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Karen M. Johnson-Weiner Papers

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Karen M. Johnson-Weiner Papers, 1844-2022 | Earl H. and Anita F. Hess Archives and Special Collections

By Emily Erdlen '23

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Collection Overview

Title: Karen M. Johnson-Weiner Papers, 1844-2022Add to your cart.

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],
[Series 2: Amish Schools, 1892-2008],
[Series 3: Language, 1969-2005],
[Series 4: Research and Publication Materials, 1844-2022],
[Series 5: Artifacts],
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Series 1: Correspondence, 1985-2023Add to your cart.
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 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Amish- Beiler, SalomaAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Amish- Brubaker, Caroline (Troyer)Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Amish- Byler, RebeccaAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Amish- Christner, Lydia (Troyer)Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Amish- Delagrange, MargaretAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Amish- Esh, DanielAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Amish- Fisher, PaulAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Amish- Graber, Mary (Schwartz)Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Amish- Glick, Henry Sr.Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Amish- Hershberger, Dan and Anna (Miller)Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Amish- Hershberger, Ezra and MattieAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Amish- Hershberger, Jonas and MattieAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Amish- Hostetler, Abe and EmmaAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Amish- Hostetler, Joe and RebeccaAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: Amish- Hostetler, Joe E.Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Amish- Keim, Levi and SusieAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: Amish- Keim, EliasAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: Amish- Keim, RoyAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: Amish- Lehman, WilmaAdd to your cart.
Folder 20: Amish- Lengacher, RebekahAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: Amish- Luthy, DavidAdd to your cart.
Folder 22: Amish- Martin, Delynn and DebbieAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: Amish- Martin, LukeAdd to your cart.
Folder 24: Amish- Mast, Henry and AmandaAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: Amish- Miller, Andy S. and LydiaAdd to your cart.
Folder 26: Amish- Miller, Dan J. and MattieAdd to your cart.
Folder 27: Amish- Miller, Dan J. and SusanAdd to your cart.
Folder 28: Amish- Miller, Elizabeth E.Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Amish- Miller, Elmer H.Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Amish- Miller, Henry and LydianAdd to your cart.
Folder 31: Amish- Miller, John H. and KatieAdd to your cart.
Folder 32: Amish- Miller, John M. and SarahAdd to your cart.
Folder 33: Amish- Miller, Levi M. and MaryAdd to your cart.
Folder 34: Amish- Miller, inc.- Mrs. Harvey E. (Mary), Lydia, MaryAdd to your cart.
Folder 35: Amish- Miller, Mose J. A. and FamilyAdd to your cart.
Folder 36: Amish- Miller, Mose H. and EmmaAdd to your cart.
Folder 37: Amish- Miller, MiriamAdd to your cart.
Folder 38: Amish- Miller, Naomi (Wengerd)Add to your cart.
Folder 39: Amish- Miller, RuthAdd to your cart.
Folder 40: Amish- Miller, Sam H. and DelilahAdd to your cart.
Folder 41: Amish- Rhoads, Liz (Garber)Add to your cart.
Folder 42: Amish- Riehl, BenAdd to your cart.
Folder 43: Amish- Riehl, LillianAdd to your cart.
Folder 44: Amish- Sensenig, AaronAdd to your cart.
Folder 45: Amish- Schmucker, Christine (Schwartz)Add to your cart.
Folder 46: Amish- Schwartz, RhodaAdd to your cart.
Folder 47: Amish- Schwartz, Susan (Mrs. Pete)Add to your cart.
Folder 48: Amish- Shetler, Henry and Lydia (Glick)Add to your cart.
Folder 49: Amish- Shetler, Levi M.Add to your cart.
Folder 50: Amish- Shetler, SamAdd to your cart.
Folder 51: Amish- Schwartz, Rudy and ArleneAdd to your cart.
Folder 52: Amish- Shirk, Ivan and MaryAdd to your cart.
