MHSA Archival Description Record
Title and Physical Description
Mennonite Mutual Insurance fonds. -- 1936, 1960, 1971-1973. -- .25 cm of textual records
Administrative/Biographical History
The Mennonite Mutual Relief Insurance Company began as a domestic Christian relief program operated as a congregatinal cooperative. While incorporation under the Insurance and Societies acts were considered as early as 1942, formal organization only was established in 1953 when it determined to be independent of those two approaches and became accountable to the Vertreter Versammlungen instead. Each congregation provided a treasurer and two assistants to administer the program. It was finally incorporated in 1960 and established a permanent office in Calgary in 1973.
Custodial History
The records were collected by Mennonite Church Historian, Henry D. Goerzen and John H. Janzen
Scope & Content
The fonds consist of governance-related documents
Variations in Title Proper
Also known as Mennonite Mutual Insurance, Alberta Mutual Aid Society, and Alberta Mennonite Relief Society fonds.
Source of Supplied Title
Title based on the contents of the fonds
Source of Acquisition
The records were donated by Henry D. Goerzen and John H. Janzen to the MHSA in 2003 and 2007
Arrangement
According to date.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Finding Aids
See Files Inventory
Associated Materials
Associated records may be found in the Vertreter Versammlung fonds at the MHSA
Related Materials
For books related to the fonds, see:
- Bergen, John J., ed. (1991). Celebration of Service: History of MCC Alberta, 1965-1991. Calgary: Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta.
Accruals
Expected
Notes
Accession 2002.009, 2007.008
Last updated 16 Jul 2008 - Judith Rempel
Files Inventory
1 - 1 General Information and Regulations - 1936, 1960
1 - 2 Mennonite Mutual Relief Insurance Company Minutes - 1971-1973
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