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By Emily Erdlen '23
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection spans twelve boxes and includes information on a multitude of Christian denominations and organizations, detailed records of Amish settlements through family trees, census information, maps of Pennsylvania and the United States, research done for different books and articles written by Steve Scott, as well as audiovisual materials and files, including recorded speeches.
Collection Historical Note
Stephen Scott (1948-2011) worked as Research and Administrative Associate at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies from 1997 until he passed away in 2011.
Scott published many books on Amish and Mennonite groups, including Plain Buggies (1981), Why Do They Dress That Way? (1986), The Amish Wedding and Other Special Occasions of the Old Order Communities (1988), Living Without Electricity (1990), Amish Houses and Barns (1992), and An Introduction to Old Order and Conservative Mennonite Groups (1996). He also is credited with multiple articles in periodicals and entries in reference books.
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 2: Research and Organizational Materials],
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Series 3: Maps and Population Data],
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- Series 1: Religious and Cultural Groups
- This series spans seven boxes and contains Scott’s accumulated writings, research materials, and newspaper clippings relating to Amish, Mennonite, Brethren, and other Christian groups.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Amish and Mennonite- General
- Folder 2: Amish- The Grapevine, 2010-2011
- Folder 3: First Amish Settlements
- Folder 4: Amish Youth
- Folder 5: Amish- Family Life Articles and Index
- Folder 6: Amish- Allen County, Indiana Churches, 2010
- Folder 7: Amish- Bulletins
- Folder 8: Amish- Art and Exhibits
- Folder 9: Amish- Public Auctions, 1988, 2002
- Folder 10: Amish- Media, "Secret Life of the Amish"
- Folder 11: Amish- Media, "Devil's Playground"
- Folder 12: Amish- Newspaper Clippings, Misc.
- Folder 13: Amish- Devotional Literature
- Folder 14: Doris Faber- The Amish
- Folder 15: Amish- Ohio
- Folder 16: Amish Deception
- Folder 17: Swartzentruber Amish Articles
- Folder 18: New Order Amish
- Folder 19: Old Order Amish- Misc.
- Folder 20: Amish- Nickel Mines Notes
- Folder 21: Amish- Ordinations
- Folder 22: Amish- "November: The Month of Amish Weddings"
- Folder 23: Amish- Misc.
- Folder 24: Plain People- General
- Folder 25: Plain People- Catalogs
- Folder 26: Plain People- Abuse
- Folder 27: Plain People- Technology
- Folder 28: Anabaptist and Mennonite Groups
- Folder 29: "The Pure Church Movement"
- Folder 30: Mennonite- General
- Folder 31: Mennonite Yearbook, 1992, 1995
- Folder 32: Mennonite Schools- Publications, Newsletters
- Folder 33: Lancaster Mennonite High School
- Folder 34: Lancaster Mennonite School Handbooks
- Folder 35: Lancaster Mennonite School Standards
- Folder 36: Kanadier Mennonites- Misc.
- Folder 37: Kanadier Mennonites- Canada
- Folder 38: Kanadier Mennonites- United States
- Folder 39: Kanadier Mennonites- Mexico and South America
- Folder 40: Kanadier Mennonites- Belize
- Folder 41: Mennonite- Newspaper Clippings
- Folder 42: Mennonite- Gospel Herald
- Folder 43: Mennonite- Shunning, Suicide Article
- Folder 44: Mennonite- Death Articles
- Folder 45: Mennonite Background
- Folder 46: Old Order Mennonites
- Folder 47: Old Order Mennonites- Publications and Directories
- Folder 48: Old Order Mennonites- Newspaper Clippings
- Folder 49: Old Order Mennonites- Ontario, Canada
- Folder 50: Mennonites- Canada
- Folder 51: Conservative Mennonite- Misc.
