The collection includes Curriculum Vitae (Box 1); Correspondence (Boxes 2-19); Friedmann Manuscripts 1905-1970 (Boxes 20-29); Research Notes (Boxes 30-34); Anabaptist Mennonite Historical Docuents (Boxes 35-45); Manuscripts of Others (Boxes 46-52); Organizational Materials (Box 53); Artifacts (Boxes 54-58); Classroom Lecture Notes (Boxes 59-62); Personalia Cards, Clippings, Travel (Boxes 63-66); John Friedmann Materials (Box 67); Betty Friedmann Materials (Box 68); Robert Friedmann Book Collection (Boxes 69-81); Duplicate Materials (Boxes 82-84).

Abraham Toews will?, 1877

Hutterite historical account of the group at Vishenka by a Peter Neufeld, 1866

financial record books, possibly of Bethel church, 1909-1925

poems by Peter T. Neufeld

German sermons 1850s-1890s and undated, authors not given, but some probably by Heinrich Neufeld and Heinrich Toews

catechism booklet 1880

Isaac Peters "Vortrag bei einer Lehrerwahl" Marienthal, no date

Isaac Peters, "Etwas über den Zweck der Form u. die Bedeutung der christlichen Wassertaufe," no date

Heinrich Toews diary

Bethel Jugend-Verein speeches and correspondence by Peter T. Neufeld

This collection consists of research files assembled by Jeffrey L. Longhofer in writing his 1993 article "All things in common? The contingent nature of communalism among the Hutterites." Journal of Mennonite Studies (Canada), 11, 174-193.  The files include legal documents, photocopied newspaper articles, and other assorted materials relating to the Kleinsasser / Lakeside Colony controversy among the Schmiedeleut colonies of Manitoba.

This series contains the author’s research for her dissertation on Hutterite songs and their aural transmissions, as well as her later revisions so that the paper could be published in book format. She recorded and transcribed Hutterite melodies, then traced the origins of those melodies and established connections to both religious and secular music from the medieval period to the sixteenth century. The records consist of notes, photocopies of outside sources, handwritten sheet music, and audio recordings on Reel to Reel Tapes.

This fonds consists of travel documents, materials related to Peter's education and his time as a teacher at the Standoff Hutterite Colony, Alberta, family genealogical records, financial accounts, and photographs.