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Mennonite Board of Missions Collection
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Amos M. Eash Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/451SC
  • Collection
  • 1909-1916

The collection includes a small booklet reporting on the work of the Twenty-Sixth Street Mennonite mission in Chicago, an ordination certificate, a certificate of appointment by the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, a membership pledge, and a handwritten note.

Eash, Amos M.

Mennonite Media Choice Books Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/13/009
  • Collection
  • 1953-1997

This collection contains the organizational records of Choice Books, formerly Life Line Books. Materials include annual reports, minutes, correspondence, subject files, and various other materials documenting the organization's work in distributing books ("bookrack evangelism").

Mennonite Media

Mahlon L. Blosser Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/702
  • Collection
  • 1952-1975

A small set of papers consisting primarily of correspondence documenting Blosser's work with the Mennonite Board of Missions (particularly the Mennonite Relief and Service Committee).  Also includes a History of Hephzibah Mennonite Church and Blosser's notes on the 1965 Urban Racial Conference.  Blosser served as a bishop in the Central District Conference since 1960.

Blosser, Mahlon L., 1904-1981

Mennonite Evangelizing Committee (Elkhart, Ind.) Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/001
  • Collection
  • 1881-1906

Early records of the organization that evolved into the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, the mission agency of the (old) Mennonite Church.  Materials include a brief history of early Mennonite mission organizations, a cash book, the 1892 annual meeting report, and an early minute book containing minutes for the annual and occasional meetings of the Mennonite Evangelizing Committee (1882-1892), the Mennonite Evangelizing Board of America (1892-1896), and the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board (1896-1906).  In 1906, this board merged with the Mennonite Board of Charitable Homes and Missions to form the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities.

Mennonite Evangelizing Committee (Elkhart, Ind.)

Benevolent Organization of Mennonites (Chicago, Ill.) Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/003
  • Collection
  • 1894

A small set of governing documents and minutes from a predecessor organization to the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities.  This organization appears to have been managed from the Chicago Home Mission by M. S. Steiner.

Benevolent Board of Mennonites (Chicago, Ill.)

Mennonite Evangelizing Board of America (Elkhart, Ind.) Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/002
  • Collection
  • 1892-1896

A small set of records documenting fundraising and other activities of this predecessor organization to the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities.  These records consist primarily of letters sent to the board from 1892 to 1896, most of which included financial contributions for the board's work.  Other materials include an 1894 annual report, the treasurer's account book (1894-1896), and miscellaneous receipts (1892-1895).

Meeting minutes for this organization may be found in the records of its predecessor organization, the Mennonite Evangelizing Committee (Elkhart, Ind.), IV-001.

Mennonite Evangelizing Board of America (Elkhart, Ind.)

Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board (Elkhart, Ind.) Records 1897-1906

  • US MCUSAA IV/004
  • Collection
  • 1897-1906

Records of a predecessor Mennonite mission agency to the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, including incorporation documents, financial and insurance records, minutes (incomplete), correspondence, and a foreign missions manual.

Researchers should consult the series IV-001 and IV-002 for records regarding the previous incarnations of the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board.  Series IV-001 contains the complete minutes of the Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board and its predecessor organizations.

Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board (Elkhart, Ind.) Records

Mennonite Board of Missions Mission Committee Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/06/001.1
  • Collection
  • 1906-1947

Records for the entity within the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities responsible for screening and assigning personnel to staff the various home and foreign missions.  These records consist primarily of the various publications issued by the committee and the board (Mission Letter, Mission News Bulletin, Weekly Mission News, ), but aso includes meeting minutes, policies, reports, and other administrative documents.  Most missionary applications submitted to the committee may be found in series IV-06-01.2.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Mission Committee

Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Office Correspondence, Part 1

  • US MCUSAA IV/07/001
  • Collection
  • 1900-1945

Primarily incoming correspondence regarding both home and overseas mission work.  Researchers will find materials in this series that document the work of early Mennonite missionaries and mission programs.  Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Executive Office

Mennonite Youth Fellowship Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/19/017
  • Collection
  • 1948-1968

The collection includes minutes, correspondence, and activity booklets of the Mennonite Youth Fellowship.

Mennonite Youth Fellowship

Mennonite Board of Missions Treasurer's Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA IV/08/012
  • Collection
  • 1922-1945

Correspondence organized by state regarding various mission stations administered by the Mennonite Board of Missions.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Treasurer

Clarence J. Ramer Papers 1918-1981

  • US MCUSAA HM1/170
  • Collection
  • 1908-1981

The Clarence J. Ramer papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Organizational Materials

(2) Business and Finance

(3) Family Records

(4) Notes

(5) Correspondence

(6) Miscellaneous Clippings and Photographs

Clarence J. Ramer, 1905-1987

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