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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

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-

Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/845
  • Collection
  • 1900-1992

The papers of Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander primarily document relief and service work to Russian Mennonite refugees after World War II.  Materials include correspondence, poems, testimonies, and songs by Russian Mennonite refugees, reports and correspondence pertaining to Mennonite Central Committee relief work in the Netherlands and Paraguay, a diary kept by Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander during her Europen relief work, correspondence between Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander, and a well-labeled photograph album documenting Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander's relief and service work.  Other materials include records of Vernon Neuschwander's Civilian Public Service work, family and genealogical materials, Evangeline's writing and reminiscences, and miscellaneous materials.

Neuschwander, Evangeline Matthies

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

Deknatel Organ records

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.355
  • Collection
  • 1965-1989

Correspondence and research files of Esko Loewen about his work on the Deknatel organ at Kauffman Museum, North Newton, Kansas.

Also correspondence, research files, and slides of Robert Kreider relating to the organ.

Loewen, Esko, 1917-1981

Olin Krehbiel Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.219
  • Collection
  • 1920-1980

Box 1: notebook (record of weddings performed, etc.), diplomas, photos, printed matter, books, birthday book (Vergissmeinnicht), correspondence, C. E. Krehbiel diaries, other C. E. Krehbiel items

Box 2: subject files, correspondence

Box 3: index book (to files or articles?), subject files, sermon index, diaries (brought in March 1984 by Ron Krehbiel)

Box 4: subject files

Box 5: sermons (brought in 31 Dec 1986 by Ron Krehbiel)

Box 6: reel-to-reel tapes, C. E. Witness periodical (from Grace church in Pennsylvania?) (brought in 31 Oct 1994 by Ron Krehbiel)

Box 7: slides, 16mm film

box 8: audio cassette, biographical interview by Jim Juhnke

Krehbiel, Olin A., 1904-1982

Paul N. Kraybill Papers 1958-1990

  • US MCUSAA HM1/998
  • Collection
  • 1942-1992

Personal papers of a prominent administrator who held leadership positions in multiple Mennonite-related organizations over a career spanning four decades between 1953 and 1993. Kraybill also served as a board member and organizational consultant for a variety of institutions, including the American Leprosy Mission, Lancaster Mennonite School, and Lombard Mennonite Church. Materials consist of daily calendars, administrative trip reports, writings and manuscripts, photographs, scattered correspondence, committee minutes, and organizational working files. The papers are divided into the following series and subseries:

(1) Day Timers and Calendars, 1956-1992

(2) Manuscripts, Notes, and Talks, 1950-1991

(3) Organizational Working Files, 1956-1992

A. Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities

B. Mennonite Church General Board

C. Mennonite Christian Leadership Foundation

D. Mennonite Housing Aid, Inc.

E. Mennonite World Conference

F. Mennonite Health Association

(4) General Subject Files, 1942-1991

(5) Photographs and Miscellaneous, 1942-1991

Kraybill, Paul N., 1925-1993

Out-Spokin' Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/034
  • Collection
  • 1967-1983

Records of a bicycle touring ministry sponsored by the Mennonite Board of Missions.  Records are divided into two series:

(1) General Records, 1967-1983

(2) Bike Hike Records, 1970-1982

Out-Spokin'

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

H. Ernest Bennett Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/621
  • Collection
  • 1939-1993

A small, fragmented set of personal papers primarily documenting Bennett's early career.  Materials include correspondence, speeches and presentations, photographs / slides (most poorly labeled) and miscellaneous materials.  Photographs and slides primarily depict Bennett's life in Akron as an MCC worker, as well as his relief work in France and Spain.

Bennett, Harvey Ernest, 1915-2009

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-

Leona G. Krehbiel Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.357
  • Collection
  • 1932-1990

box 1-2: postcards and other print ephemera, souvenirs and tourism material, school papers, AAUW papers, Bethel College church annual reports, correspondence, Bethel College items (librarian emeritus citation, plaques), financial papers

box 3: AAUW and Soroptimist files, funeral memorial book, Ledig memorabilia, file on her death and funeral (incl. audio tape) (from Arnold M. Wedel, Apr. 2014)

box 4: photos - many unidentified

box 5: slides - mostly travel (donated by Helen Bargen who bought them at a garage sale; January 2003)

"box"6 (map folder): diplomas, baptism certificates, etc.

Krehbiel, Leona G., 1904-1994

Honora Becker Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.147
  • Collection
  • 1920-1982

box 1 genealogical, biographical, funeral guest book, diplomas, diaries, photos (an embroidered shawl or scarf was transferred to Kauffman Museum, 2 Nov 2006)

box 2 correspondence, photos, writings, master’s thesis, will, miscellaneous

box 3 diplomas, signed photo of Albert Schweitzer, correspondence, Bethel contracts and other Bethel-related items, financial, clippings, teaching material

box 4 correspondence, card file of English graduates, slides, diaries, scrapbook

box 5 lecture notes, tribute by Anna Juhnke, funeral program, Bethel Christmas banquet

box 6-7 slides - mostly British Isles, from Anna Juhnke July 1, 1998

box 8 diploma, booklets, miscellaneous

box 9-10 files on English literary authors, places, topics; from Anna Juhnke Dec. 1, 1997

box 11pressed flowers, miscellaneous notes

Becker, Honora, 1899-1982

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

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)

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