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Date(s)
- 1885-1983 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
7.40 Linear Feet; 2 records cartons, 8 archives boxes, and 2 half archives boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
David A. (D. A.) Yoder was born on October 14, 1883 near Nappanee, Indiana to Peter and Mary Fretz Yoder. Yoder graduated Wakarusa High School in 1904 and was ordained a Mennonite minister at Holdeman Mennonite Church at age 23. Yoder also taught school and farmed. Yoder married Frances Ferguson in 1906, and together they had three children: Dale, Lowell, and Lois.
Yoder was ordained a Mennonite bishop September 1, 1910 at Yellow Creek Frame Mennonite Church. He served at Olive Mennonite Church from 1910 to 1949, and at Holdeman Mennonite Church from 1914 to 1949. Yoder also served as bishop of Prairie Street Mennonite Church for 30 years.
Yoder was a member of the Mennonite Board of Education from 1912 to 1950 (and an honorary member from 1950 to 1971), as vice president from 1918 to 1920 and president from 1928 to 1948.
Yoder also served for many years on the Executive Committee of the Indiana - Michigan Mennonite Conference and held the position of moderator and assistant moderator. Yoder served on the Mennonite General Conference Executive Committee as well, holding the position of moderator for one biennium.
Yoder died January 26, 1980.
Repository
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Scope and content
The David A. Yoder Papers are divided into the following series:
(1) Diaries and Datebooks, 1920-1976
(2) Correspondence, 1903-1975
(3) Subject Files, 1909-1970
(4) Manuscripts, 1949-1976
(5) Sermon Notes, 1907-1966
(6) Photographs, 1885-1980
(7) Miscellaneous, 1897-1983
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Many, including 06/13/2011, Lois Weaver, Dale, and Lowell Yoder, Acc. 2012-055
System of arrangement
By series
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
These papers are open for public research
Researchers using Box 3 / Folder 18 "Confessional and Disciplinary Correspondence" must agree not to publish personally identifying information.
Researchers using Box 4 / Folder 17 "Hershberger, Jency" must agree not to publish personally identifying information.
Conditions governing reproduction
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.
Language of material
- English
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Place access points
Name access points
- Mennonite Board of Education (Subject)
- Mennonite Church -- Clergy (Subject)
- Olive Mennonite Church (Elkhart, Ind.) (Subject)
- Prairie Street Mennonite Church (Elkhart, Indiana) (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2011-06-14
Language(s)
- English