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Mennonite Media Collection
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Mennonite Media Central Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/003
  • Collection
  • 1952-1983

Incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding media program development in the United States and abroad, relationships with other Mennonite publishers and broadcast outlets, and listener response or "testimonies" regarding the programming. Also includes some Mennonite Media division minutes and reports.

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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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Mennonite Media All God's People Program Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/010.1
  • Collection
  • 1985-1993

Files pertaining to the production of and distribution of a video series featuring stories of persons living out their Christian faith.  All God's People videos were 30 minutes long and were marketed to congregations, television broadcasters, information centers, and home viewers.  Researchers should note that the videos themselves are not in this record series.

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Mennonite Media Radio Spots Project Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/010.10
  • Collection
  • 1960-1987

Records pertaining to the production and distribution of brief radio messages produce by Mennonite Media  The radio spots, all of which run about one minute,  include seasonal messages and messages targeted at various groups (men, women, African Americans, etc.).  These files contain meeting minutes, news releases, reports, scripts, marketing information, and sponsorship information.

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Mennonite Media Choice Books Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/009
  • Collection
  • 1953-1997

This collection contains the organizational records of Choice Books, formerly Life Line Books. Materials include annual reports, minutes, correspondence, subject files, and various other materials documenting the organization's work in distributing books ("bookrack evangelism").

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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 Television Spots, and Scripts, Documentaries, and Videos

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/007
  • Collection
  • 1969-1996

This series consists of television spots and scripts created by Mennonite Media to promote ethical behavior and the Mennonite faith, a documentary about James and Rowena Lark (James Lark was the first ordained African American Mennonite pastor), and three videos about American Mennonites and the 1991 Gulf War.

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Mennonite Media Miscellaneous Project Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/010.14
  • Collection
  • 1965-1997

Files pertaining to the production of a hodgepodge of audiovisual programming for Mennonite audiences and agencies.  Records include correspondence, project proposals, scripts, marketing materials, and reports.

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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 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 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 Annual and Ad Hoc Reports

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/001
  • Collection
  • 1958-1981

Annual and other reports created by the  broadcasting department of the Mennonite Board of Missions.  Researchers will find in these reports overviews of the work of Mennonite Media Ministries and financial reports, Researchers should note, however, that the reports are incomplete:  1958-1959, 1964-1965, 1967, 1969-1970, 1979-1981.

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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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