Hist. Mss. 1-10
Early Mennonite Correspondence and Papers
1708-1901 (Bulk, 1775-1901)
3 Boxes (Long Gray)
Introduction
The collection was originally called
the early American collection but some of the material is European.
Most of the papers are of nineteenth century origin but there are a few
from the eighteenth century.
Inventory
Box 1 (Long Gray)
1/1 Bechtel, Johannes to Jacob
Meyer, December 13, 1842
1/2 Beutler, Jacob, letters to him, from Peter Steiner, April 14, 1876;
unsigned, April 2, 18--
1/3 Bixler, Joseph from Jost Schelly, 1868; Jacob Mensch, 1875; Jacob
Buchwalter, 1884, 1888
1/4 Boekholder, Hans, from Mennonite leaders in Holland, March 6, 1744
1/5 Brenneman, Daniel, copy of last will and testament, 1866
1/6 Brubacher, Jacob from Joseph Schneider February 26, 1863
1/7 Brubacher family letters, 1808, 1820
1/8 Clemmer, John to Samuel Stauffer, August 6, 1825
1/9 Donner, Heinrich to Isaac Jansen and Ernst Meyer, 1786-1787
1/10 Dyck, Peter, his church letter, 1830, Gross, Christian, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania
1/11 Gross, Christian, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1810-1899?
1/12 Gross, Christian, letters to him, 1827-1838
1/13 Gross, Christian , miscellaneous items
1/14 Gross, Jacob, deathbed admonition, December 7, 1810 (Deep Run,
Perkasie, New Britain)
1/15 Hoch, Daniel (High) correspondence, Ontario, Canada, 1856-1873
1/16 Hoch, John (?), Bucks County, Pennsylvania to someone in Indiana,
May 11, 1892
1/17 Jansen, Conradt, to Mennonites in Holland, September 3, 1708
1/18 Jutzi, Georg to Christian Miller, May 24, 1843
1/19 Jutzi, Georg, to Christian Miller, May 24, 1843 (original copy)
1/20 Kolb, Tobias and Magdalena from Franconia to Breslau, Waterloo
County, 1840-1881
1/21 Kurtz, Joseph of Wayne County, Ohio, correspondence received,
1833-1838
1/22 Litwiller, Peter, correspondence 1858, 1864, 1865
1/23 Litwiller, Peter, deed 1886
1/24 Litwiller, Peter, sermon
1/25 Litwiller, Peter of Wilmot township, Ontario, obituary 1878
Box 2 (Long Gray)
2/1 Meyer, Jacob to Christian
Herschi and Georg Zewitz, May 3, 1831
2/2 Nissley, Peter, 1860-1876 plus 1880 letter from Henry Egly to John
K. Yoder
2/3 Risser, Johannes, West European correspondence 1832-1850
2/4 Risser, Johannes to Jakob Krehbiel, 1833-1865 from Richland County,
Ohio
2/5 Steinman materials, Wilmot district, Ontario, correspondence and
legal papers, 1818-1852
2/6 Weber, Benjamin, Lancaster and Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Wayne
County, Ohio to Ontario, 1819-1855
2/7 Wenger, Joseph E. to Joseph Bixler and Kolb, undated
Box 3 (Long Gray)
3/1 Zimmerly, John, Orrville, Ohio,
1822-1879
3/2 Zimmerly, John (1868-1940): 9 sermons, ca. 1820
3/3 Miscellaneous correspondence
3/4 1745, A Pennsylvania letter to Mennonite leaders in Holland
3/5 1748, Amsterdam letter to Mennonite leaders in Pennsylvania
3/6 1760, Israel Pemberton document regarding prisoners held by Indians
3/7 1775, A short and sincere declaration (statement on nonresistance)
3/8 December 13, 1797, Acknowledgment from Fridedrich Wilhelm (King of
Prussia) to Mennonite elders
3/9a February 11, 1865, petition to Waterloo County officials regarding
war
3/9b Waterloo Election poster, 1850; George Hiestand, 1842; Conference
at Eby's Meetinghouse, 1872; Boyer Family; Prayers and scripture
verses, 1870-72, Jacob F. Krout; fragment on Beckwith, Itaca, Michigan
3/10 Confession of faith
3/11 Counsel regarding erring church members
3/12 Christian M. Bender's History of the Amish Mennonites in Ontario,
1901
3/13 Hoch, Daniel - Writings, Ein Reformation - Lied, Die Scheidewand
3/14 Last will and testament
3/15 Marriage formula
3/16 Miscellaneous
3/17 Pow-wowing formula
3/18 Recipe
3/19 Rules and discipline (Bender believes this was sent from Lancaster
to Indiana at time of Wisler schism)
3/20 Schwatrz genealogical information from Abbraham Schwartz's Bible
3/21 Weber, Elias - admonition of a bishop to a congregation about to
ordain Weber
3/22 Wisler Schism, letter regarding Early American documents,
3/23 Xeroxes and translations of documents from Colonial Mennonite
source book committee
3/24 Photocopies and transcription of Saur's paper Pennsylvanische
Berichte
3/25 "Samuel M. Fox" ship's list, 1852 (?)
