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Moses K. Horst Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/440
  • Collection
  • 1926-1966

Photocopies of handwritten copies of correspondence and journal entries of a powerful conservative Mennonite bishop in the Washington - Franklin Conference.  Also includes a program from Horst's funeral service in 1966.

Horst, Moses K., 1882-1966

Nold and Yoder Family Collection

  • US MCUSAA HM1/442
  • Collection
  • 1775-1935

This set of collected family documents contains correspondence, financial records, broadsides, property records, tax receipts, sermons, and assorted ephemera pertaining to the Nold and Yoder families of Columbia, Ohio, later of Columbiana and Leetonia, Ohio.  Materials document the following individuals, all of whom held ministerial positions in area Mennonite congregations:

Bishop Jacob Nold (1765-1834)

Deacon Jacob Nold (1798-1864)

Deacon John Ziegler Nold (1823-1913)

Deacon John L. Yoder, son-in-law of John Ziegler Nold (1855 - 1940)

Bishop Paul L. Yoder (1897-1990)

The bulk of the correspondence comprises incoming correspondence to Jacob Nold (1898-1964) and Paul L. Yoder.

Of particular significance in this collection is the copy of a petition drafted by J. M. Brenneman to be sent to President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 that pleads for Mennonite exemption from military service in the American Civil War.

Yoder family

Norman P. Weaver Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/885
  • Collection
  • 1931-1980

Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church pastor who served in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, primarily at Maple Grove Mennonite Church (Gulliver, Mich.).  Materials are divided into three series:

(1) Miscellaneous Materials, 1931-1980

(2) Sermons and Sermon Notes, circa 1950-1975

(3) Sound Recording Collection, circa 1960-1980

Weaver, Norman P., 1903-1980

O. N. (Otis Nathan) Johns Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/234
  • Collection
  • 1904-1978

Personal and pastoral papers of a pastor and bishop in the (old) Mennonite Church in Ohio.  Materials include sermons, correspondence, materials on the Canton Mennonite Mission and the Ohio and Eastern Mennonite Conference, and assorted clippings, certificates, and ephemera.

Johns, O. N. (Otis Nathan), 1889-1975

Rachel S. Fisher Papers

  • US GCA HM1/949
  • Collection
  • 1966-2002

Papers of a Mennonite women who began her career as a secretary in Mennonite organizations and transitioned into ministry in the 1970s and 1980s.  Fisher served on the pastoral team of College Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.) and as an overseer of Waterford Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.).  Her papers include correspondence, sermons and presentations, worship materials, photographs, audiotapes of sermons preached at College Mennonite Church, and miscellaneous materials.

Fisher, Rachel S.

Raymond Mark Yoder Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/676
  • Collection
  • 1870-1980

This small set of personal papers from a pastor affiliated with the (old) Mennonite Church consists primarily of sermons, some of which were delivered at the Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago, Ill., where Yoder served after his ordination in 1939. Other sermons were written for congregational minsitry at the two churches he served: Congerville Mennonite Church (Congerville, Ill.) and Pleasant Oaks Mennonite Church (Middlebury, Ind.) The papers also include information about the history of the Pleasant Oaks congregation in the early 1960s, when it sold its church building. This collection also includes a number of family photographs and a handful of photographs from the Mennonite Home Mission, as well as two audiotapes of Yoder delivering sermons. Photographs mostly date from 1870 through 1930.

Yoder, Raymond Mark, 1914-1983

Russell Krabill Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/599
  • Collection
  • 1917-2004

Personal papers of a Mennonite Church pastor and administrator in the Indiana- Michigan Conference.  The papers are divided up into the following series:

Krabill, Russell, 1917-2005

S. M. (Simon Menno) Kanagy Marriage Register and Diary

  • US MCUSAA HM1/121
  • Collection
  • 1918-1941

A small set of personal papers created by  Mennonite urban missionary and pastor who served primarily in Chicago, Toronto, and Blair, Ontario,   The marriage register is particularly interesting because it records the marriages he performed at the Chicago Home Mission.  His diary covers the years 1938 to 1941 and provides brief entries about daily activities and weather.

Kanagy, S. M. (Simon Menno), 1869-1941

Samuel D. Rohrer Sermon Notes

  • US MCUSAA HM1/168
  • Collection
  • circa 1917-1955

Sermon notes and outlines created by a minister of the (old) Mennonite Church who served Bethel Mennonite Church in Wadsworth, Ohio.  Rohrer was ordained in 1917.

Rohrer, Samuel D., 1879-1955

Silas L. Weldy Papers 1913-1938

  • US MCUSAA HM1/138
  • Collection
  • 1884-1999

These papers consist primarily of Weldy's notebooks, in which he kept sermon notes, records of meetings he attended, lists of converts, and other information pertaining to his ministry with Holdeman Mennonite Church in Wakarusa, Indiana.

Weldy, Silas L., 1877-1955

Stanley C. and Doris Sell Shenk Papers 1936-2009

  • US GCA V/04/018-014
  • Collection
  • 1882-2009

The collection is divided into five series:  (1) Stanley C. Shenk Journals, 1943, 1980-2004, 2007-2009 (2) Stanley C. Shenk Manuscripts, 1946-2000, (3) Stanley C. Shenk Subject Files, circa 1950-1990 (4) Doris Sell Shenk Files, and (5) Miscellaneous.

Shenk, Stanley C., 1919-

T. M. (Tillman M.) Erb Diaries and Miscellaneous Materials 1879-1928

  • US MCUSAA HM1/525
  • Collection
  • 1879-1991

These personal papers consist primarily of diaries kept by a minister, bishop, and school administrator of the (old) Mennonite Church in Kansas.  Erb's began keeping a diary at age 14 and continued the practice almost continuously until his death 50 years later.  Erb's diary entries are usually brief and discuss the weather, work, social gatherings, and events of note, such as the 1912 accident in which he was burned and one of his daughters was killed.  Other materials in these papers include scattered correspondence, materials pertaining to his pastoral work, and a 1991 paper about T. M. Erb.

Erb, T. M. (Tillman M.), 1865-1929

Timothy H. Brenneman Sermons

  • US MCUSAA HM1/444
  • Collection
  • 1945-1973

Sermons and sermon outlines written by a clergy man of the (old) Mennonite Church who served the church as a missionary in Argentina and as pastor / bishop in Florida and Puerto Rico. This collection also includes a brief biography of S. F. (Samuel Frederick) Coffman written by Brenneman.

Brenneman, Timothy H., 1905-1977

Virgil J. and Helen Good Brenneman Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/128
  • Collection
  • 1940-1993

These papers of an (old) Mennonite Church writer and her pastor husband are divided into two series:

(1) Helen Good Brenneman Papers

(2) Virgil J. Brenneman Papers

Brenneman, Helen Good

William G. Detweiler Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/957
  • Collection
  • 1919-1955

This collection contains primarily outgoing correspondence from William G. Detweiler regarding his pastoral, evangelical, and personal activites.  Perhaps the most interesting document in the collection is a sermon log (1931-1956) containing information on churches preached in and texts or subjects referenced.  Within the correspondence are his resignation letters from the Canton Mennonite Mission, letters to Calvary Hour listeners and congregation members regarding salvation and morality, a letter from Anna to the "home folks," and a few "Baby letters" written to the newest members of congregations and their parents.  Also in the collection are bulletins and flyers regarding Mennonite Sunday school conferences and programs.

Detweiler, William G., 1903-1956

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