- US MCUSAA HM1/599
- Sammlung
- 1917-2004
Personal papers of a Mennonite Church pastor and administrator in the Indiana- Michigan Conference. The papers are divided up into the following series:
Krabill, Russell, 1917-2005
Personal papers of a Mennonite Church pastor and administrator in the Indiana- Michigan Conference. The papers are divided up into the following series:
Krabill, Russell, 1917-2005
William C. Voth and Matilda Kliewer Voth Papers
This collection contains extensive correspondence between Voths and their relatives, Foreign Mission Board members, and fellow missionaries during the time period from 1910 to 1970s. Additional materials such as diaries and clippings give a good overview of mission work in China during the height of General Conference Mennonite Mission involvement in that country, 1910s to 1950. Additional correspondence and printed items touch on the search for mission fields in South America, Japan, and Taiwan, and some involvement with American Indian work among the Hopis.
Voth, William C., 1888-1962
Personal papers of a lifelong peace activist from the Mennonite / Anabaptist tradition. Materials include journals, personal and professional correspondence, reports and articles associated with his work for International Voluntary Services (IVS) and Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), lectures and speeches, photographs, and remembrance books compiled after his death. These papers also include Synapses: Messages, newsletters of a grass-roots human rights and spirituality organization based in Chicago in the 1980s and 1990s.
Stoltzfus, Gene, 1940-2010
The fonds consists of the following series:
1) Abram J. Peters - one soft-cover diary, 1928; one hard-cover diary, 1936 - (1 file) Box 459
Various
Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander Papers
The papers of Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander primarily document relief and service work to Russian Mennonite refugees after World War II. Materials include correspondence, poems, testimonies, and songs by Russian Mennonite refugees, reports and correspondence pertaining to Mennonite Central Committee relief work in the Netherlands and Paraguay, a diary kept by Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander during her Europen relief work, correspondence between Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander, and a well-labeled photograph album documenting Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander's relief and service work. Other materials include records of Vernon Neuschwander's Civilian Public Service work, family and genealogical materials, Evangeline's writing and reminiscences, and miscellaneous materials.
Neuschwander, Evangeline Matthies
Amos Ebersole Kreider and Stella Shoemaker Kreider Papers
includes correspondence, diaries, academic papers, sermons, financial papers, biographical material
Kreider, Amos Ebersole, 1889-1976
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
Krehbiel, Olin A., 1904-1982
Paul N. Kraybill Papers 1958-1990
Personal papers of a prominent administrator who held leadership positions in multiple Mennonite-related organizations over a career spanning four decades between 1953 and 1993. Kraybill also served as a board member and organizational consultant for a variety of institutions, including the American Leprosy Mission, Lancaster Mennonite School, and Lombard Mennonite Church. Materials consist of daily calendars, administrative trip reports, writings and manuscripts, photographs, scattered correspondence, committee minutes, and organizational working files. The papers are divided into the following series and subseries:
(1) Day Timers and Calendars, 1956-1992
(2) Manuscripts, Notes, and Talks, 1950-1991
(3) Organizational Working Files, 1956-1992
A. Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities
B. Mennonite Church General Board
C. Mennonite Christian Leadership Foundation
D. Mennonite Housing Aid, Inc.
E. Mennonite World Conference
F. Mennonite Health Association
(4) General Subject Files, 1942-1991
(5) Photographs and Miscellaneous, 1942-1991
Kraybill, Paul N., 1925-1993
Collection of materials related to Guy O. Graber's experiences as a conscientious objector in World War I. This collection contains correspondence, a diary, and related materials including a draft notice.
Graber, Guy O., 1893-1960
Personal papers of a bishop of the (old) Mennonite Church and administrator of La Junta Mennonite Hospital and Sanatarium (La Junta, Colorado). Series include:
(1) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1928-1975
(2) Diaries, 1921, 1961-1963, 1966
(3) Miscellaneous, 1925-1969
Erb, Allen H., 1888-1975
The collection contains biographical and personal materials related to Anna Gertrude Penner’s extended career as a deaconess nurse, including a set of diaries spanning over fifty years. Perhaps most unique are papers related to her training as a public health worker and two years of work as a public school nurse in Newton (the first school nurse in Newton?), 1916-21.
Penner, Anna Gertrude, 1886-1967
J. N. and Edna Ruth Byler Papers 1940-1960
These materials primarily document the life of J. N. Byler, although researchers interested in Edna Ruth Byler's life will also find some relevant files. The records are divided into seven series:
(1) Correspondence, 1940-1962
(2) Journals, 1942-1957
(3) Sermons, Speeches, and Writings, 1920-1964
(4) Relief Work Files, 1926-1960
(5) Photographs, 1910-1945
(6) Financial Records, 1924-1960
(7) Miscellaneous, 1918-2006
Byler, Edna Ruth, 1904-1976
These papers of a Mennonite bishop and administrator at Hesston College are divided into five series:
(1) Diaries, 1889-1944
(2) Class Lecture Notes, circa 1914-1916, undated
(3) Sermon and Lecture Outlines, undated
(4) Sermon and Bible Conference Notes, 1888-1930, undated
(5) Miscellaneous, 1887-1944
Bender, Daniel Henry, 1866-1945
Consists almost entirely of his diaries 1956-1985. The diaries are somewhat in the format of scientific lab notebooks, with numerous little drawings.
Also includes some funeral papers, wills, land records, military discharge, clippings, photos, death certificates.
Linscheid, Alfred G., 1897-1985
This fonds contains the following series
1) Two German language diaries ("Tageheft") written by Helene Dueck in Germany in 1945. - (1 file) Box 443
2) Autograph album containing original photographs and notes from Helene's co-workers and friends in Vienna, Austria, 1958-1960. - (1 file) Box 443
Dueck, Helene, 1924-2008