Collection HM1/287 - Clayton V. Beyler Papers

Identity area

Reference code

US MCUSAA HM1/287

Title

Clayton V. Beyler Papers

Date(s)

  • 1936 - 1973 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3 linear feet, 3 record boxes

Context area

Name of creator

(1918 - 1973)

Biographical history

Clayton Beyler was born in Harper, Kansas in 1918.  He was ordained to the ministry in 1944 and served with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in India and China in the mid 1940s.

Clayton was Dean of Instruction of Hesston College (Kansas). He died of a heart attack in 1973 at the age of 55.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

Flat

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 not owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives

Language of material

  • English

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Dates of creation revision deletion

before 1963 - one folder, The Call to Preach
April 24, 1975 - personal collection, funeral tapes (2)
March 29, 1976 - personal collection
November 18, 1998 - letters from Clayton to Gladys (Graber) Beyler; photographs (slides)

Materials donated in 1998 were previously cataloged separately under the number HM1-805. They have now been incorporated into the larger collection, HM1-287 (July 2021).

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