- Folder 52: Conservative Mennonite- Pamphlets and Publications
- Folder 53: Conservative Mennonite- Notes and Research
- Folder 54: Conservative Mennonite- Demographics
- Folder 55: Conservative Mennonite- Michiana
- Folder 56: Keystone Mennonite Fellowship
- Folder 57: Mennonite- Lancaster County Newspaper Clippings
- Folder 58: Mennonite- Book Catalogs
- Folder 59: New Hope Mennonite Church- Child's Faith
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Mennonite- Evangelical
- Folder 2: Mennonite- Stauffer
- Folder 3: Mennonite- Ohio-Indiana-Wisler
- Folder 4: Mennonite- Missions
- Folder 5: Menno-link
- Folder 6: Reidenbach Mennonites
- Folder 7: Mennonite- Penner Group
- Folder 8: Amish Mennonite Publications, 1989-1991
- Folder 9: Amish- Mennonites
- Folder 10: Amish Mennonites- Kauffman
- Folder 11: Biblical Mennonite Alliance
- Folder 12: Mennonite- Mergers and Withdrawls
- Folder 13: Mennonite- Legacy
- Folder 14: Russian Mennonites in North America
- Folder 15: Mennonites in Europe
- Folder 16: Mennonite Church History- Outline
- Folder 17: Mennonite- Misc. Historical
- Folder 18: Mennonite- Historical Publications and Pamphlets
- Folder 19: Mennonites- Jonas Weber
- Folder 20: Lancaster Conference Mennonites, 1968-1973
- Folder 21: Lancaster Conference Mennonites- John H. Mellinger
- Folder 22: Conservative Mennonite Teachers' Institute
- Folder 23: Mennonite World Conference, 2004
- Folder 24: Mennonite- Pilgrim Conference
- Folder 25: Mennonite- Weaverland Conference
- Folder 26: Mennonite Encyclopedia
- Folder 27: Mennonite Disaster Service
- Folder 28: Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite- Pamphlets
- Folder 29: Clarence Kulp Art Exhibit
- Folder 30: Anabaptist Research Papers
- Folder 31: Anabaptist Bookbinders
- Folder 32: Pietism, Anabaptism, and Baptism
- Folder 33: Pietist and Lutheran Articles
- Folder 34: Pietism- Prayers
- Folder 35: Pietism and Russian Germans, 1946
- Folder 36: Pietism- Ukraine
- Folder 37: Evangelical Pietists
- Folder 38: German Seven Day Baptist
- Folder 39: Old German Baptist
- Folder 40: Russian Baptists
- Folder 41: Swedish Baptists
- Folder 42: Baptists- Conflict
- Folder 43: Elizabethtown College History
- Folder 44: The Brethren Heritage of Elizabethtown College
- Folder 45: Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren
- Folder 46: Brethren in Lancaster County
- Folder 47: Church of the Brethren- Pennsylvania
- Folder 48: History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
- Folder 49: Brethren- Iowa
- Folder 50: Brethren- Higher Education Bibliography
- Folder 51: Brethren- Pamphlets and Publications
- Folder 52: "The Brethren's Reasons"
- Folder 53: Old Brethren
- Folder 54: Old German Baptist Brethren- Publications and Directories
- Folder 55: German Baptist Brethren- Meeting Calendars, 1908
- Folder 56: Old German Baptist Brethren- Meeting Minutes and Publications, 2004-2010
- Folder 57: Old German Baptist Brethren- History and Articles
- Folder 58: Old German Baptist Brethren- "Farewell to the German Baptists"
- Folder 59: Brethren in Christ Church- Article
- Folder 60: Brethren in Christ- Susquehanna
- Folder 61: Brethren- "A Peace-Loving People", 1898
- Folder 62: Brethren- Articles, 1901-1947
- Folder 63: Brethren- Great Commission Ministries, 2002
- Folder 64: Brethren- Name
- Folder 65: Brethren- Church History Notes
- Folder 66: Churches of the Brethren- Lancaster County
- Folder 67: Church of the Brethren- Museums
- Folder 68: Church of the Brethren- Misc.
- Folder 69: Brethren- Pricetown Meetinghouse
- Folder 70: Brethren Bible Institute
- Folder 71: Bible Brethren Fellowship, 1977
- Folder 72: Brethren Revival Fellowship- Pamphlets
- Folder 73: Brethren Revival Fellowship- Policy
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Northkill Brethren
- Folder 2: Brethren- Obituaries
- Folder 3: Brethren Heritage Center- Articles
- Folder 4: Brethren- Holy Kiss
- Folder 5: Brethren- Imputation
- Folder 6: Old Order River Brethren- Religious Bodies Census
- Folder 7: Brethren- Church Lists, 2002, 2008
- Folder 8: Brethren- Conservative Group Notes
- Folder 9: Brethren- Meetinghouses
- Folder 10: Brethren- John Kline Homestead
- Folder 11: Brethren- Sermons, 2002
- Folder 12: Community Farm of the Brethren
- Folder 13: Brethren- History
- Folder 14: Brethren- Exhibits
- Folder 15: Brethren- Photographs
- Folder 16: Brethren History- Articles
- Folder 17: Blooming Grove Historical Society, 2010
- Folder 18: Brethren Scholarship- Robinson, 1999
- Folder 19: Brethren Scholarship- Wilson
- Folder 20: Brethren in Europe
- Folder 21: Plymouth Brethren
- Folder 22: Dunkard Brethren
- Folder 23: Brethren Volunteer Service
- Folder 24: Brethren Encyclopedia
- Folder 25: Benson- Plesant Bottoms: The Cooperative, 1987
- Folder 26: Hutterites
- Folder 27: Hutterite- Notes, Misc.
