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The collection consists of subject files on medicine, public health, and peace, as well as working files documenting Krabill's service on the Mennonite Board of Missions Health and Welfare Committee.  The subject files contain a number of papers and articles pertaining to AIDS, homosexuality, and alcohol and drug abuse in the context of the Mennonite Church.  Other less well documented subjects in the collecrtion include Krabill's Civilian Public Service work, mission work in Asia, career as a physician and professor at Goshen College, and his spiritual life.  The collection includes more than 30 audiocassette sound recordings of speeches by Krabill and others on medicine, spirituality, Christianity, and other topics.

A small set of professional papers associated with Viola Good, the Dean of Women at Goshen College.  Materials document changing attitudes towards the education of women at the college and include annual reports from the Dean of Women from 1942 to 1962.  Because Good was a strong supporter of international students, her papers also contain international student directories and tributes to Good written by international student alumni on the occasion of her retirement in 1977.

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

These papers are divided into three series:

(1) Research, Publications, and Presentations, 1954-2008

(2) Teaching Materials, 1971-1995

(3) Miscellaneous, 1897-2003

These papers are divided into three series:

(1) Correpondence

(2) Notes and Teaching Materials

(3) Miscellaneous

These papers are divided into seven series:

(1) Journals, 1931-1945

(2) Correspondence, 1928-1945

(3) Family Notes, circa 1930-1947

(4) Pennsylvania Historical Data, circa 1940-1945

(5) Miscellaneous, circa 1939-1945

(6) Manuscripts and Articles, 1926-1957

(7) Teaching Materials, 1909-1938

The collection includes a paper written on the topic of Buddhism and a Goshen College Convocation address.

Personal papers of a Goshen College alumnus and later comptroller / business manager and public relations director for the college.  Bachman was also an ordained pastor in the (old) Mennonite Church.  Papers are divided into two series:

(1) Miscellaneous Materials, 1936-1960

(2) Master's Thesis Questionnaires about College Student Speakers / Musicians in Mennonite Congregations and Communities, 1960

Papers of a mid-twentieth century Goshen College and Hesston College physics professor and administrator, divided into two series:

(1) Personal and Professional Papers, circa 1920-1985

(2) Draft Counseling Files, circa 1953-1956

Personal and professional papers of a Mennonite historian and professor at Goshen College from 1929 to 1972.  Smith's papers include personal and professional correspondence, research notes and manuscripts for his books, subject files, class and teaching notes,  and various administrative records from Goshen College and College Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.).  Also includes a substantial collection of photographs.

Completed examinations of prospective faculty members, many of whom were hired to teach at Goshen College, Hesston College, and La Junta School of Nursing.  Examinations contain biographical information and answers to questions regarding applicants' sympathy towards the Dortrecht Confession, the policies of the Mennonite Board of Education, and the conduct standards of the Mennonite Church.  Some examinations also have brief, but insightful notes about the candidates written by examiners.

The personal papers of Mary Oyer, a long term music faculty member of Goshen College. The papers include conference and committee material, as well as papers and correspondence related to her involvement with church music.

Scattered documents from Kraus's career as a professor of Bible and religion at Goshen College, including a holiday letter, four addresses from "Perspectives Week" on the topic "Change and Search for Criteria," and a flyer advertising his lectures on "The Koikonia of the Spirit" at Bethel College.  Also included are two letters written by William Coffman regarding William and John S. Coffman's dismissal from the Mennonite Publishing Company in Elkhart, Indiana.

These papers primarily document the life and work of Silas Hertzler, but includes some material pertinent to his wife, Anna Weaver Hertzler.  The papers are divided into seven series:

(1) Diaries, 1904-1974

(2) American Committee for Relief in the Near East Materials, 1919

(3) Correspondence, 1909-1975

(4) Articles and Writing, 1917-1967

(5) Photographs, 1909-1970

(6) Miscellaneous, 1905-1975

(7) Genealogical Research Files, 1813-1988

Personal papers of Martha Smith Good, a female minister in the Mennonite Church. The collection consists primarily of sermons given throughout her career serving in as Goshen College's campus pastor as well as at Guelph Mennonite Church (Guelph, Ont.), Hillcrest Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ont.), Stirling Ave Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ont.), Warden Woods Mennonite Church (Scarborough, Ont.), Oak Grove Mennonite Church (Smithville, OH), and Lombard Mennonite Church (Lombard, IL). Recurring themes in the sermons emphasize church roles in accepting and supporting members who are single, divorced, widowed, and homosexual. Some notes and correspondence related to her work in organizing the Women in Ministry Conferences in 1982 and 2000 are also included.