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John Thut Photographs

  • US MCUSAA HM4/388
  • Collection
  • 1920-1946

The richest materials among these photographs are the140 color slides depicing Thut's volunteer work in England with German prisoners of war after World War II and his subsequent travel in the Western United States to Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps. These labeled and well-composed slides include images of Thut's living and working conditions in England, art work made by German POWs, and scenes of CPS work in Montana, South Dakota, and California. Also of note is a slide of Peter and Elfrieda Dyck's wedding gifts.

Click on "Online Images / Records" to see an inventory of the slides.

Other materials among Thut's photographs include a number of poorly-labeled black and white photographic prints of Goshen College in the early 1920s. Notable scenes include a May Day celebration and the construction of the college gymnasium. Also included is his passport obtained in 1944.

Thut, John, 1898-1994

Bethel Mennonite Church (West Liberty, Ohio) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/35-21
  • Collection
  • 1899-2021

These records are divided into the following series:

(1) Annual Meetings and Reports, 1907-2012 (2) Bulletins, 1953-2010 (3) Vacation Bible School Materials, 1932-1969 (4) Newsletters, 1977-2012 (5) Miscellaneous Congregational Records, 1899-1970

Bethel Mennonite Church (West Liberty, Ohio)

Marian Hostetler Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/736
  • Collection
  • 1953-2020

Personal papers of a missionary and voluntary service worker affiliated with the (Old) Mennonite Church, divided into two series:

(1) Correspondence, Newsletters, and Miscellaneous Materials, 1953-2020

(2) Photographs, 1953-1998.

While Hostetler served in a number of different areas, 1960s Algeria is the country most strongly represented in this set of papers.

Hostetler, Marian, 1932-

Roy C. Bucher Papers 1942-2005

  • US MCUSAA HM1/1001
  • Collection
  • 1925-2014

The Roy C. Bucher Papers are divided into the folowing series:

(1) Biographical Documents

(2) Congregational Materials

(3) Sermons

(4) Audiovisual Materials

(5) Daytimers

Roy C. Bucher, 1920-2006

Alan Hochstetler Papers 1958-1961

  • US MCUSAA HM1/996
  • Collection
  • 1957- circa 2011

A set of personal papers documenting Alan Hochstetler's voluntary service work in Vietnam and Korea under the auspices of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).  The papers consist primarily of correspondence from Hochstetler to his family in Nappanee, Indiana.  The letters provide a lot of detail about the daily work and activities of Hochstetler and other MCC volunteers.  In his correspondence, Hochstetler also discusses the weather, major political events, and his relationships with his fellow voluntary service workers.

Other materials in this collection include correspondence from MCC and the selective service, slides and photographs taken during his service work, photographs taken during a 1997 trip to Vietnam, clippings, a Vietnam diary, a hand drawn map of the Leprosarium, the Tidings of the Banmethouoat Leprosarium, a service certificate from MCC, and a nine-page manuscript containing personal reflections and recollections of his service work and his return trips to Vietnam.

Hochstetler, Alan, 1939-

International Voluntary Services Records

  • US MCUSAA XI/014
  • Collection
  • 1952-2010

The collection consists of seven series:

Series 1: Executive Committee / Board of Directors Meeting Minutes, 1953-2001 Series 2: Project Files, 1952-2002 Series 3: Executive Director Files, 1953-1997 Series 4: Publications, 1954-2003 Series 5: Alumni Materials, 1963-2000 Series 6: Photographs, 1960-1995 Series 7: Miscellaneous, 1973, undated

International Voluntary Services

Mennonite Camping Association Records

  • US MCUSAA VII/24/002
  • Collection
  • 1946-2008

Records of an association of Mennonite camps and campgrounds.  Divided into the following series:

