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This collection contains extensive correspondence between Voths and their relatives, Foreign Mission Board members, and fellow missionaries during the time period from 1910 to 1970s. Additional materials such as diaries and clippings give a good overview of mission work in China during the height of General Conference Mennonite Mission involvement in that country, 1910s to 1950. Additional correspondence and printed items touch on the search for mission fields in South America, Japan, and Taiwan, and some involvement with American Indian work among the Hopis.

box 1: Mennonite World Conference 1962 scrapbook brought in by Esther Wenger 6 Aug 2002; Mennonite World Conference India 1997 scrapbooks brought in by Milton Claassen 3 Jan 2012

box 2: correspondence, photos, print items, brought in by Milton Claassen 3 Jan 2012

box 3: photos, correspondence, diplomas, passports, plaques, master's thesis, scrapbook

box 4: framed diploma - University of Kansas master's; photo album of Japan school work

box 5: photo albums, scrapbooks

box 6-8: correspondence

box 9-10: diaries and other notebooks

These papers of an (old) Mennonite Church writer and her pastor husband are divided into two series:

(1) Helen Good Brenneman Papers

(2) Virgil J. Brenneman Papers

The bulk of the materials in this collection consist of sermons, poems, songs, and catechisms, a church register, and other religious writings documenting Mennonite church and community life in Balk, Friesland (The Netherlands) during the first part of nineteenth century, 1786-1850. The papers also include sermons, poems, correspondence, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Balk Mennonite life in New Paris, Indiana.

Most materials are in Dutch. Available English translations are noted in the detailed collection description.

The collection is organized into series, most of which are groups of documents associated with the Smid Family siblings and the wife of R. J. Smid. Series include:

(1) Background Articles and Information on Balk Mennonites, 1948-2006

(2) Early Materials, 1786, undated

(3) Obe Johannes Smid, 1815-1849

(4) Akke Johannes Smid, 1820-1828

(5) Jacobjen Johannes Smid, 1822-1836

(6) Ruurd Johannes Smid (R. J. Smith), 1822-1893

(7) Grietje Jacobs Symensma (Margaret J. Smid), 1845-1895

Box 1-2: correspondence, diaries

box 3: correspondence, books

box 4: funeral guest book, Adolf Ellenberger writings, music books (one handwritten), books (don't know the identity of this Adolf Ellenberger; maybe her father?)

The personal papers of Ruth Marie Conrad Liechty include her journals, school work, writing projects, family correspondence, correspondence related to the Welcome Committee and the issue of homosexuality, and family papers related to her parents Louetta (Kauffmann) and Daniel Conrad.

A small set of personal papers created and collected by a former director of the Mennonite School of Nursing in La Junta, Colorado.  Materials include a 1948 study of Elkhart County hospitals and health care facilities, a 1954 Crhistmas letter, a student paper about the leaders of the Mennonite Nurses Association (by Norma F. Martin, 1963), and  a diary of Mosemann's trip to Asia and Africa in 1963-1964,

The personal papers of a long term former Goshen College faculty member who taught in the Home Economics Department. Included are minutes and correspondence of the Home Economics Department, as well as personal diaries, photographs and correspondence.

reproduction of her diary of January-May 1941 when she was living as a child on the Bethel College campus
was made for an art exhibit at Kauffman Museum May-October 2001

Diaries created by two sisters who lived near Lima, Ohio.  Include brief entries about church services and meetings, Bible school, household chores, funerals, calling on friends, marriages, and  domestic activities. 

Mary Brenneman's diaries document the following years:  1909, 1915, 1964-1965, 1968-1970.

Martha Brenneman's diaries document the following years: 1915, 1936-1974.

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

academic writings and notes, some kind of Policies and Procedures manual, 1996 retirement tributes
boxes 2-6: Lois Deckert diaries, correspondence, writings 1968-2009

This collection consists of diaries written by Maria (Becker) Warkentin, starting January 1, 1905, and continuing until her death, June 29, 1943.  The diaries were then continued by her daughter Anna Warkentin until March 24, 1977, shortly before her death on June 2, 1977.  All entries are written in German through 1955, and in English from 1956 through 1977.

Personal papers documenting the early life and education of an (old) Mennonite pastor's wife.  Materials include a diary, correspondence, essays apparently written while studying at the Elkhart Institute and Goshen College, and miscellaneous materials.  The essays represent the richest source of information in this collection, as they provide insight into Johns's thoughts on a variety of subjects -- motherhood, marriage, temperance, modest dress, mission and evangelistic work, prayer, suffering, and so forth.  Some of the essays are brief fiction pieces, and researchers will also find original poetry among the essays.

Personal papers created by Lydia Oyer, an early leader in Mennonite nursing education. The collection consists primarily of diaries Oyer kept throughout her years as a nurse practitioner, with very brief records on patients, personal activities, and the weather. The scrapbook contains photos, news clippings, and notes from friends, classmates, and teachers from her time at the Mennonite Hospital School of Nursing in La Junta, Colorado. Other writings include essays on religious topics and a poem.