Hist. Mss. 1-499
J.
J. (Jonathan Jay) Hostetler, 1905-and Gladys (Bontrager) Hostetler
Papers, 1928-29, 1936-2000
8 Boxes (Large)
Introduction
These papers were deposited into the
Archives by J. J. Hostetler, Goshen, Indiana, in 1972, 1984, 1990, and
from 1994-2000.
Biographical Sketch
1905 Born May 7, 1905, near
LaGrange, Indiana, son of Noah J. and Lizzie (Eash) Hostetler.
1923 Graduated from Middlebury High
School, Indiana;
1923-25 Public School Teacher,
Johnson Co., Iowa
Had Normal Training at Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1926-31 Bookkeeper, Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Co., Chicago Attended the Y.M.C.A. College in Chicago; and
spent four years at Moody Bible Institute, in Evening School, Chicago,
Illinois; and had a Correspondence Course in accounting, Chicago
University of Commerce.
1929 Married Gladys Barbara
Bontrager, Kalona, Iowa.
Parents of four sons.
1931-38 Treasurer and Bookkeeper,
Elkhart Paint and Wall Paper Co.
1938- Superintendent and Pastor,
Canton City Mission, Canton, Ohio
Other pastorates included churches at Cullom, Illinois; and Peroria,
Illinois.
1938- Winter Bible Schools.
Hostetler helped coordinate the various bible schools, Johnstown,
Ontario, Fairview Michigan, Hesston, and Goshen. They were six weeks in
length, although Ontario was twelve weeks.
1941-72 Served with Mennonite
Commission for Christian Education.
Secretary of Sunday Schools, 1941-71. Field Secretary, 1959-60
1950's Hostetler also was involved
in the very beginning of Camp Amigo, and the larger Mennonite Camping
Association.
1967-72 Served as secretary of
stewardship and Christian education in Scottdale, Pennsylvania. For
three years he was field-worker and overseer for the Allegheny
Mennonite Conference.
1972 Involved with Mennonite
Business Associates, 1972-76
1988 Matthew Explained
(1988) and Revelation Explained (1992) by Hostetler
1990's Papa was an
Entrepreneur: Biography of Noah J. Hostetler, 1872-1933, and
his family, by J. J. Hostetler
Sources for biography: Who's Who
Among the Mennonites (1943), Revelation Explained, and in
conversation with J. J. Hostetler, by Dennis Stoesz
Series Listing
.1 Data Files, A-Z, 1936-1982
.2 Correspondence, A-Z, 1928, 1939-67
.3 Bible Studies, 1946-1996
.4 Subject Files, 1939-2000
.5 Resource Files, 1942-2000
.6 Sermons and Files, 1940-1996 including 1925 Minister's Manual, etc.
.7 Collected and Assorted materials, ca, 1929-1995
.8 Writings by J.J. Hostetler in the 1990's
Inventory Listing
Box 1 (Large)
.1 Data Files, A-Z, 1936-1982
1/1 Conferences, Saskatchewan,
Canada, 1958-60
1/2 Evangelical Teacher Training Association, 1958-67
1/3 Good Cheer Circle, First Mennonite Church, Canton, Ohio
Folder includes constitutions (no dates, maybe 1930's-40's). Also
includes constitution of the Criterion Literary Society,
Scottdale, Pennsylvania, published 1936, with Lester T. Hershey,
President, and Nancy Hernley, Secretary.
1/4 Hochstetler, Jacob S., 1704-76
(1982)
Includes story, as told by J. J. Hostetler at a Hochstetler reunion in
1982, of immigrant Jacob Hochstetler who came to America in 1736 and
settled in the Amish community north of Lancaster, PA , by the North
Kil River in what is known today as Berks County. Story includes the
1757 Indian attack on settlers in this Amish community.
File includes artistic drawing of immigrant Hochstetler pioneer home,
1757, as drawn by Ivan Moon, 1982. The 1982 tape recording of this
story is found in Hist. MSS. 6-197.
1/5 Illinois Menn. Conf. Mission
Bd. Notes, 1951-62
1/6a Inter-Mennonite Ministers Comm.1959
1/6b Layman's Conference, 1953, Kalona, Iowa
1/7 Menno Haven - 1953
1/8 Mennonite World Conference - 1957
1/9 Moreland Bible School, 1945
1/10 Obituaries, 1944
1/11 Ohio Mennonite Conference, 1944 (?)
