September 22, 2015
Mennonite Archival Image Database
The Mennonite Archival Image Database (MAID), launched in March 2015 after two years of design and development, provides online access…
September 17, 2015
Harry Loewen, Inaugural Chair in Mennonite Studies Passes
Dr. Harry Loewen, died on Wednesday, September 16, in Kelowna, British Columbia, after a lengthy struggle with cancer. Born in…
August 21, 2015
Plett Foundation Grant Supports Mennonite History Conference
A grant from the Plett Foundation will help to support an upcoming history conference hosted by the Chair in Mennonite…
June 16, 2015
General Samuel McRoberts Photo Collection
In 2014, the Mennonite Heritage Centre received six photograph albums of 231 photos from the family of former New York…
June 16, 2015
New Website
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website! There are several additions to the site, but something…
December 19, 2014
Plett Foundation Christmas Hours
Please note that the Plett Foundation offices will be closed from December 24, 2014 to January 4, 2015 (inclusive). We…
December 19, 2014
2014 Issue of Preservings Released
The 2014 issue of Preservings has been released and should be arriving at subscribers’ doors just in time for reading over the Christmas…
November 28, 2014
Plett Foundation supports research exploring Mexican perceptions of Low German Mennonites
Rebecca Janzen, Assistant Professor of Spanish at Bluffton University in Ohio, is one of the most recent recipients of a…
September 14, 2014
Preservings 2013 Now Available Online
The 2013 issue of Preservings is now available as a free, full text PDF download on our website. Visit the Publications page to view…
September 12, 2014
Foundation Expands Fellowship Program
The Plett Fellowships offered by the Foundation have been expanded to include a Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Postdoctoral Fellowship complements the…
February 5, 2014
Indexing of “Die Mennonitische Rundschau” supported by the Plett Foundation
The Mennonitishe Rundschau (1878 to 2007) was a newspaper that served the Mennonite community in Canada, the United States, and Russia. For…
January 17, 2014
New book on Low German Mennonite Migration
Royden Loewen, Chair of Mennonite Studies has written a new book, Village Among Nations, which was launched in Winnipeg on December…