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D. Parke (David Parke) Lantz Papers 1919-1959

  • US MCUSAA HM1/215
  • Collection
  • 1769-1959

A set of personal papers created by a missionary to Argentina and later relief worker in Spain during the Spanish Civil War in the (old) Mennonite Church.  Materials include incoming correspondence, speeches and sermons, records pertaining to relief work, photographs, and miscellaneous materials.

Lantz, D. Parke (David Parke), 1881-1962

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

Adam C. Lantz Family Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/185
  • Collection
  • 1807-1958

These assorted family papers are divided into two series:

(1) Miscellaneous family documents, 1807-1944

(2) Photographs, 1958, undated

Lantz, Adam C., 1831-1893

Eunice Deter Family Papers and Longanecker Family Collection

  • US MCUSAA HM1/913
  • Collection
  • 1809-1976

Miscellaneous materials collected by genealogist Eunice Deter to document the history of the Deter and Longanecker families.  Materials include photographs, correspondence, maps, financial and land records, wills and obituaries, biographies, diaries, and genealogy notes.  Other materials include various editions of the Longanecker family history written by Deter.

Deter, Eunice, 1890-1982

A.J. Metzler Papers 1919-1996

  • US MCUSAA HM1/417
  • Collection
  • 1826-1996

Personal papers of A. J. (Abram Jacob)  Metzler, consisting of sermon outlines, correspondence, subject files, and audio recordings. Records of Metzler's travels and work abroad are included, as are his published articles, his files on congregations he pastored, and a biography of him along with family records.

This collection is divided into the following series:

(1) Sermon Outlines, 1927-1983

(2) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1826, 1919-1993

(3) Audio Recordings, 1956-1996

(4) Photographs and Video Recordings, 1882-1991

Metzler, Abram Jacob, 1902-1996

Daniel Brenneman Family Collection

  • US MCUSAA HM1/426
  • Collection
  • 1838-1971

A small set of collected materials pertaining to Daniel Brenneman and his forebears.  Includes clippings, family histories, fragmentary correspondence, scattered records from Brenneman Memorial United Missionary Church, and miscellaneous material.  Researchers should be aware that there are very few original documents in this collection.  Most 19th and early 20th century documents are photocopies.

Brenneman, Daniel, 1834-1919

Peter Smith Family Photographs and Account Book

  • US MCUSAA HM1/446
  • Collection
  • 1847-1945

A small collection including photographs of the Peter Smith family (including Christian Smith, Peter Smith, and Mary Smith Oyer) and an account book apparently kept by Peter Smith.

Smith, Peter, 1837-1875

Perry T. Yoder Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/349
  • Collection
  • 1847-1960

Photographs and postcards of members of the Yoder family, the Shank family, Hubbard, Ore., Nampa, Id, and Wooster, Ohio.  Most notable are the photographs and postcards of Charles and Crissie Yoder Shank, who served as Mennonite missionaries to India.  Also includes photogras of Anna V. Yoder and Vesta Yoder Miller, among others.

Yoder, Perry T., 1883-1960

Jacob I. and Rhoda Landis Weldy Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/879
  • Collection
  • 1850-1952

These papers are divided into two series:

Church Records, 1850-1952

Family Records, 1863-1948

Weldy, Jacob I., 1871-1953

G. L. (George Lewis) and Elsie Kolb Bender Family Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/392
  • Collection
  • 1860-1973

Papers of a prominent Mennonite family in Elkhart, Ind.  G. L. Bender was a teacher and postmaster.  He served as the first treasurer of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities and as a deacon at Prairie Street Mennonite Church.  Elsie Kolb Bender was a homemaker and mother of seven children, including Harold Stauffer Bender.

The papers consist primarily of correspondence to and from various members of the Bender family and are divided into the following series:

(1) G. L. Bender Correspondence (2) Harold Stauffer Bender Correspondence (3) Cecil and Alice Bender Correspondence (4) Florence E. Bender Correspondence (5) John Bender Correspondence (6) Robert Bender Correspondence (7) Violent Bender Turner Correspondence (8) Wilbur Bender Correspondence (9) Elsie Kolb Bender Correspondence (10) Miscellaneous (11) Photographs

Bender, Florence E., 1899-1987

John F. (John Fretz) Funk Photographs

  • US MCUSAA HM4/154
  • Collection
  • 1860-1952

This collection contains photographs of John F. Funk, family members, friends, the Mennonite Publishing Company, Elkhart buildings and parks, and several photograph albums from as early as 1860 to 1952.

Funk, John F., 1835-1930

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

Marvin L. Newcomer Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/1021
  • Collection
  • 1864-2001

This collection documents Newcomer's experiences in Civilian Public Service camps as a conscientious objector during World War II. Materials include ration books, camp rosters, photographs, miscellaneous correspondence, and a memoir of his experiences.

The collection also documents Newcomer's interest in the history of Mennonites in northern Indiana, specifically the Yellow Creek Mennonite Church. They include photographs, estate sale bills, and photocopied documents related to Yellow Creek members who were conscientious objectors during World War I.

Marvin L. Newcomer, 1922-2004

Abram B. Kolb Papers 1866-1923

  • US MCUSAA HM1/391
  • Collection
  • 1866-1965

Papers of a friend and associate of John F. Funk who served as assistant editor / editor in chief of the Herald of Truthfrom 1886 to 1904.  Kolb edited a number of other Mennonite periodicals, was active in the Sunday school movement, and served as president of the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board.  He married John F. Funk's daughter, Phoebe, in 1893.

Kolb's papers are divided into two series:

(1) Correspondence, 1866-1923

(2) Miscellaneous, circa 1853 - 1965

Kolb, Abram B., 1862-1925

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

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