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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Series 4: Research and Publication Materials, 1844-2022

This series spans five boxes and contains photographs, research materials, court documents, correspondence, Johnson-Weiner’s The Lives of Amish Women (2020) manuscript, typed and handwritten notes, and published materials. Topics covered in this series include Amish women, legal issues, the Amish of New York, history of different Amish communities and settlements, and publishing. Locations present in this series include Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Materials in this series are from 1844-2022.

Box 5

Folder 51: The Lives of Amish Women Manuscript

Folder 52: The Lives of Amish Women- Chapters 1-3 with Comments

Folder 53: The Lives of Amish Women- Reviews

Folder 54: The Lives of Amish Women- Interviews

Folder 55: Amish Women Research- A

Folder 56: Amish Women Research- B

Box 6

Folder 1: The Quiet in the Land: Amish Women and Entrepreneurship, 2019

Folder 2: Women in Old Order, Beachy, and Fellowship Churches, 1995

Folder 3: Writing About Amish Women, 2015

Folder 4: Allen, R.- Reproductive Agency Among Amish Women, 2004

Folder 5: Swartzentruber, L.- Beautiful Country Days

Folder 6: Old Order Magazines- Women

Folder 7: Single Girls Newsletter

Folder 8: Beachy/ Fellowship Interviews- Status of Women, 1995

Folder 9: Sisters' Quilting, 2014

Folder 10: Amish Women's Businesses- Lancaster County

Folder 11: Amish Women's Businesses- Kiem, Susie

Folder 12: Amish Women's Businesses- Milheim, PA., Mother/ Daughter

Folder 13: Amish Women's Businesses- Schwartz, A., Beautiful Blooms

Folder 14: Amish Women- Misc. Articles

Folder 15: Amish Women- Brown, J., Gendered Stories

Folder 16: Amish Women- Jared, E., Educational Journey, 2001

Folder 17: Amish Women- Jellsion, K., Entrepreneurship

Folder 18: Amish Women- Jellison, K., Patriarchy

Folder 19: Amish Women- Huntington, G. E., 1993

Folder 20: Amish Women- Lehman, N., Separate but Equal

Folder 21: Amish Women- Nelson, M. K. and Smith J., Gender Roles, 1998

Folder 22: Amish Women- Schmidt K., Feminist Theory, 1993

Folder 23: Amish Women- Schwemmlein, S., The Weaker Vessel

Folder 24: Amish Women- Shetler, S. G., Ministry, 1987

Folder 25: Legal Issues- Conflict with the State

Folder 26: Legal Issues- Religious Freedom

Folder 27: Legal Issues- Welfare

Folder 28: Legal Issues- Building Permits, General

Folder 29: Legal Issues- Building Permits, Angelica, New York

Folder 30: Legal Issues- Morristown Building Code Case

Folder 31: Legal Issues- Oswagatchie v. Miller

Folder 32: Legal Issues- Swartzentruber Building Plans

Folder 33: Legal Issues- Wisconsin Building Materials

Folder 34: Legal Issues- Septic Systems, Minnesota

Folder 35: Legal Issues- Miller, Child Abuse Case

Folder 36: Legal Issues- Troyer v. Troyer, Child Abuse Case

Folder 37: Legal Issues- Child Abuse

Folder 38: Legal Issues- Hershberger Case, Medical Neglect

Folder 39: Legal Issues- Shetler Case, Medical Neglect

Folder 40: Legal Issues- Vaccination

Folder 41: Legal Issues- Animal Identification

Box 7

Folder 1: Legal Issues- SMV Orange Triangle Issues

Folder 2: Legal Issues- Social Security and Photo ID

Folder 3: Legal Issues- Miller Kidnapping

Folder 4: Legal Issues- New York School Tax

Folder 5: Legal Issues- The Yoder Decision in the 21st Century

Folder 6: New York Amish- Olshan, M., Old Order Amish

Folder 7: New York Amish- Research and Notes

Folder 8: New York Amish- Kraybill's Field Notes

Folder 9: New York Amish- Heritage Historical Library Materials

Folder 10: New York Amish- Original Settlement Research and Interviews

Some articles in this folder are written in Pennsylvania German and French.

