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This small set of personal papers belonging to a son of John M. Brenneman, a prominent 19th century Ohio Mennonite bishop, consist primarily of incoming correspondence to Moses Brenneman from 1865 to 1870.  The papers also include miscellaneous materials, including poems by Daniel Brenneman and land records,

This account book documents debts to and work performed by Andrew Stemen, a Mennonite farmer and cobbler in Ohio.  It also includes congregational accounts for building maintenance and the purchase of wine, Bibles, tubs, and other church supplies.

Photocopies of documents, primarily correspondence, to and from "Long" Christian Zook, an Amish minister in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, who led his congregation away from the larger Amish church in 1849.  Some documents have been transcribed and translated into English.

The collection consists of a translation of Hutterite Jacob S. Waldner's World War I diary documenting his experience as a Conscientious Objector.

Six letters in German script from members of the Brubacher family residing in Ontario and Pennsylvania.  Correspondents include Johannes and Susanna Brubacher, Jacob and Maria Brubacher, and Heinrich Brubacher.  ALl of the letters have either been transcribed or translated.  Among the letters are also several photocopied German hymns with translations into English.

The collection includes correspondence, clippings and various textual documents related to translation work done by Rudy Senger.

The collection consists of the will and testament of Jacob Oberholtzer.

A small set of personal papers belonging to a country singing school teacher and voluntary service worker of the (old) Mennonite Church.  Materials include a brief autobiography, a photograph of Mumaw at age 17, and information about song books used in country singing schools in Indiana.

A small set of personal papers that consist of handwritten Bechtel and Hartmann family histories and a collection of broadsides.  Also includes a photocopy of a handwritten German hymn perhaps written by Abraham A. Meyer and given the English title "Life's Great Balance."  English translations are available for the family histories and the hymn.

The collection consists of a paper written by James O. Lehman entitled "The Building of Sonnberg's Second Church House in the 1860's" which includes a poem written by Ulrich Welty.

The collection consists of an account of a railroad accident written by Jonas Amstutz on November 24, 1893.

The collection consists of a copy of a letter written by Johannes Weber to his cousin Samuel Weber on January 10, 1865, and its transcription. The letter offers some local news about various people and a brief mention of draft and the government.

A small, fragmentary set of personal papers created by a Mennonite pastor.

Photocopy of a typed transcript of the German-language diary of an Old Order Amish man in Middlebury, Indiana.  The author also went buy the name "Hansi Borntrager."  Entries are generally one sentence long, and the the diary documents only the "most important and most unusual events."

The collection consists of questionnaires Ken Handrich sent out to persons active with the Concern movement for a research project.