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A - Miscellaneous

Half-dozen items. Someone wanting advice and help for study in Europe, 1925. A Roy Allgyer (J. Roy Allgyer?) January 12 & Jan 27, 1920 apparently returning from Reconstruction Unit in France, discussing setting up a unit in Russia (Soviet Union); also asking Bender attitutde on Clermont Conferece/ Young People's Conference movement. "While you have steered clear of the war and the immediate relief agencies which followed, I think here is your chance. . . ." Allgyer thought Kansas Mennonites should have large role in any Russia work. // Folder shows Bender already to be important in Anabaptist history and church history bibliography and scholarship. At least one outgoing letter, to Dr. F. W. Loetschner (Frederick William Loetschner) of American Society of Church History

A - miscellaneous

BOX 32, FOLDER 1 NOTE: Folder 1 has a "miscellaneous" file. Rather than strictly by date, "miscellaneous" files have entries alphabetized by correspondent, then by date for a given correspondent. Also-- NOTE: this annotator’s German is not strong; so the descriptions of German-language materials may be incomplete and not fully accurate. 5/16” file (about 30 items) {1} THREE entries James L. Adams to Bender, January 22, 1960 [stationery of Harvard Divinity School]: thanks for letter [not extant here]; glad the paper of Eugene Peters on Sebastian Frank was eligible for consideration for Mennonite Quarterly Review; discussion of possible revision. // Friends whom Bender and Adams [James Luther Adams ?] had in common included Franklin Littell, George Williams, Robert Friedmann [Franklin H. Littell, George H. Williams]. • • • CONTIGUOUS, Bender to James L. Adams, December 1, 1960: publication of Eugene Peters’ paper was proceeding; Bender needed Peters’ address.... • • • CONTIGUOUS, James L. Adams to Bender, November 30, 1961: glad to see you have published the Eugene Peters article; Adams read the MQR; lauded an article by John Howard Yoder “The Otherness of the Church” and one by Paul Peachey, “The End of Christendom”; wanted 12-15 reprints of Yoder’s. {2} Bender to Alvin Ahern, February 27, 1959 [Ahern--Dean of The Biblical Seminary of New York]: the [Goshen seminary] teacher about whom Bender had consulted seemed to be seriously considering your S.T.M. program, but could hardly be given leave for a whole year at a time; would the program be possible with a semester leave in each of next two years? {3} A statement of appreciation and sympathy in view of Bender’s illness, addressed to Bender and “Sister Bender” [Elizabeth Bender, Elizabeth Horsch Bender], from Alberta-Saskatchewan Mennonite Conference, meeting on July 5-8, 1962; signed by C. J. Ramer, Moderator, and Paul Voegtlin, Secretary. {4} Ed Alderfer to Bender, February 4, 1961 [stationery of Allegheny Christian Education Conference, Edwin Alderfer as Secretary of Home Interests]: wanted copies of Bender’s lectures--mentioned there had been 5; mentioned at least 2 being at EMC [Eastern Mennonite College; later EMU, Eastern Mennonite University]. {5} Edwin Alderfer for Allegheny Mennonite Conference to Bender, July 30, 1962; a statement of appreciation and sympathy in view of Bender’s illness, signed by Alderfer as conference Secretary. {6} Bender to an Allegheny Airlines official, August 14, 1959 [to Vice-President in Charge of Traffic and Sales]: Bender’s clergy card had expired at end of 1958; he planned to fly with Allegheny Airlines and requested its renewal. {7} Bender to Editor of Allentown Morning Call, December 6, 1957 [to Allentown Pennsylvania]: at suggestion of John A. Hostetler, wished permission to republish an article from the “Dietsches Eck” part of your paper, last February; wished to reprint it in our journal [likely a letterhead showed he meant Mennonite Quarterly Review]; title: “The Books of the German Immigrants in the Shenandoah Valley”. {8} Telegram, Bender and Waltner to ADS, January 27, 1961 [addressed to ADS 432 Singel, Amsterdam; ADS=Algemeene Doopsgezinde Societeit--General Mennonite (literally “baptist-minded”?) Society {Dutch Mennonite general conference}]: that world Mennonites were looking to Amsterdam and Witmarsum to join Dutch Mennonites in memory of Menno Simons...; greetings from Mennonite World Conference. {9} Gould Wickey to Charles L. Taylor, November 30, 1960 [Taylor--of American Association of] Theological Schools; Wickey seems to have been a Lutheran educator associated with Carthage College in Wisconsin; perhaps he and Bender were examiners or evaluators who wrote the mentioned report together]: