Finding Aid - Schools
MHSA Project Plan
Our intent is to assist long-distance and on-site researchers to use these yearbooks by developing indexes of the faculty, staff, directors and students listed and photographed (see CMBC 1955/56 example).
Until all the yearbooks are indexed, we can manually check and let you know if someone is listed/photographed.
Photograph Request
If you would like a copy of a photograph from our yearbook collection, we can prepare a tif and jpg for you ($10 fee applies) and send them to you by e-mail attachment. Or you can come to the MHSA and make your own photocopy or jpg/tif file ($.25). We can also assist you with making your own tif/jpg file ($5).
Volunteers Needed
To Index the Yearbooks - no experience needed, you do not need to live in Calgary.
Contact us to make a request, volunteer, or obtain more details.
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This finding aid will point researchers to about 150 Canadian Mennonite school yearbooks held in the MHSA Library collection. The base list of schools below and information about them was primarily constructed with information found on GAMEO, but supplemented with print sources.
While our mandate is to collect, preserve and provide access to documents and books of Alberta Mennonites and their ancestors, when records and books from other geographical areas are donated to us, we also preserve and provide access to them.
Why are we providing this specific finding aid? Because we have a substantial set of Mennonite school yearbooks. They contain photographs of thousands of Mennonites who studied in these schools. Thus they could contain a photo of your parent or grantparent. For a sample index to a yearbook see Canadian Mennonite Bible College, 1955/56.
Do contact us if you know of records and books that could be preserved for all Alberta Mennonite schools.
British Columbia
|
School Name |
Merger history |
Conference Affiliation/s |
Location |
Years in Operation |
Yearbooks in Collection |
| Bethel Bible Institute |
later part of Columbia Bible Institute, 1970 |
General Conference |
Couglan |
1939 |
Echoes of Bethel
1953, 1959, 1966, 1970 |
| Columbia Bible College/ Institute |
formed from Bethel Bible Institute and Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute |
Mennonite Brethren & General Conference |
Abbotsford |
1985 |
1990, 1996 |
| East Chilliwack Mennonite Brethren Bible School |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Chilliwack |
1947 |
|
| Elim Bible School |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Yarrow |
1930 |
|
| Greendale Bible Institute |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Sardis |
1938 |
|
| Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute/School |
later part of Columbia Bible Institute |
Mennonite Brethren |
Clearbrook |
1943-1970 |
|
| Mennonite Bible School |
|
General Conference |
Sardis or Yarrow |
1939 |
|
| Mennonite Educational Institute |
|
Inter-Mennonite |
Abbotsford |
1944- |
Evergreen
1965-1970 |
South Abbotsford Bible School
later Bethel Bible School |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Abbotsford |
1936-1941, 1943 |
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Yarrow Bible School
|
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Yarrow |
1935 |
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Alberta
| School Name |
Merger history |
Conference Affiliation/s |
Location |
Years in Operation |
Yearbooks in Collection |
| Alberta Mennonite High School |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Coaldale |
1946-1964 |
Quo Vadis
1953, 1954, 1956-1958, 1960 |
Bethesda Bible School |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Gem |
1933-mid 1900s |
|
Coaldale Bible School
(also known as Alberta Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute)
(possibly also known as Morning Star Bible School) |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Coaldale |
1929-1965 |
The Torchbearer
1956-1957, 1960-1963
Indexed: 1956, 1957, 1962, 1963 |
| Countess Bible School |
later part of Menno Bible Institute |
General Conference |
Countess |
1939->1940 |
|
Crowfoot Bible School |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Crowfoot |
1936-1937 |
|
La Glace Bible School |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
LaGlace |
1933-1947 |
|
| Menno Bible Institute |
|
General Conference |
Didsbury |
1937-1966 |
1962 |
Menno Simons Christian School |
|
Calgary Mennonite churches |
Calgary |
1983- |
1988, 1997 |
| Mennonite Bible School |
|
General Conference |
Coaldale |
1935- |
|
Mountain View Bible School/College |
|
United Missionary |
Didsbury |
1921 or 1926 - |
undated issue |
Rosemary Bible School |
|
General Conference |
Rosemary |
1932-1947 |
|
Springridge German Bible School |
|
General Conference |
Springridge |
1935->1940 |
|
Vauxhall Bible School |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Vauxhall |
1937-1943 |
|
Wembley Bible School
(also known as Hoffnungsfeld Bible School) |
|
General Conference |
Wembley |
1933->1940 |
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Manitoba
| School Name |
Merger history |
Conference Affiliation/s |
Location |
Years in Operation |
Yearbooks in Collection* |
Canadian Mennonite Bible College
|
