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S.(?) Nachtigal [Susanna Nachtigal?] to Bender, May 5, 1948 [handwritten in German (annotator’s German is limited); initial for first name in signature is uncertain]: had received a card saying you will travel to Germany on June 7 and might kindly take me to Karlsruhe in your car; about possibility of going via Lautenbach; about taking Hans Peterle along; about further travel, something about a Rediger family; about how things were going, with God’s help. // </font><font size="5">REVERSE SIDE</font><font size="5">--A note datelined Montbantier [?], May 6--thanks for good news--seems to refer to Benders having a “Söhnschen” [little son; ??]; reference to “Daniel”....

S.(?) Nachtigal [Susanna Nachtigal?] to “Herr Pfarrer” [preacher, pastor], October 3, 1952 [typed, carbon; unclear whether or not addressed to Bender]: turning to you facing an assignment about “Taufgesinnten” [baptism-minded; Mennonites?] in Sumatra [Indonesia]; reference to a preacher Zacharias Dja Sahata”; statistics on a few families in several locations, totalling 100; all mission property is gone; seemed to say situation was better at Batakkirche; continued with more such news; mention a Mr. De Kleine, inspector of the mission school at Barmen; suggested you and our mission committee speak with Pastor Djojodihardjo; about MCC having long been at Sumatra, wanted to help the Mennonites there, but [apparently naming difficulties]; mention Dja Sahata having written to the writer; mention of Mohammedans and Islam; may God help you, Pastor, and our entire committee; P.S., a handwritten note to Brother Bender; mention Dr. W. F. Golterman [Willem Frederik Golterman, Willem F. Golterman], C. F. Klassen [Cornelius F. Klassen]; reference to MCC in connection with Sumatra, seemed to suggest MCC moving there from Java; mention Pastor Djojodihardjo....

Samuel B. Nafziger to Bender, February 4, 1949 [from Kalona Iowa]: writing a Masters thesis at University of Iowa, would like to speak with you to define a topic, between sessions of Mennonite Board of Education....

J. K. Neufeld to Bender, June 23, 1950 [stationery of The Christian Press, Ltd., Winnipeg]: replying to you about Aron A. Toews’ [sic] book, proof copies available next week; we will send you a copy once we have a complete set [? Mennonitische Märtyrer, by Aron A. Toews ?].

Bender to Waldemar Neufeld, December 18, 1952 [address in New York City]: had short but pleasant conversation in Waterloo with Miss Elizabeth Janzen, getting data for Bender’s Mennonite Encyclopedia article on Mennonite art; her information on your life data did not quite agree with your article in American Artist; so what were dates of your birth, arrival in Canada, etc.? // About offer for purchase of your painting of Steinmann Amish Meetinghouse west of Waterloo; congratulations on success and decision to stay with “the church of your fathers”.

James H. Nichols to Bender, November 28, 1951 [Church History stationery, James Hastings Nichols and Wilhelm Pauck, Editors]: about publication of Church History; a year ago at meetings of “the Council” you advised taking the business from Berne Witness Company and back to Mennonite Publishing House; writer and Pauck had visited Berne...; now agreed with “Mr. Petry’s judgment” [for this subject, see letters in Franklin H. Littell folder in 1948-1957 segment of this collection--especially Bender to Franklin H. Littell, January 3, 1951]; litany of problems; of course Berne’s prices were low; were you still thinking same as last year? mention communication between Mennonite Publishing House and “Dr. Spinka” [Matthew Spinka].

Bender to Eugene A. Nida, January 4, 1951 [Eugene Nida, as Secretary for Translations, American Bible Society, New York city]: inviting Nida to a conference with faculty of Goshen Biblical Seminary and officers of Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, Friday or Saturday, April 21 or 22, at Goshen; then to preach at College Mennonite Church on Sunday and address a Vesper service that afternoon; how to get by train from Wheaton to Elkhart [likely Wheaton College in Illinois]; brief statement of subject for conferring; reference to recent meeting in New York. CONTIGUOUS, Bender to Nida, April 4, 1951: plans for meeting at Goshen now complete; John H. Mosemann Jr. as president of Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities would send official invitation. CONTIGUOUS, Eugene A. Nida to Bender, April 25, 1951: note of appreciation for pleasure of “fellowship on Saturday and Sunday”....

Ira Nissley to Bender, February 11, 1952 [Kalona Iowa]: have yours of February 6 [not extant here]; had no objections to Eli Bontrager [alternately, Eli Bontreger] going to Mennonite World Conference as a representative [of Old Order Amish]; he was old, but remarkably able to travel for such an old person; as for raising money for the trip, Nissley urged appeal to Bontrager’s own congregation and get their approval [Amish congregationalism; Amish bishop authority]--thought Eli would think the same.

Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary to Goshen Biblical Seminary, 1957 Robert A. Bartels, Registrar at Northwestern Lutheran, note that they were sending their 1957-1958 catalogue and would appreciate a copy of Goshen’s [from Minneapolis Minnesota].

