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By Emily Erdlen '23
Collection Overview
Title: Karen M. Johnson-Weiner Papers, 1844-2022
ID: MSS/MSS-0014
Primary Creator: Johnson-Weiner, Karen
Extent: 10.42 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 05/13/2022
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection contains materials from 1844-2022 and spans fourteen boxes donated by Johnson-Weiner in 2022. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, handwritten and typed notes, research materials, Dr. Johnson-Weiner’s published work, and an assortment of artifacts including hats, bonnets, dolls, children’s clothing, and a school bell. This collection includes Johnson-Weiner’s correspondence with Amish and non-Amish individuals, and her research on Amish schools, language, Amish women, the Amish in New York state, and other topics relating to Amish life.
Collection Historical Note
Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, Ph.D. is a linguistic anthropologist who has been studying Amish and Mennonite communities for over 30 years. She is a Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology Emerita at SUNY Potsdam. Johnson-Weiner received her B.A. from Hope College in 1975, her M.A. from Michigan State University in 1976, and her Ph.D. in linguistics from McGill University in 1984.
Johnson-Weiner has written multiple books on the Amish: Train up a Child: Old Order Amish and Mennonite Schools (2006), New York Amish: Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State (2010), The Lives of Amish Women (2020), and All About the Amish: Answers to Common Questions (2021), as well as a number of articles on Old Order Amish language, culture, and education. She also co-wrote The Amish (2013) with Dr. Donald Kraybill and Dr. Steven Nolt.
Administrative Information
Repository:
Earl H. and Anita F. Hess Archives and Special Collections
Use Restrictions:
All researchers must complete a privacy agreement provided by the Archivist.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Correspondence, 1985-2023],
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Series 2: Amish Schools, 1892-2008],
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Series 3: Language, 1969-2005],
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Series 4: Research and Publication Materials, 1844-2022],
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Series 5: Artifacts],
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All]
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1985-2023
- This series spans three boxes and contains Dr. Johnson-Weiner’s years of correspondence with Amish and Non-Amish individuals between 1985 and 2023. Most folders include brief biographical information along with handwritten or typed letters. Locations of correspondents include Pennsylvania, New York, Minnesota, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, and Maine.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Amish- Beiler, Saloma
- Folder 2: Amish- Brubaker, Caroline (Troyer)
- Folder 3: Amish- Byler, Rebecca
- Folder 4: Amish- Christner, Lydia (Troyer)
- Folder 5: Amish- Delagrange, Margaret
- Folder 6: Amish- Esh, Daniel
- Folder 7: Amish- Fisher, Paul
- Folder 8: Amish- Graber, Mary (Schwartz)
- Folder 9: Amish- Glick, Henry Sr.
- Folder 10: Amish- Hershberger, Dan and Anna (Miller)
- Folder 11: Amish- Hershberger, Ezra and Mattie
- Folder 12: Amish- Hershberger, Jonas and Mattie
- Folder 13: Amish- Hostetler, Abe and Emma
- Folder 14: Amish- Hostetler, Joe and Rebecca
- Folder 15: Amish- Hostetler, Joe E.
- Folder 16: Amish- Keim, Levi and Susie
- Folder 17: Amish- Keim, Elias
- Folder 18: Amish- Keim, Roy
- Folder 19: Amish- Lehman, Wilma
- Folder 20: Amish- Lengacher, Rebekah
- Folder 21: Amish- Luthy, David
- Folder 22: Amish- Martin, Delynn and Debbie
- Folder 23: Amish- Martin, Luke
- Folder 24: Amish- Mast, Henry and Amanda
- Folder 25: Amish- Miller, Andy S. and Lydia
- Folder 26: Amish- Miller, Dan J. and Mattie
- Folder 27: Amish- Miller, Dan J. and Susan
- Folder 28: Amish- Miller, Elizabeth E.
- Folder 29: Amish- Miller, Elmer H.
- Folder 30: Amish- Miller, Henry and Lydian
- Folder 31: Amish- Miller, John H. and Katie
- Folder 32: Amish- Miller, John M. and Sarah
- Folder 33: Amish- Miller, Levi M. and Mary
- Folder 34: Amish- Miller, inc.- Mrs. Harvey E. (Mary), Lydia, Mary
- Folder 35: Amish- Miller, Mose J. A. and Family
- Folder 36: Amish- Miller, Mose H. and Emma
- Folder 37: Amish- Miller, Miriam
- Folder 38: Amish- Miller, Naomi (Wengerd)
- Folder 39: Amish- Miller, Ruth
- Folder 40: Amish- Miller, Sam H. and Delilah
- Folder 41: Amish- Rhoads, Liz (Garber)
- Folder 42: Amish- Riehl, Ben
- Folder 43: Amish- Riehl, Lillian
- Folder 44: Amish- Sensenig, Aaron
- Folder 45: Amish- Schmucker, Christine (Schwartz)
- Folder 46: Amish- Schwartz, Rhoda
- Folder 47: Amish- Schwartz, Susan (Mrs. Pete)
- Folder 48: Amish- Shetler, Henry and Lydia (Glick)
- Folder 49: Amish- Shetler, Levi M.
