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Handwritten and typed sermon texts and outlines written by a bivocational Mennonite minister in Nebraska.  The sermons are organized by topics, which include:  Bible Study, Christian Life and Church, Communion, Ordinances / Prayer Veil / Non-resistance, Parables, Regeneration / Heaven, Sanctification / Fellowship, the Seven Churches of Revelation, and Sin / Hell.

This collection contains extensive correspondence between Voths and their relatives, Foreign Mission Board members, and fellow missionaries during the time period from 1910 to 1970s. Additional materials such as diaries and clippings give a good overview of mission work in China during the height of General Conference Mennonite Mission involvement in that country, 1910s to 1950. Additional correspondence and printed items touch on the search for mission fields in South America, Japan, and Taiwan, and some involvement with American Indian work among the Hopis.

Appears to be mostly sermons, mostly post-1945. Some class notes from seminary or Bible school

box 1: sermons 1955-1967

box 2: sermons, Bible study notes, photos 1946-1955

These papers are divided into three series:

(1) Sermons and Worship Materials, 1950-1996

(2) Correspondence, 1946-2002

(3) Miscellaneous, 1945-2003

These papers of an (old) Mennonite Church writer and her pastor husband are divided into two series:

(1) Helen Good Brenneman Papers

(2) Virgil J. Brenneman Papers

Sermons and sermon outlines written by a clergy man of the (old) Mennonite Church who served the church as a missionary in Argentina and as pastor / bishop in Florida and Puerto Rico. This collection also includes a brief biography of S. F. (Samuel Frederick) Coffman written by Brenneman.

The collection consists of sermon notes, ordination certificate, Sunday School outline, Gospel Herald articles, and a notebook.

Personal papers of missionaries of the (old) Mennonite Church who served in Argentina from 1917 to 1948.  Divided into six series:

(1) Diaries, 1918-1956

(2) Correspondence

(3) Articles and Talks

(4) Argentine Mission Records

(5) Deputation Trips

(6) Miscellaneous

correspondence, sermons, subject files

The bulk of the materials in this collection consist of sermons, poems, songs, and catechisms, a church register, and other religious writings documenting Mennonite church and community life in Balk, Friesland (The Netherlands) during the first part of nineteenth century, 1786-1850. The papers also include sermons, poems, correspondence, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Balk Mennonite life in New Paris, Indiana.

Most materials are in Dutch. Available English translations are noted in the detailed collection description.

The collection is organized into series, most of which are groups of documents associated with the Smid Family siblings and the wife of R. J. Smid. Series include:

(1) Background Articles and Information on Balk Mennonites, 1948-2006

(2) Early Materials, 1786, undated

(3) Obe Johannes Smid, 1815-1849

(4) Akke Johannes Smid, 1820-1828

(5) Jacobjen Johannes Smid, 1822-1836

(6) Ruurd Johannes Smid (R. J. Smith), 1822-1893

(7) Grietje Jacobs Symensma (Margaret J. Smid), 1845-1895

This small set of personal papers consists primarily of sermons sermon notes.  Other materials include photographs of Gingerich and his wife, Lena Schlatter Gingerich, reports and ephemera pertaining to his service to the Mennonite Church, an account of the treatment of Mennonites in Iowa during World War I, family correspondence (in German), and audiocassettes of the service commemorating the 60th anniversary of his ordination.

Personal papers of an esteemed churchman of the (old) Mennonite Church.  An ordained minister and bishop, Yoder served as secretary of the Mennonite Board of Missions (1921-1944) and president of Goshen College (1923-1940).  His papers reflect his two simultaneous positions within Mennonite inistitutions and provide insight into the conservative / liberal struggles of the (old) Mennonite Church of the early and mid- twentieth century.  His papers are divided into five series:

(1) Correspondence, 1917-1974

(2) Genealogical Materials, 1890-1967

(3) World War I Correspondence and Subject Files, 1917-1921

(4) Writings and Class Materials, 1901-1975

(5) Miscellaneous Materials, 1878-1975

Sermon notes and outlines created by a minister of the (old) Mennonite Church who served Bethel Mennonite Church in Wadsworth, Ohio.  Rohrer was ordained in 1917.

Papers of a Mennonite missionary couple stationed in India and Ghana, with interest in the mission field in Nigeria.  Divided into the following series:

(1) Correspondence, Subject Files, and Miscellaneous, 1944-1977

(2) Sermon Outlines, 1927-1956

(3) Photographs, 1954-1963

(4) Audio Tapes, circa 1957-1972