reference to “our report to North Park Theological Seminary”; on corrections apparently from Taylor’s proofreading (attached is a sheet with more on those corrections); cc to Bender. {10} SIX entries American Association of Theological Schools..., February 26, 1962 [stationery of Lilly Endowment Study of Pre-Seminary Education, Culver the Associate Director]: in a few days would be sending all AATS seminaries [American Association of Theological Schools] a letter asking your cooperation re a questionnaire to seminarians and a faculty consultation on pre-seminary education; (more).... • • • CONTIGUOUS, Keith R. Bridston Associate Director of the Lilly Study, March 6, 1962 [stationery of Lilly Endowment Study of Pre-Seminary Education]: reference to a letter to heads of theological schools, October 30, 1961; two of its “research procedures” involved several issues (e.g., whence came your best seminary students, etc. (more ...); also planning regional consultations bringing theological schools together. • • • CONTIGUOUS, Keith R. Bridston to Bender, April 16, 1962 [stationery of Lilly Endowment Study of Pre-Seminary Education, Minneapolis Minnesota]: planning a consultation in Chicago May 7 (explained); invited Bender; note at top in Bender pen--“Paul: can you attend? Do you want to I cannot. HSB” [Paul Mininger] Penned reply “---- No, sorry, P.MM.” • • • CONTIGUOUS, Keith R. Bridston and Dwight W. Culver, respectively Director and Associate Director of the Lilly Study, to Bender, April 18, 1962 [stationery of Lilly Endowment Study of Pre-Seminary Education]: about the study; it was sponsored jointly by National Association of Biblical Schools and the AATS; hoped one or both of the writers might visit your school; requests for certain information and materials. • • • • • • • • • CONTIGUOUS, Dwight W. Culver, Associate Director of the Lilly Study, to Goshen College Biblical Seminary, April 18, 1962 [stationery of Lilly Endowment Study of Pre-Seminary Education]: we have sent three communications to Dean Bender--October 30, 1961, February 26, 1962, March 6, 1962 (more ...); suggested sending Goshen’s catalog; named some of the information needed; mention AATS and the invitation to the consultation in Chicago. CONTIGUOUS, Bender to Dwight W. Culver, Associate Director of the Lilly Study, April 28, 1962: responding to your February 25 and March 6 letters; sending a list of students with certain information; glad to administer the “Seminarians Questionnaire” [sic]; were planning a faculty discussion next year on pre-seminary education and would send you a report; glad to participate in regional study conference; sorry could not attend on April 7, wished to send a seminary professor instead. {11} re American Society of Church History, December 21, 1961-- Jerald C. Brauer to Ray C. Petry, cc to Bender, [University of Chicago stationery, Brauer the Dean]: a letter proposing nominations for ASCH; that Church History Editors J. H. Nichols and F. A. Norwood had resigned [?? James Hastings Nichols, James H. Nichols; likely Frederick A. Norwood, Frederick Abbott Norwood].... {12} TWO entries George C. Amstutz to Bender, April 9, 1960 [from Dalton Ohio]: wondered if it would be appropriate to accept a teaching position in military-connected “American Dependents Schools” overseas; about administration (such schools seemed to be broadly under the military but under Civil service Commission); Amstutz wanted to go to Germany, had also checked with MCC. • • • REPLY, Bender to George Amstutz, April 14, 1960 [to Dalton Ohio]: saw no problem with “a position under the Civil Service Commission and the Civilian Personnel Office” even if the father was in military service; MCC had greatly reduced in Europe and was not likely to have a position. {13} Memorandum, Bender to H. Clair Amstutz, December 7, 1959 [Dr. Amstutz (? college physician?)]: Seminary office had received a memo from Mrs. Wilda Otto, R.N. [sic], a message saying that full-time students had to submit health information forms to the Health Center before registration; Bender did not know of this and had asked Dean Kreider [Carl Kreider] for information, and was attaching a copy; wanted clarification; cc Kreider. {14} Robert H. Reardon to Bender, September 18, 1959 [stationery of Anderson College, Anderson Indiana; Reardon its president]: appreciation for Bender’s stimulation to the faculty, for better teaching--and for emphasis on religion in the classroom. {15} THREE entries [Illegible signature] from Andover-Harvard Theological Library to Herald Press, February 26, 1959 [from the Acquisitions Department; Cambridge