Sara Dyck: Problems from the Past – Mennonite Heritage Archives

Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives – Episode 27

Sara presenting to classmates during a tour of the Mennonite Heritage Archives in 2024. Photo credit: Conrad Stoesz
Sara operating the book scanner with the 1685 ediiton of the Martyrs Mirror (full title - The Bloody Theater or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians who baptized only on confession of faith, and who suffered and died for the testimony of Jesus, their Saviour, from the time of Christ to the year A.D. 1660). Photo credit: Conrad Stoesz
An image from page 6 of the 1685 Martyrs Mirror depicting the stoning of Stephen, the first martyr, while Paul looks on while watching the coats of the perpetrators. One of the images Sara has scanned. MHA 706-10.

In this episode, host Dan Dyck continues a conversation with Sara Dyck that was started a few episodes back with the episode on Dr. Helen Martens, the first known Mennonite woman with a PhD. Sara discusses what pulled her to working at the archives, what she finds rewarding, and what the archives did when they became the unexpected recipients of 300 Amish romance novels.

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Podcast Series: Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives
Episode 27: Sara Dyck: Problems from the Past
Date: May 4, 2025
Host: Dan Dyck
Special guest: Sara Dyck
Published by The Mennonite Heritage Archives

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