Hist. Mss
1-3
Jonas
S. Hartzler, 1857-1953
Papers,
3 Boxes (Green)
Biographical
Sketch
Hartzler
was a Mennonite educator, minister, editor, author. He lived in
Elkhart, Indiana
1857 Born on August 8, to Samuel and Sarah Smoker Hartzler, Topeka,
Indiana
1874 Baptized near Ligonier, Indiana; joined Maple Grove Mennonite
Church
1875 Taught in Lagrange County grade schools for 10 years; also farmed
1880 Married Fannie C. Stutzman on February 5; settled near Topeka,
Indiana
1881 Ordained on April 18; son Vernon born on October 24
1888-1900 Served as Secretary of the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite
Conference
1895 Moved to Elkhart, Indiana on October 25; taught at the Elkhart
Institute; served as director of the Mennonite Board of Education until
1917
1903 Moved to Goshen, Indiana; taught at Goshen College; served as
pastor of the Goshen College Church,
1905 Co-authored Mennonite Church History with Daniel Kauffman
1910 Traveled to India on a one year Missions study trip
1911 Wrote Among Missions in the Orient with J. S. Shoemaker
1914 Left Goshen College, worked in 2 factories until the beginning of
WWI
1917 Worked to assist conscientious objectors during WWI
1921 Wrote Mennonites in the World War or Nonresistance Under Test
1923 Moved to Elkhart; became pastor at Prairie Street Mennonite Church
1929 Wife Fannie died on June 29
1930 Married Catherine Bauers on July 14; both were 72 years old
1940 Retired as Pastor of Prairie Street Mennonite Church
1951 Moved to the Home for the Aged at Rittman, Ohio on November 10
1953 Died on April 1 at age 95
Sources:
"Hartzler, Jonas S." The Mennonite Encyclopedia. Vol. II
Hist. Mss. 1-3 Jonas S. Hartzler Collection box 3, folders 1-4
Sketch by
Zach Landis, February 2000
Inventory
Box 1
(Green) Diaries
Diaries, 1911, 1920-1922, 1936-1939, 1945-1946. The 1920-46 diaries are
Mrs. J. S. Hartzler's. The 1936-46 diaries also contain many clippings.
Box 2 (Green) Bible course and
sermon notes
2/1 Notes on church and state
(notebook)
2/2 Outlines of various subjects (notebook)
2/3 Sermon notes (notebook)
2/4 I John, Philemon, I Peter (notebook)
2/5 Notes of meetings
2/6 Leeper Lesson Pictures
2/7 Notes from Hartzler's Bible
2/8 Sermons and speeches
2/9 Berean Bible Study Course
2/10 Berean Bible Study Course - Pauline Epistles
2/11 Correspondence Course - Acts
2/12 Johnstown Bible School Outline
2/13 Life of Christ
Box 3 (Green) Miscellaneous
3/1 Autobiography
3/2 Autobiography
3/3 Biography - Huber A. Yoder
3/4 Biography - Questionnaires, etc., Huber Yoder
3/5 Clippings
3/6 Conscientious objectors
3/7 Elkhart Institute
3/8 History of Prairie Street
3/9 Lambert, George
3/10 Marriage license of J. S. and Fannie Stutzman
3/11 Poetry
3/12 Miscellaneous
3/13 World Missionary Conference
3/14 Address book
3/15 Address book
3/16 Prairie Street Church Problems, 1933, Address Books, Prairie
Street Church problems, 1933
Postcard of 3-7-1910 to John Bare
Bible
in metal cabinet, 4th shelf
Subject Tracings
Chronology,
1911-1946
Church and State Box 2 folder 1
Conscientious Objectors Box 3 folder 6
Elkhart Institute, Elkhart Ind. Box 3 folder 7
Johnstown Bible School, Johnstown, Pa. Box 2 folder 12
Lambert, George, 1853-1928 Box 3 folder 9
Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Elkhart, Ind. Box 3 folders 8 and 16
Sermons Box 2
Yoder, Huber A. Box 3 folders 3, 4, 8
March 22, 2004 / Reformatted by Kathryn Yoder
July 18, 2001 / Update by Monica Zimmerman
June 15, 1998 / Typed into computer and posted on web by Reuben Miller
Processed by Sharon Klingelsmith
File "Hm1-003.doc"
Mennonite
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