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Cornelius Voth Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.349
  • Collection
  • 1800-1850

Consists of Cornelius Voth's "Ein Schreibe Buch" which was continued by his son-in-law Peter Balzer.

The first two pages have recipes for remedies for stomach ache, the plague, etc. written by Peter Balzer.

Next is a 17 page family history section.

Pages 1, 2, and 3 are more remedies for illneses.

Up to p. 203 is miscellaneous poems, songs, speeches, sermons, etc.

Then several blank pages.

Page 233 starts a diary followed by accounts of what he borrowed from various people.

238-242: weather chart

258-266: remedies for horse diseases

272: recipes for gilding glass and leather

283: diary notes

288-291: remedies for human and animal illnesses

292 to end: financial notes, blacksmithing work, etc.

Voth, Cornelius, 1762-1836

Jacob Wall Diary

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.443
  • Collection
  • 1824-1860

Wall's diary 1824-1860 of events in his region. Also a listing of births, deaths, etc. mentioned in the diary, compiled by Glenn Penner. The title "Record Book of the Chortitza Mennonite Settlement 1824-1860" also seems to have been used for this document, although it isn't really an accurate description.

Wall, Jacob, 1807-1860

Mahala Yoder Diary

  • US MCUSAA HM1/012SC
  • Collection
  • 1871-1876

Two typescripts of a diary kept by a young Amish woman who resided in McLean County (Dry Grove Township) Illinois, near Bloomington.  Yoder, who was confined to her home because of illness, describes in great detail the social life and courtships of her siblings and the day to day activities of her family.  She also reports her opinions of the goings-on in her family and her community as well as her reflections on her illness.

Yoder, Mahala, 1850-

Henry Egly Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/542
  • Collection
  • 1886-1890

Photocopies, transcriptions, and translations of autobiographical and biographical writings, as well as diaries and correspondence late in the life of this bishop of the Defenseless Mennonite Church (later Evangelical Mennonite Church, now Fellowship of Evangelical Churches) in Adams County, Indiana.

Egly, Henry, 1824-1890

Caleb Winey Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/029
  • Collection
  • 1847-1895

A small set of personal papers created by a Mennonite minister in Osborne County, Kansas and Peabody, Kansas.  Includes an account book belonging to Samuel Winey, notes on scripture references by topic and short essays and sermons, three diaries, spanning 1884 to 1895, and miscellaneous materials.

Winey, Caleb, 1849-1933

Jacob J. Classen Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.361
  • Collection
  • 1894-1897

Consists of Classen's diary or journal 1894-1897 (photocopy) and an English translation. (see also elecrec/acc2 for electronic version of the translation)

Classen, Jacob J., 1861-1904

Christian Erismann Diary

  • US MCUSAA HM1/216
  • Collection
  • 1866-1899

A short autobiograpy and lengthy diary (in German script) of an Amish Mennonite who immigrated to the United States with his family in 1857 to Granville, Ill.  and taught in Amish Mennonite Schools in various Illinois communities.  The diary contains a good deal of information about Erismann's religious and spiritual life, recording his prayers, uinderstanding of Christian behavior, and attendance of worhsip services and Sunday schools.  Over time, the diary becomes a journal of devotions on special religious days.

Only the first 44 pages of the diary have been translated into English

Erismann, Christian, 1835-1905

Jakob J. Regier Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.325
  • Collection
  • 1897-1899

Diary 1897-1899, both original and transcription by Ray Regier.

In 1993 Ray Regier had plans to bring more papers in, but that didn't happen.

Regier, Jakob J., 1827-1903

Johann F. Thiessen Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.362
  • Collection
  • 1898-1913

Consists of Thiessen's diary or journal 1898-1913 (photocopy) and an English translation. (see also elecrec/acc3 for electronic version of the translation)

Thiessen, Johann F., 1840-1917

A. B. (Abraham B.) Burkholder Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/714
  • Collection
  • 1896-1915

This small set of papers consists primarily of two diaries kept by Burkholder, a Virginia minister and later bishop of the (old) Mennonite Church.  The diaries contain brief daily enteries providing information about the weather and his activities for the day.  Other materials inclde sermon outlines, clippings, and miscellaneous materials.

Burkholder, A. B. (Abraham B.), 1850-1941

Jacob S. Waldner World War I Diary

  • US MCUSAA HM1/470SC
  • Collection
  • 1917-1918

The collection consists of a translation of Hutterite Jacob S. Waldner's World War I diary documenting his experience as a Conscientious Objector.

Waldner, Jacob S., 1891-1974

Ammon Sala Diary

  • US MCUSAA HM1/202SC
  • Collection
  • 1916-1919

A transcribed, typewritten copy of a diary kept by Ammon Sala, a Mennonite conscientious objector who was conscripted for military service in World War I. Sala left for Camp Lee on October 4, 1917 and was not released until December 1918. Sala's diary entries are very brief, describing one or two daily activities.

The diary was transcribed by Mark Moyer. The original diary remains in the possession of Helen Lenda.

Sala, Ammon

Guy O. Graber Papers

  • US MCUSAA US MCUSAA HM1/1051 SC
  • Collection
  • 1918 - 1919

Collection of materials related to Guy O. Graber's experiences as a conscientious objector in World War I. This collection contains correspondence, a diary, and related materials including a draft notice.

Graber, Guy O., 1893-1960

Solomon E. Yoder Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/173
  • Collection
  • 1919-1920

Photocopies of diaries and correspondence created during Yoder's period of service in post World War I France with the American Friends Service Committee.

Yoder, Solomon E., 1893-1992

Henry S. Goertzen Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.233
  • Collection
  • 1815-1920

Quite a few items revolving around Peter Wedel, Alexanderwohl elder. A Heinrich Balzer poem dedicated to him. An 1815 letter to him from Wilhelm Lange. His diary from 1834?-1838. Some poems and writing exercises possibly by him.

Also, Wilhelm Lange's ordination sermon. And sermons by Peter Unrau.

And Henry S. Goertzen school exercises.

Goertzen, Henry S., 1894-1973

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