Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1920-1970 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1.00 Cubic Feet
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 12 October 1882 near Henderson, Nebraska. Parents Heinrich H. Epp and Helena (Peters) Epp.
Baptized 1 June 1903 into Bethesda Mennonite Church. Married Elisabeth Richert 1910. Children: Dorothea, Carl H., Robert O. Taught elementary school in Henderson. Also was assistant minister of the Bethesda church.
Attended Bethel College and University of Nebraska. Moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1924 and after that earned BA and MA degrees there. Returned to Henderson and taught high school, was high school principal and school superintendent. Retired from teaching in 1936 and returned to farming.
Member of General Conference Mennonite Church Board of Education, chair of Northern District Conference, member of Bethel College Advisory Board.
Died 23 February 1970.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by son, Robert O. Epp.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Box 1: correspondence, books
Box 2-3: books
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
unprocessed
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- German