Letters, Documents, & Sermons, Blandina Diedrich collection, 1652-1967 (majority within 1726-1886)

Summary

Creator:

Diedrich, D. N. (Duane Norman), 1935-2018

Abstract:

The Blandina Diedrich Collection is a selection of manuscript items compiled by her son Duane Norman Diedrich and dedicated to her memory. The content of these letters, sermons, documents, and other materials reflect the life and interests of Blandina Diedrich (1903-1996), most prominently subjects pertinent to Christianity, home, and the family.

Extent:

1.25 linear feet

Language:

English

Sponsor:

Blandina Diedrich Collection

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Cheney J. Schopieray

Background

Scope and Content:

The Blandina Diedrich Collection is a selection of manuscript items compiled by her son Duane Norman Diedrich and dedicated to her memory. The manuscripts reflect the life and interests of Blandina Diedrich, most prominently Christianity, home, and the family. Items include sermons from prominent ministers or preachers of different Protestant denominations, documents related to church operations and discipline, letters by prominent and everyday persons respecting their faith and beliefs, correspondence of missionaries, and reflections on religion's role in all manner of human endeavor.

The collection is comprised of over 260 letters, manuscript sermons and hymns, documents, and other items. For a comprehensive inventory and details about each item in the collection, please see the box and folder listing below.

Biographical / Historical:

The Blandina Diedrich Collection is a selection of manuscript items compiled by her son Duane Norman Diedrich (1935-2018) and dedicated to her memory.

Blandina Steege was born on December 25, 1903, in Bloomington, Illinois, to parents of German descent Herman and Augusta Steege. Herman Steege was a dairy farmer. In 1927, Blandina married Elmer L. "Bud" Diedrich (1904-1988). She worked as a German translator and secretary for State Farm Insurance, taught Sunday school at the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and served in many church, educational, and philanthropic organizations. Blandina Diedrich had one son, Duane Norman Diedrich (1935-2018). The family lived in several different locations in Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana, traveling for Bud Diedrich's work as manager and superintendent for the S. S. Kresge Company. Blandina Diedrich passed away on January 3, 1996, and is interred at Elm Ridge Mausoleum in Muncie, Indiana.

Acquisition Information:

1969-2022. M-1497, M-1898, M-1905, M-1924, M-1968, M-2034, M-2057, M-2125, M-2149, M-2188, M-2209, M-2257, M-2426, M-2443, M-2491, M-2534b, M-2570, M-2574, M-2636, M-2681, M-2683, M-2713.4, M-2714.1, M-2714.19, M-2724.2, M-2738.1, M-2752.6, M-2772, M-2777, M-2793, M-2812.5, M-2828.1, M-2853.2, M-2865.2, M-2884.6, M-2939.2, M-2939.3, M-3001.4, M-3006.15, M-3006.22, M-3006.26, M-3006.27, M-3011.6, M-3016.2, M-3020, M-3046.1, M-3046.2, M-3052, M-3070.1, M-3082.2, M-3084, M-3093, M-3116.5, M-3120.7, M-3128.3, M-3208.2, M-3228.5, M-3230.1, M-3230.6, M-3238, M-3252, M-3289.1, M-3301.16, M-3301.19, M-3327.3, M-3334, M-3342, M-3386.2, M-3460, M-3462.1, M-3472, M-3476.4, M-3495, M-4013, M-4040, M-4047, M-4069, M-4102.1, M-4115.2, M-4116.22, M-4117.4, M-4137.4, M-4146.5, M-4151.1, M-4163.1, M-4170.1, M-4171.7, M-4172.23, M-4173.2, M-4175.2, M-4180.1, M-4191.1, M-4203.1, M-4204.5, M-4221.9, M-4242.3, M-4243.3, M-4293.2, M-4310.2, M-4320.1, M-4338.1, M-4338.2, M-4338.7, M-4338.8, M-4338.13, M-4338.23, M-4348.7, M-4354, M-4356.12, M-4358.2, M-4392.1, M-4409.16, M-4429.1, M-4436, M-4439.10, M-4458.5, M-4461.1, M-4461.2, M-4506.3, M-4507.27, M-4507.44, M-4520.7, M-4531.7, M-4532.4, M-4540.1, M-4559.2, M-4566.10, M-4600.12, M-4600.41, M-4601.1, M-4622.31, M-4622.45, M-4622.71, M-4622.72, M-4622.77, M-4635.3, M-4643.16, M-4643.17, M-4678.3, M-4700.6, M-4790.1, M-4872.3, M-4990.1, M-7061.3, M-7097.5, M-7254, M-7264, M-7288.1, M-7305.3M-7427.3, M-7427.5, M-7449.2, M-7584.17, M-7584.21 .

