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Hist Mss. 1-28
Ernst Correll Collection, 1894-1982

12 boxes (5 green, 1 long green, 6 large)

 

Biographical Sketch

Ernst H. Correll (1894-1982) was an historian and Anabaptist scholar.

1894 Born on April 5, in Heilbronn, Germany
19?? Recieved a Ph.D. from the University of Munich
1924 Moved to Goshen, Indiana
1925 Doctoral dissertation, Das schweizerische Täufermennonitentum published
1926-27 Founded the Mennonite Historical Society and the Mennonite Quarterly Review with Harold S. Bender
1928-?? Taught at American University, Washington D.C. until retirement
1982 Died on June 24 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Sources:
"Correll, Ernst H." The Mennonite Encyclopedia Vol. V
Ernst H. Correll obituary, Mennonite Quarterly Review Vol. 56, Oct. 1982, page 400

Administrative Information

Collection processed by Jeanne Liechty and Rachel Shenk, June 6, 1986. Biographical Sketch written by Zach Landis, June 5, 2000. Update by Monica Zimmerman, July 23, 2001. Inventory listing typed by Helen Hostetler, April 12, 2005. Web update by Israel Ditzler, Janauary 30, 2006.

Series Headings

Correspondence and Data Box 1
Bibliographic Notes Boxes 2-3
Research Notes - Miscellaneous Box 4
Geographical Research - Germany, Netherlands Box 5
Genealogical Research Box 6
Russian Mennonite Immigration Materials Box 7
Mennonite/Quaker Relations Box 9
Miscellaneous Boxes 7-8
Correspondence, research, documents, articles, and pamphlet (unsorted) Boxes 10-12

 

Inventory Listing

Box 1 (Large) Correspondence and Data

A - E - Misc. 1924-54
Bender, Harold S. 1923-31
Bender, Harold S. 1932-40
Bender, Harold S. 1941-46
Bender, Harold S. 1947-62
Crous, Ernst & Rose 1950-66
Eastern Mennonite College Library 1957-67

F - G - Misc. 1927-58
Fretz, Winfield J. 1939-46
Friedman, Robert 1928-59
Gingerich, Melvin 1937-64

H - I - Misc. 1920-63
Hege, Christian 1920-41
Hershberger, Guy F. 1925-48
Horsch, John 1925-39

J - K - Misc. 1925-64
Kennehy, James F. 1936-39
Krahn, Cornelius 1938-66

L - M - Misc. 1925-64
Liebbrandt, George 1929-66
Littell, Frank 1944-56
Manitoba, University of 1938-39
Mennonite Central Committee 1940-66
Mennonite Publishing House 1933-49
Meynen, Emil - Corr. to Others & Data 1929-49

N - S - Misc. 1925-62
Neff, Christian 1920-38
Nute, Grace L. 1939-40
Skelton, O. D. 1939
Springer, Nelson 1947-59
Stoltzfus, Grant 1941-50
Strickland, Reba 1938

T - Z - Misc. & Unidentified 1924-63
Teufal Family 1947-55
Wohlgemuth, David 1927-45

Yoder, Edward & Estie 1929-50
Yoder, S. C. 1926-41

American Friends Service Committee - Roland Bainton Reports on Post-War Germany
AFSC - David House Report 1949
"Amish Farmland's Diary" 1940
Atkins, Preston G. - "Views and Practices of the Anabaptists and Quakers on theQuestion of Religious Toleration"

Baker, O. E. - Papers
Berne, Indiana - Data
Clippings
Clippings - Photocopies of previous folder
Denck, Hans - Data

Friedman, Robert - Data
Getz, Jane - Data
Getz, Jane - "Religious Forces in the Economic and Social Life of the Old Order Amish in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania"
Honigsheim, Paul - "Religion and Assimilation of the Dutch in Michigan"
Horsch, John - Papers by and about him

Kollmorgan, Walter M. - "The German Swiss in Franklin County, Tennessee," 1940
Mennonite Encyclopedia - Proofreading Notes
Mennonitisches Lexikon - Pamphlets
Mennonites in Paraguay - Data
Nonresistance, Conscientious Objectors - Data 1918-1966

Obituaries
Emigrants Listing
Penn-Germans - Data
Society of Brothers - Corr. & Data
Techenor, Amanda - "The Old Order Amish Community at Arthur, Illinois:
Waldensians - Publication and Reading List
Wolgemuth, Daniel

Box 2 (Green)

Bibliographic Notes Library Request Slips from Germany and the U.S.

