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Emanuel C. Hertzler, 1917-
Papers, 1934-1995 (including genealogical sources, 1724-1995)
9 Boxes (1 Gray, 4 Large, 4 Oversize)

Administrative Information

The genealogy book The Other Hertzler-Hartzlers, by Emanuel C. Hertzler, was deposited into the Archives by Hertzler, of Goshen, Indiana, in 1996. Additional genealogical research and personal papers of his student days at Goshen College, and his involvement as a conscientious objector during World War II were deposited by Hertzler in 2002.

Introduction written and cataloged by Dennis Stoesz February 9, 1996. Collection organized and listed by Barbara Martin, a daughter of Hertzler, July 9, 2002. Inventory typed into the computer by Nelda Nussbaum, September 26, 2002.

Series Listing

1. The Other Hertzler-Hartzlers, (1995)                                    Box 1 (Gray)
        Correspondence, 1992-95                                                 Box 2-3 (Large)
        Sources used in writing, 1724-1995                                  Box 3-7 (Large/Oversize)

2. Goshen College, 1934-38, and Reunions, 1949-1998        Box 8 (Oversize) & Box 9                                                                                                          (Large)

3. Civilian Public Service, World War II, 1942-1994                  Box 9 (Large) Cont’d
        Includes articles on war and peace, 1986-97

 Inventory Listing

Box 1 (Gray)

Correspondence, 1991-95, and Source Materials, 1724-1995 for The Other Hertzler-Hartzlers, 1995

This book was written and produced by Emanuel C. Hertzler, Goshen, Indiana, and printed by Olde Springfield Shoppe, Elverson, Pennsylvania, in 1995. It is 590 pages in length.

This book traces the descendants of Johannes Hertzler (circa 1710 – after 1755), who was born in Switzerland, maybe in the village of Hirzel. Johannes emigrated to the Palatinate and lived in the village of Eppstein, and then emigrated to America, arriving November 3, 1750 at Philadelphia on the ship Brotherhood. With him was his father, Hans Hertzel (ca. 1690-after 1750), his wife, and three sons. He settled in western Lancaster County, somewhere in Hempfield Township, in Pennsylvania, maybe near Millersville.

Johannes Hertzler was related to Bishop Jacob Hertzler (1703-1786), but was no brother. Since two genealogical books have been produced on the descendants of Jacob Hertzler, Hertzler Genealogy by John Hertzler (1885), and The Hertzler-Hartzler Family History by Silas Hertzler (1952), this third book was entitled The Other Hertzler-Hartzlers.

Information on persons in this book include birth, marriage, spouse, parents, occupation, involvements in church and community, addresses of home, children and death.

Persons who helped compile and produce the book included Paul W. Hertzler (1924-1994), Elam K. Hertzler (1926- ), Harold M. Kilheffer (1930- ) and Leon E. Hertzler (1949- ).

The book also includes the Hertzler descendants of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, which was complied by Samuel Hertzler Mumma (1893-1970) in the 1960’s and updated by Leon E. Hertzler (1949-  ).

The book also includes three articles on the European Hertzlers: "European History of the Hertzler Family," by J. Virgil Miller; "The Hertzlers of Eppstein in the Palatinate," by Emanuel C. Hertzler; and ""My Trip to See Our Family’s Past – To Eppstein in the Palatinate," by Paul W. Hertzler.

Box 2 (Large)

Correspondence, 1992-95, on the writing of The Other Hertzlers

2/1 White notebook: Leon (B), 1992
2/2 White notebook: Leon (A), 1993
2/3 Gray notebook: Leon, 1994
2/4 Blue notebook: Leon, April 1993 – April 1995
2/5 Large Black notebook:

    Hertzler, Sara (Sally)
    Landes, Paul K.
    Mack, Mary
    Harding, Marian & Clifford   
    Harding, Esther K.

