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Ira Landis

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Ira David Landis (12 January 1899 - 27 Februar, 1977) was a Mennonite minister, historian and writer. He was also a farmer in Lititz, PA.

He was editor and heavy contributer of the quarterly Mennonite Research Journal, that was published from April 1960 through October 1977.[1] He was president of the Pennsylvania German Society in 1972. Besides his own works, he also published three editions of the Martyr's Mirror in English.

Works (selection)

  • The Missionary Movement among Lancaster Conference Mennonites, Scottdale, PA 1937.
  • The Faith of Our Fathers on Eschatology, Lititz, PA 1946.
  • I must see Switzerland: With 100 illustrations and maps, Lancaster, PA 1954
  • The Lancaster Mennonite Conference: History and Background, Scottdale, PA 1956.
  • Old mills in Lancaster County, Lancaster, PA 1964.
  • Noah H. Mack: his life and times, 1861-1948, Scottdale, PA 1952, together with Jacob Paul Graybill and J. Paul Sauder.

References