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Histories of the Future Oral History Project

  • US MCUSAA HM6/308
  • Sammlung
  • 2019

Audio recordings of 41 oral history interviews conducted with Mennonite young people (under age 40) at the Mennonite Church USA Convention at Kansas City in July 2019. The collection also includes administrative documentation for the project, including biographical information sheets and informed consent forms for all participants. Transcriptions are available for some, but not all, of the interviews.

Narrators include the following people: Charles Baraka, Sarah Bixler, Victoria Bonners, Corben Weaver Boshart, Ben Woodward Breckbill, Theresa Peachey Crissman, Claire DeBerg, Jordan Farrell, Alisha Garber, Joshua Garber, Clayton Gladish, Anna Groff, Todd Grotenhuis, Emily Hedrick, Moriah Hurst, Danae King, Beny Krisbianto, Erica Lea-Simka, Scott Litwiller, Courtney Malcolm, Jon Mark, Lily Mast, Luke Lehman Miller, Rachel Ringenberg Miller, David Nickel, Dona Park, Mariann Reardon, Elizabeth Marie Regier, Kyle Rodgers, Shawn Rodriguez, Lauren Satchwell, Renae Schmidt Peters, Alysa Marie Short, Meg Short, Anna Showalter, Peter Shungu, Alyssa Bennett Smith, Ben Parker Sutter, Chelsea Tatum, Isaac Villegas, and Maegan Freese Wu.

Mennonite Church USA -- Administration

Minority Ministries Council Reunion Materials and Oral History Interviews

  • US MCUSAA HM1/1046
  • Sammlung
  • 2017

Audio recordings and full transcripts of 16 oral history interviews conducted with early leaders of the Minority Ministries Council (MMC). MMC was a department of the Mennonite Board of Missions that worked to strengthen and support racial and ethnic minority congregations, to assist the church in relating to minority communities, to serve as liaison between militant groups and the church, and to help the church understand and practice the radical discipleship of Jesus Christ.

Interviews were conducted as part of a 2017 reunion and conference that took place in Goshen, Indiana. The collection also contains administrative documentation for the project, including funding proposals, contact lists, schedules, promotional materials, photographs, and audio/video recordings of conference proceedings. Consent forms are available for some, but not all, of the interview participants.

Narrators include the following people: Conrado Hinojosa, Gracie Torres, Helen Brown, Hubert Brown, John Powell, Shirley Powell, John Ventura, José Ortíz, Lee Roy Berry, Jr., Lupe de León, Neftali Torres, Raymond L. Jackson, Seferina de León, Teodoro Chapa, Tito Guedea, and Tony Brown.

Mennonite Board of Missions. Minority Ministries Council

Rachel Waltner Goossen Collection on LGBTQ Mennonite Leaders

  • US MCUSAA HM1/1030
  • Sammlung
  • 2016-2020

Oral histories recorded during the course of Goossen's research on the rise of LGBTQ leaders in Mennonite Church USA.  Goossen's research was published in an article entitled, "'Repent of the Sins of Homophobia': The Rise of Queer Mennonite Leaders" (Nova Religio 24:3 (February 2021).  The collection includes nineteen oral history interviews and copies of consent statements signed by interviewees. Other oral interviews conducted for this project were not released for public research (at the request of those who participated with Goossen in the interviews) and remain in Goossen's possession.

Goossen, Rachel Waltner, 1960-

Joanna Shenk Papers

  • US MCUSAA HM1/021
  • Sammlung
  • 2011-2014

Personal papers of a Mennonite Church USA pastor and employee of Mennonite Church USA from 2009 through 2014.  Shenk was a member of the denominational communications team with additional duties in interchurch relations and the women in leadership project. Sermons in this collection were delivered at a variety of Mennonite conference events and congregational worship settings.

Shenk, Joanna

Ruth E. Krall Records

  • US MCUSAA HM1/1003
  • Sammlung
  • 2011-2018

SERIES 1 AND 2 RESTRICTED UNTIL 2040

This collection is focused on Ruth Krall's research and activism related to sexual abuse in the Mennonite Church. It is divided into 3 series, with the first two making up the majority of the collection.

Series 1) SNAP Menno Working Files
This is composed of working files created by Krall during the course of her work as convener for SNAP-Menno during its formation from 2014 to 2016. Files include email correspondence, memos, and published press releases related to SNAP-Menno's advocacy work. Files also contain periodic personal journal entries recording Krall's reflections on the work of SNAP-Menno and her analysis of intra-group conflicts related to diverging activism strategies.

Series 2) John Howard Yoder Clerical Abuse Research
This series begins following Krall's retirement from Goshen College in 2003 and ends with the publication of her series on clerical abuse called "The Elephant in God's Living Room" in 2013. The series contains volumes I-V of "The Elephant in God's Living Room," as well as correspondence, research materials, personal notes, and journal entries. A significant amount of material was removed from this series, including items from John Howard Yoder's MC USA Archives collection, publications, and books. Items that were removed are noted in the collection.

