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Mennonite Church USA Archives Ohio
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Bethel Mennonite Church (West Liberty, Ohio) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/35-21
  • Collection
  • 1899-2021

These records are divided into the following series:

(1) Annual Meetings and Reports, 1907-2012 (2) Bulletins, 1953-2010 (3) Vacation Bible School Materials, 1932-1969 (4) Newsletters, 1977-2012 (5) Miscellaneous Congregational Records, 1899-1970

Bethel Mennonite Church (West Liberty, Ohio)

Sonnenberg Mennonite Church (Kidron, Ohio) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/35-036
  • Collection
  • 1894-2018

Records, primarily bulletins, of a Mennonite congregation in Wayne County, Ohio, historically affiliated with the (old) Mennonite Church.  Of particular interest is a photocopy of the 1894 handwritten church history and register, in German.

Sonnenberg Mennonite Church (Kidron, Ohio)

Orrville Mennonite Church (Orrville, Ohio) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/35-007
  • Collection
  • 1928-2017

Bulletins, newsletters, and other assorted records from a Mennonite congregation in Wayne County, Ohio, historically affiliated with the (old) Mennonite Church.

Orrville Mennonite Church (Orrville, Ohio)

First Mennonite Church (Canton, Ohio) Records 1945-1977

  • US MCUSAA III/35-15
  • Collection
  • 1908-2011

The records consist primarily of bulletins from the mid-century.  Researchers should be aware that there are many gaps in the run of bulletins possessed by the archives.  Additional records include sesquicentennial materials, early programs for events held at the church, and a 2011 testimony regarding the importance of the congregation to a former member of the congregation.

First Mennonite Church (Canton, Ohio)

Walnut Creek Mennonite Church (Walnut Creek, Ohio) Records 1968-2009

  • US MCUSAA III/35-28
  • Collection
  • 1859-2009

This set of records consists primarily of mid and late 20th century bulletins and newsletters documenting congregational life and worship.  Also included are two very early Sunday school record books (1859) a Bible conference program (1905), a centennial program (1962), a congregational history entitled "A Century and a Half with the Mennonites at Walnut Creek," and annual reports from 1984 to 1990 (1989 missing).

Walnut Creek Mennonite Church (Walnut Creek, Ohio)

Zion Mennonite Church (Archbold, Ohio) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/35-40
  • Collection
  • 1956-2007

While these records include a handful of typical congregational records (primarily bulletins), the bulk of the collection consists of sound recordings and transcripts associated with the "Peace Stories Oral History Project" of 1990-1994.  The oral history project sought to document the experiences of conscientious objectors in the congregation and resulted in over 20 interviews. Other materials include administrative documents and publications associated with the oral history project.

Zion Mennonite Church (Archbold, Ohio)

Midway Mennonite Church (Columbiana, Ohio) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/35-18
  • Collection
  • 1866-2006

Congregational records of an (old) Mennonite Church / Mennonite Church USA congregation in the Ohio Mennonite Conference.  Records include late 19th and early 20th century financial records and Sunday school records, early to mid-twentieth century Young People's Bible Meeting and Women's Aid Society records, church bulletins, (1950-2005), congregational reports, and other miscellaneous records.

Midway Mennonite Church (Columbiana, Ohio)

J. S. (Jacob S.) Gerig Family Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/649
  • Collection
  • 1817-2003

A small set of personal and pastoral papers created by a pastor and bishop associated with the Oak Grove Mennonite Church (Smithville, Ohio), an (old) Mennonite congregation in Wayne County, Ohio. Materials include information on the Young People's Conference, a record book of the Ohio Mennonite Relief Commission, materials pertaining to Orrville Mennonite Church (Orrville, Ohio) and Walnut Creek Mennonite Church (Holmes County, Ohio), correspondence with Bishop O. N. (Otis Nathan) Johns, and miscellaneous materials.