    Hertzler, Aldus & Ruth
    Zolenski, Janice & John
    Irwin, Harold & Minerva
    McCallum, Susan
    Reid, Mary Ellen

    Mast, Elsie
2/6 Smaller Black notebook:
    Lionberger, Elaine
    Hertzler Reunion Correspondence & Photographs 8/21/93
    Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society

    Forry, Greg
    Oyer, Cecil
    Hertzler, Russell
    Eberly, Ronald
    Malatt, Rebekah

    Moomaw, Robert A.
    Hartzler, Susan
    Burkart, Rainer
    Farrell, Deborah, church reunion
    Eberly, Bob

    Shand, Jack
    Hertzler, Glenn
    Hartzler, John T.
    Fox, Lois
    McFarland, Bernice

    Martin, Bertha
    Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
                          
Box 3 (Large
)

Correspondence, 1992-95, on the writing of The Other Hertzlers continued

3/1 Correspondence Notebook: (Black)
    Philadelphia Maritime Museum
    Smith, Debbie
    Litwiller, Jeffrey
    Nauman, Mrs. Glenn

    Eberly, Kurt J. with question about The Horse and Buggy Doctor
    Arthur E. Hertzler, M.D. author of The Horse and Buggy Doctor, by H. Harold Hartzler
    Hertzler, Glenn
    Miller, Virgil
    Kilheffer, Nora Mae & Harold

    Lefever, Paul G.
    Hertzler, Mervin
    Harding, Marian & Clifford including obituary for Clifford
    Burnett, Bettie & Daniel
    Mapel, Jo

3/2 Correspondence Notebook: (Gray)
    Grider, Donald, including letters, maps, photographs and reprints.
3/3 Correspondence Notebook: (Black)
    Kilheffer, Harold, 1990-1994
3/4 Correspondence Notebook: (Aqua)

    Miller, Virgil, letters and reprints – European History of the Hertzler Family
    Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, A History
by H.M.J. Klein
    Hertzler House, Springfield, Ohio – Shirley Hokenson
    Roan, Thomas
    Williams, F.C.

3/5 Jacob Hertzler and Descendants by Katharine Anderson, genealogy records of John & Barbara (Newcomer) Hertzler and John & Barbara (Welde) Hertzler

Sources used in writing The Other Hertzlers

1875 Historical Atlas of Lancaster County by Everts & Stewart, Sponsored by Lancaster Co. Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1992, reproduction (Found in Box 7 Oversize)

3/6 Index 1875 Historical Atlas of Lancaster County compiled by Lois Ann Zook, 1991
3/7 Amish Mennonites in Germany by Hermann Guth, 1995
3/8 Moomaw, Mumma, Mumaw, Mumaugh Genealogy by Robert A. Moomaw, 1990
3/9 Family History of the Other Hertzlers-Hartzlers by Emanuel Hertzler. Errors, corrections and additions being noted since publication.

Box 4 (Large)

Sources used in writing The Other Hertzlers continued

4/1 Notebook: How To Do It? Ways That Work
How to make and publish a genealogy
Omni genealogical project
Computers help trace roots
Henry system

Numbering must be understandable
Key to numbering system
Understanding how the ID System works (Henry system)
European Roots
Solid facts are needed

Census research
German genealogy
Family history centers
Selected Mennonite Historical libraries and Archives
Mennonite Family History

Preserving your family records
Multi media genealogy
Nationwide death index
How to capture your screen
How to access family history files (from floppy diskettes)

How to add information to the family history
Graphic Box
Disk secrets
Page format used for our family history
Steps in making every name index

Steps to correct errors in index
Family link index of the Other Hertzlers
Problem solving the index
Publishing
Information collection worksheets

Project diary
Self-publishing brochure

4/2 Folder: Aug. 1991 The Other Hertzlers
    History of Annual Reunion of the Hertzler-Hartzler family
, by Leon E. Hertzler
    Deaths: Birth to age 16 in the Other Hertzlers
    Obituaries:
        John Hertzler 12/4/1892
        Annie E. Herr 9/23/1934
        Mary Ruhl 3/25/1919

Copies of print of Michael Hertzler Moore Mill, maps, Brotherhood

Shiplist signatures.(www.frontiermuseum.org/german.htm)

