Correspondence and research files of Esko Loewen about his work on the Deknatel organ at Kauffman Museum, North Newton, Kansas.
Also correspondence, research files, and slides of Robert Kreider relating to the organ.
Loewen, Esko, 1917-1981
Box 1 is a random assortment of correspondence, clippings, etc. completely unsorted. Very little material from before about 1970. Includes one folder from Robert Kreider in 1984 with a Gordon Friesen letter and other writings.
Box 2 is relatively recent correspondence between Duerksen and Robert Kreider.
Box 3 is relatively recent correspondence between Duerksen and Don Heinrichs. Includes folder sent by Don Heinrichs, 18 Mar 2019.
The rest of the boxes are books, including an autographed copy of Flamethrower by his cousin Gordon Friesen.
Duerksen, Menno, 1916-2005
Box 1: Sterling years
Box 2: Goshen years 1921-1926
Box 3: Bluffton elementary 1926-1931
Box 4: Bluffton High School 1931-1935
Box 5: Bethel College I 1935-1939
Box 6: Bethel College II 1935-1939
Box 7: Summer program: AFSC work camp, Europe 1938, Ford plant 1937-1940
Box 8: Miscellaneous early years, AFSC, University of Chicago I, 1937-1942, 1955-1994
Box 9: Civilian Public Service 1940-1993
Box 10: Civilian Public Service, one "war-time" folder 1945-1992
Box 11: Africa-China year, post-war Europe 1943-1950
Box 12: post-war Europe 1945-1950
Box 13: post-war Europe 1945-1950
box 13a/925: see below
Box 14: University of Chicago II 1948-1992
Box 14a/916 see below
Box 15: Bluffton College 1952-1989
Box 16: Bluffton College 1953-1974
Box 17: Bluffton College and Bluffton community 1960-1971
Box 18: Bethel College - faculty/staff, students, special projects 1967-1993
Box 19: Bethel College - special projects, courses, peace studies 1973-1994
Box 20: Bethel College - Mennonite Library and Archives 1967-1994
Box 21: Bethel College - Kauffman Museum, Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Peace Lecture Series 1976-1994
Box 22: Development 1975-1987, Africa 1964-1968
Box 23: National Council of Churches 1968-1971, Teachers Abroad Program 1960-1981
Box 24: Teachers Abroad Program 1960-1988, MCC Self-Study 1971-1975
Box 25: MCC Self-Study 1971-1975
Box 26: MCC Self-Study 1971-1975, MCC 1960-1994
Box 27: MCC 1964-1994
Box 28: Congregational Peace Education Program; Bicentennial; Tricentennial; Conscription; 1940-1980
Box 29: Conscription; Historic Peace Churches 1935-1988
Box 30: Historic Peace Churches; Mennonite World Conference 1975-1993
Box 31: China Educational Exchange 1976-1994
Box 32: China Education Exchange 1975-1994
Box 33: China 1946-1950, 1981-1993
Box 34: China 1972-1994
Box 34a (box 912): China addenda
box 35: trips
box 35a/929: trips
box 36: speeches and articles
box 37: speeches and articles
box 38: speeches and articles
box 39: family letters
box 40: family letters
box 41: family letters
box 41a (936): family letters - parents
box 42: family letters - siblings
box 43: family letters - siblings
box 43a (933): family letters
box 43b (934): family letters
Box 45: Research N. C. Hirschy 1891-1924, 1970-1978
Box 46: Research MCC - A. J. Miller 1917-1982
Box 47: Research - Case studies - When Good People Quarrel 1952-1994
Box 48: Research - Case studies - MCC Hungry Thirsty Stranger 1942-1994
Box 49: Research - Case studies - MCC Hungry Thirsty; MCC history; Butler County, Ohio; Friedenstadt-Illinois 1812-1994
Box 50: Research - leadership 1974-1986; Higher education 1965-1992
Box 51-55: Data-topical
Box 56: Data - geographical
box 58: Mirror of the Martyrs project
box 58b (932): Mirror of the Martyrs project
box 59: Mirror of the Martyrs project
box 60; Mirror of the Martyrs project
box 60a (930): Mirror of the Martyrs project
box 60b (931): Mirror of the Martyrs project
Box 61: Chaco/Paraguay book 1992-1995
box 62: Wichita 95 Tour Committee
box 64: family finances 1949-
box 65: Kreider family history
box 66: Sommer family history
box 67: Ebersole family history
box 69: Shoemaker family history
box 69a (935): Shoemaker family history
Box 73: MCC story exhibit "The Gift of Hope" 1993-1997
Box 74-75: David Kliewer
Box 76-87: General correspondence
box 82a (939): general correspondence
box 88: Bluffton Sages 2004-2010
Box 901: "history files" Kauffman Museum, Bethlehem conference, Fall Fest, Mennonite World Conference, Cornelius Krahn, miscellaneous
Box 902: "history files" General Conference Heritage Committee, Institute of Mennonite Studies, Western District Historical Committee, Library, Bethel College centennial
Box 903: MLA files
Box 904-905: Paraguay book project
Box 906-909: MCC files 1970s-1980s
Box 910: Miscellaneous clippings and printed matter
Box 911: "Documents gathered for my Ph. D. dissertation but not used because I limited scope to Switzerland"
Box 912: continuation of box 34
Box 913:1985 Mennonite history class Great Plains seminary, interview transcript RSK by Fred Fransen 1987, DVD of North Newton walking tour 2005, audio cassettes of interviews and of class
Box 914: Mennonite retirement facilities research 2001
Box 915: pamphlets
Box 916/14a: University of Chicago
Box 917: Mennonite games, miscellaneous correspondence, Sanborn map research
Box 918: map folder of Colorado maps
Box 919: labeled box 74, Menno Duerksen correspondence
Box 920: labeled box 75, Menno Duerksen correspondence, J. Winfield Fretz memorial, miscellaneous
Box 921: Amos Hoover material
Box 922: National Farmers Organization tapes
Box 923: more Amos Hoover material
Box 924: books with marginal notations
box 925: oversize items from box 13, postwar Europe 1945-1950
box 926: (box 38a) speeches and articles, folders 70-84 and 1-17
box 927: Bluffton College Dean's Newsletter
box 928: maps
box 937: datebooks
box 938: Stephen Wang, James Liu, Guo Xu photos; Martyrs Mirror essay 2014; MCC Central States file 1970s-1980s
box 940: (map folder) Amos Hoover material
box 941: David Kliewer correspondence
Kreider, Robert S., 1919-2015