Restrictions: These materials are open for public research.
Rights: Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.
Related Materials:
Sarah Alice Troyer Young's papers are available at the Billy Graham Center Archives, Wheaton, Illinois.
Preferred Citation: W. W. and Elva Garber Oesch Papers, 1895-1985. HM1-428. Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen. Goshen, Indiana.
Collection Material Type: Personal Papers
Other Note: At one time, the photographs associated with this collection were separated from the other materials and cataloged as HM4-327. In July 2013, the photographs were reunited with the W. W. and Elva Garber Oesch Papers.
Scope and Contents: A hodgepodge of material created and collected by an Indiana Mennonite farmer and his wife. The bulk of the materials in the collection are clippings of W. W. Oesch's "Ramblings" column from a New Paris (Ind.) newspaper, The Farmer's Exchange (1948-1970). Materials also include a scrapbook with correspondence, journal entries, and clippings by and about Sarah Alice Troyer Young, a mission worker killed in the Boxer Rebellion. Three photographs of Young and the China Inland Mission may also be found in this collection. FInally, researchers may find correspondence and congregational records in this collection regarding the doctrinal difficulties of the Indiana-Michigan Conference of the (old) Mennonite Church in the 1920s.