Maps & illustrations used in the Other Hertzlers

Pennsylvania Gazette
, Nov. 1, 1750, 3 pages (copy) (Found in Box 5 Oversize)

1724 Map of Johann Georg Erdmann (an enhanced map of Eppstein Hertzler Bros. Furniture Brochure) (photocopy) (Found in Box 5 Oversize)

4/3 Notebook: Originals for Other Hertzlers , maps, articles, indentures, wills (copies received from correspondents)

4/4 Notebook: (Blue-soft side)
    Page index for the Other Hertzlers
    References for the Other Hertzlers
    Sources of information for the Other Hertzlers
    "Who were Henry Brenneman Hertzler’s Ancestors?" by Emanuel Hertzler

    "The Hertzlers of Eppstein in the Palatinate" by E. Hertzler
    "My trip to see our Family’s Past, to Eppstein in the Palatinate" by Paul W. Hertzler
    In search of the roots of the "Other" Hertzler family
    The Roots of the Other Hertzler family
    Will of John Hertzler 2/13/1795

    Indenture: Jacob Hartzler to John Hartzler 10/9/1767
    Word pictures of 18th century migrants to America
    Summary of information about Anabaptists of Eppstein
    Shiplist of the Brotherhood, 1750
    In search of the Other Hertzlers

    Indenture: William Jenkins & wife to John Hertzler 4/1/1837
    Lost Hertzlers
    Preface III Thank you.
    Preface IV

4/5 Notebook: (Gray)
    Copies of:
        "The German Immigration into Penna." By Frank Ried Diffenderffer 1988
        "Genealogical Record of Reverend Hans Herr" by Theodore W. Herr. 1908
        Deed: George Edwards to Emanuel C. Hertzler 1/31/1907
       
        Brotherhood Ship list 1750
        History of Lancaster County, Penna , by Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans
        Lancaster County, Penna, A History by H.M.J. Klein 1924, pp 476-77, 491-92
        Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Penna published by J.H. Beers & Co. 1903, pp. 432-3, 529, 674-5, 865-6

        The Hagey Families in America and the Dulaney Family by K.A. Hagey & Wm. A. Hagey, 1951, pp 284-5
        A Brief Biographic Memorial of Jacob Hertzler by John Hertzler, Sr. 1885, pp 336-7
        Photocopies from office of Records and Archives Services, Lancaster,County, Penna. Hertzler, Christian & wife to Jacob Brenner
        Indenture 3/7/1837

        "The Manor of Conestoga" in papers read before the Lancaster County Historical Society, 1938. P. 36-6
        Lancaster County, Penna. Cemetery surname index
        Record of One Branch of the Newcomer Family by James K. Newcomer, 1882
        "Old Mills and Country Ordinaries" in papers read before the Lancaster County Historical Society, 1897. Pp. 299-322

        Early American Mills by Martha & Murray Similes. Pp. 31-33
        Inventory of Christian Hertzler 5/4/1841
        From: History of Cumberland County & Adams County, Penna. 1886 by Samuel Bates, pp. 481, 509-10
        Photocopies of information re; property of Christian Hertzler, 1806-1874, wedding of Mary Francis Landis & Charles Hertzler Mumma, 1907, wedding of Annie Erb Hertzler & Jacob Myers Herr, home of Henry & Sussana Hertzler.

        "Word Pictures of 18th Century Migrations to America"
        Oldest Known Hertzler home – Christian Newcomer Hertzler, 1808 South Donnerville Road, Manor Township, Lancaster Co., PA.
        Will of John B. Hertzler 5/4/1876
        Eppstein – summary of Anabaptists

4/6 Notebook: Family Histories
    Hertzlers:
        Brenneman
        Cassel
        Kauffman

        Huber
        Brubaker
        Kratz
        Boorse
        Bean

        Heimer
        Hunsberger
        Bomberger
        Nissley
        Buckwalter

    The Hunsbergers, a Portion of the Genealogical History by George S. Hunsberger 1969, p. 564-7, 657-64
    Bomberger: Lancaster County Roots, 1722-1986. Pp. 22,73, 75, 79, 84, 90
    Announcement of A History of the Nussli, Nissley, Nessly Family, 1717-1985 , By Karl Nissley Haines.