1/12 Peoria Strategy Conference, 1967
1/13 Programs, 1941-56
1/14 Radio, 1938, 1941
1/15 Vietnam - Willard Krabill & Frank Epp, 1966-67
1/16 Winter Bible School, nd
1/17 Miscellaneous, 1949-66
.2 Correspondence, A-Z, 1928,
1938-67
1/18 Allan, Billy Jr. and his
mother, 1938-47
1/19 Allgyer, S. E. ,1938-41
1/20 American Bible Society, 1961
1/21 A, 1938-65
1/22 Bauman, Harold, 1948-61
1/23 Bender, Ralph, 1941-45
1/24 Beig, Floyd, 1946-54
1/25 Buckwalter, I. J. ,1939-46
1/26 Burkhart, I. E., 1941-49
1/27 B-B1, 1939-64
1/28 Bo, 1938-68
1/29 Br, 1939-65
1/30 Bu - By, 1938-65
1/31 Canton Bible School, 1939-57
1/32 Central Illinois Sunday School Conv., 1958-60
1/33 Civilian Public Service, 1943-54
1/34 C, 1943-66
1/35 Derstine, C. F., 1938-50
1/36 Detweiler, William G., 1938-56
1/37 D, 1944-62
1/38 Eastern Mennonite College,
1940-59
1/39 Elkhart Paint Company, 1938-42
1/40 Ebersole, Allen, 1941-47
1/41 Eby, Gorden, 1944-48
1/42 Erb, Paul & Alta, 1942-64
1/43 Evangelical Teacher Training Association, 1950-66
1/44 E, 1940-67
1/45 Frey, Philemon, 1940-47
1/46 Friedmann, Robert, 1945-46
1/47 F, 1938-65
1/48 Garber, Eugene, 1960-62
1/49 General Conference Mennonite Church, 1961-65
1/50 Graber, J. D., 1944-53
1/51 Gingerich, John E., 1939-57
1/52 Good, Kenneth, 1946-62
1/53 Goshen College, 1938-67
1/54 Gospel Herald, 1960-65
1/55 G, 1938-63
1/56 Hartzler, Levi C., 1949-57
1/57 Hesston College, 1950-67
1/58 Horst, John L., 1938-53
1/59 Horst, Lawrence M., 1943-66
1/60 Hostetler, Jay, 1938-61
1/61 Hostetler, Lizzie, 1938-59
1/62 Hostetller, Wilbur, 1938-62
1/63 Hausour, Alta, 1941-42
1/64 H, 1939-64
1/65 Illinois Mennonite Conference,
1953-67
1/66 Ill. Menn. Conf. - Constitution Comm., 1961-67
1/67 Iowa - Nebraska Conference, 1971-72
1/68 Inter-Mennonite Ministers Committee, 1960-66
1/69 Inter-Mennonite Sunday School Conv., 1961-62
1/70 I, 1938-67
1/71 Johns, O. N., 1938-50
1/72 J, 1944-61
1/73 Kanagy, S. M.,1940-43
1/74 Kansas City Mennonite Mission, 1939-41
1/75 Kauffman, J. N., 1938-48
1/76 Kauffman, N. E., 1939-60
1/77 Kennel, Leroy, 1956-61
1/78 King, Henry J., 1939-54
1/79 King, Loren, 1941-50
1/80 Koch, Roy, 1949-60
1/81 Kurtz, Lydia & William, 1939-40
1/82 K-Ki, 1939-66
1/83 Kl-Ku, 1943-61
1/84 Lauterbach, William &
Doris, 1957-66
1/85 Lederach, Paul, 1946-59
1/86 Lewis, Joe, 1938-42
1/87 Long, C. W., 1939-67
1/88 L, 1938-65
1/89 Martin, Howard F., 1938
1/90 Martin, J. B., 1940-46
1/91 Mennonite Board of Education, 1950-54
Box 2 (Large)
2/1 MBM, 1938-49
2/2 MBM, 1950-52
2/3 MBM, 1953-59
2/4 MBM, 1960-66
2/5 MBM - Publicity Comm. 1961 Annual Mtg.
