Collection HM1/532SC - Mrs. Lester Snyder Collection of Early Mennonite Documents

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Reference code

US MCUSAA HM1/532SC

Title

Mrs. Lester Snyder Collection of Early Mennonite Documents

Date(s)

  • 1783-1875 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

0.10 Linear Feet; 1 folder

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Scope and content

The collection consists of early Mennonite documents collected by Mrs. Lester Snyder and their English translations. The documents include various baptismal certificates and letters from Langnau, Switzerland and Stark County, Ohio. Among the names listed in these documents are Christina Schwartz, Christian Schwartz, Ulrich Schwarz, Heinrich Sommer, Anna Barbara Wyss, Menonit Egli, Anna Haghegger, and Johannes Wyss.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

flat

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Conditions governing access

These materials are open for public research.

Conditions governing reproduction

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.

Language of material

  • English
  • German

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ArchonInternalCollectionID:1507

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Dates of creation revision deletion

2014-04-09

Language(s)

  • English

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