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February 4, 1925, Hershberger asking for materials [surely for his Master's thesis--see book War, Peace, and Social Conscience, by Theron F. Schlabach] not available "at Iowa."

D. H. Bender to Bender, March 13, 1925 [stationery of Hesston Academy and Bible School, D. H. Bender, President]: thanks for altering dates for your program in June and the invitation to take part; could hardly give firm answer; was not clear just who was sponsoring the program and its nature; who was Dr. Newman?/ Sympathy for “the loss of your little one” [miscarriage?]; glad Elizabeth was doing well [Elizabeth Bender, Elizabeth Horsch Bender].

From Henry S. Burrage of Kennebunkport, Maine, a scholar of Anabaptism

"Not an 'open' letter," objecting rather vehemently to Dean N. E. Byers [Noah E. Byers] of Bluffton for a Byers statement in Christian Exponent saying John Horsch was not promulgating nonresistance. Of course Horsch was Bender's father-in-law, but the tensions related to the Exponent are probably more important. (Bender pointed to a key writing in German by Horsch and sent carbons to Horsch and to Lester Hostetler; Byers replied, and the two letters show the tensions of the day).

1/4" stack of letters mainly about Burkhart's academic plans and progress as he pursued post-secondary education.  (He discussed and write an M.A. thesis, 1929, at the University of Pittsburgh, titled The historical signification of the thought of Menno Simons concerning the incarnation of Jesus of Nazareth.  In his life he wrote various items for the church, and among whatever else, served as a fund-raiser for Goshen College.  Canadian-born, he also got involved in a court case on pacifism of one who applied for U. S. citizenship.)  Letters of December 1929 are on Hesston College and Bible School stationery.

1/4" stack of letters mainly on local Mennonite history from the region of Markham, Ontario, where Burkholder was a minister and eventually a teacher at Ontario Mennonite Bible School. Menion especially of Wideman congregation and Reeser family. Some typed-out historical documents (translated?) including a German one by Benjamin Eby.

Letters are about local or regional history matters, and in 1929-1930 about what apparently was evidently about credit he was earning from Goshen College for historical study by correspondence.

Four communications with either John F. Funk or Mennonite Publishing Company, 1928, 1929, or undated, dealing with Bender's or Goshen College Library's accounts.

2 letters to Bishop Eli Frey of Waseon, Ohio, 1928-1929, concerning the European tour.

A very interesting letter by Bender himself to his "Old Bunkie" Blauch [Lloyd E. Blauch], with Bender launching philosophical about applying rationalism to questions such as death and then commenting on Mennonites starting the Near East relief unit and on C.O. men in camps and at Leavenworth prison. Some letters show Bender at work gathering historical sources (and obviously evoking antagonism from an Eastern District minister, Victor B. Boyer;, March 6, 1928).

March 18, 1926: "Your former student" Charles Fricke in a personal letter from Princeton, New Jersey, wrote that "Machean" [surely John Grescham Machen, famous defender of orthodoxy at Princeton Seminary in battle against Modernism, whom Bender featured in first issue of The Mennonite Quarterly Review] "spoke highly of your scholarship and ability."
On the letter the date is written as March 18, 1928

D. H. Bender to Bender, April 14, 1928: on beginnings of Sunday School lesson quarterlies by the [MC] Mennonite Church; mention J. S. Coffman, J. S. Shoemaker, writing for the Mennonite Publishing Company [of John F. Funk]; mention Beams of Light; mention lesson picture cards beginning in 1907; mention his [D. H.’s] own role; mention J. A. Ressler [Jacob A. Ressler]; mention “Paul” having endowment material ready [? Paul Bender ?]; Bender’s letter okay “on school matter”, and D. H. would be glad to discuss problems.