Box 2Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Amish- Stoll, JosephAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Amish- Stutzman, Abe and LizzieAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Amish- Stutzman, Mose D. and LydiaAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Amish- Stutzman, Mose and Lydia (Miller)Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Amish- Swartzentruber, Enos and KatieAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: Amish- Swartzentruber, Ammon and FannieAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Amish- Swartzentruber, Eli and MattieAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Amish- Swartzentruber, Harvey J. and MaryAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Amish- Swartzentruber, Henry J.Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Amish- Swartzentruber, Jacob and RebeccaAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Amish- Swartzentruber, Jonas and LydiaAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Amish- Swartzentruber, Jonas and MaryAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Amish- Swartzentruber, Jacob J. and FannieAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Amish- Swartzentruber, Mose M.Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Amish- Swartzentruber, Sam J. and AmandaAdd to your cart.
Folder 16: Amish- Swartzentruber, RudyAdd to your cart.
Folder 17: Amish- Troyer, Dan and Ada MaeAdd to your cart.
Folder 18: Amish- Troyer, EmmaAdd to your cart.
Folder 19: Amish- Troyer, John and MaryAdd to your cart.
Folder 20: Amish- Weaver, Jacob and DelilahAdd to your cart.
Folder 21: Amish- Weaver, James and DorcasAdd to your cart.
Folder 22: Amish- Weaver, Sam and MaryAdd to your cart.
Folder 23: Amish- Wengerd, ElizabethAdd to your cart.
Folder 24: Amish- Wickey, Jim and Anna MaeAdd to your cart.
Folder 25: Amish- Wickey, Sue AnnAdd to your cart.
Folder 26: Amish- Yoder, Ivan and ClaraAdd to your cart.
Folder 27: Amish- Yoder, Dan J. and KatieAdd to your cart.
Folder 28: Amish- Yoder, LeviAdd to your cart.
Folder 29: Amish- Yoder, Rudy and MaryAdd to your cart.
Folder 30: Amish- Yoder, Soloman and MaryAdd to your cart.
Folder 31: Amish- Zook, DanielAdd to your cart.
Folder 32: Wedding InvitationsAdd to your cart.
Folder 33: GeneralAdd to your cart.
Folder 34: Non-Amish- Bach, JeffAdd to your cart.
Folder 35: Non-Amish- Beam, C. RichardAdd to your cart.
Folder 36: Non-Amish- Belton, DavidAdd to your cart.
Folder 37: Non-Amish- Cates, JamesAdd to your cart.
Folder 38: Non-Amish- Dasher, JaneAdd to your cart.
Folder 39: Non-Amish- DeWalt, MarkAdd to your cart.
Folder 40: Non-Amish- Enninger, WernerAdd to your cart.
Folder 41: Non-Amish- Gleason, AllanAdd to your cart.
Folder 42: Non-Amish- Glenn, JerryAdd to your cart.
Folder 43: Non-Amish- Glick, IvanAdd to your cart.
Folder 44: Non-Amish- Harder, JeanetteAdd to your cart.
Folder 45: Non-Amish- Hoover, AmosAdd to your cart.
Folder 46: Non-Amish- Hoover, Amos- CalendarAdd to your cart.
Folder 47: Amish- Hershberger, Abraham and AnnaAdd to your cart.
Folder 48: Amish- Rissler, Erma and IvanAdd to your cart.
Folder 49: Amish- Stutzman, Levi and CevillaAdd to your cart.
Folder 50: Amish- Hershberger, Saloma J.Add to your cart.
Box 3Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Non-Amish- Hoover, AltaAdd to your cart.
Folder 2: Non-Amish- Hostetler, John A.Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Non-Amish- Kelly, RachelAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Non-Amish- Huffines, M. LoisAdd to your cart.
Folder 5: Non-Amish- Kraybill, Donald B.Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Non-Amish- Lipford, BrianAdd to your cart.
Folder 7: Non-Amish- Meyers, TomAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Non-Amish- Miller, StephenAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: Non-Amish- Olshan, MarkAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Non-Amish- Petrovich, ChristopherAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Non-Amish- Richter, ManfredAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Non-Amish- Stevick, RichardAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Non-Amish- Vollmer, HelmutAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Non-Amish- Wolff, MichéleAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: Non-Amish- Yousey, ArleneAdd to your cart.

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]


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