Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives – Episode 73
Photo of Samuel McRoberts (January 1922 issue of Trust Companies magazine)
Today, we bring you the story of Samuel McRoberts, the American lawyer and banker whose deeply religious wife Harriet persuaded McRoberts to negotiate and facilitate a mass re-settlement of Canadian Mennonites to Paraguay in the 1920s. Did the hymns the Mennonite delegation sang for the McRoberts play a role in Samuel’s decision to help the Mennonites? You’ll have to tune in to find out!
To see the McRoberts photos, visit Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection – Mennonite Archival Information Database.
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Podcast Series: Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives
Episode 73: Samuel McRoberts and his Paraguay photo collection
Date: May 3, 2026
Host: Dan Dyck
Published by The Mennonite Heritage Archives