- 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
Appears to be mostly sermons, mostly post-1945. Some class notes from seminary or Bible school
Matthies, Wilhelm B., 1903-1995
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
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
John J. Kroeker and Katherine Janzen Kroeker Papers
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
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
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
Hillegonda van der Smissen Papers
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
Haus und Hand-Buch für die Familie David Ruth zu Eichstock 1852
bound volume containing family history information; most of the volume is blank
scanned version at http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/bd_ms_41/
Ruth, David, 1808-1867
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
Elisabeth Andres Schmidt Papers
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
sermons by Ellenberger at Monsheim; also 2 devotional books that he owned
Ellenberger, D. Adolf, 1846-1889
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