Historical Committee

Inventory

1. Letters to Siddie (King) Oyer, 1943-48 (Materials are Restricted)

Letters written to his mother while John was serving in Civilian Pubic Service in the USA, and voluntary service in France, 1946-48. These letters have also been scanned into the computer, and placed into the Electronic Archives.

Box 01 (Gray)

• 01/1 Letters, July - December 1943
• 01/2 Letters, January - December 1944
• 01/3 Leters, January - December 1945
• 01/4 Letters, January - November 1946
• 01/5 Letters, November 1946 - August 1948
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2. Papers, 1943-1998

Papers have been listed "as is", and given box and file folder numbers. Please note the autobiography (6/24), and Diary, 1946-48 (6/16).

Box 1 (Large)

• 1/1 Vita, 1998
• 1/2 Johann Lorenz Von Mosheim, 1694- 1755, essay, December 7, 1987
• 1/3 Origin And Evaluation Of The Anabaptists,essay, June 1, 1951
• 1/4 Scholarship as a Form of Reasonable Worship, essay, December 1962
• 1/5 Revolution, The Spirit, and Anabaptists: Munster, March 8, 1991, Goshen College Chapel
• 1/6 Anabaptist Stories, May 15, 1991
• 1/7 CPS Fifty Years Later, seminar, Eugene, Oregon, August 2, 1991
• 1/8 Christopher Columbus, essay, June 18, 1992
• 1/9 Europeon Mennonites, 20th Century
• 1/10 China Celebration, 1993, Of Walls And Bridges, Some Reflections


• 1/11 Mennonite Religion at the Time of the Menn-Amish Division, essay, July 8, 1993
• 1/12 Polemics, Anti-Anabaptist 17th Century, essay, July 8, 1987
• 1/13 Amish Theology, Notes and Lectures
• 1/14 Illinois Amish Conference, October 14, 1993
• 1/15 Anabaptist and Mennonite Stories, May 7, 1989


• 1/16 Mennonitischen Geschichtsblatter, November 12, 1974
• 1/17 Gegenwartiger Stand Der Huttererforschung, essay, April 1981
• 1/18 The Augsberg Confession And The Anabaptists, essay
• 1/19 The Strasbourg Conferences Of The Anabaptists, 1554- 1607, essay
• 1/20 Pfeddersheim Disputation, 1557


• 1/21 Mennonite Historiography, essay, March 1991
• 1/22 Twenty-Five Years of Editing, essay on MQR, November 9, 1993
• 1/23 Olive Branch, CPS Camp No. 4 Newsletter, June 1944
• 1/24 Correspondence, Jack Williamson
• 1/25 Correspondence, Europe 1958- 1959


• 1/26 Correspondence, Giessen, 1966- 1967
• 1/27 Correspondence, Europe, Vienna, 1974- 1975
• 1/28 Correspondence, From Vienna, 1974- 1975
• 1/29 Applications for Grants, 1966- 1967
• 1/30 Correspondence, Isaac and Margrit Zurcher, Bern, 1988- 1989


• 1/31 Europe, Fall 1988
• 1/32 Classics of the Radical Reformation, correspondence
• 1/33 Research, archival
• 1/34 Karlsruhe and Augsburg
• 1/35 Correspondence, Research in Progress, 1968- 1969


• 1/36 Packull Exam, June 11, 1974
• 1/37 Correspondence, Scholars, 1975- 1978
• 1/38 Correspondence, Hans-Jurgen Goertz
• 1/39 Correspondence, Heinold Fast
• 1/40 Correspondence, I.B. Horst


• 1/41 Correspondence, John A. Hostetler
• 1/42 Correspondence, Gary Waltner
• 1/43 Correspondence, James M. Stayer
• 1/44 Correspondence, Paul Peachey
• 1/45 Correspondence, Carolyn L. Charles


• 1/46 Correspondence, David Luthy
• 1/47 Correspondence, Werner Enninger
• 1/48 Correspondence, Germany 1967- 1968
• 1/49 Correspondence, Scholars, 1974- 1975
• 1/50 Correspondence, Charles Nienkirchen, 1985


