MHSA Archival Description Record
Title and Physical Description
Alberta Mennonite Youth Organization fonds. -- 1974-1984. -- 24 cm of
textual material. -- 19 negatives
Administrative History
The Alberta Mennonite Youth Organization (AMYO) was founded in 1944
as an auxiliary of the Mennonite Church Alberta (Then Conference of
Mennonites in Alberta), with the motto "A United Mennonite Youth
in Christ". The first following individuals made up the first executive:
Abe Koop (chairman), David Janzen (secretary-treasurer), and D.P. Neufeld
(member). Their activities focussed on Youth Leader (newsletter,
and later renamed Albera Mennonite Youth Organization Newsletter)
, summer vacation Bible school programming, a youth library, retreats,
and a radio program. For a time in the mid 1960s, the AMYO was responsible
for the provincial Song Festival (Sangerfest). Among the presidents
of the AMYO were: Joe Neufeld (1953-1956), Henry Rempel (1957-1960),
Walter Paetkau (1961-1962), Cornie Hildebrandt (1962-1963), Don Harder
& Herb Janzen (1963-1964), Arnold Bergen (1965-1968), Rudy Janzen
(1968-1969), Ed Dick (1969-1970), John Buhr (1971), Hartmut Janzen (1975).
In 1976, the MCA began to support the AMYO with a salaried youth worker,
starting with Judy Harder.
Custodial History
The records are an accumulation that were passed along from staff person
to staff person and transferred to the Mennonite Church Alberta.
Scope & Content
The fonds consists of three series: A) Music Events,
B) Other Events & Retreats, and C) Administration
& Communication.
Source of Supplied Title
Title based on the contents of the fonds
Source of Acquisition
Gift by Mennonite Church Alberta through Henry Goerzen, MCA Archivist,
July 2002.
Access Restrictions
None known
Finding Aids
See Series Inventory
Related Materials
For records related to Alberta Mennonite Youth Organization fonds, see
Mennonite Church Alberta fonds and The Mennonite Conference of Alberta:
A History of Its Churches and Institutions by C.L. Dick, 1980 (available
at MHSA Library).
Accruals
Expected
Notes
Accession No. 2002.006
Last Updated 10 Jan 2008 - Judith Rempel
Series
Inventory
A. Music Events. -- 1959-1984. --
5.5 cm. of textual records
These records consist of correspondence, notes, minutes, scoresheets,
etc. for the planning, preparation, judging, and correspondence regarding
musical events that the AMYO was actively involved in. Arranged by date.
Box 1
1 - 1 Songfest - 1959, 1963-1965
1 - 2 Songfest Financial Records - 1964-1966
1 - 3 Songfest - 1967-1981; predominant 1976-1981
1 - 4 Songfest - 1969
1 - 5 Music Festival - 1970-1972
1 - 6 Songfest - 1971
1 - 7 Songfest - 1975
1 - 8 Songfest - 1981- 1982
1 - 9 Songfest - 1982-1984
B. Other Events & Retreats. -- 1954-1972, predominant
1965-1972. -- 2 cm. of textual records
These records consist of correspondence, notes, minutes, etc. for
the planning, preparation, and delivery of non-music events of the AMYO.
Arranged by date.
Box 1
1 - 10 Leadership Clinic - 1961
1 - 11 Field Day - 1965-1966
1 - 12 Workshop - 1965-1966
1 - 13 Work a Day - 1966
1 - 14 AMYO Ball Tournament, Work Day, 1970-1971
1 - 15 Winter Sports Tournament - 1970-1971
1 - 16 Retreat - 1970-72
1 - 17 Field Day - 1970-72
1 - 18 Winter Tournament - 1970-1972
1 - 19 Retreat Registrations - 1954-1956 (see Vertical Files)
C. Administration & Communication. -- 1944-1981;
predominant 1950-1981. -- 16.5 cm of textual records. -- 19 negatives
These records consist of constitutions, minutes, newsletters, schedules,
programs of the AMYO. Arranged by date.
Box 1
1 - 20 Old Constitutions - 1954-1981
1 - 21 AMYO Minutes, Retreats, Newsletter - 1976-1977
1 - 22 AMYO Minutes, Retreats, Newsletter - 1977-1978
1 - 23 AMYO Newsletters, Minutes, Correspondence - 1978-1979
1 - 24 AMYO Minutes, Correspondence - 1979-1980
1 - 25 Schedules, Minutes, Correspondence - 1980-1981
1 - 26 Daily Vacation Bible School Reports, 1944 - ca.1957
1 - 27 AMYO Missions Material - 1969-1971
1 - 28 Directory, 1970-1972
1 - 29 Projects - 1971
1 - 30 Promotion - n.d.
Box 2
2 - 31 Surveys (2 files) - n.d.
2 - 32 Surveys and Questionnaires - 1966
2 - 33 Mennonite Youth Survey - 1981
2 - 34 Newsletter - 1957
2 - 35 Newsletter - 1959-1962
2 - 36 Newsletter - 1963-1964
2 - 37 Newsletter - 1963-1964
2 - 38 AMYO Newsletters, Minutes, Constitution - 1964-1966
2 - 39 Newsletters - 1965 - 1966
2 - 40 Newsletters - 1971-1979
2 - 41 Newsletter - 1982-1984
2 - 42 Swift Current Bible Institute - 1968-1981, predominant 1980-1981
2 - 43 Camp Valaqua - n.d.
2 - 44 Negatives - n.d. (separated to vertical files)
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