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It's not clear that all the items in here come from Jacob H. Richert. It also could be that more than one Jacob Richert or J. H. Richert is represented by the materials.

Neuer und Alter Kunst- und Jugend-Kalender Auf das 1770ste Jahr Christi... (Dantzig: E. Gewerk, Thom. Joh. Schreiber, [1770]); handwritten notes in it that look like a preaching schedule for the Danzig Mennonite congregation (does this belong to the Richert papers or is it just mixed in by accident?) (should this be cataloged in OCLC sometime?)

school papers (penmanship and grammar exercises, German and English, one dated 1882)

financial record book ca. 1900

a folder from Roland Ensz - printed matter, several items are First Mennonite Church, Newton

Family and church records and articles of faith.
alternate identifier: CONG.280 box 3 http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/bd_ms_36

Box 1 is books of aunt Mrs. P. R. (Louise) Schmidt. Boxes 2 and 3 are a wide variety of documents from his ancestors and relatives, mostly of the Alexanderwohl community, dating back at least to the early 19th century.

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.

Diaries, music book, small amount of correspondence

Music book has been digitized: http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/ms_273/

Correspondence, sermons?, printed matter

Used to be called a “Harder family collection,” because it includes papers from the extended family, but Johann Harder seems to be more or less the central person.

Johann Lehmann diaries 1864-1879. Anna Lehman diaries 1945-1949. Anna Lehman correspondence, a few financial papers, "Familien-Chronik" (probably removed from a Bible)

Waldo and Martha were siblings.

• Vierstimmige deutsche, englische und franzoeische Melodien, 1858, with illuminated page "Liederbuch zu Abraham [Ratzlaff] in Franzthal, 1866"
• Hillsboro Academy grade card, 1922 (Martha)
• copy book with poems, no date (Martha)
• laboratory notebook for botany, Bethel College 1925-1926 (Waldo)
• laboratory notebook for biology, Bethel College 1927 (Martha)
• Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening, 1926 (Martha)
• penmanship copy book, Abraham Ratzlaff
• folder of plays and prayers (Martha)

The papers were processed by Eleonore Aarsen in the Spring of 1998.  Much of the content was in no discernible order, so I rearranged those items.  This includes mostly the church records and sermons.  They are now organized by church employment eras (time periods spent pastoring a certain church), meaning that all items from any given church are together.  The whole collection is divided mainly into personal and professional.  That is why pastoral correspondence and personal correspondence are in their respective categories and not together.  Anything that was in folders, envelopes and bundles upon arrival has been kept together.  The result is that some things seem out of place.  This is especially true in the genealogy collection. Many sermons were used several times.  As a general MLA rule, miscellaneous materials are filed according to last place used (or most recent date).  This means that many sermons written in the 1940s are actually filed in the Emmanuel Mennonite Church era. Items without numbers are not in folders, but filed loosely in the order as listed.

Contains some financial papers, and a handwritten family register or church record book (both original and photocopy) which covers many Swiss Volhynian families, not just his own family. Not clear whether this is some kind of congregational record book or his own personal compilation.

Consists mostly of financial papers, with some correspondence, school papers, family history papers, Leonhard's passport and naturalization papers.

bulletins, newsletters, yearbooks, directories, etc.
early membership book is scanned http://mla.bethelks.edu/metadata/cong_1.php The scan was done from microfilm MF CHR 42, but the original book is also here, Bd. Ms. 32.

diverse mixture of materials:
illustrations from Family history & genealogy of Josua (Joshua) Zerger & Freni Stucky Zerger, 1858-2001 (see elecrec/acc436)
Russian passport
various biographical notes, transcripts of interview with family members
photocopied census materials
some items related to reunions of descendants

Mostly correspondence among Goertzen relatives. Most of the letters were translated by Hilda Ediger Voth in the early 1990s. A few other items include a Hamilton County, Kansas, map and a folder of photos from Donovan and Helen Bachman (some identified). Additional (untranslated) letters and photos donated by Helen Bachman in Apr. 2013.

http://mla.bethelks.edu/archives/ms_283

from a typed note in box 1: “The Swiss-Volhynian Mennonites Settling in Kansas 1874-1974, Jacob D. Goering.     “The information contained in these files was collected on 32 of the original 62 families of the Swiss-Volhynian Mennonites who immigrated from Russia in 1874 and settled at Moundridge, kansas. The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of generational drift among the descendants of this group of people from generation to generation on four variables: 1. Geographic location; 2. Occupation; 3. Religious affiliation; and 4. Educational attainment.     “In most instances a separate information sheet exists for each adult. These are organized generation by generation and family unit by family unit. In addition to the four items mentioned above, these sheets usually contain information on date of birth and death, avocational interests, marital status, and occasionally even anecdotal material. The latter are not complete, however. A summary sheet on each of the immigrant families on which data were obtained is enclosed with the raw data in each envelope.     “Similar summaries could probably be made on the remaining 30 or so families from the data since the inter-familial linkage (intermarriage) was so extensive.     “A summary article based on these data was submitted to the Kansas Journal of Sociology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, and it is expected that it will appear in the June 1974 issue.”