Mennonites and Anabaptists are being called upon to share their experiences of 2020 as part of a groundbreaking storytelling project. Anabaptist History Today is the first large-scale, collaborative digital project of its kind in the Anabaptist community, and includes 16 partner organizations from across North America. It relies on crowd-sourcing to Read More

The effects of COVID-19 have been wide and far reaching.  The pandemic has significantly affected the archives but in perhaps surprising ways. In early March things were operating normally but with a heightened awareness of the changing nature of our understanding of the virus and its potential impact until the Read More

September 11, 2020. The Mennonite Heritage Archives (MHA) in Winnipeg is calling on Mennonites and Anabaptists to share their experiences during the remarkable historical, biological and social events of 2020 as part of Anabaptist History Today (AHT), a groundbreaking collaborative storytelling project. The MHA is a partner in the project led Read More

A new book available for purchase at MHA. On Thursday, July 23, 2020 the Mennonite Historical Arts Committee launched the book Mennonite Village Photography: Views from Manitoba, 1890-1940. In attendance was Mennonite Heritage Archives (MHA) archivist Conrad Stoesz. Stoesz co-authored the book and spoke at the event. Many of the original photographs in Read More

A Mennonite man escapes an ambush during the California Gold Rush because he had a fast horse. We know his story because he left behind a set of diaries.  Another Mennonite stuffs his child’s doll with British and American currency, and smuggles it out of Russia in 1927. When his whole Read More