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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Collection
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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Index of Mennonite and Amish Conference Resolutions Records

  • US MCUSAA V/07/003
  • Collection
  • 1950-1951

A small set of records consisting of correspondence to obtain sets of Mennonite conference minutes and a typewritten manuscript of the Index of Mennonite and Amish Mennonite Conference Resolutions by Delbert Erb, 1951. Researchers interested in using the index as a reference tool may find a copy in the Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen, Ind.) or the Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen reading room.

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Mennonite Church in World War II Study Records

  • US MCUSAA V/07/002
  • Collection
  • 1942-1948

This small set of records consists primarily of completed questinonaires regarding Mennonite congregational contact with drafted Mennonite men (Mennonite Church in World War II, Project #3).  Also includes examples of pastoral letters sent to drafted men (a number of them from Waldo Mennonite Church (Flanigan, Ill.) and minutes and other records created by the Virginia Mennonite Conference CPS Support Team.

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Administrative Records

  • US MCUSAA V/07/005
  • Collection
  • 1944-1959

Records pertaining to the decision-making, finanical, and other administrative aspects of the research agency of the (old) Mennonite Church.  Materials include founding documents, publicity materials, meeting minutes, budgets, financial reports, newsletters and other publicity materials, and correspondence of the executive director and treasurer.

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Church Building Study Records

  • US MCUSAA V/07/001
  • Collection
  • 1948-1949

These records document the research process and findings of a survey on Mennonite congregational building projects undertaken between 1919 and 1949 Church Building Study (Project #9). Both new construction and renovations are documented, Records include meeting minutes pertaining to the project's administration, returned questionnaires filed by state, tabulations of results, the manuscript copy of the final report (which was also published in the Gospel Herald), and a small number of photographs of church buildings.

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Mennonite Educational Levels Data Cards

  • US MCUSAA V/07/035
  • Collection
  • 1950

Cards containing data regarding Mennonite men'sand women's level of educational achievement.  The data seem to have been gleaned from the Mennonite Family Census and transcribed onto cards for the convenience of those analyzing the data.  The cards record each subject's name, town of current residence, sex, year of birth, marital status, last year of school completed, attendance at a Mennonite school, occupation (farming or not farming[?]), and conference affiliation.  The cards are organized by conference.

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Mennonite Employer Directory Records

  • US MCUSAA V/07/032
  • Collection
  • 1953-1956

Correspondence, questionnaires, and the finished product of Project #29 -- The Directory of Mennonite Employers.  Also filed with these records are survey results and a report from Howard Raid's studies of practices and problems of Mennonite-owned businesses.

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Office of the Deacon Study Records

  • US MCUSAA V/07/031
  • Collection
  • 1958

Correspondence, data, and final report of a historical study of the role of deacons in the (old) Mennonite Church (Project #39) undertaken in 1958. The data collected for this project are district conference and general conference resolutions pertaining to the ministry of deacons from 1870 through 1950.

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Athletics Study Records

  • US MCUSAA V/07/029
  • Collection
  • 1949

Questionnaires, working documents, and the final report of Project #14, a study of participation in Inter-School and Inter-Group athletics by members of Mennonite churches. Researchers should note that this questionnaire only gathered information on men's athletics, and that it only covers congregations affiliated with the (old) Mennonite Church. Questionnaires were filled out by pastors of Mennonite congregations rather than the athletes themselves.

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Mennonite Family Census Records 1949-1956

  • US MCUSAA V/07/028
  • Collection
  • 1940-1963

Records pertaining to Project 13, Mennonite family censuses conducted in 1940 and 1949-1950.  Materials consist of reports written from the data and select data collected from the census.

Questionnaires from the family census were discarded.  Remaining are only typed cards organized by conference listing the names of the male head of household, occupation, age, and years of education.

Researchers will also find in this series the questionnaires from a related study of unmarried Mennonite women and a report written from the data collected. These surveys provide detailed quantitative and some qualitative data regarding the family, occupational, religious and social lives of single Mennonite women in 1956.

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Laymen's Study Records

  • US MCUSAA V/07/025
  • Collection
  • 1951-1952

Project 28, the Laymen's Study, concerns itself with congregational constitutions, budgets, and stweardship. The study was proposed by Laymen's groups in the (old) Mennonite Church, who were seeking opportunities for Mennonite businessmen to assist in congregational administration and development. Records include questionnaires, correspondence, reports, and the 1950 constitution of Prairie Street Mennonite Church (Elkhart, Ind.), which was examined as a model constitution.

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Mennonite Mutual Aid Organizations Study Records

  • US MCUSAA 1563
  • Collection
  • 1950-1956

Records pertaining to Project 15a, a study of Mennonite mutual aid organizations,  Materials include correspondence, questionnaires, a directory of Mennonite mutual aid organizations, and a paper by Wilbert Shenk entitled " Mennonite Insurance and Mutual Aid Organizations."

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Financing the Local Congregation Study Records

  • US MCUSAA V/07/024
  • Collection
  • 1949-1950

A small set of records pertaining to a study of stewardship (Project 16) in (old) Mennonite Church congregations conducted in 1949.  Questions address the amount of offerings received by local congregations, the use of assessments to fund congregational building and maintenance projects, and the congregational budget.

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) New Draft Census Records

  • US MCUSAA V/07/022
  • Collection
  • 1954-1956

Response card files, work sheets, correspondence, and final reports for the 1956 census of Mennonite men's draft registration status.  This census, conducted in 1956, was also known as Project 33 of the Mennonite Research Foundation.

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Mennonite Research Foundation (Goshen, Ind.) Use of Audiovisual Aids in Mennonite Congregations Study Records

  • US MCUSAA V/07/021
  • Collection
  • 1952-1958

These records document two projects, Project 27 and Project 38, that examined the use of slide sets, filmstrips, and films by congregations affiliated with the (old) Mennonite Church.  Records include questionnaires filled out by congregational representatives in 1952 and 1957, correspondence, and reports.

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