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Hist. Mss. 1-436
Gerald C. Studer
Papers, 1840-1998 (Bulk, 1947-1997)
4 Boxes (3 Green, 1 Large)

Introduction

These papers were deposited into the Archives by Gerald C. Studer, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, in 1973 and 1997. Studer has also been a regular contributor of newspaper clippings to the Archives, from the 1950s to the 1990s - these clippings reveal the whole spectrum of faith and life of Mennonites and Amish, as well as the broader Christian community, during the last 50 years.

Inventory Listing

Box 1 (Green)

Address to DAR, June 10, 1970 (Daughters of the American Revolution)
Sermon: The Missing Third of the Gospel

Dramatic Arts, 1928-58
Correspondence, 1952-56
"A Survey of the Christian Attitude toward the Theater", by Gerald C. Studer
Clippings, 1947-56
Miscellaneous, 1928-58

Box 2 (Green)

Fundamentalism
"Fundamentals and its Effect on the Mennonite Church," by Gerald C. Studer, circa 1948
Seminar on Fundamentalism, November 1948
Clippings, booklets, 1950
Correspondence, 1948-53
Modernism / Fundamentalism, 1947-50
"A Critical Comparison of Fundamentalism an Ana- baptism", by Gerald C. Studer

Amman, Jacob, 1966
Mennonite Historical Bulletin, 1971-75
Yoder, Olen and Lena, Farm, Georgia, 1984
Evangelism & Federal Council of Churches (Booklets, 1949-50)

Box 3 (Green)

"A Pastor's Flock of Rare Bibles," by Richard E. Wanner, 1986
Amish (Clippings), 1986
Ministry to the Deaf, 1961-72
Correspondence, A-C
Correspondence, D-G
Correspondence, H-L
Correspondence, M-O
Correspondence, Patterson, Gerald
Correspondence, Savanick, Paul and Ferne
Correspondence, R-T
Correspondence, Uhler, George (Restricted)
Correspondence, U-Z

Articles and Clippings, 1910-72
Central Bible Institute...for the Deaf, 1962-63
Christian Deaf Fellowship, Jamaica
Christian Mission for Deaf Africans, 1961-65
Deaf Community Bible Class, Scottdale, 1962
Miscellaneous, 1965-72
Publications, 1962-70
Trinity Lutheran Church of the Deaf, 1963-65

Box 4 (Large)

Documents, 1840-1948
Includes Amish figure and "Amish" label on cigar coming from the P. T. Waughtel Cigar Co.; Thomas Family register, 1840-77, as found in Bible; merit given to Joseph Yoder, etc.
Sermon, "All Things Common," by Gerald C. Studer
Hall of Faith and Fame, Canton, Ohio
Includes Menno Simons portrait
"Queer People," by Dorothy Thompson, Ladies' Home Journal, January 1952.
Clippings, 1984-98, which document the variety of faith, life, service and experiences of the Amish and
Mennonites.

Christopher Dock Source Materials
Materials gathered for Studer's Christopher Dock: Colonial Schoolmaster, The Biography and Writings of Christopher Dock, (Scottdale, Pa: Herald Press, 1967.)

Dock, Christopher, Schulordnung, 3rd edition, printed by Jacob Nold, Columbiana, Ohio, 1861.
Eine Einfaeltige und gruendlich abgefasste Schul=Ordnung, ... Schlumeister Christoph Dock...Neue und dritte Auflage nach der von Christoph Saur im Jahr 1770 zu Germantown, Pa....wiedergedruckt und herausgegeben in Columbiana, Ohio, in der Druckerey des "GospelVisitors," fuer Jakob Nold, 1861. Christopher Dock, Translation of documents
Alleged plagiarism case materials, 1962-73

175th Anniversary of Mennonites of Westmoreland-Fayette Counties, Pennsylvania, 1790-1965 (Also known as Jacob Creek Valley) Celebrated at Scottdale Mennonite Church, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, October 16, 17, 1965

Research, correspondence, reports, programs, books on the 175th anniversary celebration of Mennonites of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1790-1965, as gathered by Gerald C. Studer. Documents date from 1940-1965, including 150th anniversary program on the Scottdale Mennonite Congregation, 1790-1940. Studer was then a pastor at Scottdale Mennonite and a member of the Historical Committee of the Mennonite Church.
Research on Henry Clay Frick, 1849-1919, by Studer. Includes published interview of granddaughter, Miss Helen C. Frick, 1959, and also litigation by her, 1965-67, on defamatory statements made about her grandfather.
Over the Alleghenies, by Gerald C. Studer, editor (Scottdale, Pa.: 175th Anniversary Committee, 1965).
Catalogue of Museum Exhibit in Museum at West Overton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,
Westmoreland-Fayette Historical Society, ca. 1964.
Purchased by Studer in 1964.
The Mennonites of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, by Edward Yoder, 1942.
Historical Souvenir...Scottdale, Penn'a., 1874- 1899.
Henry Clay Frick: The Man, by George Harvey, 1928.
Adventures in Homecraft, H. C Frick Coke Company, 1929-30. Includes clippings on background on book, as pursued by Studer, and published in the Independent-Observer, 1968-69.


Name and Subject Tracings
Deaf - Religious Life
Fundamentalism
Studer, Gerald C.



May 3, 2004 / Reformatted by Kathryn Yoder
August 8, 2001 / Update by Monica Zimmerman
Previously posted on web
January 16, 1998 / Processed and typed into computer by Dennis Stoesz
File: "HM1-436.doc"
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