Folder 11: New York Amish- Lowville

Folder 12: New York Amish- Andy Weaver, Fultonville and Glen

Folder 13: New York Amish- Andy Weaver

Folder 14: New York Amish- Conewango Valley, Chautanqua

Folder 15: New York Amish- Norfolk, Clyde, Prattsburg

Folder 16: New York Amish- Luthy, D.

Folder 17: New York Amish- North Country Settlement

Folder 18: New York Amish- Hill, S., North Country

Folder 19: New York Amish- Auction Flyers

Folder 20: New York Amish- Traditional Arts of Upstate New York (TAUNY)

Folder 21: New York Amish- Tisdale, B., Adironkacks Amish

Folder 22: New York Amish- "How Far to Go for Faith?"

Folder 23: The New York Amish Paperwork

Folder 24: The New York Amish- Second Edition

Folder 25: New York Amish- Health

Folder 26: Swartzentruber Notes- A

Folder 27: Swartzentruber Notes- B

Folder 28: Swartzentruber Settlements

Folder 29: Swartzentruber Research

Folder 30: Beiler, F.- 18th Century Amish in Lancaster County, 1977

Folder 31: The Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1972

Folder 32: Nebraska Amish, Luthy, D.

Folder 33: Luke Martin Group, Lancaster County PA.

Folder 34: Fredericktown, Ohio- An Alarming Concern

Folder 35: Abe Miller Group, Tennessee

Folder 36: Elmo Stoll Letters, Tennessee

Folder 37: Clarion, Atlantic, and Linesville, Pennsylvania

Folder 38: Renno, J.- The Amish Church in Mifflin County, 1975

Folder 39: Peachy, S. W.- Kishacoquillas Valley, Mifflin County

Folder 40: Last Writings of S. W. Peachy, 1941

Folder 41: Old Order Amish, General

Folder 42: Wittmer, J.- The Plight of the Old Order Amish

Folder 43: Family History of Moses Beachy, 1975

Folder 44: Jecker, H.- Bernese Anabaptist History

Folder 45: Hoover- The Jonas Martin Era, 1982

Folder 46: Hoover, J. and Hoover D. Jr.- Christ's True Church, 1994

Folder 47: Wiley, P.- History of the Amish in Somerset

Folder 48: Beachy, J.- The Amish of Somerset County, 1952

Folder 49: J. C. Troyer History, 1971

Folder 50: The Troyer Teams

Folder 51: Lapp- Weavertown Church, 1963

Folder 52: Weaver, J.- History, 1990

Folder 53: Weavertown- Aaron Glick Interview, 1994

Folder 54: Zook Family History, 1994

Folder 55: History of Preachers, Deacons, and Bishops, 1970

Folder 56: Misc. Church Histories

Folder 57: Wickey, R.- The Ozark Letters, 1996

Folder 58: Amish Migration/ Immigration

Folder 59: Graber, R.- The 19th Century Amish Church, 2015

Folder 60: Yoder, P.- The Amish Church in the 19th Century, 1988

Folder 61: Weaver, R.- Amish Ministers' Meetings

Folder 62: Amish Ministers' Meeting Minutes

Folder 63: Old Colony Mennonites, 1984

Folder 64: Sunday School Notes

Box 8

Folder 1: Meyers, T.- The Amish Division, 1996

Folder 2: Conflict in Old Order Amish Churches- Wayne and Holmes County, Ohio

Folder 3: Wood, W.- Conflict in Old Order Amish Society, 1993

Folder 4: Wagler, I.- Conflict in the Church

Folder 5: Schisms- Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania

Folder 6: Schisms- Ohio

Folder 7: Schisms- Beachy Amish

Folder 8: Schisms- Lancaster County Divisions, 1985

Folder 9: Schisms- Reidenback (35ers)

