Showing 2890 results

Bible Mennonite Fellowship organizational records, mission newsletters, and Ministerial Meeting minutes; Bible Conference and other event programs held at affiliated churches; a few materials relating to Rock of Ages Rescue Mission and Rock of Ages Home for the Aged

Files associated with various Mennonite voluntary service sites no longer in operation.  Materials vary according to unit, but researchers may find in this series activity reports, financial reports, correspondence, personnel lists, and other official records.  This series also includes some photographs of Voluntary Service units and work.

This collection includes church records, annual reports, newsletters and bulletins for the congregation and annual reports for the Mennonite Country Auction which they host.

Photographic prints and contact sheets depicting Mennonite Board of Missions missionaries, voluntary service workers, and staff.  Most images are black and white.  Photographs of individual missionaries and voluntary service workers may include both formal portraits and "action shots" in the field.

The photographs consist of 668 folders of photographs which are arranged alphabetically by the name of countries and states (USA) from 1900 to 1971.  The photographs reflecting the work of the Mission Board itself and its departments, are found under the section of "MBM".  For example, "MBM Annual Board Meetings, 1949-1958".

This collection is divided into four series:

(1) Correspondence

(2) Writings, Manuscripts, and Speeches

(3) Miscellaneous Materials

(4) Teaching Materials

This collection contains photographs of John F. Funk, family members, friends, the Mennonite Publishing Company, Elkhart buildings and parks, and several photograph albums from as early as 1860 to 1952.

Personal papers of an (old) Mennonite conscientious objector and founder of the Mennonite Young People's Conference who went on to teach history on the faculty of Goshen College and Western Reserve University. Materials are divided into five series:

(1) Correspondence

(2) Conscientious Objection and Young People's Conference Materials

(3) Autobiographical and Family Materials

(4) Class Notes and Academic Career Information

(5) Miscellaneous Materials and Photographs

Esther Oyer Smith's school scrapbook documents her education at Metamora High School (Metamora, Illinois), Hesston College and Bible School (Hesston, Kansas), Clinton County Normal School (St. Johns, Michigan), and Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana). The scrapbook includes photographs, clippings, commencement announcements, invitations, and other ephemora. Her time at Hesston College and Goshen College is particulary is well represented.

includes correspondence, diaries, academic papers, sermons, financial papers, biographical material

The collection contains extensive correspondence between Mabel Kauffman and her children, especially to her son Daniel in the 1960s and 1970s. A handful of journals and photos also document her personal life and family history. A few family letters, a family bible, clippings, and obituaries contain information on her father, Tillman Erb, pastor, bishop, and Hesston College business manager. Genealogical materials relate to the Erb’s and also the Hess family of Mabel’s mother. A lengthy autobiography of Mabel’s brother, Allen H. Erb, provides more details on the family history as well as his career as a minister and hospital administrator. Mabel lived for a number of years with her daughter Melva before moving to Schowalter Villa; this included two years when Mabel worked in Kabul, Afghanistan, developing curriculum for US AID, 1969-70. (In a few cases it is unclear to whom some of the materials, especially memorabilia, belonged; perhaps half of the materials in the overall collection are Mabel’s, and the other half are from her father, Tillman; brother, Allen; and daughter, Melva)

The material in this collection consists of genealogical and biographical stories of individuals that are connected to Anna “Njuta” Enns (nee Schroeder). There are also items in this collection such as a songbook and cookbook from the early 1900s that Njuta and her family used while living in Southern Russia. The genealogical records and stories give a look into the lives of Njuta’s family as they lived in Soviet Russia while the other personal items allow a more personal view of Njuta Enns and her interests. Many of the items in this collection were received from Maria Warkentin, a lifelong friend that Njuta Enns met when they were teachers together before Njuta immigrated to Canada.