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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Family Documents Re-united in University Archives
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short article about a recent addition to the Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection in the Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library. A significant part of the donation is the birth- ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1807-1856Export options:German-Canadian Review: quarterly of the Canadian-German Society, Inc.
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A continuation of the quarterly "German- Review", published by the Canadian Society for German Relief in Manitoba. The format, place of publication and publisher all changed in 1956 when the Canadian ...Year of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1948-1956Export options:Guide to local history materials: Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library
Type: BookAbstract: Arranged in three sections: books held in the collection, books (and other sources) relating to Waterloo County available in the Genealogical Society Library of Utah, and archives. References to ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1830-1940Export options:Hervey M. Bowman, Ph.D.
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of the learned Berliner, who, after receiving his university education in Leipzig, Germany, returned to Canada to live. He was employed at one time by the Canadian Archives in ...Year of publication: 1931Historical Period: 1873-1931Export options:Jean Margaret Steckle, 1993 alumnus of honour
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of Jean Steckle's career in home economics and international development, quoted from her citation by the University of Guelph Alumni Association, with a note about her new role with the J ...Keywords: MennonitesWomenSteckle Jean Margaret (1929-2003)Steckle Susannah Chase (m. John)Steckle JohnUniversity of GuelphJ. Steckle Heritage HomesteadWaterloo CountyWilliamsburgYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1958-1993Export options:Narrative of a journey to Manitoba: together with an abstract of the Dominion Lands Act and an extract from the Government pamphlet on Manitoba
Type: BookAbstract: A government publication describing the journey made by Waterloo County native Jacob Y. Shantz to Manitoba, in order to help new Mennonite immigrants from Russia (Ukraine) settle in that province. ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesSettlementYear of publication: 1873Historical Period: 1870-1873Export options:Norman Hervey High: June 15, 1913- December 4, 1974
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical tribute to a Mennonite teacher, born in Lincoln and later the first Dean of Arts at the University of Waterloo.Year of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1913-1974Export options:Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo (CC#4513): University Avenue East, Waterloo City, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Cemetery transcriptions in five binders: sections A, B, C, miscellaneous, and a master index. A plan of the cemetery is included with a short introduction noting that the land had previously been the ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1966-1995Export options:Simple life Fretz: a kitchen table memoir of the first Mennonite sociologist
Type: BookAbstract:"The engaging life story of J. Winfield Fretz, the first Mennonite sociologist, told in his personable voice from childhood days on a Pennsylvania farm through the years as a student, professor, ...
Keywords: BiographyMennonitesSociologyYear of publication: 2016Export options:Staff changes
Type: Magazine ArticleAbstract:Pastoral transitions in Ontario Ken, left, and Dawne Driedger began as interim pastors at Preston and Wanner Mennonite churches, in November 2021, serving both congregations alongside Kyongjung ...
Keywords: ChristianityTheological schoolsReligious congregationsRetirement communitiesTheologyMaternity & paternity leavesOntario Bible CollegeChurches MennoniteYear of publication: 2022Export options: