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This series consists of the following files:
1) J.A. Toews, "True Nonresistance Through Christ",1955, 63 pages.
2) Peter David Froese," Recollections of My Time if Service in the Deniken-Wrangle Army and My Stay in Turkey", 24 pages.Translated from German by Katharine Hooge.
3) D. Wiebe, "Forestry Service under the Soviets, 1920-1922". 13 pages, German document is enclosed. Benjamin Unruh, "Concerning Nonresistance".1917, 15 pages.
4) Gerhard P.Regehr, "Die Wehrlosigkeit" 1917, 28 pages; Peter Froese, "Glaubens-Artikels von der Wehrlosigkeit"1850, 38 pages.
5) Annonymous articles regarding Self Defense found in periodicals Friedensstimme, 1914; Molotschnaer Flugblatt, 1917, Volksfreund, 1918, Botschafter, 1909.
6) B.B. Janz, "Die Wehrlosigkeit der Mennoniten in Russland nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg", 8 pages; Jabob A. Block, Mennoniten im Sanitaets- Dienst waerend des Ersten Weltkrieges. 4 pages;
7) Peace:Conference Lectures, Tabor College, by Frank C. Peters, Erland Waltner, Milo Kaufman. 47 pages
8) Plett, "Die Gruendung des Verbandes in Alexanderwohl, 1921, German,

This series consists of mainly published maps of the world and various regions of Russia and Germany.

Series consists of the following subseries:
1) Families - 66 photographs
2) Church life - 30 photographs
3) Church buildings - 8 photographs
4) Music - 12 photographs
5) History - 95 photographs
6) Schools - 47 photographs
7) Miscellaneous 1 - 6 photographs
8) Miscellaneous 2 - 50 photographs

This series pertains primarily to the local history of Steinbach and Blumenort in Manitoba.

This series contains material produced by Johann Wall, Aganetha Wall (Johann's sister?), and their children Helena and Johann Wall Jr. The material includes penmanship exercises, Christmas and New Years wishes for the parents, math calculations and hymns.
Location: Volume 642:1-4,6,7-8.

This series consists of 12 photograph collections. Some were taken by Lohrenz, but the majority were collected by Lohrenz and others. The largest set of photos are the ones used for the publication of Heritage Remembered: A Pictorial Survey of Mennonites in Prussia and Russia, Revised and Enlarged Edition, (Winnipeg, MB: CMBC Publications, 1977) (Collection 44 and 45). Collections 79 and 81 contain negatives; Collection 98, 186 and 187 contains slides. Collection 299 contains photo from a Europe tour plus many other collected photo; Collection 504 are all photos pertaining to the Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of USSR

This series contains material written by Johann Toews and was later published by his son Peter in 1908, entitled Das Waschsame Auge Gottes: Aus den Hinterlassenen Schriften des Johann Toews, which is included in this collection.

The material in this series consists of photocopies made in 1993 of 28 hand written sermons by Peter Toews.

This series includes a few items from Russia collected by J.P. Dyck such as a pre-1917 collection of postcards, letters, several songbooks, inheritance distribution contract and a diary of Franz P. Toews from 1901-1915. The series also contains J.P. Dyck's notes and files related to Mennonite history which include insights on books he read, lesson outlines for church and Mennonite history presented at Springstein Mennonite Church, excerpts from his father's Tagebuch (diary) which J.P. Dyck edited and published, several maps and correspondence with James Urry. Other files pertain to his interests in and / or his involvement with organizations and events such as Jugendvereine (Youth Endeavour Meetings), North Kildonan Funeral Aid Society, Senior Citizen's Camp, Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, Christian Investors in Education, Gesellschaft für Deutsche Kulturbeziehungen, Manitoba Mosaic Congress, Hutterites and Germantown Mennonite Church. Photos relate to Russia 1896-1898 and to MCI (Gretna, Manitoba) around 1930.

This series consists of textual material: including
Letters to John B Toews from 1964-1995;
An autobiography of John B. Toews; handwritten notes by the author;
Documentary portraits of B.B. Janz and Abraham A..A. Friesen. - (1 file) Box 232

A family book dated 1869 in Ohrloff, South Russia.