• 1/51 Recommandations for Scholars
• 1/52 International Consultation with Theologians, 1981- 1982
• 1/53 Valparasio, Luthern- Anabaptist Relations
• 1/54 Luthern Confernece, Notes for the program
• 1/55 Wider die Widertauffer
• 1/56 Manual Script for Public,

Box 2 (Large)

• 2/1 Johann Eysvogel, Ein New Lied
• 2/2 Meistergesang- Schneiter hymns
• 2/3 Meistergesang
• 2/4 Ausband Tunes,Lancaster Transcriptions
• 2/5 Ausband Tunes, Ohio


• 2/6 Ausband Tunes, Page 46
• 2/7 Ausband Hymns, Indiana and Ohio
• 2/8 Hymns, Research and working papers
• 2/9 Ausband Tunes, Research chart
• 2/10 Hymns, selected sing and speak, wrking papers


• 2/11 Amish, visits to, 1976
• 2/12 Mennonite, Amish and German Baptist Church Vsits
• 2/13 Reviews
• 2/14 Critical Reviews, 1974- 1980
• 2/15 Goshen College, Research Reports, 1965- 1988


• 2/16 Bucer and the Anabaptists, 1993- 1994
• 2/17 Susan Fisher Miller, Goshen College, 1994
• 2/17 Goshen Bible Institue, July 1994
• 2/18 Stories, Anna Hendricks,Maria and Ursula Van Beckum, July 1994
• 2/19 Elder Hostel, August 23, 1994
• 2/20 Anabaptist Women, papers and notes, March 1994


• 2/21 H.S. Bender, Sojourners SS October 9, 1994
• 2/22 George H. Williams, April 1994
• 2/23 Evaluation, Werner Packull, 1994
• 2/24 Anabaptist Visions, 1994, conference at Goshen College
• 2/25 Essays, Irvin B. Horst and J. Denny Weaver


• 2/26 Young Center, Elizabethtown College, 1993- 1995
• 2/27 MCC, 75th anniversary, 1995
• 2/28 Charlotte Street Mennonite Church, Lancaster, PA, 1995
• 2/29 Future of MCs, Laurelville Mennonite Church Center, April 6-8, 1995
• 2/30 EMU Lunch, April 18, 1995, Anabaptist-Mennonite Studies


• 2/31 Article for James M. Stayer’s 60th Birthday, Mennonitische Geschichtsblatler
• 2/32 Anabaptist Slide Lecture, Rachel Goosen Class on Anabaptism, Jamuary 16, 1996
• 2/33 Mennonite Nonresistance, Traditional and New, January 28, 1996
• 2/34 Pre- and Reformation, John Roth Class, Febuary 26 and 28, 1996
• 2/35 Essay, Nicodemites Among Wurtemberg Anabaptists, April 24, 1996


• 2/36 Anabaptist Hymns: Described and Sung, Michana Anabaptist Historians, March 22, 1997
• 2/37 Anabaptist Worship
• 2/38 RTUF Book, notes
• 2/39 Zeugnis, Anabaptist, October 1997
• 2/40 Anabaptist in Esslingen


• 2/41 Book of Essays, notes, 1997
• 2/42 Tally of Essays
• 2/43 Theodorus, Yoder Family
• 2/44 History of College Mennonite Church, 1960
• 2/45 Europeon Mennonites, 17th- 19th Century

Box 3 (Large)

• 3/1 Correspondence with Students, 1966-1981
• 3/2 Correspondence with Graduated Students, 1968-82
• 3/3 History of Goshen College Congregation, 1960-79
• 3/4 Monitoring C.M.C. and G.C. 1969-73
• 3/5 Misc. Correspondence, 1976ff


• 3/6 Menos-Inter-Faculty: Teaching and Supply, 1960-71
• 3/7 Aspen – summer 1968
• 3/8 Council of Mennonite Colleges, 1968
• 3/9 Correspondence about Teaching and Assistants, 1959-78
• 3/10 Correspondence, Misc. 1955-76


• 3/11 Lecture in Chengdu to Visiting Chinese teachers of English, 1992
• 3/12 China SST, 1992
• 3/13 SST, 1983 DDR
• 3/14 Practicum, History, 1979
• 3/15 Undergraduate papers, 1949-51


