These microfilms from the Public Archives of Canada, the National Archives of the United States and Bethel College Historical Library were obtained by Frank H. Epp for the Mennonites in Canada history project in the 1970s and 1980s.
| PAC Number | Department/Agency | Subject Matter | CGC Microfilm # |
| RG vol. 195-197 Files 75785-79160 |
Immigration Branch | Russian Immigration 1921-46 | C-7349 to C-7350 |
| RG 76 vol. 173-176 16 parts |
Immigration Branch | Hutterites and Mennonites, 1872-1949 | C-7329 to C-7350 |
| RG 27 Vol. 1501 File 2-N-101-1 |
Labour Department | Conscientious Objectors Mennonites, 1941-42 |
2518 |
| RG 27 Vol. 991 File 2-N-101-1 |
Labour Department | Conscientious Objectors Mennonites, 1942-43 |
2518 |
| RC 27 vol. 1514 File 60-31 |
Labour Department | Mennonite Agricultural Advisory Committee, 1943 |
2518 |
| RG 28 A Vol. 149 File 3-N-10 |
Munitions and Supply Department | Mennonite Agricultural Advisory Committee, Extraction of Soya Bean oil, 1943 |
2518 |
| RG 29 Vol. 287 File 402-2-5 |
National Health and Welfare Department Immigration, | Immigration, General, Mennonites Admission to Canada, 1922-39 |
2518 |
| RG 35 Vol. 21 File 13 (p. 1-2) |
Interdepartmental Committees | Dept, of Labour, wartime history of Alternative Service Branch with Appendix, Hutterites, Doukhobors, and others, 1942-46 | 2518 |
| RG 7, G 20 Vol. 142, 143, 144, File 2522 | Governor General | Minister of Agriculture, German Mennonites in Russia, June, 1872 | 2590 |
| RG 22 Vol. 82 Docket 517 |
Northern Affairs/National Resources | Manual for instruction for camps providing work for Mennonites & conscientious objectors under the alternative service work camps, 1941 |
2590 |
| RG 76, vol. 14950 Files 35550, pt.4- 36013, p. 1 |
Immigration Branch | Immigration work amongst Mennonites in Europe, G. Ens of Rosthern, Sask., 1897-1905 | C-7307 |
| RG 76, Vol. 160-161 Files 40281, pt. 20- 41303, MI |
Immigration Branch | Mennonite emigrants from Russia and others not considered as desirable as Mennonites, Hutterites, and Doukhobors, 1872-1949 |
C-7317 |
| RG 24, Cl, Vol. 115 File 71GS-1 (vol.1-3) |
National Defence | Exemption of Mennonites from military service, 1908-1940: Klaas Peters case | 2518 |
| RG 7 G 21 Vol. 653 File 37523 |
Governor General | Mennonites, Mennonite emigration from Russia, 1921 - Established colony in Paraguay, in Mexico. British protection for Mennonites emigrating from Canada. Reports: Dr. George Leibbrandt, Prof. Ernest Correll, 1872-73, 1921-39 |
2518 |
| RG 13 A2, Vol. 232 File 353 |
Department of Justice | Complaint by Mennonites of being fined for sending children to private schools, 1919 | 2518 |
| RG 13 A2, Vol. 307 File 1388/26 |
Department of Justice | Mennonite exodus to Mexico, 1926 | 2518 |
| RG 13 A, Vol. 308 File 1600 |
Department of Justice | Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization complaint made by judge, 1926 | 2518 |
| RG 19 E 20, Vol. 589 File 155-0-347 |
Department of Finance | Sale of Dominion of Canada Securities to Mennonites, 1941-46 | 2518 |
| RG 25 G 1, Vol. 1166 File 1882 | Department of External Affairs | Appreciation of Mennonite General Conference (for religious privileges enjoyed) 1915 | 2518 |
| RG 25 G 1 Vol. 1187 File 3029 |
Department of External Affairs | Emigration of Mennonites from Russia, 1916 | 2518 |
| RG 25, G 1, Vol. 1224 File 570-18 | Department of External Affairs | Emigration of Mennonites from U.S. to Canada, 1918 | 2518 |
| RG 25 A2 Vol. 183 File C/17/85 |
Department of External Affairs | Scheme of Canadian Mennonites to remove to Paraguay, 1921 | 2518 |
| RG 25 Aw Vol. 203 File 144/80 |
Department of External Affairs | Migration of Mennonites from Ukraine to Canada, 1922-23 | 2590 |
| RG 39 Al, Vol. 41 File 49810 (vol.1-2) |
Department of Forestry | War effort, alternative service camps, conscientious objectors, Mennonites, etc. 1940-41 | 2590 |
| RG 24 Vol. 741 File 32-40 |
Wartime Price and Control Board | National relief agencies, includes Canadian Mennonite Relief Committee, etc. 1944-47 | 2590 |
| RG 80 Vol. 22 File T14-127 |
Board of Grain Commissioners | Labour situation of Canadian grain elevators (Hutterites and Mennonites employed as grain handlers at the Lakehead), 1943-44 | 2590 |
| RG 88 Vol. 20 File SE 3-29-3 |
Surveys & mappings | Re: Alternative service work camps (for Doukhobors, Mennonites, and other conscientious objectors) 1941 | 2590 |