Folder 10: Stauffer Schism, 1986

Folder 11: Schisms- Swartzentruber

Folder 12: Schisms- Troyer/ Swartzentruber

Folder 13: Publishing- Amish Textbooks, Pathway Materials

Folder 14: Publishing- Pathway Notes, 2003

Folder 15: Publishing- Pathway History

Folder 16: Publishing- Pathway, Family Life

Folder 17: Publishing- Family Life, Lunch Pail Issues

Folder 18: Publishing- Gordonville Print Shop

Folder 19: Publishing- Study Time

Folder 20: Publishing- The Amish Book Committee

Folder 21: Publishing- Miller, K., The Amish Reader, 1986

Folder 22: Publishing- Orr, M., Public Libraries

Folder 23: Publishing- Patton, G., Bookmobile Use, 1994

Folder 24: Publishing- Interviews

Folder 25: Amish Writing, Printing, and Publishing

Folder 26: Publish or Perish?, 2002

Folder 27: Amish Medical Practices

Folder 28: The Amish and Their Religion

Folder 29: The Inroads of Pietism

Folder 30: Kate Miller Letter, 1916

Folder 31: Death Article and Notes

Folder 32: Ex-Amish Questionnaires

Folder 33: Grandma's Home Remedies

Folder 34: Heritage Historical Library Materials

Folder 35: Marketing and Amishness

Folder 36: Newswanger, Amos- Music, Singing

Folder 37: Songbooks/ Singing

Folder 38: Technology

Folder 39: Who Stimulates and Stifles Change?, 2001

Folder 40: Burns, E.- Cultural Identity and Ethnic Boundaries, 1996

Folder 41: Cates, J.- Serving the Amish

Folder 42: Hadnot, V.- Martian Amish, 2009

Folder 43: Hurst and McConnell- Former Amish

Folder 44: Klim, S.- Amish Country, 2000

Folder 45: Klimuska- Amish Schools

Folder 46: Kollmorgen, W. M.- Culture of a Contemporary Rural Community

Folder 47: Kraybill and Kopko- Bush Fever: Amish and Voting, 2006

Folder 48: Kraybill, Nolt, and Wesner- Amish Enterprise

Folder 49: Kraybill and Huntington- Amish Family

Folder 50: Landing, J.- The Amish, the Automobile, and Social Interaction

Folder 51: Lapp, H.- Child Labor

Folder 52: Leaman, J.- Farmland Loss and Community Cohesion, 1993

Folder 53: LeVine, N. A. S.- Articles

Folder 54: Lockwood, A.- Amish Cottage Industries

Folder 55: Manolescu, K.- Economic Change in Pennsylvania German Dairy Farming, 1991

Folder 56: Mark, K.- An Amish Home in America, 1997

Folder 57: Markle and Pasco- Family Limitation, 1977

Folder 58: Mariola and McConnell- Amish Agriculture, 2013

Folder 59: McEvoy, M.- Economics of Old Order Anabaptist Farms

Folder 60: McGonigal- Durkheimian Explanations of Key Aspects of Amish Culture

Folder 61: Metzler, M.- Mennonite Families, 1999

Folder 62: Moody, S.- The Amish: "We are Different", 1966

Folder 63: Northrup, N.- Amish and Medical Care, 2010

Folder 64: Schreiber, W.- The Amish in a New Land

Folder 65: Shahar, R.- Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Women and Media

Folder 66: Yost, B. et al.- Interviewing the Amish

Folder 67: Zook, L.- The Function of Amish Mutual Aid, 1993

Folder 68: "The Plain People Among Us", 1990

Folder 69: "Reinforcing a Separate Amish Identity", 1995

Folder 70: "Business, Money, and Traditional Values Among the Old Order Amish", 1996

Folder 71: "Everlasting Truth, Secular Time, and the Place of the Church Community", 1998

Folder 72: "Selling the Past", 1999

Folder 73: "Serving God and Country", 2000

Folder 74: "Pow-Wow Healers, Dumb Dutchmen, and Salt of the Earth", 2001

Folder 75: "Home is Where the Church is", 2001

Folder 76: "Since History Prepares You for Nothing, it Makes You Ready for Everything", 2002

Box 9

Folder 1: "Always in Church", 2005

Folder 2: "Technological Diversity and Cultural Change", 2014

Folder 3: "Home, Church, and Place in Amish Communities", 2014

Folder 4: "Getting Hitched Amish Style", 2016

Folder 5: "Hingleflesch Frolic", 2016

Folder 6: "Continuity and Change in the Lives of Amish Women", 2016

Folder 7: Elizabethtown Conference Correspondence, 2016

Folder 8: Reviews

Folder 9: "Murder in Amish Country": Afterward

Folder 10: "Leaving Home" One-Minute Sheet

Folder 11: Johns Hopkins University Press Correspondence

Folder 12: Herald Press Agreement, 2019

Folder 13: Potsdam Children's Museum- Amish Exhibit

Folder 14: Patchwork, 2007

Folder 15: Young Center Conference, 1993

Folder 16: Notebooks, 1998-2007

This folder contains seven of Johnson-Weiner's notebooks with notes on a variety of topics relating to the Amish.

