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This series consists of PJB Reimer’s journals--entries he wrote almost daily from 1948 to January 7, 1988. He recorded his observations, reflections, and insights in his own hand, primarily in English.
Location: volume 6673, and volume 6674 files 1 to 3; files 4 to 7 contain 4 of PJB Reimer’s books.
Location: Volumes 6670-6674.

This series consists of documents relating to PJB Reimer’s interest in history, especially Mennonite, and his involvement in historical societies such as the Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society where he was a charter member, the Mennonite Village Museum which he helped establish, and commemoration events of immigrants’ arrivals in Manitoba where, more often than not, he delivered informative lectures. It was generated by Reimer himself, as well as individuals associated with the organizations listed.
Location: volume 6671.

This series consists of material relating to the EMC (Evangelical Mennonite Conference), Reimer’s dedicated work in it, his inter-Mennonite projects such as his work with MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) in Mexico. It was generated by Reimer himself, as well as the church conference and associated individuals. It includes correspondence, notes for his sermons, church bulletins, lists of names, records, articles he wrote (see the details in files 15, 19, and 23), and even more correspondence.
Location: volume 6672.

This series was generated primarily by PJB Reimer who was a prolific writer of articles, speeches, lectures, obituaries, and letters, in German and in English. He wrote about his church conference, pioneers, families, his communities of Steinbach, Grunthal, and Rosenort, about his travels, and his astute observations in the world. However, this series does not capture its full extent: other files in Series such as Personal, History, The EMC Files, and the Journals also hold many of his articles, speeches, as well as his vast correspondence. One file includes correspondence from editors and publishers.
Location: volume 6671.

This series consists of a range of documents regarding PJB’s interests and work that he generated or were generated by colleagues with whom he worked or corresponded, as well as material his friends or colleagues wrote and which he collected. Included are a file about Grunthal where he taught longest, several of his articles about Mennonite history, and documents where neither the author nor the date are indicated but were in his collection.
Location: volume 6670, files 51-69.

This series consists of early school records generated by him such as his lists of names of his first classmates, as well as by his teachers, by former students (including their letters and samples of their work), by colleagues, the Department of Education, the University of Manitoba, the teacher societies with which he worked, and by his family—as realised by his collection of correspondence.
Location: volume 6670: files 22-50.

This series consists of documents relating to Peter’s childhood such as his birth certificate, several brief autobiographies, and correspondence with his colleagues and immediate family. Some of the family’s diaries and PJB’s translations of their journals are included. The series was generated mostly by Peter J.B. Reimer, but also by some of his colleagues and family members. It includes documents relating to family history, correspondence with friends and colleagues, several of the many articles he wrote, and newspaper clippings regarding himself and his interests; it ends with his collection of obituaries, including his own.
Location: volume 6670, files 1-21.

This series includes Women's Committee of the Mennonite Educational Society correspondence and planning (1973-1988), as well as financial receipts (1966-1987); Westgate Ladies Auxiliary correspondence (1968-1970, 1978-1981) and banquet fundraiser programs (1971-1974, 1981);
the Festival of Art and Music correspondence, planning materials, ribbons, and programs (1972-1988); Mennonite Educational Society of Manitoba Constitution (1984, 1991), meeting minutes and reports (1978-1981); Westgate Parents Association Meeting Minutes (1987-1989); Church/School Liaison Minutes (1991-2000); and Mennonite Education Coordinating Committee Meeting Minutes (1999). The series also includes various programs, brochures, and newspaper clippings.

This series consists of the following sub-series:

• a) General
• b) Annual EMC conventions
• c) Ministerial meetings
• d) Missionary Conventions
• e) Study conferences
• f) Conference Council
• g) Ministerial Retreats

The materials in this series pertain to vital statistics, constitutions, membership handbooks, and other general material. (See the notes on the “EMC Archives Classification Code” document, a 2-page outline of materials deposited at the MHC Archives.)

This series contains mainly the annual MCC Workbooks published by MCC (Akron) for 1968-1984, plus few more miscellaneous files that the EMC Archives collected that relate to the work of MCC.

This series started by the EMC archives for item of the Chortizer Mennonite Conference contains only one item - a report on the ordination of a bishop in 1962.