Two typescripts of a diary kept by a young Amish woman who resided in McLean County (Dry Grove Township) Illinois, near Bloomington. Yoder, who was confined to her home because of illness, describes in great detail the social life and courtships of her siblings and the day to day activities of her family. She also reports her opinions of the goings-on in her family and her community as well as her reflections on her illness.
box 1-3: math books (many annotated) removed from David H. Richert office in old Science Hall July 2001 box 4 (map folder): materials related to campaign for a math postage stamp 1992 box 5-6: math department files ca. 1960-ca. 1990 box 7: David H. Richert correspondence box 8: Waldo Wedel biographical info, Peter J. Wedel biographical info, info on P. J. Wedel house for local register of historic places, CD of photos copied to elecrec/acc501, family history info, photos box 9: 1960 floor plan for remodeling of P. J. Wedel house box 10: Koinonia Farms booklet and tape; tapes of 1979 Bethel College peace lectures box 11: scrapbook from a Bethel travel class, “Introduction to the North Country,” spring 1994, studying environmental and social issues in upstate New York, taught by AMW, Robert Hull, and Robert Kreider; donated Sept. 2014. This ought to be disassembled because it’s in one of those sticky “magnetic” photo albums.
This collections consists mainly of the village books covering the period 1875-1936, with a few gaps. The records record financial affairs of the village such as the levies on village inhabitants. There are also a set of community announcements (1917-1918), contracts with village teachers and shepherds, property transactions and other miscellaneous papers(1881-1904).
Personal and family papers of an (old) Mennonite Church pastor and bishop who served a congregation in Sweet Home, Oregon and was active in the Pacific Coast Mennonite Conference and national church.
These papers are divided into series:
(1) Autobiographical and Genealogical Materials, 1929-2006
The papers were gathered in the process of producing The Peter and Elisabeth (Graber) Kaufman Family Record 1770-1987 (North Newton, KS: Kaufman Genealogy Committee, 1988).
Also included are some records related to reunions of the family.
Contains the correspondence and subject files of Ken Weaver, the director of Mennonite Media. Project files on various radio spots, videos, and paper tracts and ads are included, as is correspondence with a variety of people and organizations associated with Mennonite Media.
student journal of a year in Indonesia with MCC also a paper "Of Indonesia: Its People, Churches, Country, and Culture: An Experience in Peacemaking" 1979 for peace studies internship at Bethel
This collection contains photographs of John F. Funk, family members, friends, the Mennonite Publishing Company, Elkhart buildings and parks, and several photograph albums from as early as 1860 to 1952.
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.
Stauffer's notes consist primarily of sermon outlines, Bible school lecture outlines, and Bible studies. A folder of notes on drawing, as well as the illustrations that decorate his sermon and teaching notes, indicate Stauffer's interest in and talent for drawing.
The history is a manuscript book that includes not only a history of the Alberta-Saskatchewan Mennonite Conference, but also biographical sketches of minsters and lay people in the conference and brief histories of the local congregations. Stauffer incorporated original photographs and ink drawings into his manuscript, creating a modern illuminated manuscript.
This collection also contains Erza Stauffer's and Irene Lehman's marriage certificate.
A letter from J. H. Oberholtzer to unnamed German "beloved brethren and companions in the faith of Jesus" regarding his assessment of Mennonite church life in the United States. The letter was written 16 months after the Franconia schism of 1847.
The original letter is in German script. Transcriptions into modern German and an English translation accompany the original letter.
