Messiah College: Brethren in Christ Historical Library and Archives

Special Collections
Manuscripts

Our manuscript collections contain the personal papers (diaries, correspondence, etc.) of families or individuals. These collections have special value because they document church and family life, during a particular era, from a personal perspective. Over 100 manuscript collections from the papers of church leaders, ministers, missionaries, and various lay members are available for research use (exceptions include restricted material of a sensitive nature). For the convenience of researchers, the manuscript collections are listed below. The designation MG (for manuscript group) is followed by the collection number. In some cases, the collection title links to a more in-depth inventory of the papers.
		Above: H. Frances Davidson, missionary to Africa from 1897-1922. Left: A page from Davidson's 1912 diary. (Click on image for larger version)

Manuscripts (numeric listing)

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MG - 1	Christian N. Hostetter, Sr. (1868-1954)
MG - 2	Amos D. M. Dick (1894-1979)
MG - 3	Eli M. Engle (1857-1949)
MG - 4	Henry K. Kreider (1893-1947)
MG - 6	Irwin W. Musser (1881-1972)
MG - 7	Christian N. Hostetter, Jr. (1899-1980)
MG - 8	William O. Baker (1827-1916)
MG - 9	Abram M. Hess (1829-1907)
MG - 10	Abram Z. Hess (1859-1955)
MG - 11	Asa W. Climenhaga (1889-1983)
MG - 12	Henry A. Ginder (1911-1996)
MG - 13	Henry N. Hostetter (1902-1998)
MG - 14	Jacob T. Ginder (1880-1960)
MG - 15	John A. Climenhaga (1884-1969)
MG - 16	Elmer L. Steckley (1896-1960)
MG - 17	Arthur M. Climenhaga (1916-)
MG - 19	Clara E. and Mary E. Hoffman (1872-1958) (1876-1959)
MG - 20	Samuel R. Smith (1853-1916)
MG - 21	Henry G. Brubaker (1896-1963)
MG - 22	Henry S. Miller (1895-1963)
MG - 23	Jesse S. Oldham (1895-1965)
MG - 25	Frances B. Heisey (1887-1960s)
MG - 26	Henry P. Steigerwald and Grace (Pugh) (Steigerwald) Keeports (1870-1928) (1871-1947)
MG - 28	Ray I. Witter (1891-1967)
MG - 29	Walter O. Winger (1883-1974)
MG - 30	Enos H. Hess (1872-1941)
MG - 31	Jesse M. Engle (1838-1900)
MG - 32	Ernest J. Swalm (1897-1991)
MG - 33	Graybill G. Wolgemuth (1892-1984)
MG - 34	Alvin C. Burkholder (1907-2001)
MG - 35	Carlton O. Wittlinger (1917-1979)
MG - 36	Henry H. Brubaker (1900-1972)
MG - 37	John N. Hostetter (1904-1992)
MG - 38	Orville B. Ulery (1880-1945)
MG - 39	Carl J. Ulery (1908-1985)
MG - 40	H. Frances Davidson (1860-1935)
MG - 41	Owen H. Alderfer (1923-1991)
MG - 42	Lillian C. (Baker) Wiebe (1884-1966)
MG - 43	Jesse F. Lady (1904-1970)
MG - 45	Norman A. Wingert (1898-1987)
MG - 46	F.(lorence) Avas (Bollinger) Carlson (1894-2001)
MG - 47	Anna M. Eyster (1900-1976)
