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. Each 15 minute episode 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 supported by listeners like you and Golden West Radio! We welcome your gifts here, or by calling 204.560.1998.
The Mennonite Heritage Archives is supported by Mennonite Church Canada, Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies, and Canadian Mennonite University.
Tales from the Archives Episodes
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2026
Episode 72 – Laureen Harder Gissing and the Mennonite Archives of Ontario
Episode 71 – Journey to Burns Lake
Episode 70 – Andrew Unger
Episode 69 – Tragedy at Vanderhoof
Episode 68 – David Bergen, novelist
Episode 67 – The Disappeared Beaver Lodge Mennonite Church
Episode 66 – Elmer Hildebrand (Part 2)
Episode 65 – Elmer Hildebrand (Part 1)
Episode 64 – Meet Historian Dr. Aileen Friesen (Part 2)
Episode 63 – Meet historian Dr. Aileen Friesen (Part 1)
Episode 62 – From Russia with Woe (Part 2)
Episode 61 – From Russia with Woe (Part 1)
Episode 60 – Trapped in Icy Waters
Episode 59 – The Life and Adventures of Jacob Hoemsen (Part 2)
Episode 58 – The Life and Adventures of Jacob Hoemsen (Part 1)
Episode 57 – Anna Thiessen, Nurse and Midwife in Paraguay
2025
REWIND – The Brommtopp
Episode 56 – First Christmas in Canada, 1926
Episode 55 – Festive Foods and Folkways from the Mennonite Tradition
Episode 54 – Patrick Friesen, Menno Colony, Paraguay
Episode 53 – The Cast-Off Child
Episode 52 – A Short History of House Barns with Roland Sawatsky
Episode 51 – Who was Nestor Makhno? (Part 3)
Episode 50 – Who was Nestor Makhno? (Part 2)
Episode 49 – Who Was Nestor Makhno? (Part 1)
Episode 48 – Smallpox and the Mennonite Experience
Episode 47 – Andrew Unger Part 2
Episode 46 – Andrew Unger Part 1
Episode 45 – First Harvest in Canada 1876
Episode 44 – Susana Miller
Episode 43 – Statistics and Scripture
Episode 42 – Change and Mennonite Migration among Latin American Mennonites
Episode 41 – Erin Koop Unger on Mennotoba
Episode 40 – Peter J. Klassen – Mennonite Heritage Archives
Summer Rewind – Tales of Land and Water: Indigenous-Mennonite Relations on the West Reserve
Summer Rewind – Flower Annie
Summer Rewind – Prosperity Ever – Depression Never: Steinbach in the 1930s
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
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