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Mennonite Church USA Archives Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pennsylvania)
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Mennonite Publishing Board Meeting Dockets

  • US MCUSAA VI/01/004
  • Collection
  • 1971-2002

Supplementary documents distributed to Mennonite Publishing Board members prior to meetings.  These documents include financial reports, reports from the publisher, occasional reports, and other materials to inform participation in the meeting.  Researchers should note that dockets are not available for all meetings between 1971 and 2002.

Mennonite Publishing Board

Helen Alderfer Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/032SC
  • Collection
  • 1955-1994

The collection includes some writings by Helen Alderfer, 1955-1994, background materials on her life and work, and background materials on her involvement with various periodicals, including associate editor of Christian Living at Mennonite Publishing House, 1959-1984.

Alderfer, Helen Wade

Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.)  Historical Files

  • US MCUSAA VI/12/001
  • Collection
  • 1948-2003

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.

Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) House Council Minutes and Documents

  • US MCUSAA VI/09/003
  • Collection
  • 1947-1991

Minutes of House Council meetings and supporting documents distributed to council members for discussion. These records provide insight into staff management challenges at the Mennonite Publishing House and administrative responses to those challenges.

House Council

Mennonite Publishing House (Scottdale, Pa.) Bookstore Managers Meeting Minutes

  • US MCUSAA VI/13/001
  • Collection
  • 1941-1997

Minutes and financial information from Provident Bookstores (the Mennonite Publishing House Bookstores) annual managers' meetings. Subjects covered in the meetings include: annual sales, employee productivity, inventory lists, company goals, and reports from individual bookstores in Scottdale, Goshen, Iowa City, Bloomington, Sauderton, Lancaster County, and southern Ontario, Canada.

Researchers should note that records from the following years are missing: 1980, 1995-1996.

Provident Bookstores

Aaron Loucks Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/076
  • Collection
  • 1917-1945

The collection includes early legal and financial documents related to the Mennonite Publishing House and relief work, World War I newspaper clippings, and assorted papers and notes covering Louck's involvement in publishing and relief work.

Of particular interest is the 1918 warrant obtained to search Mennonite Publishing House and sieze materials advocating "refusal of duty in the military and naval forces of the United States."

Loucks, Aaron, 1864-1945

Mennonite Publishing Board Meeting Minutes

  • US MCUSAA VI/01/002
  • Collection
  • 1907-2003

Meeting minutes of the governing board of the Mennonite Publishing House, including some minutes from executive sessions.  Also includes minutes of the board appointed by the Joint Executive Committee to revitalize and reform the Mennonite Publishing House after its financial troubles of the early 2000s.  Additionally, reseachers will find in these records some supporting documentation (reports, correspondence) and minutes of board-related committees.

Mennonite Publishing Board

John Horsch Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/008
  • Collection
  • 1873-1966

Personal papers of a Mennonite writer and historian affiliated with the (old) Mennonite Church.  Divided into four series:

(1) Correspondence, 1873-1940

(2) Notes and Manuscripts, circa 1873-1945

(3) Clippings Scapbooks and Notebooks, circa 1903-1927

(4) Miscellaneous, 1884-1966

Horsch, John, 1867-1941

A.J. Metzler Papers 1919-1996

  • US MCUSAA HM1/417
  • Collection
  • 1826-1996

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