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Photocopies of family correspondence of a Mennonite bishop in Ontario.  Full inventory may be found on the Web site of the Mennonite Heritage Center, which owns the originals.

A small set of papers pertaining to S. F. Coffman's service to the (old) Mennonite Church in the early and mid- 20th century.  Coffman, an ordained pastor, began his work at the Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago, Illinois in 1895, but spent most of his career as a bishop in the Ontario Conference.  Materials in this collection include correspondence and subject files, materials pertaining to the 1927 Mennonite hymnal, and miscellaneous materials.

Letter from a Mennonite missionary serving the Pikangikum Indian community north of Red Lake, Ontario.  Describes the missionary showing lantern slides of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ and playing records of testimonies, singing, and preaching "in the Indian language" to 40 Native Americans.

Six letters in German script from members of the Brubacher family residing in Ontario and Pennsylvania.  Correspondents include Johannes and Susanna Brubacher, Jacob and Maria Brubacher, and Heinrich Brubacher.  ALl of the letters have either been transcribed or translated.  Among the letters are also several photocopied German hymns with translations into English.