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Mennonite Church USA Archives Japan
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Carl C. and Esther Beck Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/095SC
  • Collection
  • 1950-1960

This collection includes letters written from Japan by Carl and Esther Beck, a sermon, and a short paper documenting their voluntary service work in Japan.

Beck, Carl C.

Eugene and Luella Blosser Letters

  • US MCUSAA HM1/096SC
  • Collection
  • 1949-1966

The collection consists of letters written by Eugene and Luella (Gingerich) Blosser from Japan to friends and family back at home from 1949 to 1966.

Blosser, Eugene, 1917-2008

Japan Mission Workers Reunion Committee Records

  • US MCUSAA HM1/1006
  • Collection
  • 1999-2018

This collection contains materials from reunions of Mennonite and Brethren in Christ mission workers in Japan, 1999-2012, as well as correspondence regarding an additional reunion and obituaries of members.

Fritz and Ellen Sprunger

Lee H. and Adella Brunk Kanagy Papers 1951-1969

  • US MCUSAA HM1/102
  • Collection
  • 1940-1999

A small set of personal papers from a Mennonite missionary couple who served in Japan.  Materials include correspondence, photographs, and information on the first regional congress on evangelism in Asia and the South Pacific.

Kanagy, Adella Brunk

Don and Dorothy McCammon Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA HM1/106SC
  • Collection
  • 1947-1958

The collection includes letters and one Christmas card (with photo) from Don and Dorothy McCammon regarding their mission experiences in China and Japan.

McCammon, Don

Donald D. and Barbara Bender Reber Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/109SC
  • Collection
  • 1953-1960

The collection includes correspondence, pamphlets and photographs documenting the mission experience in Japan of the Don and Barbara Reber family from 1953 to 1960.

Reber, Don D., 1925-

Rhoda and Ruth Ressler Papers 1889-2008

  • US MCUSAA HM1/151
  • Collection
  • 1889-2008

The papers contain a hodgepodge of information pertaining to Ruth and Rhoda Resslers' various stints in Japan as mission and relief workers. Materials include correspondence, activity reports, the newsletter of the Hokkaido Mennonite Fellowship, miscellaneous materials relating to Mennonite mission work in Japan, and financial records. The Resslers' papers also contain a number of photographs, scrapbooks, and a handful of slides. Researchers should be aware, however, that many of the images are not labeled. The collection holds a several audiocassettes as well: recorded lectures presented by the Resslers in Japan, an oral history interview with Rhoda and Ruth Ressler, and a multi-tape oral history with Rhoda Ressler. Also included is an 1889 statement on dress and prayer coverings, unrelated to Mennonite mission work in Japan.

Ressler, Rhoda, 1910-2008

Charles and Ruth Shenk Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA HM1/205SC
  • Collection
  • 1958-1967

Outgoing form letters to friends and family updating them on the Shenks' mission work in Hokkaido, Japan

Shenk, Charles

Takashi Yamada Presentation

  • US MCUSAA HM1/406SC
  • Collection
  • 1969

The collection consists of a presentation given on October 9, 1969 at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary.

Yamada, Takashi