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bulletins 1961-1968 incomplete, other miscellaneous publications
membership records (photocopy found in SA.II.1477) digitized http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/sa_2_1477/

bound volume containing family history information; most of the volume is blank
scanned version at   http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/bd_ms_41/

Personal and professional papers of a Mennonite historian and professor at Goshen College from 1929 to 1972.  Smith's papers include personal and professional correspondence, research notes and manuscripts for his books, subject files, class and teaching notes,  and various administrative records from Goshen College and College Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.).  Also includes a substantial collection of photographs.

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.

Small set of personal papers creted by a bishop of the (old) Mennonite Church who served in Metamora, Illinois.  Consists primarily of sermon outlines and notes, but also includes some correspondence (pertaining to the Mennonite Board of Education, and Weber's Centennial History of the Mennonites in Illinois), clippings, and miscellaneous materials

A ledger book of sermons written by a minister and bishop of Partridge Mennonite Church (Metamora, Ill.).  Contains six funeral sermons, a sermons about marriage, a sermon about baptism, and a number of sermons on specific scriptures.  Scattered diary entries may also be found in the ledger book.  The collection includes a preservation photocopy of the ledger book, a German transcription, and an English translation of the sermons.  Also includes an undated manuscript assumed to be Esch's.

These personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church pastor and bishop from Illinois are divided into two series:

(1) Sermons, 1946-1969

(2) Miscellaneous Materials, 1946-1969

A small set of records pertaining to a defunct Illinois congregation affiliated with the (old) Mennonite Church.  Materials include a complete set of congregational reports(1858-1963) and Sunday school reports (1899-1963).  Other materials include a thorough secretary's record book noting important dates in the congregation's history, an undated congregational history, and church bulletins from 1950 to 1953.

A small collection including photographs of the Peter Smith family (including Christian Smith, Peter Smith, and Mary Smith Oyer) and an account book apparently kept by Peter Smith.

The Roy C. Bucher Papers are divided into the folowing series:

(1) Biographical Documents

(2) Congregational Materials

(3) Sermons

(4) Audiovisual Materials

(5) Daytimers

Organizational records of a Mennonite intentional community in rural, north central Illinois. Materials are arranged chronologically and include correspondence, memorandums, reports, newsletters, finance reports, elder meeting minutes, questionnaires, and policies. Also included in the collection are legal and property records, articles of incorporation, bylaws, brochures, and miscellaneous sharing group and committee meeting minutes.

Document entitled "Dave's Memories," containing details about family life growing up in Danvers and Bloomington, Illinois. Weaver was the seventh of eight children born to William B. and Fanny Stoltzfus Weaver. William B. Weaver served as pastor at North Danvers Mennonite Church from 1922 until his retirement in 1952 and was the author of History of the Central Conference Mennonite Church (1926) and Thirty-Five Years in the Congo (1945).

Fragmented correspondence and reports concerning Horst's Mennonite Central Committee service in Poland from 1948-1950.  Includes a thank you letter from the people of the town of Bullingen (Büllingen), correspondence regarding a Polish Mennonite pastor seeking assistance in the early 1950s and materials about MCC relief unit reunions.  Also present are two family photographs and several Christmas letters written in the 1960s, when J. Alton Horst pastored in Illinois.

A small collection of family records:  Samuel S. and Emma Ganger Leatherman's marriage certificate and Yellow Creek Union Cemetery Association membership certificates.

Includes a photocopy of a two page handwritten letter addressed to Aaron and Magdalena containing news of neighbors in Delavan, Illinois and family; lists of descendants of John C. Birky and Magdalena Zimmer and John C. Birky and Lizzie Greiser; two short manuscripts by Pearl Kauffman recalling her childhood.