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Mennonite Board of Missions Photographs

  • US MCUSAA IV/10/007.3
  • Collection
  • 1971-1995

Photographic prints and contact sheets depicting Mennonite Board of Missions missionaries, voluntary service workers, and staff.  Most images are black and white.  Photographs of individual missionaries and voluntary service workers may include both formal portraits and "action shots" in the field.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Photographs

  • US MCUSAA IV/10/007.2
  • Collection
  • 1900-1971

Photographic prints and contact sheets depicting Mennonite Board of Missions missionaries, voluntary service workers, and staff.  Most images are black and white.  Photographs of individual missionaries and voluntary service workers may include both formal portraits and "action shots" in the field.

The photographs consist of 668 folders of photographs which are arranged alphabetically by the name of countries and states (USA) from 1900 to 1971.  The photographs reflecting the work of the Mission Board itself and its departments, are found under the section of "MBM".  For example, "MBM Annual Board Meetings, 1949-1958".

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Mennonite Board of Missions Dhamtari Christian Hospital Grant Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/036
  • Collection
  • 1989-2000

Files pertaining to the financial administation of a grant received in 1990 from the United States Agency for International Development Office of the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad.  The grant was used to build an obstetrical wing for and make other physical plant improvements to the Dhamtari Christian Hospital in Dhamtari, India.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Office Correspondence, Part 2

  • US MCUSAA IV/07/002
  • Collection
  • 1938-1968

Incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding both primarily home and voluntary service work and the placement of Mennonite conscientious objectors into service programs of partner agencies. These files also contain some information on overseas voluntary service work.  Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author or subject.

Researchers should note the restrictions on files marked "confidential."  These files generally do not contain confidential information about the individual whose name is on the folder.  Rather, the files contain confidential information about voluntary service and mission workers supervised by the individual whose name is on the folder.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Office Secretary Records (J. D. Graber)

  • US MCUSAA IV/07/003
  • Collection
  • 1951-1961

A small set of records from the office of the third secretary of the Mennonite Board of Missions, J. D. Graber, who served in that capacity from 1944 to 1966.  Materials include correspondence with C. L. Graber, correspondence regarding urban missions, miscellaneous reports, and telephone call log books.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Office Secretary Records (H. Ernest Bennett)

  • US MCUSAA IV/07/004
  • Collection
  • 1959-1972

A small set of assorted records that predate and extend through Bennett's tenure as secretary of the Mennonite Board of Missions.  Materials include reports, correspondence,and financial records.  Bennett served as secretary from 1959 to 1980.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Miscellaneous Sound Recordings

  • US MCUSAA IV/06/005
  • Collection
  • 1956-1982

Assorted open reel and cassette tapes containing the following content:

Vesper Quartet in the Union Auditorium, Goshen College, 1956

J. D. Graber, The Biblical Basis of Missions, 1961

Nigeria VS House Dedication, 1963

Elizabeth Elliot, WMSA Sessions, "Learning to Know God" and "What I Learned from the Aucas," 1965

Fall Missions Festival, 1980 (6 cassette tapes)

Fall Missions Festival, 1982 (5 cassette tapes)

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Mennonite Board of Missions I-W Records 1953-1974

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/009
  • Collection
  • 1943-1974

Adminstrative files documenting the placement of conscientious objectors into alternative service positions.  These records are divided into the following series:

(1) Personnel Files, 1943-1971

(2) Minutes, Reports, and Financial Records, 1952-1969

(3) Draft Census Records, 1963-1965

(4) Correspondence, 1954-1971

(5) I-W Program Files, 1952-1974

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Mennonite Board of Missions Leadership Photographs

  • US MCUSAA IV/10/007
  • Collection
  • 1920-1985

Black and white photographic prints and negatives of chair persons, vice chair persons, executive committee members, and chief executive officers of the Mennonite Board of Missions. Images include individual portraits, group portraits, and "action shots."

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Mennonite Board of Missions Conjoint Meeting Minutes

  • US MCUSAA IV/024
  • Collection
  • 1934-1980

This collection consists of minutes of joint meetings of Mennonite Board of Missions with a variety of other committees and groups. Included are the Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Committee, Personnel Committee, Overseas Missions, Board of Directors, Program Committee, Relief Committee, Mission Committee, and the Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Alumni Program Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/037
  • Collection
  • 1981-2003

Organizational records documenting a Mennonite mission agency's efforts to gather information from and organize reunions for former mission and voluntary service workers.  These records contain not only administrative information regarding the mission board's strategy to engage former missionaries and service workers, but also include summaries of oral history interviews with and somewritten reminiscences of former missionaries and service workers about their experiences.

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Mennonite Board of Missions Photographs

  • US MCUSAA IV/10/007.5
  • Collection
  • 1995-2003

Photographic prints and contact sheets depicting Mennonite Board of Missions missionaries, voluntary service workers, and staff.  Most images are black and white.  Photographs of individual missionaries and voluntary service workers may include both formal portraits and "action shots" in the field.

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Mennonite Board of Missions News Releases

  • US MCUSAA IV/10/004
  • Collection
  • 1974-2000

Bound volumes containing news releases and features produced by Mennonite Board of Missions communications staff, arranged chronologically by year.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Information Services

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