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Cleo A. and Nellie Miller Mann Papers 1920-1970

  • US MCUSAA HM1/695
  • Collection
  • 1920-2000

Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church pastor and conference minister and his wife.  These papers are divided into two series:

(1) Cleo A. Mann Papers, 1939-1980

(2) Nellie Miller Mann Papers, 1920-2000

Mann, Cleo A.

Amanda Eby Leaman Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/610
  • Collection
  • 1894-1937

Personal papers, mostly diaries, of a domestic mission worker of the (old) Mennonite Church.  Leaman, sister of Clara Eby Steiner, served the Mennonite Home Mission (Chicago, Ill.) with her husband, Amos Hershey Leaman, for twenty years.  The diaries are a rich source of information about Leaman's mission service, spiritual life, and personal experiences.  Among other topics, she describes her work as a teacher and mission worker, experiences with Chicago's immigrant community and new converts to Christianity, her engagement and marriage, various illnesses and deaths in the family, Women's Missionary Society and Sewing Circle Meetings, and disagreement among mission staff over a church organ. Her diaries cover the years 1894-1902, 1904-1926, and 1931-1937.

Other materials in her papers include a book of clippings, poetry and prose collected by the Leamans, drawings of Amanda and Amos Leaman, and miscellaneous correspondence and ephemera found in her diaries and other journals.

Leaman, Amanda Eby, 1876-1938

William C. Voth and Matilda Kliewer Voth Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.179
  • Collection
  • 1890-1986

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.

Voth, William C., 1888-1962

Beverly Nachtigal Loeffler Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.442
  • Collection
  • 1955

materials related to Bethel College choir trip to Europe in 1955
box 1: print ephemera, souvenirs (ceramics)
box 2: print ephemera, travel diary, photos, slides, correspondence

Loeffler, Beverly Nachtigal, 1936-1993

Anna Kreider Juhnke Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.337
  • Collection
  • 1966-1993

box 1: files from Baptist-Mennonite dialogue 1989-1993

box 2: Honora Becker letters, file of clippings, etc. on Mennonite homosexuality discussion

box 3-4: Mennonite women 1971-1997 (clippings, minutes and correspondence of MCC Women's Concerns Committee, lecture notes)

box 5: Bethel teaching files

box 6-8: British Literature teaching files

box 9-10: Nonwestern Literature class

box 11: Africa and China files

box 12: Claudia Limbert file

box 13: Bethel files

box 14: notes on Mennonite literature

box 15: Milton and Arthurian files

box 16: "lit. articles to file"

box 17: folder on Bethel songs brought in by Jim Juhnke 30 Nov 2011

boxes 18-19: diaries

Juhnke, Anna Kreider, 1940-2005

Marion Deckert  and Lois Duerksen Deckert Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.393
  • Collection
  • 1980-1996

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

Deckert, Marion, 1934-

Ruth Conrad Liechty Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/386
  • Collection
  • 1935-2009

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.

Liechty, Ruth Conrad, 1931-2009

Eunice Deter Family Papers and Longanecker Family Collection

  • US MCUSAA HM1/913
  • Collection
  • 1809-1976

Miscellaneous materials collected by genealogist Eunice Deter to document the history of the Deter and Longanecker families.  Materials include photographs, correspondence, maps, financial and land records, wills and obituaries, biographies, diaries, and genealogy notes.  Other materials include various editions of the Longanecker family history written by Deter.

Deter, Eunice, 1890-1982

Smid Family Papers 1786-1911

  • US MCUSAA HM1/086
  • Collection
  • 1786-2006

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

Smid Family

Lydia Oyer Papers 1921, 1931-1975

  • US MCUSAA HM1/881
  • Collection
  • 1921-1975

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.

Oyer, Lydia, 1884-1984

Elizabeth M. Yoder Woodiwiss Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/806
  • Collection
  • 1907-1914, 1986-1993

This collection chronicles the early life of Elizabeth M. Yoder Woodiwiss (1889-1986), who homesteaded in North Dakota from 1907-1910. Her diaries (photocopies of originals) record her experiences as a homesteader, as well as a few years after she returned to Pennsylvania.  Articles about Elizabeth are also in the collection, alongside her own recollections. There are also photographs depicting her as a homesteader and later in life, as well as photographs of the homesteading community.

Elizabeth M. Yoder Woodiwiss, 1889-1986

Emma Oyer Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/880
  • Collection
  • 1905-1951

Emma Oyer’s collection contains many of her writings, including essays, poetry, and her diaries.  Her work as a Home Missionary is well documented in her diaries, which provide brief summaries of her daily activities. While these diaries do not document her entire life, her earliest years are represented at the Mennonite Home Mission, as well as her latter years as an author and essayist.  Her essays and poetry provide insights into her theology and faith. Also included is a 1951 edition of Missionary Sewing Circle Monthly dedicated to Emma Oyer, with eight tributes to her by Mennonite women.

Oyer, Emma, 1886-1951

Mary E. and Martha J. Brenneman Diaries

  • US MCUSAA HM1/814
  • Collection
  • 1909-1974

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.

Brenneman, Martha J., 1887-1976

Florence Nafziger Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/175
  • Collection
  • 1881-1999

These personal papers include autobiographical writing, photographs, slides, and ephemera pertaining to Nafziger's work as a Mennonite medical missionary in India.  They also contain some Nafziger family records, specifically a farm journal created by Christian Nafziger II.

Nafziger, Florence, 1918-

Ella Shoup Bauman Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/657
  • Collection
  • 1883-1960

This small set of personal papers includes a diary documenting Bauman's service at the Youngstown Mission in Ohio from 1912 to 1913.  Also included among the papers are manuscripts of her essays and devotional writings, miscellaneous correspondence and family papers.

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