Gerig, J. S. (Jacob S.), 1866-1964

Andrew Brenneman Scrapbook and Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA HM1/979
  • Collection
  • 1932-1998

The scrapbook was made for Brenneman by members of the Central Mennonite Church, Elida Ohio, in the mid 1960s, when Brenneman was bed ridden due to illness at age 90.  Accompanying the scrapbook are scattered letters to, from, and about Brenneman, as well as an obituary and some newspaper clippings.

Brenneman, Andrew, 1875-1967

Women's Missionary and Service Commission Partnership Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/20/008
  • Collection
  • 1973-1996

A small set of records documenting relationships between the Women's Missionary and Service Commission and three other Mennonite women's groups:  Grupos Hispanos Femeniles del la Iglesia Menonita, Central Women's Organization of the Mennonite Church in India, and the Northwest Ohio Mennonite Business and Professional Women's Organization. Records consist primarily of correspondence, event programs, and a scrapbook.

Women's Missionary and Service Commission

Harry Sommers Papers 1917-1919

  • US MCUSAA HM1/887
  • Collection
  • 1917-1992

Papers pertaining to a Mennonite conscientious objector's experiences during World War I.  Includes correspondence, empemera pertaining to conscientious objection, a transcript of Sommers's court martial proceedings, a parole pass, photographs, and other miscellaneous items.  Also includes a brief two page biography of Sommers written by Myron Sommers in 1992.

Sommers, Harry, 1894-1984

Anna Mary and Virginia Stalter Scrapbook

  • US MCUSAA HM1/125
  • Collection
  • 1963-1991

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, wedding announcements, anniversary announcements, and assorted programs and bulletins pertaining to members of Central Mennonite Church (Elida, Ohio) and other Mennonites in the community.

Stalter, Anna Mary

Wilmer D. Swope Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/200
  • Collection
  • 1925 - 1990

A collection of papers including correspondence reflecting Wilmer's interest in local history, Mennonite Church history and Christian hymnology. He wrote many hymn texts which are included.

Swope, Wilmer D., 1925-2010

Lorie Gooding Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/729
  • Collection
  • 1956-1989

Personal papers of an Ohio Mennonite mother and author, best known for her poetry.  Materials consist primarily of handwritten, typed, and published poems, prose, and plays.  It appears that some of the published poems may predate 1956, but there is no direct evidence within the collection to support this supposition. Volunteers at  Millersburg Mennonite Church transcibed Gooding's poetry into MSWord.  These files are availble on CDs housed with the collection.

Researchers will also find biographical information and photographs and Gooding's correspondence with Ruth Erb.

Gooding, Lorie, 1919-1992

Mennonite Board of Missions Health and Welfare Committee Mennonite Home for the Aged (Rittman, Ohio) Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/14/011
  • Collection
  • 1897-1979

Administrative records of an early domestic mission of the (old) Mennonite Church.  The Mennonite home for the aged was founded when David C. and Fanny Amstutz bequeathed their 160 acre farm and home to the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board (later the Mennonite Board of Missions) in 1897 for the purpose of developing an old age home.  The first building, with a capacity of 34 beds, was dedicated in 1901 but was destroyed by a fire in 1919.  A second building was constructed in 1939, and the old age home operated until 1974.  With the exception of Aaron Peachy, administrators tended to serve short stints at the Mennonite Old Age Home.  J. D. Mininger and his wife, Hettie, managed the home from 1904 to 1909.  Aaron Peachy and his wife, Katie, served as administrators from 1939 to 1961. Materials in this collection document the early and final years of the Mennonite Home for the Aged.  The Home for the Aged initially was associated with the Mennonite Orphanage in Weilersville, Ohio.  As a result, the earliest records of the institution that became the Mennonite Orphan's Home (and later Adriel School, in West Liberty, Ohio) may be found among the records of the Mennonite Home for the Aged.  These inlcude minutes, reports, legal records, and financial records.  Other early records include governing documents, contracts for the care of the elderly, building records, superintendent correspondence, a record of visitors, and some resident records.

Later records include correspondence, information on contributions, inspection reports, insurance information, and a file on the sale of the property.  Researchers should note that there are very few records documenting the period between 1920 and 1960.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Health and Welfare Committee

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