Collection HM1/767 - Don Blosser Papers

Identity area

Reference code

US GCA HM1/767

Title

Don Blosser Papers

Date(s)

  • 1980-2010 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1.00 Linear Feet; 2 archives boxes

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Donald W. Blosser was educated at the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (BD) and the University of Saint Andrews, Scotland (PhD).  He served as a Mennonite pastor in Freeport, Ill. and Akron, Penn. for seventeen years.  In 1979, he was appointed to the Goshen College faculty.  He taught in and chaired the Bible / Religion Department, retiring in 2001.

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Scope and content

The collection consists primarily of correspondence concerning "A Crisis Among Mennonites: in Education: in Publication" by George R. Brunk  II (1983), political and social issues, and his work with Goshen College and the Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries.  Also included in the collection is a diary of his experiences in 2008 as Interim Lead Pastor at First Mennonite Church in Berne, Ind. and sound recordings of a six sermon series preached at College Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.) in 1986.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

Additional donations made on January 6, 1988 and July 26, 2010.

02/16/2012, Don Blosser, Acc. 2012-116

System of arrangement

Flat

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

The diary is restricted until January 1, 2015.  All other material in this collection is open to the public.

Conditions governing reproduction

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.

Language of material

  • English

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Description identifier

ArchonInternalCollectionID:254

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Dates of creation revision deletion

2010-07-27

Language(s)

  • English

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