With the construction of a larger office building in downtown Steinbach in 1977, a fireproof vault became available to store EMC archival material. In the summer of 1981 a serious effort to organize the material began. A Bible college student was engaged for 10 weeks, the cataloguing system of the Mennonite Heritage Centre in Winnipeg was adopted, and a modest number of items were listed. Since then there has been additional classifying and cataloguing on a part-time basis. The executive-secretary of the EMC Board of Education and Publication, Dave Schellenberg, became the archivist.
Material is processed on an on-going basis.
The archival holdings consists of more than 300 volumes, plus books and periodicals. The archives is available for research purposes. The executive secretary to the Board of Church Ministries, or other office staff, can assist with inquiries. Outside expertise can be brought in where necessary. Archival donations are welcome.