Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives is a weekly radio show and podcast created by Conrad Stoesz, the archivist at the Mennonite Heritage Archives, with Dan Dyck and Caley Dyck, and the generous support of Golden West Radio and private donors. In fifteen-minute episodes, Dan Dyck explores the Mennonite experience through materials, interviews, and stories connected to the Mennonite Heritage Archives.
Starting November 3, 2024, the weekly episodes air on Golden West Radio 950, 1220 and 1250 AM on Sundays at 9:15 am CST.
This program is also supported by listeners like you. We welcome your gifts here, or by calling 204.560.1998.
Tales from the Archives Episodes
To listen to an episode, and view accompanying materials, click on it below.
2025
- Summer Rewind – An Introduction to the Mennonite Heritage Archives
- Episode 39 – North End Girls: Anna Thiessen and the Mary Martha Home
- Episode 38 – The Art of Marta Goertzen-Armin
- Episode 37 – Identity, GLAM, and Post-Its*
- Episode 36 – A Conversation with Author David Elias
- Episode 35 – Homecoming: 150 Years of Chortitz
- Episode 34 – Homecoming: 150 Years of Reinland – Rosengart
- Episode 33 – Maria Kroeker Neufeld: Letters Across a Divide
- Episode 32 – Tales of Land and Water: Indigenous-Mennonite Relations on the West Reserve
- Episode 31 – Isaiah Letkeman: Mennonite Game – Celebrity Edition
- Episode 30 – Murder in Old Altona: Part 2
- Episode 29 – Murder in Old Altona: Part 1
- Episode 28 – Helena F. Reimer: Nurse, Administrator, Adventurer
- Episode 27 – Sara Dyck: Problems from the Past
- Episode 26 – Mennonite Circle Games
- Episode 25 – Behind the Scenes at the Mennonite Heritage Archives
- Episode 24 – The Jacob Klaassen Diaries
- Episode 23 – Dr. Helen Martens: A Woman of Music
- Episode 22 – The Lasting Impact of the Trek to Central Asia
- Episode 21 – The Trek to Central Asia
- Episode 20 – Abraham B. Hiebert, Medicine by Correspondence
- Episode 19 – Johannes Klaassen: Cost of Conscience
- Episode 18 – The Adventures of ‘Big Bill’
- Episode 17 – Katharina Thiessen, Mennonite Midwife
- Episode 16 – Romancing Faspa
- Episode 15 – Flower Annie
- Episode 14 – Aunt Olly Part 2: The Woman Behind the Microphone
- Episode 13 – Aunt Olly Part 1: Children’s Party
- Episode 12 – The Mobility of Peter Dyck: A Story of Survival, Resilience, and Ingenuity
- Episode 11 – Ernie Hildebrand: From Pastor to Protestor
- Episode 10 – “Der Friedensfurst” (The Prince of Peace)
2024
- Episode 9 – The Brommtopp
- Episode 8 – Gerhard Ens: The First Christmas in Canada, 1875
- Episode 7 – K.H. Neufeld: The Wandering Conductor
- Episode 6 – Anganetha Wiebe: Letters from the Soviet Union
- Episode 5 – Filmmaker Dale Hildebrand
- Episode 4 – The Steinbach Pietenpol Airplane
- Episode 3 – Klaas Brandt and the Shoal Lake Aqueduct
- Episode 2 – Prosperity Ever – Depression Never: Steinbach in the 1930s
- Episode 1 – An Introduction to the Mennonite Heritage Archives
Now available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify