Newspaper and magazine clippings about Hutterites collected by Joshua Hofer, a Manitoba Hutterite. Scattered correspondence and a few informally published articles about Hutterites may also be found in this collection. Of particular interest is an unpublished report of a 1983 visit to a Japanese Hutterite colony.
An "Erb-Schrift" providing dates of birth and death, when applicable, for the wives and descendants of Christian Yoder (1790-1846). A transcription of this hand-written document is available. Additionally, this collection includes a letter written in 1845 from Christian Yoder (1790-1846) to his son, also named Christian Yoder regarding the state of the Amish Church.
The collection consists of a copy of a diary kept by Ida Beidler from January 1, 1898 until December 29, 1898. The entries chronicle daily weather and domestic activities on a farm.
The collection consists of a memoir written by Susanna Amalia Krehbiel, describing her childhood in the Palatinate and her family's move to North America.
Family papers of a Mennonite agriculturalist and soil conservationist. These materials provide information about the Schmucker, Smucker, Smoker family reunions as well as correspondence, photographs, and diaries of various members of the Smucker family.
Papers of a Mennonite missionary couple stationed in India and Ghana, with interest in the mission field in Nigeria. Divided into the following series:
(1) Correspondence, Subject Files, and Miscellaneous, 1944-1977
A photocopy of a document signed by five heirs of Benedict Miller outlining arrangements for financial support of Benedict Miller's widow, Barbara Miller.
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.
The collection contains personal and Bible course correspondence, reports, photographs, sermon notes, and clippings. It covers Laurence’s school years, his pastoral work in the Chicago area, missionary service in Ghana, and post retirement activities in the U.S.
A small set of personal papers including correspondence to a cousin describing relief work in the Middle East, correspondence to and from Vesta Zook, articles written by Slagel (including the publication of portions of his diary kept during his relief service), obituaries and other clippings, photographs of Arthur Slagel, Don Slagel, and relief work abroad, genealogical information, and a Hesston College choral program.
An autobiography, entitled "As I Remember and Some Things I Have Learned," of a Mennonite woman who grew up in Chester County, Penn. and Lancaster County, Penn. and worked as an occupational therapist in several Mennonite mental hospitals. Childhood reminiscences comprise about half of her memoirs, which also discuss her education and professional life. Her autobiography includes reproductions of historical photographs, documents, and her artwork. Researchers will also find filed with the autobiography two eulogies for Bertha Huber written by Ruth E. Krall.
Personal papers of a Mennonite Church pastor and administrator in the Indiana- Michigan Conference. The papers are divided up into the following series:
A small set of research materials collected by Timothy Falb in the course of conducting three research projects -- one on the post World War II volunteers who shipped livestock overseas, one on Mennonite scholar and educator Edward Yoder, and one on the history of two sister congregations in Ohio, Martins Mennonite Church and Pleasant View Mennonite Church. Also included is an interview with Aldis Gerber, a conscientious objector during WWI. The richest sources of material in this collection are the oral histories. Researchers should note that no transcriptions are available for these oral histories.
A small set of photocopied records from the U.S. National Archives (State Department) and the Mennonite Central Committee Archives pertaining to suspected Nazi sympathies and / or political support within Germans Mennonite colonies in Paraguay. Includes the 1940 Edwin Schoenrich report "The Mennonite Colonies in the Paraguayan Chaco."