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| Document | Stitching for Pretty - Mennonite Embroidered Towels | Mennonite women living in 19th century Waterloo County were expert "plain sewers" long before they were into their teens. While this meant that most of their sewing used fairly simple methods, some exceptions were made. |
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Alisa McClurg | 2009-05-21 11:15:17 | |
| Location | 2 Cross St., Elmira, ON N3B 2S4 | Location of Gale Presbyterian Church | 2009-03-12 16:39:39 | |||
| Photo | PES-sl1191-r2-neg14 | Cross |
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2009-03-13 15:29:57 | ||
| Photo | PES-sl1191-r2-neg15 | Cross by barn |
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2009-03-13 15:29:57 | ||
| Photo | PES-sl106-r5-neg36a | White cat crossing road |
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2009-01-08 13:33:41 | ||
| Photo | PES-sl1192-r5-neg35 | Statues in cemetary |
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2009-03-13 15:29:57 | ||
| Document | Ten Thousand Villages | With 50 Canadian stores, Ten Thousand Villages creates a market for traditional handicrafts, helping to preserve ancient traditions and cultures as well as to create income-generating opportunities for artisans and farmers around the world. | Alisa McClurg | 2009-05-19 18:41:30 | ||
| Document | A History of Mennonite Women and their Relief Efforts | Mennonite Women offer support to people in need by organizing Sewing Circles | Janelle Martin | 2009-04-21 11:41:59 | ||
| Photo | DH953 | Plowing with steel wheeled tractor |
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2009-01-08 13:33:39 | ||
| Photo | DH408 | Conrad Grebel College at night |
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2009-01-08 13:33:39 | ||
| Document | Mennonites and Milling in Waterloo Region | Sawmills and grist mills were some of the first structures built by the Mennonites settling in the area that would become Waterloo Region. | Alisa McClurg | 2009-05-27 15:14:33 | ||
| Photo | 984028146 | Mary Snyder Embroidered Towel |
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2009-05-20 01:25:36 | ||
| Photo | Old Bridge | The old bridge which was used while the GTR was still active still crosses the Conestoga River and the millrace |
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Janelle Martin | 2009-09-24 11:50:54 | |
| Document | Menno Singers | The Menno Singers, now in their sixth decade, describe their vision as being "a mixed voice choir rooted within the Mennonite tradition and dedicated to musical excellence." | Janelle Martin | 2009-04-28 15:45:16 | ||
| Photo | PES-sl748-r2-neg33 | Horse and rider crossing water |
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2009-01-08 13:33:41 | ||
| Photo | PES-sl748-r4-neg35 | Horse and rider crossing water |
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2009-01-08 13:33:41 | ||
| Photo | PES-sl748-r5-neg30 | Horse and rider crossing water |
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2009-01-08 13:33:41 | ||
| Photo | PES-sl748-r5-neg31 | Horse and rider crossing water |
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2009-01-08 13:33:41 | ||
| Photo | PES-sl784-r4-neg6 | Horses and wagon crossing bridge |
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2009-01-08 13:33:40 | ||
| Photo | DH1988-7.2 | Crossing Conestoga Creek in Pennsylvania |
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2009-01-08 13:33:40 | ||
| Document | Melissa Unger Wilkins on the Ice Jams | Reminiscences on the spring ice-breakups on the Grand River | Janelle Martin | 2009-09-24 13:58:14 | ||
| Photo | Embroidered towel with wool work | Berlin wool work inspired towel |
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2009-05-25 22:55:10 | ||
| Document | Mennonite women's groups in Waterloo Region: pioneer leaders for more than a century | The Women's Mission and Service Commission formally started in 1971, but is rooted in a long history of women's volunteerism in the Mennonite community. | Alisa McClurg | 2009-05-21 17:08:07 | ||
| Photo | 984028144 | Catharina Martin Embroidered Towel JSH |
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2009-05-20 01:25:36 | ||
| Photo | 984028144f | Catharina Martin Embroidered Towel JSH (detail) |
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2009-05-20 01:25:36 | ||
