Mennonite Nurses Association Records
These records are divided into eight series:
Series 1: Governing Documents, circa 1945-2005
Series 2: Meeting Minutes and Reports, 1945-2010
Series 3: Publications, 1945-2010
Series 4: Financial Records, 1949-2009
Series 5: Correspondence, 1949-2001
Series 6: Membership Records, 1943-2004
Series 7: Local Chapter Records, 1950-1989
Series 8: Miscellaneous Materials, 1945-2011
Mennonite Nurses Association
Henry C. Penner Papers 1944, 1974
Information regarding the World War II experiences of Henry C. Penner, a Mennonite from Wrickler, Manitoba who was arrested for resisting the draft in 1944. Tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by Leonard Gross with Henry and his son Leonard Penner are included, as is correspondence between the army and Henry’s uncle George Penner concerning the arrest and subsequent court martial. The records of the court martial, some miscellaneous notes and pamphlets, and slides of documents are also included.
Penner, Henry C.
Personal papers of A. J. (Abram Jacob) Metzler, consisting of sermon outlines, correspondence, subject files, and audio recordings. Records of Metzler's travels and work abroad are included, as are his published articles, his files on congregations he pastored, and a biography of him along with family records.
This collection is divided into the following series:
(1) Sermon Outlines, 1927-1983
(2) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1826, 1919-1993
(3) Audio Recordings, 1956-1996
(4) Photographs and Video Recordings, 1882-1991
Metzler, Abram Jacob, 1902-1996
Rachel Waltner Goossen Collection on John Howard Yoder
Documents collected and oral histories recorded during the course of Goossen's research on John Howard Yoder's sexual abuse of women. Goossen's research was published in an article entitled, "'Defanging the Beast': Mennonite Responses to John Howard Yoder’s Sexual Abuse" (Mennonite Quarterly Review 69 (January 2015). Materials in this collection include documents collected by various individuals close to John Howard Yoder, the various intervention attempts, and the disciplinary process, Goossen's correspondence with various sources close to the events, documents collected by Goossen herself, and ten oral history interviews.
Goossen, Rachel Waltner, 1960-
Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Historical Files
This series contains materials collected and created in the Mennonite Publishing House's efforts to document its own history. It consists of two subseries:
(1) General Historical Files, 1948-2003
(2) Historical Monograph Files, 1970-1991
Zook, Ellrose D.