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Inventory of the C. N. and Helen Hiebert Papers,
1919-1983
M66
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Title: C. N. and Helen Hiebert Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1919-1983
Record Group No: M66
Creator:
Hiebert, C. N. (Cornelius N.), 1881-1975
Hiebert, Helen, 1893-1983
Hiebert, Helen, 1893-1983
Extent: 3.3 linear ft.; 7 sound tape reels; 2 sound tape cassettes
Repository:
Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Fresno, Calif.).
Fresno, California
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], C. N. and Helen Hiebert Papers, M66, Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies, Fresno, Calif.
Cornelius N. Hiebert was born 24 March 1881 near Mountain Lake, Minnesota, to Nicholas C. and Mary Wiens Hiebert. He attended
public schools in Mountain Lake from 1888 until 1901 and in 1902 began work as a Bible colporteur and evangelist.
During 1921-1922 Hiebert attended the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. Shortly after completing his work there he and his wife
Tina moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he became the pastor of the North End Mennonite Brethren Church (today known as Elmwood
Mennonite Brethren Church). The Hieberts left the North End church in 1941 and he worked as an evangelist for several years
after that.
In 1942 Tina Hiebert died. The following year C. N. Hiebert married his late wife's sister, Helen Harms. She was born 24 May
1893 near Lehigh, Kansas, and was later a member of the Medford (Okla.) Mennonite Brethren Church. Helen attended Tabor College
in Hillsboro, Kansas, and taught school for twenty-six years after completing her studies there.
From 1948 to 1950 the Hieberts ministered in South America among Mennonite settlers there and from 1952 to 1954 as missionaries
to Germany under the Mennonite Brethren Board of Foreign Missions. Between overseas assignments and after their return from
Germany the Hieberts lived in Hillsboro, Kansas.
After his retirement from active ministry, the Hieberts moved to Reedley, California in about 1956. C. N. Hiebert died in
Reedley on 26 January 1975; Helen Hiebert died there on 2 March 1983.
Additional information about C. N. and Helen Hiebert may found in a book written by his daughter Esther Hiebert Horch entitled,
C. N. Hiebert Was My Father (Winnipeg: Board of Publications of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, 1979).
This record group contains sermon outline notes, class notes, autobiographical material, clippings, annotated Bibles, sound
tape reels and sound tape cassettes, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs and other material relating to C. N. and Helen Hiebert.
Organization and Arrangement of the Collection
This record group is organized into two subgroups:
Title: I. C. N. Hiebert Papers, 1919-1975;
Title: II. Helen Harms Hiebert Papers, 1948-1983.
Languages Appearing in the Collection
Some sermon outlines are in German Gothic script.