The collection includes a 6 page reflection on Valentine Kratz, the first Mennonite preacher in Vineland, Ontario, written by his great granddaughter Mrs. Simeon Kratz, and several pieces from an old family bible dated before 1799.
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.
Relatives of Lorraine Roth view the family tree she painted on a window blind. The blind is hung on the wall of a barn at the Brenneman family reunion. Lorraine's mother was Violet (Brenneman) Roth.