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Gene Stoltzfus Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/101
  • Collection
  • 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

Alan Hochstetler Papers 1958-1961

  • US MCUSAA HM1/996
  • Collection
  • 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-

Ernst H. Correll Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/028
  • Collection
  • 1910-2007

Personal papers of a German Anabaptist historian.  Divided into the following series:

(1) Biographical Materials, 1910-2007

(2) Correspondence, circa 1914-1977

(3) Research Files, circa 1919-1974

(4) Genealogical Materials, circa 1927-1969

(5) Writings and Miscellaneous, circa 1912-1970

Correll, Ernst H., 1894-1982

J. N. and Edna Ruth Byler Papers 1940-1960

  • US MCUSAA HM1/354
  • Collection
  • 1910-2006

These materials primarily document the life of J. N. Byler, although researchers interested in Edna Ruth Byler's life will also find some relevant files.  The records are divided into seven series:

(1) Correspondence, 1940-1962

(2) Journals, 1942-1957

(3) Sermons, Speeches, and Writings, 1920-1964

(4) Relief Work Files, 1926-1960

(5) Photographs, 1910-1945

(6) Financial Records, 1924-1960

(7) Miscellaneous, 1918-2006

Byler, Edna Ruth, 1904-1976

Beulah Stauffer Hostetler Papers 1900-2005

  • US MCUSAA HM1/950
  • Collection
  • 1866-2005

The personal papers of Beulah Stauffer Hostetler, consisting of creative and academic writings, correspondence, photographs, recordings, and miscellaneous subject files related to her research into Old Order life and her time as a professor at Elizabethtown College. Materials from her family members, particularly her father Ezra Stauffer, are also included.

These papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Essays and Writings, 1942-2003

(2) Correspondence, 1944-2005

(3) Family History and Geneology, 1866-2005

(4) Subject Files and Miscellaneous, 1944-2004

(5) Photographs, 1890-1992

(6) Audiovisual Materials, 1980-2005

Hostetler, Beulah Stauffer, 1926-2005

Russell Krabill Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/599
  • Collection
  • 1917-2004

Personal papers of a Mennonite Church pastor and administrator in the Indiana- Michigan Conference.  The papers are divided up into the following series:

Krabill, Russell, 1917-2005

B. Frank and Esther Johnson Stoltzfus Papers 1919-1972

  • US MCUSAA HM1/999
  • Collection
  • 1910-1997

Personal papers of B. Frank and Esther Johnson Stoltzfus, who served as missionaries, educators, and administrators at multiple American colleges in Bulgaria, Lebanon, and Turkey from 1924 to 1960. Materials consist of diaries, correspondence, teaching records, writings, and family photographs. Of particular interest are a series of 1947 dispatches written to Floyd H. Black, President of the Sofia American College, which document Stoltzfus’s experiences in and impressions of Bulgaria during the early years of the country’s communist regime.

The papers are divided into the following series:

(1)  Diaries and Correspondence, 1918-1997

(2)  Teaching Records and College Publications, 1914-1981

(3)  Sermons, Essays, and Writings, 1919-1953

(4)  Miscellaneous, 1910-1983

Stoltzfus, B. Frank, 1893-1972

Lois Gunden Clemens Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/926
  • Collection
  • 1901-1996

The papers and photographs in this collection include Lois Gunden Clemen's relief work in France under Mennonite Central Committee from 1941 to 1944. They also document her work as an educator and author, her Conrad Grebel Lectures, her work with Women's Missionary and Service Commission and other Mennonite-related organizations, her involvement with American Association Of University Women, and correspondence with her future husband Ernest Clemens.

Clemens, Lois Gunden, 1915-

Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/845
  • Collection
  • 1900-1992

The papers of Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander primarily document relief and service work to Russian Mennonite refugees after World War II.  Materials include correspondence, poems, testimonies, and songs by Russian Mennonite refugees, reports and correspondence pertaining to Mennonite Central Committee relief work in the Netherlands and Paraguay, a diary kept by Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander during her Europen relief work, correspondence between Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander, and a well-labeled photograph album documenting Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander's relief and service work.  Other materials include records of Vernon Neuschwander's Civilian Public Service work, family and genealogical materials, Evangeline's writing and reminiscences, and miscellaneous materials.

Neuschwander, Evangeline Matthies

Paul N. Kraybill Papers 1958-1990

  • US MCUSAA HM1/998
  • Collection
  • 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

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

  • US MCUSAA HM1/944
  • Collection
  • 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

T. M. (Tillman M.) Erb Diaries and Miscellaneous Materials 1879-1928

  • US MCUSAA HM1/525
  • Collection
  • 1879-1991

These personal papers consist primarily of diaries kept by a minister, bishop, and school administrator of the (old) Mennonite Church in Kansas.  Erb's began keeping a diary at age 14 and continued the practice almost continuously until his death 50 years later.  Erb's diary entries are usually brief and discuss the weather, work, social gatherings, and events of note, such as the 1912 accident in which he was burned and one of his daughters was killed.  Other materials in these papers include scattered correspondence, materials pertaining to his pastoral work, and a 1991 paper about T. M. Erb.

Erb, T. M. (Tillman M.), 1865-1929

Silas J. Smucker Collection of Smucker Family Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/559
  • Collection
  • 1774-1988

Family papers of a Mennonite agriculturalist and soil conservationist.  These materials provide information about the Schmucker, Smucker, Smoker family reunions as well as correspondence, photographs, and diaries of various members of the Smucker family.

Smucker, Silas J., 1904-1999

Bob Detweiler Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/958
  • Collection
  • 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

Christian Z. (Christian Zook) Yoder Papers 1862-1939

  • US MCUSAA HM1/088
  • Collection
  • 1862-1987

Personal papers of a leading Ohio Mennonite minister who served the Oak Grove Mennonite Church (Smithville, Ohio), divided into two series:

(1) Diaries, 1862-1939

(2) Miscellaneous Materials, 1879-1987

Christian Z. Yoder was the great grandfather of Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder.

Yoder, Christian Z. (Christian Zook), 1845-1939

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