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Mennonite Church USA Archives India
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Edwin and Irene Weaver Records

  • US MCUSAA MCUSAA HM1-696
  • Collection
  • 1910 - 2023

Edwin and Irene Weaver served the Mennonite Church as long-time missionaries in India, 1935-56, and Nigeria, 1959-67, and Ghana, 1969-71. Most of the records in this personal collection deal with West Africa, although there are some friendship letters to those Edwin and Irene Weaver were with in India. They retired to Hesston, Kansas, in 1989. Box 8 contains memoirs written by Irene Weaver, primarily about her childhood in India, and her time working aboard for Mennonite Board of Missions. Additionally, some of the memoirs deal with her time at Goshen College.

Weaver, Irene

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-

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

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

Jacob and Mary Y. Burkhard Papers 1899-1915

  • US MCUSAA HM1/191
  • Collection
  • 1899-1957

A small set of personal papers documenting the work of this Mennonite missionary couple in India at the turn of the century.  The papers consist primarily of Jacob Burkhard's outgoing correspondence, but also include incoming correspondence to Jacob Burkhold, the memoirs and diary of Jacob Burkhard, letters and notes written by Mary Burkhard, scrapbooks of clippings regarding Mennonite missionary work in India, and Mary Burkhard's Bibles.

Burkhard, Jacob, 1873-1906

Florence Cooprider Friesen Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/511
  • Collection
  • 1914-1976

A small set of personal papers consisting of outgoing correspondence during her missionary service in India as a physician, an autobiography, published and unpublished essays, and other miscellaneous materials.

Friesen, Florence Cooprider, 1887-1985

American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India) Annual Reports, Meeting Minutes, and Constitutions

  • US MCUSAA IV/17/001
  • Collection
  • 1902-1952

The core records of the American Mennonite Mission, India are divided into three series:

(1) Annual Reports, 1902-1929

(2) Business Meeting Minutes, 1910-1952

(3) Constitution and By-Laws, 1908-1909, 1920

Researchers should note that the only minutes included in these records are the business meeting minutes.  Other meeting minutes may be found elsewhere in the records of the American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India), IV-17.

American Mennonite Mission (Dhamtari, India)

Florence Nafziger Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/175
  • Collection
  • 1881-1999

These personal papers include autobiographical writing, photographs, slides, and ephemera pertaining to Nafziger's work as a Mennonite medical missionary in India.  They also contain some Nafziger family records, specifically a farm journal created by Christian Nafziger II.

Nafziger, Florence, 1918-

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

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

James Norman Kaufman Papers 1936-1966

  • US MCUSAA HM1/356
  • Collection
  • 1897-1966

This small set of personal papers is divided into three series:

(1) Sermons, 1934-1966

(2) Miscellaneous Materials, 1897-1966

(3) Writings and Manuscripts, 1917-1966

Kaufman, James Norman, 1880-1966

Jacob H. and Arvilla Flisher Correspondence

  • US MCUSAA HM1/333SC
  • Collection
  • 1966-1970

Six form letters written by missionaries Jacob H. and Arvilla Flisher to inform their family, friends, and supporters of their activities in Dhamtari, India.  Their letters share information about their children, their work in India, and their encounters with other Mennonites abroad.

Flisher, Arvilla

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

Elizabeth S. Erb Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/989
  • Collection
  • 1936-1992

These papers consist primarily of Elizabeth "Betty" Erb's outgoing correspondence, describing her life and work as a missionary nurse in India.  Also included among the papers are Erb's journals, a small number of photographs, and miscellaneous materials, including poems, compositions, and essays by Erb.

Erb, Elizabeth S., 1918-1993

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