Personal papers of a Mennonite Church USA pastor and employee of Mennonite Church USA from 2009 through 2014. Shenk was a member of the denominational communications team with additional duties in interchurch relations and the women in leadership project. Sermons in this collection were delivered at a variety of Mennonite conference events and congregational worship settings.
Shenk, Joanna
Barbara Kennel Nafsienger Papers
A 4 page letter by Barbara Kennel Nafsienger written on January 28, 1891 in Doulevant le Chateau addressed to cousins David and Barbara describing health, news and weather. A transcription of the letter is also included.
Nafsienger, Barbara Kennel
Lela Emmaline Miller Landis Scrapbook
A nurse's photograph album (with captions) depicting life and work at the La Junta Mennonite Hospital and Sanatarium (La Junta, Colo.).
Landis, Lela E. Miller
Organizational records of Ohio Mennonite Women, a regional conference affiliate of Mennonite Women USA. Contains agendas, minutes, reports, promotional materials, and project files.
Ohio Mennonite Women
Contains a draft of a seminar paper that Klassen Wiebe authored entitled "The Influence of Feminist Consciousness Upon the Mennonite Church from 1966 to 1986." Also contains correspondence and reflections that Klassen Wiebe exchanged with Emma Richards and Vida Huber in response to the paper.
Sheila Klassen Wiebe
The collection includes diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and scattered correspondence from friends and family, mostly from Dorothy Smith Shank's years as a Goshen College Academy and Goshen College student from 1924 to 1932.
Shank, Dorothy Smith, 1911-1999
Esther Miller Bigler Scrapbooks 1921-1930
Two scrapbooks documenting the education and social life of a young Mennonite woman from Elkhart who attended Elkhart High School and the La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing in the 1920s. Contains photographs of fellow students and staff, newspaper clippings, graduation announcements and cards. The La Junta scrapbook also includes photographs after her graduation depicting travels and friends at home.
Bigler, Esther Miller
Ada Burkhart Ziegler Correspondence
Five incoming letters to Ada Burkhart Ziegler, a nurse who served as a medical missionary at the Mennonite Home for the Aged in Eureka, Illinois and later taught on the faculty of La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing in La Junta, Colorado. ALl correspondence is addressed to Ada Burkhart, as Ziegler did not marry until later in life.
(1) From J. D. Smith, Superintendent of the Mennonite Home for the Aged, indicating the recommendation of Ms. Burkhart by D. H. Bender and informing her that the Mennonite Home for the Aged requested her service, and asking whether she intended to accept the position.
(2) From Allen H. Erb of La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing, commending Ms. Burkhart on her service and reminding her to follow the doctrine of Christ and the training program, including the adherence to modest dress ("be an especial example on the custom or style of short sleeves and low necks").
(3) From "Mary Alice" describing a recent trip to Goshen, Indiana and her imminent departure for India to perform mission service.
(4) From "Mary Alice" regarding her voyage to India.
(5) From Allen H. and Stella Erb offering condolences on the occasion of Burkhart's father's death.
Also includes a 1922 commencement program from La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing.
Ziegler, Ada Burkhart, 1897-1992
These personal papers include autobiographical writing, photographs, slides, and ephemera pertaining to Nafziger's work as a Mennonite medical missionary in India. They also contain some Nafziger family records, specifically a farm journal created by Christian Nafziger II.
Nafziger, Florence, 1918-
Testimony letter written by an Indian woman and apparently given to Charles L. Shank, a Mennonite missionary who served in India. Also includes a translation of the letter published in the Gospel Herald. Ma, a former Muslim, evangelized on behalf of the Mennonites in India as a "Bible woman."
Ma, Jewarbi
Christian L. and Mina Roth Graber Papers 1840-1973
Personal papers of Christian L. Graber and Mina Roth Graber, consisting of correspondence, diaries, sermons, scrapbooks, geneological records, and information about Christian L. Graber's time as a conscientious objector during World War I, his stint as a relief worker, and his service to Mennonite Central Committee.
The papers are divided into the following series:
(1) Correspondence
(2) Sermons and Writings
(3) Personal and Family Records
(4) War, Peace, and Relief Work
(5) Business, Legal, and Estate Files
(6) Subject Files and Miscellaneous
(7) Mina Roth Graber Diaries
(8) Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Miscellaneous
Graber, Christian L., 1895-1987
Alma Slagel Eigsti "adopted" a Russian Mennonite refugee named Margareta Unruh through her Sunday school class at Waldo Mennonite Church in Illinois. Unruh and her family were forced to flee Russia in 1943, first staying in Holland and later immigrating to Paraguay. Eigsti and Unruh corresponded with each other from 1946-1981. In this collection are the letters that Eigsti received from Unruh. The letters describe Unruh's domestic life and her personal needs. There is also a small amount of correspondence from Tina Boschmann.
Eigsti, Alma Slagel, 1893-1989
Christmas Carol Kauffman Papers 1928-1969
These papers documeting the life of a Mennonite woman author are divided into three series:
(1) Publishing Files, 1928-1976
(2) Personal and Family Correspondence and Writing, 1912-2006
(3) Miscellaneous, 1926-1990
Velma Yoder Bowman Autobiographical Accounts
The collection consists of two autobiographical accounts of Velma Yoder Bowman's life beginning in Topeka, Indiana.The accounts describe her early childhood experiences on the farm and her later family life.
Bowman, Velma Yoder, 1895-
Florence Cooprider Friesen Papers
A small set of personal papers consisting of outgoing correspondence during her missionary service in India as a physician, an autobiography, published and unpublished essays, and other miscellaneous materials.
Friesen, Florence Cooprider, 1887-1985