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A 118 page unpublished poem entitled "Who?", which deals with nuclear weapons.  Also includes a notebook containing drafts of the poem.

The collection consists of some correspondence, a notebook of copied poems, a scrapbook of collected poems, and miscellaneous writing.

The richest materials in the collection are Tillie Yoder Nauraine's writings, including poetry, essays, articles, diaries, and an autobiography.  In them, she documents her personal experiences, domestic life, professional interests, travels, relationships with family members, and her religious beliefs.  She writes openly about her abuse as a child and her difficult marriage. 

Also of particular note is a scrapbook of photographs of her family and her work at Camp Ebenezer and the Peurto Rican home for boys.

Other material in the collection includes incoming personal correspondence, information about her doll shop and patterns,  and photos of her hand-made dolls.

A collection of papers including correspondence reflecting Wilmer's interest in local history, Mennonite Church history and Christian hymnology. He wrote many hymn texts which are included.

The collection includes a poem written by Joseph D. Smith on the occasion of his 60th wedding anniversary to his wife Anna S. (Belsly).

Personal papers of a Mennonite poet and writer who spent her first 18 years living among the Southern Cheyenne Indians of Oklahoma. The papers include correspondence and poetry.

In addition to the extensive information found in the hundreds of letters during Ozzie’s CPS service from 1943 through 1946, the papers also document his research, teaching and publications (although the actual teaching and administrative files at Bethel and North Illinois are quite limited). The collection does not contain significant materials related to his later work at the Kauffman Museum. The grants and projects from Rotary and Heifer International are well represented in the documentation as are various travels for these projects and numerous consulting assignments. He often kept a diary during many trips.

The collection also includes the papers of Goering’s father, Henry J. Goering. In addition to some family correspondence, poems, and a few other assorted personal papers, most notable are many ledgers documenting his farming and then carpentry businesses. As is often the case with ledgers during this period, the ledgers list every expenditure on anything and everything during the period covered by each ledger. The ledgers also indicate all income from selling cream, wheat, or other farm products. He also lists all expenses for seeds, and especially when doing construction, for all of the hours worked and wages paid to employees. So an intimate portrait of the financial side of his work is provided.

The collection contains primarily materials created by Joanna Sudermann Andres, especially her many writings. These include published poems, essays, letters to the editor, and numerous Sunday school and Bible school lessons. She was very active in the Newton community: Bethel Hospital, Bethel College and First Mennonite Church. The collection also contains some of the speeches and writings of Herman Andres, most focusing on health care and his work with Bethel Hospital and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas. The family history materials include original photos of the Sudermann family in Russia in the 1890s.

The collection contains personal materials from all three creators, including school transcripts and diplomas, school papers, baptismal certificates and other documentation of their early family life. However, the most extensive personal materials are the writings of Helen and Amelia and the correspondence of Amelia and her family.

The other major category of materials in the collection is family history. This includes several generations of correspondence of Amelia’s family, especially of her many relatives in Germany who wrote to Amelia’s mother Elizabeth Ellenberger, her Aunt Selma Ellenberger, and to Amelia herself, covering a period of over a century. The family history materials, in addition to these primary source documents, includes extensive genealogical research materials. Published genealogies, primarily collected by Adam, relate to many branches of his ancestors, especially on his maternal, Becker, side. He and Amelia both compiled numerous family charts and histories.

Includes her autobiography, list of books donated (most not retained), John H. Enns memoir 1985, Herman Enns autobiography, Russian language document (passport?), correspondence, poetry by her. All are photocopies.

Diaries covering roughly 1917-1940.

Autobiography

clippings

book of handwritten poems or songs

photocopy of typed account of Central Asia trek

Clippings, poetry (mostly German), Bible (English). Extesnive photos of deaconesses and attending and teaching school

Speeches, talks, poetry, birthday greetings for 100th birthday, correspondence, clippings, printed matter, books, autograph book (whose? not hers), printed matter

Writings, publications, and notes by Cora Nicodemus. Also some materials from other members of the Newton Area Creative Writers Fellowship.

The papers are all hand-written German in the old script. There are a few items of correspondence, several sermons, poetry, and other documents.