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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.

box 1-2: Peter W. Funk family history, and 3 inches of family group sheets updating that history; one volume of Peter Balzer correspondence copies ca. 1898-1907 (elder of Alexanderwohl church); one volume of Henry Boese family history, poetry, etc.; photos--Rempel, Funk, Bartel, Herrfort, Penner; also wedding announcements, death notices from those families of the Hillsboro, Kansas, area
box 3: photos used in various family history books she published; Bible, Gesangbuch mit Noten, school souvenirs, other pamphlets
box 4: Epp, Dalke, Penner family history items; Vergissmeinnicht book

This small set of papers consists primarily of two diaries kept by Burkholder, a Virginia minister and later bishop of the (old) Mennonite Church.  The diaries contain brief daily enteries providing information about the weather and his activities for the day.  Other materials inclde sermon outlines, clippings, and miscellaneous materials.

Henry B. Reist's notebook contains his account of a two-month long train trip from eastern Pennslyvania to the Midwestern and Southern United States. Reist travelled with his wife, John Nissley and his wife, and Henry S. Snavley and his wife. Of particular note are Reist's comments on the landscapes and wildlife he encounters, regional agricultural practices, and the friendliness of the Southerners he meets.

Researchers should note that the archives does not possess the original notebook, but rather a typed transcription.

Congregational records of an (old) Mennonite Church / Mennonite Church USA congregation in the Ohio Mennonite Conference.  Records include late 19th and early 20th century financial records and Sunday school records, early to mid-twentieth century Young People's Bible Meeting and Women's Aid Society records, church bulletins, (1950-2005), congregational reports, and other miscellaneous records.

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.

Records of the governing body of the Allegheny Mennonite Conference. Organized into the following series:

Series 1: Governing Documents, 1975-1980

Series 2: Annual Conference Minutes and Reports, 1904-2009

Series 3: Executive Committee Materials, 1946-1980

Series 4: Education Committee Materials, 1895-1974

Series 5: Mission Committee and Women's Missionary and Service Commission Materials, 1914-1993

Series 6: Miscellaneous Materials, 1892-2001

"Die wegen Mennonisten-Wesens verlangte Nachrichten, 1788-1827"
digitized from microfilm MF MSS 236: http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/mf_mss_236/acc232/
originally were in Staatsarchiv Danzig, Abteilung 145: Domänenämter und Intendaturen, später Domänenrentämter, 1773-1872
at time of microfilming in 1984 they were in the Bydgoszcz archives, sygn. 487, Nr. D-12256

A photocopy of the proceedings of a General Court Martial at Camp Dodge, Iowa in World War I.  The defendant, George S. Miller, was a Mennonite conscientious objector.  This is an incomplete copy that does not contain the judgment.  Testimony, however, is present.

Photocopies of miscellanous documents pertaining to Amish and Amish Mennonite communities in Iowa.  Materials include 19th century correspondence, anecdotes, a list of members of the Amish Church at Lower Deer Creek, a list of clergy and congregations in the Western Amish-Mennonite Conference (later the Iowa-Nebraska Mennonite Conference), a program from the dedication of the Deer Creek marker, and other miscellaneous materials.

A small set of personal papers found in an old Mennonite home near Kolb Mennonite Church (Holmes County, Ohio) in 1940.  Materials include early congregational records (1838-1855),scattered correspondence, A Fraktur and a Fraktur fragment, genealogical records, and miscellaneous materials.

This series contains the records of the meetings of the Executive Board of the Mennonite Church USA.  Materials include the reports distributed to board members as well as the meeting minutes.  Researchers should note that the series extends back several years prior to the legal creation of the Mennonite Church USA in 2002.  The earliest records in this series document the final years of the merger process undertaken by the General Conference Mennonite Church and the (old) Mennonite Church.

In the earliest years of this series, researchers will find executive committee meeting materials as well. 

Researchers should note that this series does not contain a complete run of minutes and dockets yet.