box 1: autobiography, financial notebooks, school composition notebooks, diaries (his?), clippings, correspondence, Low German readings, translation projects, family history material
box 2: negatives used to print Andreas and Eva Schmidt Genealogy 1640-1966
Thiesen, Daniel Samuel, 1899-1988
Not entirely clear what parts of this belonged to Edward Haury and what parts belonged to his Schmidt cousins, especially Gerhard E. Schmidt. Includes correspondence, tourism souvenirs from Europe, photos, school notebooks and exercises and souvenirs, autograph book of G. E. Schmidt, books.
Haury, Edward H., 1871-1948
Frank and Agatha Balzer Papers
Includes correspondence between Agatha Hiebert and David Goerz; other correspondence, David Hiebert correspondence and business records, scattered photos, family history information (Hiebert, Balzer), school papers, Christmas Wünsche, autobiographical material (Frank), financial records books from lumber business. clippings
Balzer, Frank, 1859-1944
Includes:
campaign flyer (he ran for county superintendent of public instruction at some point)
pamphlets, brochures
correspondence
family history scrapbook (this comes from Lena Fast whose daughter Linda was Gustav Frey’s second wife, so not a Frey family scrapbook)
music book, other books
Wünsche
biology lab book from Bethel College
syllabus from Witmarsum seminary 1922-1923
notebook/diary
Frey, Gustav, 1883-1949
Consists of a very thick writing exercise book.
Ruth, Heinrich, 1834-1919
It's not clear that all the items in here come from Jacob H. Richert. It also could be that more than one Jacob Richert or J. H. Richert is represented by the materials.
Neuer und Alter Kunst- und Jugend-Kalender Auf das 1770ste Jahr Christi... (Dantzig: E. Gewerk, Thom. Joh. Schreiber, [1770]); handwritten notes in it that look like a preaching schedule for the Danzig Mennonite congregation (does this belong to the Richert papers or is it just mixed in by accident?) (should this be cataloged in OCLC sometime?)
school papers (penmanship and grammar exercises, German and English, one dated 1882)
financial record book ca. 1900
a folder from Roland Ensz - printed matter, several items are First Mennonite Church, Newton
Richert, Jacob H., 1866-1928
John Becker and Eva B. Frey Becker Papers
box 1: correspondence 1907-1916
box 2: correspondence 1917-1930
box 3: financial records, Vergissmeinnicht book, photos, postcards, greeting cards, wedding invitations, clippings
box 4: school notebook, clippings, correspondence, Uncle Abe Becker papers
box 5: account books
box 6-7: books
box 8: school exercise books, diplomas, grade reports for various family members; Danzig "Predigtentwürfe" book
Becker, John, 1870-1968
Leonhard and Peter Bartel Papers
Consists mostly of financial papers, with some correspondence, school papers, family history papers, Leonhard's passport and naturalization papers.
Bartel, Leonhard, 1849-1919
biographical materials on Andrew D. Schrag (1876-1956), notes related to Swiss Volhynian history, Jakob Stucky writing book 1859
Schrag, Martin H., 1919-2002