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Hist.
Mss. 1-741
Tilman R. and Louella (Schertz) Smith Collection
Papers, 1900-1991
24 Boxes (1 Gray, 23 Large)
Introduction
These papers were deposited into the Archives by Tilman Smith in 1984,
1989, and in 1994.
Historical Sketch
1903 Born on a farm near Eureka, Illinois, January 1
Attended rural elementary schools
Attended Hesston Academy, Kansas (secondary school)
1928 Graduated from Goshen College, Indiana, A.B.
1928-32 Teacher, coach, Illinois high schools
1932 Graduated from University of Iowa, A.M. (Social Studies)
1932 Married Louella Schertz, of Metamora, Illinois.
A teacher, and she became a mother of five children.
1932-47 Superintendent, Principal: Roanoke, Illinois, high school
1939 Graduated from University of Illinois, M.S. (Administration)
1947-49 Vice President, Ulrich Manufacturing Co., Roanoke, Illinois
1949-59 Superintendent Unit School District 140, Eureka, Illinois
1959-68 President, Hesston College, Kansas
1968-69 Director of Institutional Studies, Eastern Mennonite College,
Virginia
1969-71 Professor, Goshen College, Indiana
1971-83 Director of Studies and Programs for the Aging, Mennonite Board
of Missions, Elkhart, Indiana
1978 Boards: Purposes, Organization, Procedures (Herald Press)
1981 In Favor of Growing Older (Herald Press)
Series Listing
.1 Assorted Papers, 1900-1915, 1930-1991 Boxes 1-15
.2 Council of Aging Files, A-Z, 1970-1984 Boxes 16-21
.3 General Files, ca. 1960s-1980s Boxes 22-24
Inventory Listing
.1 Assorted Papers, 1900-1915, 1930-1991
Box 1
(Gray)
Curriculum Vitae, 1981
"Church-Wide Meetings," 1985
(Mennonite Historical Bulletin, July 1985)
Boards, 1978 (Herald Press)
In Favor of Growing Older, 1981
(Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania)
"Scents of Mennonite Humour"
(Draft article by Tilman Smith, October 1991)
Box 2
(Large)
Aging, Miscellaneous
Illinois Mennonite Heritage
Humor Manuscript, 1985
Humor Bibliography
Etc.
Box 3
(Large)
Correspondence, 1967-86
Includes correspondence on Council of Aging
Box 4
(Large)
Elkhart County Council of Aging, 1972-79
Includes files on other Indiana state organizations as well.
Other Aging Materials
In Favor of Growing Older manuscript, etc.
Box 5
(Large)
Hesston College in the Seventies
Essay, 1932
Mennonite Board of Education reports
Eastern Mennonite School Self-Study
Etc.
Box 6
(Large)
Council of Aging Files, ca. 1974-86
Box 7
(Large)
Council of Aging Files (Continued)
Also includes some other files, for example:
Hesston Foundation
SHARE, Inc. (Hesston, Kansas)
Goshen College Alumni Fund Committee, 1974
Box 8
(Large)
Assorted files, A-Z, including:
In Favor of Growing Older (manuscript)
College Students, 1985-86 Goshen (City) 2000
Attitudes, Young People
Mennonite Voting Patterns, 1984
Laurelville Conference, 1982
Jim Lapp
Box 9
(Large)
Assorted files, including:
Old pictures
Pictures of Tilman R. Smith, 1980
Roanoke, Illinois, 1976
Miscellaneous, personal (includes Tilman teaching high school, ca. 1930)
Share, Inc.
Early essays and papers prepared by Tilman for his education degrees,
for example "A History of Illinois Schools up to 1855," written in 1939.
Ray King Family
Old letters, 1901-15 (photocopies) from Emma, Milton, Katie, Milton,
written to C. Henry Smith
Old letter from Art Moser, 1946
Maninger Family
Box
10 (Large)
Assorted files, from trips, to articles, to correspondence, ca. 1949-80
Box
11 (Large)
Assorted files (Continued)
Health and Welfare, 1973-81
Showalter Foundation files, 1966-79
Box
12 (Large)
Showalter Foundation files, 1966-79 (Continued)
Box
13 (Large)
Assorted files, 1957-70, including Eastern Mennonite College study, 1970
Very assorted files, about 1980s, many not in folders, and including
many notes, most having to do with aging or with education.
Box
14 (Large)
Very assorted files, about 1980s (Continued)
Box 15 (Large)
Very assorted files, about 1980s (Continued)
A few labelled files, also in the 1980s
Chart, "The Biology of Aging"
(Located in Oversize Folder, Mapcase Drawer #2)
.2 Council of Aging Files, A-Z, 1970-1984
Box
16 (Large)
Office Files on Aging, A-C
Box
17 (Large)
Office Files on Aging, C-G
Box
18 (Large)
Office Files on Aging, G-J
Box
19 (Large)
Office Files on Aging, K-R
Box
20 (Large)
Office Files on Aging, S-Z
Articles on Aging, A-C
Box
21 (Large)
Articles on Aging, D-Z
.3 General Files, ca. 1960s-1980s
Box
22 (Large)
Office Files on Aging, Health and Welfare, Etc.
General Files, circa 1968-73, A-E
Includes education, aging, etc.
Box
23 (Large)
General Files, circa 1968-73, F-Z (Continued)
Amish and Mennonite History Files, A-F
Box
24 (Large)
Amish and Mennonite History Files, F-Z (Continued)
Research notes on cards, probably for In Favor of Growing Older
book
May 3, 2004 /
Reformatted on Web by Kathryn Yoder
October 12, 1995 / Dennis Stoesz
Mennonite
Church USA Archives - Goshen, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526
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