    Statement on slavery at Germantown, Penna. 1688.
    Misc. notes
    References used for Hertzler family genealogy

4/7 Notebook: (Small Gray)
    Some other sources for the Other Hertzlers:
    Will of John Hertzler 1795 and comments.
    Family of John Buckwalter Hertzler and Charlotte Eby Nissley
    Will of Jacob Hertzler 1793

    Petition of Anna Hertzler, widow of John Hertzler, copied 1813.
    1837 documents re: estate of John Hertzler
    Hertzler Clan meeting announcement, 1935
    Hertzler Clan Fourth Annual Reunion program, 1927
    Tenth Annual Reunion of the Hertzler Family (1933) program

    Sixth Annual Reunion of the Hertzler Family (1929) program &
    Minutes of the Fifth Reunion (held 8/25/1930)
    Stricklers of Pennsylvania by Abigail H. Strickler, et al 1942. Pp. 48-55

4/8 Bishop Jacob Hertzler and his Family by Paul V. Hostetler, 1976
4/9 Benedict Mellinger and descendants by Guy & Ruth Mellinger
4/10 Lancaster County, PA Cemetery Listings of Hertzler-Hartzlers
4/11 A Good Heritage: Genealogy of Jonas (Hertzler) Hess Families by Anna Ruth Hess, 1990

4/12 Hoover Histories 1989
4/13 Notebook: Large Light Blue
    In front pocket:  
        Deed: George Edwards to Emanuel C. Hertzler, 1907
        Newspaper Clippings re: E.C. Hertzler
        Last newsletter Hertzler/Chase Clan and correspondence with Ivan & Sue Hertzler

    In binder: (mostly photocopies)
        Correspondence with F. Colin Williams
        Makers of America-The Firstcomers, 1536-1800 pp. 105-109
        Maps: Penna. 1730
        Penna. 1840 55 counties

        Lancaster Co. with townships as of 1729
        Historical statistics, population growth 1790-1973
        John Brubaker Hertzler, 1811-1887
        Will, printed & photocopy of hand written
        Note on property inheritance with pictures & map

           Indentures:
                William Jenkins & wife to John Hertzler, printed & photocopy and written 1837
                John B. Hertzler and wife to Joseph C. Passmore, 1843
        Printed & photocopy of handwritten Ship lists:
        Passenger and immigration lists index (17th, 18th & 19th century) Vol. 2 H-N pp 897, ?, 982, XXXVI photocopy

        Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Ralph B. Strassberger Vol II, 1934, Pp XXXII, to XXXVII, 396-7, 446-51, 521-23, photocopy
        Collection of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and other Immigrants in Pennsylvania, from 1727-1776 By I. Daniel Rupp pp. 39-41, 47-8, 195-6., photocopy

        Rupp: Names of German, Swiss and Other Immigrants – 1750, pp. 243-245, photocopy
        Herald of Truth – announcement of death of I.D. Rupp

    Ships:
        An East India man of 1750
        Illustrated History of Ships and Boats by Lionel Casson, pp. 135
        The Ship by Bjorn Landstrom, p. 185
        The Illustrated History of Ships by E.L. Cornwell, 1979 p. 120
        Wreck of HMS Pandora

        Early Eighteenth Century Palatine Emigration by Walter A. Knittle, 1965. P. 146-7
        Ship Passenger Lists, Penna & Delaware (1641-1825) ed. Carl Berger, 1980. Pp. 148-9, 152-3, 204-5.
        From Many Lands by Alberta Eisman, 1970. Pp. 20-5. "The Flow and Composition of German immigration to Philadelphia, 1727-1775" in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Marianne Wokeck. July 1981, pp 249-278

