The collection includes a binder of copies of newspaper clippings about and sermons and articles by Rev. Rothenburger, correspondence with Rothenburger, family photographs, and writings by Leila Rothenburger. It also includes journals, correspondence, and a homecoming program related to their 1924 world mission tour. There are two letters from Elizabeth Lindsay.
Reverend William F. Rothenburger (1874-1959) was the pastor of the First Christian Church in Springfield 1918-1927. He and his wife, Leila Avery Rothenburger (1884-1942) went on a world tour of missions from June through December 1924. They met with Mahatma Gandhi in India. The congregation hosted a going away picnic and a homecoming service. He was a leader in the Disciples of Christ organization and the president of the Springfield Ministerial Association. He had three daughters, Ruth, Ada Jane, and Wilma. The Rothenburgers knew Dr. Vachel, Catherine, N. Vachel, and Elizabeth Lindsay through the First Christian Church. The Rothenburgers moved from Springfield to Indianapolis where he became pastor of Third Christian Church.