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The personal papers of Beulah Stauffer Hostetler, consisting of creative and academic writings, correspondence, photographs, recordings, and miscellaneous subject files related to her research into Old Order life and her time as a professor at Elizabethtown College. Materials from her family members, particularly her father Ezra Stauffer, are also included.

These papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Essays and Writings, 1942-2003

(2) Correspondence, 1944-2005

(3) Family History and Geneology, 1866-2005

(4) Subject Files and Miscellaneous, 1944-2004

(5) Photographs, 1890-1992

(6) Audiovisual Materials, 1980-2005

Stauffer's notes consist primarily of sermon outlines, Bible school lecture outlines, and Bible studies.  A folder of notes on drawing, as well as the illustrations that decorate his sermon and teaching notes, indicate Stauffer's interest in and talent for drawing.

The history is a manuscript book that includes not only a history of the Alberta-Saskatchewan Mennonite Conference, but also biographical sketches of minsters and lay people in the conference and brief histories of the local congregations.  Stauffer incorporated original photographs and ink drawings into his manuscript, creating a modern illuminated manuscript.

This collection also contains Erza Stauffer's and Irene Lehman's marriage certificate.