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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania) Collection
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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Conference and Seminar Records

  • US MCUSAA VI/03/007
  • Collection
  • 1950-1965

A small set of records documenting various educational and professional development events sponsored by the Mennonite Publishing House.  Most important in this series are the materials associated with the Mennonite Writers' Conferences organized by Elizabeth Showalter in the 1950s and early 1960s.  Papers presented at those conferences and the periodicals associated with the conferences (Mennonite Writers' Fellowship Quarterly Reports and The Christian Writer) may be found in this series.

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Youth's Christian Companion Records

  • US MCUSAA VI/05/006
  • Collection
  • 1960-1968

Administrative records pertaining to the young people's magazine of the (old) Mennonite Church.  While Youth's Christian Companion was published from 1938 to 1968, these records cover only the last eight years of the periodical's run.  Records consist primarily of correspondence documenting reader reactions to magazine content.

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Christian Living Records

  • US MCUSAA VI/05/003
  • Collection
  • 1959-1990

Records pertaining to the production and reception of Christian Living, a 48 page magazine focused on Mennonite home and community.  Christian Living launched in 1954 after the merger of Mennonite Community and Christian Monitor. These records consist largely of various editors' correspondence and subject files, including Daniel Hertzler, Helen Alderfer, Loren Lind, J. Lorne Peachey, and David E. Hostetler.  Although Christian Living was published until 2002, these records extend only to 1990.

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With Records 1967-1983

  • US MCUSAA VI/05/007
  • Collection
  • 1952-1983

Administrative records pertaining to the youth and young adult magazine of the (old) Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church.  Materials include meeting minutes, reports and editor's correspondence files.

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Gospel Herald Records

  • US MCUSAA VI/05/004
  • Collection
  • 1961-1991

Records documenting the last 40 years of the administration, production, and distribution of the (old) Mennonite Church's denominational magazine.  Materials consist of editor's correspondence (readers' correspondence to the editor as well as interoffice correspondence) and subscription records.  The Gospel Herald was published from 1908 to 1999, when it merged with The Mennonite under the latter periodical's title.

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Words of Cheer Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA VI/05/008
  • Collection
  • 1928-1940

A thin folder of Betty Weber's incoming and outgoing correspondence pertaining to children's stewardship of mission and relief work.  The correspondence came about as a follow up to an article that appeared in the (old) Mennonite Church periodical Words of Cheer in 1947.

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Mennonite Yearbook and Directory Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA VI/05/005
  • Collection
  • 1928-1940

A slim file of correspondence documenting and correcting errors made in the annual yearbook and directory of the (old) Mennonite Church.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Staff Newsletters

  • US MCUSAA VI/09/002
  • Collection
  • 1943-2003

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.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Human Resources General Files

  • US MCUSAA VI/09/001
  • Collection
  • 1940-2002

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.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Spiritual and Social Welfare Committee Records

  • US MCUSAA VI/09/006
  • Collection
  • 1956-2001

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).

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Annual Meeting Programs and Reports

  • US MCUSAA VI/01/001
  • Collection
  • 1912-2003

This series includes programs for annual and biennial meetings of the Mennonite Publishing Board (1912-1958), as well as annual and biennial reports written by Mennonite Publishing House staff for the board.

The earliest meetings of the Mennonite Publishing Board are documented only through programs of the annual or biennial meetings.  Between 1933 and 1960, the Publishing House issued annual or biennial reports, some titled "Our Mennonite Literature and Books Service" or "Our Mennonite Literature Service."  From 1961 forward, the Publishing House issued annual reports titled as such.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Financial Statements and Audits 1944-2002

  • US MCUSAA VI/07/001
  • Collection
  • 1910-2002

Annual financial overviews of the Mennonite Publishing House, including independent audit reports from third party accountants. These records contain balance sheets,  profit and loss statements, listings of assets and debts, and other summary financial records.  Researchers should note that statements and audits are not available for the following years:  1911-1925, 1926-1943, 1945-1947,1970, 1996-1999.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Inventories

  • US MCUSAA VI/08/004
  • Collection
  • 1910-1948

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.

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Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Payroll Records

  • US MCUSAA VI/09/005
  • Collection
  • 1908-1951

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.

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