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Daniel H. Coffman served as a deacon at Prairie Street Mennonite Church (1893-1899), Olive Mennonite Church (1899-1904), and Clinton Brick Mennonite Church (1904 - 1941). This collection consists primarily of Coffman's correspondence to his brother and sister in Virginia as well as his daughter in Indiana, and contains information regarding church conflicts from 1898 to 1903.  Also in this collection are histories of the Daniel H. Coffman family and the Samuel H. Eldridge family, as well as a photograph of the Eldridge family circa 1890.

The papers of Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander primarily document relief and service work to Russian Mennonite refugees after World War II.  Materials include correspondence, poems, testimonies, and songs by Russian Mennonite refugees, reports and correspondence pertaining to Mennonite Central Committee relief work in the Netherlands and Paraguay, a diary kept by Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander during her Europen relief work, correspondence between Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander, and a well-labeled photograph album documenting Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander's relief and service work.  Other materials include records of Vernon Neuschwander's Civilian Public Service work, family and genealogical materials, Evangeline's writing and reminiscences, and miscellaneous materials.

This collection contains information about Rhea B. Yoder (1898-1992), a teacher in the Midwest and at Woodstock, Northern India. In the collection there are materials from her schooling, her college speeches, journals from her time in India, and recollections of her upbringing. There is also a photograph album containing pictures from her childhood and time at Goshen. Her speeches at Goshen College provide an example of an individual on the liberal side of the (old) Mennonite church schism that led to the closing of Goshen College in 1923-1924.

Personal and pastoral papers of an (old) Mennonite Church pastor who served congregations in Indiana, worked as an interim pastor, and later became an overseer for the Indiana-Michigan Conference.  Materials include correspondence and subject files about his pastorates, congregations he served or consulted for, workshops and and publications, and miscellaneous topics.

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.

Records documenting the annual food and crafts sale and auction in Goshen, Ind. held as a fundraiser for Mennonite Central Committee. These records are divided into three series:

(1) Annual Reports and Governing Documents, 1968-1991

(2) Photographs, 1969-1983

(3) General Records, 1968-2005

These papers of an (old) Mennonite Church writer and her pastor husband are divided into two series:

(1) Helen Good Brenneman Papers

(2) Virgil J. Brenneman Papers

A small set of records about a non-profit organization associated with the Indiana Michigan Conference  that provided former prison inmates with housing, employment skills, and community reentry.  Materials include governing documents, board minutes, financial statements, publicity materials, and a number of miscellaneous records.  Researchers should note that these records contain materials about the related Path Foundation (New Carlisle, Ind.) and Abe Peters's prison ministry as well.

Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church pastor and conference minister and his wife.  These papers are divided into two series:

(1) Cleo A. Mann Papers, 1939-1980

(2) Nellie Miller Mann Papers, 1920-2000

A hodgepodge of material created and collected by an Indiana Mennonite farmer and his wife. The bulk of the materials in the collection are clippings of W. W. Oesch's "Ramblings" column from a New Paris (Ind.) newspaper, The Farmer's Exchange (1948-1970). Materials also include a scrapbook with correspondence, journal entries, and clippings by and about Sarah Alice Troyer Young, a mission worker killed in the Boxer Rebellion.  Three photographs of Young and the China Inland Mission may also be found in this collection.  FInally, researchers may find correspondence and congregational records in this collection regarding the doctrinal difficulties of the Indiana-Michigan Conference of the (old) Mennonite Church in the 1920s.

This collection documents Newcomer's experiences in Civilian Public Service camps as a conscientious objector during World War II. Materials include ration books, camp rosters, photographs, miscellaneous correspondence, and a memoir of his experiences.

The collection also documents Newcomer's interest in the history of Mennonites in northern Indiana, specifically the Yellow Creek Mennonite Church. They include photographs, estate sale bills, and photocopied documents related to Yellow Creek members who were conscientious objectors during World War I.

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."

These papers are divided into three series:

(1) Correpondence

(2) Notes and Teaching Materials

(3) Miscellaneous

These papers are divided into three series:

(1) Documents, 1923-1980

(2) Photographs, 1900-1970

(3) Sound Recordings, circa 1937-1950

The records of this Menonite congregation located in Shipshewana, Ind. include:

(1) Early Records (to 1950) and Church Histories, 1871-1985

(2) Photographs, 1892-1994

(3) Newsletters, 1944, 1997-2011

(4) Bulletins, 1960-2003

(5) Miscellaneous Congregational Records, 1950-2011