- US MCUSAA HM1/216
- Collection
- 1866-1899
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
Erismann, Christian, 1835-1905