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Leonard Clemens Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/252SC
  • Sammlung
  • 1974-1984

The papers include a photograph of Leonard and Verna Clemens, excerpts from his diary, and two personal memoirs in essay form :  "Mennonites in Michigan in 1900" and "Life in Goshen: The 1920s."

Virginia Claassen Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.503
  • Sammlung
  • 1960-2010

box 1: Mennonite World Conference 1962 scrapbook brought in by Esther Wenger 6 Aug 2002; Mennonite World Conference India 1997 scrapbooks brought in by Milton Claassen 3 Jan 2012

box 2: correspondence, photos, print items, brought in by Milton Claassen 3 Jan 2012

box 3: photos, correspondence, diplomas, passports, plaques, master's thesis, scrapbook

box 4: framed diploma - University of Kansas master's; photo album of Japan school work

box 5: photo albums, scrapbooks

box 6-8: correspondence

box 9-10: diaries and other notebooks

Claassen, Virginia, 1933-2011

Alan Hochstetler Papers 1958-1961

  • US MCUSAA HM1/996
  • Sammlung
  • 1957- circa 2011

A set of personal papers documenting Alan Hochstetler's voluntary service work in Vietnam and Korea under the auspices of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).  The papers consist primarily of correspondence from Hochstetler to his family in Nappanee, Indiana.  The letters provide a lot of detail about the daily work and activities of Hochstetler and other MCC volunteers.  In his correspondence, Hochstetler also discusses the weather, major political events, and his relationships with his fellow voluntary service workers.

Other materials in this collection include correspondence from MCC and the selective service, slides and photographs taken during his service work, photographs taken during a 1997 trip to Vietnam, clippings, a Vietnam diary, a hand drawn map of the Leprosarium, the Tidings of the Banmethouoat Leprosarium, a service certificate from MCC, and a nine-page manuscript containing personal reflections and recollections of his service work and his return trips to Vietnam.

Hochstetler, Alan, 1939-

Alfred G. Linscheid Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.327
  • Sammlung
  • 1956-1985

Consists almost entirely of his diaries 1956-1985. The diaries are somewhat in the  format of scientific lab notebooks, with numerous little drawings.

Also includes some funeral papers, wills, land records, military discharge, clippings, photos, death certificates.

Linscheid, Alfred G., 1897-1985

Allen Ebersole Travel Diaries and Postcards

  • US MCUSAA HM1/496SC
  • Sammlung
  • 1954-1957

The collection includes travel diaries and postcards from visits to Oregon and Mexico.

Ebersole, Allen, 1906-

Delbert Wiens Journal

  • US MCUSAA HM1/964
  • Sammlung
  • 1954-1956

The journal documents Wiens's service as a Mennonite Centeral Committee relief worker in Vietnam from 1954 to 1956. The typewritten journal began as a diary with handwritten comments that was sent to friends and family.  Later entries are more deliberately written as letters or reports, with fewer daily entries.  Wiens provides detailed descriptions of his work, the social conditions, and his interactions with the Vietnamese and other relief workers. 

This is a photocopy of the original journal.

Wiens, Delbert Leroy, 1931-

Bob Detweiler Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/958
  • Sammlung
  • 1950-1988

These papers consist primarily of incoming professional, pastoral, and personal correspondence.  Of particular note are the two folders of incoming and outgoing correspondence between basketball coach Bobby Knight and Bob Detweiler (1971-1987).  Additional materials in the collection include sermon notes and outlines and dairies from Detweiler's college and seminary years.

Detweiler, Bob, 1929-1989

Herman F. Schmidt Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.340
  • Sammlung
  • 1945

Herman F. Schmidt went to Europe in 1945 with a shipload of horses to Yugoslavia under the auspices of Mennonite Central Committee. The collection consists of photographs and a diary from that trip.

Schmidt, Herman F., 1892-1994

Gordon Oyer Collection on Civilian Public Service Camp #115 Subunit #30 (Urbana, Ill.)

  • US MCUSAA HM1/944
  • Sammlung
  • 1943-1991

A set of research materials assembled by Gordon Oyer to write an article on the history Civilian Public Service in Illinois, including CPS Camp #115, Subunit #30.  CPS volunteers at this camp were "guinea pigs" for medical experiments studying the physiological effects of heat and tropical conditions.  Camp #115 was a cooperative agency administered the Mennonites, Brethren, and Friends under the direction of the Office of Scientific Research and Development.  Subunit #30 was administered by Mennonite Central Committee.

Materials in this collection include the diaries of two CPS volunteer participants in these experiments:  Duane Hougham (Methodist) and George Nachtigall (Mennonite Brethren).  Nachtigall's diary is a photocopy of the original.  Also included are letters with CPS volunteers stationed in Illinois, clippings, and a copy of Oyer's article.

Oyer, Gordon

John S. Oyer Papers

  • US GCA V/04/018-023
  • Sammlung
  • 1943-1998

The personal papers of a long term Goshen College faculty member who taught history. The collection is divided into three series: 1) Letters to Siddie King Oyer, 1943-1948; 2) Personal Papers, 1944-1998; and 3) Family Genealogy, 1945-1995.

Oyer, John S.

Paul N. Kraybill Papers 1958-1990

  • US MCUSAA HM1/998
  • Sammlung
  • 1942-1992

Personal papers of a prominent administrator who held leadership positions in multiple Mennonite-related organizations over a career spanning four decades between 1953 and 1993. Kraybill also served as a board member and organizational consultant for a variety of institutions, including the American Leprosy Mission, Lancaster Mennonite School, and Lombard Mennonite Church. Materials consist of daily calendars, administrative trip reports, writings and manuscripts, photographs, scattered correspondence, committee minutes, and organizational working files. The papers are divided into the following series and subseries:

(1) Day Timers and Calendars, 1956-1992

(2) Manuscripts, Notes, and Talks, 1950-1991

(3) Organizational Working Files, 1956-1992

A. Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities

B. Mennonite Church General Board

C. Mennonite Christian Leadership Foundation

D. Mennonite Housing Aid, Inc.

E. Mennonite World Conference

F. Mennonite Health Association

(4) General Subject Files, 1942-1991

(5) Photographs and Miscellaneous, 1942-1991

Kraybill, Paul N., 1925-1993

Gene Stoltzfus Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/101
  • Sammlung
  • 1940-2012

Personal papers of a lifelong peace activist from the Mennonite / Anabaptist tradition.  Materials include journals, personal and professional correspondence, reports and articles associated with his work for International Voluntary Services (IVS) and Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), lectures and speeches, photographs, and remembrance books compiled after his death.  These papers also include Synapses: Messages, newsletters of a grass-roots human rights and spirituality organization based in Chicago in the 1980s and 1990s.

Stoltzfus, Gene, 1940-2010

John and Elizabeth Thiessen Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.224
  • Sammlung
  • 1940-1960

Box 1: diaries, correspondence, photos, sermons, books, clippings

Box 2: books, autobiography

Box 3: scrapbook, pamphlets

Thiessen, John, 1893-1967

Lores E. Steury Papers

  • US GCA HM1/728
  • Sammlung
  • circa 1936-2008

Personal papers of Lores E. Steury, consisting largely of gathered information on the Amish Christian Church (including information highlighted in the book The Amish Christian Church: Its History and Legacy by Fredrick J. Schrock). Holdings also include personal information about Steury, including diaries, photographs, newspaper clippings, and drafts of an autobiography.

The papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Amish Christan Church Materials

(2) Geneological Records

(3) Diaries and Recollections

(4) Recorded Interviews

(5) Correspondence and Miscellaneous Materials

Steury, Lores E., 1922-2008

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