    Dad’s Tree:
        Sketch of family tree by Aldus Hertzler that started Emanuel C. Hertzler’s quest for the Other Hertzlers.
        The Other Hertzler Farm
        Correspondence with Paul V. Hostetler, 1976, 1979 with maps
        Millersville Mennonite Cemetery Index by Gary T. Hawbaker p. 23
        Meadow Dell Farm

    Deed: George Edwards to Emanuel C. Hertzler, 1907
    Printed & hand written copies
    Maps & sketches of farm
    Walked-off perimeter of property
    Correspondence for obtaining deeds

    History of the American People p. 308 – cave dwellings 1683 by Woodrow Wilson, Vol. 1
    American Passenger Arrival Records by Michael Tepper, 1988, p. 18-20
    Ship Passenger Lists National and New England 1600-1825, ed. Carl Beyer, 1977. P. 44-5

    Mennonite Historical Library searches: notes
    Back pocket:
        Copy of obituary for Henry B. Hertzler, 1924

Box 5 (Oversize) (One White Tube)

Sources used in writing The Other Hertzlers continued

1724 Map of Johann Georg Erdmann (enhanced map from Hertzler Bros.Furniture Brochure) (photocopy)

1750 Nov. 1, Pennsylvania Gazette, 3 pages (photocopy)

Box 6 (Oversize) (Brown Tube)

Sources used in writing The Other Hertzlers continued

Hertzler Stammbaum (Ancestral Tree)
Ancestor line of Dr. Arthur Emanuel Hertzler, the "Horse and Buggy Doctor".
A family tree drawn by hand. (Photocopy given to Hertzler in 1993) Original is in Germany.

Box 7 (Oversize) (File Folder
)

Sources used in writing The Other Hertzlers continued

1875 Historical Atlas of Lancaster County, by Everts & Stewart. (Reproduction, 1992)

Box 8 (Oversize) (File Folder)

Goshen College, 1934-38, and Reunions, 1949-1998

1936, May, Photograph of Goshen College Faculty and Students (includes original framed picture, and one photocopy)

Box 9 (Large)

Goshen College, 1934-38, and Reunions, 1949-1998

9/1 Goshen College Shirt factory
    Workers photograph, copies for 1934 & 1935. Most people identified.
9/2 Class of ‘38 song and "Breaking the Wreath" from the Record 6/14/38 and copies of the Literary Supplement of the Record, 6/14/1938.

9/3 Photographs
    Campus
    Coffman Hall, exterior, interior
    Dining Hall
    Fountain (from 1937 Maple Leaf)
    Class member "snapshots"
    Goshen College postcard sent in 1947

9/4 1938 Class Circle Letters from 1949, 1950 & 1951. Includes some photographs and addresses of class members.
9/5 The 7-Up’s
    Origin of group
    Obituaries of members and spouses

9/6 Class of ‘38, 50th Reunion
    Class photograph with identification on back.
    Class photograph at the ARBOR (Class gift to the College, members identified)
    Program for 10/8/88 reunion
    Book of Class members

9/7 Class of ‘38 – 55th Reunion
    Alumni Weekend Program
    Schedule of events, 10/1-3/1993
    Reunion announcement from class president, John A. Friesen
    Science departments’ events

    Obituary: Paul Bender, sponsor of the Class of ’38.
    Correspondence about tree planting in memory of Paul Bender by the Class of "38.
    Record of reunion program committee, 2/25/93.
    Class of ’38, list of members

9/8 Class of ’38 – 60th Reunion
    Photographs from Alumni and parent relations with letter.
    Class of ’38 members list as of October 1998

9/9 Misc/Other Items
    Order of service for funeral of Alvin J. Blough (’38), letter from Gertrude Blough (’38) and tributes to Alvin.
    Two Jewels and a Bird, by Ruby Pearl Martin Zook (’38), her story

9/10 S.C. Yoder
    The Season’s Greetings, 1962
    Signed photograph with "yesterday is but a dream.."
    Newspaper clipping, 60th wedding anniversary
    "S.C. Yoder Looks Back: A Conversation" in Goshen College Bulletin, May 1963