Folder 17: Notebooks, 2013-2014

This folder contains two of Johnson-Weiner's notebooks with notes on a variety of topics relating to the Amish.

Folder 18: Notebooks, 2015

This folder contains three of Johnson-Weiner's notebooks with notes on a variety of topics relating to the Amish.

Folder 19: Notebooks, 2016-2018

This folder contains six of Johnson-Weiner's notebooks with notes on a variety of topics relating to the Amish.

Sub-Series 1: Photographs and Negatives

Box 15

Folder 1: Brookside School Photographs

Folder 2: Meadow Brook, LaGrange, IN, Photographs, 2002 October 15

Folder 3: Sunny Side, Topeka, IN, Photographs, 2002 February 14 - 2002 November 7

Folder 4: Oakhill School, La Grange, IN, Photographs and Negatives, 2002 February 14 - 2002 November 6

Folder 5: Pleasant View, Centreville, MI, Photographs, 2002 October 11

Folder 6: Twin Maple School, Centreville, MI, Photographs and Negtives, 2002 October 11

Folder 7: Woodlawn, Centreville, MI, Photographs and Negatives, 2002 October 16

Folder 8: Sherman Hill, Sturgis, MI, Photographs, 2002 February 15 - 2002 October 11

Box 16

Folder 1: Anderson Valley, Rensslaer Falls, NY, Photographs

Folder 2: Anderson Valley School, Rensslaer Falls NY, Photographs

Folder 3: Maple Ridge, Heuvelton, NY, Photographs and Negatives

Folder 4: Mud Lake School, Heuvelton, NY, Photographs

Folder 5: Norfolk, NY, Photographs, 2002 May 30

Folder 6: Swartzentruber School, Heuvelton, Photographs, 2002 May 17

Folder 7: Hillside School, Lancaster, Photographs and Negatives

Folder 8: Chestnut Hil, Lancaster County, Photographs and Negatives, 2002 April 24 - 2002 November 8

Folder 9: Churchtown School, Lancaster, Photographs, 2002 April 23 - 2002 November 6

Folder 10: Mill Road, Lancaster County, Photographs and Negatives, 2002 April 23 - 2003 August 12

Folder 11: Pennytown, Lancaster County, Photographs and Negatives, 2002 June 11

Folder 12: Valley View, Lancaster, Photographs and Negatives, 2002 November 7

Folder 13: Wide Hollow School, Lancaster, Photographs and Negatives, 2002 April 23 - 2002 November 8

Folder 14: Pash Valley Photographs

Folder 15: Dividing Ridge, Ashland, OH, Photographs, 2002 April 10

Folder 16: Meadow Brook, Ashland, OH, Photographs, 2002 September 19

Folder 17: Meadow View School, Ashland, OH,  Photographs, 2002 April 10 - 2002 September 19

Folder 18: Meadow View, Fredericktown, OH, Photographs, 2002 September 18

Folder 19: Cunningham School, Holmes, OH, Photographs and Negatives, 2002 April 12

Folder 20: Rock Valley, Holmes County, OH, Photographs, 2002 April 12

Folder 21: South Mt. Hope, Holmes County, Photographs, 2002 September 20

Folder 22: County Line School, Mt. Gilead, OH, Photographs, 2002 April 8 - 2002 September 18

Folder 23: Weaver School, Holmes County, Photographs, 2002 September 20

Folder 24: Home of Liz Garber, Somerset, OH, Photographs, 2002 April 9

Folder 25: Hopewell, Somerset, OH, Photographs and Negatives, 2002 April 9 - 2002 September 23

Folder 26: Pathway Publishing, Aylmer, Ontario, Photographs, 2003 July 30

Folder 27: Schoolaid Publishers, Lancaster, Photographs and Negatives, 2003 August 13

Folder 28: Store Offering Amish-Themed Goods, Delevan, NY, Photographs and Negatives, 1997

Folder 29: Sheep Shearing, Parishville, NY, Photographs

Folder 30: Jacob Swartzentruber Farm, Rensslaer Falls, NY, Photographs

Folder 31: Various Norfolk, NY, Photographs

Folder 32: Miscellaneous Negatives

Folder 33: Lowville, NY, Photographs, 2002 May 15