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This photo is of Roy Kiser (right?), treasurer of the Virginia Mennonite Board of Missions, presenting a cheque for $6393.96 to Paul Myers (left?), MCC's assistant treasurer. The description on the back says that this represented the culmination of the first relief sale held in Augusta County, Virginia on September 30, 1967.

This photo is of Urbane Peachey, left, and tour member Ed Stoltzfus, beside him, who are conversing with brothers at the newly renovated facilities of the Mennonite congregation at Alma-Ata in the Soviet Kazakh Republic. Urbane Peachey was the co-director of a tour to this region.

This photo is of Dr. Marthe Ropp, a French Mennonite physician in Java speaking to Orie O. Miller.They are standing outside in front of a brick building.

This photo is of five men visiting the grave of Jakob Zhidkov in Russia. The grave has a tall headstone and is surrounded by a white fence. The description on the back says, "l. to r. Michael Zhidkov, Victor Krieger, Frank C. Peters, Ilya Orlov, and Adolfs Klaupiks. At the grave of his parents, Michael Zhidkov and his friends pause for a moment to reflect on the leadership which his father, Jakob Zhidkov, had given the Baptist Church in Russia for many years. When he died in 1966, William Snyder, Adolfs Klaupiks, Frank Peters, and David Neufeld attended his funeral".

This photo is of Rachel and Otto Jost at the MCC Annual Meeting, January 21 - 22, 1972. Rachel and Otto Jost are supervisors of the Reedley, California Material Aid Center.

This photo is of Mrs. Byler and William Snyder at the MCC Annual Meeting held January 1971. Mrs. Byler is standing in front of a microphone and appears to be reading into it. William Snyder is standing beside her.

This photo is of the annual meeting of MCC held January 1971. The tables are set up in a large rectangular shape. One woman is standing to address the chair.

This photo is of six men and was taken at the MCC Annual Meeting in Leamington, Ontario, in 1973. The description on the back says, "A moving part of the program at the MCC Annual Meeting, Leamington, Ontario, 19-20 Jan. 73, was recognition of four Canadians, their combined ages totaling 320 years, who have been especially active in inter-Mennonite affairs. Recognized were (left to right) J. B. Martin, E. J. Swalm, C. A. DeFehr, and J. J. Thiessen. Each has served as a member of MCC. Behind them are William T. Snyder, executive secretary of MCC, and Daniel Zehr, executive secretary of MCC (Canada)."

This photo is of Dr. and Mrs. Perry Klaassen of MCC who are having a discussion with Dr. Mathew of Ranchi and with a Salvation Army nurse who are working in the hospital in Baraset. MCC provided the supplies for the field hospital for refugees here. Three men and a woman are looking on.

This photo is of missionary Paul Kniss inspecting locally made rubberized jute canvases in East Pakistan. These canvases provided shelter for thousands of people.

This photo is of J. H. Unruh, MCC Canada representative, and Dwight Wiebe, talking with William T. Snyder, MCC executive secretary at the annual meeting of MCC, Chicago, January 24 -25, 1969.

This photo is of Erma Friesen, a nurse in Haiti, inserting an IV into a scalp vein of a very young child. The child is lying on a table and is being held down by nurse Linda Loewen. The description on the back says, "Erma Friesen, Winnipeg, Man., a Mennonite Central Committee volunteer at Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Haiti, one of three night duty nurses at the hospital is in charge of the medical ward and the overnight ward. Most of her patients are small children with severe cases of gastroenteritis and must be fed intravenously. If the children are extremely dehydrated, scalp veins are used for injecting the IVs. In this photo, Erma (left), assisted by Linda Loewen, is attempting to insert the I.V.in the vein of the child's head. MCC presently has eight volunteers in the Hospital Albert Schweitzer area and 17 volunteers serving in Haiti."

This photo is of the MCC Executive Committee taken at the Annual Meeting January 1971.
Back row left to right; H. H. Dick, Newton Gingerich, John Eby, D. P. Neufeld
Middle row: Kenneth B. Hoover, H. Ernest Bennett, Robert Kreider
Front row; Orie O. Miller, William. T. Snyder

This photo is of the August 1973 Africa orientation. In the photograph from left to right in the front row are: Elizabeth Sherk with son Peter,George Thompson, Karen Thompson, Chizuko Katakabe, Ruth Martin, James Martin, Tina Hildebrandt, Jacob Hildebrandt.
Second row: Benjamin Yoder, Jonathan Yoder, David Yoder, John Sherk holding daughter Jennifer, Mark Keller, Darlene Keller, Roger Eshleman, Barbara Eshleman, Lynn Brubaker, Sandra Achenbach.
Third row: Dale Brubaker, Juanita Leonard, Dennis Glanzer, William Reimer, Ingrid Reimer, Tim Brenneman, Carey Johnson, David Ewert, Priscilla Ewert.
Fourth row: Charles Graber, Diana Graber, Lamarr Widmer, Dennis Roth, Virginia Roth, Don Unger, Naomi Unger, Mary Mae Schwartzentruber.
Back row: Karen Yoder, Keith Yoder holding daughter Sarah, Irvin Warkentin holding son Sheldon, Hertha Warkentin, Nancy Heisey, Larry Fisher with daughter Jennifer, and Norma Fisher.

This photo is of the Hotel Moscow in Moscow. In front of the hotel is large empty square. There are fancy street lights on the square. The hotel is more than ten storeys tall.The centre section of the hotel is taller and larger than the wings on either side. A number of buses can be seen in front of the hotel, as well as on the streets beside it. On either side of the hotel are lower buildings.