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Hist Mss 1-426
Daniel Brenneman Family Collection
Papers,
contained in 1 box
Inventory

Box 1 (File Folder: "Correspondence about collection, 1971")

File Folder: "Mennonite Historical Bulletins with articles pertaining to Daniel Brenneman"
- MHB v.8 #3, July 1947 "Research Source, "set down by T.H. Brenneman
- MHB v.9 #3, July 1948 "Reminiscences of J.F. Funk, " by Timothy Brenneman

File Folder: "1918 letter by Daniel Brenneman to C. Henry Smith"
- Photocopy of original (at Bluffton College MHL)
- 3 typed copies of original - each different

File Folder: "Miscellaneous materials from the Brenneman Memorial U.M. Church in Goshen, Indiana"
- Photocopies of bulletins, 8 November 1953 (contains brief history of church), 5 December 1971, 19 December 1971
- Photocopies of 2 75th Anniversary Circulars - one advertising a 75th anniversary revival series, the other a photo of the church
- Photocopy of 75th Anniversary newspaper article, ca. November 1953
- Photocopy of circular promoting construction of Brenneman Memorial church, ca. 1923

File Folder: "Clippings, Miscellaneous"
- Newspaper article concerning Timothy H. Brenneman's death, 25 March 35
- Newspaper article concerning CO refusal of military pay, 14 November 1917
- "Mennonites on Military Service, " 29 August 1917 statement
- "Himmels = Brief" (broadside) something to do with St. Michael's Church, St. Germans [First, second, and fourth items removed to oversize file, but photocopies made of 1st, 2nd & 4th items & left in original file]

File Folder: "The Smallpox in the family of Henry Brenneman, Fairfield Co., Ohio - 1838"
- Photocopy of original by Timothy H. Brenneman and typed copy

File Folder: "A paper written by T.H. Brenneman with memories of his mother, 1933"
- Photocopy of original with typed copy (Susanna Kaegy Brenneman was the wife of Daniel Brenneman)

File Folder: "Miscellaneous Daniel Brenneman papers"
- Photocopies of membership and baptismal lists, ca. 1874
- Photocopies from Thoughts in Rhyme, published by author at Goshen, Indiana in 1911 to commemorate "loved ones gone before"
- Photocopies of article (23 February 1911) and sermon (May 1879) from Gospel Banner
- Photocopy of correspondence from J. Hygene to Daniel J. Brenneman, 14 July 1905 - Article on visit to Ohio, 1873
- "In Memoriam" poem in memory of Levi Brenneman by D.B.
- 2 religious poems in German (Gothic script/handwritten) (by D.B.?)
- Death poem in German (by D.B.)
- 2 small clippings a) Timothy Brenneman addresses MHS in Goshen
                           b) Huber, Anna Brenneman - death notice
- Tablet of lined paper with memorial poem for Samuel Steiner (?) in pencil, ca. May 1906, 6p. ibid for Levi Brenneman, 7p.

File Folder: "Speech on history of Brenneman family given by T. H. Brenneman for family reunion"
- original
- Photocopy and typed copy, ca. 1920's/30's

File Folder: "Bishop George Brenneman papers"
- "Dead, But Speaketh", written by Bishop George Brenneman (poem)

File Folder: "Miscellaneous T.H. Brenneman papers"
- "For Old People" 1 June 1914 letter by T.H.B. published in 1919
- "Threescore Years and Ten" by Timothy H. Brenneman 20 September 30 (Goshen)

File Folder: " Miscellaneous Henry Brenneman (b.1791) papers"
- "Ein altes Lied" (An Old Song) handwritten and photocopy
*File Folder(legal): "History of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church by T.H. Brenneman"
- Photocopy of original and typed text, ca. 1924
*File Folder(legal): "1870 letter to Daniel Brenneman from Peter Nissley"
- Photocopy


Daniel Brenneman, German family Bible, 1937, includes family records 1803-1857.
N.B.: found in the Melvin Gingerich Collection Hist Mss 1-129, and is located in the metal filing cabinet. Ownership: Owen Gingerich, Cambridge, MA.

* found in long small collections

March 15, 2004 / Reformatted by Kathryn Yoder
August 7, 2001 / Update by Monica Zimmerman
March 28, 2001 / Typed into computer and posted on web by Erin Wilson
April 29, 1994 / Inventoried by Timothy Erdel
File "Hm1-426.doc"
Archives of the Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana

 

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