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A small set of property records and church- and mission-related documents and correspondence created and collected by a pastor and  bishop of Crown Hill Mennonite Church (Rittman, Ohio) who donated land for the Rittman Home for the Aged.  Includes a letter to Christian Steiner dated 1829, as well as correxpondence from Menno Steiner (1905-1911).  Also includes marriage licenses, Crown Hill Mennonite Church reports, and membership letters.

Personal and pastoral papers of a pastor and bishop of the (old) Mennonite Church who served primarily in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania.  Durr also served as the first moderator of the Southwest Pennsylvania Mennonite Conference. He also served as moderator of the General Conference Committee and the preliminary General Conference in 1897.

Durr's papers are divided into

(1) Congregational and Conference Records, 1867-1919

(2) Correspondence, 1858-1940

(3) Miscellaneous Materials, 1878-1937

(4) Sermons and Collected Tracts, circa 1872-1934

(5) Financial and Legal Records, 1879-1938

This set of collected family documents contains correspondence, financial records, broadsides, property records, tax receipts, sermons, and assorted ephemera pertaining to the Nold and Yoder families of Columbia, Ohio, later of Columbiana and Leetonia, Ohio.  Materials document the following individuals, all of whom held ministerial positions in area Mennonite congregations:

Bishop Jacob Nold (1765-1834)

Deacon Jacob Nold (1798-1864)

Deacon John Ziegler Nold (1823-1913)

Deacon John L. Yoder, son-in-law of John Ziegler Nold (1855 - 1940)

Bishop Paul L. Yoder (1897-1990)

The bulk of the correspondence comprises incoming correspondence to Jacob Nold (1898-1964) and Paul L. Yoder.

Of particular significance in this collection is the copy of a petition drafted by J. M. Brenneman to be sent to President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 that pleads for Mennonite exemption from military service in the American Civil War.

A small set of personal papers belonging to a bishop of the (old) Mennonite Church who served in Palmyra, Missouri and was a member of the Mennonite Board of Education.

The richest documentation in this small set of personal papers is the correspondence (primarily incoming) regarding conflicts within the church and Kreider's concern about growing liberalism, particularly in dress, within the Mennonite Church and its schools.  There are also several interesting letters concerning chivareeing and serenading.  Correspondents include Daniel Kauffman, Simon Gingerich, J. B. Smith, J. A. Heatwole, C. L. Ressler, P. J. Blosser, D. G. Lapp, J. B. Brunk, Maurice Yoder, S. C. Yoder, and Milo Kauffman.  In 1925 and 1926 with some Tuleta, Texas members -- Rhoda Yoder, Elva Unzicker, and P. Schrock.

Also included in the papers are miscellaneous materials pertaining to the Mennonite conferences of the south and central plains, ministerial meeting minutes, records pertaining to Levi (L. J. ) Miller of Twin Falls, Idaho, a record of marriages performed, information on conscientious objectors in World War I, and other assorted documents.

Researchers should note that the collection has been rehoused into one box and the folder numbers have not been updated.

A small collection consisting primarily of sermons, but also including correspondence and miscellaneous materials created by an (old) Mennonite Church minister and bishop iwho lived in Nebraska and Illinois.

Personal papers of an (old) Mennontite Church minister, bishop, and church planter, divided into four series:

(1) Correspondence, 1892-1945

(2) Miscellaneous Materials, 1903-1955

(3) Diaries, 1898-1956

(4) Sermon Notes, 1923-1952

Correspondence, subject files, and sermons of a bishop of the (old) Mennonite Church who served in Kalona and Iowa City, Iowa.  Much of the correspondence addresses selective service classification difficulties for Mennonites in Iowa and  Young People's Institute activities in Iowa.

Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church pastor and bishop, including correspondence, sermon notes and outlines, reminiscences, pastoral letters, and notebooks.  Of particular note are Shank's journal entitled "Our Gospel Tour," which describes a preaching junket he undertook with other Mennonite men in a borrowed car in 1925-1926.  Also of interest is Shank's unpublished book manuscript entitled, "Vital Issues of Our Times,"  Researchers should also note that membership and other records of the Carver Mennonite Church (Carver, Mo.) can be found in this collection.

The personal papers of John D. Zehr, a Mennonite bishop who pastored Calvary Church (Los Angeles, Ca.) and Yellow Creek Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.), consist of two series:

(1) Mennonite Attitudes on Voting Survey, 1966

(2) Sermons and Pastoral Papers, 1936-1966

Photocopies of handwritten copies of correspondence and journal entries of a powerful conservative Mennonite bishop in the Washington - Franklin Conference.  Also includes a program from Horst's funeral service in 1966.

Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church missionary who served in Argentina (1928-1947) and Puerto Rico (1953-1964).  Snyder also served as a pastor to (old) Mennonite Church congregations in Texas and Wisconsin.  Snyder's papers include correspondence, programs and ephemera pertaining to Mennonite religious life and institutions in Argentina and Puerto Rico.  A small amount of correspondence and miscellaneous records pertain to his pastorate in Texas.

This series contains meeting minutes, reports, and the correspondence and subject files of leaders committee leaders.

Personal papers of a bishop of the (old) Mennonite Church and administrator of La Junta Mennonite Hospital and Sanatarium (La Junta, Colorado).  Series include:

(1) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1928-1975

(2) Diaries, 1921, 1961-1963, 1966

(3) Miscellaneous, 1925-1969

Personal and pastoral papers of a pastor and bishop in the (old) Mennonite Church in Ohio.  Materials include sermons, correspondence, materials on the Canton Mennonite Mission and the Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference, and assorted clippings, certificates, and ephemera.

A small set of personal papers, primarily correspondence, documenting ministry, congregational life, and conflicts a northern Michigan congregations of the (old) Mennonite Church. Other materials in the collection include correspondence, reports, and programs of the Michigan Mennonite Ministers' Fellowship (1955-1970), minutes of the Indiana-Michigan Conference Area Ministers' Council #2 (Northern Lower Michigan) (1967-1977), and correspondence and interviews concerning a conflict in the Coldsprings Mennonite Church (Mancelona, Mich.) in 1973.

Wickey,who was ordained a pastor at South Colon Mennonite Church in 1956, appears to have served at the Maple River Mennonite Church (Brutus, Mich.) from the early 1960s through the late 1970s.