Massachusetts]: had Number 5 of Mennonite World Conference and wanted Numbers 1-4 and 6, plus wanted a standing order for future ones. • • • REPLY, Bender to Andover-Harvard Theological Library Acquisition Department, April 18, 1959: your letter to Herald Press had come to Bender; he was shipping Numbers 1-3 in German--their only language--at charge of $6 (pay him personally); he would obtain Numbers 4 and 6 and notify you; about “All-Mennonite Convention reports”, of 1916, 1933, and 1936, which were out of print; would search and inform you if he found copies. • • • CONTIGUOUS, Bender to Andover-Harvard Theological Library Acquisition Department, June 4, 1959: had sent Number 4 on April 30 and was now sending Number 6; pay Bender personally $4. {16} TWO entries H. J. Andres to Bender, December 12, 1960 [stationery of The Schowalter Foundation, Newton Kansas; likely Herman J. Andres, Herman Andres]: had copy [not extant here] of letter Bender had sent to Orie O. Miller about establishing a Peace Fellowship at Institute of Mennonite Studies, Elkhart Indiana [IMS at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, later Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, later Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminaries]; reminder that about half of Schowalter income [sic] went to MCC work for peace witness and education and refugee work; ... so Andres was writing to William Snyder of MCC [William Snyder, William T. Snyder, Wm. Snyder, Wm. T. Snyder, “Bill” Snyder] suggesting some such MCC funds be channeled for the purpose... • • • ATTACHED, copy of Andres to Snyder, December 12, 1960. {17} William M. Arnett to Bender, January 3, 1961 [stationery of Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore Kentucky, Department of Christian Doctrine]: had gotten your telegram [not extant here], sorry to “hold you up”...(reasons); paper would be in the mail today or tomorrow. {18} FIVE entries Bender to J. R. Schultz [sic--Shultz], November 2, 1960 [Joseph R. Shultz as Chairman of the Seminary Development Committee, at a Washington D.C. street address: Reverend Spencer Gentle of Goshen had asked if Bender would serve as consultant for Ashland Theological Seminary [? First Brethren, not Church of the Brethren ?] as it planned for accreditment with American Association of Theological Schools [AATS]; yes, Bender happy to serve; cc Gentle. • • • REPLY, Joseph R. Shultz to Bender, November 5, 1960 [writing as Chairman of Seminary Development Committee, stationery of Washington Brethren Church, in D.C.]: thanks for November 2 letter [not extant here]; delighted to have you serve as consultant;... meeting date, January 23; cc’s Dr. Glenn Clayton, Reverend Spencer Gentle; penned note at bottom “11-8 -60...Wrote confirming Jan 23 as suitable” • • • CONTIGUOUS, Glenn L. Clayton to Bender, January 4, 1961 [stationery of Ashland College, Ashland Ohio, Clayton the President]: new date for the meeting would be January 30.... • • • CONTIGUOUS, Joseph R. Shultz to Bender, January 10, 1961 [J. R. Shultz, stationery of Washington Brethren Church, in D.C.; date typed as 1960, but letter stamped as received January 13, 1961]: anticipating Bender’s presence to Ashland’s Development Committee meeting on Monday the 30th; sorry about change in time; Bender to make his contribution at 1 p.m. • • • CONTIGUOUS, Bender to Dean of Ashland Theological Seminary, 26, 1961 [Seminary at Ashland Ohio]: would be traveling eastward after the consultation; proposals for his travel embarkment. {19} TWO entries Grayson L. Atha to Bender, April 25, 1962 [stationery of The Methodist Church Haviland Charge, parsonage at Haviland Ohio]: writer was preparing a paper on the Ecumenical Movement of the day; it seemed one heard only the positive sides of e.g. “the Blake-Pike proposal” and caution was treated as “nasty”; ... wanted Bender to give Bender’s position and his reasons; needed by May 12. • • • REPLY, Bender to Grayson L. Atha, April 28, 1961: “Our” church’s position was not to join ecumenical movements--World Council of Churches, National Association of Evangelicals--but it had not set forth reasons clearly by any conference resolution, so perhaps not helpful; it did not join WCC because WCC included liberals “along with evangelicals”; another reason was that “as a denomination [we] are not yet well-enough organized and mature” to “perform satisfactorily” in such organization;... recommended pamphlet by John H. Yoder [John Howard Yoder, J. H. Yoder], The Ecumenical Movement and the Faithful Church”; drop me a line about this year’s seminary experience.

