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Women's Missionary and Service Commission Partnership Records

  • US MCUSAA IV/20/008
  • Collection
  • 1973-1996

A small set of records documenting relationships between the Women's Missionary and Service Commission and three other Mennonite women's groups:  Grupos Hispanos Femeniles del la Iglesia Menonita, Central Women's Organization of the Mennonite Church in India, and the Northwest Ohio Mennonite Business and Professional Women's Organization. Records consist primarily of correspondence, event programs, and a scrapbook.

Women's Missionary and Service Commission

William B. and Alice Thut Page Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/371
  • Collection
  • 1898-1951

A small set of personal papers created by a  Mennonite medical missionary couple in India at the turn of the 20th century.  Materials include William Page's diary (1899), outgoing correspondence by Alice and William Page, assorted travel documents (passports, tickets, etc.), clippings, and photographs.

Page, William B., 1871-1945

Weyburn W. and Thelma Miller Groff Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/100
  • Collection
  • 1945-2003

These papers are divided into three series:

(1) Sermons and Worship Materials, 1950-1996

(2) Correspondence, 1946-2002

(3) Miscellaneous, 1945-2003

Groff, Weyburn W.

Slide Presentation-COM - Finding Home

  • CA MHC 572
  • Collection
  • 1992

This slide show consists of slides, most illustrative in nature, depicting Mennonite church in Columbia. It focuses on MCC worker Ricardo Esquivia. Other portions of the slide show include scenes from Taiwan, Burkina Faso, and India. Issues dealt with include racism, homelessness, and discipleship. -- Note: included is a script and an audio cassette # 2357

Samuel M. and Nellie Zook King Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/1022
  • Collection
  • 1902-1953

These papers document the work of a Mennonite missionary couple who served in India between 1936 and 1953. Samuel served as principal of the Dhamtari Christian Academy while Nellie taught English and home economics and worked with female evangelists.

This collection also contains a variety of administrative records created before 1936, including missionary expense reports, treasurer correspondence, and other miscellaneous correspondence, reports, and financial records.

King, Samuel M., 1900-1997

S. Jay (Sylvan Jay) and Ida Miller Hostetler Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/563
  • Collection
  • 1927-1977

Papers of a Mennonite missionary couple stationed in India and Ghana, with interest in the mission field in Nigeria.  Divided into the following series:

(1) Correspondence, Subject Files, and Miscellaneous, 1944-1977

(2) Sermon Outlines, 1927-1956

(3) Photographs, 1954-1963

(4) Audio Tapes, circa 1957-1972

Hostetler, S. Jay (Sylvan Jay), 1901-1978

Royal H. and Evelyn Bauer Letters

  • US MCUSAA HM1/093SC
  • Collection
  • 1949-1952

The collection consists of letters written by Mennonite missionaries Royal and Evelyn Bauer from India to family and friends from 1949 to 1952.

Bauer, Royal H., 1923-

Rhea B. Yoder Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/882
  • Collection
  • 1913-1992

This collection contains information about Rhea B. Yoder (1898-1992), a teacher in the Midwest and at Woodstock, Northern India. In the collection there are materials from her schooling, her college speeches, journals from her time in India, and recollections of her upbringing. There is also a photograph album containing pictures from her childhood and time at Goshen. Her speeches at Goshen College provide an example of an individual on the liberal side of the (old) Mennonite church schism that led to the closing of Goshen College in 1923-1924.

Yoder, Rhea B., 1898-1992

Paul and Esther Kniss Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/990
  • Collection
  • 1945-2002

These papers, documenting the life and work of a Mennonite missionary couple who served in India for 43 years, are divided into two series:

(1) Correspondence, 1945-1991

(2) Bihar Mission Records, 1955-1993

Kniss, Paul George, 1925-2019

Milton Vogt Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA HM1/223SC
  • Collection
  • 1960

Two update letters from Vogt and his family, who served as Mennonite missionaries in Bihar, India.

Vogt, Milton

Lillie Shenk Kaufman Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/530
  • Collection
  • 1916-1971

Lillie Shenk Kaufman's papers document her missionary work primarily through her outgoing correspondence.  The papers also include outgoing stateside correspondence, photographs, school records, articles, postcards, and information about her husband, James Norman Kaufman.

Kaufman, Lillie Shenk, 1899-1971

Jonathan G. and Fyrne A. Yoder Correspondence and Films

  • US MCUSAA HM1/298
  • Collection
  • 1935-1989

Outgoing letters and 8mm films created by a medical missionary couple that served in Dhamtari, India. The letters, written by Jonathan Yoder to his family in the United States, are quite descriptive, providing reflections on his work as a physician, Indian cultural practices, and information about other missionaries serving in the same area. A transcription of the letters by Paton Yoder (1989) is available in the collection. The films are heavily spliced and include brief notes about their subjects. Six of the films were created by Jonathan Yoder's sister, Rhea Yoder, a teacher at Woodstock School. VHS viewing copies for all of the films are available.

Yoder, Jonathan G.

John and Elizabeth Thiessen Papers

  • US BCMLA 00/MS.224
  • Collection
  • 1940-1960

Box 1: diaries, correspondence, photos, sermons, books, clippings

Box 2: books, autobiography

Box 3: scrapbook, pamphlets

Thiessen, John, 1893-1967

John A. Friesen Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/954
  • Collection
  • 1910-2009

Personal papers of a Mennonite missionary to India, divided into the following series:

(1) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1940-2005

(2) Music, 1928-1999

(3) Art, 1938-2001

(4) Family Papers, 1910-2009

(5) Sermons, 1943-1993

Friesen, John A., 1915-2009

Jewarbi Ma Letter

  • US MCUSAA HM1/195SC
  • Collection
  • 1918

Testimony letter written by an Indian woman and apparently given to Charles L. Shank, a Mennonite missionary who served in India.  Also includes a translation of the letter published in the Gospel Herald. Ma, a former Muslim, evangelized on behalf of the Mennonites in India as a "Bible woman."

Ma, Jewarbi

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