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The papers are divided into two series:

(1) Family Papers, 1767-1911

(2) Genealogical Research Files, circa 1960-1970

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.

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These papers consist of six series:

(1) Diaries

(2) Correspondence

(3) Business and Financial Records

(4) Educational Records

(5) Publishing Interests and Manuscripts

(6) Miscellaneous

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.

These personal papers of a late 19th century Mennonite evangelist are divided into five series:

(1) Diaries, 1871-1899

(2) Correspondence, 1866-1901

(3) Notebooks and Financial Records, 1861-1880

(4) Miscellaneous Materials, 1865-1905

(5) Barbara F. Coffman Material for John S. Coffman Biography, 1949-1963

(6) Bishop Samuel Coffman Materials, 1861-1893

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.

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

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

Shenk's diary contains brief daily entries containing information about his work, travels, and social contacts.

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.

A small set of personal papers assembled by a bishop, author, editor, and evangelist in the (old) Mennonite Church.  Includes diaries, sermon notes, clippings, photographs, and 59 cloth Bible conference teaching charts.

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.

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.

These papers of a Mennonite bishop and administrator at Hesston College are divided into five series:

(1) Diaries, 1889-1944

(2) Class Lecture Notes, circa 1914-1916, undated

(3) Sermon and Lecture Outlines, undated

(4) Sermon and Bible Conference Notes, 1888-1930, undated

(5) Miscellaneous, 1887-1944