A small, fragmentary collection of personal papers consisting of photographs, programs from various mission meetings and church programs in or near Elida, Ohio, a land deed between the Swartz and Snell families, and biographical information about Bishop Samuel Coffman.

Papers pertaining to a Mennonite conscientious objector's experiences during World War I.  Includes correspondence, empemera pertaining to conscientious objection, a transcript of Sommers's court martial proceedings, a parole pass, photographs, and other miscellaneous items.  Also includes a brief two page biography of Sommers written by Myron Sommers in 1992.

These papers primarily document the life and work of Isaiah W. Royer, but includes some material pertinent to his wife, Christina Neuhauser Rohrer. The papers are divided into three series:

(1) Biographical Information and Correspondence
(2) Sermon Notes and Orrville Mennonite Church
(3) Sunday School and Commission for Christian Education

Photographs and postcards of members of the Yoder family, the Shank family, Hubbard, Ore., Nampa, Id, and Wooster, Ohio.  Most notable are the photographs and postcards of Charles and Crissie Yoder Shank, who served as Mennonite missionaries to India.  Also includes photogras of Anna V. Yoder and Vesta Yoder Miller, among others.

Includes the 1953 Phares D. and Magdalena Martin scrapbook of a trip across Illinois, Iowa, South and North Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado, and Kansas. The scrapbook documents their trip with various postcards, clippings, maps and photographs.  Also includes a folder of information about Phares Martin's work with the Eastern Ohio Division of Mennonite Disaster Service.