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Date(s)
- 1940-1985 (Creation)
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0.45 Cubic Feet
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 16 Mar 1908, near Goessel, Kansas. Parents Cornelius C. Wedel and Katharina Unrau.
Attended Goessel Preparatory School 1924-1925. Graduated from Bethel Academy 1927.
Taught at Heimbaugh School (elementary) 1927-1929.
Graduated from Bethel College in 1933, sociology major.
Graduated from Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, New York, in 1936 with BD degree.
Married Martha Quiring, 5 August 1936. She died in 1997. Two daughters.
Pastor at First Mennonite Church, Halstead, Kansas, 1936-1946.
Taught Bible and religious education at Bethel College 1946-48. Attended Iliff Seminary, Denver, Colorado, 1948-1949. Received ThD from Iliff in 1952. Dissertation on C. H. Wedel.
Acting president of Bethel College 1950-51. Executive secretary of General Conference Mennonite Church Board of Education and Publication 1951-1952.
President of Bethel College 1952-1959.
Director of development and admissions at Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, 1959-1967.
Director of development and church relations at Bethel College 1967-1975.
Wrote <em>The Story of Alexanderwohl</em>, 1974.
Served several interim pastorates 1971-1985.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated at various times by him since July 1987.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Materials related to Bethel College history and C. H. Wedel; oral history interviews; autobiography; materials related to CPS #8 Marietta, Ohio, including 2 8mm films; books; sermons.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Boxes 3-6 (mostly sermons) brought in by Dave Linscheid on 20 March 2008, who received them from D. C. Wedel's daughters.
System of arrangement
unprocessed
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Conditions governing access
open for research use
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- German