- Folder 28: Hutterites- Magazines and Newspapers
- Folder 29: Hutterite- Split
- Folder 30: Hutterite- Japan
- Folder 31: Hutterite Newsletter
- Folder 32: Hutterite- Michael Hari
- Folder 33: Bruderhof
- Folder 34: Moravian- History and Culture
- Folder 35: Moravian Exhibit, 1999
- Folder 36: Moravian- Scholarship and Research
- Folder 37: Moravian- Music and Art
- Folder 38: Quakers
- Folder 39: Quakers- Notes
- Folder 40: Quakers- Plain Dress
- Folder 41: Shakers
- Folder 42: Language- Pennsylvania Dutch
- Folder 43: Language- Pennsylvania German
- Folder 44: Language- Fraktur
- Folder 45: Language- Church Services
- Folder 46: Language- Anabaptist Groups
- Folder 47: Language- Swiss Dialect
- Folder 48: Music- Mennonite
- Folder 49: Music- Traditional
- Folder 50: Music- Society of Friends
- Folder 51: Czech Reformation
- Box 4
- Folder 1: House of David
- Folder 2: Russian Christians, 2005
- Folder 3: Notes and Letters, Misc.
- Folder 4: Historical, Misc.
- Folder 5: Christian Aid Ministries
- Folder 6: Bucher Family
- Folder 7: Oneida Community
- Folder 8: Ethiopian Outreach
- Folder 9: Church Information, Misc.
- Folder 10: Megiddo Mission, 1997
- Folder 11: Tourist Guides
- Folder 12: Powwow Doctors
- Folder 13: Becker, Bob
- Folder 14: Durnbaugh, Donald
- Folder 15: Falkenstein, George
- Folder 16: Gothard, Bill
- Folder 17: Hochman von Hochenau
- Folder 18: Klimuska, Ed
- Folder 19: Lewis, Beverly
- Folder 20: Pastorius, Daniel
- Folder 21: Obituaries
- Folder 22: Holdemans
- Folder 23: Peace Churches
- Folder 24: Guide to the Peace Churches
- Folder 25: Christendom Chart
- Folder 26: Christian Doctrine- Misc.
- Folder 27: Beachy Amish- Publications
- Folder 28: Beachy Amish- History
- Folder 29: Eli Beachy
- Folder 30: Doukhobors
- Folder 31: Gloriavale Account
- Folder 32: United Christian Church
- Folder 33: Christadelphians
- Folder 34: Holiness Churches
- Folder 35: Apostolic Christians
- Folder 36: Apostolic Christians- Yugoslavia
- Folder 37: Apostolic Christian Church- Misc.
- Folder 38: Albert Glick- Christian Publications
- Folder 39: Christ's Assembly
- Folder 40: Church of Christ
- Folder 41: Falckner Swamp Lutheran Church
- Folder 42: Brubaker Family
- Folder 43: Germantown, Pensylvania
- Folder 44: Conscientious Objectors- World War II
- Folder 45: Conscientious Objectors- Church of Christ
- Folder 46: Conscientious Objector Statistics
- Folder 47: Conscientious Objector- Letters, NISBCO
- Folder 48: Conscientious Objector Statistics- NISBCO
- Folder 49: Conscientious Objectors- "The Church that Did Not Turn to Violence and War"
- Folder 50: Conscientious Objectors- Literature
- Folder 51: Brethren Directories, 1993-2010
- Folder 52: Apostolic Christian Pamphlets
- Folder 53: Amish and Mennonite Pamphlets
- Folder 54: Newsletters and Publications- Misc.
