This item is Christian F. Rumold's reminiscence of his life. The first part is genealogical background of the origins of his family. The second part describes his being raised south of Abilene, Kansas, attending Kansas Weslyan in Salina, Kansas, and the law school at the University of Kansas. He went on to become a professor and administrator at Berea College, Kentucky, Kent State University, Ohio, in 1918, and Western Reserve University in 1931 where he received his Ph.D.

This item is a photocopy titled Experiences of My Youth and Later Life which is Heinrich Ratzlaff's reminiscence's of his family's immigration from Russia to near Fairbury, Nebraska. The paper describes travel conditions by way of Canada; and in Nebraska, the environment, crop prices, and living conditions. The Ratzlaff family were Russian Mennonites.