Object Name
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Papers, Personal
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Title
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Jacob C. Clemens Papers
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Scope & Content
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Size: 10 linear feet (10 boxes)
Jacob C. "J.C." Clemens (1874-1965) had an influential role in the life of Franconia Mennonite Conference in the first half of the twentieth century. Ordained in 1906 to serve the Plains congregation near Lansdale, he left a promising banking career to answer that call. He was one of the first ministers in Franconia Conference to preach regularly in English, and his services were much in demand across the conference. In 1909, he was chosen as the first secretary of Franconia Conference, and served 40 years in that role. He was a traveling evangelist and was called often to Lancaster County and beyond. He was instrumental in the beginning of historical preservation work in Franconia Conference and in the larger Mennonite Church.
The Jacob C. Clemens Papers includes personal and family papers and correspondence, sermons, files from church and committee work, and a great deal of correspondence from fellow ministers and lay people. Also included are the papers of J.C.'s wife, Hanna Rittenhouse Clemens, and over 1,000 letters from son James R. Clemens to his parents while in college, Civilian Public Service, and until Hanna's death in 1977. In addition, there are some photographs and books.
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Object ID #
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1982.3.1
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Year Range from
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1832
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Year Range to
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1977
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Manuscript Collection #
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Hist. Mss. 003
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Source
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Gift of the family of Jacob C. & Hanna Rittenhouse Clemens
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People
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Allebach, David K., 1872-1951 Allebach, Leahanna C. Clemens, 1876-1954 Armstrong, Jack, fraktur artist Baer, Laura F. Fuss, 1892-1973 Bean, Warren G., 1866-1949 Bechtel, Catherine B. Diehl, 1875-1974 Bechtel, Francis G., 1876-1965 Bechtel, Jesse B., 1897-1992 Bechtel, Joseph B., 1856-1928 Beidler, John C., 1878-1955 Bergey, Nelson H., 1857-1938 Cassel, Jacob L., 1819-1891 Clemens, Clara N. Ruth, 1901-1952 Clemens, Ella C. Shisler Nyce, 1887-1976 Clemens, Ernest R., 1900-1997 Clemens, Eva May Moyer, 1918-1987 Clemens, Hanna C. Rittenhouse, 1880-1977 Clemens, Jacob C., 1874-1965 Clemens, Jacob R., 1911-1987 Clemens, James R., 1913-2008 Clemens, John C., 1879-1959 Clemens, Lois A. Gunden, 1915-2005 Clemens, Manasses C., 1856-1929 Clemens, Paul R., 1905-1965 (Lansdale) Clemmer, Abraham G., 1867-1939 Clemmer, Markley H., 1911-1984 Delp, Howard K., 1894-1962 Derstine, Clayton F., 1891-1967 Derstine, Herbert A., 1895-1985 Derstine, Isaac L., 1867-1939 Detweiler, William G., 1903-1956 Diller, Jesse Dennis, 1899-1983 Freed, Allen A., 1854-1927 Freed, Joseph M., 1819-1866 Fretz, Clarence Y., 1911-1996 Fuss, Anna C. Kulp, 1886-1972 Fuss, John F., 1880-1954 Gauger, May S., 1892-1949 Gehman, John G., 1875-1969 Graybill, Silas, 1903-1990 Gross, Abram G., 1870-1944 Gross, Mahlon G., 1873-1937 Histand, Abraham O., 1869-1943 Johnson, Elmer Ellsworth S., 1872-1959 Kolb, Amos B., 1879-1973 Kolb, Elmer G., 1905-2004 Kratz, Isaac O., 1855-1941 Kratz, Lyman A., 1878-1964 Kulp, Elias W., 1880-1977 Kulp, Elizabeth Rachel Clemens, 1883-1952 Kulp, Jacob C., 1906-2005 Landis, Ruth R. Clemens, 1902-1996 Lapp, John Edwin, 1905-1988 Leatherman, Daniel S., 1874-1952 Leatherman, John D., 1911-1990 Leatherman, Martha D., 1901-1984 Lederach, Marcus K., 1893-1948 Mack, Elmer M., 1890-1977 Mack, Harvey G., 1889-1984 Mack, Jesse H., 1865-1934 Mack, Noah H., 1861-1948 Mack, Philip G., 1891-1970 Mensch, Abraham B., 1863-1934 Mininger, Jacob D., 1879-1941 Moyer, Carrie S. Kulp, 1885-1966 Moyer, Elizabeth "Lizzie" H. Mack, 1873-1942 Moyer, Elmer B., 1888-1957 Moyer, Jacob M., 1891-1967 (Souderton) Moyer, Moses L., 1870-1942 Moyer, William M., 1874-1964 Moyer, Wilson R., 1872-1959 Nyce, Elizabeth "Betty" R. Clemens, 1915-1988 Nyce, David, 1914-2003 Overholt, Wilson M., 1889-1964 Rittenhouse, Elizabeth "Eliza" D. Clemmer, 1840-1921 Rittenhouse, Jacob K., 1838-1913 Rittenhouse, Samuel S., 1801-1882 Schlosser, Edna C. Clemens, 1892-1974 Shelly, Paul R., 1911-1970 Souder, Frederick H., 1846-1927 Souder, John D., 1865-1942 Stauffer, John Longacre, 1888-1959 Stauffer, Rudy L., 1893-1973 Steinhauer, Ivins W., 1915-1985 Swanenburg, Marcus "Mark", 1893-1979 Swartz, Frank, 1860-1937 Wenger, John Christian, 1910-1995 Yoder, Abram D., 1893-1961 Yoder, Laura N. Stoudt, 1896-1992
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