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Fragmented documents associated with F. A. Krull, who married Simkjen Baukes Rystra (1841-1916), a niece of Ruurd Johannes Smid (R. J. Smith).  Materials include a list of significant dates in Ane A. Krall's emigration from the Netherlands and settlement in Elkhart County, Indiana, and later Sacramento County, California, a birthday calendar with notes about family birth and death dates, and F. A. Krull's copy of the Mennonite Publishing Company's Hymns and Tunes for Public and Private Worship and Sunday School, published in 1890.  Also includes a list of books once associated with these papers that were transferred to the Mennonite HIstorical Library in Goshen, Indiana.

Miscellaneous documents accumulated by Harry Symensma, a Mennonite immigrant from Balk (Friesland, Netherlands) and member of the Mennonite (Dunkard) church in Union Township (presumably Elkhart County), Indiana, and his son, Henry Symensma, of New Paris, Indiana.  Materials include property tax and other reciepts, real estate assessments, a letter from John F. Funk offering condolences to Henry Symensma, and Dutch militia documents.

Papers of a layman and church secretary of the Howard -Miami Mennonite congregation in Kokomo, Ind.  Materials pertain to lay religious and congregational life and document sermons preached and heard, offerings made, and congregational membership.

The richest documentation in this small collection consists of a handwritten history of the Alumni Association of Goshen College and Elkhart Institute (1908), in which she provides statistics about the alumni and profiles a number of graduates.  Also included in the collection are a number of programs and ephemera from Goshen College commencement ceremonies and local Mennonite church events.

This collection includes the correspondence, minutes, reports, and questionnaires of the Mennonite Board of Missions Ad Hoc Committee Elkhart Hospital Project. This committee investigated the possibility of creating a Mennonite hospital in Elkhart, Indiana in the 1940's.

These papers are divided into two series:

Church Records, 1850-1952

Family Records, 1863-1948

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

Papers of a friend and associate of John F. Funk who served as assistant editor / editor in chief of the Herald of Truthfrom 1886 to 1904.  Kolb edited a number of other Mennonite periodicals, was active in the Sunday school movement, and served as president of the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board.  He married John F. Funk's daughter, Phoebe, in 1893.

Kolb's papers are divided into two series:

(1) Correspondence, 1866-1923

(2) Miscellaneous, circa 1853 - 1965

The personal papers of John D. Zehr, a Mennonite bishop who pastored Calvary Church (Los Angeles, Ca.) and Yellow Creek Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.), consist of two series:

(1) Mennonite Attitudes on Voting Survey, 1966

(2) Sermons and Pastoral Papers, 1936-1966

A small set of personal papers documeting the Swartzendrubers' work with Mennonite and ecumenical outreach ministries to Hispanic / Mexican migrant workers in the Goshen, Indiana area. Materials include meeting minutes, newsletters, clippings, financial records, and subject files pertaining to the Spanish American Ministry of the Goshen Mennonite Churches, Migrant Service Committee, and Man to Man (La Casa).

Papers of a prominent Mennonite family in Elkhart, Ind.  G. L. Bender was a teacher and postmaster.  He served as the first treasurer of the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities and as a deacon at Prairie Street Mennonite Church.  Elsie Kolb Bender was a homemaker and mother of seven children, including Harold Stauffer Bender.

The papers consist primarily of correspondence to and from various members of the Bender family and are divided into the following series:

(1) G. L. Bender Correspondence (2) Harold Stauffer Bender Correspondence (3) Cecil and Alice Bender Correspondence (4) Florence E. Bender Correspondence (5) John Bender Correspondence (6) Robert Bender Correspondence (7) Violent Bender Turner Correspondence (8) Wilbur Bender Correspondence (9) Elsie Kolb Bender Correspondence (10) Miscellaneous (11) Photographs

The Indiana-Michigan Conference Mission Board not only operated a number of domestic mission stations in Indiana, Michigan, and Kentucky, but also supported the work of missionaries abroad.  In 1970, the mission board was dissolved and replaced by a mission committee.  These records are divided into several series.

A small set of records about a non-profit organization associated with the Indiana Michigan Conference  that provided former prison inmates with housing, employment skills, and community reentry.  Materials include governing documents, board minutes, financial statements, publicity materials, and a number of miscellaneous records.  Researchers should note that these records contain materials about the related Path Foundation (New Carlisle, Ind.) and Abe Peters's prison ministry as well.

The David A. Yoder Papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Diaries and Datebooks, 1920-1976

(2) Correspondence, 1903-1975

(3) Subject Files, 1909-1970

(4) Manuscripts, 1949-1976

(5) Sermon Notes, 1907-1966

(6) Photographs, 1885-1980

(7) Miscellaneous, 1897-1983

The papers include a photograph of Leonard and Verna Clemens, excerpts from his diary, and two personal memoirs in essay form :  "Mennonites in Michigan in 1900" and "Life in Goshen: The 1920s."