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These papers consist of six series:

(1) Diaries

(2) Correspondence

(3) Business and Financial Records

(4) Educational Records

(5) Publishing Interests and Manuscripts

(6) Miscellaneous

A small set of personal papers assembled by a bishop, author, editor, and evangelist in the (old) Mennonite Church.  Includes diaries, sermon notes, clippings, photographs, and 59 cloth Bible conference teaching charts.

Two typescripts of a diary kept by a young Amish woman who resided in McLean County (Dry Grove Township) Illinois, near Bloomington.  Yoder, who was confined to her home because of illness, describes in great detail the social life and courtships of her siblings and the day to day activities of her family.  She also reports her opinions of the goings-on in her family and her community as well as her reflections on her illness.

These papers of a Mennonite bishop and administrator at Hesston College are divided into five series:

(1) Diaries, 1889-1944

(2) Class Lecture Notes, circa 1914-1916, undated

(3) Sermon and Lecture Outlines, undated

(4) Sermon and Bible Conference Notes, 1888-1930, undated

(5) Miscellaneous, 1887-1944

These personal papers of a late 19th century Mennonite evangelist are divided into five series:

(1) Diaries, 1871-1899

(2) Correspondence, 1866-1901

(3) Notebooks and Financial Records, 1861-1880

(4) Miscellaneous Materials, 1865-1905

(5) Barbara F. Coffman Material for John S. Coffman Biography, 1949-1963

(6) Bishop Samuel Coffman Materials, 1861-1893

Personal papers of a German Anabaptist historian.  Divided into the following series:

(1) Biographical Materials, 1910-2007

(2) Correspondence, circa 1914-1977

(3) Research Files, circa 1919-1974

(4) Genealogical Materials, circa 1927-1969

(5) Writings and Miscellaneous, circa 1912-1970

A small set of personal papers created by a Mennonite minister in Osborne County, Kansas and Peabody, Kansas.  Includes an account book belonging to Samuel Winey, notes on scripture references by topic and short essays and sermons, three diaries, spanning 1884 to 1895, and miscellaneous materials.

These papers are divided into seven series:

(1) Journals, 1931-1945

(2) Correspondence, 1928-1945

(3) Family Notes, circa 1930-1947

(4) Pennsylvania Historical Data, circa 1940-1945

(5) Miscellaneous, circa 1939-1945

(6) Manuscripts and Articles, 1926-1957

(7) Teaching Materials, 1909-1938

Personal papers of a leading Ohio Mennonite minister who served the Oak Grove Mennonite Church (Smithville, Ohio), divided into two series:

(1) Diaries, 1862-1939

(2) Miscellaneous Materials, 1879-1987

Christian Z. Yoder was the great grandfather of Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder.

Personal papers of a lifelong peace activist from the Mennonite / Anabaptist tradition.  Materials include journals, personal and professional correspondence, reports and articles associated with his work for International Voluntary Services (IVS) and Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), lectures and speeches, photographs, and remembrance books compiled after his death.  These papers also include Synapses: Messages, newsletters of a grass-roots human rights and spirituality organization based in Chicago in the 1980s and 1990s.

Contains the sermon notes and diaries of a pastor and bishop in the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference.

Personal papers of missionaries of the (old) Mennonite Church who served in Argentina from 1917 to 1948.  Divided into six series:

(1) Diaries, 1918-1956

(2) Correspondence

(3) Articles and Talks

(4) Argentine Mission Records

(5) Deputation Trips

(6) Miscellaneous

Personal papers of early Mennonite mission workers in India.  Materials are divided into five series:

Series 1: Correspondence, 1888-1937

Series 2: Diaries and Notebooks, 1892-1935

Series 3: Writings and Educational Records, circa 1897-1930

Series 4: Miscellaneous Materials, circa 1890-1948

Series 5: Photographs, circa 1890-1948

Photocopies of diaries and correspondence created during Yoder's period of service in post World War I France with the American Friends Service Committee.