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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.

Miscellaneous records pertaining to a number of research projects undertaken by or in consultation with the Mennonite Research Foundation. Some projects were not completed.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Correspondence, questionnaires, and final summary of data for Project 19, a census of Mennonite and Amish men who accepted military service during World War II. The questionnaires record the church status of men who accepted military duty rather than the experiences of these men in the military.

Also inlcuded in these records are the results of a study of midweek prayer, Bible study, Young People's Fellowship, and other meetings at (old) Mennonite congregations.

Records pertaining to Project 24, a survey of World War I Mennonite conscientious objectors. Records include correspondence, lists of conscientious objectors, and questionnaires.

Correspondence, completed questionnaires, and reports regarding Project #20, a study of Mennonite evangelism by John A. Hostetler. The questionnaires provide interesting details regarding the reasons why former members of the (old) Mennonite Church, both men and women, decided to leave the church in the 1940s and early 1950s.

Correspondence, collected stories, and miscellaneous records pertaining to Project #2, a book by Elizabeth Hershberger Bauman for juveniles entitled Coals of Fire.  The book contains stories illustrating Christian nonresistance and the Golden Rule.

Correspondence pertaining to Project #4, a book by Melvin Gingerich entitled, "Youth and Christian Citizenship."