A. J. Metzler to Bender (John Duersken), Apr. 22, 1958.

A. J. Metzler to Bender, April 22, 1958 [stationery of Mennonite Research Foundation; Abram J. Metzler writing as Treasurer]: had just sent $200 to John Duerksen [?? possibly John Duerksen, John P. Duerksen, John Paul Duerksen ??]; from letters of Melvin Gingerich and Guy F. Hershberger [G. F. Hershberger, Guy Hershberger] Metzler understood this was the final of five payments; cc Duerksen, Gingerich.

A. Klaupiks to Bender, Dec. 18, 1958.

A. Klaupiks to Bender, December 18, 1958 [Adolph Klaupiks, stationery of Baptist World Alliance Relief Committee, Washington D.C.]: glad for meeting with Bender and “Bill Snyder” [William T. Snyder]; thought there were possibilities of Baptists and Mennonites working together; enclosing translations of the telegram...; P.S. Russian Baptists were invited to meeting of BWA but their coming not confirmed.

A. Lehman Longenecker to Bender, May 13, 1960.

A. Lehman Longenecker to Bender, May 13, 1960 [stationery of Pinto Mennonite Church, Pinto Maryland, Longenecker the pastor]: asking Bender to be Thanksgiving Day speaker in 1961, on Mennonite history; REPLY penciled at bottom--instruction to reply that he could not.

A. Lloyd Swartzendruber to Bender, July 12, 1954.

A. Lloyd Swartzendruber to Bender, July 12, 1954 [his personal stationery, Kalona Iowa]: had copy of your letter to Brother Fisher [likely Daniel J. Fisher] about Basel Bible School [? later Bienenberg Mennonite Bible School--later, (English name) Theological Seminary Bienenberg; (German Name) Ausbildungs- und Tagungszentrum Bienenberg; (French Name) Centre de formation et de rencontre Bienenberg ?]; East Union Mennonite Church had discussed the matter and intended to give; an opportunity to do something worthwhile and permanent.

A. Lloyd Swartzendruber to Bender, Oct. 23, 1951.

A. Lloyd Swartzendruber to Bender, October 23, 1951 [from MCC Frankfurt]: have yours of October 11 [not extant here]; his term ceased in March and he did not feel he should stay or return for Mennonite World Conference; his congregation wanted him back, etc. // Progress of the [PAX builders’] work was slower than hoped but proceeding.

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