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This fonds consists of 493 sermons organized by the following categories: funerals, baptism, Christmas, New Years, Pentecost, Thanksgiving, Missions fests, Advent, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension Day, pre-Easter, post Epiphany, wedding and anniversaries, communion, Trinitatis, Ten commandments, Matthew, Acts, Romans, I Corinthians, James, catechism . The sermons cover the cycle of the Christian church calendar and the breadth of community life over a 40 year period from the late 1930s to the 1970s.

This fonds contains Peter Paetkau's personal journals, other writings and subject and event files. The audio cassettes contain sound recordings which Peter Paetkau made at events that he attended. This includes concerts, conferences and other public events related to Mennonite community life and history in Manitoba. Similarly, the photograph were often taken at public events, but they also include some personal and family items.

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.

This fonds consists of seventeen diaries written by Rev. Peter Buhler.

Fonds consists of the following series:
1) Funeral Service for Peter Loewen - 1993 (1 file) Box 204
2) Correspondence - 1947, circa 1949 (1 file) Box 204
3) Lectures and Sermons - 1944-1990 (15 files) Box 204
4) Personal Writings - 1923-1958 (4 files) Box 204
5) Minutes of the MB Conference and Sunday School Committee - 1947-1959 (2 files) Box 204
6) Reports - 1950-1981 (3 files) Box 204
7) Teacher Training - 1955-1969 (1 files) Box 204
8) Registers of Sunday Schools - 1952-1960 (2 files) Box 204
9) Questionaires - 1947-1950 (1 file) Box 205
10) Programs - 1946-1971 (1 file) Box 205
11) Lists - 1958-1959 (1 file) Box 205
12) Ministers and Deacons Conference - 1958,1973 (1 file) Box 205
13) Working agreements MBBI and BBI - 1970 (1 file) Box 205
14) Bethesda Health Society - 1949 (1 file) Box 205
15) Essays and Lectures - 1970-1978 (2 files) Box 205
16) Publications - 1952-1976 (2 files) Box 205
17) Literature Collection - 1960 (1 file) Box 205
18) Ephemera - 1959, 1973 (1 file) Box 205
19) Sound recordings, photograph and maps - 1983-1993 (1 file) Box 205
20) Photographs

This fonds consists of the sermons of Peter Dyck, a minister in the Sommerfelder Mennonite Church of Manitoba. The sermons in the collection were used during the period of 1888 to 1928.

This fonds consists of travel documents for the Dyck family as they immigrated from Ukraine to Canada, religious poetry and cards, and photographs.

The material in the Peter Epp collection ranges in dates from 1885-1915, though the notebooks were started in 1900. The collection consists of poetry, financial ledgers, correspondence, articles to newspapers, genealogical registers and reports on literary society meetings.

The poetry dates back to 1875. These poems are written by Peter Epp and chronicle various kinds of people and events such as birthdays, weddings, Christmas, immigration, and life at school. Some of the poems were published in German papers such as Die Mennonitische Post. After Epp's death, his son printed the
poems separately in book form.

The financial ledgers start in 1902 and continue until 1915. They are probably records of Epp's involvement as president of the Fire Insurance Society in southern Manitoba (Brandaeltester der Mennonitengemeinden in Sued-Manitoba) during these years.

The correspondence, ranging in date from 1900-1915, is directed to places in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

There are a number of religious articles included in the notebook. Most of these, dating from 1900-1915, were printed in newspapers such as Die Mennonitische Rundschau.

The genealogical registers chronicle the Epp family. In 1901, Peter Epp published a genealogy of his father and descendants.

Several reports of the debates going on in the literary society meetings in Altona are also included in the collection. Epp records several arguments between various individuals, also dating from 1900-1915.

The notebooks further contain a colour drawing of a Union Jack and instructions on the use of wax and pencil crayons. Several recipes are also included.

The strength of this collection for Canadian research lies in analyzing Mennonite social life in Manitoba at the turn of the century. The wide range of material from poetry to debates to theological articles to business matters makes it a rich resource. In particular it chronicles life in a small town (Altona) and also reflects life in other major Mennonite settlements (in Saskatchewan where Epp's children lived).

This fonds consist mostly of photocopies of Peter G. Epp's manuscripts which were deposited at the University of Basel in 1954 by his widow. Also included are the notes and an article published in the Journal of Mennonite Studies by Dr. Peter Pauls of Winnipeg, who studied Peter G. Epp and translated Epp's Eine Mutter under the title Agathchen (Hyperion Press, 1986). The fonds also includes audio recordings of Clara K. Dyck of Winnipeg, reading these manuscript, to assist Pauls in his research.

This fonds consists of Peter H. Enns' personal papers concerning both his church work and his personal life. The latter includes correspondence with his brother and his memoirs. Most of the material is handwritten in Gothic script, with some typewritten material.

This fonds consists of a diary written by Peter Hamm describing the life of his parents and grandparents and documents births, marriages, and deaths of family members. Portions of this diary related to the journey from Bergthal Russia to the East Reserve, Manitoba were copied by his son Bernhard Hamm.
Bernhard’s journal is in Mennonite Heritage Archives Volume 2047.2. Another family member whose materials are also at the Mennonite Heritage Archives (Volume 1748) is Peter’s first cousin, Andreas Hamm (1863-1936).

The material in this fonds consists of German handwritten manuscripts by Peter Heese and materials about his Heese relatives, namley uncle Peter Heese (1852-1911) and great-grandfather Heinrich Heese (1787-1868). The manscripts include novels and memoirs. The memoirs depicts Mennonite life in the city of Ekaterinoslav including the Mennonite church, the Russian revolution, a history of the Heese family, and Peter Heese's own expereines in Russia, immigration to North America, and settlement in Canada . Information about important Mennonite figures such as mill owner Johann Thiessen and the mayor of the Ekaterinoslav, Johann Esau, also appear in the material. Some of the documents have been fully translated by Jake K. Wiens, and others have summaries. This material is important when studying Mennonite life in urban centres, the Heese family and other prominent Mennonites of the area. The material is also unique because of the literary works produced by Heese. His eye for detail extends into the historical accounts as well as his literary works. Also included is Heese's obituary and ancestor chart.

This collection consists of correspondence received by Peter Hoeppner (1825-1907) after he immigrated to Canada. Writers from Russia include Isaac Dyck, Joahann Hildebrand, Kornelius Hildebrand, Bernhard Hoeppner, Peter Klassen, and Heinrich Penner. Letters from people in Canada include Aganetha Heppner, Cornelius Sawatzki, Peter Sawatzki, and Ludwig Witte. A few land assessment records are also included.

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Lectures and Sermons 1945-1949