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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FAITH - menno smallpox Mennonite Heritage Archives Photo of Conrad Stoesz, Mennonite Heritage archivist, with microfiche and a printed copy from microfiche, of lists of Mennonite children innoculated against smallpox 200 years ago. Story: Mennonite archivist Conrad Stoesz uncovers 200 year-old of Mennonite children who were innoculated against smallpox in Russia under an initiative by Catherine the Great, demonstrating that history has some lessons for current vaccination situation. Brenda Suderman story. April 22, 2021