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The collection consists of genealogical materials related to the family of Hendrick Sellen.

scans of baptism records 1829, 1830, 1834, ca. 1867-1875 from microfilm MF CHR 20. The originals of these loose pages are in MLA.V.18, folder 28 http://mla.bethelks.edu/metadata/cong_309.php
Also includes 6 items from Markushof congregation scanned from MF CHR 9

A small set of personal papers created by a Mennonite minister in Osborne County, Kansas and Peabody, Kansas.  Includes an account book belonging to Samuel Winey, notes on scripture references by topic and short essays and sermons, three diaries, spanning 1884 to 1895, and miscellaneous materials.

Photocopies of family correspondence of a Mennonite bishop in Ontario.  Full inventory may be found on the Web site of the Mennonite Heritage Center, which owns the originals.

congregational history, constitution, births, marriages, deaths, etc.
includes some notes on early conferences (local and General Conference both?)
has been entered for GRANDMA database

The Daniel B. Swartzendruber Collection contains numerous documents, which shed light on 19th-century Amish life in America, particularly the Johnson County, Iowa and Somerset County, Pennsylvania communities.  Thanks to the interest in the church and its history of at least five generations of Swartzendrubers the Archives has this sizable collection. Other material of the Swartzendruber family can be found at the archives of the Iowa Mennonite Historical Society.  In an attempt to aid the researcher working with this collection, this description of the collection has been prepared.

A brief genealogical chart (see Box 1/Folder1) affords an overview of the relationships of the various people who wrote or whom are written about, in the collection. (The names of the collection’s significant writers are in red).  Many of the dates on the chart come directly from the collection and so there may be some minor discrepancies in the dates, particularly those of the earlier generations.  It is not completely clear that the Abner Yoder who is named on the chart is the same man whom Jacob Swartzendruber visited in Somerset County (the Glades) in 1860, and whom later moved to Iowa. It seems likely that he is the one so therefore without verifying the information fully he was placed on the chart.  This chart is not included in this inventory, but is available upon request.

The chart hosts different name spellings from what they are normally in the documents.  The spellings for the same person do vary in the documents so consistency was kept by using the spellings found in the Mennonite Quarterly Review and the Mennonite Bibliography. This helped also in allowing for only one spelling in a particular generation.  In order to save space only initials in this paper will be used when referring to Jacob Schwarzendruber {JS} (1800-1868), Friedrich Schwartzendruber {FS}(1825-1895), Jacob Friedrich Swarzendruber {JFS} (1851-1924), Daniel B. Swartzendruber {DBS} (1875-1950), and Elmer G. Swartzendruber {EGS} (1890-19??).

The collection has a somewhat arbitrary organization but one should be able to locate any item without much difficulty by using the folder listing  Basically, the organization follows JFS’s copy book {Folder 2} and then the additional materials in EGS’s transcriptions {Folder 3} and JFS’s “Register der alten Schriften” {Folder 4}.  Then there are additional documents, family history materials, and some of DBS’s personal material.

In order to identify the documents which have been copied or identified in JFS’s or EGS’s transcriptions or the “Register der alten Schriften” those materials have been listed with numbers (Box 1 / Folder 1) and will refer to those numbers in the folder descriptions.

Researchers should note that the date span includes the original dates of documents copied into copy books and collected documents. The record keeping activity of the Swartzendruber family extends only back to the 19th century.

A small set of personal papers created by a long-term missionary to India (1906-1930) under the (old) Mennonite Church.  Includes correspondence, scattered mission records, and a manuscript of his dissertation on the writings of Harishchandra.

This fonds consist of the materials which Tony Enns acquired as a participant with the Friends of Plautdietsch scriptures. They include e-mail and in-person consultations about the orthography to use in the revision and translation of the scriptures for Low German Mennonites. There are also reports, sample translations, budgets, signed agreements and a few newspaper clippings.

This fonds consists of general ledgers, annual financial reports, income tax returns, customer account ledger sheets, inventories, minute books, employee time books, debt claims, mortgages, employee records and a administration manual. Detailed and daily financial records, bank deposits, cancelled checks, invoices, sales slips, egg delivery receipts, bills of lading, daily cash reports and brochures were largely disposed except or a few samples.

This collection consists of 30 series:
-1) Education, 1967-1992
-2) Paraguay Materials, 1982-1987
-3) Minutes, 1980-1990
-4) Four World's Development Project, 1984-1987
-5) Project North, 1979-1993
-6) Native Language Studies, 1960-1993
-7) Plays Written by Menno Wiebe, 1984.
-8) Book Reviews, 1980s-1990s
-9) Manomin Wild Rice Materials, 1980s
-10) Government Related Materials, 1971-1994
-11) Environmental Impact Statements, 1985-1997
-12) Various Reports Related to Aboriginal Issues, 1971-1997
-13) Land and Treaty Regulations Materials, 1973-1995
-14) Reports About Aboriginal Issues Written by Mennonites, 1973-1993
-15) General MCC Materials, 1982-1988
-16) Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 1986-1995
-17) Nechi Institute on Alcohol and Drug Education, 1983-1984
-18) Brochures, various dates
-19) Aboriginal Tribal Materials, 1975-1996
-20) Scattered Issues of Periodicals and Newspapers, 1970-1997
-21) Photographs, 1980-1993
-22) Audio Cassettes, [19-].
-23) Slide Presentations, [19-].
-24) Slides, various dates.
-25) Filmstrips, [19-].
-26) Video, 1986
-27) Films, [19-]- 1979
-28) Flags, [19-].
-29) Maps, 1876, 1929, 1958-1983
-30) Posters, [19-],1989-1994

A set of materials mostly documenting the Reformed Mennonite Church in Pennsylvania and Maryland.  Other materials include biographical information about Goertz, an avid genealogist, and a bibliography of Goertz's publications.

Box 1: classes from 1960s: El Salvador Seminar, International Organizations, Political Science, American History

Box 2: articles, correspondence

Box 3: NCATE files 1960s, Bethel Teacher Ed Committee 1960s, syllabi

Box 4: syllabi and other course materials, "Puerto Rico: Island of Promise," book Serving Rural Puerto Rico

Box 5: ca. 50 audio cassettes, poorly identified, maybe some of his class lectures, maybe some student recordings related to teacher education

These personal papers consist primarily of diaries kept by a minister, bishop, and school administrator of the (old) Mennonite Church in Kansas.  Erb's began keeping a diary at age 14 and continued the practice almost continuously until his death 50 years later.  Erb's diary entries are usually brief and discuss the weather, work, social gatherings, and events of note, such as the 1912 accident in which he was burned and one of his daughters was killed.  Other materials in these papers include scattered correspondence, materials pertaining to his pastoral work, and a 1991 paper about T. M. Erb.

A set of postcards from a trip in 1909-1910 to the Pacific Northwest.

Also a folder of 1930s family correspondence.

Originally it was called the Helen L. Ruth papers (daughter) but naming it for the parents seemed more accurate.

Meeting minutes documenting the work of the committee charged with managing the finances, property, and human resources of the American Mennonite Mission in India.  It appears that executive committee and the managing committee are two names for the same body.  This series also includes an index to the meeting minutes (1939-1945, 1949-1950) and scattered correspondence and miscellaneous records.

Researchers should note that earlier minutes for the executive committee may be found in the American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India) Secretary Correspondence and Subject Files (IV-17-004).