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A small personal collection consisting of an arithmetic copybook and two letters associated with an Amish Mennonite farmer and teacher originally from Mifflin Co., Penn.  Yoder later moved to Wayne Co., Ohio.  The copybook carried the date 1835, and the letters are dated 1845 (from Shem Zook) and 1861 (from Joash Yoder's son, Eli L. Yoder).  Also included with this collection is a note regarding German students who attended the German school in "Irishtown" in 1841-1842.

A set of materials mostly documenting the Reformed Mennonite Church in Pennsylvania and Maryland.  Other materials include biographical information about Goertz, an avid genealogist, and a bibliography of Goertz's publications.

A small set of personal papers found in an old Mennonite home near Kolb Mennonite Church (Holmes County, Ohio) in 1940.  Materials include early congregational records (1838-1855),scattered correspondence, A Fraktur and a Fraktur fragment, genealogical records, and miscellaneous materials.

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A small set of personal papers that consist of handwritten Bechtel and Hartmann family histories and a collection of broadsides.  Also includes a photocopy of a handwritten German hymn perhaps written by Abraham A. Meyer and given the English title "Life's Great Balance."  English translations are available for the family histories and the hymn.

Miscellaneous documents accumulated by Harry Symensma, a Mennonite immigrant from Balk (Friesland, Netherlands) and member of the Mennonite (Dunkard) church in Union Township (presumably Elkhart County), Indiana, and his son, Henry Symensma, of New Paris, Indiana.  Materials include property tax and other reciepts, real estate assessments, a letter from John F. Funk offering condolences to Henry Symensma, and Dutch militia documents.

These papers of an Amish-Mennonite bishop in Ohio are divided into two series:

(1) Correspondence, 1837-1907

(2) Miscellaneous, 1863-1933

Certified copy of the naturalization papers of John Beitler, a Bavarian who became an American citizen in Richland County, Ohio, on November 20, 1838.

Included is one letter written by Abraham T. Meyer to Tobias and Abraham Kolb dated August 18, 1838 from Clinton describing their health and requesting some bags in which they can give them apples. A transcribed copy of the letter is also included.

A small set of collected materials pertaining to Daniel Brenneman and his forebears.  Includes clippings, family histories, fragmentary correspondence, scattered records from Brenneman Memorial United Missionary Church, and miscellaneous material.  Researchers should be aware that there are very few original documents in this collection.  Most 19th and early 20th century documents are photocopies.

Jacob Krehbiel was a Mennonite immigrant from Pfrimmerhof (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) who immigrated to New York in 1831.  This photocopy of a document in German script documents financial transaction in relation to an inheritance [payment of inheritance tax?] in Germany.

This collection consists of fragmentary correspondence, primarily addressed to Jacob / Jacques Leichty .  Authors include family and friends in France and the United States.  This collection also includes land and citizenship records, Jacob Leichty's will, an account book, and genealogical information.

The collection includes sermon notes, marriage certificate and other family documents.

A single letter from Martin Greider (Fort Wayne, Ind.) to Christian Greider (Columbia, Lancaster Co., Penn.) dated October 18, 1840.  The letter describes an illegal sale of Martin Greider's property and proposes that his son, Johannes, travel west to establish a distillery with his father.

The letter is in German script, but a typed German transcription and a translation into English are also present.

Collection contains primarily correspondence between Arthur W. Nafziger and various WWII servicemen in both the Civilian Public Service and the military. Correspondence discusses a variety of topics such as the weather, work habits of servicemen, religion, attitudes towards Mennonites, and daily life.

Other materials include records of Hopedale Mennonite Church activities, including the establishment of Sunday School programs and the congregational views on WWII servicemen, and photocopies of German-language letters sent in the 1800s. Some notes and lists concerning Arthur W. Nafziger's touring at the Caterpillar factory and other local historical spots are also included.