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The majority of material in these papers consists of genealogical research files and correspondence regarding genealogical research on four family lines:

(1) Jacob Showalter, immigrated  to America in 1750)

(2) Cyrus B. Showalter (1857-1937) and Lydia Wenger (1860-)

(3) John Slabach (1806-1861), immigrated to Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 1829

(4) John Zimmerman (1843-1923), immigrated to Ohio in 1856.

The papers also include Lester Jay Zimmerman's chapel presentations of 1951-1952.

A small set of personal papers belonging to a Goshen College professor of commerce who taught typing, shorthand, and consumer advocacy.  Includes information on the history of the Goshen College Business Dept. and several student papers on the spending and shopping  habits of Goshen College students from the mid 1960s through the mid 1970s.

Personal papers of Lores E. Steury, consisting largely of gathered information on the Amish Christian Church (including information highlighted in the book The Amish Christian Church: Its History and Legacy by Fredrick J. Schrock). Holdings also include personal information about Steury, including diaries, photographs, newspaper clippings, and drafts of an autobiography.

The papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Amish Christan Church Materials

(2) Geneological Records

(3) Diaries and Recollections

(4) Recorded Interviews

(5) Correspondence and Miscellaneous Materials

The collection includes a paper written on the topic of Buddhism and a Goshen College Convocation address.

Personal papers of Martha Smith Good, a female minister in the Mennonite Church. The collection consists primarily of sermons given throughout her career serving in as Goshen College's campus pastor as well as at Guelph Mennonite Church (Guelph, Ont.), Hillcrest Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ont.), Stirling Ave Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ont.), Warden Woods Mennonite Church (Scarborough, Ont.), Oak Grove Mennonite Church (Smithville, OH), and Lombard Mennonite Church (Lombard, IL). Recurring themes in the sermons emphasize church roles in accepting and supporting members who are single, divorced, widowed, and homosexual. Some notes and correspondence related to her work in organizing the Women in Ministry Conferences in 1982 and 2000 are also included.

The personal papers of Mary Oyer, a long term music faculty member of Goshen College. The papers include conference and committee material, as well as papers and correspondence related to her involvement with church music.

A small set of papers, ephemera, and photographs pertaining to Byers's work at Goshen College, where he served as president from 1903 to 1913.

These papers are divided into three series:

(1) Correpondence

(2) Notes and Teaching Materials

(3) Miscellaneous

The personal papers of a long term former Goshen College faculty member who taught in the Home Economics Department. Included are minutes and correspondence of the Home Economics Department, as well as personal diaries, photographs and correspondence.

A small set of personal papers created and collected by a former director of the Mennonite School of Nursing in La Junta, Colorado.  Materials include a 1948 study of Elkhart County hospitals and health care facilities, a 1954 Crhistmas letter, a student paper about the leaders of the Mennonite Nurses Association (by Norma F. Martin, 1963), and  a diary of Mosemann's trip to Asia and Africa in 1963-1964,

Papers of a mid-twentieth century Goshen College and Hesston College physics professor and administrator, divided into two series:

(1) Personal and Professional Papers, circa 1920-1985

(2) Draft Counseling Files, circa 1953-1956

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.

Personal papers of a Goshen College faculty member and former chair of the Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies Department.  Includes published and non-published manuscripts, genealogy, and personal correspondence.

Personal papers of an esteemed churchman of the (old) Mennonite Church.  An ordained minister and bishop, Yoder served as secretary of the Mennonite Board of Missions (1921-1944) and president of Goshen College (1923-1940).  His papers reflect his two simultaneous positions within Mennonite inistitutions and provide insight into the conservative / liberal struggles of the (old) Mennonite Church of the early and mid- twentieth century.  His papers are divided into five series:

(1) Correspondence, 1917-1974

(2) Genealogical Materials, 1890-1967

(3) World War I Correspondence and Subject Files, 1917-1921

(4) Writings and Class Materials, 1901-1975

(5) Miscellaneous Materials, 1878-1975

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