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correspondence, sermons, subject files

Official and unofficial records of the denominational committee assigned with the task of restructuring the (old) Mennonite Church in the late 1960s.  Materials include meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports.  The records are divided into three series:

(1) Official Records, 1966-1971

(2) Chairman and Other Correspondence, 1966-1971

(3) Sound Recordings, 1970

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.

The collection contains largely materials pertaining to Gordon Friesen's correspondence from 1920 to 1940 and writings throughout his adult life.  The writings include thoughts and ideas, short stories, novels, and an autobiography with his wife.  Other writings in the collection include works by his wife: screenplays, a novel, and the autobiography.  There is also a short story by his friend Menno Duerksen.

The collection also includes books Friesen had collected.  There are probably autobiographical cassette tapes and reel-to-reel tapes narrated by Friesen and his wife.  There are also records, some of which are spin-offs of the magazine Broadside, which Friesen and his wife edited.

Papers of a Mennonite missionary couple stationed in India and Ghana, with interest in the mission field in Nigeria.  Divided into the following series:

(1) Correspondence, Subject Files, and Miscellaneous, 1944-1977

(2) Sermon Outlines, 1927-1956

(3) Photographs, 1954-1963

(4) Audio Tapes, circa 1957-1972

Consists entirely of audio tape recordings. Rempel must have been a tape enthusiast.

Box 1: family recordings

Box 2-4: Mennonite speakers

Box 5-6: Miscellaneous recordings

Box 7-9: Music

Box 10: church services

Box 11: church conferences

Box 12: wire recordings

Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite Church pastor who served in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, primarily at Maple Grove Mennonite Church (Gulliver, Mich.).  Materials are divided into three series:

(1) Miscellaneous Materials, 1931-1980

(2) Sermons and Sermon Notes, circa 1950-1975

(3) Sound Recording Collection, circa 1960-1980

This small set of personal papers from a pastor affiliated with the (old) Mennonite Church consists primarily of sermons, some of which were delivered at the Mennonite Home Mission in Chicago, Ill., where Yoder served after his ordination in 1939. Other sermons were written for congregational minsitry at the two churches he served: Congerville Mennonite Church (Congerville, Ill.) and Pleasant Oaks Mennonite Church (Middlebury, Ind.) The papers also include information about the history of the Pleasant Oaks congregation in the early 1960s, when it sold its church building. This collection also includes a number of family photographs and a handful of photographs from the Mennonite Home Mission, as well as two audiotapes of Yoder delivering sermons. Photographs mostly date from 1870 through 1930.

Box 1-2: reports on agricultural experimental work in Paraguay.

Box 3: reel tapes of Fernheim Colony 50th anniversary 1980 (tapes have been copied to CD)

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

These papers document the ministry of Glenn W. Whitaker and are divided into four series:

Series 1: Early Ministry and Service, 1936-1981 Series 2: Photographs, 1936-1951 Series 3: Sermon Ministry, 1950-1972 Series 4: Phonograph Records, 1943-1950

Assorted open reel and cassette tapes containing the following content:

Vesper Quartet in the Union Auditorium, Goshen College, 1956

J. D. Graber, The Biblical Basis of Missions, 1961

Nigeria VS House Dedication, 1963

Elizabeth Elliot, WMSA Sessions, "Learning to Know God" and "What I Learned from the Aucas," 1965

Fall Missions Festival, 1980 (6 cassette tapes)

Fall Missions Festival, 1982 (5 cassette tapes)

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

Box 1 is mostly materials related to his Hopi gospel song compilation. Includes several audio tape reels.

Box 2 has more audio tape reels, more Hopi hymnal related material, photocopy of an autobiography by Mabel Suderman, a few photos, a few of what look like sermon outlines.

Box 3 is later additions.