Box 3 (Green)

Bibliographical Notes on Conrad Grebel and Russian Mennonite Immigration


Box 4 (Large) Research Notes

Conrad Grebel Research Corr. 1925-1927
Conrad Grebel Notes I
Conrad Grebel Notes II
Conrad Grebel Notes III
Conrad Grebel Notes IV

Conrad Grebel Notes V
Conrad Grebel Notes VI
Conrad Grebel Notes VII
Conrad Grebel Notes VIII
Conrad Grebel Notes IX

Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - America
Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - Beginnings
Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - Church Finances
Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - Families
Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - Freedom of Worship

Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - Mennonite Trade - Misc.
Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - Pacifism
Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - Preachers
Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - Proselitizing
Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - Sources

Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - Statistics
Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - Wills
Krefeld Mennonites Research Notes - Miscellaneous

Burial in Palatinate and Bavaria
French Anabaptists
Germantown
Hutterites
Marriage

Menno Simons
Schwenkfelders - Corr. 1928-60
Schwenkfelders
"Ursprung und Wesen des Puritanismus"
"Aspects of Anabaptist & Mennonite Historiography"

Bosset, Gustav - His Contribution to Anabaptist History, 1925
Denk, Hans
Distribution of Hutterites, Amish and Mennonites in North America c. 1927

The Economic Value of Goshen College and its Academy to the City of Goshen
Gemeindezucht (Community Rules)

"A Historical Sketch of Mennonites"
"A Historical Sketch of Mennonites" - Corr.
"The Historical & Sociological Aspects of Mennonites"
Reasons for Colonization
Schools, Formation of

"Das Schweizerische Taeufermennonitentum"
"Das Schweizerische Taeufermennonitentum" - Related Corr.
"Das Schweizerische Taeufermennonitentum" - Receipts
"Das Schweizerische Taeufermennonitentum" - Reviews
Signau Castle, Bern, Switzerland

Swabian Folk Wisdom, 1935
Symbolic Dogma
Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Mennonite Historical Society, 1950
Miscellaneous Pamphlets - World War II, Peace, Jews
Miscellaneous Personal

Miscellaneous Research #1
Miscellaneous Research #2
Miscellaneous Research #3
Miscellaneous Research #4

Box 5 (Green) Geographical Research

Bayern - Research Notes
East & West Prussia - Library Book Requests
Holland - Library Book Requests
Muenster - Research Notes
Marburg, Oberweimar - Research Notes

Hessen - Library Book Requests
Palatinate - Regional Publications
Palatinate - Research Notes
Palatinate (Oberamt Alzey) - Mennonite Census
Russian Mennonites - Research Notes

 

Box 6 (Green) Genealogical Research Notes

Bender Family History
Funk, Alfred - Genealogical Research
Gingerich Family History
Hege/Hagey Family History
Hoover Family History

Nafziger Family History - Correspondence
Nafziger Family History
Miscellaneous Family History - Data
Miscellaneous Family History - Correspondence

Box 7 (Large)

Russian Mennonite Immigration Materials Canada

Articles on Mennonite Immigrations - Correll, Ernst
Canadian Agricultural Records on Mennonite Settlements, 1875-77
Canadian Criminal Cases - Mennonite and German Schools, 1919
Immigration Agents
Manitoba Mennonites

Mennonite Board of Guardians
Mennonite Immigration into Manitoba (1872, 1873)
The Mennonite Loan in the Canadian Parliament, 1875
News Clippings - Mennonite Immigration from Canada to South & Central America
Minutes of Die Verwaltungs-Comite of Ontario

Transcribed Documents, 1872
Transcribed Documents, 1873
Transcribed Documents, 1874
Transcribed Documents, 1875-79
Research Notes - Mennonites in Canada (2 folder)

Miscellaneous - Russian Mennonite Immigration to Canada
Miscellaneous - Russian Immigration (2 folders)
Artifact - Train Ticket for Mennonites

Russian Mennonite Immigration Materials United States

The Congressional Debates on the Mennonite Immigration from Russia, 1873-74
Dakota Territory - Immigration Notes
Dakota & Minnesota - Immigration Notes
Janzen, Cornelius - Russian Mennonite Colonies (Notes)

Janzen, Cornelius - Russian Mennonite Immigration (Documents)

Kansas - German Colonies
Kansas Mennonites
Mennonite Mortgage Bank, Articles of
Minnesota - Russian Immigration (Documents)
Nebraska - Mennonite Immigration, Notes

Railroads - Jay Cooke & Co.
Russian Immigration 1870-71 - Notes
Russian Mennonite Immigration - Notes
Santa Fe Settlement - Notes
U.S. Congress Documents, 1873-74

