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Jacob Linscheid Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.381
  • Collection
  • 1890-1950

Mostly correspondence. Some financial items and other materials.

Box 3: family history materials

Linscheid, Jacob, 1869-1950

Garry W. North Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/023
  • Collection
  • 1875-1928

Papers of a layman and church secretary of the Howard -Miami Mennonite congregation in Kokomo, Ind.  Materials pertain to lay religious and congregational life and document sermons preached and heard, offerings made, and congregational membership.

North, Garry W.

Henry Kulp Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/031
  • Collection
  • 1835-1890

A small set of personal papers found in an old Mennonite home near Kolb Mennonite Church (Holmes County, Ohio) in 1940.  Materials include early congregational records (1838-1855),scattered correspondence, A Fraktur and a Fraktur fragment, genealogical records, and miscellaneous materials.

Kulp, Henry, 1806-

Smid Family Papers 1786-1911

  • US MCUSAA HM1/086
  • Collection
  • 1786-2006

The bulk of the materials in this collection consist of sermons, poems, songs, and catechisms, a church register, and other religious writings documenting Mennonite church and community life in Balk, Friesland (The Netherlands) during the first part of nineteenth century, 1786-1850. The papers also include sermons, poems, correspondence, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Balk Mennonite life in New Paris, Indiana.

Most materials are in Dutch. Available English translations are noted in the detailed collection description.

The collection is organized into series, most of which are groups of documents associated with the Smid Family siblings and the wife of R. J. Smid. Series include:

(1) Background Articles and Information on Balk Mennonites, 1948-2006

(2) Early Materials, 1786, undated

(3) Obe Johannes Smid, 1815-1849

(4) Akke Johannes Smid, 1820-1828

(5) Jacobjen Johannes Smid, 1822-1836

(6) Ruurd Johannes Smid (R. J. Smith), 1822-1893

(7) Grietje Jacobs Symensma (Margaret J. Smid), 1845-1895

Smid Family

James Henry and Rowena Lark Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/566
  • Collection
  • 1944-2001

The Larks' personal papers consist primarily of documentation from the churches they led in African American and urban communities, including Bethel Mennonite Church in Chicago.  Materials include church bulletins, congregational records, correspondence,  and photographs.

Lark, James Henry, 1889-1978

Abraham Mast Walnut Creek Amish Mennonite Church (Holmes County, Ohio) Collection

  • US MCUSAA HM1/659SC
  • Collection
  • 1885-1983

Mast served as minister of the Walnut Creek Amish Mennonite Church (Holmes County, Ohio) from 1885 to 1898.  This collection contains a photocopy and English translation of his record book, which records baptisms, marriages, communion services, church meetings, excommunications, and lists of young people coming for church instruction between 1885 and 1898.

Mast, Abraham, 1820-1989

Lawndale Mennonite Church (Chicago, Ill.) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/13-001
  • Collection
  • 1945-1983

A small set of records documenting the first Hispanic Mennonite congregation.  Records consist primarily of bulletins, but also include scattered directories, newsletters, reports, and other records. Previous names for the congregation include Iglesia Menonite Mexicana, Latin American Mennonite Church, and Second Mennonite Church.

Lawndale Mennonite Church (Chicago, Ill.)

Mennonite Church of Normal (Normal, Ill.) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/13-43
  • Collection
  • 1975-2010

A small set of relatively recent records documenting the history of the Mennonite Church of Normal.  Materials include church bulletins, annual congregational meeting minutes and reports, church directories, and six audiotapes of Sunday worship (two from 1983, two from 1988, and 2 from 1993).

This collection also includes some materials from First Mennonite Church (Normal, Illinois) and Bloomington Mennonite Church (Normal, Illinois), which merged to become the Mennonite Church of Normal, Illinois.

Mennonite Church of Normal (Normal, Ill.)

Bethel Mennonite Church (Pekin, Ill.) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/13-59
  • Collection
  • 1982-2002

A small set of recent records documenting the congregational life of Bethel Mennonite Church.  Materials include bulletins, newsletters of the Meadows Retirement Community, and newspaper clippings.

Bethel Mennonite Church (Pekin, Ill.)

North Main Street Mennonite Church (Nappanee, Ind.) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/14-09
  • Collection
  • 1951-2003

This set of records consists primarily of bulletins documenting the order of worship and congregational activities.  Other materials include newsletters (1995-2003), a pictorial directory and history of the congregaion (1980), and information on Richard Yoder's ordination service in 1957.

North Main Street Mennonite Church (Nappanee, Ind.)

Hudson Lake Mennonite Church (New Carlisle, Ind.) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/14-23
  • Collection
  • 1950-2020

Records of a small Mennonite congregation founded as an Olive Mennonite Church church plant in 1950.  These records are divided into the following series:

Hudson Lake Mennonite Church (New Carlisle, Ind.)

Shore Mennonite Church (Shipshewana, Ind.) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/14-26
  • Collection
  • 1871-2011

The records of this Menonite congregation located in Shipshewana, Ind. include:

(1) Early Records (to 1950) and Church Histories, 1871-1985

(2) Photographs, 1892-1994

(3) Newsletters, 1944, 1997-2011

(4) Bulletins, 1960-2003

(5) Miscellaneous Congregational Records, 1950-2011

Shore Mennonite Church (Shipshewana, Ind.)

Waterford Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/14-34
  • Collection
  • 1958-2011

These records, created by a Mennonite congregation in Goshen, Ind., are divided into four series:

(1) Bulletins, 1958-2011

(2) Newsletters, 1971-2010

(3) Minutes and Reports, 1964-2001

(4) Miscellaneous Church Records, 1980-2001

Waterford Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.)

Plato Mennonite Church (Lagrange, Ind.) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/14-35
  • Collection
  • 1947-2010

These records consist of the documents of church governance (trustee and church council), membership lists, directories, documents pertaining to various fellowship groups and ministries, and an unpublished account of the congregation's early history.  Also included are selected church bulletins, documents regarding the renaming and relocation of the congregation,  and miscellaneous congregational records.

Plato Mennonite Church (Lagrange, Ind.)

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