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Hist. Mss. 1-542
Henry Egly,
1824-1890, Bishop
Papers, 1886-1890
1 Box (Green)
Biographical
Sketch
Henry Egly was a bishop of the Defenseless Mennonite
Church in Adams County, Indiana. Elected deacon in 1850, minister
in 1854, and bishop in 1858.
Administrative
Information
Collection organized by Dennis Stoez, August 27,
2002.
Inventory
Listing
Box 1
(Green)
1/1 Autobiography (English typescript)
(borrowed by Willard Smith from Evangelical Mennonite Church, for
copying, 1979)
“In the name of Jesus I will
write a little to His Honor alone, and of the instructions of the
children. Adams County, Indiana April 27, 1887. A
brief history of my life, Henry Egly. .... (26 pages)
1/2 Biography (Photocopy; Transcription; Translation)
(From Lores Steury, Goshen, Indiana, 1979)
Original (photocopy) “Biography of Henry Egly” which starts out as
“Heinrich Egli wurde geboren im 5 April 1824 von ... [Signature
at end reads “Jos. Rediger”]” (handwritten Gothic script and German
language) 23 pages.
Transcription “Biography of Bishop Henry Egly” which starts out as
“Heinrich Egly wurde geboren den 5 April 1824 in Grossherzog...
(handwritten Arabic letters, German language) (transcription by
Evangeline Neuenschwander, circa 1979) 20 pages
Translation, “Biography of Henry Egly,” which starts out as “Henry Egly
was born April 5th 1824, at Grossherzogthum, Baden... ” (handwritten
Arabic letters, English language) (translation by Mrs. Chris Steury,
circa 1979) 14 pages
1/3 Notebook, 1887 (Handwritten; typescript) (Made
available by Lores Steury, Goshen, Indiana)
Notebook, 1887 (Photocopy, handwritten, in English language)
which starts out as “In the name of Jesus I will write a little to his
Honor...” (Translator, Emma Steury, ca. 1979) 64 pages.
Box 1
(Green) (Continued)
Notebook, 1887 (Typescript,
English language) which starts out as “In the name of Jesus I will
write a little... ) 36 pages (Initials “C.S” at end)
1/4 Diary, 1888-89 (Original - Photocopy)
Original (in photocopy form) of
Diary of Bishop Henry Egly, 1888-1889 (handwritten Gothic script, and
German language) 76 pages
1/5 Diary, 1888-89 (Transcription)
(Handwritten, original copy, in
pen, transcription, Arabic letters, German language), (author of
transcription?) 128 pages
1/6 Diary, 1888-89 (Translation)
“Diary of Bishop Henry Egly,
1888-1889” (photocopy) (Typescript, English language) 69
pages (There is a title page, and on the second page the
following explanation is given” “This Diary of 1888-1889 by Bishop
Henry Egly, Written in German hand writing by Bishop Egly and
translated into English hand script by Mrs. Chris P. Steury in 1965 and
typed in the same year by a grand-daughter Amanda M. Egly,
Hirschy, Sprunger, from Mrs. Steury’s translation for the Memorial
Library. The original Copy has been given to the Church he served
and of which he was Founder. Amanda’s birth is recorded on June
22 – 1889 and she was born in the home of her grandfather Bishop Henry
Egly. [Additions added in handwritten form – “August 2,
1965. Mrs. Ben (Amanda) Sprunger, Berne, Indiana”]
1/7 Correspondence, 1886-89 (Translation)
January 6, 1886, to Marie Rediger
(from Geneva, Adams Co., Indiana), 7 pages
Feb. 19, 1887, to “Dear Sister in
the Lord Jesus” (from Geneva, Adams Co., Indiana), 6 pages
May 30, 1889, “Dear Sister
Katherine Amstutz” (from Geneva, Ind)
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January 19, 2005/ Reformatted and posted on the Web by Martha Miller
August 27, 2002 / Dennis Stoesz
File: “Hm1-542.doc”
Mennonite
Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526
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