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The collection consists of letters written by Mennonites in the Soviet Union before and after the Second World War. They were written by family and friends of Franz Bargen (1894-1976) and his wife Liese (Regehr) Bargen (1897-1976), who immigrated to Canada in 1930.

This collection of letters is divided into two sections -- over 500 letters written between 1930-1938 and almost 800 letters written between 1939-1977, the post-World War II period. There is also one file containing the travel documents for Franz and Liese Bargen when they immigrated to Canada in 1930, as well as a Canadian naturalization document from 1945.

The letters written between 1930 and 1938 present the experiences of over 30 families -- relatives of Franz and Liese Bargen. The first letters originate in Sagradovka, the Mennonite settlement in Ukraine from which families were sent into forced labour camps. Letters between family members in exile and those outside the camps were the the lifeline for many prisoners during this time of terror, brought on by Joseph Stalin's policies. The writers of the letters knew the risks of making contact with "the West" -- prison or execution, yet they continued writing, and letters got through in various circuitous and covert ways. The Bargen family responded with letters, money and packages, knowing that much material would not reach its destination.

This 122 item color slide show depicts the people and landscape of Taiwan and briefly describes Taiwanese politics, history, economics, agriculture, and the Buddhist religion. It is in this context that Mennonite missionaries work. The first Mennonite missionaries came in 1948 and in 1954 the Mennonite Chritian Hospital was built in Hwalien. Church planting has grown from this service. Individuals depicted include Simon Wang, Vincent Chen, Sheldon Sawatzky, Paul Shr, Leona Shr, Helen Willms. -- Note: included is a script and narration on audio cassette tape #2554. There are a few extra photos and after the narration is over another narration starts also about Taiwan but different that this one.

The EMC Collection has been intellectually arranged into 14 series following the “Evangelical Mennonite Conference Archives Classification Code".
The Conference structures evolved from most decision making done by the congregational ministerial to a broader organization with greater lay involvement. In 1960, the formation of the Conference Council and the Conference boards and committees was introduced to aid with administrative decisions. Elected delegates from each congregation, together with ordained ministers and deacons, made up the council. A subsequent administrative revision occured in 1972.
See the 2014 EMC Yearbook p. 49 for the organizational structure at the time that the records were transferred to the Mennonite Heritage Archives.
The series are:

• 1. General – vital statistics, constitutions, membership handbooks, etc.
• 2. Conventions and Conferences
• 3. Board of Education and Publication (formerly Study Committee on Education
• 4. Board of Finance (and former Trustee Committee) / Board of Trustees
• 5. Board of Missions
• 6. Estates Committee
• 7. General Board (formerly Conference Executive)
• 8. Ministerial Examination and Placement Committee
• 9. Music Committee
• 10. Nominating Committee
• 11. Social Concerns Committee
• 12 Youth Committee
• 13. Temporary Committees
• 14. Historical

This collection contains a variety of archival resources and bibliographies collected by the EMC Archives.

This collections holds archival items that persons have contributed to the EMC Archives. The materials have been classified usually by the name of the donor or collector, and occassionally by the name of a corporate body or creator of the materials. The classified "Name" was also assigned a number sequentially as the collections were processed and appears in parenthesis after the name. There are over 70 names under which the "Persons" archival collection has been classified. The content ranges from family papers, church records, school and community records, diaries and financial accounts and other historical writings.

This collection contains records of the church established in Southern Ontario.

This collection contains information on the community in Seminole , Texas.

This collection contains records of congregations established in South-Eastern and North-Western Ontario.

This collection contain records of congregations established in Winnipeg area.