MG - 48	Engel/Engle Family
MG - 49	Charlie B. Byers (1908-1996)
MG - 50	Paul W. McBeth (1908-1998)
MG - 51	Solomon G. Engle (1863-1949)
MG - 52	Sarah H. Bert (1860-1948)
MG - 53	Titus M. Books
MG - 54	Harvey J. Frey (1873-1936)
MG - 55	John E. Zercher (1916-1979)
MG - 56	Ronald J. Sider (1939- )
MG - 57	E. Morris Sider (1928- )
MG - 58	Musser M. Martin (1920-1981)
MG - 59	Fred Elliott (1852-1919)
MG - 60	Jacob Z. Miller (1874-1943)
MG - 61	David W. Brehm (1873-1965)
MG - 62	Meshach P. Krikorian (1888-1974)
MG - 63	Clarence E. Heise (1891-1984)
MG - 64	George Cober (1887-1968)
MG - 67	John N. Hoover (1874-1924)
MG - 68	John A. Byers
MG - 69	Harvey R. Sider (1930- )
MG - 70	John H. Byer (1839-1914)
MG - 71	Alvin J. Book (1927- )
MG - 72	Howard F. Landis (1898-1987)
MG - 73	David E. Climenhaga (1919- )
MG - 74	Albert H. Engle (1897-1983)
MG - 75	Elizabeth H. (Engle) Heise (1908- )
MG - 76	S. Iola Dixon (1903-1985)
MG - 77	William Charlton (1896-1974)
MG - 78	R. Donald Shafer
MG - 79	Irene E. (Fry) Hensel (1905-1990)
MG - 80	Martha M. (Kauffman) Eshelman (1897-1983)
MG - 82	Hettie L. Fernbaugh (1870-1904)
MG - 83	Conrad Z. Hess (1856-1934)
MG - 84	Avery J. L. Musser (1914- )
MG - 85	Katie D. (Garis) Tyson (1901-1994)
MG - 86	Jacob H. Ziegler (1857-1942)
MG - 87	M. Effie Rohrer (1888-1986)
MG - 88	Mary C. Kreider (1906-2001)
MG - 89	E. Verda Moyer (1901-1983)
MG - 91	Dorothy J. Gish (1935- )
MG - 92	A. Graybill and Ethel (Stern) Brubaker (1927- )
MG - 93	Bert Family
MG - 95	Erma Z. Hare (1913-1993)
MG - 96	Ray M. Zercher (1921-1998)
MG - 97	Roy H. Wenger (1897-1993)
MG - 99	Dohner Family
MG - 100	John B. Hawbaker (1943- )
MG - 102	Carl G. Stump (1901-1993)
MG - 103	Roy V. Sider (1927-1995)
MG - 104	John E. and Ida M. (Oberholser) Sollenberger (1916-1994) (1911-1993)
MG - 105	George C. and Ada M. (Hess) Haagen (?-1943) (1888-1971)
MG - 106	Levi and Sallie (Kreider) Doner (1876-1911) (1869-1942)
MG - 107	Luke L. Keefer, Sr. (1913-1999)
MG - 108	Grantham Oratorio Society
MG - 109	Vernon L. Stump (1885-1943)
MG - 111	Jesse W. Hoover (1909-2002)
MG - 112	Katie N. (Sheets) Bollinger (1873-1966)
MG - 113	Elizabeth Thuma (1904- )
MG - 115	Anna R. Engle (1896-1991)
MG - 116	Miriam R. Bowers (1912-1997)
MG - 117	Harry W. Buckwalter (1882-1979)
MG - 118	Howard M. and Pearl B. (Brehm) Wolgemuth (1910-2001) (1908-1999)
MG - 119	Wilma I. (Wenger) Musser (1921- )
MG - 120	LeRoy B. and Cora E. (Stover) Walters (1915-1985) (1914- )
MG - 121	Mary E. Byer (1897-2000)
MG - 122	Roy H. Mann and Esther (Thuma) (Mann) Teunon (1898-1982) (1913- )
MG - 123	Harold H. and Mary Elizabeth (Hoover) Engle (1917- ) (1919- )
MG - 124	Idellus Sider (1884-1968)
MG - 125	Helen Johns
MG - 126	G. Clifford Cress (1873-1951)
