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Hist.
Mss. 1-905
Levi Miller Collection
Papers, Tapes, Artifacts and Posters, 1569, 1971-84, 1990-94
Bulk of Materials date 1990-94
2 Boxes (1 Gray, 1 Oversize)
Administrative Information
These papers, tapes, artifacts and posters
were deposited into the Archives by Levi Miller, Scottdale,
Pennsylvania, which he collected as part of his personal
collection from 1990-94, when he was Director of the Historical
Committee of the Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana.
Updated by Dennis Stoesz May 22, 1996.
Inventory Listing
Box 1 (Gray)
Symposiums,
Clippings, Writings, Tapes & Artifacts, 1952-54, 1971,
1984, 1990-94
Amish in Eastern Ohio Symposium, 1990
Held June 22-23, 1990, Walnut Creek, Ohio,
and sponsored by the German Culture Museum. Includes papers
by Gertrude Enders Huntington on "The Ohio Amish Family;" LeRoy
Beachy on History of the Amish Settlement, paper was entitled "The
Settling of the Valley;" Levi Miller on "Growing Up Amish;" and
Stanley A. Kaufman on "Amish History in Historical Objects."
Gingerich, Katie, Murder, 1993
Newspaper clippings on this story, 1993-95.
Katie Gingerich was an Amish housewife killed by her husband
Edward on March 18, 1993, at their farmhouse on Sturgis
Road, Rockdale Township, located near Cambridge Springs,
Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Newspaper Clippings, 1984, 1993-94
Farm Conference, Laurelville, 1984
Mennonite Image, James M. Lapp, 1993
Smithsonian suspends Mirror of the Martyrs Display, 1993
Photo contest of the Northern Indiana Amish Country, Elkhart County, 1993
Puppy farms, by Amish in Lancaster County, 1993
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1994
Writings, Levi Miller, 1971, 1990-94 (Arranged
chronologically)
"Coming Home to Holmes County," Christian
Living, November 1971
"Mennonites and the conservative impulse," Gospel
Herald, June 26, 1990.
"The Growth and Decline of Mennonites near
Scottdale, Pennsylvania: 1790-1890," Pennsylvania Mennonite
Heritage, October 1990 (only first page included).
"O Gott Vater, Wir Loben Dich," reunion,
Spring 1991
"Searching for a usable past," Gospel
Herald, June 25, 1991
"The Uniqueness of the Masontown Mennonite
Church in Mennonite Church History," September 1, 1991,
at the Masontown Bi-Centennial, Masontown, Pennsylvania,
1790-1990.
"Three Hundred Years of Amish/Mennonite
Symbiosis," November 12, 1992, Swiss Mennonite Association,
Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas.
"Amish history upholds integrity of traditionalists," Mennonite
Reporter, February 22, 1993
"Three Hundred Years of Amish/Mennonite
Symbiosis," April 17, 1993, Lancaster Mennonite Historical
Society, Annual Meeting (only program included).
"Celebrating 300 years of the Amish Church:
A legacy rich with both discipline and freedom," Gospel
Herald, June 1, 1993
The Amish Split of 1693," Speech to the
Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario, Milverton, Ontario,
June 12, 1993
"Models of Discipline and Freedom," Sermon
at East Zorra Mennonite Church, June 13, 1993
"The Anabaptist Vision' and how it has
changed the Mennonite Church," Gospel Herald,
April 26, 1994
"A Reconstruction of Evangelical Anabaptism," June
13-16, 1994, at the Whither the Anabaptist Vision? Conference,
Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania.
Along the Banks of Jacobs Creek, 1990
Program of "Along the Banks of Jacobs Creek:
Symposium on Mennonite Congregational life, 1790-1890," October
27-28, 1990, Scottdale, Pennsylvania.
Tape, Terry Miller on Anabaptism
Cassette tape (90 minute) with Terry Miller's
sermon on it entitled "Anabaptism: The Charismatic Movement
of the Sixteenth Century." No date; seemingly Miller was
a former Hutterite minister.
Commemorative Plate, 1952-54
On front of plate: "We attended the 1952-54
Hammer Tent Revival, sponsored by Christian Layman's Tent
Evangelism, Inc., Orrville, Ohio. Christ for the World,
The World for Christ." On back of plate: "Hammer Party
Personnel, Howard and Dorothy Hammer, Norman and Grace
Hockman, and Paul and Carrie Neuenschwander." On indication
of when plate was made. 2 plates.
Box 2 (1 File, Oversize)
Prints,
Posters, Charts, Calendars, 1569, 1975-94
(Arranged chronologically)
Dirk Willems, 1569, Print
11" x 14" print, Jan Luyken, 1569. Presumably
a copy of the illustration which appeared in the Martyr's
Mirror. 2 copies.
Bi-Centennial Fractur by Ruth, 1975
Fractur drawing by Esther R. Ruth, December
1975, in commemoration of the Bi-Centennial, 1776-1976.
Includes two quotations, one by "Thirteen Mennonite Ministers
of Pennsylvania, May 15, 1755," on taking up arms. Matted
print, 23" x 28", hanging on wall in hallway, Archives
of the Mennonite Church.
Dirk Willems, Color Print, 1984
"Dirk Willems Saves his Captor's Life,
1569," color drawing by Wayne Troyer, 1984. Matted and
framed print, 26" x 20", hanging on wall in hallway, Archives
of the Mennonite Church.
Mennonite Church History Chart, 1984
Chart compiled by Elmer G. Swartzendruber,
1890-1960, and recopied by Lonnie Yoder in 1984. Put out
by the Mennonite Historical Society of Iowa. Measuring
25" x 9 1/2".
Modest Proposal for Peace Poster
Poster put out by Mennonite Central Committee,
with text by John Stoner, design by Jim King, and photograph
by Mark Beachy. No date. Measuring 18" x 22".
Amish in Eastern Ohio Poster, 1990
Poster advertises the "Amish in Eastern
Ohio" symposium, June 22-23, 1990, and includes a photograph
by Oscar Miller of "young carpenters." Measuring 21 1/2" x
13".
Tradition and Transitions Poster, 1992
Poster advertising the "Traditions & Transitions" exhibit
of "Amish and Mennonite Expression in Visual Art." Put
on by the Canton Art Institute, Ohio, April 10-July 5,
1992. Measuring 22" x 28".
Puerto Rico Reunion Poster, 1993
"50 Aniversario de la Obra Menonita en
Puerto Rico, 1943-1993," Print
Buggies of Rural America, 1994
Photographs of buggies, with captions and
storylines by David Luthy, Alymer, Ontario.
February 12, 2004 / Posted on web by Rebecca
Allen
December 2, 2003 / Updated by Helen Hostetler
File: "HM1-905.doc"
Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen,
1700 S Main St., Goshen, Indiana 46526
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