- Folder 55: Newsletters and Publications- Amish
- Folder 56: Newsletters and Publications- Mennonite
- Folder 57: Newsletters and Publications- Anabaptist
- Folder 58: Newsletters and Publications- Brethren
- Folder 59: Amish Ordnung
- Folder 60: Misc. Photographs- Gravestones
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Schrock- "The Amish Christian Church"
- Folder 2: "Separated Seating"
- Folder 3: Sticker- "When the 'Haube' was not yet a 'Haubchen'"
- Folder 4: "The Genius of Anabaptism"
- Folder 5: "Let Us Reason Together"
- Folder 6: "Successful Failures" Manuscript
- Folder 7: "The 'Ukrainian Amish'"
- Folder 8: von Martens- "The Paradox of Amish", 1994
- Folder 9: Untitled Manuscript with Notes
- Folder 10: Kornweibel- "Race and Conscientious Objection in World War I", 1993
- Folder 11: The Amish and Tobacco
- Folder 12: Scholarship in Pennsylvania German
- Folder 13: "Hoover versus Hoover" Paper
- Folder 14: "Doukhobors" Paper
- Folder 15: Scholarship- The Brethren (Dunkers)
- Folder 16: Scholarship- Dunkard Brethren
- Folder 17: Wagner- "A Centennial History", 1996
- Folder 18: Scholarship- "The Brethren's Reasons"
- Folder 19: "The Days of Our Pilgrimage", 1962
- Folder 20: Francis, J. G.
- Folder 21: Corner Ball Historical Background
- Folder 22: Articles- Family Life
- Folder 23: Newspaper Articles, 1978-2014
- Folder 24: Articles- Misc., 1964-2011
- Folder 25: Amish Firefighting Article, 2005
- Folder 26: Amish Dress Materials
- Folder 27: Misc.- Photography
- Folder 28: Misc.- Handwritten Notes
- Folder 29: Amish and Mennonite- Misc.
- Folder 30: "'Punished Peoples' of the Soviet Union", 1991
- Folder 31: Cates- "Mental Health Treatment in Old Order Amish"
- Folder 32: Middlefield Cheese and Amish History
- Folder 33: Amish Settlements and Tractors- Data
- Folder 34: Settlement and Church Data
- Folder 35: Amish- Books and Writing
- Folder 36: Amish- Music
- Box 8
- Folder 1: Newspaper Clippings- Lancaster County Amish
- Folder 2: Newspaper Clippings- Young Center and Elizabethtown College
- Folder 3: Newspaper Clippings- Nickel Mines
- Folder 4: Newspaper Clippings- Clinic for Special Children
- Folder 5: Newspaper Clippings- Plain People Abuse Stories, 2004
- Folder 6: Newspaper Clippings- The Budget, Misc.
- Folder 7: Newspaper Clippings- The Budget- Unser Leit
- Folder 8: Newspaper Clippings- The Budget- Es Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch Eck
- Folder 9: Newspaper Clippings- Anabaptist Quilting and Arts
- Folder 10: Newspaper Clippings- Old Order Mennonites
- Folder 11: Newspaper Clippings- Beachy Amish and Plain Mennonites
- Folder 12: The Amish: A Plain People- The Hutchinson News
- Folder 13: The Holmes County Farmer-Hub- One Day in the Life of Holmes County, 1978
- Folder 14: The Holmes County Farmer-Hub- Holmes County Family Album, 1979
- Folder 15: The Holmes County Hub- The Amish: A Culture, A Religion, A Way of Life, 1991, 1998
- Folder 16: 700 Churches: A Special Report
- Folder 17: The Budget: Ohio Amish Business Directory, 2007
- Folder 18: The Original Amish Country Visitors Guide, 1997
- Folder 19: Lancaster News Era- Old Order Lancaster County
- Folder 20: The Washington Post- The Amish Way, 1987
- Folder 21: Encounter- Stoll Family Farms, 1986
- Folder 22: Beacon- Bert Miller, 1978
- Folder 23: Beacon- A Spokesman for the Amish, 1980
- Folder 24: Newspaper Clippings- Amish Schools
- Folder 25: The Pennsylvania Dutch, 1947
- Folder 26: Dayton Daily News- The Dunkers, 1987
- Folder 27: Star Magazine- Old and New in Amishland, 1982
- Folder 28: Newspaper Clippings- Amish Migration and Relocation
- Folder 29: Newspaper Clippings- Amish Transportation
- Folder 30: Newspaper Clippings- Amish Aid and Violence
- Folder 31: Newspaper Clippings- Weddings
- Folder 32: Newspaper Clippings- Lancaster County's Heritage
- Folder 33: Newspaper Clippings- Amish, General
- Folder 34: Newspaper Clippings- Misc.
