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Mennonite Media Collection
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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 Puerto Rico Media Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/008
  • Collection
  • 1947-1979

Subject and correspondence files pertaining to Mennonite Media's work in Puerto Rico prior to the formation of JELAM (Junta Ejecutiva Latinoamericana de Audiciones Menonitas).  Materials include information on radio programs produced for the Puerto Rican audience, correspondence with radio stations  and Mennonite agencies, committee minutes, administrative records, financial reports, publicity materials for various programs, and a photograph album.

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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 Sound Recordings

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/004
  • Collection
  • 1951-1993

A large set of sound recordings on open reel, cassette tapes, and CDs produced by the Mennonite Board of Mission's media evangelization agency. Recordings are organized by program or series for which they were produced.

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Russian and Non-English Program Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/010.11
  • Collection
  • 1956-1995

Files pertaining to the production of evangelistic radio programs broadcast in languages other than English and/or made specifically for international distribution.  As the title of this records series suggests, the primary broadcasting language documenting in these files is Russian.  Programs were also produced in German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Japanse, and Navaho and for distribution in Africa, Australia, and Israel.  The records of Spanish-language evangelism programs may be found in the JELAM (Junta Ejecutiva Latinoamericana de Audiciones Menonitas) Records, IV-13-006 or the JELAM Program Files (IV-13-010.6).

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