|  The
D.F. Plett Historical Research Foundation,
Inc.is a not-for-profit 
private charity founded in
1996 by the late Delbert F. Plett, Q.C., of Steinbach, Manitoba.
It supports and promotes history research projects related
to the cultural background, the migration and settlement,
and descendant communities of the conservative Mennonites
who came to Manitoba from Imperial Russia in the 1870s.
Delbert F. Plett (1948-2004)
These groups included the Bergthaler (later Sommerfelder, Chortitzer,
West Reserve Bergthaler and Saskatchewan Bergthaler), Kleine
Gemeinde, Old Colony (or Reinlaender) and other church groups.
Today the descendants of these early immigrants to Canada
live in Canada (especially in Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta),
the United States (especially in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas),
Mexico, Belize, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. They have
also divided into numerous church congregations.
The
Plett Foundation is governed by
a Board of Directors that sets policy and is responsible for
the final decisions on grant requests. It meets twice a year
to evaluate applications and decide on the grants.
Board Members
- Chair: Royden Loewen, Steinbach,
Manitoba
- Vice-Chair: John J. Friesen,
Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Secretary Treasurer: Kennert
Giesbrecht, Mitchell, Manitoba
- Member: Ralph Friesen, Nelson,
British Columbia
- Member: Leonard Doell, Aberdeen,
Saskatchewan
- Member: Abe E. Rempel, Winkler,
Manitoba
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