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The collection consists of some correspondence, a notebook of copied poems, a scrapbook of collected poems, and miscellaneous writing.

A nurse's photograph album (with captions) depicting life and work at the La Junta Mennonite Hospital and Sanatarium (La Junta, Colo.).

Two scrapbooks documenting the education and social life of a young Mennonite woman from Elkhart who attended Elkhart High School and the La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing in the 1920s. Contains photographs of fellow students and staff, newspaper clippings, graduation announcements and cards. The La Junta scrapbook also includes photographs after her graduation depicting travels and friends at home.

Esther Oyer Smith's school scrapbook documents her education at Metamora High School (Metamora, Illinois), Hesston College and Bible School (Hesston, Kansas), Clinton County Normal School (St. Johns, Michigan), and Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana). The scrapbook includes photographs, clippings, commencement announcements, invitations, and other ephemora. Her time at Hesston College and Goshen College is particulary is well represented.

Two scrapbooks documenting Hostetler's experiences as a student at Goshen College Academy (1926-1930) and Goshen College (1930-1934).  The scrapbooks contain photographs, invitations, notes and letters from friends, and ephemera.

The collection includes two photograph albums, mostly from Verna Smith Bishop's years as a Goshen College student from 1930 to 1934.

Five incoming letters to Ada Burkhart Ziegler, a nurse who served as a medical missionary at the Mennonite Home for the Aged in Eureka, Illinois and later taught on the faculty of La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing in La Junta, Colorado. ALl correspondence is addressed to Ada Burkhart, as Ziegler did not marry until later in life.

(1) From J. D. Smith, Superintendent of the Mennonite Home for the Aged, indicating the recommendation of Ms. Burkhart by D. H. Bender and informing her that the Mennonite Home for the Aged requested her service, and asking whether she intended to accept the position.

(2) From Allen H. Erb of La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing, commending Ms. Burkhart on her service and reminding her to follow the doctrine of Christ and the training program, including the adherence to modest dress ("be an especial example on the custom or style of short sleeves and low necks").

(3) From "Mary Alice" describing a recent trip to Goshen, Indiana and her imminent departure for India to perform mission service.

(4) From "Mary Alice" regarding her voyage to India.

(5) From Allen H. and Stella Erb offering condolences on the occasion of Burkhart's father's death.

Also includes a 1922 commencement program from La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing.

The collection includes diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and scattered correspondence from friends and family, mostly from Dorothy Smith Shank's years as a Goshen College Academy and Goshen College student from 1924 to 1932.

These records document the work of an organization of missionary women that guided the work of the Indian Bible Women and the sewing circles in India.  Meeting minutes comprise the bulk of the records.

The transcripts are the official record of educational credits earned by students and degrees conferred by the nursing school.  Transcripts are available on microfilm and in the student files.  The student files may also contain application materials, letters of recommendation, results of aptitude tests, and correspondence.  Some files also contain a photograph of the student.

Correspondence files of two presidents of the Women's Missionary and Service Commission (WMSC):  Lina Ressler (1929-1938) and Minnie Graber (1951-1959).  Ressler's correspondence comprises only one folder of this set of records.  The remaining materials pertain to the presidency of Minnie Graber. Most correpondence appears to be among various WMSC executive committee members.

Assorted photographs, most pooly labeled and identified, from the 1960s depicting various meetings, speakers, and worship services of the Women's Missionary and Service Commission.  Researchers may find original photographs used in Women's Missionary and Service Commission publications in these records.  Also among these records are several photographs of Annie Vallotton, illustrator of the Good News Bible, first published in 1966.

Lillie Shenk Kaufman's papers document her missionary work primarily through her outgoing correspondence.  The papers also include outgoing stateside correspondence, photographs, school records, articles, postcards, and information about her husband, James Norman Kaufman.

Personal papers of Christian L. Graber and Mina Roth Graber, consisting of correspondence, diaries, sermons, scrapbooks, geneological records, and information about Christian L. Graber's time as a conscientious objector during World War I, his stint as a relief worker, and his service to Mennonite Central Committee.

The papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Correspondence

(2) Sermons and Writings

(3) Personal and Family Records

(4) War, Peace, and Relief Work

(5) Business, Legal, and Estate Files

(6) Subject Files and Miscellaneous

(7) Mina Roth Graber Diaries

(8) Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Miscellaneous

A small set of personal papers consisting of outgoing correspondence during her missionary service in India as a physician, an autobiography, published and unpublished essays, and other miscellaneous materials.