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A small set of personal papers documeting the life of Ira C. Mast, a Mennonite carpenter and builder in Elkhart, Ind., and his ancestors in the Mast and Plank families.

A notebook in German script that served as both an account book and a record of deaths.  Inside the notebook is a partially-completed birth certificate for a Rebecca König born in Fairfield County, Ohio, and an 1886 letter discussing financial matters.

These assorted family papers are divided into two series:

(1) Miscellaneous family documents, 1807-1944

(2) Photographs, 1958, undated

Six letters in German script from members of the Brubacher family residing in Ontario and Pennsylvania.  Correspondents include Johannes and Susanna Brubacher, Jacob and Maria Brubacher, and Heinrich Brubacher.  ALl of the letters have either been transcribed or translated.  Among the letters are also several photocopied German hymns with translations into English.

Miscellaneous materials collected by genealogist Eunice Deter to document the history of the Deter and Longanecker families.  Materials include photographs, correspondence, maps, financial and land records, wills and obituaries, biographies, diaries, and genealogy notes.  Other materials include various editions of the Longanecker family history written by Deter.

The collection consists of some older correspondence dated 1829 and later, as well as some transcriptions and family history documents.

A small set of personal papers belonging to father and son Mennonite bishops in Virginia.  Materials include a photocopy and transcript of Peter Burkholder's will (1813), a photocopy and English translation of a letter from Christian and Anna Kauffman (1842), a letter from Peter Johns and Johannes (John) Greider, with English translation (1846), two letters from John M. Brenneman to Martin Burkholder (1853, 1858), and three letters from Daniel Brenneman to Martin Burkholder (1859).  The collection also includes a photocopy of a notebook containing information about the death of Martin Burkholder, but the copy is of poor quality.

The collection consists of the will and testament of Jacob Oberholtzer.

Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite conscientious objector and founder of the Mennonite Young People's Conference who went on to teach history on the faculty of Goshen College and Western Reserve University. Materials are divided into five series:

(1) Correspondence

(2) Conscientious Objection and Young People's Conference Materials

(3) Autobiographical and Family Materials

(4) Class Notes and Academic Career Information

(5) Miscellaneous Materials and Photographs

A small set of personal and pastoral papers created by a pastor and bishop associated with the Oak Grove Mennonite Church (Smithville, Ohio), an (old) Mennonite congregation in Wayne County, Ohio. Materials include information on the Young People's Conference, a record book of the Ohio Mennonite Relief Commission, materials pertaining to Orrville Mennonite Church (Orrville, Ohio) and Walnut Creek Mennonite Church (Holmes County, Ohio), correspondence with Bishop O. N. (Otis Nathan) Johns, and miscellaneous materials.

The collection consists of an original leather-bound notebook belonging to Joseph Bowman, documenting among other things some of his travels. Along with this notebook is a typed transcript of these travel reports dated 1975.

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.

These papers include scattered personal and family papers, including correspondence, land records, and obituaries.  The papers also include clippings relating to Holmes County (Ohio) history and Amish - Mennonite history, local history publications, and ephemera.

A small set of property records and church- and mission-related documents and correspondence created and collected by a pastor and  bishop of Crown Hill Mennonite Church (Rittman, Ohio) who donated land for the Rittman Home for the Aged.  Includes a letter to Christian Steiner dated 1829, as well as correxpondence from Menno Steiner (1905-1911).  Also includes marriage licenses, Crown Hill Mennonite Church reports, and membership letters.

The collection consists of an original church letter of John Beutler dated 1819, as well as its transcriptioni and a note that he is the grandfather of Sarah Herner.