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Rich documentation of the Syrian orphanage where Silas Hertzler worked and the children, refugees of the Armenian genocide, served in the facility.

A mix of incoming and outgoing personal and professional correspondence of Silas Hertzler. Anna Weaver Hertzler's correspondence is largely limited to letters to her children, particularly Charlotte Croyle (Box 8).

Primarily manuscript copies of essays, theses, articles, and other prose works by Silas Hertzler. Topics include Mennonite history and the history of education. Materials pertaining to Hertzler's published genealogy may be found in Series 7.

Assorted biographical, household, legal, and professional documents. Also includes collected information about the Elkhart Institute and Goshen College.

Forms, collected research materials and historical documents, and conrrespondence pertaining to Silas Hertzler's book, The Hertzler - Hartzler Family History, first published in 1952.  Researchers will note that the correspondence extends past Hertzler's death in 1975 because Hertzler's daughter, Charlotte, continued to receive and respond to genealogical correspondence.

Materials in this series consist primarily of family photographs and photographs depicting daily life and Silas Hertzler's work in Syria and Beiruit from 1919 to 1920.

This series consists primarily of Silas Hertzler's diaries, which contain detailed entries about his daily activities. Silas's diaries span the years 1904 to 1974, with a gap only for one year (1911). Silas Hertzler kept separate diaries of trips and other special events, and a number of these may be found in this series as well. By contrast, this series contains only one diary kept by Anna Weaver Hertzler, for the year 1962. Researchers should note that this series contains Silas Hertzler's diaries during his period of service with Near East Relief under the American Friends Service Committee (1919-1920).