9/11a Copies of Goshen College faculty, staff and student photograph, 1936
    Original of this 1926 photograph is found in Box 8 (Oversize)
9/11b Goshen College faculty, staff and student photograph, 1936, numbered.
    Original of this 1926 photograph is found in Box 8 (Oversize)

9/12 Hand crafted plaque presented to Emanuel C. Hertzler at 50th class reunion, 1938 class.
9/13 Hand crafted plaque presented to Myrtle Schnell Hertzler at 50th class reunion, 1938 class.
9/14 Yoder Sisters’ Cookbook, dedicated to Lois Yoder Kreider (’38) and published by her sisters who added to Lois’s unfinished cookbook after her death in 1972

9/15 1937 Maple Leaf – edited by Class of ’38
9/16 1938 Maple Leaf

Civilian Public Service, World War II, 1942-1994, including articles on war and peace, 1986-97

9/17 Mess Manual for Civilian Public Service Camps (Section I)
    General Information
    Principles of Nutrition
    Principles of Feeding
    Mess Management
    Mess Accounting and Administration

9/18 Mess manual for Public Service Camps Menus (Section III)
    Public Service Camps Menus
9/19 Quantity Recipes for Canteen and Mess Feeding with Evaporated Milk
9/20 Nutrition charts for Medical and Other Specialists, Eleventh Edition, 1942
9/21 Our CPS Stories , Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Elkhart, Indiana, 1966

9/22 Letter, Nov. 1, 1994 from Aldus Hertzler to brother Emanuel with comments about CPS units at Lincoln, Nebraska
9/23 Photographs: Paul W. Hertzler at Luray, VA Camp and Working at Dead Man Peak.
9/24 Notebook: Sakharov. Book: Progress, Coexistence & Intellectual Freedom by Andrei D. Sakharov, 1968. One hundred clippings about Sakharov, 1970-1994

9/25 Papers, Etc.
    Religious Perspectives of College Teaching in Biology by Edward McCrady, 1951-52
    American Scientific Affiliation: "A brief explanation of the origin of the group and its constitution"
    Universal Military Training – section from the Christian Century, undated (1952?)
    Letter from Rep. George Bender (Ohio) re: Universal Military training.
    Arguments against Universal Military training.

9/26 War & Peace
    Letter from Lois Rutt (1992) and information about her son Dan who was convicted of failing to register for the draft in 1986.
    Clipping from NEWSWEEK, March 9, 1992. "Kids and Guns"
    "Seeking Alternatives to World Conflict" by Bobbi S. Low
    "The Chaos of War" in Science News, January 5, 1965

    "War" collection of "words of experts" on "The folly of war" by Emanuel Hertzler
    "Secret tapes fuel speculation over Germany bomb" by Ken Creffield in South Bend Tribune, March 1, 1992.
    "First they make enemies: building a psychological base for war", Atlee Beechy 2/25/92 (outline)

    "Man Preaches racism in a Church of hate", Bruce Henderson in Detroit Free Press, 8/30/91
    "Why We Fight" in Michigan Today, Dec. 1991 Vol. 23 No. 4
    Various newspaper clippings
    "War on Trial" by Alice Kaplan in Civilization, Oct/Nov. 1997

9/27 Notebook: War and Peace
    A Collection of Cartoons, Quotations, Clippings, Articles and Magazines, by Emanuel C. Hertzler

Name and Subject Tracings

(for Box 1 only)

Hartzler
Hertzel, Hans (ca. 1690-after 1750)
Hertzler, Elam K. (1926- )
Hertzler, Emanuel C. (1917- )
Hertzler, Jacob (1703-1786)

Hertzler, Johannes (circa 1710-after 1755)
Hertzler, Leon E. (1949- )
Hertzler, Paul W. (1924-1994)
Kilheffer, Harold M. (1930- )
Mennonites - Palatinate - Eppstein

Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Mennonites - Switzerland - Hirzel
Miller, J. Virgil
Mumma, Samuel Hertzler (1893-1970)



February 11, 2004 / Posted on web by Rebecca Allen
November 18, 2003 / Updated by Helen Hostetler
File: "HM1-900.doc"

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