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For a historical sketch of MEDA, see J. Winfield Fretz, The MEDA Experiment: Twenty-five Years of Economic Development (Waterloo, Ontario: Conrad Press, 1978), 118 pages. See also MEDA's publication The Marketplace.

Contains records such as Correspondence, Board Meeting Minutes, Focus Group Information, Quotes, Ambassador Manuals, Dockets, Agendas, Reports, PowerPoint CDs/DVDs, Promotion Materials, and other Documents relating to the development and roll-out of the Corinthian Plan healthcare program.

The collection consists of seven series:

Series 1: Executive Committee / Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 1953-2001 Series 2: Project Files, 1952-2002 Series 3: Executive Director Files, 1953-1997 Series 4: Publications, 1954-2003 Series 5: Alumni Materials, 1963-2000 Series 6: Photographs, 1960-1995 Series 7: Miscellaneous, 1973, undated

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.

Diese Fotosammlung zeigt Bilder aus dem privaten Familienleben und erstreckt sich über Schulen, Gemeinden, Sportwesen und Kolonieswesen hinaus über alle Bereiche, in denen die Familie Martin W. Friesen engagiert war. Die Biographie des Herrn Martin W. Friesen ist nachzulesen im "Lexikon der Mennoniten in Paraguay" 2000. Seiten 164-166. Siehe auch: https://menonitica.org/lex/friesen-martin-w/

Contains selected published essays and unpublished seminary course papers from a Mennonite peace worker and pastor written between 1970 and 2015.

Contains only the typescript of his text "Die Oktoberrevolution in Russland und ihre Auswirkungen: Zur Geschichte der Kommunistischen Partei der Sowjetunion (Bolschweiki)" of 1950. A photocopy is cataloged in the MLA library collection.

Christmas letter written by a missionary family serving in Argentina.

This collection includes a booklet describing the 2023 Central Plains Conference annual meeting and the 2022 and 2023 editions of their newsletter, Scattered Seeds.

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.

Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church pastor and conference minister and his wife.  These papers are divided into two series:

(1) Cleo A. Mann Papers, 1939-1980

(2) Nellie Miller Mann Papers, 1920-2000