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box 1: Bethel diploma 1949, travel diaries 1977-1988, miscellaneous notebooks, photos, correspondence Amalia Ewy to Emma Ewy 1925-1935, clippings, yearbooks from various schools (where she taught?) 1940s-60s, photos, print ephemera-1960s-travel, notebook, slides
box 2: photos, diaries, college transcripts, teaching certificate, family history material, books
box 3-4: correspondence 1950-1981, photos, print ephemera, books, travel diaries, correspondence 1950s-1960s, family history material, passports, photos, Arlington church construction, school papers, legal and financial papers back to 1901
Box 5: scrapbook-travel-1950s

diaries 1897-1956 (may have been continued after his death by wife or children), financial record book 1890s?, small amount of family history material

Box 1 is books of aunt Mrs. P. R. (Louise) Schmidt. Boxes 2 and 3 are a wide variety of documents from his ancestors and relatives, mostly of the Alexanderwohl community, dating back at least to the early 19th century.

The collection provides extensive documentation of the personal lives and careers of the Rein and Hilda through a broad range of documents. This includes official documents such as birth certificates, baptismal certificates, diplomas, teaching certificates, a draft card, and so forth. Limited correspondence provides some insights into their lives, but more detail is found in extensive clippings, and in Hilda’s case reminiscences and presentations, especially related to growing up on the mission field in Oklahoma. Rein collected historical advertisements and pamphlets related to his interest and work with road maintenance.

"His papers include personal certificates of birth, marriage, and death and also military papers of World War I. Included is the correspondence with the Home Mission Board of the General Conference from June 30, 1926 to June 13, 1960, his sermons...

also diaries 1926-1952

A jumble of correspondence, printed matter, school papers, financial papers.