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A small set of personal papers belonging to a prominent 19th century Ohio Mennonite bishop and author.  Papers consist primarily of correspondence, but also include a small amount of sermon records and notes, and account book, and other miscellaneous materials.

Nineteen letters to Christian and Fannie Martin Lehman of Mahoning County, Ohio from various friends and family in Ohio, Indiana.  One letter is in German; the others are in English.  Correspondents discuss the weather, their health, and their activities.

A small and fragmented set of papers associated with Jacob Zook, a Mennonite or Amish Mennonite who resided in Smithville, Ohio.  Materials include a notebook, two letters from Gideon and Mary Zook of Ligonier, Ind.  Hochstetler family notes, transcriptions of the final agreements of the Strasbourg Conference (1630) and Zofingen Disputation (1757), and miscellaneous materials.

A small set of personal papers created by a Mennonite minister in Osborne County, Kansas and Peabody, Kansas.  Includes an account book belonging to Samuel Winey, notes on scripture references by topic and short essays and sermons, three diaries, spanning 1884 to 1895, and miscellaneous materials.

A small set of records documenting fundraising and other activities of this predecessor organization to the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities.  These records consist primarily of letters sent to the board from 1892 to 1896, most of which included financial contributions for the board's work.  Other materials include an 1894 annual report, the treasurer's account book (1894-1896), and miscellaneous receipts (1892-1895).

Meeting minutes for this organization may be found in the records of its predecessor organization, the Mennonite Evangelizing Committee (Elkhart, Ind.), IV-001.

This small set of personal papers consists of photocopies of two letters and two transcribed descriptions of Mensch's travels.  One letter (in German, untranslated, and dated April 12, 1874) from Mensch addresses unknown recipients.  A second letter (in English, transcribed, dated May 16, 1885) from Abraham Blosser to Jacob Mensch condeming John F. Funk's publication of a Mennonite paper without express appointment from the Mennonite Church to do so.  The travel narratives discribe an 1885 trip to Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, with Henry Wismer and an 1897 trip to Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Canada.

A short autobiograpy and lengthy diary (in German script) of an Amish Mennonite who immigrated to the United States with his family in 1857 to Granville, Ill.  and taught in Amish Mennonite Schools in various Illinois communities.  The diary contains a good deal of information about Erismann's religious and spiritual life, recording his prayers, uinderstanding of Christian behavior, and attendance of worhsip services and Sunday schools.  Over time, the diary becomes a journal of devotions on special religious days.

Only the first 44 pages of the diary have been translated into English

A small set of papers of an Amish Mennonite bishop in  Wayne County, Ohio, consisting largely of incoming correspondence.

The collection includes primarily sermon notes and then additional pamphlets and issues from the Mennonite Book and Tract Society.

Twelve letters written by C. B. Steiner to his brother, Adam Steiner, of Morrison, Illinois.  C. B. Steiner, writing first from Orrville, Ohio, and later from Salem, Oregon, discusses the health of members of his congregation, his decision and preparations to begin pastoring in Oregon, and the state of his and his neighbors' farms and crops.  Letters are in German with English translations.

The collection consists of several letters regarding Lewis James Heatwole's church work, an index listing of names and a listing of church troubles for the years 1902 to 1903.

The collection consists of some correspondence, a notebook of copied poems, a scrapbook of collected poems, and miscellaneous writing.

Farm ledgers, account books, brief diaries, travel records for church work, and other miscellaneous material created by an Amish Mennonite bishop and church promoter who resided in Nappanee, Indiana in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Assorted papers associated with Fannie Baumgartner Kauffman's (1867-1936) parents, Johannes (John) Baumgartner (1823-1904, emigrated from Alsace in 1856) and Verena (Fannie) Amstutz Baumgartner (1829-1873, emigrated from Alsace circa 1855).  These include manuscripts of song lyrics, genealogical information, church letters, copy books, an account book / weather diary, and correspondence.  The collection also contains a few items created by Fannie Baumgartner Kauffman and her husband, Henry M. Kauffman, including handwritten prayers, ephemera, and correspondence.  Typewritten transcriptions are available for many of the German handwritten documents.

Records of a predecessor Mennonite mission agency to the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, including incorporation documents, financial and insurance records, minutes (incomplete), correspondence, and a foreign missions manual.

Researchers should consult the series IV-001 and IV-002 for records regarding the previous incarnations of the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board.  Series IV-001 contains the complete minutes of the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board and its predecessor organizations.