Personal papers of a Mennonite missionary to Puerto Rico and advocate for Hispanic Mennonite Congregations in the United States. The papers are divided into four series:
(1) Biographical Information and Family Papers, 1909-2006
(2) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1949-2006
(3) Photographs and Plaques, 1915-2004
(4) Puerto Rican Mennonite Records, 1967-2003
Widmer, Gladys, 1915-2006
A small set of personal papers created by a secretary employed by the Mennonite Board of Missions from 1950 to 1978. Materials include scattered correspondence and autobiographical essays, photographs of the Graber siblings, Graber family obituaries, information on Lloyd O. Rupe, and a scrapbook of photographs and correspondence presented to her by missionaries and mission board staff upon her retirement.
Graber, Esther
Ethel Yake Metzler Women in Ministry Conference Collection
These papers, kept by Ethel Yake Metzler, chair of the Women in Ministry Conference Committee, document the planning and execution of the third and fourth Women in Ministry Conferences in the (old) Mennonite Church. The primary purpose of these conferences was to foster the efforts of women seeking leadership positions in Mennonite Church ministry, boards, and committees.
Metzler, Ethel Yake, 1923-
The collection consists of some correspondence, a notebook of copied poems, a scrapbook of collected poems, and miscellaneous writing.
Zook, Mary
This collection contains information about Rhea B. Yoder (1898-1992), a teacher in the Midwest and at Woodstock, Northern India. In the collection there are materials from her schooling, her college speeches, journals from her time in India, and recollections of her upbringing. There is also a photograph album containing pictures from her childhood and time at Goshen. Her speeches at Goshen College provide an example of an individual on the liberal side of the (old) Mennonite church schism that led to the closing of Goshen College in 1923-1924.
Yoder, Rhea B., 1898-1992
The papers and photographs in this collection include Lois Gunden Clemen's relief work in France under Mennonite Central Committee from 1941 to 1944. They also document her work as an educator and author, her Conrad Grebel Lectures, her work with Women's Missionary and Service Commission and other Mennonite-related organizations, her involvement with American Association Of University Women, and correspondence with her future husband Ernest Clemens.
Clemens, Lois Gunden, 1915-
Beulah Stauffer Hostetler Papers 1900-2005
The personal papers of Beulah Stauffer Hostetler, consisting of creative and academic writings, correspondence, photographs, recordings, and miscellaneous subject files related to her research into Old Order life and her time as a professor at Elizabethtown College. Materials from her family members, particularly her father Ezra Stauffer, are also included.
These papers are divided into the following series:
(1) Essays and Writings, 1942-2003
(2) Correspondence, 1944-2005
(3) Family History and Geneology, 1866-2005
(4) Subject Files and Miscellaneous, 1944-2004
(5) Photographs, 1890-1992
(6) Audiovisual Materials, 1980-2005
Hostetler, Beulah Stauffer, 1926-2005
The Emma Richards papers are divided into two series: Series 1, Correspondence and Subject Files, and Series 2, Sermons. The first series contains substantial information on Emma Richard's ordination process.
Richards, Emma
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
Dorothy Snapp McCammon Collection
A small set of materials about the life and work of Dorothy S. McCammon, a teacher who was active in Mennonite ministry and women's organizations. Materials include essays and poems about McCammon written at the time of her death, a brief history of the Elkhard County Jail ministry to women, and a copy of the Women's Missionary and Service Commission Bible Study Guide, "From Monologue to Dialogue" (1978), which McCannon coauthored.
Stoltzfus, Marie
Esther Oyer Smith School Scrapbook 1919-1923, 1929-1931
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
Verna Smith Bishop Photographs
The collection includes two photograph albums, mostly from Verna Smith Bishop's years as a Goshen College student from 1930 to 1934.
Bishop, Verna A. Smith
Clinton Frame Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.) Records
The records are divided into the following series:
(1) Church Governance, 1892-2003
(2) Church Bulletins, Newsletters, and Directories, 1949-2010
(3) Sunday School, 1877-1950
(4) Women's Organizations, 1907-2005
(5) Miscellaneous, 1905-2006
Clinton Frame Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.)
Prairie Street Mennonite Church (Elkhart, Ind.) Records
These records are divided into the following series:
Series 1: Core Congregational Records, 1872-1998 Series 2: Membership Records, Lists and Church Directories, 1892-2021 Series 3: Church Bulletins and Newsletters, 1928-2011 Series 4: Sunday School Records, 1882-1946 Series 5: Women's Activities, Sewing Circles, etc., 1908-1981 Series 6: Societies, Groups, 1913-1995 Series 7: Prairie Street Church History, 1872-1981 Series 8: Miscellaneous Documents and Records, 1902-1974 Series 9: Audio Visual Materials: Photographs and Sound Recordings (reel to reel and cassette), 1901-2000
Prairie Street Mennonite Church (Elkhart, Indiana)