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A collection of papers including correspondence reflecting Wilmer's interest in local history, Mennonite Church history and Christian hymnology. He wrote many hymn texts which are included.

Personal papers documenting debates in the Mennonite Church regarding the position of  homosexuals in congregations and ministry.  Includes personal and professional correspondence and records pertaining to the Welcome Committee, Connecting Families, and other Anabaptist and Christian organizations supporting the inclusion of gays and lesbians in Christian communities.

This collection contains the personal papers and records of Willis and Byrdalene Wyse Horst, who served as mission workers in the Argentine Chaco for 40 years. Materials include correspondence, historical background, scripture translation materials,  presentation materials, and early correspondence with Albert and Lois Buckwalter.

A small set of personal papers, primarily correspondence, documenting ministry, congregational life, and conflicts a northern Michigan congregations of the (old) Mennonite Church. Other materials in the collection include correspondence, reports, and programs of the Michigan Mennonite Ministers' Fellowship (1955-1970), minutes of the Indiana-Michigan Conference Area Ministers' Council #2 (Northern Lower Michigan) (1967-1977), and correspondence and interviews concerning a conflict in the Coldsprings Mennonite Church (Mancelona, Mich.) in 1973.

Wickey,who was ordained a pastor at South Colon Mennonite Church in 1956, appears to have served at the Maple River Mennonite Church (Brutus, Mich.) from the early 1960s through the late 1970s.

The collection consists of genealogical materials such as family trees, anecdotes and birth and death dates collected by William Strasser.

Handwritten and typed sermon texts and outlines written by a bivocational Mennonite minister in Nebraska.  The sermons are organized by topics, which include:  Bible Study, Christian Life and Church, Communion, Ordinances / Prayer Veil / Non-resistance, Parables, Regeneration / Heaven, Sanctification / Fellowship, the Seven Churches of Revelation, and Sin / Hell.

box 1: Christmas letters from Helen and Adam Mueller; letters from Helen to Sara and Bill 1927-1950, 1954-1972; Helen's letters to family 1950-1954; letters from Agatha to Sara and Bill 1927-1967
box 2: letters from Agatha to Sara and Bill 1968-1972; letters from Ruth to Sara and Bill 1926-1972
box 3: letters to Wilhelm from Johannes K. Penner 1920-1922; letters from Sara to William 1926-1927; letters from William to Sara 1927; wedding wishes and misc. June 1927; misc. letters to Sara and Bill 1928-1929; letters from Bill to Sara and Sara to Bill 1930-1932; misc. letters 1932-1933; letters from family to William and Sara 1934
box 4: letters from family and misc. letters 1935-1945; letters from Mrs. Abr. J. Klassen to William and Sara 1946-1968
box 5: letters to William and Sara Penner, to Wm. Penner from Anna Penner, misc letters 1927-1930; letters to William and Sara from Penner 1931-1932; letters from William to Sara and Sara to William 1933-1934; get well cards to William, misc. letters 1934; misc. letters 1935-1937; letters to Sara from family members and William 1940-1949
box 6: letters from Johannes K. Penner to William Penner at camp and ranch; also letters from other family members to William; letters to William and Sara from Penner family and relatives 1925-1942
box 7: letters from Menka(?) in Vienna to Sara 1921; letters from William to Sara and Sara to William and misc. letters 1924-1970; letters from Mrs. Abr. J. Klassen and other family members to Mrs. Wm. Penner 1932-1951
box 8: letters from Mrs. Abr. J. Klassen to William and Sara 1960-1968
box 9: genealogy of William Penner's predecessors; genealogy of Sara Penner's predecessors; public school certificate of awards 1914-1915; William and Sara's wedding certificate; William's certificate of church membership; 1926 Bethel College commencement invitation (Sara); wedding announcements of Jacob D. Hiebert and Anna H. Janzen; misc. items, photographs, Johannes K. Penner writings and obituary; correspondence with archivist

Correspondence, financial records, scripts, catalogs related to his filmmaking and film rental business

The collection includes correspondence and a number of papers written by William Klassen.

This collection consists of 100 black and white photos depicting Kehler's experience as a conscientious objector during the Second World War, performing alternative service at the Portage la Prairie mental institution. The photos depict Kehler, his friends and staff (male and female), patients, doctors, the hospital grounds and activities undertaken by staff and patients. Most of the photos are identified in the album either on the back or on the adjoining page of notes.
Significant people named include Abe Hildebrandt, Bill Enns, George Harder, Jake Friesen, Gerhard Ens, John Funk, Isaac Doerksen, Dave Dyck, Henry Funk, William Kehler, George Martens, Ed Penner, Darcy Loewen, John Inglis and Dr. Bristow.