Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1969-2001 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
20.00 Linear Feet; 8 records cartons, seven archives boxes, 1 half archives box, five audiocassette boxes, and 1 oversize folder
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Repository
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Scope and content
Records of the African American constituency group of the (old) Mennonite Church. Emerging from the Minority Ministries Council, the African American Mennonite Association began its orginizational life as the Black Council or Black Caucus. In the early 1980s the name was changed to the African American Mennonite Association (AAMA). The AAMA strove to support black and racially integrated congregations in the (old) Mennonite Church through annual assemblies and programming, leadership training, educational opportunites, and congregational economic development.
Records are divided into the following series:
(1) Founding and Governing Documents
(2) Assemblies and Events
(3) Dockets and Minutes
(4) Photographs
(5) Educational Program Records
(6) Correspondence and Subject Files
(7) Sound Recordings
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
By series
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
These materials are open for public research.
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
Script of material
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Status
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Dates of creation revision deletion
2015-04-30
Language(s)
- English