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A small set of annual reports documenting the number of personnel in the division, production statistics, inventory, and sales.

Scattered material pertaining to the publishing house's book stores.

A small set of materials documenting the evolution and administration of the publishing house's book review service.  Originally intended to screen literature for Mennonite congregational and Sunday school librarians, the service transformed into a periodical for Mennonite audiences, first titled Book Review Service, then Provident Book Reviews, and finally Provident Book Finder.

Researchers seeking the publications listed above should contact  the Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen, Ind.).

This small set of records consists primarily of customer survey reports conducted in 1983 at the bookstores in Lancaster, Pa., Ephrata, Pa., New Holland, Pa., and Iowa City, Iowa.  Other material includes a set of "philosophy statements" indicating the bookstores' mission statements as well as their positions on the kind of literature they carried, marketing practices, etc.

A small set of scattered financial reports pertaining to the Mennonite Publishing House's Provident Bookstores.  Reports include profit and loss statements, weekly comparison reports, and a report generated in 2001 evaluating the financial health of the bookstores.

Within this collection, researchers can find photographs of Mennonite Publishing House employees and photographs that were used in their publications, including The Gospel Herald. Other photographic subjects include the Mennonite World Conferences and Mennonite General Assemblies.

Minutes, reports, and other documents pertaining to a committee of Mennonite Publishing House employees charged with "fostering and maintaining Christian fellowship and relationships among the Workers of Mennonite Publishing House."  The records document the committee's activities in planning social events and chapel services and in acknowledging employees personal celebrations (marriages, births) and sorrows (illnesses, deaths).

Records documenting hours worked and wages paid to Mennonite Publishing House office and printing staff.  The bulk of the records are weekly time books, documenting the hours employees worked and the wages they were paid.  Time books were used from the publishing house's founding in 1908 through January 1940.

A more modern payroll system was implemented in 1940.  The records from 1940 document hours worked and wages by employee name rather than by date.  There are some gaps in payroll records kept between 1940 and 1951.

Later payroll records were not permanently retained by Mennonite Publishing House.

Internal newsletters created by and for the employees of Mennonite Publishing House.  The newsletters were published under various titles:  M.P.H. News (1943-1944), Mennonite Publishing House Mirror (1945), Training in Service (1946-1953), and Hi-Lights (1954-2003).  The newsletter includes information about events, training opportunities, staff changes, and staff activities at work and at home.  The newsletters sometimes also contain articles of general interest to publishing house employees.

Researchers interested in the history of the staff newsletter should note the special 25th anniversary issue of Hi-Lights published on April 12, 1968.  This issue provides a seven page history of Mennonite Publishing House employee publications.

These records consist of the files of the director of human resources.  They include house policy manuals, employee handbooks, the minutes of the House Advisory Group, and files pertaining to personnel issues in the major divisions of the publishing house.  In addition to providing information about employee wages and benefits, these records also provide a window into worker culture at the publishing house.

News releases written to promote new books published by Herald Press and other imprints of the Mennonite Publishing House.  Some releases contain black and white photographs of the book covers.

A set of materials produced for advertising Mennonite Publishing House books and curricula to clergy, churches, faculty, and lay people.  The bulk of the materials are trade sales letters announcing the recent publication of books and other resources.  Other materials found in these records include newsletters to pastors, advertising newsletters, and miscellaneous fliers.

Annual reports documenting the number of books and other materials for sale in the inventory of the Mennonite Publishing House.  Books are inventoried by title.  Also includes information about the amount and value of printing supplies (paper, ink, etc.) and printing equipment at the Mennonite Publishing House when inventory was taken.

A small set of correspondence, bids, contracts, and building committee reports pertaining to the construction of publishing house facilities in 1921 and 1948-1949. These records also contain material pertaining to fundraising for the warehouse built by Mennonite Publishing House in the late 1970s and early 1980s

Consisting primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence to the marketing director in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Jack Scott, these records are internal records pertaining to Mennonite Publishing House's efforts to advertise and sell its products. Reports are few and date from the 1950s and 1993.