(1) Governing Documents and Board Minutes, 1946-1996

(2) General Files, 1951-2005

(3) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1951-1989

(4) Camp Statistics, 1963-1982

(5) Conference, Convention, and Regional Meeting Records, 1952-2008

(6) Jess Kauffman Research Files, circa 1952-1988

(7) Audiovideo Materials, 1966-1992

(8) Newsletters, 1957-2008

Mennonite Camping Association

Rhoda and Ruth Ressler Papers 1889-2008

  • US MCUSAA HM1/151
  • Collection
  • 1889-2008

The papers contain a hodgepodge of information pertaining to Ruth and Rhoda Resslers' various stints in Japan as mission and relief workers. Materials include correspondence, activity reports, the newsletter of the Hokkaido Mennonite Fellowship, miscellaneous materials relating to Mennonite mission work in Japan, and financial records. The Resslers' papers also contain a number of photographs, scrapbooks, and a handful of slides. Researchers should be aware, however, that many of the images are not labeled. The collection holds a several audiocassettes as well: recorded lectures presented by the Resslers in Japan, an oral history interview with Rhoda and Ruth Ressler, and a multi-tape oral history with Rhoda Ressler. Also included is an 1889 statement on dress and prayer coverings, unrelated to Mennonite mission work in Japan.

Ressler, Rhoda, 1910-2008

Le Roy Bechler African-American Mennonite Collection

  • US MCUSAA HM1/723
  • Collection
  • 1947-2007

This collection is divided into two series:  (1) Research Files, 1950-1982, and (2) James and Rowena Lark Materials, 1949-2007.

Bechler, Le Roy, 1925-2023

Gladys Widmer Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/675
  • Collection
  • 1909-2006

Personal papers of a Mennonite missionary to Puerto Rico and advocate for Hispanic Mennonite Congregations in the United States.  The papers are divided into four series:

(1) Biographical Information and Family Papers, 1909-2006

(2) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1949-2006

(3) Photographs and Plaques, 1915-2004

(4) Puerto Rican Mennonite Records, 1967-2003

Widmer, Gladys, 1915-2006

PAX Collection

  • US MCUSAA HM1/927
  • Collection
  • 1944-2005

The collection consists of the records of the PAX Reunion Committee and primary source documents contributed by former PAX workers.  The collection is divided into series by name of the creator or contributor of the materials.  When contributors are unknown, the series are named for the PAX program they document.

PAX Reunion Committee

Mennonite Medical Association (Harrisonburg, Va.) Records

  • US MCUSAA X/014
  • Collection
  • 1944-2003

The collection of the Mennonite Medical Association includes minutes and reports, convention materials, membership lists and news releases, correspondence, photographs and albums, and audio recordings from 1944 to 2003.

Mennonite Medical Association (Harrisonburg, Va.)

Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries Photographs

  • US MCUSAA XIII/012
  • Collection
  • 1972-2002

Included in this collection are the photographs of the Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries which document staff, board meetings, a number of youth conventions, and general assemblies.

Mennonite Board of Congregational Ministries

African American Mennonite Association Records 1974-1993

  • US MCUSAA I/06/007
  • Collection
  • 1969-2001

Records of the African American constituency group of the (old) Mennonite Church. Emerging from the Minority Ministries Council, the African American Mennonite Association began its orginizational life as the Black Council or Black Caucus.  In the early 1980s the name was changed to the African American Mennonite Association (AAMA).  The AAMA strove to support black and racially integrated congregations in the (old) Mennonite Church through annual assemblies and programming, leadership training, educational opportunites, and congregational economic development.

Records are divided into the following series:

(1) Founding and Governing Documents

(2) Assemblies and Events

(3) Dockets and Minutes

(4) Photographs

(5) Educational Program Records

(6) Correspondence and Subject Files

(7) Sound Recordings

African American Mennonite Association

Reinhild Janzen Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.354
  • Collection
  • 1950-2000

Mennonite furniture slides (transferred 11 August 1994)

student research papers on Newton buildings and sites from Art History I class at Bethel fall 1994 (transferred 13 May 1996)

childhood Sunday School books

box 2: papers related to German "Friends of Bethel College" organization and its fund-raising for remodeling of Memorial Hall

box 3: papers related to Save Outdoor Sculpture campaign to refurbish the Mennonite Settler status in Newton, Kansas

box 4: Rwandan children’s drawings 1994-1995 (brought in by her Mar. 12, 2015)

box 5: miscellaneous later accruals

Janzen, Reinhild, 1941-

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