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The collection consists of photocopies of German and English poems and drawings of the Amish bishop, Manasses E. Bontrager, of Centerville, Michigan.

The collection consists of sermon notes, ordination certificate, Sunday School outline, Gospel Herald articles, and a notebook.

The Indiana-Michigan Conference Mission Board not only operated a number of domestic mission stations in Indiana, Michigan, and Kentucky, but also supported the work of missionaries abroad.  In 1970, the mission board was dissolved and replaced by a mission committee.  These records are divided into several series.

The administrative records of Koinos House, a non-profit organization providing services to youth with drug abuse problems, sponsored by the Mennonite Board of Missions Health and Welfare Committee. The records include legal documents, correspondence, financial reports, and newsletters.

Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church pastor who served in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, primarily at Maple Grove Mennonite Church (Gulliver, Mich.).  Materials are divided into three series:

(1) Miscellaneous Materials, 1931-1980

(2) Sermons and Sermon Notes, circa 1950-1975

(3) Sound Recording Collection, circa 1960-1980

A small collection of congregational records including bulletins, record books of women's and youth groups, building fund committee records, Bible school attendance statistics and records, information on the Bowman bequest, and other miscellaneous records. All of the records were collected by Norman Weaver, a long-time pastor of the congregation, and his wife Florence.

A small set of personal papers, primarily correspondence, documenting ministry, congregational life, and conflicts a northern Michigan congregations of the (old) Mennonite Church. Other materials in the collection include correspondence, reports, and programs of the Michigan Mennonite Ministers' Fellowship (1955-1970), minutes of the Indiana-Michigan Conference Area Ministers' Council #2 (Northern Lower Michigan) (1967-1977), and correspondence and interviews concerning a conflict in the Coldsprings Mennonite Church (Mancelona, Mich.) in 1973.

Wickey,who was ordained a pastor at South Colon Mennonite Church in 1956, appears to have served at the Maple River Mennonite Church (Brutus, Mich.) from the early 1960s through the late 1970s.

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."

Constitution, undated; Directory, 1969; Bulletins, 1961-1986

Photographs associated with a regional conference of the (old) Mennonite Church. Comprises images of conference leaders, conference events, ministers credentialed by the conference, and church buildings of congregations belonging to the conference.  Materials include photographic prints, slides, and negatives. Researchers should note that the collection contains the prints of images published in the conference newsletterThe Gospel Evangel.

This set of congregational records includes business meeting minutes (1969-1989), church council meeting minutes (1974-1988), music committee meeting minutes (1974-1977), worship committee meeting minutes (1978-1983), records of the Women's Missionary and Service Auxiliary (1969-1986),  membership lists and statistics (1969-1989), and church bulletins (1974-1989).  It also includes a brief historical sketch of the congregation, material from the congregation's 10th anniversary celebration, and member reactions to the formation of Christian Peacemaker Teams in the 1980s.

Collection of papers related to Erie Bontrager's discharge from the military in 1918. Other assorted documents include a church program and other religious publications.

A small collection of bulletins contains the order of worship and congregational announcements pertaining to this Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference church that was formerly known as Petoskey Mennonite Church.

A small set of church records including photographs (some photocopied rather than originals), histories of the congregation, clippings and articles about congregational life, and scattered bulletins and programs for special events.

Miscellaneous church records from Menominee River Fellowship. The most extensive records detail the MRF Retreat Day in January 1997, in which participants were asked to give their ideas for where they want to see the church grow in the future.