- Folder 35: Newspaper Clippings- Plain Church Map Materials
- Oversize Box 9
- Folder 1: Miscellaneous
- Item 1: "Amish Buggy, Lancaster County, Pa."
- Framed black and white artwork titled "Amish Buggy, Lancaster County, Pa." Signed "Kitch"
- Item 2: Art Print
- Black and white artwork depicting a group of men outside with a tree, water, and rocks shown. Print displayed on black backing board.
- Item 3: Quilt Painting, 1987
- Full color print of painting depicting a white, pink, and purple quilt hanging from clothesline on a porch. Signed "Susie Riehl."
- Item 4: Copia Naturalizations, Germantown PA., 1691
- Facsimile of the 1691 Copia Naturalizations written by Francis Daniel Pastorius. Print of the only known copy, held in the William Emmert Swigart Treasure Room in the Beeghly Library at Juniata College.
- Folder 2: Amish Wall Calendars, 1980-1992
- Item 1: Verjaardagskalender
- Calendar written in Pennsylvania Dutch featuring black and white artwork of Amish individuals performing different tasks within the community. Unused.
- Item 2: Expressions of Life, 1980
- Calendar containing black and white photographs of Amish individuals, animals, and scenery. Unused.
- Item 3: Beautiful Lancaster County, 1987
- Calendar with full color photographs of Amish people and lanscapes. Unused.
- Item 4: Beautiful Lancaster County, 1988
- Calendar with full color photographs of Amish people and landscapes. Partially used by Stephen Scott.
- Item 5: Beautiful Lancaster County, 1989
- Calendar containing full color photographs of Amish people and scenery. Partially uesd by Stephen Scott.
- Item 6: Amish Country, 1992
- Calendar with glossy, full color photographs of Amish people and landscapes with short descriptions. Partially used by Stephen Scott.
- Item 7: Shipshewana: Amish Country, 1992
- Calendar containing full color photographs of Amish people and landscapes with short description. Unused.
- Folder 3: Amish Wall Calendars, 1994-2011
- Item 1: Buggies of Rural America, 1994
- Calendar with full color photographs of horse-drawn buggies from different Amish groups, with descriptions. Used by Stephen Scott.
- Item 2: Amish Seasons, 1997
- Calendar with full color photographs of Amish adults, children, and landscapes with short descriptions. Unused.
- Item 3: Amish Seasons, 2000
- Calendar with photographs of Amish adults and children performing different activities. Unused.
- Item 4: Celebrating 300 Years of God's Faithfulness to Brethren, 2008
- Sixteen month calendar with full color photographs of buildings and locations relevant to the Brethren, along with short descriptions. Dates of Brethren events are noted in different colors based on the specific group. Unused.
- Item 5: Buggies of Backroad America: 25th Anniversary Calendar, 2011
- Calendar featuring full color photographs of Amish buggies from different groups. Photographs taken by Dennis L. Hughes. Unused.
- Folder 5: Anabaptist Information and Charts
- Item 1: The Amish Church Districts of Holmes County and Vicinity, 1900-1982
- Two boards and paper copy containing a flow chart showing the progresion of Old Order Amish groups in Holmes County, Ohio.
- Item 2: Anabaptist Churches in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1990
- Chart showing numbers of churches and their members in different Amish and Mennonite groups in Lancaster County. Created by Stephen Scott.
- Item 3: Conservative Mennonite Groups in the United States and Canada, 1994
- Chart showing the number of churches, membership, and the origin of different Conservative Mennonite groups.
- Item 4: The Family Tree of the Conservative Mennonite Movement, 1996
- Item 5: Buggy Types by Group
- Four sheets of oversized paper containing a chart of different groups and how their buggies are constructed.
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Religious and Cultural Groups],
[
Series 2: Research and Organizational Materials],
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Series 3: Maps and Population Data],
[
Series 4: Audiovisual Materials and Electronic Files],
[
All]