Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1920-1980 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
5.60 Cubic Feet
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 23 Dec 1904 in Newton, Kansas. Parents Christian E. Krehbiel and Mary Wirkler.
Married Dorothy Kaufman, Two children: Beverly and Ronald.
Attended Bethel College, Bible Institute of Los Angeles, and Winona Lake School of Theology.
Served as pastor of Lorraine Avenue Mennonite Church, Wichita, Kansas; Grace Mennonite Church, Lansdale, Pennsylvania; First Mennonite Church, Berne, Indiana; Salem-Zion Mennonite Church, Freeman, South Dakota; Grace Mennonite Church, Dallas, Oregon.
Held various elective positions with General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Mennonite World Conference.
Died 5 Nov 1982, Fresno, California.
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
It looks like all of the items came from his son Ron Krehbiel at various times in the 1980s and 1990s.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Box 1: notebook (record of weddings performed, etc.), diplomas, photos, printed matter, books, birthday book (Vergissmeinnicht), correspondence, C. E. Krehbiel diaries, other C. E. Krehbiel items
Box 2: subject files, correspondence
Box 3: index book (to files or articles?), subject files, sermon index, diaries (brought in March 1984 by Ron Krehbiel)
Box 4: subject files
Box 5: sermons (brought in 31 Dec 1986 by Ron Krehbiel)
Box 6: reel-to-reel tapes, C. E. Witness periodical (from Grace church in Pennsylvania?) (brought in 31 Oct 1994 by Ron Krehbiel)
Box 7: slides, 16mm film
box 8: audio cassette, biographical interview by Jim Juhnke
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
unprocessed
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
open for research use
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- German