Frederick A. Norwood to Bender, October 30, 1957 [Frederick Norwood--of the Church History faculty, stationery of Garrett Biblical Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois]: next year hoped to visit to continue an interest in Reformation refugees, subject of dissertation written in 1941 under Roland Bainton [Roland H. Bainton]; wished to confer with Bender about Mennonites as refugees... (possible date and time, etc.); glad to have some Goshen students at his seminary; REVERSE SIDE--penciled draft of reply. <p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in"> <font size="5">REPLY, Bender to Professor F. A. Norwood, November 21, 1957: apology for delay in reply; happy for you to come, preferably a Sunday or Monday, early- or mid-December.</font>

Bender to M. Jean Nussbaumer, May 29, 1950 [in German; address Altkirch, Haut-Rhin, France; in German, Hans Nussbaumer]: thanks for your long letter [not extant here]; here are results of inquiries about Roland and Lydie [the two were siblings: Roland Nussbaumer and Lydie Nussbaumer]; Lydie had a good summer service position with MCC in the South [Clarksville Tennessee ?]; about Mrs. Bender [Elizabeth Bender, Elizabeth Horsch Bender</font><font size="4" style="font-size: 16pt">] had arranged for her to live with the Benders until school closed, and after her summer-service she would return to France; about her being their daughter, experiencing a Mennonite household. // Your report about conditions at the farm where Roland was surprised Bender, but the same day he had gotten a letter from Roland about it; comments about “Brother Beechy” [evidently the farmer].... // Glad that the ministerial brethren from both French conferences would be at the gathering on questions of nonresistance [European Mennonite pacifism] at Altkirch on August 15; if it is all right with you, Bender would be bringing two or three other brethren [mentioned H. A. Fast (Henry A. Fast) and H. H. Janzen (?? Henry H. Janzen ??)], and naturally Hershberger, Buller, Peachey, and Yoder [Guy F. Hershberger, G. F. Hershberger, Guy Hershberger; likely Harold Buller; Paul Peachey; John Howard Yoder, John H. Yoder, John Yoder]; comment about content, etc. // Bender troubled by what you write about events at Illzach and Belfort and the behavior or Yoder, but Bender doubted that in the end Yoder wanted it [what ??] to happen--paragraph of comment. // ...we love the brethren in Alsace and France too much for ... [?]; dear Brother “Hans”...; ... be glad for active support of the Bible School matter...; reference to “Our little Mennonite brotherhood” ....

Geoffrey F. Nuttell to Bender, June 15, 1950 [London England return address]: as Nuttell was lecturing last summer at Marburg, Dr. Theodor Sippell had given writer a copy of Bender’s “The Anabaptist Vision”; now writer had received a copy of your Conrad Grebel book to review in Congregational Quarterly [Harold S. Bender, Conrad Grebel, c. 1498-1526: The Founder of the Swiss Brethren Sometimes Called Anabaptists (Mennonite Historical Society, 1950, 326 pp.)]; that quarterly was giving space for only a few descriptive facts, but Nuttell was sending two paragraphs from the book to editor of Free Church Chronicle who wished to print them with acknowledgement, if you consent.... // Some facts about Nuttell himself. REPLY, Bender to Geoffrey Nuttell, July 1, 1950: happy to give the permission; also to send further copies of “The Anabaptist Vision”; and January 1950 Mennonite Quarterly Review; comment on the Täufer-Akten work. REPLY, Geoffrey F. Nuttell to Bender, September 29, 1950: thanks for permission and the items; sending some materials to Bender. REPLY, Bender to Nuttell, November 1, 1950: thanks for materials you sent; might perhaps meet you in London next summer.

Bender to Harold J. Ockenga, October 12, 1953 [to Ockenga as President, Fuller Theological Seminary, address Pasadena]: Bender had seen statement of Fuller Seminary endorsing “a ‘New Evangelicalism’”; as “we” very much agree with its position, would like a copy of the statement. REPLY H. J. Ockenga to Bender, December 8, 1953 [Harold John Ockenga, stationery of Park Street Church in Boston]: did not have such an item; had only spoken several times at the seminary.

Joseph Oesch to Bender, March 24, 1948 [handwritten in German, from “Friedhof”]: [this annotator’s German is weak, especially for handwriting, so notes may not be very complete or reliable]. // Mentioned something that had been in “das Blatt” [a newspaper or journal], continued about relationships of the brethren with those in America, etc.... // Discussed some money amounts in franks [Swiss franks?].

Bender to J. G. Oncken Nachf. G.M.B.H., May 10, 1952 [in German; addressed Oncken as Dear Brother, at Kassel in Germany]: thanks for yours of April 15 [not extant here]; it appeared Wiswedel’s book would soon be out [Wilhelm Wiswedel?]; Bender thought Oncken’s proposal acceptable, regarding us here receiving that many books for DM 2,500; should be sent to Mennonite Publishing House, with invoice; not looking to Heinrich Schneider’s firm if Schneider was not ready and willing; when visiting Germany in June and July before Mennonite World Conference at Basel, hoped to be at Kassel occasionally [correct reading??].