The Archive and Library of the Swiss Mennonite Conference (ALCMS) carefully archives bibles, documents and other objects deposited at the Jeangui chapel witnessing to more than four centuries of Anabaptist history.

Jean Guy

The ALCMS are administrated by the Archive Committee, a working group of the Conference of Mennonites in Switzerland (CMS). It is composed of Michel Ummel (President, Les Reusilles), Christine Gyger (Cashier, La Tanne), Nicolas Gerber (Secretary, Sonceboz-Sombeval), Ernest Geiser (Tavannes), Marianne Gerber (Mont-Tramelan) and Nelly Gerber (Tramelan).

For a detailed history of the CMS Archive, please consult the Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in der Schweiz (an article on the ALCMS). 

Here’s also an introduction to the life and work of Samuel Henri Geiser (in French), one of the founder of the Archive.

You can support the ALCMS through the bank account:
Commission des Archives CMS
IBAN CH41 0624 0016 0362 6160 4
Bank: Clientis-CEC

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