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Personal papers of a pastor, missionary, and administrator who served in Argentina and Uruguay from 1925 to 1967 and cofounded Mennonite Renewal Services in 1975. Researchers should note that the volume of materials documenting the life of Ada Ramseyer Litwiller is quite small. The collection is divided into the following series:

1) Correspondence

2) Manuscripts and Publications

3) Data Files

4) Sermon Notes

5) Seminary and Teaching Materials

6) Personal and Biographical Materials

7) Miscellaneous Oversized Materials

The collection includes sermon notes, wedding anniversary card, a short autobiography and a letter largely related to work done at the Duchess Church in Alberta, Canada.

The collection includes sermon notes, marriage certificate and other family documents.

The collection consists of a copy of a letter written by Johannes Weber to his cousin Samuel Weber on January 10, 1865, and its transcription. The letter offers some local news about various people and a brief mention of draft and the government.

Information regarding the World War II experiences of Henry C. Penner, a Mennonite from Wrickler, Manitoba who was arrested for resisting the draft in 1944. Tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by Leonard Gross with Henry and his son Leonard Penner are included, as is correspondence between the army and Henry’s uncle George Penner concerning the arrest and subsequent court martial. The records of the court martial, some miscellaneous notes and pamphlets, and slides of documents are also included.

The collection consists of a letter written by Esther Nolt from Red Lake, Ontario.

The collection consists of an original document issued for military exemption for Jacob Bergey, dated February 14, 1871 for the county of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

Included in this collection are notices of Clayton F. Derstine's early speaking engagements, a sermon given in 1940, and a condensed version of the biographical sketch that appeared in the Canadian Mennonite in 1966.

The collection consists of some older correspondence dated 1829 and later, as well as some transcriptions and family history documents.