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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Additional Descriptive Data:

Related Materials

In addition to this collection of individual letters, documents, and sermons, the Blandina Diedrich Collection includes a variety of other archives and sermons, which have their own catalog records. Please search the finding aids or Library catalog for "Blandina Diedrich Collection" to identify them.

Bibliography

Schopieray, Cheney J. One Hundred Selections from the Duane Norman Diedrich Collection of Manuscript Americana, 17th-20th Century. Ann Arbor, Mich.: William L. Clements Library, 2018.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Adventists.
Baptism.
Baptists.
Calvinism.
Catholics.
Charities.
Children.
Christianity.
Christmas.
Church buildings.
Clergy.
Conversions--Christianity.
Death.
Ecclesiastical law.
Episcopalians.
Evangelicalism.
Libel and slander.
Methodists.
Millerite movement.
Missionaries.
Mother and child.
Mothers.
Presbyterians.
Quakers.
Religious education.
Revivals.
Salvation.
Shakers.
Slavery.
Soul.
Sunday schools.
Swedenborgians.
Theology.
Women.

Formats:

Clippings (information artifacts)
Documents (object genre)
Hymns.
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Photographs.
Poems.
Sermons.
Tickets.

Names:

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
American Home Missionary Society.
Episcopal Church--Bishops.
Episcopal Church--United States--Clergy.
Auburn Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.)
Children's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.)
Congregational Society (Spencer, N.Y.)
Union Society (Bridgewater, Mass.)
Abbot, Benjamin, 1762-1849.
Abbot, Joseph.
Abbott, Maria.
Adams, Joseph B.
Adsit, H. G.
Alexander, William Patterson, 1805-1884.
Allen, Benjamin, 1680-1754.
Anderson, Rufus, 1796-1880.
Archer, Ph. W.
Babcock, Samuel B. (Samuel Brazer), 1807-1873.
Balbirnie, George.
Ballou, Hosea, 1796-1861.
Bamber, Jno.
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924.
Bartlett, John, 1820-1905.
Beardslee, Julius Oliver, 1814-1879?.
Beardslee, Jane.
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887.
Belcher, Moses.
Bellamy, Joseph, 1719-1790.
Bellows, Henry W. (Henry Whitney), 1814-1882.
Benham, J. M.
Bent, N. T. (Nathaniel Tucker), 1810-1856.
Bidwell, Ira M.
Bingham, Mrs. Chester.
Bispham, N. W.
Blackwell, Henry Browne, 1825-1909.
Blount, Richard A., 1774-1849.
Boardman, Daniel, 1687-1744.
Boardman, Richard, 1738-1782.
Bowen, Elias.
Bradbury, Thomas.
Brown, Issac.
Brown, Samuel H.
Bullard, John, 1756-1821.
Burder, George, 1752-1832.
Burnap, George W., 1802-1859.
Calhoun, George A. (George Albion), 1788-1867.
Calhoun, Henry.
Campbell, James Robinson, 1800-1864.
Carroll, Mrs.
Cathcart, Robert, 1759-1849.
Chamberlain, Levi.
Chapin, William C.
Chapman, Thomas.
Cheever, George B. (George Barrell), 1807-1890.
Cherry, Henry.
Claggett, Thomas John, 1743-1816.
Clark, D. W. (Davis Wasgatt), 1812-1871.
Collyer, Robert, 1823-1912.
Coryell, V. M.
Crane, Abijah, 1789-1847.
Crawford, Henry Ellet, 1838-1866.
Dalton, Asa, 1824-1912.
Davison, Alfred D.
Dawson, C. C.
