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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.

There are six series that make up the Westgate Mennonite Collegiate fonds. Series:

1. Building and Facilities. -- 1970-2015.
2. Mennonite Educational Society, Westgate Parents Association, and Committee Minutes. -- [196-?]-2000.
3. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, and Reports. -- 1957-2012.
4. 25th Anniversary Celebration, Alumni, Publications, and Programs. -- 1965-2016.
5. Canadian Association of Mennonite Schools (CAMS). -- 1990-2014.
6. Staff Meeting Minutes. -- 1966-2015.

This fonds consists of a leather-covered “Snap Shot Album” featuring the face and headdress of an indigenous man burned into the leather. Photographer, J.E. Suderman’s name appears at the top left and the name of his son, H.J. Suderman at the bottom left. Inside are fifty-five (55) black and white photos taken by Jacob Sudermann. Son Harold has supplied photo descriptions which were used as a guide.

Johann P. Klassen fonds contains documents related to the organizing of the move out of Russia organized by Johann P. Klassen and Abram Vogt (1887-1968). Includes meeting minutes, travel documents, health records, citizenship guarantee records, and correspondence. Also includes some transliteration organized by Margaret Kroeker as well as transliterations and translations done by Peter H. Rempel.

The EMC Archives were intellectually arranged into 9 categories:

• I. Archives
• II. EMC Church and Conference (organized into 15 series) (ca. 580 files)
• III. Congregations (organized by 9 regions) (ca. 360 files)
• IV. Related Organizations (a number of larger and smaller entities totaling, ca. 280 files)
• V. Person Collections (numerous collections) (ca. 2600 files)
• VI. Mennonites in Manitoba (ca. 130 files)
• VII. Other Materials. (ca. 110 files)
• VIII. Small archives (pamphlets) (ca. 60 files)
• IX. Newspapers (ca. 40 files)

This fonds consists of materials regarding the life and work of Dr. Elmer Edger Ernest Reimer [“Al Reimer"], a scholar, a professor in the English Department of United College—the University of Winnipeg, a novelist, a writer of short stories and many articles, an historian, a stalwart Mennonite, a traveller, very involved in the Arts, and devoted to his family.
The fonds is divided into eleven series:

1. Personal: early years and family, most correspondence, and the later years
2. Student days
3. University-teaching years
4. Low-German: the language, works, and writers
5. Research for Writing his Novel My Harp is Turned to Mourning and for his collection of short stories, Kleindarp
6. Drafts of Al Reimer’s novel My Harp is Turned to Mourning (1985)
7. Al Reimer’s transcription, editing, and translations work with A Russian Dance of Death (1977), No Strangers in Exile (1979), and Arnold Dyck’s works (1989)
8. Literature
9. Interest and Involvement in the Arts other than Literature
10. Al Reimer as a Leader of Tours to Europe and Russia (USSR)
11. Manuscripts sent to Al Reimer by other writers

This fonds consists of articles written by John G. Rempel ,many of which were published in Der Bote. Some have been translated by his daughter Agnes Wall and some by his brother David. The articles give a first hand account of life in Russia during the tumultuous early 1900s.

This fonds consists of papers collected by Leo Driedger related to his involvement with the Board of Christian Service and the Peace and Social Concerns Committee of the General Conference Mennonite Church during the 1960s. They include peace education materials, meeting dockets and various papers on social issues such as nuclear weapons, everyday ethics and sexuality.