Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1930-1980 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
4.60 Cubic Feet
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 25 April 1908 near Walton, Kansas. Parents Abraham Peters and Anna Enz.
Belonged to Tabor Mennonite Church and later joined First Mennonite Church, Newton, Kansas.
Graduated from Walton High School in 1927.
Served in noncombatant position with US Army in the South Pacific.
Married Anna Meta Dyck of Laird, Saskatchewan, in 1942. Lived in Olympia, Washington, until 1946. Then moved back to Kansas.
Farmed near Walton and was active in various community organizations.
In the last five years of his life they spent much tin in the Rio Grande valley in Texas helping his son Walter in beekeeping.
Died 24 August 1980, Newton, Kansas.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by daughter.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes correspondence, clippings, notes, genealogical information, photos, in a complete jumble.
Most of the material seems to relate to Anna Peters' extended family, more so than Arthur's.
Box 1 includes a note about Arthur Peters' military service, and a cassette tape. Also a Confederate $50 bill in poor condition. And some pencil drawings. Cassette tape in box 1 digitized as elecrec/acc915, June 2018.
Box 4 contains diaries of Mrs. Peter Regier nee Wiens, some German sermons.
Boxes 5 and 6 are mostly photos.
"Box" 7 is a map folder containing genealogy charts.
"Box" 8 is a map folder containing an oversize newspaper item.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
unprocessed
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
open for research use
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- German