Stephen E. Scott Papers, 1900-2011 | Earl H. and Anita F. Hess Archives and Special Collections

By Emily Erdlen '23

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Collection Historical Note

Box and Folder Listing

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.