- Folder 50: Amish- Shetler, Sam
- Folder 51: Amish- Schwartz, Rudy and Arlene
- Folder 52: Amish- Shirk, Ivan and Mary
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Amish- Stoll, Joseph
- Folder 2: Amish- Stutzman, Abe and Lizzie
- Folder 3: Amish- Stutzman, Mose D. and Lydia
- Folder 4: Amish- Stutzman, Mose and Lydia (Miller)
- Folder 5: Amish- Swartzentruber, Enos and Katie
- Folder 6: Amish- Swartzentruber, Ammon and Fannie
- Folder 7: Amish- Swartzentruber, Eli and Mattie
- Folder 8: Amish- Swartzentruber, Harvey J. and Mary
- Folder 9: Amish- Swartzentruber, Henry J.
- Folder 10: Amish- Swartzentruber, Jacob and Rebecca
- Folder 11: Amish- Swartzentruber, Jonas and Lydia
- Folder 12: Amish- Swartzentruber, Jonas and Mary
- Folder 13: Amish- Swartzentruber, Jacob J. and Fannie
- Folder 14: Amish- Swartzentruber, Mose M.
- Folder 15: Amish- Swartzentruber, Sam J. and Amanda
- Folder 16: Amish- Swartzentruber, Rudy
- Folder 17: Amish- Troyer, Dan and Ada Mae
- Folder 18: Amish- Troyer, Emma
- Folder 19: Amish- Troyer, John and Mary
- Folder 20: Amish- Weaver, Jacob and Delilah
- Folder 21: Amish- Weaver, James and Dorcas
- Folder 22: Amish- Weaver, Sam and Mary
- Folder 23: Amish- Wengerd, Elizabeth
- Folder 24: Amish- Wickey, Jim and Anna Mae
- Folder 25: Amish- Wickey, Sue Ann
- Folder 26: Amish- Yoder, Ivan and Clara
- Folder 27: Amish- Yoder, Dan J. and Katie
- Folder 28: Amish- Yoder, Levi
- Folder 29: Amish- Yoder, Rudy and Mary
- Folder 30: Amish- Yoder, Soloman and Mary
- Folder 31: Amish- Zook, Daniel
- Folder 32: Wedding Invitations
- Folder 33: General
- Folder 34: Non-Amish- Bach, Jeff
- Folder 35: Non-Amish- Beam, C. Richard
- Folder 36: Non-Amish- Belton, David
- Folder 37: Non-Amish- Cates, James
- Folder 38: Non-Amish- Dasher, Jane
- Folder 39: Non-Amish- DeWalt, Mark
- Folder 40: Non-Amish- Enninger, Werner
- Folder 41: Non-Amish- Gleason, Allan
- Folder 42: Non-Amish- Glenn, Jerry
- Folder 43: Non-Amish- Glick, Ivan
- Folder 44: Non-Amish- Harder, Jeanette
- Folder 45: Non-Amish- Hoover, Amos
- Folder 46: Non-Amish- Hoover, Amos- Calendar
- Folder 47: Amish- Hershberger, Abraham and Anna
- Folder 48: Amish- Rissler, Erma and Ivan
- Folder 49: Amish- Stutzman, Levi and Cevilla
- Folder 50: Amish- Hershberger, Saloma J.
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Non-Amish- Hoover, Alta
- Folder 2: Non-Amish- Hostetler, John A.
- Folder 3: Non-Amish- Kelly, Rachel
- Folder 4: Non-Amish- Huffines, M. Lois
- Folder 5: Non-Amish- Kraybill, Donald B.
- Folder 6: Non-Amish- Lipford, Brian
- Folder 7: Non-Amish- Meyers, Tom
- Folder 8: Non-Amish- Miller, Stephen
- Folder 9: Non-Amish- Olshan, Mark
- Folder 10: Non-Amish- Petrovich, Christopher
- Folder 11: Non-Amish- Richter, Manfred
- Folder 12: Non-Amish- Stevick, Richard
- Folder 13: Non-Amish- Vollmer, Helmut
- Folder 14: Non-Amish- Wolff, Michéle
- Folder 15: Non-Amish- Yousey, Arlene
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Correspondence, 1985-2023],
[
Series 2: Amish Schools, 1892-2008],
[
Series 3: Language, 1969-2005],
[
Series 4: Research and Publication Materials, 1844-2022],
[
Series 5: Artifacts],
[
All]
