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Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Constitution - [1965] - (1 file) Box 110
2) Financial Records - 1992-1993 - (1 file) Box 110
3) Reports - 1992-1993, 2006 - (1 file) Box 110
4) Lists - 1993 - (1 file) Box 110
5) Publications - 1966-2009 - (6 files) Box 110
6) History - 1965 - (1 file) Box 110
7) Photographs

Fonds consists of the following series:
1) Constitution - 1936-2005 - (9 files) Box 84
2) Minutes - 1931-1995 - (1 file) Boxes 84 - 87
3) Correspondence - 1940-1994 - (68 files) Box 88 - 90
4) Financial - 1945-1988 - (18 files) Box 91
5) Legal Documents - 1936-1984 - (6 files) Box 92
6) Reports - 1980-1995 - (96 files) Boxes 92-94
7) Lists - 1970-1993 - (6 files) Box 95
8) Statistics - 1972-1992 - (2 files) Box 95
9) Personnel Records 1972-1981 - (12 files) Box 95; (129 files) Box 106
10) Certificates of Ordination and Membership 1944, 1968 - (2 files) Box 96
11) Lectures and Sermons - 1971-1991 - (16 files) Box 96
12) Publications - 1902-1994 - (7 files) Box 96
13) Ephemera - 1940-1986 - (2 files) Box 96
14) Clippings - 1952-1966 - (1 file) Box 96, 424
15) Chart and Drawings - 1939-1959, 1965-66 - (1 file) Box 96
16) Mennonite Brethren Churches (alphabetical) - (143 files) Boxes 97 -103
17) Board of Church Extension - 1968-1999 - (22 files) Box 104
18) Board of Christian Education - 1942-1992 - (21 files) Box 105
19) BC Youth Organization - 1944-1972 - (18 files) Box 105
20) MB Missions of BC - 1943-1995 - (32 files) Box 106
21) Photographs - (including West Coast Children's Mission)
22) Sunday School Materials - 1899, 1940-1987 - Box 107

This fonds consists of six categories of material. 1) World War One and World War Two Materials 2) Conference of Mennonites in Canada (CMC) Material 3) Mennonite History 4) Church Related Material 5) Mennonitische Schulkommission 6) Foreign Bible Society Records. The physical arrangement does not allow following these categories sequentially.

The World War materials record Ewert's efforts to ensure the government would grant military exemption. The materials include petitions, records of financial gifts, articles and correspondence with such leaders as Abraham Doerksen, David Toews, Jacob Hoeppner and B.B. Janz. Ewert also kept a list of Mennonite men from Conference churches who were in the military during the wars. There is also a some correspondence of Julius Toews with Prime Minster Neville Camberlain of England.

The CMC materials newspaper clippings, notes, articles by Ewert and others, and correspondence. There are files on topics such as marriage licensing; articles on the German hymnal, conference statistics, program bulletins for teachers and ministers, the Canadian Mennonite, Canadian Mennonite Bible College (CMBC) conferences, new Mennonite immigrants to Canada and notes on annual conference session notes.

The Mennonite History materials include numerous newspaper clippings from Die Steinbach Post, Die Mennonitische Rundschau, The Winnipeg Free Press, Carillon News, and Der Nordwester regarding Mennonites in Canada, Paraguay, Mexico, and Brazil. There are also files dealing with the publication of Wohin? Woher? Mennoniten, and articles written by Ewert and others dealing with Mennonite history.

The church related material consists of things that Ewert collected through his work in specific congregations, namely the congregations at Edenburg and Bethel Mennonite Church in Winnipeg. Items such as a minister's manual, German New Testament, sermons, and newspaper clippings can be found in this section.

The Mennonitische Schulkommission materials consist of the records of an organizaiton that met with politian Valentine Winkler about the governments interference in the operation of Mennonite schools. There is also a 1892 attendance record for the Edenburg school where Ewert taught.

The Foreign Bible Society records include materials which Ewert collected while involved with this organization from 1952 to 1955.

Office created in 1884 by Tavria Gubemiia Zemstvo Assembly. Its task was systematically to gather and process information re local agriculture and industry, trade, public education and public health. The only documents preserved are from the All-Russian agricultural and land census of 1917.

Documents on land possession of land-owners from the Mennonite villages of Halbstadt Volost, dated 1873 and 1881 re: land owners and renters, previous owners; size of propenies; land use; boundary-related questions; individual officials of village communities, with signatures.

Information re decisions of village assemblies re mongages, assignment of Mennonites to villages, migratlon.

Map of property of W.W. Wiens of Village Schoenau.

This fonds consists of local church board meeting minutes, correspondence, brotherhood meeting minutes, bulletins, annual reports and minutes, Sunday school materials, financial records, a constitution and missions records. The records document the life of a small rural Manitoba Mennonite congregation affiliated with the Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference.

This fonds contains bulletins (1968-2004), congregational meeting minutes which include at times financial statements (1962-1990), financial statements (1969-1980), annual reports (1975-1993), directories (1977-1994), programme ([1971]), congregational history (1978), newsletters ([198-?]-1997), and constitution and rules ([196-?]-1981). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation Didsbury, Alberta. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

This fonds consists of six series:
-1) Church membership ledgers recording vital statistics
-2) Minutes of the brotherhood, ministerial, and finance committee meetings
-3) Financial records, legal documents, and correspondence
-4) Fire insurance records
-5) Bergthaler Waisenamt (aid organization) records
-6) Disbanding of the Organization.

This fonds contains materials that Bernhard Schellenberg created, and materials that he collected in his role as conference archivist. It consists primarily of correspondence, notebooks, and papers. The notebooks and papers mostly concern Russian Mennonite history, biographies of Mennonite leaders, and Mennonite life and thought. There are also some artworks and some publications, also relating mostly to Mennonite history. The majority of the material is original and handwritten. Finally, the collection includes several maps and photographs.

This fonds consists of a photocopy of a diary written by Bernhard Hamm which describes the journey to Canada, settling on the East Reserve and then moving to the West Reserve to the village of Neubergthal. A portion of the diary has been transcribed.

This fonds consists of personal correspondence received and written from 1949-2000. These records document Bernie Wiebe's vocational and personal life as a Mennonite leader, educator, counselor, preacher, radio minister, editor of a denominational paper, and husband and father. Some files relate to the specific congregation or institution for which he worked. There are also files related to his trip and tours to Russia, Europe, Holy Land, and South America; as well as a few items of family interest and a personal nature. One series of files contains his private correspondence with Dr. G.K. Epp and Dr. George Richert, the first presidents of Menno Simons College, as well as private correspondence with specific churches and individuals regarding conflicts in the church between 1986-1999.

The fonds contains bulletins, directories, newsletters, annual reports, a brief congregational history (1977), and congregational meeting minutes. The records pertain to the founding and development the congregation and they document the activities of the leaders and participants.

The fonds consists of bulletins (1963-1970), correspondence (1991), and a brief congregational history ([19-?])which show who participated and gave leadership to the life of the congregation in Lost River.

The fonds contains bulletins (1968-2002), congregational meeting minutes (1987-2000), church council meeting minutes (1985-1993), programmes (1985), annual reports (1986-1999), financial records (1989), and a newsletter (1987). The records pertain to the development of the Mennonite congregation in Watrous, Saskatchewan and document some of the leaders and participants of the congregation.