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Photographs in the album are predominantly from Gordon Eby's time in the military, 1914-1919. Some photographs of family before and after the war are also included. Captions were probably composed and added by Anne Eby Millar, Gordon's daughter. The photographs and captions together narrate chronologically Gordon Eby's family of origin, his experience in the First World War with the 118th and 21st battalions as a signaler, the months spent in Germany at the end of the war as a translator, his marriage in 1921, and his growing family.

The album contains photographs of Cressman's time as a conscientious objector in Alternative Service in British Columbia from 1942-1943. Although primarily based at the Goldstream (Langford) camp, Cressman and the other COs sometimes worked in the local community or in other CO camps on Vancouver Island. Most of the men in the photographs are fellow COs from Ontario, along with a few staff of the British Columbia Forestry Service.

Four photos from different angles of the quilt auction with young women holding up the quilts & the auctioneer at work selling them. The audience is visible in one of the photos.

Six photos; people buying at the food booths inside the arena where cakes, cookies, cheese, apple butter, pie, cookbooks & summer sausage were sold. Two photos show closeups of the women selling cookies & jars of apple butter

This album contains photographs of Bowman's Mennonite Central Committee assignment in London, England, photographs of the wedding of MCC workers Peter Dyck and Elfrieda Klassen, and photographs of a wedding at the Wheathill Burderhof colony near Bridgenorth.

Two negatives from the family reunion of the members and descendents of the late Mr. and Mrs.David D. Klassen of Rosenfeld were used in the CM 3-29-4, namely that of a son, Mr. D. Klassen of Rosenfeld, aged 83 and Mrs. J. Klassen of Altona, aged 91, a widow of another son, J. Klassen. Three negatives show the whole group posing under the trees and two negatives show them gathered informally under the trees for a short program chaired by A. J. Klassen.The reunion was held at the farm of a grandson, D.J. Klassen, 3.5 miles west of Carman.

Photographs taken by Conrad Grebel University College at the 40th anniversary weekend celebrations, August 22-24, 2003.

Here are described a selection of photographs from the Clearwater Lake summer service photograph album.

The album consists of photographs taken or collected by Burkholder during his time in Alternative Service.

This file contains photographs of ancestors and descendants of Christian S. Bender and Annie (Kennel) Bender. Items 19-30 are from a photograph album compiled by Joseph Kennel, probably after his return to Canada, containing largely unidentified photographs of Kennel relatives from France, Germany and Algeria.

Colour slides taken in 1979 by Carl Zehr of four events: the Mennonite Relief Sale in New Hamburg, an auction at the Waterloo stockyards, a visit to the Wellesley Brand Apple Products processing plant, and a barn raising by Mennonite Disaster Service in Woodstock, Ontario.

The East Africa Revival began as an ecumenical, grass-roots Christian renewal movement in 1929. The movement emphasized a personal acceptance of Jesus Christ, and encouraged a Christ-centered life in community that broke down barriers of denomination, race, class and ethnicity. Women took significant leadership roles in the movement.

North American Mennonite missionaries returning from East Africa spoke of the influence of the revival on their lives, and sought to bring the same revival to North American Mennonites through itineration and fellowship conferences. In 1981, Simeon and Edna Hurst and Ron and Marjorie Lofthouse from Ontario attended an East Africa revival fellowship retreat in Minneapolis. They were inspired to bring a similar retreat to Ontario, forming the Canada East Fellowship Retreat. Photographs in this file are publicity images used in annual Canada East Fellowship Retreat brochures.

Photographs of the school and travel buses which had brought people to the relief sale.