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Small set of personal papers created by a Goshen College alumnus and former Goshen College and Cleveland State University professor of speech and communication.  Materials include biographical information, Yoder's tenure dossier, article manuscripts, and materials pertaining to his sabbatical in Ireland in the late 1970s.

The collection largely chronicles the case of the arrest of Amish bishop Samuel D. Hochstetler for chaining his mentally ill adult daughter, Lucy. The material includes family accounts of the incident, court records, correspondence, news clippings and some materials gathered by Julia Kasdorf for a book project on this topic.

Notes and drafts related to his Prairie People book and other research projects

The records of this Mennonite Church camp are divided into eight series:

Series 1: Early Records, 1930-1954 Series 2: Young People's Institute Records, 1933-1957 Series 3: Administrative and Financial Records, 1943-2006 Series 4: Publicity, circa 1950-2006 Series 5: Program Files, 1957-2012 Series 6: Photographs, 1945-2000 Series 7: Audiovisual Materials, circa 1966-1995 Series 8: Miscellaneous, 1947-1993

The series contains all of the entries submitted for consideration in the John Horsch Historical Essay Constest since its beginning.

This small set of organizational records consists of meeting minutes, treasurer's records, materials pertaining to the 1953 tornado in Flint, Michigan, and assorted programs, clippings, and historical notes contributed by members.

These records document an effort to use mass media to clarify who the Mennonites are and attract non-ethnic Mennonites to the Mennonite faith. Materials include correspondence, reports, research files, results of pilot market studies, and scripts for television spots. Also includes results of of a new member study commissioned by Seattle Mennonite Church.

These papers are divided into four series:

(1) Correspondence, 1955-2004 (2) Scholarship and Publication Records, 1954-2010 (3) Miscellaneous Materials, 1958-1999 (4) Travel Journals, 1966-2016

A slim file of correspondence documenting and correcting errors made in the annual yearbook and directory of the (old) Mennonite Church.

Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church missionary who served in Argentina (1928-1947) and Puerto Rico (1953-1964).  Snyder also served as a pastor to (old) Mennonite Church congregations in Texas and Wisconsin.  Snyder's papers include correspondence, programs and ephemera pertaining to Mennonite religious life and institutions in Argentina and Puerto Rico.  A small amount of correspondence and miscellaneous records pertain to his pastorate in Texas.

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.

This collection is divided into a number of series:

(1) Diaries and Calendars, 1920s-1980s

(2) Correspondence

(3) Family history

(4) Miscellaneous Materials

(5) Organizational and Professional Materials

(6) Speeches

(7) Verna (Roth) Gingerich Documents and Correspondence

(8) Photographs, Slides, and Photo Albums

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).

The collection consists of the photocopy of the original letter written by Joel Detweiler of Champaign County, Ohio to Joel Kauffman of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania dated January 14, 1850, as well as a typed transcription. The letter includes local news and personal updates.

Processed under a Kansas Humanities Council grant.

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