The Information Superhighway has changed schools. In the 1970s high schools had books, magazines, and traditional libraries. Today students can access a world of resources on computers in their classrooms. The Kennel Charles Church History desk (right), with Martyrs Mirror on the top shelf, hosts a state-of-the-art computer that brings information to the student in the history teacher’s classroom at Eastern Mennonite High School, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Abraham Lincoln’s father lived for a few years as a boy in Rockingham County, Virginia. While attending a graduate seminar at the University of Illinois, the historian was pleased to meet for class in a newly furbished Lincoln Hall, dedicated to the memory and legacy of one of our nation’s greatest presidents. The University of Illinois is located in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
A hundred and seventy-five years worth of materials are stored in these archives. Like a detective, the historian searches through these boxes for the stuff of history: letters, journals, diaries, receipts, advertisements, photos, and scrapbooks.
Laban Peachey served as President of Hesston College from 1968-1980. Today the Historian drove by an educational center at Hesston College named in his honor. Peachey lives in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has long been involved in productive and positive church activities.
The Historian had a very nice visit in the Archives and Mennonite Library at Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio. The librarians were friendly, the archives are well-kept, and books written by Historian Elmer S. Yoder from northeast Ohio were soon located on the shelves.
Menno Simons sports a baseball cap on a bust in a plaza at Bluffton University, Bluffton, Ohio, as seen by the Historian at a one day technology conference. Would Menno have launched his own blog?
Sadie Hartzler served as librarian at Eastern Mennonite School and College from 1926-1962. The academic library at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, is named in her honor.
