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Date(s)
- 1866-2005 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
9.70 Linear Feet; 6 records cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 half archives box
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Beulah Stauffer Hostetler (1926-2005) was a women's leader within the Mennonite Church, achieving a high standard of education and becoming proficient in many fields. In addition to graduating from Hesston College, Goshen College, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Beulah received her PhD in Religious Thought from the University of Pennsylvania. In her lifetime she also was edior for the Mennonite Publishing House, a historian, a researcher with husband John A. Hostetler, an author, an illustrator, and a professor at Elizabethtown College. She was also active her her church life and taught many adult Sunday School courses and gave many sermons and lectures.
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Scope and content
The personal papers of Beulah Stauffer Hostetler, consisting of creative and academic writings, correspondence, photographs, recordings, and miscellaneous subject files related to her research into Old Order life and her time as a professor at Elizabethtown College. Materials from her family members, particularly her father Ezra Stauffer, are also included.
These papers are divided into the following series:
(1) Essays and Writings, 1942-2003
(2) Correspondence, 1944-2005
(3) Family History and Geneology, 1866-2005
(4) Subject Files and Miscellaneous, 1944-2004
(5) Photographs, 1890-1992
(6) Audiovisual Materials, 1980-2005
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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By series
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
These materials are open for public research.
Conditions governing reproduction
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.
Language of material
- English
- German
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Name access points
- Elizabethtown College -- Faculty (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2012-11-28
Language(s)
- English