Meeting minutes, governing documents and newsletters of an association of congregational historians, local historians, and genealogists in Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan. Includes some sound recordings of meetings and programs.
The purpose of the Great Lakes Bible Conference was to provide an opportunity for participating groups that included the Brethren in Christ, the Central District of the General Conference Mennonite Church, the Evangelical Mennonite Church, the Illinois, Indiana-Michigan and Ohio Conferences of the Mennonite Church, and the Missionary Church, to study the Bible together. The collection includes minutes, correspondence, brochures, and financial documents.
Great Lakes Bible Conference (1982 : Goshen, Ind.)
The collection includes correspondence, reports, and the constitution of the Association of Mennonite Social Workers, an organization open to Mennonites and those of similar faith in professional social work positions. The organization was intended to facilitate discussion, serve as a medium for recruitment, interpret goals and objectives of social work, and provide a sense of fellowship.
The administrative records of the Mission Education Council, an inter-Mennonite organization convened by Mennonite publishers that functioned from 1960 to 1977, producing congregational study materials for adults and children. Active participants were the General Conference Mennonite Church, the Mennonite Church, with Mennonite Brethren and Brethren in Christ. The collection includes minutes, executive secretary correspondence, and study outlines.
These records document a Mennonite manifestation of the women's club movement of the late 19th and early 20th century. Materials include meeting minutes, membership lists, club calendars, correspondence, and a 75th anniversary file.
These records document not only the activities of Mennonite Disaster Service Region II, but also the history of several local units contained within it. Meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, treasurers' and secretaries' records, and policy and procedure manuals comprise the bulk of the collection.
Included in this collection are the correspondence, and minutes of the Mennonite Council on Mass Communications, an organization made up of members from Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches interested in the use of mass communication for the proclamation of the Gospel.
The collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, information about annual conferences, and a small collection of pamphlets on race relations.
This collection consists of minutes, the financial reports and correspondence of Orie O. Miller's office, and correspondence related to the 1967 Mennonite World Conference in Amsterdam.
This collection includes material on the origins, minutes and reports, correspondence, and newsletters of Greencroft, Inc., an organization that began planning and providing retirement services in 1962 and opened for business in Goshen, Indiana in 1967 to provide senior housing, and programs.
This small set of organizational records consists of meeting minutes, treasurer's records, materials pertaining to the 1953 tornado in Flint, Michigan, and assorted programs, clippings, and historical notes contributed by members.
The organizational records of the Council of International Anabaptist Ministries, formerly titled Council of Mission Board Secretaries and Council of International Ministries. This organization serves as a coordinating body for a number of participating agencies such as Brethren in Christ World Missions, Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite Mission Network, Virginia Mennonite Missions, Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission, Mennonite Brethren Mission, Eastern Mennonite Missions, and others. The records are divided into three series: 1) Minutes, 1958-2004; 2) Consultation Papers, 1973-1993; 3) Subject Files, 1962-2004.
The collection of the Mennonite Medical Association includes minutes and reports, convention materials, membership lists and news releases, correspondence, photographs and albums, and audio recordings from 1944 to 2003.