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Mennonite Church USA Archives Mennonite Board of Missions. Service Ministries
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Mennonite Board of Missions Service Ministries Administrative Memos

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/015
  • Collection
  • 1958-1969

Internal communications among service ministry staff members.  These memos include reports about visits to various voluntary service units, proposals for new units in places of need, and general updates to staff members.  Authors of the memos include Edna Beiler, John Eby, Dan Hess, Ray Horst, John Lehman, Don McCammon, Jerry Miller, Dorsa Mishler, Millard Osborn, Kenneth Seitz, Ken Smith, Gene E. Yoder, John Howard Yoder, and Roy Yoder.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Service Ministries Civilian Public Service Dependency Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/008
  • Collection
  • 1944

A small set of records containing the Mennonite Relief Committee's official policies regarding dependent aid for the wives and children of Civilian Public Service (CPS) volunteers.  Other records include lists of CPS volunteers with dependents approved for dependent aid, a list of CPS volunteers receiving no allowance for dependents, and two dependency status reports from Ohio.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Service Ministries Closed Voluntary Service Unit Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/007
  • Collection
  • 1947-1996

Files associated with various Mennonite voluntary service sites no longer in operation.  Materials vary according to unit, but researchers may find in this series activity reports, financial reports, correspondence, personnel lists, and other official records.  This series also includes some photographs of Voluntary Service units and work.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Service Ministries Voluntary Service Early Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/006
  • Collection
  • 1944-1961

These records consist of unit reports and diaries, volunteer evaluations of their experiences, and miscellaneous materials associated with the (old) Mennonite Church's voluntary service program.  These records complement those in series IV-19-007, Closed Voluntary Service Unit records.  Documents pertaining to the earliest years of various closed units will be found in this series.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Service Ministries Voluntary Service Unit Scrapbooks

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/005
  • Collection
  • 1966-1973

Scrapbooks containing snapshots, unit histories, descriptions of work and unit life, and other information about various Voluntary Service (V.S.) units sponsored by the Mennonite Board of Missions.  The scrapbooks appear to have been used in orienting new unit volunteers and in introducing unit work to visitors.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Service Ministries Voluntary Service and I-W Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/004
  • Collection
  • 1949-1969

Offical correspondence with agencies and individuals involved in service placements for conscientious objectors and other volunteers.

It appears that about half of this series is missing, as there are just a handful of alphabetically arranged folders thet begin with letters before "M."

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Mennonite Board of Missions Service Ministries General Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/003
  • Collection
  • 1932-1965

A small set of corresponcence regarding a wide variety of issues in the early history of the mission board's service and relief ministries.  The majority of the correspondence is arranged chronologically, but five folders of correspondence are arranged by topic.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Service Ministries Minutes, Reports, and General Subject Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/002
  • Collection
  • 1934-1981

This series consists primarily of staff and board meeting minutes from 1935 through 1981.  Other materials include reports about various service and relief programs, descriptions of visits to voluntary service units, financial reports, and subject files from 1951 through 1970.  Materials in the late 1960s and 1970 address issues of race and ethnicity in the (old) Mennonite Church.

Later minutes of the Service Ministries division are most likely interfiled with the Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Board Minutes (IV-06-007).

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