De Charms, Richard, 1796-1864.
Dillen, J. W.
Dow, Neal, 1804-1897.
Edwards, Timothy, 1669-1758.
Eliott, William, Jr.
Elliott, Stephen, 1806-1866.
Finley, Samuel, 1715-1766.
Flagg, William J.
Freeman, James, 1759-1835.
Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972.
Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896.
Garfield, Israel.
Garrettson, Catherine.
Gibbs, Charles Henry.
Gilbert, B.
Goodwillie, David.
Hamelon, Thomas.
Goodrich, John.
Grady, William.
Gray, H.
Griswold, Ezra.
Gunn, Elihu.
Gwombly, A. S.
Halliday Samuel B. (Samuel Byram), 1812-1897.
Harford, Lady.
Hastings, Thomas, 1784-1872.
Hawes, Joel, 1789-1867.
Hewitt, L. M.
Hoard, Samuel.
Hoge, Moses D. (Moses Drury), 1818-1899.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Hopkins, J. H.
Hutchins, Joseph, 1747-1833.
Ives, Mary.
James, Francis.
Jay, William, 1769-1853.
Jewett, Moses.
Julian, D. B.
Kemp, James, 1764-1827.
Kenney, W.
Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843.
Kimberly, Mary H.
Koerper, Robert H.
Kossuth, Lajos, 1802-1894.
Ladd, William, 1778-1841.
Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873.
Lilley, John.
Lord, Joseph, 1672?-1748.
Lyell, Thomas, 1775-1848.
Maclay, R. S.
Maitland, Richard.
Markham, George.
Marshall, S. G.
Mason, Abraham.
Masters, Frank.
McDaniel, Rufus H., 1850-1940.
McIlvaine, Charles Pettit, 1799-1873.
Meade, William, 1789-1862.
Mecom, Jane, 1712-1794.
Meriam, J., -1888.
Metcalf, Kendrick.
Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850.
Montgomery, Mary.
Moore, Richard Channing, 1762-1841.
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872.
Murray, John, 1742-1793.
Murray, Nicholas, 1802-1861.
Newton, John, 1725-1807.
North, William, 1755-1836.
Packard, Hezekiah, 1761-1849.
Patterson, Robert.
Pease, Mary.
Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.
Pettibone, Mrs. H. P.
Pitkin, J. B. (John Budd), 1802-1835.
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
Putnam, Dolly.
Putnam, Silas.
Read, Hollis, 1802-1887.
Ripley, Ezra, 1751-1841.
Rodgers, John, 1727-1811.
Rogers, Augustus Dodge, 1823-1896.
Rogers, Daniel.
Ross, James, 1762-1847.
Sawtell, Elin, 1799-1885.
Seabury, Samuel, 1729-1796.
Skinner, D. H.
Smith, Henry L., -1853.
Smith, Josiah, 1704-1781.
Smith, Mary Caroline.
Snodgrass, W. D.
Soule, Joshua, 1781-1867.
Sparhawk, Ebenezer, 1738-1805.
Sprague, William Buell, 1826-1906.
Spratt, O. W.
Staong, Aaron.
Stebbins, Nehi.
Stone, Isaac, 1797-1850.
Stone, William L. (William Leete), 1792-1844.
Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935.
Sutherland, David.
Swan, James.
Taft, Alphonso, 1810-1891.
Taylor, Knowles, 1793 or 1794-1850.
Thompson, F. A.
Thornton, John, 1720-1790.
Townsend, Jonathan, 1698-1762.
Tracy, Isaac.
Tyler, S. A.
Van Nest, P. S.
Van Vleck, Arthur Lawrence.
Ward, Miles.
Watson, Arthur V.
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.
Wentz, Horace A.
West, Stephen, 1735-1819.
Wheeler, Edmund.
White, William, 1748-1836.
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
Wickes, Lewis Alfred, 1809-1850.
Willard, Julius A., ca. 1793-1884.
Willis, Henry, 1691-1740.
Willis, Zephaniel.
Wylie, W. (William), 1776-1858.