[Note: in the name Mennonitisches Lexikon, throughout much of the annotation of Harold S. Bender correspondence the annotator mistakenly left the “s” off Mennonitisches; so researchers searching that name should also search for “Mennonitische Lexikon”.] ¾” stack. John Horsch (1867-1941) was of course both Bender’s father-in-law and a fellow scholar and historian of Anabaptism (for biographical sketch, see GAMEO). Bender consistently addressed him as “Dear Father Horsch,” Horsch returning with “Dear Harold,” and many letters refer to Elizabeth [Elizabeth Horsch Bender, Horsch’s daughter, Bender’s spouse, herself a fine scholar and collaborator], and/or to the Bender daughters [Nancy Bender, Mary Eleanor Bender], and/or to Horsch’s son Paul [Paul Horsch]. References to family members are too frequent to note in the paragraphs below. Bender owed much of his knowledge and view of Anabaptists to Horsch, even as sometimes he clearly differed with Horsch. On the whole the relationships between the two men were respectful and cordial, with a great deal of collaboration. On at least a few occasions, however, they differed noticeably, and a few times Bender wrote to Horsch quite forthrightly if not sharply. Although born, reared, and educated in Germany, by the 1930s Horsch had long since learned to speak and write English very well; the great majority of these letters are in English, consistently typed, and typed reasonably well. They have many references to getting out issues of The Mennonite Quarterly Review—too many such references to detail. The following notes cover most letters in the folder, excepting a few routine ones.