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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.).

These records were created by the office of the publisher at Mennonite Publishing House, covering the later years of the tenure of A. J. Metzler.

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

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.

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.

Photos for Gospel Herald, circa 197-1875

These records were created by the office of the publisher at Mennonite Publishing House.  They cover the tenure of Ben Cutrell.  Researchers studying Ben Cutrell's leadership of the publishing house should also consult series VI-03-04, which contain some of Cutrell's later files.

In this collection reseachers can find information about the Wayfarer and Torchbearer Clubs, a Mennonite scouting program for youth.  Manuals, guidebooks, news about the clubs and participant kits can be found here. Two photographs of the Wayfarer Club's badges are also in this collection.

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.

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.