Series 3) Assorted Writings
This short series contains writings from Ruth Krall not related to SNAP Menno or Clerical Abuse. Included here are Krall's 2009 reflections on a sabbatical, a presentation Krall gave on healing in 2003, and a presentation given by Lauren Friesen that analyzes Krall's contribution to Mennonite peacemaking.

SERIES 1 AND 2 RESTRICTED UNTIL 2040

Krall, Ruth E.

Bertha G. Huber Memoir

  • US MCUSAA HM1/596SC
  • Sammlung
  • 2011

An autobiography, entitled "As I Remember and Some Things I Have Learned," of a Mennonite woman who grew up in Chester County, Penn. and Lancaster County, Penn. and worked as an occupational therapist in several Mennonite mental hospitals.  Childhood reminiscences comprise about half of her memoirs, which also discuss her education and professional life.  Her autobiography includes reproductions of historical photographs, documents, and her artwork.   Researchers will also find filed with the autobiography two eulogies for Bertha Huber written by Ruth E. Krall.

Huber, Bertha G., 1915-2011

Dhamtari Christian Hospital Centenary Celebration Records

  • US MCUSAA HM1/138SC
  • Sammlung
  • 2010

Program, 24 photographs (JPEG), and five sound recordings (MP3) documenting the 100th anniversary of an Indian hospital founded by Mennonite missionaries.

Dhamtari Christian Hospital

Mennonite Women USA Event Files

  • US MCUSAA MCUSA/MWO/004
  • Sammlung
  • 2008-2010

Materials pertaining to various workshops, training opportunities, and meetings sponsored by Mennonite Women USA.  At this time, this series only contains information regarding the PREP (Preparing, Resourcing, Encouraging, Praising) meeting for Mennonite Women USA conference leaders.

Mennonite Women USA

Daily Demonstrators Oral History Interviews

  • US MCUSAA HM6/307
  • Sammlung
  • 2005-2008

This collection contains 27 taped interviews conducted by Tobin Miller Shearer as he was completing his book, Daily Demonstrators: The Civil Rights Movement in Mennonite Homes and Sanctuaries (2010).

Tobin Miller Shearer

Marion Mennonite Church (Shipshewana, Ind.) Records

  • US MCUSAA III/14-70
  • Sammlung
  • 2004-2008

A small set of records created by an (old) Mennonite Church and later Mennonite Church USA congregation in Shipshewana, Indiana.   Records consist primarily of bulletins.

Marion Mennonite Church (Shipshewana, Ind.)

Mennonite Church USA Convention Video Recordings

  • US MCUSAA MCUSA/EXL/004
  • Sammlung
  • 2003-2011

Video recordings on VHS tape and DVD capturing youth convention worship, youth contention speakers, adult convention worship, adult convention speakers, and delegate sessions. Promotional and convention summary videos may also be found in this series for some conventions.

Mennonite Church USA

Mennonite Church USA Convention Records

  • US MCUSAA MCUSA/EXL/003
  • Sammlung
  • 2003-2009

These records include documents about the planning of the biennial Mennonite Church USA convention; registration and publicity materials; programs, workbooks, newsletters, and other materials used at the convention and its delegate sessions; and the evaluations and financial reports generated after the convention.   Researchers should note that documentation is uneven in this series; some conventions have few associated records.

Mennonite Church USA

Mennonite Mission Network Annual Reports

  • US MCUSAA MCUSA/MMN/002
  • Sammlung
  • 2003-2010

This series includes both the summary annual reports and the more substantial "working reports" of the mission agency associated with the Mennonite Church USA. The working reports from 2004 to 2010 include a report from the executive director, a financial overview examining budgeted contributions and expenses to actual amounts received and spent, reports on domestic and international ministries, and reports from the various administrative departments supporting work in the United States and abroad.

Researchers should note that full annual reports begin in 2004, two years after the creation of the Mennonite Mission Network.

Mennonite Mission Network

Mennonite Mission Network Executive Cabinet Meeting Minutes

  • US MCUSAA MCUSA/MMN/003
  • Sammlung
  • 2002-2005

Minutes of the meetings of top-level employees of the Mennonite Church USA affiliated mission agency.  These minutes document executive decision making, strategic priorities of the agency, financial standing, and major changes in policy and procedure.

Researchers should note that minutes for 2002 and 2004 appear to be complete, while minutes for 2003 and 2005 are very incomplete.

Mennonite Mission Network

Mennonite Church USA News Releases

  • US MCUSAA MCUSA/EXL/006
  • Sammlung
  • 2002-2003

Press releases written by Mennonite Church USA communications staff and distributed to the Mennonite, Christian, and sometimes secular press. These articles provide a glimpse into the Church's understanding of itself and its ministries, as the releases are intended to inform Church members and the general public about the denominational activites. Researchers will also find annual reports from communications staff documenting the number of releases issued annually and the percentage of releases carried by the Mennonite press, as well as a list of organizations receiving the releases.

Mennonite Church USA

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