Alfred and Barbara Habegger Papers
- US BCMLA 00/MS.186
- Collection
- 1908-1956
Correspondence, sermons, diaries, and other documents, mostly related to their mission work in Montana.
Habegger, Alfred, 1892-1956
Alfred and Barbara Habegger Papers
Correspondence, sermons, diaries, and other documents, mostly related to their mission work in Montana.
Habegger, Alfred, 1892-1956
The bulk of the collection consists of sermons Alvin preached at the various congregations he served. While some are typed and some handwritten, almost all are verbatim manuscripts, not outlines or notes. Almost all clearly identify when and where the sermon was preached. He also saved some of his class notes from Hartford and Harvard, but very little from Bluffton and nothing from Messiah.
The collection contains no family or personal materials other than a couple folders of correspondence, mostly related to the Vietnam War. Nothing was found related to his experience growing up Old Order Amish or the family’s transition to Beachy Amish; unless he mentions this during oral history interviews in box 8.
Beachy, Alvin J., 1913-1986
Amos Ebersole Kreider and Stella Shoemaker Kreider Papers
includes correspondence, diaries, academic papers, sermons, financial papers, biographical material
Kreider, Amos Ebersole, 1889-1976
"Dirks Family Record" (microfilmed on MF CHR 23; transcription in SA.II.1870)
"Liede Buch" of Jacob Thomas" (microfilmed on MF CHR 23; transcription in SA.II.1872)
sermon, Schulz genealogy (on microfilm MF CHR 23)
Johann Schartner sermon or essay on grace 1872; also some financial notes 1879-1887
several German books
3 books by Jane Leade in German were removed for cataloging in the MLA library collection
Unruh, Anna, 1897-1994
Box 1, 2: books
Box 3: pamphlets, correspondence
Box 4, 5: sermons
Box 6: correspondence, Bruderthal yearbooks and constitutions, sermons, Marion Reservoir files
Box 7: framed photos
Box 8<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>correspondence, Edna Funk funeral book Box 9<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>book, date books, audio cassettes Box 10<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>(map folder) diplomas and certificates; Loganbill, Moser genealogy chart; Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church 50th anniversary poster
Funk, Arnold E., 1900-1987
The papers are all hand-written German in the old script. There are a few items of correspondence, several sermons, poetry, and other documents.
Wiebe, Aron J., 1845-1922
Papers collected by Jeff A. Steely, for a Bethel College history seminary paper in spring 1988. Includes sermons, correspondence, diary (photocopy), and a cassette tape of an interview with Loris Habegger.
Suckau, Cornelius Herman, 1881-1951
The papers were processed by Eleonore Aarsen in the Spring of 1998. Much of the content was in no discernible order, so I rearranged those items. This includes mostly the church records and sermons. They are now organized by church employment eras (time periods spent pastoring a certain church), meaning that all items from any given church are together. The whole collection is divided mainly into personal and professional. That is why pastoral correspondence and personal correspondence are in their respective categories and not together. Anything that was in folders, envelopes and bundles upon arrival has been kept together. The result is that some things seem out of place. This is especially true in the genealogy collection. Many sermons were used several times. As a general MLA rule, miscellaneous materials are filed according to last place used (or most recent date). This means that many sermons written in the 1940s are actually filed in the Emmanuel Mennonite Church era. Items without numbers are not in folders, but filed loosely in the order as listed.
Friesen, Cornelius B., 1903-1994
Consists almost entirely of handwritten German sermons.
Regier, Cornelius H., 1842-1928
Sermons
Voth, Cornelius H., 1883-1971
sermons by Ellenberger at Monsheim; also 2 devotional books that he owned
Ellenberger, D. Adolf, 1846-1889
Box 1: earliest items donated July 1987; clippings, etc. related to Bethel College history and C. H. Wedel; 1971 file on Bethel College and Western District; James Juhnke interview with D. C. Wedel (transcript) (donated 19 October 2000); autobiography; CPS #8 Marietta, Ohio, reunion materials (donated 27 January 1998); books; 2 8mm films about Marietta CPS by Hubert C. Overmyer and VHS copy of films (donated April 1991)
Box 2: Bethlehem 1983 General Conference session packet; clippings and notes re CPS Marietta (donated 12 August 2003)
Box 3: church directories, clippings, printed matter, sermons
Box 4-6: sermons
Box 7: oral history interview, spring 1971, about Bethel College during the 1930s
Wedel, David C., 1908-2010
Diary, church financial records, genealogical records, handwritten confession of faith, citizenship papers, land deeds, sermons.
Digitized at http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/ms_283/
Tieszen, Derk P., 1859-1946
box 1: correspondence 1-W work church merger (Hillsboro) catechism - Beatrice and Hillsboro seminary papers Mississippi Delta Ministers Project Report 1965 other Hillsboro files peace subject file church and state subject file clippings sermon notes Kansas Council of Churches retreats and recreation interview notes by Robert Kreider
box 2: card index of sermons sermons and related files
box 3: sermons (numbered)
box 4: sermons and misc. sermon-related files
Koontz, Elbert E., 1916-1978
Includes files from his institutional involvements such as Institute for Mennonite Studies and Board of Christian Service, family history materials, and files from congregations he served, such as Bethel College Mennonite Church and Zion Mennonite Church (Souderton, Pa.)
Loewen, Esko, 1917-1981