The Mennonite Historical Collections are housed in the Archives and Special Collections floor - the first floor of the 1965 addition to Musselman Library. Founded in 1935 by the late Dr. C. Henry Smith as the Mennonite Historical Library, our Mennonite Historical Collections reflect the Mennonite affiliation of Bluffton University and the Swiss heritage of many constituents.
Our Mennonite Historical Collections include a number of editions of key Anabaptist-Mennonite texts, periodicals with research and news for and about Mennonite and related groups, resources for genealogy research, secondary sources on Mennonite history and life, and historic materials from the village of Bluffton and of surrounding communities. Materials in the main library collection on the topics of peace and general Anabaptist and Mennonite history support research in these areas.
MHC materials are available for use by appointment.
Historical events of the Mennonite settlement in Allen and Putnam counties, Ohio
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Mennonites in Transition from Switzerland to America
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Grace Mennonite Church, Pandora, Ohio : 1904-1979, 75th anniversary
Bernese Anabaptists and their American Descendants
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The Swiss settlement of Bluffton-Pandora, Ohio
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A century of Grace : in the community and around the world
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Faith in ferment ; a history of the Central District Conference
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Walking together in faith : the Central District Conference, 1957-1990
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150 years along the Riley : the history and events of Riley Township and and Pandora, Ohio, 1832-1982
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Town at the fork of the Rileys : historical sketches of old Shannon and Bluffton, Ohio
Town at the fork of the Rileys revisited : historical sketches of old Shannon and Bluffton, Ohio