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Materials generated by the Indiana-Michigan Women's Missionary and Service Commission. This includes governing documents, minutes, annual reports, event programs, financial records, photographs, recordings, and more. The IN-MI WMSC changed its name to the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Women as a result of the merger of the Old Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church.

Records of the governing body of the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference.  Include executive committee meeting minutes, executive committee and executive secretary / conference pastor correspondence, and various subject and data files dealing with various conference initiatives, programs, workshops, and problematic issues.

Researchers seeking executive committee minutes prior to 1947 should consult series II-05-01, Mennonite Church Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference Governing Documents and Annual Conference Records, which contains exectuive committee minutes from 1922 to 1947.

This small set of records includes the church treasurer's record (1957-1958), bulletins (1984-2016, incomplete), the constitution of the Upper Peninsula Youth Endeavor (undated), and the local ministers' fellowship meeting minutes (1962-1988, incomplete).  It also includes three folders of records kept by Norman and Florence Weaver on the history of the congregation and records under the Weavers' leadership.

A small set of congregational records documenting the worship, outreach, and community life of a Mennonite church serving a university community.  Materials include governing documents, committee records, newsletters, membership records, Financial records, and miscellaneous materials.  The Michigan State University Mennonite Fellowship was a dual conference congregation, affiliated with both the (old) Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church.

This series includes the constitutions of the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference of the (old) Mennonite Church / Mennonite Church USA and minutes of annual conferences dating back to the 19th century and including both the minutes of the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference, the Indiana Amish-Mennonite Conference, and the Indiana-Michigan Amish-Mennonite Conference.  From 1922 to 1947, executive committee minutes are interfiled with the annual conference minutes. In more recent years, reports include the minutes from the previous year's conference.

Also found in this series are materials pertaining to a conference-wide study of divorce and remarriage, minutes and correspondence related to the possibility of an independent Michigan Mennonite conference, and annual conference-related correspondence.

Records consisting largely of yearbooks, class photographs, and bulletins.  Also include financial records, student records, and reunion information.

This collection includes church bulletins from 1996-2003 and a book of poetry by a church member at Locust Grove.

A small collection of records from a former Indiana-Michigan Conference congregation. These records were donated by former Pastor Vernard Guengerich, and primarily cover the period that he was pastor, 1971-1980.

Miscellaneous church records from Menominee River Fellowship. The most extensive records detail the MRF Retreat Day in January 1997, in which participants were asked to give their ideas for where they want to see the church grow in the future.

A small set of church records including photographs (some photocopied rather than originals), histories of the congregation, clippings and articles about congregational life, and scattered bulletins and programs for special events.

Collection of papers related to Erie Bontrager's discharge from the military in 1918. Other assorted documents include a church program and other religious publications.

A small collection of bulletins contains the order of worship and congregational announcements pertaining to this Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference church that was formerly known as Petoskey Mennonite Church.

This set of congregational records includes business meeting minutes (1969-1989), church council meeting minutes (1974-1988), music committee meeting minutes (1974-1977), worship committee meeting minutes (1978-1983), records of the Women's Missionary and Service Auxiliary (1969-1986),  membership lists and statistics (1969-1989), and church bulletins (1974-1989).  It also includes a brief historical sketch of the congregation, material from the congregation's 10th anniversary celebration, and member reactions to the formation of Christian Peacemaker Teams in the 1980s.

Photographs associated with a regional conference of the (old) Mennonite Church. Comprises images of conference leaders, conference events, ministers credentialed by the conference, and church buildings of congregations belonging to the conference.  Materials include photographic prints, slides, and negatives. Researchers should note that the collection contains the prints of images published in the conference newsletterThe Gospel Evangel.

Constitution, undated; Directory, 1969; Bulletins, 1961-1986