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Harold F. Miller Articles and Reports

  • US MCUSAA HM1/975
  • Sammlung
  • 1972-1998

These materials were assembled under the title "The Complete Writings of Harold F. Miller."  They consist of published and unpublished works by Miller.  Most works address development and NGOs in Africa.

Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/845
  • Sammlung
  • 1900-1992

The papers of Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander primarily document relief and service work to Russian Mennonite refugees after World War II.  Materials include correspondence, poems, testimonies, and songs by Russian Mennonite refugees, reports and correspondence pertaining to Mennonite Central Committee relief work in the Netherlands and Paraguay, a diary kept by Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander during her Europen relief work, correspondence between Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander, and a well-labeled photograph album documenting Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander's relief and service work.  Other materials include records of Vernon Neuschwander's Civilian Public Service work, family and genealogical materials, Evangeline's writing and reminiscences, and miscellaneous materials.

Neuschwander, Evangeline Matthies

John E. Sharp Papers 1977-2002

  • US MCUSAA HM1/933
  • Sammlung
  • 1977-2014

Personal papers of Mennonite pastor, administrator, educator, author

Records from pastorate at Scottdale (Penn

Subject files arranged alphabetically

Research files for the Orie O. Miller biography

Sharp, John E., 1951-

Urbane Peachey Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/1014SC
  • Sammlung
  • 1970-2015

Contains selected published essays and unpublished seminary course papers from a Mennonite peace worker and pastor written between 1970 and 2015.

Peachey, Urbane

Alvin J. Miller Papers 1912-1930

  • US MCUSAA HM1/673
  • Sammlung
  • 1874-1944

An instrumental humanitarian in the Mennonite Church, Alvin J. Miller engaged in relief work in France, Crimea, and Constantinople with the American Friends Service Committee and the Red Cross. He later served in the American Relief Association and also with the American Mennonite Relief in Russia (1921-1926). Miller also assisted with the colonization committees helping to place Russian Mennonite refugees onto Canadian farms and seeling second mortgage Farm Lien Bonds to American Amish and Mennonite buyers to raise money for this venture (1927-1930). His personal collection includes correspondence, documents and reports documenting these experiences.

Miller, Alvin J., 1883-1981

Orie O. Miller Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/045
  • Sammlung
  • 1892-1976

These papers are divided into 4 series.

(1) Correspondence

(2) Diaries

(3) Personal and Organizational Files

(4) Miscellaneous

Miller, Orie O., 1892-1977

Mennonite Resettlement Finance, Inc. Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/026
  • Sammlung
  • 1946-1969

Minutes, financial records, and correspondence of an organization created to aid and assist the migration, resettlement, and rehabilitation of Mennonites displaced after World War II. The organization administered funds to facilitate the migration of Russian, Dutch, and German Mennonites to Paraguay.  These records not only provide an in-depth look at the financial aspects of the miagration, but also contain migration statistics and insight to the practical problems faced by Mennonite refugees seeking to relocate. Post-1950 records document Mennonite resettlement in Uraguay and West Germany as well.

Mennonite Resettlement Finance, Inc.

Delbert Wiens Journal

  • US MCUSAA HM1/964
  • Sammlung
  • 1954-1956

The journal documents Wiens's service as a Mennonite Centeral Committee relief worker in Vietnam from 1954 to 1956. The typewritten journal began as a diary with handwritten comments that was sent to friends and family.  Later entries are more deliberately written as letters or reports, with fewer daily entries.  Wiens provides detailed descriptions of his work, the social conditions, and his interactions with the Vietnamese and other relief workers. 

This is a photocopy of the original journal.

Wiens, Delbert Leroy, 1931-

Arthur Voth Photographs and Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA HM4/387
  • Sammlung
  • 1947-1949

This collection consists primarily of well labeled photographic prints documenting Arthur Voth's service with the Mennonite Central Committee in post-World War II Europe.  Photos depict Arthur Voth, his coworkers, refugee camps, German and Austrian Mennonite refugees, and the resettlement process from arrival at a refugee camp to departure.

The letters provide descriptions of the Fallingbostel Refugee Camp, a detailed account of the transport of 213 Mennonite refugees from Austria to Germany in 1948, and personal reflections on the resettlement of refugees.

Voth, Arthur A., 1920-2003

Edwin L. Weaver Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/693
  • Sammlung
  • 1926-1975

Contains correspondence, teaching materials, manuscripts, and other miscellaneous materials.

Weaver, Edwin L.

Alan Hochstetler Papers 1958-1961

  • US MCUSAA HM1/996
  • Sammlung
  • 1957- circa 2011

A set of personal papers documenting Alan Hochstetler's voluntary service work in Vietnam and Korea under the auspices of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).  The papers consist primarily of correspondence from Hochstetler to his family in Nappanee, Indiana.  The letters provide a lot of detail about the daily work and activities of Hochstetler and other MCC volunteers.  In his correspondence, Hochstetler also discusses the weather, major political events, and his relationships with his fellow voluntary service workers.

Other materials in this collection include correspondence from MCC and the selective service, slides and photographs taken during his service work, photographs taken during a 1997 trip to Vietnam, clippings, a Vietnam diary, a hand drawn map of the Leprosarium, the Tidings of the Banmethouoat Leprosarium, a service certificate from MCC, and a nine-page manuscript containing personal reflections and recollections of his service work and his return trips to Vietnam.

Hochstetler, Alan, 1939-

J. N. and Edna Ruth Byler Papers 1940-1960

  • US MCUSAA HM1/354
  • Sammlung
  • 1910-2006

These materials primarily document the life of J. N. Byler, although researchers interested in Edna Ruth Byler's life will also find some relevant files.  The records are divided into seven series:

(1) Correspondence, 1940-1962

(2) Journals, 1942-1957

(3) Sermons, Speeches, and Writings, 1920-1964

(4) Relief Work Files, 1926-1960

(5) Photographs, 1910-1945

(6) Financial Records, 1924-1960

(7) Miscellaneous, 1918-2006

Byler, Edna Ruth, 1904-1976

Rhoda and Ruth Ressler Papers 1889-2008

  • US MCUSAA HM1/151
  • Sammlung
  • 1889-2008

The papers contain a hodgepodge of information pertaining to Ruth and Rhoda Resslers' various stints in Japan as mission and relief workers. Materials include correspondence, activity reports, the newsletter of the Hokkaido Mennonite Fellowship, miscellaneous materials relating to Mennonite mission work in Japan, and financial records. The Resslers' papers also contain a number of photographs, scrapbooks, and a handful of slides. Researchers should be aware, however, that many of the images are not labeled. The collection holds a several audiocassettes as well: recorded lectures presented by the Resslers in Japan, an oral history interview with Rhoda and Ruth Ressler, and a multi-tape oral history with Rhoda Ressler. Also included is an 1889 statement on dress and prayer coverings, unrelated to Mennonite mission work in Japan.

Ressler, Rhoda, 1910-2008

Erna Fast Mennonite Central Committee Hamburg Scrapbook

  • US MCUSAA HM1/960
  • Sammlung
  • 1948-1949

The scrapbook, presented to Erna Fast by Paul Neumann, documents the work of the "Mennoniten-Speisung," or Mennonite Soup Kitchen in Hamburg from 1948-1949.   It contains photographs of relief workers and Germans, as well as personalized letters of thanks and gratitude from those who received aid.

Fast, Erna, 1912-2008