2/6 Mennonite Broadcasts Inc.,
1954-67
2/7 Mennonite Central Committee, 1942-64
2/8 Mennonite Children's Home, 1943
2/9 Mennonite Church General Conference, 1959-67
2/10 MCGC-Industrial Relations Committee, 1941-60
2/11 Mennonite Hospital, 1945-46
2/12 Mennonite Old People's Home, 1940-63
2/13 Mennonite Publishing House, 1938-59
2/14 Mennonite Publishing House, 1960-65
2/15 MPH - Field Services, 1962-64
2/16 Mennonite World Conference, 1956-57
2/17 Mennonite Youth Village, 1967
2/18 Metzler, A. J., 1939-57
2/19 Miller, D. W., 1949-56
2/20 Miller, Ernest E., 1940-49
2/21 Miller, Mahlon, 1941-43
2/22 Miller, Orie A., 1942-62
2/23 Miller, Orie O., 1940-43
2/24 Mininger, Paul, 1938-66
2/25 Minister's Manual Committee, 1947-54
2/26 Mumaw, John R., 1938-64
2/27 M - Me, 1939-65
2/28 Miller, 1939-66
2/29 Milm - My, 1938-64
2/30 M - Miscellaneous, 1941-46
2/31 Nofziger, Dale, 1947-48
2/32 N, 1939-65
2/33 Ohio Conference, 1938-52
2/34 Ohio Conf. - Ministerial Support, 1944-48
2/35 Ohio Conf. - Mission Board, 1951-52
2/36 O, 1928, 1938-65
2/37 Peoria Strategy, 1967
2/38 Pustay, Nicholas, 1938-40
2/39 P, 1939-64
2/40 Relief Committee, 1940-41
2/41 R, 1938-63
2/42 Schwary, Grace, 1940-44
2/43 Shetler, Harry Y., 1942-50
2/44 Shetler, Sanford G., 1939-63
2/45 Sommer, S. W., 1938-47
2/46 Steiner, Albert J., 19411-51
2/47 Sunday School & Workers Conference, 1958-60
2/48 Sa - Sh, 1939-66
2/49 Si - So, 1939-66
2./50 Sp - Sw, 1938-67
2/51 Thorson, Gordon Ernest, 1943-53
2/52 Trew, Charles H., 1944-49
2/53 Troyer, M. L.,1940-51
2/54 True White Mothers (Indians), 1949
2/55 T, 1939-60
2/56 U, 1946-47
2/57 Vietnam - Peoria Committee,
1966-67
2/58 V, 1940-53
2/59 Weaver, Carrie, 1944-52
2/60 Wenger, J. C., 1939-62
2/61 Wiebe, Peter, 1961-64
2/62 Winter Bible School, 1945-50
2/63 W, 1938-67
2/64 Yake, C. F., 1938-64
2/65 Yoder, Donna, 1938
2/66 Yoder, S. C., 1938-60
2/67 Yoder, 1938-72
2/68 Y, 1939-67
2/69 Zook, Ellrose, 1938-63
2/70 Zehr, Harold, 1944-62
2/71 Zehr, Howard, 1944-70
2/72 Z, 1938-65
Box 3 (Large)
.3 Bible Studies, 1946-1996
Bible Stories - O.T.
Proverbs
O.T. Prophets, 1996
Isaiah
Ezekiel
Birth of Jesus
Life of Christ
Person of Christ
Mark
John
Apostolic History
Romans
I Corinthians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
General Epistles
James
Peter
Revelation - Article
Revelation
.4 Subject Files, 1939-2000
Alcholism
Amusements, Booklet, 1934, Tract from MPH on Whiskey
Atheism
Baptism
Bulletin Suggestions
Catholicism
Children
Church
Church - Anabaptist Concept
Church - Attendance
Church - High School
Church - Life, 2000
Church - Membership
Church - Structures
Church - Worship Notes
City Mission Seminar, 1939-47
City Mission Seminar, Data
City Mission Seminar, Study
Counseling
Constitutions - Church
Cults
Dedications
Devotional Covering
Easter
Enlistment of Talent
Eternal Security
Evaluations
Evangelism
False Doctrine
Family Worship
Financial Reports - Various Churches
Funerals
Games
Healing
Health Folders
Hell
Hermeneutics
Holy Sprit
Home
Homiletics
Homosexuality
Marriage & Divorce
Non Conformity
Non Resistance
Prayer
Prophesy
Preaching from the Bible
Race Relations
Sabbath Day (Adventists)
Seventh Day Adventism
Tobacco
Ushers
Winter Bible Schools
Youth Leadership
Youth Fellowship
Box 4 (Large)
.5 Resource Files, 1942-2000
Aging
Allegheny Conference, Correspondence, 1975-87
Anniversaries
A -Misc.
Bontrager Family (Gladys)
William Bontrager - Reconciliation, 1987-99
Books
B - Misc
Camp Amigo, 1982-94
Camping Association
Camp - Other
Canton Ohio Church, 1942-2000
Clippings
Church Planting
CMC Alcohol Report
CMC Mission Reports
Crusader S.S. Class
C - Misc
Dedications
Directions - Can You Follow Directions?
