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The archives collects, preserves, and makes available the recorded experience of Mennonites, Amish, and other related groups in Ontario. Our growing collection consists of 780 linear meters of personal, congregational, and institutional records in a multitude of formats.

The archives is the official depository for Conrad Grebel University College, Mennonite Central Committee (Ontario) and Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (MCEC). We are also the primary archives for MCEC congregations.

You will notice that unlike library collections which are often 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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Archives Collection Summary -
Manuscript Collections

Personal collections
Genealogical manuscripts
News clippings
Scrapbooks and Autograph books
Cemetery records, etc.
Missionary letters
Biographies
Maps and charts
Sound recordings
Slide sets
Microfilms
Local histories
Student papers
Academic papers (unpublished)
Letter collections (correspondence)
Interview transcriptions
Diaries
Bibliographies (unpublished)
Architectural Drawings
Sound recordings (CD/Digital)
Legal documents
Oral history projects
Visual Arts
Pennsylvania German folk life & language materials
Singing school materials
Video Recordings (VHS, DVD, etc.)
Electronic Manuscripts
Christian Education pictorial materials

Archives Collections Summary -
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
XX. Low German Mennonites
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