board - Annual Conference Sessions (1960-1983)

  1. Conference of Mennonites in Canada Agendas and Minutes (1960-1978)
  2. Conference of Mennonites in Canada Daily News Bulletins (1962-1983)
  3. Conference of Mennonites in Canada Notes (1974-1979)
  4. General Conference Session Notes (1956-1974)
  5. General Conference Notes and Minutes (1967)
  6. Mennonite World Conference Materials (1978)

  
  Volume 3189

  Subjects

  CMC – General Board – Annual Sessions (1965)

  CMC – General Board – Board of Finance (1964-1966)

  CMC – Resources Commission – Board of Education and Publication (1964)

  CMC – Resources Commission – Board of Missions (1964-1965)

  CMC – Resources Commission – Board of Christian Service (1966)

  CMC board member, Kay Martens files (1964-1966)

  1. Board of Education and Publication (1964)
  2. Board of Finance (1964-1965)
  3. Board of Missions (1964-1965)
  4. Reports to The 63rd Session of Conference of Mennonites in Canada (1965)
  5. Annual Report Board of Christian Service (1966)

  
  Volume 3750

  Subjects

  CMBC (1976-1977)

  CMC – General Board - Annual Sessions (1976-1977)

  CMC – General Board - General Board (1976-1979)

  CMC – General Board - Finance (1979)

  CMC - Resources Commission - Congregational Resources Board (1976-1980)

  CMC - Native Ministries (1976-1979)

  CMC - Auxiliary Organizations - Canadian Women in Mission (1976-1980)

  1. Minutes - Annual Session (1976-1977)
  2. Minutes - CMBC - (1976-1977)
  3. Minutes - Committee on Ministry (1976-1977)
  4. Minutes - Congregational Resources Board (1976-1980)
  5. Minutes - Congregational Residential Sub-Committees (1976-1979)
  6. Minutes - Council of Boards Plenary Session (1978)
  7. Minutes - Financial Committee (1979)
  8. Minutes - General Board (1976-1978)
  9. Minutes - Heritage Centre Building Committee (1977-1978)
  10. Minutes - Native Ministries Board (1976-1979)
  11. Minutes - Nominations Committee - Letters (1978-1979)
  12. Minutes - Program Committee (1977-1979)
  13. Minutes - Women in Mission (1976-1980)