This memoir, entitled "Like Jacob, I Waited Seven Years, or Faint Heart Did Win Fair Lady," recounts Hostetler's courtship of Ida (Yoder) Nussbaum.  Hostetler's daughter, Dora Miller, recorded Hostetler's memoir in writing, as Hostetler himself frequently recited it as a story.

A small set of governing documents, correspondence, and guest registers associated with this seemingly tongue-in-cheek social organization founded by male Mennonite college students seeking marriagable mates.  Founding officers include John A. Hostetler, Ray E. Horst, Willard D. Hunsberger, Calvin Wall Redekop, and Harvey Toews.