- US GCA HM1/024
- Sammlung
- 1905-1931
These papers are divided into three series:
(1) Correpondence
(2) Notes and Teaching Materials
(3) Miscellaneous
Oyer, Noah, 1891-1931
These papers are divided into three series:
(1) Correpondence
(2) Notes and Teaching Materials
(3) Miscellaneous
Oyer, Noah, 1891-1931
J. S. (Jonas Smucker) Hartzler Papers 1910-1950
A small set of personal papers documenting the ministry and personal life of a pastor of the (old) Mennonite Church. Materials include an autobiography, scattered diaries of Hartzler as well as his first and second wives, sermon and Bible course notes, and miscellaneous materials. Also includes photographs of J.S. and Fannie Stutzman Hartzler and photographs and postcards from J.S. Hartzler's trip to India, the Middle East, and Europe in 1910-11.
Hartzler, J. S. (Jonas Smucker), 1857-1953
Jacob I. and Rhoda Landis Weldy Papers
These papers are divided into two series:
Church Records, 1850-1952
Family Records, 1863-1948
Weldy, Jacob I., 1871-1953
Abram B. Kolb Papers 1866-1923
Papers of a friend and associate of John F. Funk who served as assistant editor / editor in chief of the Herald of Truthfrom 1886 to 1904. Kolb edited a number of other Mennonite periodicals, was active in the Sunday school movement, and served as president of the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board. He married John F. Funk's daughter, Phoebe, in 1893.
Kolb's papers are divided into two series:
(1) Correspondence, 1866-1923
(2) Miscellaneous, circa 1853 - 1965
Kolb, Abram B., 1862-1925
G. L. (George Lewis) and Elsie Kolb Bender Family Papers
Papers of a prominent Mennonite family in Elkhart, Ind. G. L. Bender was a teacher and postmaster. He served as the first treasurer of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities and as a deacon at Prairie Street Mennonite Church. Elsie Kolb Bender was a homemaker and mother of seven children, including Harold Stauffer Bender.
The papers consist primarily of correspondence to and from various members of the Bender family and are divided into the following series:
(1) G. L. Bender Correspondence (2) Harold Stauffer Bender Correspondence (3) Cecil and Alice Bender Correspondence (4) Florence E. Bender Correspondence (5) John Bender Correspondence (6) Robert Bender Correspondence (7) Violent Bender Turner Correspondence (8) Wilbur Bender Correspondence (9) Elsie Kolb Bender Correspondence (10) Miscellaneous (11) Photographs
Bender, Florence E., 1899-1987
These papers are divided into three series:
(1) Documents, 1923-1980
(2) Photographs, 1900-1970
(3) Sound Recordings, circa 1937-1950
Sudermann, Jacob, 1909-1980
House of Simon II, Inc. (Elkhart, Ind.) Records
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.
House of Simon II, Inc. (Elkhart, Ind.)
The David A. Yoder Papers are divided into the following series:
(1) Diaries and Datebooks, 1920-1976
(2) Correspondence, 1903-1975
(3) Subject Files, 1909-1970
(4) Manuscripts, 1949-1976
(5) Sermon Notes, 1907-1966
(6) Photographs, 1885-1980
(7) Miscellaneous, 1897-1983
Yoder, David A., 1883-1980
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."
W. W. and Elva Garber Oesch Papers
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.
Oesch, W. W.
Mennonite Church Indiana-Michigan Conference Photographs
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.
Mennonite Church. Indiana-Michigan Conference
Silas and Anna Weaver Hertzler Papers 1904-1975
These papers primarily document the life and work of Silas Hertzler, but includes some material pertinent to his wife, Anna Weaver Hertzler. The papers are divided into seven series:
(1) Diaries, 1904-1974
(2) American Committee for Relief in the Near East Materials, 1919
(3) Correspondence, 1909-1975
(4) Articles and Writing, 1917-1967
(5) Photographs, 1909-1970
(6) Miscellaneous, 1905-1975
(7) Genealogical Research Files, 1813-1988
Hertzler, Silas, 1888-1975
These papers of a Mennonite pastor and seminary professor are divided into the following series:
(1) Biographical Information and Writings by Enz (2) Sermons and Pastoral Papers (3) Correspondence (4) Teaching Materials (5) Collected Papers and Conference Materials
Enz, Jacob J.
Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander Papers
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.
Neuschwander, Evangeline Matthies
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.
Yoder, Rhea B., 1898-1992