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Finding Aid on the Hutterian
Brethren, and Society of Brothers,
Sources found in the Archival
Collections at
Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen, Indiana, USA
Web site: www.mcusa-archives.org
E-Mail: archives@goshen.edu
January 15, 2003
by Dennis Stoesz, Archivist
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Four persons who have done extensive
research and writing on Hutterites in the 20th century are John
Horsch (The Hutterian Brethren, 1931), Robert Friedmann, (Die
Schriften der Huterischen Taeufergemeinschaften, 1965), John
A. Hostetler (Hutterite Society, 1974, 1997), and Leonard Gross
(The Golden Years of the Hutterites, 1980). It is through their
efforts, among others, that a substantial collection of writings
by and about Hutterian Brethren and Society of Brothers has been
collected.
The list of sources below is
taken from the cards in the Archives Card Catalog found under
"Hutterian Brethren", "Hutterites" and "Society
of Brothers". There are detailed inventory listings for
many of the collections listed. These inventories are available
upon request. The sources are archival in nature, and include
original codices, correspondence, diaries, materials, photocopies,
photographs, tape recordings, microfilm, films, video tapes,
artifacts and unpublished papers. Individual unpublished papers
have not been listed.
Many published sources such as
books, articles, periodicals, and some codices, have also been
collected through the years by the Mennonite Historical Library
located across the campus from the archives, here at Goshen College.
E-mail: mhl@goshen.edu. Web site and Card Catalog: www.goshen.edu.
The Museum Committee of Goshen College also holds various artifacts
pertaining to Hutterite life.
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Anderson, Lawrence C. (died 1992),
Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota, USA. Papers (Hist.
Mss. 1-547), photographs (Hist. Mss. 4-326), tapes (Hist. Mss.
6-277), three videotapes (Hist. Mss. 11-2).
Bender, Harold S. (1897-1962),
Goshen, Indiana, USA. Papers (Hist. Mss. 1-248), including correspondence
of emigration of Hutterites from Germany to Paraguay, 1930s.
Buller Films, Inc., Henderson,
Nebraska, USA. Films, 1984, on Hutterites. Contains original
camera footage only for Hutterites: To Care or Not to Care, 1984.
(Hist. Mss. 10-8)
Correll, Ernst H. (1894-1982),
Washington, D.C., USA. Papers (Hist. Mss. 1-28) which include
three folders on Hutterian Brethren, Box 1, Folder 60, Box 4,
Folders 26 and 35.
Friedmann, Robert (1891-1970),
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. Papers (Hist. Mss. 1-404).
Gross, Leonard, Goshen, Indiana,
USA. Papers (Hist. Mss. 1-447), photographs (Hist. Mss. 4-199),
tapes (Hist. Mss. 6-241), microfilm (Hist. Mss. 8-50), which
includes about 130 films, of which one microfilm is on Hutterite
birth records in Russia from 1844- , and one microfilm is on
Hutterite disciplines on communion, marriage and divorce, one
videotape (Hist. Mss. 11-6), and artifacts (Hist. Mss. 12-7).
Gross, Paul S. (deceased), Spokane
Hutterite Colony, Washington, USA. Papers (Hist. Mss. 1-891)
including many photocopies of Hutterite sermons from 18th and
19th centuries, and photographs (Hist. Mss. 4-176).
Herring, Dr. Frederick. Journal,
1873-1877, which includes mention of reading about the Hutterites
in Hungary, and about the colony at Wolf Creek, Yankton, South
Dakota (1875). Journal found in the Eli J. Bontrager Collection
(Hist. Mss. 1-142).
Mennonite Church USA. Historical
Committee, Goshen, Indiana, USA. One folder on Hutterites, 20th
century (I-3-3.3)
Hofer, Jacob D., Alexandria,
South Dakota, USA. Photocopies of letters regarding David J.
Hofer, ca. 1917-18, who was in Alkatraz prison, California, as
a conscientious objector during World War I. Collection also
contains some articles about Hutterites, 1899, 1964, 1973 (Hist.
Mss. 1-801).
Hofer, Joshua, James Valley Hutterite
Colony, Elie, Manitoba, Canada. Newspaper clippings on Hutterites,
1940-1979 (Hist. Mss. 1-543).
Horsch, John (1867-1941), Scottdale,
Pennsylvania, USA. Notes and manuscript on Hutterian Brethren,
as found in boxes 11 and 12 (Hist. Mss. 1-8)
Hostetler, John A. (1918-2001),
Goshen, Indiana, USA. Papers, including an original 1569 / 1764
Hutterite codex on the first 11 chapters of Revelation (Hist.
Mss. 1-42).
Hutterite colonies, Canada and
United States of America, Map of, ca. 1976. (Hist. Mss. 7-8,
mapcase)
Hutterite colonies. Chart showing
three branches of Dariusleut, Schmiedeleut and Lehrerleut colonies,
Canada and United States, ca. 1978. (Hist. Mss. 7-25 mapcase)
Hutterites. Newspaper clippings,
1949-1988, as collected by the archives (Hist. Mss. 3-1).
Meier, Hans, Society of Brothers,
Rifton, New York, USA. Correspondence, 1980-84, with Horst Gerlach,
Marnheim, West Germany, on the Rhoenbruderhofes, Germany. (Hist.
Mss. 1-740)
Mennonite Central Committee,
Akron, Pennsylvania, USA. Records (IX) including correspondence
in aiding Hutterites to emigrate from Germany to Paraguay in
1930s.
Rankin, Diana M., St. Paul, Minnesota,
USA. Thesis on Hutterite Music, 1972 (Hist. Mss. 1-460) and three
tapes of Hutterite singing, ca . 1972 (Hist. Mss. 6-58).
Sakakibara, Gan (1898- ), Tokyo,
Japan. Papers (Hist. Mss. 1-921) that includes his autobiography
on his pilgrimage as a Japanese Christian to Anabaptism. Was
also interested in Hutterites and communal living.
Steffke, Angela, Lincoln Park,
Michigan, USA. Artifact Collection (not yet formally cataloged),
containing clothing from Dariusleut and Schmiedeleut branches
of the Hutterian Brethren, USA, dating from 1984-2001.
Waldner, Jacob S., Big Spring
Hutterite Colony, Montana, USA. Diary, 1917-1918, as a conscientious
objector during World War I. English translation of diary, 56
pages plus 6 plus 2 pages. (Hist. Mss. 1-470).
Waldner, Tony, Forest River Hutterite
Colony, Fordville, North Dakota, USA. Papers (Hist. Mss. 1-824)
including i) records from Erich Buchinger on Kaerntner transmigrants,
1752-1803; ii) Kirchen Buch, 1844-1975, which includes records
of Hutterites dating back to Hutterthal and Johannesruh, Russia;
and iii) Lehrerleut Hutterite family records, 1910s-1960's, as
found in Canada and United States. Also a collection of photographs
(Hist. Mss. 4-317).
Waltner, Paul. Photograph of
Waltner, 1982 (Hist. Mss. 4-243).
Zieglschmid, A. J. F. (1903-1950),
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA. Unpublished manuscript,
1946-50, on new critical edition of Die Lieder der Hutterische
Brueder (1914), approximately 4,500 pages. Collection also contains
ten letters, 1877-1886, received by Michael Waldner, "Schmied
Michael", the founder of the Smiedeleut (Hist. Mss. 5-1).
January 15, 2003 / Dennis Stoesz
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