Hist Mss 1-209
Christian
L. Graber Collection 1895-1986
Papers,
7 Boxes (Large) 1 Long Box, Mapcase Drawer #2
Biographical Sketch
C. L. Graber was a longtime business
manager at Goshen College, a pastor and a businessman. He was widely
involved in many businesses in varied capacities and worked on several
special assignments for Mennonite Central Committee---especially in
Paraguay. He also went to Europe and the Phillipines and traveled in
the U. S. for MCC. During World War I, he was in the Fort Riley Camp of
which this collection contains some valuable information. After the
war, he worked with the Near East Relief, 1919-20 in Syria. He was
married to Mina Roth in 1920 and they had 5 daughters and one son.
Box Listing
Box 1- Large Christian Graber,
1813-? records, Daniel Graber 1858-? records, General Correspondence,
1908-57.
Box 2- Large General Correspondence, 1958-1973
Box 3 - Large Correspondence, A - I
Box 4 - Large Correspondence, J-Z
Box 5 - Large Correspondence, MCC. Sermon Notes
Box 6 - Large Family Data & Genealogy, Estates, Writings,
Businesses Data File, Legal Agreement
Box 7 - Large Data File; War, Peace, & Relief; Travels;
Institutions
Data File
Box 8 - Long Scrapbooks, Notebooks, Schoolbooks, Passports Mapcase #2
Christian Graber French documents, Certificates V. Koop drawings
Box 9 - Green The New Testament with Fraktur, Enchiridion...D. Phillips
with Conrad Family Records
Box 10-13, Green Diaries, 1946-1968
Subject Listing
Christian Graber, 1813-? records ca.
1840-1857 Box 1
Daniel Grber, 1858-? records, ca. 1870-1920 Box 1
General Correspondence Boxes 1-2
Correspondence A-Z Boxes 3-4
Correspondence - MCC Box 5
Sermons Box 5
Family Data & Genealogy Box 6
Estates Box 6
Writings Box 6
Businesses Data File Box 6
Legal Agreements Box 6
Data File - Miscellaneous Box 7
War, Peace, Relief Box 7
Travels Box 7
Institutions Data File Box 7
Scrapbooks, Notebooks, Schoolbooks, Passports Box 8
Diaries Boxes 9-13
Subject Tracing
Alliman Family 6/10
Business passim
Chronology: 1840-60, 1870-20, 1895-1973 passim
Conrad Family 6/13 & Box 9
Conscientious Objection 8/19-27, 7/30-38
Ehret, Bob 3/29-31
Goshen College passim
Goshen General Hospital 6/75, 7/70
Graber Family 6/11-12, passim
Graber, Christian, 1813-? 1/1-3, mapcase
Graber, Danile, 1857-? ¼-11
Hartzler, J. E. 6/37
International Voluntary Service 7/71
Kureth Family (see Conrad) 6/13
Mennonite Central Committee Box 5, passim
Mennonite Mutual Aid passim
Mennonite Resettlement & Finance Committee 4/22-28
Paraguay 4/2, 34-40; 7/47-53
Prince of Peace Chapel, Aspen, Colorado 4/41, 7/75
Widmer Family 6/15
World War I (European War) 7/35-44
World War II 3/19-27; 7/30-34
Wyse Family 6/16-17
Graber, Mina (Roth) passim
Brazil Box 3/8-14
see also:
Hist Mss 4-125
C. L. & Mina (Roth) Graber
Photograph Collection
March 18, 2004 / Reformatted by Kathryn Yoder
August 3, 2001 / Update by Monica Zimmerman
February 26, 2001 / Typed into computer and posted on web by Erin Wilson
July 18, 1988 / Processed by J. Kevin Miller
File "Hm1-209.doc'
Mennonite
Church USA Achives - Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526
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