later part of Canadian Mennonite University |
General Conference |
Winnipeg |
1947-1999 |
1950-1970, 1972, 1977-1978, 1980, 1988-1989, 1995-1996, 2000
Indexed: 1956 |
Canadian Mennonite University
|
formed from Canadian Mennonite Bible College, Mennonite Brethren Bible College & Menno Simons College |
Inter-Mennonite |
Winnipeg |
1999- |
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Concord College/Mennonite Brethren Bible College
|
later part of Canadian Mennonite University |
Mennonite Brethren |
|
1992-1999 |
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Elim Bible Institute/School/Christian Education Centre
|
|
Inter-Mennonite? |
Gretna & later Altona |
1929-1931, 1937-1963 , 1975-1988 |
Eilm Palme
1953, 1955, 1957, 1959-1960, 1962, 1964-1966
Indexed: 1964 |
Menno Simons College
|
formerly Mennonite Studies Centre of the University of Winnipeg? |
Mennonite Brethren |
Winnipeg |
????-1999 |
|
Mennonite Bible School
|
|
General Conference |
Winnipeg |
1934- |
|
Mennonite Brethren Bible College
|
later Concord College |
Mennonite Brethren |
|
1944-1992 |
Rainbow
1947-1949, 1951-1962, 1969
Indexed: 1948 |
| Mennonite Collegiate Institute |
|
|
|
|
1955, 1957, 1960, 1962-1966 |
Mennonitische Religionsschule
|
|
General Conference |
Winnipeg |
1932- |
|
Peniel Bible School
|
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Winkler |
1925- |
|
St. Elizabeth Bible School
|
|
General Conference |
St. Elizabeth |
1937- |
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Steinbach Bible College/Institute/Academy/School
|
|
Evangelical Mennonite Church, Chortita Mennonite Church, Evangelical Mennonite Mission Church, Christian Fellowship Church of Steinbach, Steijnbach Evangelical Mennonite Brethren |
Steinbach |
1931-1932, 1939 |
The Star
1970 |
| Winkler Bible School |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Winkler |
1925- |
1940 |
Winnipeg Bible School
|
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Winnipeg |
1930-1972 |
|
| Winnipeg German Bible School |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Winnipeg |
1929-1942 |
|
| Winnipeg Bible College/Institute/Training School ** |
|
|
Winnipeg |
1925 |
The King's Herald
1949, 1965 |
Saskatchewan
| School Name |
Merger history |
Conference Affiliation/s |
Location |
Years in Operation |
Yearbooks in Collection |
Aberdeen Bible School
|
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Aberdeen |
1934- |
|
| Bethany Bible College/School/Institute |
formed from Herbert Bible School |
Mennonite Brethren & Evangelical Mennonite Mission Church |
Hepburn |
1927- |
The Ray
1981-1982 |
Drake Bible School
|
|
General Conference |
Drake |
1939- |
|
Glenbush Bible School
|
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Glenbush |
1932- |
|
Herbert Bible School
|
later part of Bethany Bible Institute |
Mennonite Brethren |
Herbert |
1913-1919, 1921-1930, 1932-1957 |
|
Rosthern Bible School
|
|
General Conference |
Rosthern |
1932-1961 |
The Torch
1956, 1957 |
Rosthern Junior College
(formerly German-English Academy) |
|
General Conference |
Rosthern |
1905- |
Link
1951, 1955, 1957, 1961-1962, 1964-1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974-1980, 1983-1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1996
Indexed: 1971, 1972, 1974 |
Swift Current Bible School/ Institute
|
|
General Conference |
Swift Current |
1936-1996 |
Ambassador
1954-1955, 1962, 1965-1968, 1970-1971, 1973-1974, 1977-1981, 1984, 1989, 1992, 1994-1996 |
Swift Current Mennonite Brethren Bible School
|
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Swift Current |
1936- |
|
| Tabor Bible School/Dalmeny Bible School |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Dalmeny |
1928-1951, 1952-1954 |
Indexed: 1931 |
Ontario
| School Name |
Merger history |
Conference Affiliation/s |
Location |
Years in Operation |
Yearbooks in Collection |
Aylmer Bible School (Evangelical Mennonite Missionary Conference) located in Aylmer
|
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Aylmer |
19?? |
|
Eden Bible School
later known as Eden Christian College -ok |
Eden High School added, 1945
same as MBBI below? |
Mennonite Brethren |
Virgil |
1942-1955 |
|
| Eden Christian College -ok |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
Virgil |
1955- |
|
| Eden High School -ok |
|
Mennonite Brethren |
St. Catherines |
1987 |
|
Emmanuel Bible College-ok
|
|
United Missionary Church (later Evangelical Missionary Church) |
Stouffville/Kitchener |
1940- |
|
Leamington Bible School
|
|
General Conference |
Leamington |
1936- |
|
Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute
|
same as Eden Bible School above? |
Mennonite Brethren |
Virgil |
1938- |
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Ontario Mennonite Bible School/Winter Bible School
|
|
Mennonite Church |
Kitchener |
1907- |
|
United Mennonite Bible School
|
|
General Conference |
St. Catherines |
1950-1956 |
1954 |
Vineland Bible School
|
|
General Conference & Mennonite Brethren |
Vineland |
1936 or 1939- |
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Quebec
- Institut Biblique Laval (Mennonite Brethren) founded in in St-Laurent - ????
* Graduation year
** May not be Mennonite or may actually be Winnipeg German Bible College
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