Isaac B. Fast and Aganetha Unruh Fast Papers
Correspondence from relatives in Russia and Canada, 1930s.
School souvenir, 1911, Emmethal Dist. 30, Marion County, Kansas
Receipt for sending aid package to Russia, 1933
Fast, Isaac B., 1884-1971
Abraham Toews will?, 1877
Hutterite historical account of the group at Vishenka by a Peter Neufeld, 1866
financial record books, possibly of Bethel church, 1909-1925
poems by Peter T. Neufeld
German sermons 1850s-1890s and undated, authors not given, but some probably by Heinrich Neufeld and Heinrich Toews
catechism booklet 1880
Isaac Peters "Vortrag bei einer Lehrerwahl" Marienthal, no date
Isaac Peters, "Etwas über den Zweck der Form u. die Bedeutung der christlichen Wassertaufe," no date
Heinrich Toews diary
Bethel Jugend-Verein speeches and correspondence by Peter T. Neufeld
Neufeld, Peter T., 1893-1964
Diaries, music book, small amount of correspondence
Music book has been digitized: http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/ms_273/
Regier, Henry G., 1861-1944
Includes correspondence, clippings, notes, genealogical information, photos, in a complete jumble.
Most of the material seems to relate to Anna Peters' extended family, more so than Arthur's.
Box 1 includes a note about Arthur Peters' military service, and a cassette tape. Also a Confederate $50 bill in poor condition. And some pencil drawings. Cassette tape in box 1 digitized as elecrec/acc915, June 2018.
Box 4 contains diaries of Mrs. Peter Regier nee Wiens, some German sermons.
Boxes 5 and 6 are mostly photos.
"Box" 7 is a map folder containing genealogy charts.
"Box" 8 is a map folder containing an oversize newspaper item.
Peters, Arthur H., 1908-1980
Amy E. Greaves Sudermann Enss Papers
Handwritten original autobiography, book 1, ca. 230pp. (pagination is inconsistent)
Book 2, ca. 110pp.
Photocopy of typed Gustav Enss autobiography, apparently from Jacob Sudermann collection at Goshen, with notes/corres. by Menno Schrag and Jim Juhnke
Photocopy of typed 18p. autobiography of Amy(?), photocopy of rough inventory of Gustav Enss papers (at Goshen?), photocopy of Enss genealogical data from Joanna Andres
Re-typed, laser-printed autobiography texts from David P. Sudermann 1996 – labeled Hist. Mss. 1-605
Enss, Amy E. Greaves Sudermann, 1878-1975
Joanna Sudermann Andres Papers
box 1: subject files, writings, teaching notes, as late as 1993
box 2: subject files, writings, diaries and notes from trips 1972, 1980; poetry notebooks 1912, 1934
box 3: diaries 1982-1990, correspondence, children's book in Russian, teaching notes, writings
box 4: teaching notes, scrapbooks, financial records, photos 1908-1970s
box 5: H. J. Andres travel notes - South America; biographical info; speeches; Schowalter Foundation files
box 6: H. J. Andres plaques 1952-1975
box 7: scrapbook - autobiographical
box 8: scrapbook - 1957 Europe trip
box 9: two poetry scrapbooks 1934; H. J. Andres certificate from Prairie View; Golden Agers Christmas Celebration poster
Andres, Joanna Sudermann, 1903-1998
Business correspondence from 1909, addressed to Abram Koop, factory owner in Schönwiese, Alexandrovsk.
Koop, Abraham A., 1863-1938
Helena Graewe Warkentin Papers
Diaries covering roughly 1917-1940.
Autobiography
clippings
book of handwritten poems or songs
photocopy of typed account of Central Asia trek
Warkentin, Helena Graewe, 1865-1942
Wall's diary 1824-1860 of events in his region. Also a listing of births, deaths, etc. mentioned in the diary, compiled by Glenn Penner. The title "Record Book of the Chortitza Mennonite Settlement 1824-1860" also seems to have been used for this document, although it isn't really an accurate description.
Wall, Jacob, 1807-1860
Box 1: reviews of books, notes, correspondence (1930s), clippings, book typescripts: Der Steppenhengst, Stromaufwärts, Der Bote, Licht wider Irrlicht, Der rote Tulipan, In die andere Welt, Beata, Ketzer würden die Mauer sprengen
Box 2: reviews, notes, clippings, book typescripts: Der Rohrsänger, In die andere Welt, Die Rose von Wüstenfelde, Der rote Tulipan, Der Bote, Stromaufwärts
Box 3: Behrends material pulled from Krahn papers 9 Jan 1991: photos, correspondence, clippings, book typescripts: Der Steppenhengst, Menno
Behrends, Ernst, 1891-1982
Box 1: books, pamphlets (farm machinery), slides, cassette tape
Box 2: books. clippings, Boese family letters, Boese family information
Box 3: agriculture and machinery periodicals and brochures
Box 4: family history information
Boese, Ben, 1910-1996
Box 1: photocopies of the Unruh material at the Hoover Institution, much of it notes for what became his Fügung und Führung book
Box 2: more Hoover photocopies; folder of typed obituaries and tributes, probably collected by Cornelius Krahn; other miscellaneous photocopies
Unruh, Benjamin Heinrich, 1881-1959
Frank and Agatha Balzer Papers
Includes correspondence between Agatha Hiebert and David Goerz; other correspondence, David Hiebert correspondence and business records, scattered photos, family history information (Hiebert, Balzer), school papers, Christmas Wünsche, autobiographical material (Frank), financial records books from lumber business. clippings
Balzer, Frank, 1859-1944
Consists of Cornelius Voth's "Ein Schreibe Buch" which was continued by his son-in-law Peter Balzer.
The first two pages have recipes for remedies for stomach ache, the plague, etc. written by Peter Balzer.
Next is a 17 page family history section.
Pages 1, 2, and 3 are more remedies for illneses.
Up to p. 203 is miscellaneous poems, songs, speeches, sermons, etc.
Then several blank pages.
Page 233 starts a diary followed by accounts of what he borrowed from various people.
238-242: weather chart
258-266: remedies for horse diseases
272: recipes for gilding glass and leather
283: diary notes
288-291: remedies for human and animal illnesses
292 to end: financial notes, blacksmithing work, etc.
Voth, Cornelius, 1762-1836
Consists of printed indexes to B. H. Unruh's Die niederländisch-niederdeutschen Hintergründe der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 18. und 19. Jahrhundert (1959), derived from a database compiled by Peters.
Peters, Alan F., 1939-