In 1927, Johannes Dyck escaped from the former Soviet Union with his wife and nine children. Exit visas were difficult to obtain, and Mennonite emigrants such as the Dycks were not allowed to take large sums of money with them. This was a problem for Dyck, who had been a Read More

Untied Church minister dedicates memoir to Mennonite archivist. Gordon Toombs was deceived by the Canadian military when he tried to register as a conscientious objector (CO) during the Second World War. His recent book, L74298: Recollections of a Conscientious Objector in World War II, is dedicated to Conrad Stoesz, archivist Read More

Twenty-two Years of Volunteering. Ed Enns gets teary eyed when he talks about the journals of Adina Epp, a young Russian Mennonite woman teaching and studying in Germany. She was innocently caught up in the chaos of Germany in the midst of World War II. Enns, 93, a volunteer at Read More

This year Connie Wiebe retired after 27 years of service to the archival constituency. Many of you will have met and been helped by her rich background and experience. Her careful work, attention to detail, and her friendly attitude will be missed. We wish her all the best in retirement. As Read More

Kandis Friesen is an artist with Russian Mennonite heritage. While visiting the Mennonite Heritage Archives she came to a realization. In her Mennonite Historian article “The Thing That Holds,” Friesen declares that the archives “is a labyrinthine space, a dwelling for documents, a vulnerable and venerable vault; it is a Read More