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Abraham Esau Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.190
  • Collection
  • 1945-1964

Collection is made up of his handwritten German translation of C. Henry Smith, which resulted in the book Die Geschichte der Mennoniten Europas (Newton, KS: Faith and Life Press, 1964).

Esau, Abraham, 1884-1955

D. Adolf Ellenberger Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.406
  • Collection
  • 1870-1889

sermons by Ellenberger at Monsheim; also 2 devotional books that he owned

Ellenberger, D. Adolf, 1846-1889

Elisabeth Andres Schmidt Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.324
  • Collection
  • 1890-1900

Consists of 3 books: an old German Bible in poor condition (Stuttgart: Priviligierte Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1900; Großoktavausgabe; 15. Auflage)

W. Ziethe, Immanuel: Predigten über die Evangelien des Kirchenjahres. (Berlin: Hauptverein für christliche Erbauungsschriften, 1891)

Reichs-Lieder: Deutsches Gemeinschafts-Liederbuch (very poor condition, missing title page)

 

The collection was accepted with the expectation that more papers would be added later, but that didn't happen.

Schmidt, Elisabeth Andres, 1890-1991

Ernst Behrends Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.221
  • Collection
  • 1930-1950

Box 1: reviews of books, notes, correspondence (1930s), clippings, book typescripts: Der Steppenhengst, Stromaufwärts, Der Bote, Licht wider Irrlicht, Der rote Tulipan, In die andere Welt, Beata, Ketzer würden die Mauer sprengen

Box 2: reviews, notes, clippings, book typescripts: Der Rohrsänger, In die andere Welt, Die Rose von Wüstenfelde, Der rote Tulipan, Der Bote, Stromaufwärts

Box 3: Behrends material pulled from Krahn papers 9 Jan 1991: photos, correspondence, clippings, book typescripts: Der Steppenhengst, Menno

Behrends, Ernst, 1891-1982

Hillegonda van der Smissen Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.244
  • Collection
  • 1880-1949

Box 1: speeches, talks, poetry, birthday greetings for 100th birthday, correspondence, clippings, printed matter, books

Box 2: autograph book (whose? not hers), printed matter, correspondence, books, clippings

van der Smissen, Hillegonda, 1848-1949

Jacob H. Quiring Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.203
  • Collection
  • 1890-1940

A rich collection of correspondence for Mennonites in Russia and Germany in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Box 1 - correspondence, passport, file on Bluffton controversy, diploma from Berlin, manuscripts related to ancient languages and texts (not by Quiring), Protestant Weekly Letter, class notes - Old Testament, Assyrian, etc.

Box 2 - Evangelische Wochenbriefe

Box 3- consolidated into box 1

Box 4-7 - books

box 8 - map folder of diplomas found in MS.76, S. S. Haury papers, Aug. 2014

Quiring, Jacob H., 1875-1942

Jakob Hege Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.228
  • Collection
  • 1850-1900

folder 1: Jacob Hege and Elisabeth Landes -- their family tree -- the Hege Family Tree by Christian Hege or Friedrich and Christian Hege (Frankfort) -- 7 pages

folder 2: 1 sheet -- Background History of the Hege Family and Name, by Herbert J. Hege

folder 3: 4 sheets of the family tree - to be put together

folder 4: nine pages of the "Chronik"

folder 5: 27 pages of the "Chronik"

folder 6: two pages coped from Paso Robles Daily Press

folder 7: 28 sheets of the Chronik der Familie Hege

All of the above has been copied from booklets or papers in the possession of Herbert Hege, Box 248 (365 North Fourth St. West), Aberdeen, Idaho 83210

Presumably copied by Adam Mueller.

folder 8: photocopy of photograph of Jakob Hege and Elisabeth Landes

Hege, Jakob, 1844-1926

John J. Kroeker and Katherine Janzen Kroeker Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.501
  • Collection
  • 1890-1980

extensive collection reflecting contacts in Mennonite communities in Russia, Germany, Canada, United States, Paraguay; business papers, writing and translating projects including work for Gerald Winrod; some diaries; some material related to his father Jakob Kroeker and the Licht im Osten mission

Kroeker, John Jacob, 1894-1964

Louise E. Moyer Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.270
  • Collection
  • 1905-1980

Primarily correspondence, including some from relatives in Germany. Also obituaries of Mennonite and Oklahoma persons, wedding and anniversary clippings, some commencement and birth announcements of relatives, some Bethel College and Mennonite periodicals, miscellaneous clippings.

Moyer, Louise E. Latscher, 1890-1989

Selma Ellenberger Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.384
  • Collection
  • 1900-1964

Box 1-2: correspondence, diaries

box 3: correspondence, books

box 4: funeral guest book, Adolf Ellenberger writings, music books (one handwritten), books (don't know the identity of this Adolf Ellenberger; maybe her father?)

Ellenberger, Selma Emilie, 1885-1964

Willi B. Matthies Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.212
  • Collection
  • 1945-1955

Appears to be mostly sermons, mostly post-1945. Some class notes from seminary or Bible school

Matthies, Wilhelm B., 1903-1995