D - Misc
E - Misc
Fellowship of Concerned Mennonites
Florida
F-Misc
Goshen College
Government Matters
Greencroft A-thon
Greencroft - Brochures
Greencroft - Channel Six
Greencroft - Chaplaincy
Greencroft - Court Activities
Greencroft - Court Minutes
Greencroft Foundation
Greencroft GRAB
G - Misc
Hartville Ohio Church
Historical Committee
Homosexual
Hospital - Goshen General
Hochstetler, Jacob - Ad Hoc Com.
Hochstetler, Jacob - Correspondence
Hochstetler, Jacob - Historical Material
Hochstetler, Jacob - Home
Hochstetler, Jacob - Indian Captivity
Hochstetler, Jacob - Chronology
Hochstetler, Jacob - Family Newsletter
Hochstetler, Jacob - Minutes
Hochstetler, Jacob - Biography Notes
Noah J. Hostetler - Reunion
I - Misc
K - Misc
Laurelville Camp
L - Misc
Marriages
Daniel Mast Story
MCC
Mennonite Pub. House
Mennonite Senior Sports
M - Misc
Name Cards
Ordinations
O - Misc
Pastor - Misc
Peace
Peoria Ill. Church
Poems
Pool
Programs
Publicity
P-Misc
Quotes
R - Misc
Senior Pictures - Laurelville
Senior Week - Laurelville
Senior Resources
Swartzendruber, Goldie
T - Misc
U.S. Items
W - Misc
Y - Misc
Box 5 (Large)
.6 Sermons and files, 1940-1996,
including 1925 Minister's Manual, etc.
Includes a variety of sermons and
files, 1940-96.
Box 6 (Large)
.7 Collected and Assorted
materials, ca., 1929-1995
Hostetler, J. J., Mennonite General
Conference Council meetings, 1950's-1960's
Characteristics of Children
Christian Education Sermons
Sermon Outlines
Stewardship Sermons
Stewardship Outline Material
Scottdale Church
Church Organ Usage; Ill Christian
Education Cabinet
Levi Miller, Sale of Property
Child Study
Principles of Teaching
Teacher Training, Kindergarten - Primary
Teacher Training Notes
Illinois Conference
Hartville, Olive Church
Goshen Bible Institute
Boy's Camp
Administration Talks
Administration Workshop
S.S. Administration Workshops
The Puritans and the Pilgrims, 1929, essay written by J. J. Hostetler,
Chicago, Illinois
The People of God - A Study for a Congregation by Jason Martin
Summer Bible School & Sunday School Work Sheets
A Mennonite Polity For Ministerial Leadership, Jan. 1995
Stewardship Material, Scottdale, PA, 1967-1972 by J. J. Hostetler
Tape - Richard L. Bender..., 1970
(Reel-to-Reel)
Tape - Mennonite Business Associates, Constitution, 1973
Tape - Summer Bible School Conference, 1968
Tape - J.J. Hostetler, 1960's, radio...
Box 7 (Large)
.8 Writings by J. J. Hostetler
in the 1990's
Religious Articles
Mark
Luke's Writings Explained
John's Writings Explained, Gospels & Epistles, 1992
Paul's Writings - Romans and Hebrews
General Epistles
Essays
Paul's Letters to the Churches
Paul's Prison Letters Explained - Philippians to Philemon
Old Testament Warfare
Luke - Acts
Mark
Old Testament #1
Paul's Prison Letters
Letters to the Churches - 1&2 Corinthians, Galations, Ephesians
Paul's Writings - Romans, Hebrews
John's Writings - Gospel, Epistles
Box 8 (Large)
Materials received February 15,
2001
Booklet of "Record of Sermons
preached at Canton, Ohio, and Peoria, Illinois, including funerals,
marriages, guest ministers, and visits to Canton Jail, Moreland Ohio
addition, Canton infirmary, and Peoria Jail", 1938-1967
Booklet of "Sermons preached by J. J. Hostetler in churches and
communities, 1938-1990"
Jacob Hochstetler Historical
Materials, Binder
Bontrager, Gladys, the Goshen College "G" she earned while walking two
miles each day, 1928-29
Scrapbook of sayings, 1990's
Topic files, 1947-1990's (10 files)
Hostetler's writing, 1990's (10
binders)
March 29, 2004 / Reformatted by Kathryn Yoder
August 13, 2001 / Update by Monica Zimmerman
February 16, 2001 / Inventory of Box 8 by Dennis Stoesz
January 25, 2001 / Inventory of Boxes 3-7, and Brief Biography by Nelda
Nussbaum, Overall organization and supervision by Dennis Stoesz
March 4, 1976 / Inventory of Boxes 1 and 2 by Sharon L. Klingelsmith
File: "HM1-499.doc"
Mennonite
Church USA Archives - Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526
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