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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.

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

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

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.

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).

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

The collection consists of the photocopy of the original letter written by Joel Detweiler of Champaign County, Ohio to Joel Kauffman of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania dated January 14, 1850, as well as a typed transcription. The letter includes local news and personal updates.

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.

The collection consists of the will and testament of Jacob Oberholtzer.

Six letters in German script from members of the Brubacher family residing in Ontario and Pennsylvania.  Correspondents include Johannes and Susanna Brubacher, Jacob and Maria Brubacher, and Heinrich Brubacher.  ALl of the letters have either been transcribed or translated.  Among the letters are also several photocopied German hymns with translations into English.

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

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

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.

A small set of correspondence, bonds documenting loans of money, and wills pertaining to Christian Reist and members of his family in and around Lancaster Co., Penn.

Researchers should note that these are not the original letters, but rather photocopies.

Transcription created in 1963 of the ministerial records of a bishop who served the Franconia Conference of the Mennonite Church.  Materials include (1) a list of members of the Upper Skippack Mennonite Church (Pennsylvania) at the time of Bean's ordination, (2) names, dates, and locations of baptisms performed, (3) a list of Franconia Conference ordinations, and (4) names, dates,  ages, and texts preached for funerals performed.