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Interchurch Relations Records

This series documents ecumenical and interfaith activites of the Mennonite World Conference. Researchers will find materials pertaining to the Lutheran - Mennonite reconciliation process as well as documents recording dialogue with Baptists, Catholics, Jews, and the Reformed Church. Researchers will also find materials pertaining to delegations to the USSR (Soviet Union) in this series. Documents pertaining to ecumenical relations prior to 1982 may be found in the records of the presidium in Series 1: Assembly Records.

Faith & Life Council Records

The Faith & Life Council was created in 1993 to determine how Mennonite World Conference churches understand and describe Anabaptist-Mennonite faith and practice, to enable member churches to receive and give council Anabaptist-Mennonite identity and action, and to develop relationships interchurch relationships of mutual accountability. Records in this series include minutes and reports, correspondence, and a small reference library of congregational and denominational Mennonite confession statements. Also included in this series are the records documenting the creation of the shared convictions in 2006, including questionnaires returned by Mennonite World Conference members.

Correspondence

Consists primarily of incoming correspondence to A. B. Kolb. Also includes scattered incoming and outgoing correspondence to his wife, Phoebe, his children, and Salome Funk (Mrs. John F. Funk).

Miscellaneous Materials

Consists primarily of mansucripts and articles written or translated by Kolb.  Also includes photographs and clippings about the Bell Company, family photographs, booklets, and ephemera.

Photographs

Photographs of Norman Arthur and Sarah Lind, Norman's parents (Jacob L. and Maggie Lind), Norman's grandmother, Elizabeth Lind, and a number of other members of the Lind family. Also includes photographs of Elkhart Institute and Wadsworth Normal School student groups.

Diaries

Brief daily entries documenting the weather and daily activities.

Notes for Orie O. Miller Biography

This series consists primarily of notecards created by Erb in the course of writing his 1969 biography of Mennonite lay leader and administrator Orie O. Miller. The notecards are organized by subject and contain references to orignal documents found in the Orie O. Miller papers and other archival holdings. They also contain anecdotes shared by Miller and others regarding Miller's family life and career. A small set of assembled documents and clippings about Miller and his work, as well as a transcript of an interview with Miller, also may be found in this series.

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