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Chapel and Convocation programs gather the Goshen College campus community together for shared learning experiences and for worship.   Chapel and convocation convene weekly at Goshen College during the academic year.  Speakers may be faculty, students, of campus guests.

This series primarily contains sound recordings of the lectures and cultural programs presented at the Goshen College Chapel and Convocation.  Most of the recordings are cassette tapes; since 2008, recordings are CDs.  There are very few recordings prior to 1990.  The series also includes five transcripts of lectures presented in the 1960s.

The records of the Centennial Committee were deposited into the Archives by Dan Hess, Chair, in 1995. The records of the Hospital Study Committee, Administrative Committee, and Religious Life Committee were cataloged in 1985, as were the other eight committees from .6 Vesper Committee, 1936, through to .13 Mission of the College Committee, 1986-77. Walter Smucker added three financial files to the Committee on Induction in 1987. The records of various building committees were collected by the Archives over the years. Dormitory Building Min., 1949-54, were deposited into the Archives by C. L. Graber. The tile from the Science Building was transferred by Mardene Kelley in 1994.

These records document the college's relationship with the Mennonite Board of Education and the other schools directed by the Mennonite Board of Education:  Hesston College and Eastern Mennonite University.  Materials include correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes and other records documenting collaboration and conflict among Mennonite institutions of higher learning.

The collection includes bird, tree, shrub, and flower identification in the Goshen College Witmer Woods from 1936 to 1999. In addition, there are oral interviews, a history, and materials on the development of the Witmer Woods.