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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.

Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania)

Yontz and Yoder Family Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/527SC
  • Collection
  • 1799-1978

Scattered family records including family histories, a passport, a birth- and baptism certificate, and assorted correspondence.

Janzen family

Women's Missionary and Service Commission Treasurer's Records 1944-1997

  • US MCUSAA IV/20/002
  • Collection
  • 1924-1997

A small set of financial records, including ledgers (1944-1962, 1987-1989, and 1995-1996) and annual treasurer's reports (1974-1988, 1995-1997).  These records also include treasurer's correspondence, most of which acknowledges financial gifts received (1924, 1943-1963).

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Women's Missionary and Service Commission Publications Committee Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/20/003
  • Collection
  • 1952-1997

Records pertaining to the literary functions of the Women's Missionary and Service Commission, including the production of publications and reading lists and the supplying of free literature to missionaries.  These records are divided into three series:

(1) Publications, 1952-1996 (2) Administrative Records, 1929-1997 (3) Mennonite Women: A Story of God's Faithfulness Research Files, circa 1975-1983

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Women's Missionary and Service Commission President's Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/20/022
  • Collection
  • 1929-1962

Correspondence files of two presidents of the Women's Missionary and Service Commission (WMSC):  Lina Ressler (1929-1938) and Minnie Graber (1951-1959).  Ressler's correspondence comprises only one folder of this set of records.  The remaining materials pertain to the presidency of Minnie Graber. Most correpondence appears to be among various WMSC executive committee members.

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Women's Missionary and Service Commission Partnership Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/20/008
  • Collection
  • 1973-1996

A small set of records documenting relationships between the Women's Missionary and Service Commission and three other Mennonite women's groups:  Grupos Hispanos Femeniles del la Iglesia Menonita, Central Women's Organization of the Mennonite Church in India, and the Northwest Ohio Mennonite Business and Professional Women's Organization. Records consist primarily of correspondence, event programs, and a scrapbook.

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Women's Missionary and Service Commission Executive Secretary (Marian Hostetler) Files 1987-1995

  • US MCUSAA IV/20/025
  • Collection
  • 1969-1997

Correspondence and subject files maintained by Marian Hostetler, executive secretary of the Women's Missionary and Service Commission from 1987 to 1996.  Materials include information on the business and professional women's interest group, scholarship information, memos sent to executive committee members, scripts of skits, correspondence with conference WMSC leaders, and slide shows produced for Mennonite Church General Assemblies,

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Women's Missionary and Service Commission Executive Secretary (Beulah Kauffman) Files

  • US MCUSAA IV/20/023
  • Collection
  • 1953-1987

Correspondence and subject files of the lead staff person for the Women's Missionary and Service Commission (WMSC).  These files primarily document the tenure of Beulah Kauffman (1966-1978), but also include documentation from other executive secretaries, including Florence Shantz (1956-1958), Doris Snyder (1958-1959), Dorothy McCammon (1960-1966) and Barbara Reber (1979-1986).  Researchers will find that materials in these records provide information about both the WMSC's activities and the WMSC's relationships to other Mennonite organizations.

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Women's Missionary and Service Commission Executive Committee Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/20/001
  • Collection
  • 1917-1997

Top-level administrative records of the (old) Mennonite Church's organization that supported mission work and provided programming and resources for women and girls.  These records are divided into several series:

(1) Governing Documents, 1924-1996

(2) Minutes and Reports, 1920-1997

(3) Correspondence, 1917-1997

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