MHSA Archival Description Record
Title and Physical Description
Namaka Mennonite Church fonds. 1937-1971. -- 3.5 cm of textual records
Administrative History
The Namaka Mennonite Church began services about 1925, and formally
organized in 1927. H. H. Willms and A.J. Wall are considered the founding
leaders of the group. The group included Mennonites from the village
of Landskrone in the Molotschna. These immigrants from Ukraine settled
on Namaka Farm, an 8 square mile tract of land, from a variety of places
and churches in the Soviet Union. The group worshipped together with
the Mennonite Brethren who built their own church in 1932-33, but were
organizationally associated with the General Conference church at Rosemary,
which sent a minister to Namaka once a month. Settlement in the area
declined as economic conditions improved and mobility increased.
Custodial History
The records were transferred to the Mennonite Church Alberta.
Scope & Content
The fonds consist of minutes, the congregational registry, and financial
records.
Source of Supplied Title
Title based on the contents of the fonds
Source of Acquisition
Gift by Mennonites Church Alberta through Henry Goerzen, MCA Archivist
Arrangement
According to date
Access Restrictions
Access to personal information in church registers & financial records
is subject to MHSA privacy policy
Finding Aids
See Files Inventory
Associated Materials
Associated records may be found at the Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies
Related Materials
For records related to the Namaka Mennonite Church fonds, see:
- Namaka Mennonite Brethren Church fonds, MHSA
- Goerzen, Henry D. (2000). Namaka, 1925-2000: Celebrating God's Faithfulness from Generation to Generation. Didsbury, AB: Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta
- Namaka Community Historical Committeer. (1993). Trails to Little Corner: Namaka & District - Blackfoot: West End, Cairnhill: East Side, Crowfoot, Elwood, Hammer Hill, Harwood, Namaka, Namaka Farm, Orange Valley: East Side in Alberta, Canada. Strathmore, AB: Namaka Community Historical Committee
Accruals
Not expected
Notes
Accession 2002.019
Language - German and English
Source: Namaka 1925-2000: Celebrating God's Faithfulness from Generation
to Generation by Henry D. Goerzen (MHSA Library)
Last updated 04 May 2010 - Judith Rempel
Files Inventory
1- 1 Kassenbuch - Carseland - Namaka - Strathmore - 1937-1971 [separated
to Vertical Files Box #3]
1- 2 Kontrolbuch - Carseland - Namaka - Strathmore - 1937-1971 [separated
to Vertical Files Box #3]
1- 3 Minutes - 1946-1971
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