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The papers of Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander primarily document relief and service work to Russian Mennonite refugees after World War II.  Materials include correspondence, poems, testimonies, and songs by Russian Mennonite refugees, reports and correspondence pertaining to Mennonite Central Committee relief work in the Netherlands and Paraguay, a diary kept by Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander during her Europen relief work, correspondence between Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander, and a well-labeled photograph album documenting Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander's relief and service work.  Other materials include records of Vernon Neuschwander's Civilian Public Service work, family and genealogical materials, Evangeline's writing and reminiscences, and miscellaneous materials.

Minutes, financial records, and correspondence of an organization created to aid and assist the migration, resettlement, and rehabilitation of Mennonites displaced after World War II. The organization administered funds to facilitate the migration of Russian, Dutch, and German Mennonites to Paraguay.  These records not only provide an in-depth look at the financial aspects of the miagration, but also contain migration statistics and insight to the practical problems faced by Mennonite refugees seeking to relocate. Post-1950 records document Mennonite resettlement in Uraguay and West Germany as well.