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Personal files

The series consists of correspondence between Isaac and Elsie and other family and friends, reflective writings by Isaac, memorabilia such as Isaac's draft card and his yearbook, and Isaac's diaries (1919-1974).

Elsie's personal files

The series consists of travel scrapbooks compiled by Elsie, her diaries (1929-1995) and correspondence. Some of Elsie’s material is present in other series of this fonds.

Friesen, Elsie (Funk), 1909-1995

Bishop David Stoesz papers

This series contains a dairy by David Stoesz (1842-1903), correspondence several sermons, a wedding invitation from the Bergthal Colony, an early school organization record, handwritten book of hymn melodies, and a few books. Of special interest is a book bought by David Stoesz in 1861, published in 1834, originally written by Menno Simons and published in 1575.

Location: Volumes1559;1560; 3931:5, 5741, 5292:4

Stoesz, David, 1842-1902

Peter Buhler fonds

  • CA MHC EMMC - Volume 4907
  • Fonds
  • 1970-1983

This fonds consists of seventeen diaries written by Rev. Peter Buhler.

Buhler, Peter, 1914-2001

Peter P. Schmidt Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.466
  • Collection
  • 1897-1956

diaries 1897-1956 (may have been continued after his death by wife or children), financial record book 1890s?, small amount of family history material

Schmidt, Peter P., 1861-1939

Reinhard D. Voth and Hilda Ediger Voth Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.299
  • Collection
  • 1890-1990

The collection provides extensive documentation of the personal lives and careers of the Rein and Hilda through a broad range of documents. This includes official documents such as birth certificates, baptismal certificates, diplomas, teaching certificates, a draft card, and so forth. Limited correspondence provides some insights into their lives, but more detail is found in extensive clippings, and in Hilda’s case reminiscences and presentations, especially related to growing up on the mission field in Oklahoma. Rein collected historical advertisements and pamphlets related to his interest and work with road maintenance.

Voth, Reinhard D., 1907-1995

Rudolph Schmidt Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.467
  • Collection
  • 1926-1960

"His papers include personal certificates of birth, marriage, and death and also military papers of World War I. Included is the correspondence with the Home Mission Board of the General Conference from June 30, 1926 to June 13, 1960, his sermons...

also diaries 1926-1952

Schmidt, Rudolph, 1893-1983

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

Herman F. Schmidt Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.340
  • Collection
  • 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

Virginia Claassen Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.503
  • Collection
  • 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

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

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

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