| Object | BH297 | square comforter |
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2009-05-20 01:22:34 | ||
| Object | BH298 | square comforter |
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2009-05-20 01:22:34 | ||
| Object | BH299 | square comforter |
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2009-05-20 01:22:34 | ||
| Object | BH300 | square comforter |
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2009-05-20 01:22:34 | ||
| Document | From Forest to City | The history of Mennonite migration to, and settlement in Kitchener and the surrounding area as chronicled by Ruth Cressman is summarized in this article. | Janelle Martin | 2009-05-11 17:29:54 | ||
| Photo | PES-sl56-r6-neg15 | Dog crossing horses |
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2009-01-08 13:33:41 | ||
| Photo | PES-sl999-r6-neg14 | Horse and buggy crossing water |
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2009-01-08 13:33:40 | ||
| Document | Advanced: ENG1D: Narrative Paragraph, Lesson | Lesson for the grade 9 applied geography classroom on writing narrative paragraphs. | adrienne Montgomerie | 2009-10-15 14:04:40 | ||
| Document | Women's Sewing Aids College | Thirty Mennonite women sewed 106 bedspreads for Conrad Grebel College. |
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Janelle Martin | 2010-01-24 13:19:57 | |
| Photo | Peter T. Barkman Flour Mill ca 1931 photo 5 of 5 | The aftermath of the fire ca 1931 |
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Audrey Toews | 2010-01-14 23:23:54 | |
| Photo | Anna H.W. Reimer 1886-1958 | Daughter of H.W. and Anna Reimer, pioneer merchants in Steinbach |
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Arthur Kroeker | 2009-11-23 10:48:28 | |
| Building | 172 King Street South, Waterloo | 172 King Street South, Waterloo |
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Janelle Martin | 2009-10-19 13:12:25 | |
| Document | The Millrace Landscape | In 1850 Jacob C Snider built the first flourmill as well as a sawmill, woolen mill and a dam. |
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Janelle Martin | 2009-10-01 14:32:16 | |
| Document | Lamb's Inn | A short history of Lamb's Inn, Blair, ON. | Janelle Martin | 2009-09-28 17:22:02 | ||
| Photo | Grand Trunk Railroad Bridge | The old bridge is no longer in use, although it still stands. |
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Janelle Martin | 2009-09-23 17:35:14 | |
| Document | An Erb Street Mennonite Church Historical Sketch: 1830s - 1960s | Despite tracing its roots to the more conservative David Eby congregation, the Waterloo/Erb Street Mennonite Church would become surprisingly modernized with Sunday schools and evangelistic meetings. | Alisa McClurg | 2009-05-27 16:29:31 | ||
| Photo | William Snider Milling | Abraham Erb's original 1816 mill in Waterloo had been much expanded by the time this photo was taken sometime between 1915 and 1925. |
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Alisa McClurg | 2009-05-26 17:04:49 | |
| Document | Music Culture Trip through Conrad Grebel | Seventeen Conrad Grebel University College students traveled to Durban, South Africa on a 19-day music culture trip, for which the students were able to receive either Music or Peace and Conflict Studies credit. | Alisa McClurg | 2009-05-25 15:31:55 | ||
| Document | The Trail of the Conestoga: A Novel | Mabel Dunham's novel, ''The Trail of the Conestoga'', depicts life for Mennonites in the early 1800s. | Alisa McClurg | 2009-05-21 15:15:30 | ||
| Document | St. Agatha Mennonite Church: 1885 - present | St. Agatha Mennonite Church, built in 1885, would originally start by alternating services between their building and the Steinmann meetinghouse built west of Baden. | Alisa McClurg | 2009-05-21 13:37:31 | ||
| Document | The Effect of Planning on Waterloo Region's Mennonite Population | A case is made as to the importance of planning to accommodate Waterloo Region's Mennonite population and some ways that this can be done. | Alisa McClurg | 2009-05-21 10:43:04 | ||
| Object | BH113 | linen runner |
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| Object | BH263 | brown blanket in cradle |
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| Object | BH280 | log cabin quilt |
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| Object | BH281 | log cabin quilt |
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