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)

Introduction

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.

Inventory Listing

Symposiums, Clippings, Writings, Tapes & Artifacts, 1952-54,
1971, 1984, 1990-94

Box 1 (Gray)

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 Spring,
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.
Writings, Levi Miller, 1971, 1990-94 (Continued)
"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.

Prints, Posters, Charts, Calendars, 1569, 1975-94
(Arranged chronologically)

Box 2 (1 File, Oversize)

Dirk Willemsz, 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 Beach. 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 45/200, signed by Jose A. Ortiz, and
measuring 16" x 18".
Buggies of Rural America, 1994
Photographs of buggies, with captions and storylines by
David Luthy, Alymer, Ontario.

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