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Records of an association of Mennonite camps and campgrounds.  Divided into the following series:

(1) Governing Documents and Board Minutes, 1946-1996

(2) General Files, 1951-2005

(3) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1951-1989

(4) Camp Statistics, 1963-1982

(5) Conference, Convention, and Regional Meeting Records, 1952-2008

(6) Jess Kauffman Research Files, circa 1952-1988

(7) Audiovideo Materials, 1966-1992

(8) Newsletters, 1957-2008

A very incomplete set of records pertaining to the early history of Little Eden Camp.  Materials include correspondence, financial reports, publicity materials, annual reports, board minutes, and other administative documents.

Organizational records of a Mennonite intentional community in rural, north central Illinois. Materials are arranged chronologically and include correspondence, memorandums, reports, newsletters, finance reports, elder meeting minutes, questionnaires, and policies. Also included in the collection are legal and property records, articles of incorporation, bylaws, brochures, and miscellaneous sharing group and committee meeting minutes.

A small set of materials collected by Goshen College Good Library documenting the history of deafness in the Mennonite tradition and the work of Anabaptist Deaf Ministries.

Meeting minutes taken at the semi-annual meetings of several Mennonite Church USA conferences in geographic proximity.  Issues discussed include opportunities for collaboration, creating a common vision, church planting, and notable happenings in each of the conferences represented.

Records created by the Mennonite Conscientious Resisters (formerly known as the Mennonite Conscientious Non-Cooperators) which was primarily operated from the campuses of Bethel, Goshen, and Eastern Mennonite Colleges.    Records consist predominantly of newsletters compiled by the organization for the purpose of spreading information about draft registration issues in the early to mid 1980s. Correspondence, anti-registration newsletters, pamphlets on the registration process, drafts of newsletter articles, and a survey on the Mennonite response to conscription are also included.

The records are divided into three series:

(1) Administrative Files, 1947-2004

(2) Curricular Materials, 1956-1996

(3) Camper and Correspondence Records, 1953-2009

Records documenting the annual food and crafts sale and auction in Goshen, Ind. held as a fundraiser for Mennonite Central Committee. These records are divided into three series:

(1) Annual Reports and Governing Documents, 1968-1991

(2) Photographs, 1969-1983

(3) General Records, 1968-2005

These records are divided into eight series:

Series 1: Governing Documents, circa 1945-2005

Series 2: Meeting Minutes and Reports, 1945-2010

Series 3: Publications, 1945-2010

Series 4: Financial Records, 1949-2009

Series 5: Correspondence, 1949-2001

Series 6: Membership Records, 1943-2004

Series 7: Local Chapter Records, 1950-1989

Series 8: Miscellaneous Materials, 1945-2011

This collection about an early relief organization of the (old) Mennonite Church is divided into six series:

(1) William A. Derstine Papers, 1912-1927; (2) Financial Records, 1917-1925; (3) Levi Mumaw Papers, 1918-1925; (4) Silas Hertzler Diary (Transcription), 1919-1920; (5) Stanley Kerr Diary, 1920; (6) John Warye Diary, 1919-1920

Records of the Home and Foreign Relief Commission, an early organization aiming to respond to the famine in India. Records from the organization's founding and operation are included, as is the correspondence of relief worker George Lambert. Photographs that chronicle the process of sending and delivering aid to India can also be found in this collection.

This collection has been arranged into the following series:

(1) Commission Records, 1892-1951

(2) George Lambert Correspondence and Materials, 1896-1897

(3) Photographs, circa 1897

A small set of annual reports documenting the number of personnel in the division, production statistics, inventory, and sales.

Scattered material pertaining to the publishing house's book stores.

A small set of materials documenting the evolution and administration of the publishing house's book review service.  Originally intended to screen literature for Mennonite congregational and Sunday school librarians, the service transformed into a periodical for Mennonite audiences, first titled Book Review Service, then Provident Book Reviews, and finally Provident Book Finder.

Researchers seeking the publications listed above should contact  the Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen, Ind.).

This small set of records consists primarily of customer survey reports conducted in 1983 at the bookstores in Lancaster, Pa., Ephrata, Pa., New Holland, Pa., and Iowa City, Iowa.  Other material includes a set of "philosophy statements" indicating the bookstores' mission statements as well as their positions on the kind of literature they carried, marketing practices, etc.