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Camp Ebenezer (Holmes Co., Ohio)  Photographs

  • US MCUSAA HM4/110
  • Collection
  • 1947-1950

Over 70 black and white photographic prints depicting life and work at Camp Ebenezer, a Mennonite fresh air camp for urban African American children.

Nauraine, Tillie Yoder, 1920-2010

Tillie Yoder Nauraine Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/318
  • Collection
  • 1947-2008

The richest materials in the collection are Tillie Yoder Nauraine's writings, including poetry, essays, articles, diaries, and an autobiography.  In them, she documents her personal experiences, domestic life, professional interests, travels, relationships with family members, and her religious beliefs.  She writes openly about her abuse as a child and her difficult marriage. 

Also of particular note is a scrapbook of photographs of her family and her work at Camp Ebenezer and the Peurto Rican home for boys.

Other material in the collection includes incoming personal correspondence, information about her doll shop and patterns,  and photos of her hand-made dolls.

Nauraine, Tillie Yoder, 1920-2010