Russian Mennonite Immigration Materials Canada & United States

Emigration to America, Chap. IV-VII
Emigration ot Russian Mennonites - Galleys
Government Discussions on Russian Immigration
Immigration
Military Exemption

Ukrainian Farmers in the United States
Wheat
Miscellaneous Documents - Ruissian Immigration
Miscellaneous Documents - Photostats (2 folders)
Miscellaneous - Non-Mennonite Immigration

Leibbrandt, George - German Mennonite Emigration from Russia to North America

Introduction & Forword
Preface. Table of Contents, Appendices (Early Drafts)
Table of Contents
Chapters 1-5
Chapters 6-10
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III-VI
Appendix VII-X
Appendix XIII
Galleys - Chapters 1-10
Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous German Materials

"A Thorough History of True Events, Disputes, and Divisions of Mennonites from the beginning until 1615"
Miscellaneous Materials - Moravians, Non-resistance in the Palatinate
Miscellaneous Materials - Forest Service, Various German Mennonites

Miscellaneous Russian Materials

Clarifying Immigration Problems, 1921
Federation of Citizens of Dutch Descent in the Ukraine, Articles of 1923
Mennonite Quarterly Review, Russian Immigration
Nineteenth Century Russian Mennonites
Rempel, David, "The Mennonite Colonies in New Russia"
Rempel, David, "The Mennonite Migration to New Russia"
Russian Sects - Doukhobors & Others
Unruh, B.H. - Notes on Russia

Miscellaneous

Mennonite Leaders - Biographical Notes

Box 8 (Long Green) Miscellaneous

Print of German Fraktur
"Observations for the 10-year Economic Experience" - Manuscript
"Brotherly Union" - Manuscript
"Development & Character of the Mennonites" - Manuscript
"The Nature of Alsatian Mennonites" - Manuscript
Photocopies of Letters from Canadian Government Officials Concerning Emigration & Settlement by German Russian Mennonites in Canada, 1872
Photocopies of Letters from Canadian Government Officials Concerning Emigration & Settlement by German Russian Mennonites in Canada, 1872

Box 9 (Green)

Mennonite/Quaker Relations

Correspondence about Quakers, 1941-43
Gingerich, Melvin - Corr. 1951

Research Notes

Allen, William 1830
The (British) Friend - Extracts 1873-1874
The (British) Friend - Extracts 1875-1876
Grellet, Stephen 1919
Harvey, Thomas
Minutes of Friends' Meetings - Extracts 1874-79
Relations Between the Russian Mennonites and the Friends during the 19th Century - Gingerich, Owen (Rough Draft)
Relations Between the Russian Mennonites and the Friends during the 19th Century - Gingerich, Owen (Final Draft and Galleys)
Robson, Isaac and Thomas Harvey - The Mennonites of South Russia
Robson, Isaac and Thomas Harvey - Narrative of a Visit to the South of Russia 1868
Robson, Isaac - Notes on
Miscellaneous Quaker Materials

Boxes 10-12 (Large)

Variety of correspondence, research, documents, articles, and pamphlets from Correll, dating from about 1850s-1970s. Received from the Mennonite Historical Library, July 1987. Some of it is sorted A-Z.

Subject Tracings

Amish Mennonites (Old Order) - Pennsylvania 1/40, 1-48-49
Anabaptists - France 4/24
Artifact - Train Ticket for Russian Mennonites 7-20
Bender, Harold S. 1/2-5, 4/1
Conscientious Objection 1/56, 7/36a, 7/56
Hershberger, Guy F. 1/14
Horsch, John 1/15
Hutterian Brethren 1/60, 4/26, 4/35
Krahn, Cornelius 1/18
Mennonite/Quaker Relations Box 9, Passim
Mennonites - Dakota 7/22
Mennonites - Germany, Krefeld Box 4, Passim
Mennonites - Kansas 7/26-27
Mennonites - Minnesota 7/23, 7/29
Mennonites - Paraguay 1/55
Mennonites - Russian Immigration Box 7, 8, 9, Passim
Society of Brothers 1/60, 4/26, 4/35
Yoder, S. C. 1/37

 

January 25, 2005 / Updated by Israel Ditzler
April 19, 2005 / Updated by Helen Hostetler
March 18, 2004 / Reformatted by Kathryn Yoder
July 23, 2001 / Update by Monica Zimmerman
June 5, 2000 / Biography Written by Zack Landis

File "Hm1-028 Correll, Ernst.doc"
Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526

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