• 3/16 Graduate School Papers, Harvard, 1951-52: U. of Chicago 1952-55
• 3/17 Piri Re’is Paper, Morison”s Seminar, 1951
• 3/18 The Reformers and the Anabaptist Vision
• 3/19 Seminar, Harvard, 1951-52
• 3/20 1952, Class Notes


• 3/21 Harvard Course, 1952
• 3/22 Writings of Church Historians, the Anabaptists, June 1951
• 3/23 History 338, Italy, Notebook
• 3/24 Dates, Flemish History
• 3/25 Cattepoel Raisebriefe


• 3/26 Frau Eichstadt, Activities Reports, 1947-48
• 3/27 Menn-Polish Friendship Association, 1990-91
• 3/28 Mennonite Quarterly Review, 1990-91
• 3/29 Verheus, note of visit with, 1986
• 3/30 Lieseberg documents, 1987-88


• 3/31 Baecher, Robert, 1987-88
• 3/32 Misc. Correspondence, 1984-93
• 3/33 Hege Family, French Mennonite, 1981-97
• 3/34 Research Report, Mar. 30, 1995
• 3/35 Lives of the martyrs, 1991


• 3/36 CPS, 1943
• 3/37 Reformers Critique of the Anabaptists, Feb. 23, 1997
• 3/38 Annabaptists Response to Persecution, Mar. 6, 1995
• 3/39 Two Anti-Anabaptist Hymns, 1985
• 3/40 Recanters, Leonhard Lutz


• 3/41 Anabaptists to Mennonites, Jan. 28, 1995
• 3/42 Rhormann’ Paper, 1993
• 3/43 European Mennonite Cultural Traditions, May 3, 1992
• 3/44 Jan Luyken, Mennonite Artist, Feb. 1994
• 3/45 CPS-50th, Harrisonburg, VA, Aug. 6, 1995


• 3/46 Poughkeepsie & CO’s, Goshen HS, 1991-92
• 3/47 Jan Luyken Copper Plate Etchings, Lost then Rediscovered, Sept. 20, 1990
• 3/48 Menno Simons, speech given Michiana Mennonite Historians, Oct. 26, 1996
• 3/49 Phi Alpha Theta Certificates

Box 4 (Large)

• 4/1 Locust Grove Mennonite Church, Dec. – Feb. 1989-90
• 4/2 Talks, Sept. 1959 - Oct. 1961
• 4/3 Talks, Mar. 1962 - Nov. 1965
• 4/4 Talks, May 1966 - May 1972
• 4/5 Talks, Oct. 1973 – May 1985


• 4/6 Toledo Meeting, 1974
• 4/7 Perspectives Week, Sept. 16 – 20, 1968
• 4/8 Speeches/Tours dealing with Mennonites & Amish, 1979 – 83
• 4/9 Bullinger oppose the Anabaptists, 1952
• 4/10 Applications to Graduate Schools, 1950 – 51


• 4/11 Robert Kreider and Mirror of Martyrs, 1991 – 97
• 4/12 Mirror of Martyrs exhibited material
• 4/13 Documents, Legal, purchase of Plates, 1993
• 4/14 Review Mirror of Martyrs exhibited material
• 4/15 Goshen College Mirror of Martyrs Committee, 1991


• 4/16 Publications in misc. pieces, 1983 – 95
• 4/17 Dachser, Jakob, 1988
• 4/18 Rhegius and Dachser
• 4/19 Life of Maler (Rotenfelder), 1986 – 88
• 4/20 Langenmantel, Eitelhans, 1988


• 4/21 Christoff & Freisleben, 1988
• 4/22 Famous Cases, 1986 – 88
• 4/23 Leonhard Von Freisleben
• 4/24 Salminger, 1988
• 4/25 Obbe Philips, 1988
• 4/26 Pfistermeyer, 1987
• 4/27 M. Schneiter, Notes, 1988
• 4/28 Michael Schneider, 1991
• 4/29 Schneider Hymnist
• 4/30 Passau Anabaptist, 1535 – 40


