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Mennonite Church USA Archives Mennonite Media
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Mennonite Media Miscellaneous Photographs

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/017
  • Collection
  • 1966-1991

A small collection of assorted photographs pertaining to various Mennonite Media ministries.

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Mennonite Media Miscellaneous Phonograph Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/016
  • Collection
  • 1966, undated

A hodgepodge of phonographic albums created by Mennonite Media, featuring content from several radio shows, including the Mennonite Hour, as well as independent radio advertising spots and documentaries.  Most Mennonite Media broadcasts were recorded to audio tape and may be found in Series IV-13-004.

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Mennonite Media Publications and Mailings

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/015
  • Collection
  • 1952-2002

These records document Mennonite Media's efforts to promote its programs (including those in Japan, Russia, Latin America, Italy, and the United States) and raise funds to sustain them. Included are promotional letters and calendars, agency and program newsletters, and Home Bible Study mailings.

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Mennonite Media Director's Correspondence and Subject Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/014
  • Collection
  • 1954-1999

Contains the correspondence and subject files of Ken Weaver, the director of Mennonite Media. Project files on various radio spots, videos, and paper tracts and ads are included, as is correspondence with a variety of people and organizations associated with Mennonite Media.

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Mennonite Media Mennonite Broadcasts Research Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/012
  • Collection
  • 1977-1979

A small set of correspondence gathered and inteviews conducted by Hubert R. Pellman in preparation for writing the 25th anniversary book entitled Mennonite Broadcasts: The First 25 Years (1979).  Also includes a copy of the book.

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Mennonite Media Counseling Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/011
  • Collection
  • 1953-1980

These records were generated by listener response to Mennonite radio programming, particularly the Mennonite Hour (1951-1979) and Heart to Heart (1950-1975). Mennonite Media (then called called Mennonite Broadcasts, Inc.) employed staff to handle listener correspondence.  The Mennonite Hour also had an extensive home Bible study program that generated further correspondence.

In the mid-1990s these files were sampled; only 5% (every twentieth set of correspondence) of the original correspondence was retained.  The other 95% was destroyed. From this sampling, however, researchers can get a sense of the questions asked and responses offered.

Incoming correspondence is filed by listener's last name.  Topic files are are response letters to individual letter writers from the counseling staff.

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Mennonite Media News Releases and Newsletter Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/010.9
  • Collection
  • 1955-1988

This series documents the information Mennonite Media provided about itself and its work through press releases, newsletters, articles submitted to religious periodicals and news agencies, and advertisements.  This series also includes examples of ad evangelism -- newspaper and magazine ads for local churches and the denomination.   Researchers should note that the news releases cover the earlier years of the media ministry (1957-1979).  The tight relationship that developed between Mennonite Media and Mennonite Board of Missions resulted in less independent publicity of the work of Mennonite Media.  Therefore, researchers should consult the Mennonite Board of Missions News Releases for press releases about Mennonite Media after 1980.

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Mennonite Media Mennonite Identity Media Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/010.8
  • Collection
  • 1987-1993

These records document an effort to use mass media to clarify who the Mennonites are and attract non-ethnic Mennonites to the Mennonite faith. Materials include correspondence, reports, research files, results of pilot market studies, and scripts for television spots. Also includes results of of a new member study commissioned by Seattle Mennonite Church.

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Mennonite Media Mennonite Hour Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/010.7
  • Collection
  • 1952-1984

Production files for the Mennonite Hour radio show, the first program produced by Mennonite Broadcasts, Inc. (later Mennonite Media).  The show ran from 1952 to 1978 and featured preaching, worship, and religious music.  Most abundant in these files are correspondence with radion station managers.  The files include meeting minutes, reports, evaluation studies, station history sheets, and miscellaneous materials.

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Mennonite Media Home Bible Studies Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/010.5
  • Collection
  • 1952-1988

Records of correspondence Bible classes sponsored by the media division of the Mennonite Board of Missions.  Although home Bible studies began in 1955, the bulk of these records were created in the 1970s.

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Mennonite Media General Program Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/010.4
  • Collection
  • 1947-1990

Administrative files pertaining to a variety of print and audio visual evangelistic material produced by Mennonite Media.  Materials include correspondence, reports, and information on fund-raising and production.

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Mennonite Media Choice Program Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/010.3
  • Collection
  • 1950-1988

Files pertaining to the Choice radio program, a primarily domestic evangelism program that ran for thirteen seasons.  Materials include scripts, reports, testimonies, and station sheets.  Researchers should note that recordings of the Choice radio program are not available in this series.

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Mennonite Media Art McPhee In Touch, Encore, and The Jesus Connection Program Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/010.2
  • Collection
  • 1979-1989

Files pertaining to radio spots and brief radio programs marketed to Mennonite congregations to educate the non-Mennonite population about the Mennonite Church and provide "an upfront invitation to consider Christ."  Researchers should note that recordings of these spots and programs are not included in this series.

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Mennonite Media Heart to Heart Program Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/010.17
  • Collection
  • 1955-1978

Minutes, reports, evaluations, newsletters, radio station correspondence, and miscellaneous records concerning a weekly women's evangelistic radio program that ran from 1950 through 1977.  Heart to Heart was succeeded by Your Time.

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