MG - 127	Charles E. and Kathryn (Wengert) Engle (1896-1998) (1904-2001)
MG - 128	Maria L. Hoffman (1866-1967)
MG - 129	Cyrus Lenhert (1828-1897)
MG - 130	George H. Lenhert (1867-1935)
MG - 131	Paul G. Lenhert (1903-1987)
MG - 132	Rosa M. Eyster (1910-2001)
MG - 133	Robert B. Ives
MG - 134	Eugene and Ruth Madeira
MG - 135	C. Ray Heisey (1899-1991)
MG - 136	Miriam L. (Heise) Wenger (1920-2002)
MG - 137	Ellen L. Hoffman (1868-1951)
MG - 138	Mary Jane Heisey (1955- )
MG - 139	Paul D. Hoffman
MG - 140	Ronald L. Miller

Manuscripts (alphabetic listing)

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MG - 41	Owen H. Alderfer (1923-1991)
MG - 8	William O. Baker (1827-1916)
MG - 93	Bert Family
MG - 52	Sarah H. Bert (1860-1948)
MG - 112	Katie N. (Sheets) Bollinger (1873-1966)
MG - 71	Alvin J. Book (1927- )
MG - 53	Titus M. Books
MG - 116	Miriam R. Bowers (1912-1997)
MG - 61	David W. Brehm (1873-1965)
MG - 92	A. Graybill and Ethel (Stern) Brubaker (1927- )
MG - 21	Henry G. Brubaker (1896-1963)
MG - 36	Henry H. Brubaker (1900-1972)
MG - 117	Harry W. Buckwalter (1882-1979)
MG - 34	Alvin C. Burkholder (1907-2001)
MG - 70	John H. Byer (1839-1914)
MG - 121	Mary E. Byer (1897-2000)
MG - 49	Charlie B. Byers (1908-1996)
MG - 68	John A. Byers
MG - 46	F.(lorence) Avas (Bollinger) Carlson (1894-2001)
MG - 77	William Charlton (1896-1974)
MG - 17	Arthur M. Climenhaga (1916-)
MG - 11	Asa W. Climenhaga (1889-1983)
MG - 73	David E. Climenhaga (1919- )
MG - 15	John A. Climenhaga (1884-1969)
MG - 64	George Cober (1887-1968)
MG - 126	G. Clifford Cress (1873-1951)
MG - 40	H. Frances Davidson (1860-1935)
MG - 2	Amos D. M. Dick (1894-1979)
MG - 76	S. Iola Dixon (1903-1985)
MG - 99	Dohner Family
MG - 106	Levi and Sallie (Kreider) Doner (1876-1911) (1869-1942)
MG - 59	Fred Elliott (1852-1919)
MG - 74	Albert H. Engle (1897-1983)
MG - 115	Anna R. Engle (1896-1991)
MG - 127	Charles E. and Kathryn (Wengert) Engle (1896-1998) (1904-2001)
MG - 3	Eli M. Engle (1857-1949)
MG - 123	Harold H. and Mary Elizabeth (Hoover) Engle (1917- ) (1919- )
MG - 31	Jesse M. Engle (1838-1900)
MG - 51	Solomon G. Engle (1863-1949)
MG - 80	Martha M. (Kauffman) Eshelman (1897-1983)
MG - 47	Anna M. Eyster (1900-1976)
MG - 132	Rosa M. Eyster (1910-2001)
MG - 82	Hettie L. Fernbaugh (1870-1904)
MG - 54	Harvey J. Frey (1873-1936)
MG - 12	Henry A. Ginder (1911-1996)
MG - 14	Jacob T. Ginder (1880-1960)
MG - 91	Dorothy J. Gish (1935- )
MG - 108	Grantham Oratorio Society
MG - 105	George C. and Ada M. (Hess) Haagen (?-1943) (1888-1971)
MG - 95	Erma Z. Hare (1913-1993)
MG - 100	John B. Hawbaker (1943- )
MG - 63	Clarence E. Heise (1891-1984)
MG - 75	Elizabeth H. (Engle) Heise (1908- )
MG - 135	C. Ray Heisey (1899-1991)
