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Date(s)
- 1980-2010 (Creation)
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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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- Goshen College -- Faculty (Subject)
- Mennonite Church. Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries (Subject)
- Blosser, Donald W. (Subject)
- Brunk, Geo. R. (George Rowland), 1911- (Subject)
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2010-07-27
Language(s)
- English