26 Treffer anzeigen

Records of the governing body of the Allegheny Mennonite Conference. Organized into the following series:

Series 1: Governing Documents, 1975-1980

Series 2: Annual Conference Minutes and Reports, 1904-2009

Series 3: Executive Committee Materials, 1946-1980

Series 4: Education Committee Materials, 1895-1974

Series 5: Mission Committee and Women's Missionary and Service Commission Materials, 1914-1993

Series 6: Miscellaneous Materials, 1892-2001

A small set of personal papers documenting the education and work of an editor and photojournalist for the Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Penn.).  The bulk of the materials consist of completed surveys about the Mennonite Publishing House's Words of Cheer children's magazine.  The surveys report the opinions of elementary school readers in the United States and Canada.  Other materials include an autobiographical essay, correspondence, materials pertaining to his undergraduate and graduate degrees, and photographic negatives depicting a Sunday School Convention at Eastern Mennonite College (1965), Mennonite General Conference (1965 and 1967), the Sunday School Centennial at West Liberty, Ohio (1963), the Sunday School Centennial at Masontown, Penn. (1963), and a "Russian visit" (1965).

A small collection of records from a congregation affiliated with the Allegheny Mennonite Conference.

This collection chronicles the early life of Elizabeth M. Yoder Woodiwiss (1889-1986), who homesteaded in North Dakota from 1907-1910. Her diaries (photocopies of originals) record her experiences as a homesteader, as well as a few years after she returned to Pennsylvania.  Articles about Elizabeth are also in the collection, alongside her own recollections. There are also photographs depicting her as a homesteader and later in life, as well as photographs of the homesteading community.

Records pertaining to a ministry for Mennonite college and university students and young adults in the Philadelphia area.  The Philadelphia office seemed to have coordinated work with area Mennonite student fellowships, offered a Mennonite presence to area college campuses, organized workshops, and assisted with tasks for the general Student and Young Adult Services Ministry.  Records include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, seminar papers, and a cashbook.

The collection includes copies of court records and other materials related to Robert L. Baer's shunning by the Reformed Mennonite Church.

Poetry, stories, other writing by Bartel

Sermons by Alvin Beachy

The collection consists of genealogical materials related to the family of Hendrick Sellen.

box 1: various church bulletins 1949-1969, Bethel Mennonite Church Perkasie materials 1950-1955, Pacific District Conference materials 1955-1963, Menno Mennonite Church Ritzville materials 1955-1963, constitutions-mostly of congregations, General Conference 1959 materials including photos
box 2: Eastern District Conference materials 1945-1961

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.

Personal and pastoral papers of a pastor and bishop of the (old) Mennonite Church who served primarily in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania.  Durr also served as the first moderator of the Southwest Pennsylvania Mennonite Conference. He also served as moderator of the General Conference Committee and the preliminary General Conference in 1897.

Durr's papers are divided into

(1) Congregational and Conference Records, 1867-1919

(2) Correspondence, 1858-1940

(3) Miscellaneous Materials, 1878-1937

(4) Sermons and Collected Tracts, circa 1872-1934

(5) Financial and Legal Records, 1879-1938

Joseph Allen Hooley was the son of John C. Hooley and Elizabeth Hertzler Hooley, and his wife, Catherine (Hooley) Hooley was the daughter of David K. Hooley and Fannie (Hertzler) Hooley.  Joseph and Catherine Hooley moved from Mifflin County, Penn. to West Liberty, Ohio in 1904.  Both were members of the (old) Mennonite Church and appear to have made a living farming.

This small set of family papers consists primarily of land records (indentures, deeds, etc., mostly from Mifflin County, Penn.).  Other materials include family account books, farm records, autograph books, estate documents, and a scrapbook containing clippings of poems.

Included is a $100.00 share of stock in the Lancaster Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Road Company made out to George L. Mayer and noted distributions to Eli G. Reist in various installments until 1920.

The collection consists of miscellaneous copies of Christian Beiler's writings and include a few transcriptions.

A transcribed, typewritten copy of a diary kept by Ammon Sala, a Mennonite conscientious objector who was conscripted for military service in World War I. Sala left for Camp Lee on October 4, 1917 and was not released until December 1918. Sala's diary entries are very brief, describing one or two daily activities.

The diary was transcribed by Mark Moyer. The original diary remains in the possession of Helen Lenda.