Mennonite Library and Archives, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas

Mennonite Library and Archives, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas
Mennonite Library and Archives
Bethel College
, North Newton, KS
This page is a set of shortcuts to resources available at or provided by the
MLA
. It is not our main home page. It will probably grow organically over time.
Bethel College reference items
Convocations 1972-
Menno Simons lecturers 1953-present
Bible lectures
Peace lectures
Commencement speakers
Memorial Hall Series 1942-1965
Alumni awards list
Greer Visiting Artist series
Bibliographies
Mennonite Migration Charts
1949
Mennonite Life Maps and Charts 1953
Mennonite Maps and Charts
ca. 1974?
Various church record books (not the Prussian ones)
Karolswalde, Volhynia, church book notes
Heinrichsdorf, Volhynia, Mennonite congregation
Michelsdorf-Horodyszcze church book
Swiss Volhynian church book number three
Goessel, Kansas, Mennonite Brethren church
New Hopedale Mennonite (Brethren) Church, Meno, Oklahoma (microfilmed in 1972)
Scanned newspapers (Note: This doesn't work with Chrome. Use Firefox or Internet Explorer.)
See also the digitized Kansas newspapers link below.
Evening Kansan-Republican
1917-1921 (contains
Bethel Breeze
)
Christlicher Bundesbote
1882-1921
Zur Heimath
1875-1881
Halstead Independent
1883-1886
Newton Republican
1882, 1884-1886
Newton Kansan
1885-1889
Newton Democrat
1885-1887
Newton Anzeiger
1887-1889
Kansas Chronicle
1888
Newton Weekly Journal
1888-1889
Help with old German handwriting and print
Ten Tips for Deciphering Old German Handwriting
index to print issues of
Mennonite Life
1946-1999 in pdf
World War 1 scanned materials
Photos of General Conference sessions
Miscellaneous scanned photos by subject
Miscellaneous useful reference links:
Kansas Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Kansas Historic Resources Inventory
listing of all buildings and locations that have been surveyed for historic preservation purposes; this includes many more than are on the state register of historic places
Kansas Memory
, digitized photos and documents about Kansas, includes county plat maps
Digitized Kansas newspapers
(requires Kansas driver license)
Ancestry.com
accessed through Kansas Historical Society, requires Kansas driver license
Heritage Quest
, requires Kansas State Library Card
Newton, Kansas, cemetery list
Harvey County Historical Society digital collection
at Fort Hays State University Forsyth Library
Some useful Mennonite genealogy links:
1772 West Prussian census
1776 West Prussian census
1789 West Prussian census
Glenn Penner's Prussian village list
Odessa archives Fond 6 (see MLA collection VI.30 for microfilms)