Behind the Scenes at the Mennonite Heritage Archives

Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives – Episode 25

The Mennonite Heritage Archives contains over 6,500 boxes with approximately 600 linear metres of paper. This photo shows one section of shelving. The volume numbers are visible, and within each box are multiple files. Photo supplied by Graeme Unrau, 2025.
Archivist Conrad Stoesz holds a recently donated stereoscope, part of the Gerhard G. Loewen fonds. It accompanied 22 stereoscope slides, many of Einlage, a town that was submerged by the construction of a damn in 1927. Photo supplied by Graeme Unrau, 2025.
Stereoscope slide titled Fischer auf Eise unter der Brucke bei Einlage or Fishing on ice under the bridge near Einlage. Einlage was submerged when a damn was built downstream in 1927. MHA 770-16.

In this episode, host Dan Dyck is taken on a tour through the Mennonite Heritage Archives with archivist Conrad Stoesz to learn more about the day to day operations at the archives. Conrad also share some stories about the materials at the archives, how they came to be there, and some of the interesting ways that they have been accessed over time.

Learn more about the Gerhard G. Loewen fond here.

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Podcast Series: Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives
Episode 25: Behind the Scenes at the Mennonite Heritage Archives
Date: April 20, 2025
Host: Dan Dyck
Special guest: Conrad Stoesz
Published by The Mennonite Heritage Archives

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