3/26 Declaration to House of Assembly, 1775 by Benjamin Hershey (see doc)
3/27 Selected Documents Relating to the Early Franconia Conference
Mennonites
3/28 Broadside by John H. Oberholzer (copy)
Name
and Subject Tracings
(Added entries):
Mennonites in Ohio
Mennonites in Ontario
Mennonites in Pennsylvania
Amish Mennonites in Ontario -
History 3/12
Bauman, Samuel B. 1/15
Bechtel, Johannes 1/1
Beiler, Christian 1/21
Bender, Christian M. 3/12
Beutler, Jacob 1/2
Bixler, Joseph 1/3
Boedecker, Hy 1/15
Bösiger, Ulrich 3/1
Brenneman, Daniel 1/5
Brenneman, Daniel 2/2
Brenneman, John M. 2/2
Brubacher family 1/7
Brubacher, Jacob 1/6
Brubacher, Jacob W. 1/3
Buchwalter, Jacob 1/3
Church discipline 3/11, 3/17
Clemens, Abraham 1/18
Clemens, John O. 1/18
Clemmer, John 1/8
Confession of faith 3/10
Diller, Johann 3/1
Donner, Heinrich 1/9
Dyck, Peter 1/10
Eby, A. 1/15
Egli, Henry 1/22
Egly, Henry 2/2
Fleischmann, K. A. 1/15
Friends, Society of - Relations - Indians 3/6
Gascho, Johann 3/12
Gehman, David 1/15
Gehman, Samuel 1/12
Gottschall family 1/13
Gross, Christian 1/11, 1/12, 1/13
Gross, Jacob 1/14
Hershcy, Eusebius 1/15
High, J. K. 1/15
Hildebrand, Jacob 2/2
Hoch, Daniel 1/12, 1/16, 3/13
Hoch, John 1/16
Hunsicker, Isaac Z. 1/20
Jutzi, Georg 1/18, 1/19
Kennig, Benjamin 1/21
Kipfer, Anabarbara 3/1
Kolb, Heinrich 1/20
Kolb, Joseph 1/20
Kolb, Tobias 1/20
König, Joseph 1/21
Krehbiel, Jacob 2/4
Kurtz, Joseph 1/21
Landes, Jacob 1/20
Leisy, Jakob 1/15
Litwiller, Peter 1/22, 1/23-25
Marriage 3/15
Martin, Daniel 2/6
Martin, Elizabeth 2/6
Martin, Heinrich 2/6
Martin, Samuel 2/6
Mennonite Church - Ministers - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1/13
Mennonite Church - Schisms 1/13
Mennonites - Relations - Indians 3/6
Mennonites Prussia 3/8
Mensch, Jacob B. 1/3
Meyer, Jacob 1/1, 1/12, 2/1
Meyer, Jacob H. 2/2
Military service, Compulsory -Germany 2/4
Miller, Christian 1/18
Müller, Martin 1/15
Neuhauser, Johannes 1/22
Nissley, Peter 2/2
Nonresistance 3/7, 3/9
Oberholtzer, John H. 1/15; box 3
Pow-wowing 3/17
Recipes 3/18
Risser, Johannes 2/3-4
Ritschi, Moses 1/22
Schantz, Henry G. 1/15
Schantz, Johannes 1/20
Schelly, Jost 1/3
Schelly, William N. 1/15
Schimmel, Levi O. 1/15
Schlichter, Benjamin 1/15
Schmitt, Andreas 1/15
Schneider, Joseph 1/6
Schowalter, Christian 1/15
Schultz, Jonas 1/15
Schwartz, family 3/20
Shelly, A. B. 1/15
Simmerly, John 3/1
Slavery in the United States 2/4
Stauffer, Samuel 1/8
Steiner, Peter 1/2
Steinman family 2/5
Weaver, David 2/6
Weber, Benjamin 2/6
Weber, David 2/6
Wenger, Joseph E. 2/7
Wisler schism 3/19, 3/22
Wurm, Daniel 1/20
Yoder, John K. 2/2
Zimmerly, John 3/1
Zook, Jonathan T. 1/21
Zug, Jonathan 1/21
Zug, Magdalena 1/21
Zug, Samuel 1/21
Zuge Barbara 1/21
March 18, 2004 / Kathryn Yoder
July 19, 2001 / Monica Zimmerman
September 8, 2000 / Erin Wilson
File: "HM1-010.doc"
Mennonite
Church USA Archives - Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526 |