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 and Elizabeth Thiessen Papers
Box 1: diaries, correspondence, photos, sermons, books, clippings
Box 2: books, autobiography
Box 3: scrapbook, pamphlets
Thiessen, John, 1893-1967
J. S. (Jonas Smucker) Hartzler Papers 1910-1950
A small set of personal papers documenting the ministry and personal life of a pastor of the (old) Mennonite Church. Materials include an autobiography, scattered diaries of Hartzler as well as his first and second wives, sermon and Bible course notes, and miscellaneous materials. Also includes photographs of J.S. and Fannie Stutzman Hartzler and photographs and postcards from J.S. Hartzler's trip to India, the Middle East, and Europe in 1910-11.
Hartzler, J. S. (Jonas Smucker), 1857-1953
Jonathan G. and Fyrne A. Yoder Correspondence and Films
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.
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India) Superintendent's Correspondence and Ledger Books
Incoming and outgoing admistrative correspondence from the highest office of the American Mennonite Mission in India. Correspondence includes communications between the mission board in the United States as well as Indian government officials. These records also include ledger books listing the names of donors who provided financial sponsorship of Indian orphans.
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India)
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India) Executive and Managing Committee Meeting Minutes
Meeting minutes documenting the work of the committee charged with managing the finances, property, and human resources of the American Mennonite Mission in India. It appears that executive committee and the managing committee are two names for the same body. This series also includes an index to the meeting minutes (1939-1945, 1949-1950) and scattered correspondence and miscellaneous records.
Researchers should note that earlier minutes for the executive committee may be found in the American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India) Secretary Correspondence and Subject Files (IV-17-004).
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India)
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India) Secretary's Correspondence and Subject Files
This series consists primarily of Incoming and outgoing correspondence to and from the office of the secretary, which appears to have replaced the office of the superintendent as the director of the mission's affairs. Researchers will find in this series correspondence between the secretary and leaders of the Mennonite Board of Missions, Indian government officials, and non-Mennonite mission organizations. Also present here are the secretary's record book (1905-1915), which contains the earliest executive committee and business meeting minutes as well as a number of subject files.
Secretaries of the American Mennonite Mission include J. N. Kauffman, Aldine Carpenter Brunk, and J. D. Graber (1937-1944).
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India)
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India) Miscellaneous Correspondence
A hodgepodge of letters that includes correspondence regarding missionaries' passport and residency issues, correspondence with Indian college students sponsored by the mission, letters from mission staff in Elkhart, Ind. circulated among the missionaries, and correspondence pertaining to clothing and bedding orders filled by various Mennonite sewing circles.
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India)
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India) American Mennonite Association Records
The American Mennonite Association was formed in 1939 to support the financial, educational, travel, and housing needs of missionaries appointed by the Menonite Board of Missions to serve in India. The association continued to coordinate and oversee the work of (old) Mennonite Church missionaries who remained in India after the dissolution of the American Mennonite Mission in 1952. This series contains the association's constitution, meeting minutes, and administrative correspondence, as well as less formal correspondence and telegrams.
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India)
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India) Charitable Institutions and Stations Records
Records of the various mission outposts operated by the American Mennonite Mission, including Baloghahan, Dondi, Ghatula, Mohadi, and Sankra. Also includes records pertaining to the girls' orphanage and the leper asylum. Materials include reports, correspondence, and ledger books containing records of activities at the various stations.
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India)
S. Jay (Sylvan Jay) and Ida Miller Hostetler Papers
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
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India) Photographs
Consists primarily of miscellaneous pre-1930 photographic prints documenting the Dhamtari mission, its workers, and those served by the mission. Also includes a scrapbook of the Bihar mission created by Esther and Milton Vogt.
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India)
Jacob Andrews and Lina Z. Ressler Papers
Personal papers of early Mennonite mission workers in India. Materials are divided into five series:
Series 1: Correspondence, 1888-1937
Series 2: Diaries and Notebooks, 1892-1935
Series 3: Writings and Educational Records, circa 1897-1930
Series 4: Miscellaneous Materials, circa 1890-1948
Series 5: Photographs, circa 1890-1948
Ressler, Jacob Andrews, 1867-1936
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India) Educational and Industrial Institution Records
Assorted records pertaining to the mission industrial schools, industrial workshop, orphanage, and primary, middle, and high schools. Records include correspondence, reports, attendee lists, and miscellaneous materials.
American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India)
Women's Missionary and Service Commission Partnership Records
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
Samuel M. and Nellie Zook King Papers
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