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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

Shenk's diary contains brief daily entries containing information about his work, travels, and social contacts.

Personal papers of an educator and editor who served the (old) Mennonite Church.  Series include:

(1) Diaries, 1908-1921

(2) Sermons and Sermon Notes, 1924-1974

(3) Notes for Orie O. Miller Biography, circa 1960-1968

(4) Correspondence, 1936-1982

(5) Subject Files, 1916-1984

The papers include a photograph of Leonard and Verna Clemens, excerpts from his diary, and two personal memoirs in essay form :  "Mennonites in Michigan in 1900" and "Life in Goshen: The 1920s."

Diaries documenting Detwiler's time as a Hesston College student and a voluntary service worker among Armenians in the Middle East.

Transcription of the diary of a Mennonite medical missionary who served in India from 1910 until his death in 1931.  The diary includes very brief activites of Esch's activities, ranging from prayer to medical duties and from administrative mission work to menial labor.

The papers are divided into two series:

(1) Family Papers, 1767-1911

(2) Genealogical Research Files, circa 1960-1970

The collection includes a diary 1905-1907; Diary 1907-1909; Diary 1909-1910; and diary 1913-1915. Also included is a diary 1910-1912, a diary 1922-1925, and a variety of correspondence with people involved in mission activities. The diaries from 1905-10 were written when Agnes was single, and when she was between the age of 17 and 23, while living in Illinois.  Her diaries tell of every day events in her life including weather, school work, funerals, visitors, church services in English and German and sermon texts, chores, anxiety over church dissensions, concern for starving in India, great interest in missions, a trip to Oregon, California, and Oklahoma, train ride over Rocky Mountains, and the Inauguration Day of President Taft.  Taken from  “A Guide to Mennonite Women’s Diaries (1840-1950), by Anne Yoder, Mennonite Quarterly Review, October 1996, page 488.

These materials primarily document the life of J. N. Byler, although researchers interested in Edna Ruth Byler's life will also find some relevant files.  The records are divided into seven series:

(1) Correspondence, 1940-1962

(2) Journals, 1942-1957

(3) Sermons, Speeches, and Writings, 1920-1964

(4) Relief Work Files, 1926-1960

(5) Photographs, 1910-1945

(6) Financial Records, 1924-1960

(7) Miscellaneous, 1918-2006

Photocopies of diaries documenting Ebersole's experiences as a conscientious objector during World War I.  Also includes scattered correspondence and a list of conscientious objectors at Camp Meade (Maryland).

The collection consists of a self-published diary written by Noah H. Leatherman from 1917 to 1919 while in camp during World War I.

A small set of personal papers created by a  Mennonite medical missionary couple in India at the turn of the 20th century.  Materials include William Page's diary (1899), outgoing correspondence by Alice and William Page, assorted travel documents (passports, tickets, etc.), clippings, and photographs.

These papers are divided into three series:

(1) Correspondence, 1921-1923 (2) Speeches and Articles, undated, 1982 (3) Photographs, circa 1921-1923

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.