• 4/31 Mosham
• 4/32 Hans Wiedemann
• 4/33 Schneider (Later Drafts)
• 4/34 Michael Schneider
• 4/35 Yetelhauser, early drafts


• 4/36 Rechanters, old records
• 4/37 Central Germany
• 4/38 Torture & Interrogation
• 4/39 Recanter Secondary
• 4/40 Recantations – General observations, 1987
• 4/41 Austria - Recantations

Box 5 (Large)

• 5/1 Dutch (Recanters Research), 1988
• 5/2 Switzerland recanters
• 5/3 South Germany, Recanters
• 5/4 Bayern II
• 5/5 Alsace Recantations


• 5/6 Recantations – Early Work 1976 – 86
• 5/7 Research of others, important to my own
• 5/8 Evaluations for Sabbatical, 1983 – 84
• 5/9 Sabbatical 1987
• 5/10 Correspondence with Scholars, 1992


• 5/11 Correspondence and Conversations with Scholars, 1979
• 5/12 Correspondence – Research, 1955 (mostly 1959)
• 5/13 Grants – To Apply
• 5/14 NEH Grant, 1986 – 87
• 5/15 Müller Against Anabaptist, 1695


• 5/16 Novel – (Hoping to Write) 1988
• 5/17 M. Schrag Festsehrift, 1986 – 87
• 5/18 Potential Research Topics, 1987
• 5/19 Medieval Sects, 1965
• 5/20 Anabaptist Historiography – Waterloo, Abortive, 1976 – 77
• 5/21 Research Ideas
• 5/22 Thomas Müntzer, 1988
• 5/23 Misc. Articles and Reprints A
• 5/24 Misc. Articles and Reprints B
• 5/25 Misc. Articles and Reprints C


• 5/26 Misc. Articles and Reprints D
• 5/27 Church and Politics E, 1985
• 5/28 Reading Research notes Anabaptist materials kG
• 5/29 Misc. Articles F
• 5/30 Personal thoughts, includes Speeches, 1944


• 5/31 Ideas & Sermons, Chapel talk I
• 5/32 Ideas Current Issues II
• 5/33 Ideas III
• 5/34 Prognostications, 1972
• 5/35 Change 1950 – 80, Mennonite Church

Box 6 (Large)

• 6/1 Correspondence, general, August 1967 – 1974
• 6/2 Correspondence, general, Sept. 1959 – 1966
• 6/3 Correspondence to people inside Germany, Sept. 1958 – Sept. 1959
• 6/4 Correspondence to inside Germany, Sept. 1958 – August 1959
• 6/5 Correspondence, All, 1949 – 1952


• 6/6 Correspondence, France, 1983 – 1986
• 6/7 Correspondence, Misc.
• 6/8 Europe Visits, 1989
• 6/9 Leipzig, 1962, Czech trip to DDR, June 1962
• 6/10 Heidelberg University, 1959 – 59


• 6/11 Correspondence, USA, 1974 – 75, Vienna
• 6/12 Reflections on Czechoslovakia, 1975, DDR 1975
• 6/13 Amish Lectures & Hymns. Amish Theology
• 6/14 Esslinger Anabaptist
• 6/15 Correspondence, general, 1975 – 83


• 6/16 Diary, 1946 – 48 (Restricted)
• 6/17 Doris Dean, 1943
• 6/18 Three blocks of 4" x 8" notes
• 6/19 The portion of thumb when swearing the oath
• 6/20 Alternative Service Conference


• 6/21 SAMH (Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History)
• 6/22 France, 1946 – 48, Reconstruction Book. Only includes notes on this published book, entitled "RTUF: Mennonite Central Committee Reconstruction and Transport Unit - France, 1946-1948. Stories of Peace in the Aftermath of War," 1997, Goshen, Indiana, 134 pages. Editors, John S. Oyer, Arthur A. Smucker and Harold L. Weaver.
• 6/23 History of Western Civilization, 1965
• 6/24 Autobiography, ca. 1995
• 6/25 Europe Tour, 1990

Name and Subject Tracing
(Cross-references placed in Archives Card Catalog)

Civilian Public Service
Mennonites - France
Oyer, John S., 1925-1998

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