The archives collects, preserves, and makes available the recorded experience of Mennonites, Amish, and other related groups in Ontario. Our growing collection consists of nearly a thousand linear meters of personal, congregational, and institutional records in a multitude of formats.
The archives is the official repository for Conrad Grebel University College, Mennonite Central Committee (Ontario), Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, Conscience Canada and Christian Peacemaker Teams (Canada). Other Mennonite institutions, organizations, families and individuals also have collections here. In particular, the Archives serves as a repository and a resource for Mennonite Church Eastern Canada congregations.
You will notice that unlike library collections which are organized by subject or author, archival records are usually organized by the creator (individual or group) that generated them.
Note that although we are making progress, not all our collections have full descriptions online. Contact the archivist for more information.
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The following are our largest record groups:
- Personal collections
- Genealogical collections
- Congregations
- Church conferences
- Organizations and institutions
- Photographs and slides
- Sound recordings and oral history projects
Archives Collections Summary:
The following is a list of all of our record groups. They are divided into two types: historical manuscript collections (primarily non-organizational records) and archival collections (primarily organizational records).
Historical Manuscript collections
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Sound recordings (CD/Digital)
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Pennsylvania German folk life & language materials
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Singing school materials
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Video Recordings (VHS, DVD, etc.)
- Electronic Manuscripts
- Christian Education pictorial materials
Archival Collections
I. Mennonite Church (MC or "Old" Mennonites)
II. Mennonite Conference of Ontario (& Quebec)(MCOQ)
III. MCOQ Congregations
IV. Western Ontario Mennonite Conference (Ontario Amish Mennonite Conference)
V. Western Ontario Mennonite Conference Congregations
VI. Other Canadian Mennonite Church Congregations
VII. Conservative Mennonite Conferences
VII.1 Conservative Mennonite Conference
VII.2 Midwest Mennonite Fellowship
VII.2.1 Countryside Mennonite Church
VII.3 New Hamburg Conservative Mennonite Church
VIII.1 Old Order Mennonites
VIII.2 Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference
VIII.3 Orthodox Mennonite Church
VIII.4 Daniel Brubacher Group
IX. Old Order Amish
IX-1. Beachy Amish Mennonites
IX-2. Amish Mennonite congregations (variously affiliated)
X. General Conference Mennonite Church
XI. General Conference Mennonite Church District Conferences in U.S.
XII. Conference of Mennonites in Canada
XIII.1 Conference of the United Mennonite Churches of Ontario
XIII.2 Conference of the United Mennonite Churches of Ontario congregations
XIV.1 Mennonite Central Committee
XIV.2 Mennonite Central Committee Canada
XIV.3 Mennonite Central Committee Ontario
XV. Mennonite Organizations and Institutions
XVI. Brethren in Christ Church
XVII. Mennonite Brethren Church
XVIII. Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church (New Mennonites, Reforming/Reformed Mennonites, United Mennonite Church)
XIX-1. Hutterite Brethren
XIX-2. Community Farm of the Brethren
XXI. Krimmer Mennonite Brethren
XXII. Evangelical Mennonite Missionary Church
XXIII. Evangelical Mennonite Brethren
XXIV. Evangelical Mennonite Conference
XXV. Cultural and Genealogical Organizations
XXV.1 Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario
XXVI.Conrad Grebel University College
XXVII. House Churches (Moved to III-67)
XXVIII. Inter-Mennonite Conference (Ontario)
XXIX. Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (MCEC) (Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada)
XXX. MCEC Congregations
XXXI. Mennonite Church Canada
XXXII. Reformed Mennonite Church
L. South American Mennonites
C. Prussian Mennonites
D. Russian Mennonites
M. European Mennonites
MD. Asian Mennonites
MM. Australian Mennonites