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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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