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Laurelville Mennonite Church Center (Mt. Pleasant, Pa.) Records

  • US MCUSAA VII/24/004
  • Collection
  • 1930-2012

The records of this Mennonite Church camp are divided into eight series:

Series 1: Early Records, 1930-1954 Series 2: Young People's Institute Records, 1933-1957 Series 3: Administrative and Financial Records, 1943-2006 Series 4: Publicity, circa 1950-2006 Series 5: Program Files, 1957-2012 Series 6: Photographs, 1945-2000 Series 7: Audiovisual Materials, circa 1966-1995 Series 8: Miscellaneous, 1947-1993

Laurelville Mennonite Church Center (Mt. Pleasant, Pa.)

Adella Brunk Kanagy Scrapbook and Photographs 1944-1947

  • US MCUSAA V/06/008-02
  • Collection
  • 1944-1998

This scrapbook thoroughly documents the academic and social aspects of Kanagy's nursing course at La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing.  Materials in the scrapbook include poems, photographs (labelled), diary entries, handbooks, church bulletins, cartoons, class schedules, party invitations, revival services, concert programs, and wedding invitations.

Also with the scrapbook are three class reunion photographs from 1992, 1994, and 1998.

Kanagy, Adella Brunk

Mennonite Board of Missions Service Ministries Voluntary Service Unit Scrapbooks

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/005
  • Collection
  • 1966-1973

Scrapbooks containing snapshots, unit histories, descriptions of work and unit life, and other information about various Voluntary Service (V.S.) units sponsored by the Mennonite Board of Missions.  The scrapbooks appear to have been used in orienting new unit volunteers and in introducing unit work to visitors.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Service Ministries

Mennonite Board of Missions Health and Welfare Committee Frontier Boys Village (Divide, Co.) Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/14/027
  • Collection
  • 1961-1978

Administrative records of a camp facility established by the Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp Association and later administered by the Mennonite Board of Missions. Frontier Boys Village provided a long-term rehabilitation program for adolescent boys completing the requirements of Colorado's juvenile justice system. Records include board meeting minutes, correspondence, financial and development records, policy documents, publicity materials, scrapbooks, and photographs.

Frontier Boys Village

Esther Oyer Smith School Scrapbook 1919-1923, 1929-1931

  • US MCUSAA HM1/995
  • Collection
  • 1919-1931

Esther Oyer Smith's school scrapbook documents her education at Metamora High School (Metamora, Illinois), Hesston College and Bible School (Hesston, Kansas), Clinton County Normal School (St. Johns, Michigan), and Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana). The scrapbook includes photographs, clippings, commencement announcements, invitations, and other ephemora. Her time at Hesston College and Goshen College is particulary is well represented.

Smith, Esther Oyer, d. 1998

Andrew Brenneman Scrapbook and Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA HM1/979
  • Collection
  • 1932-1998

The scrapbook was made for Brenneman by members of the Central Mennonite Church, Elida Ohio, in the mid 1960s, when Brenneman was bed ridden due to illness at age 90.  Accompanying the scrapbook are scattered letters to, from, and about Brenneman, as well as an obituary and some newspaper clippings.

Brenneman, Andrew, 1875-1967

LaVerne Hostetler Scrapbooks

  • US MCUSAA HM1/978
  • Collection
  • 1926-1934

Two scrapbooks documenting Hostetler's experiences as a student at Goshen College Academy (1926-1930) and Goshen College (1930-1934).  The scrapbooks contain photographs, invitations, notes and letters from friends, and ephemera.

Hostetler, LaVerne, 1914-1990

Lizzie Eash Hostetler Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/977
  • Collection
  • 1940-1975

The collection primarily includes diaries and scrapbooks. The scrapbooks consist largely of photos, obituaries and various news clippings. Her diaries include comments about the weather, domestic chores and her husband's outings.

Hostetler, Lizzie Eash, 1912-1975

Civilian Public Service Camp No. 58 (Farnhurst, Del.) Collection 1942-1949, 1990-2013

  • US MCUSAA HM1/955
  • Collection
  • 1942-2013

This collection documents the activities of members of the Civilian Public Service (CPS) Camp #58 in Farnhurst, Delaware from 1942 through 1946. Camp reunion files give insight into how the CPS experience affected the lives of those who served. Included are D. Paul Miller's personal scrapbook during his time of service, materials related to the camp's softball team (the Red Comb Arrows), The Crusaders Quartet, and later circle letters and reunion documents.

Miller, David Paul, 1917-2018

PAX Collection

  • US MCUSAA HM1/927
  • Collection
  • 1944-2005

The collection consists of the records of the PAX Reunion Committee and primary source documents contributed by former PAX workers.  The collection is divided into series by name of the creator or contributor of the materials.  When contributors are unknown, the series are named for the PAX program they document.

PAX Reunion Committee

Emanuel C. Hertzler Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/900
  • Collection
  • 1934-1998

Personal papers and genealogical research files created by a Goshen College alumnus and Civilian Public Service volunteer who served as a professor at Kent State University and the University of Michigan.  Materials include a scrapbook containing color photographs of Civilian Public Service Camp #141, Gulfport, Mississippi (Camp Barnard),  photographs and information about Goshen College's Class of 1938, scrapbooks on Andrei Sakharov and war and peace issues, and correspondence and photocopied primary sources pertaining to Hertzler's 1995 genealogy monograph, The Other Hertzler-Hartzlers.

Hertzler, Emanuel C., 1917-

Lydia Oyer Papers 1921, 1931-1975

  • US MCUSAA HM1/881
  • Collection
  • 1921-1975

Personal papers created by Lydia Oyer, an early leader in Mennonite nursing education. The collection consists primarily of diaries Oyer kept throughout her years as a nurse practitioner, with very brief records on patients, personal activities, and the weather. The scrapbook contains photos, news clippings, and notes from friends, classmates, and teachers from her time at the Mennonite Hospital School of Nursing in La Junta, Colorado. Other writings include essays on religious topics and a poem.

Oyer, Lydia, 1884-1984

Mary Zook Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/856
  • Collection
  • 1853-1903

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

Zook, Mary

Jacob Christophel Family Collection

  • US MCUSAA HM1/832
  • Collection
  • 1818-2006

A hodgepodge of materials pertaining to the family of Jacob Christophel, a Mennonite immigrant to Elkhart County Indiana in 1818 and one of the founders of Yellow Creek Mennonite Church.

Christophel, Jacob, 1782-1868

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