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.
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.
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.
A printed letter sent to J. N. Mast of Fairview, Michigan, expressing anti-Mennonite and and anti-German sentiment during World War I. The letter was written by W. F. McNeely, Chairman of the American Defense Society of Oscoda County.
This fonds contains oral interviews gathered on the subject of labour history from the view of Mennonite business owners and Mennonite employees and well as the history of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate in Winnipeg. The workers were selected from different gender and social classes. The content formed the basis for Thiessen's thesis on labour history of Russian Mennonites, a book on unions, and history of the private Mennonite high school, Westgate.
The papers include a photograph of Leonard and Verna Clemens, excerpts from his diary, and two personal memoirs in essay form : "Mennonites in Michigan in 1900" and "Life in Goshen: The 1920s."
A small collection of congregational records including bulletins, record books of women's and youth groups, building fund committee records, Bible school attendance statistics and records, information on the Bowman bequest, and other miscellaneous records. All of the records were collected by Norman Weaver, a long-time pastor of the congregation, and his wife Florence.
The administrative records of Koinos House, a non-profit organization providing services to youth with drug abuse problems, sponsored by the Mennonite Board of Missions Health and Welfare Committee. The records include legal documents, correspondence, financial reports, and newsletters.
Mennonite Board of Missions. Health and Welfare Committee
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.
The Indiana-Michigan Conference Mission Board not only operated a number of domestic mission stations in Indiana, Michigan, and Kentucky, but also supported the work of missionaries abroad. In 1970, the mission board was dissolved and replaced by a mission committee. These records are divided into several series.