MG - 25	Frances B. Heisey (1887-1960s)
MG - 138	Mary Jane Heisey (1955- )
MG - 79	Irene E. (Fry) Hensel (1905-1990)
MG - 9	Abram M. Hess (1829-1907)
MG - 10	Abram Z. Hess (1859-1955)
MG - 83	Conrad Z. Hess (1856-1934)
MG - 19	Clara E. and Mary E. Hoffman (1872-1958) (1876-1959)
MG - 137	Ellen L. Hoffman (1868-1951)
MG - 128	Maria L. Hoffman (1866-1967)
MG - 139	Paul D. Hoffman
MG - 111	Jesse W. Hoover (1909-2002)
MG - 67	John N. Hoover (1874-1924)
MG - 1	Christian N. Hostetter, Sr. (1868-1954)
MG - 7	Christian N. Hostetter, Jr. (1899-1980)
MG - 13	Henry N. Hostetter (1902-1998)
MG - 37	John N. Hostetter (1904-1992)
MG - 133	Robert B. Ives
MG - 125	Helen Johns
MG - 107	Luke L. Keefer, Sr. (1913-1999)
MG - 4	Henry K. Kreider (1893-1947)
MG - 88	Mary C. Kreider (1906-2001)
MG - 62	Meshach P. Krikorian (1888-1974)
MG - 72	Howard F. Landis (1898-1987)
MG - 129	Cyrus Lenhert (1828-1897)
MG - 130	George H. Lenhert (1867-1935)
MG - 131	Paul G. Lenhert (1903-1987)
MG - 134	Eugene and Ruth Madeira
MG - 122	Roy H. Mann and Esther (Thuma) (Mann) Teunon (1898-1982) (1913- )
MG - 58	Musser M. Martin (1920-1981)
MG - 50	Paul W. McBeth (1908-1998)
MG - 22	Henry S. Miller (1895-1963)
MG - 60	Jacob Z. Miller (1874-1943)
MG - 140	Ronald L. Miller
MG - 89	E. Verda Moyer (1901-1983)
MG - 84	Avery J. L. Musser (1914- )
MG - 6	Irwin W. Musser (1881-1972)
MG - 119	Wilma I. (Wenger) Musser (1921- )
MG - 23	Jesse S. Oldham (1895-1965)
MG - 87	M. Effie Rohrer (1888-1986)
MG - 78	R. Donald Shafer
MG - 57	E. Morris Sider (1928- )
MG - 69	Harvey R. Sider (1930- )
MG - 124	Idellus Sider (1884-1968)
MG - 56	Ronald J. Sider (1939- )
MG - 103	Roy V. Sider (1927-1995)
MG - 20	Samuel R. Smith (1853-1916)
MG - 104	John E. and Ida M. (Oberholser) Sollenberger (1916-1994) (1911-1993)
MG - 16	Elmer L. Steckley (1896-1960)
MG - 26	Henry P. Steigerwald and Grace (Pugh) (Steigerwald) Keeports (1870-1928) (1871-1947)
MG - 102	Carl G. Stump (1901-1993)
MG - 109	Vernon L. Stump (1885-1943)
MG - 32	Ernest J. Swalm (1897-1991)
MG - 113	Elizabeth Thuma (1904- )
MG - 85	Katie D. (Garis) Tyson (1901-1994)
MG - 39	Carl J. Ulery (1908-1985)
MG - 38	Orville B. Ulery (1880-1945)
MG - 120	LeRoy B. and Cora E. (Stover) Walters (1915-1985) (1914- )
MG - 136	Miriam L. (Heise) Wenger (1920-2002)
MG - 97	Roy H. Wenger (1897-1993)
MG - 42	Lillian C. (Baker) Wiebe (1884-1966)
MG - 29	Walter O. Winger (1883-1974)
MG - 45	Norman A. Wingert (1898-1987)
MG - 28	Ray I. Witter (1891-1967)
MG - 35	Carlton O. Wittlinger (1917-1979)
MG - 33	Graybill G. Wolgemuth (1892-1984)
MG - 118	Howard M. and Pearl B. (Brehm) Wolgemuth (1910-2001) (1908-1999)
MG - 55	John E. Zercher (1916-1979)
MG - 96	Ray M. Zercher (1921-1998)
MG - 86	Jacob H. Ziegler (1857-1942)