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A small collection consisting primarily of sermons, but also including correspondence and miscellaneous materials created by an (old) Mennonite Church minister and bishop iwho lived in Nebraska and Illinois.

Correspondence, subject files, and sermons of a bishop of the (old) Mennonite Church who served in Kalona and Iowa City, Iowa.  Much of the correspondence addresses selective service classification difficulties for Mennonites in Iowa and  Young People's Institute activities in Iowa.

The collection consists of
1) a booklet of funeral dates, names, ages of the deceased, and sermon texts. A second section lists weddings performed. Daniel's son, Ira S. Johns (d. 1956), used the same book to list funerals and weddings he participated in from 1945 to 1955.
2) An Anniversary Sermon, given by D. J. Johns at Clinton Frame Mennonite Church on the occasion of his 90th birthday, September 8, 1940.

The David A. Yoder Papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Diaries and Datebooks, 1920-1976

(2) Correspondence, 1903-1975

(3) Subject Files, 1909-1970

(4) Manuscripts, 1949-1976

(5) Sermon Notes, 1907-1966

(6) Photographs, 1885-1980

(7) Miscellaneous, 1897-1983

Box 1: earliest items donated July 1987; clippings, etc. related to Bethel College history and C. H. Wedel; 1971 file on Bethel College and Western District; James Juhnke interview with D. C. Wedel (transcript) (donated 19 October 2000); autobiography; CPS #8 Marietta, Ohio, reunion materials (donated 27 January 1998); books; 2 8mm films about Marietta CPS by Hubert C. Overmyer and VHS copy of films (donated April 1991)

Box 2: Bethlehem 1983 General Conference session packet; clippings and notes re CPS Marietta (donated 12 August 2003)

Box 3: church directories, clippings, printed matter, sermons

Box 4-6: sermons

Box 7: oral history interview, spring 1971, about Bethel College during the 1930s

The collection consists of autobiographical materials, correspondence, sermon notes and records and various manuscripts.

Diary, church financial records, genealogical records, handwritten confession of faith, citizenship papers, land deeds, sermons.

Digitized at http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/ms_283/

The collection consists primarily of correspondence concerning "A Crisis Among Mennonites: in Education: in Publication" by George R. Brunk  II (1983), political and social issues, and his work with Goshen College and the Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries.  Also included in the collection is a diary of his experiences in 2008 as Interim Lead Pastor at First Mennonite Church in Berne, Ind. and sound recordings of a six sermon series preached at College Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.) in 1986.

Personal papers of an (old) Mennontite Church minister, bishop, and church planter, divided into four series:

(1) Correspondence, 1892-1945

(2) Miscellaneous Materials, 1903-1955

(3) Diaries, 1898-1956

(4) Sermon Notes, 1923-1952

box 1: correspondence 1-W work church merger (Hillsboro) catechism - Beatrice and Hillsboro seminary papers Mississippi Delta Ministers Project Report 1965 other Hillsboro files peace subject file church and state subject file clippings sermon notes Kansas Council of Churches retreats and recreation interview notes by Robert Kreider

box 2: card index of sermons sermons and related files

box 3: sermons (numbered)

box 4: sermons and misc. sermon-related files

Papers of a Mennonite minister (ordained 1884) and bishop (ordained 1908) in the Fulton County District of Ohio.  Includes Bible conference teaching notes and outlines, sermon notes, various manuscripts, 48 cloth Bible conference teaching charts, 12 paper Bible conference teaching charts, and miscellaneous materials.

Pastoral and professional papers of a Mennonite clergyman.  Materials include sermons, correspondence, and assembled materials from churches he served.

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.

Includes files from his institutional involvements such as Institute for Mennonite Studies and Board of Christian Service, family history materials, and files from congregations he served, such as Bethel College Mennonite Church and Zion Mennonite Church (Souderton, Pa.)

Stauffer's notes consist primarily of sermon outlines, Bible school lecture outlines, and Bible studies.  A folder of notes on drawing, as well as the illustrations that decorate his sermon and teaching notes, indicate Stauffer's interest in and talent for drawing.

The history is a manuscript book that includes not only a history of the Alberta-Saskatchewan Mennonite Conference, but also biographical sketches of minsters and lay people in the conference and brief histories of the local congregations.  Stauffer incorporated original photographs and ink drawings into his manuscript, creating a modern illuminated manuscript.

This collection also contains Erza Stauffer's and Irene Lehman's marriage certificate.