| RG 88 Vol. 41-42 File U-1000 (pts.1-3) |
Surveys & Mappings | Conscientious Objectors, 1941-43 | 2590 (vol. 41) 2607 (vol. 42) |
| RG 88 Vol. 42 File U-1000-334 |
Surveys & Mappings | Conscientious objectors, 1941-43 | 2607 |
| RG 88 Vol. 43-47 File U-1001 |
Surveys & Mappings | Conscientious Objectors, 1941-47 | 2607 (vol.43-45) 2030 (Vol.45-47) |
| RG 76 Vol. 358-360 File 424060-429515, pt.1 |
Immigration Branch | Hutterite colonies in U.S., Settlement in Canada, 1929-40 | C-10262 |
| RG 76 Vol. 367-368 Files 481696-491991 Pt. 3 |
Immigration Branch | Colony of Amish Mennonites to be located in Alberta, 1906 | C-10268 |
| RG 76 Vol. 16-17 File 142, pts. 10-147 part 13 |
Immigration Branch | Emigration of Mennonites from the U.S., Julius Siemens, 1891-1900 | C-4674 |
| RG 24 C 1, Vol. 5953 File HQ 1064-30-67 vol. 3 |
Department of National Defence | Conscientious Objectors, 1914-1945 | 2030 |
| RG 25 G 1, Vol. 13-1 File 1152 |
Department of External Affairs | Establishment of Colony of Mennonites in Paraguay and Mexico, 1921-23 | 2518 |
| RG 25 G 1, Vol. 1472 File 416 C |
Department of External Affairs | Mennonites migrating from Canada to Paraguay, and land titles, 1926-35 | 2518 |
| RG 25 G 1, Vol. 1558 File 44C |
Department of External Affairs | Immigration to Canada of Mennonites from Russia, 1929-30 | 2518 |
| RG 25 G 1, Vol. 1723 File 930 |
Department of External Affairs | Relief for Russian famine sufferers, Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization, 1934-35 | 2518 |
| RG 25 G 1, Vol 1724 File 5CB |
Department of External Affairs | Return of Canada of Mennonites from Mexico, 1935-38 | 2518 |
| RG 25 G 1, Vol. 1879 File 720 |
Department of External Affairs | Publication of dispatches of Mennonite emigration from Russia to Canada, 1938-39 | 2518 |
| RG 24 G 1, Vol. 2029 File HW 1064-30-95 |
Department of National Defence | Conscientious Objectors, 1918 | 2030 |
| MG 26 Jl Vol. 116 . | King Papers | Mennonite Immigration to Canada from Russia, 1920s; Prime minister Mackenzie King and the Mennonites; David Toews; Gerhard Ens | 2518 |
| RG 26 Vol. 122 File 3-32-4, pts 1-2 |
Department of Citizenship & Immigration | Doukhobors, 1950; Mennonite immigration from Mexico to Canada, 1930-50; Amish emigration from U.S. to Ontario, 1950's and 1960s; Mennonites in Bolivia, 1960's; Mennonites in Mexico, 1960's; Hutterites in Canada, General, military exemptions, Canada WWI - Mennonites and Tunkers | 2518 |
| National Archives of the U.S. Number | Department | Subject Matter | CGC Microfilm # |
| RG 163 | Selective Service System 1917-19 | Mennonites and American Civil War; use of Mennonites for essential Agricultural work, 1942; importation of Russian Mennonite farming techniques to the USA; conscientious objectors, Mennonites, 1943 (soil conservation camps); Mennonite farming practices in Pa. and Kan. during 18th and 19th centuries. | C 9501 Roll #1 |
| RG 60 | Department of Justice | Conscientious objection, Mennonites and Hutterites, WWI; South Dakota Mennonites, 1920; Mennonite emigration from Canada to Mississippi, 1920; Mennonite emigration from Canada to Alabama, 1921; Mennonite emigration from Canada to Mexico, 1922; Mennonite emigration from Canada to California, 1924; Mennonite emigration from Canada to Paraguay, 1926; Russian Mennonite emigration to Canada and the US, 1920's | C 9502 Roll #1 |
| RG 75 | Bureau of Indian Affairs | Russian Mennonite emigration to US, 1870's | C 9502 Roll #2 |
| RG 48 | Office of the Interior, Lands and Railway Division | Mennonites and American Indians; U.S. Alternative service camps (irrigation) - WW I | C 9502 Roll #2 |
| RG 75 | Mennonites and American Indians | C 9502 Roll #2 | |
| Bethel College Historical Library | Subject Matter | CGC Microfilm # | |
| Johann P. Wall - Diary of the Old Colony Delegation to South America, 1919; Statistics of the Old Colony Mennonites from 1910-1949 - Manitoba and Mexico; Letters of the grade school pupils at Hoffnungsfeld, Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico for their teacher David Harder; the Mexican Privilegium granted to the Old Colony; Manitoba school's problem and the Old Colony Mennonites; Old Colony Mennonite emigration from Canada to the US and Mexico, 1920's | C 9502 Roll #3 |
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