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Amos S. Ebersole Music Grade Book

  • US MCUSAA HM1/126SC
  • Collection
  • 1921

The collection consists of the grade book for a History and Appreciation of Music class taught by Amos S. Ebersole at Goshen College in 1921.

Ebersole, Amos S., 1886-1963

Christian L. and Mina Roth Graber Papers 1840-1973

  • US GCA HM1/209
  • Collection
  • 1813-1973

Personal papers of Christian L. Graber and Mina Roth Graber, consisting of correspondence, diaries, sermons, scrapbooks, geneological records, and information about Christian L. Graber's time as a conscientious objector during World War I, his stint as a relief worker, and his service to Mennonite Central Committee.

The papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Correspondence

(2) Sermons and Writings

(3) Personal and Family Records

(4) War, Peace, and Relief Work

(5) Business, Legal, and Estate Files

(6) Subject Files and Miscellaneous

(7) Mina Roth Graber Diaries

(8) Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Miscellaneous

Graber, Christian L., 1895-1987

Daniel E. Kauffman Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/904
  • Collection
  • 1940-1995

Personal papers of a longtime advocate for stewardship education in the Mennonite Church. Of note are an unpublished memoir and a large collection of notes and outlines for speeches and sermons on the topic of Christian stewardship.

Kauffman, Daniel E., 1922-2006

Ernst Lichti Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/390SC
  • Collection
  • 1930-1969

The collection consists of interview materials prepared by Nelson Springer and remembrances regarding Jews in Germany.

Lichti, Ernst, 1890-1969

Franklin N. Kornhaus Records

  • US MCUSAA HM1/071SC
  • Collection
  • 1945

The collection consists of a letter written by Franklin N. Kornhaus of Oakland, California to John Umble dated July 8, 1945. As a Goshen College alumn, Franklin N. Kornhaus describes his intentions of leaving money to Goshen College in his will and how he would like it to be used.

Kornhaus, Franklin N.

Goshen College Board of Overseers Minutes and Dockets

  • US GCA V/04/002
  • Collection
  • 1913-1986

These records consist of the meeting minutes and supplementary documents created by and distributed to members of the Board of Overseers and its predecessor institution, the Local Board.  Budget and finance records, staff reports, policy documents, and other key information in the adminstration of Goshen College may be found in these records.

 

Note that these records do not cover the period from 1942-1959, as the Mennonite Board of Education did not appoint a separate governing board for Goshen College during those years.  Consult the Mennonite Board of Education Records, Series V-01-01, to find information regarding Goshen College when no local governing board existed.

Goshen College. Board of Overseers

Goshen College Brotherhood of Bachelors (Goshen, Ind.) Records

  • US GCA V/04/045
  • Collection
  • 1948

A small set of governing documents, correspondence, and guest registers associated with this seemingly tongue-in-cheek social organization founded by male Mennonite college students seeking marriagable mates.  Founding officers include John A. Hostetler, Ray E. Horst, Willard D. Hunsberger, Calvin Wall Redekop, and Harvey Toews.

Brotherhood of Bachelors (Goshen, Ind.)

Goshen College Festival of the People (Goshen, Ind.) Records 1977

  • US GCA V/04/044
  • Collection
  • 1977

The Festival of the People was an event sponsored by Goshen College in cooperation with the Brethren in Christ Church, the Northern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren, the Central District General Conference Mennonites and the Board of Congregational Ministries of the Mennonite Church, to renew congregations. The collection includes a program, brochure, workshop locations, and workshop leaders.

Festival of the People (Goshen, Ind.)

Goshen College Hispanic Ministries Records

  • US GCA V/04/040
  • Collection
  • 1979-1990

The collection contains the organizational records of the Goshen College Hispanic Ministries program. The material includes correspondence, reports, program, minutes and prospective students records.

Goshen College Hispanic Ministries

Goshen College Home Economics Association Records

  • US GCA V/04/020.4
  • Collection
  • 1959-1986

The records consist primarily of minutes from the organization's regular monthly meetings.  Interspersed in the minutes, researchers will find membership rolls, financial information, and annual reports.  The records also include a newsletter, pubished intermittently in the 1980s, for Goshen College home economics students.

Home Economics Association

J. C. Wenger Papers 1928-1993

  • US MCUSAA HM1/337
  • Collection
  • 1910-1995

Curriculum Vitae (Box 1); Correspondence 1928-1983 (Boxes 1-20); Data, organizational materials (Boxes 20-27); Articles and manuscripts of J. C. Wenger (Boxes 28-29); Articles and manuscripts of others (Boxes 30-31); Notes as a student (Boxes 32-33); Notes as a teacher (Boxes 34-45); Research notes miscellaneous (Box 36); Source materials on history of Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan 1961 (Boxes 37-38a and 38b); Sermon notes and programs 1911- (Boxes 39-40); Family history materials (Box 41); Historical documents 1710-1949 (Box 41); Mennonite yearbooks 1935-1979 (Box 42); Correspondence 1985-1990 (Boxes 43-45); Collected items (Box 46); Lecture notes and programs 1911- (Boxes 47-48); Diaries 1931-1991 restricted (Boxes 49-50); Autobiography, collected items 1972-1993 (Box 51); Oversize materials (Box 53 and mapcase drawer); Restricted correspondence (Box 54).

Wenger, J. C. (John Christian), 1919-1995

J. E. Hartzler Papers 1904-1960

  • US GCA HM1/062
  • Collection
  • 1894-1963

Personal papers of a Mennonite preacher, college administrator, and theology professor whose career helped to reframe the Mennonite faith for the next generation. These papers are divided into five series:

1) Correspondence and Subject Files

2) Biographical Materials

3) Lecture, Sermon, and Tour Notes

4) Manuscripts

5) Clippings and Miscellaneous

Hartzler, John Ellsworth, 1879-1963

John Thut Photographs

  • US MCUSAA HM4/388
  • Collection
  • 1920-1946

The richest materials among these photographs are the140 color slides depicing Thut's volunteer work in England with German prisoners of war after World War II and his subsequent travel in the Western United States to Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. These labeled and well-composed slides include images of Thut's living and working conditions in England, art work made by German POWs, and scenes of CPS work in Montana, South Dakota, and California. Also of note is a slide of Peter and Elfrieda Dyck's wedding gifts.

Click on "Online Images / Records" to see an inventory of the slides.

Other materials among Thut's photographs include a number of poorly-labeled black and white photographic prints of Goshen College in the early 1920s. Notable scenes include a May Day celebration and the construction of the college gymnasium. Also included is his passport obtained in 1944.

Thut, John, 1898-1994

Lores E. Steury Papers

  • US GCA HM1/728
  • Collection
  • circa 1936-2008

Personal papers of Lores E. Steury, consisting largely of gathered information on the Amish Christian Church (including information highlighted in the book The Amish Christian Church: Its History and Legacy by Fredrick J. Schrock). Holdings also include personal information about Steury, including diaries, photographs, newspaper clippings, and drafts of an autobiography.

The papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Amish Christan Church Materials

(2) Geneological Records

(3) Diaries and Recollections

(4) Recorded Interviews

(5) Correspondence and Miscellaneous Materials

Steury, Lores E., 1922-2008

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