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Family and church records and articles of faith.
alternate identifier: CONG.280 box 3 http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/bd_ms_36

Mostly letters, sent by Herman and Anna Janzen, Justine Janzen Penner, and Johann and Maria Janzen back to relatives in West Prussia.

These were translated by Louis A. Janzen and published as:

Letters written by Johann and Maria Janzen and Herman and Anna Janzen of Butler County Kansas to the Jacob Dyck family of Laakendorf, West Prussia, Germany during the years of 1880-1893 (North Newton, Kan. : L. Janzen, 1979)

and

Liebe Geschwister II : 1880-1893 (North Newton, Kan. : [author], [198-?])

Family history compilation by Peter Pankratz

Jacob Frey correspondence copy book 1885-1892

Anna Frey Christmas Wünsche 1892-

Maria Pankratz Christmas Wünsche 1890-

Gerhard Pankratz Christmas Wünsche 1888-

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.

Diary 1897-1899, both original and transcription by Ray Regier.

In 1993 Ray Regier had plans to bring more papers in, but that didn't happen.

It's not clear that all the items in here come from Jacob H. Richert. It also could be that more than one Jacob Richert or J. H. Richert is represented by the materials.

Neuer und Alter Kunst- und Jugend-Kalender Auf das 1770ste Jahr Christi... (Dantzig: E. Gewerk, Thom. Joh. Schreiber, [1770]); handwritten notes in it that look like a preaching schedule for the Danzig Mennonite congregation (does this belong to the Richert papers or is it just mixed in by accident?) (should this be cataloged in OCLC sometime?)

school papers (penmanship and grammar exercises, German and English, one dated 1882)

financial record book ca. 1900

a folder from Roland Ensz - printed matter, several items are First Mennonite Church, Newton

This small set of papers consists of a notebook and a copy of Heatwole's book, Gems of Thought for Memory's Casket.  The notebook appears to have served a number of purposes, containing what appears to be information about financial accounts, anecdotes and scriptures, addresses, and miscellaneous notes.  The book is notable because the text block was inserted upside-down when bound.

sermons

listing of children aided, compiled by C. E. Krehbiel after other records were destroyed in the major Newton business district fire of 1914 http://tools.bethelks.edu/mla/holdings/indexes/other/leisy%20orphan%20list.pdf

Photocopies from Library of Congress. Primarily on change of postmaster in Moundridge, Kansas, in 1911.

Also 1914 petition from Newton businessmen asking Congress to help stop trade with belligerents, mentions many Mennonite names.

Several items relating to Newton political scene.

Letters on Bernhard Warkentin's death.

Several volumes of the almanac Germania-Kalender used as a diary. These volumes apparently belonged to Johann M. Klassen (1846-1918), based on the mention of his 60th birthday in the 1906 volume, and various other names of family members mentioned in various places, and the connections to Hamilton County and Syracuse, Kansas. The 1906 volume has the most extensive notes and diary entries.

These came from Walter and Anna Thiesen of Newton, but they must have gotten them at an auction or garage sale, since the Klassens don’t seem to be closely related to them.

Correspondence with family members 1915-1918. English translations of most or all of the letters are included.