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Object Name |
Papers, Personal |
Title |
Elmer G. Kolb Papers |
Scope & Content |
Size: 7.5 linear feet (9 boxes) Elmer Kolb (1905-2004) and his wife Emily Moyer (1906-1990) were Mennonite mission workers with Franconia Conference in the urban setting of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, beginning in the 1930s. In 1938 Elmer was ordained to the ministry, the first in Franconia Conference to be ordained on the basis of gifts and call, without the drawing of lots. In 1952 he was ordained bishop for the Western District of Franconia Conference. From 1961-1971 he served as Secretary of the Conference. Highlights of the collection include: --Elmer Kolb's record of his ministerial career and the history of Pottstown Mennonite Church. --An exhaustive collection of material related to Pottstown Mennonite Church (opened 1930 and closed 1993), as well as other congregations of the western bishop district of Franconia Conference (including Vincent, Upper Skippack, Providence, Methacton, King of Prussia, First Mennonite Norristown, Conshohocken, Bridgeport, and Bethel Norristown congregations). --Correspondence files of Elmer Kolb as Secretary of Franconia Mennonite Conference, 1961-1972 (about 30 folders). --Audio recordings (cassettes) of significant local meetings, funerals, sermons, etc., 1956-2003. Finding aid: Click Here Audio inventory: Click Here |
Creator |
Kolb, Elmer G., 1905-2004 |
Object ID # |
1982.26.1 |
Year Range from |
1930 |
Year Range to |
2003 |
Manuscript Collection # |
Hist. Mss. 030 |
Related Publications |
Lutz, Shirley M. and Ruth M. Graybill (as told to Marie E. Cutman). The Other Side of the Pulpit. Published by authors, 1997?. |
Source |
Gift of Elmer G. Kolb |
People |
Alderfer, Caroline A., 1915-1991 Black, Florence Elizabeth Kolb, 1907-1994 Clemens, Jacob C., 1874-1965 Ebersol, Adah K. Bechtel, 1908-1994 Gehman, Abraham G., 1890-1985 Guntz, John B., 1889-1978 Hostetler, Anna Pearl Longacre, 1926-2000 Kolb, Amos B., 1879-1973 Kolb, Elmer G., 1905-2004 Kolb, Emily A. Moyer, 1906-1990 Kolb, Irene M. Meyers, 1937-2003 Kolb, Irvin G., 1912-1994 Kolb, Jacob Funk, 1902-1993 Kolb, Mary G. Good, 1916-1997 Kolb, Norman G., 1916-2005 Lapp, John Edwin, 1905-1988 Lederach, Mary H. Mensch, 1898-1980 Mininger, Jonas L., 1919-2000 Ruth, Arthur D., 1892-1985 Souder, Ruth L. Kraybill, 1889-1993 Wenger, John Christian, 1910-1995 |