The Mennonite Historical Society of Canada is utilizing the resources of Mennonite universities in Canada to research and write an updated history book on the history of Mennonites in Canada from 1970-2020. They have invited Conrad Grebel University College (Grebel) Archivist-Librarian Laureen Harder-Gissing to co-author this book with Brian Froese, Read More
March 20, 2020 Volume 43 Issue 20 | When Mennonites migrated to hotter southern climates, there was a lot to learn. For generations previous, Mennonites had lived in more northern climates – lands that experienced warm but not hot summers, normally with enough rain, and winters with snow. When they Read More
March 6, 2020 Volume 43 Issue 19 | This photo depicts students and their teacher in front of the school house in the Santa Clara Colony, Mexico sometime in the 1920s. Changes to schooling requirements in Canada was the main reason for Mennonite migration south during this time period. Mennonites Read More
February 21, 2020 Volume 32 Issue 18 | Around 1922, Mexico extended to Sommerfelder migrants in their Privelgium some of the same offers made to Mennonite migrants to Paraguay: the protection of the law “for all time” and “complete liberty to leave this republic when it is deemed convenient.” This Read More
February 7, 2020 Volume 43 Issue 17 | This four-story home and its surrounding outbuildings, pictured in 1923, was the residence of D.S. Russek, a wealthy banker in Chihuahua, Mexico. His firm, David S. Russek and Company was a significant player in the efforts to sell land to Mennonites from Read More