This series consists of an almost complete set of diaries documenting Yoder's daily life. It also includes two handwritten volumes entitled, " Incidents in the Life of C. Z. Yoder."
Includes a financial ledger (1903-1920), records of Hallman's teaching at Hesston Bible College, materials on the Martin-Hallman Clothing Company, photographs of Daniel Kauffman and T. K. Hershey, and other miscellaneous materials.
Brief daily entries for the following years: 1898-1903, 1905-1906, 1910-1913, 1915-1930, 1932-1936, 1937-1956. ANother author continued Hallman's diary after his death.
These papers include Bender's correspondence, subject files, published and unpublished papers, and miscellaneous materials pertaining to his education and career.
Earliest records provide information about attendance at summer Bible schools. After 1953, these records include programmatic information as well. Slides depicting the 1966 Vacation Bible School may also be found in this series.
Contains conference constitutions and resolutions from 1875 to 1964. Also included are policy manuals and correspondence regarding the proposal of new constitutions.
Contains reports and minutes recording meetings of the Executive Committee and assorted subcommittees beginning in 1946. Correspondence related to the Executive Board, particularly secretaries Harold Thomas, Edwin Alderfer, James Burkholder, Paul Shank, and Paul Erb, is also included.
Contains materials from various Christian education-related committees, including the Sunday School Conference, Education Board, Education Committee, School Committee, and Education Cabinet ranging from 1895 to 1974. Materials include constitutions, conference programs, meeting minutes and reports, correspondence, research projects, curricula, and teacher improvement plans.
Incoming and outgoing correspondence pertaining to S. Paul Miller's mission work in India. Most often in these letters, Miller represents specific Mennonite or Indian Christian organizations.
Consists of the treasurer's incoming and outgoing correspondence (incomplete), monthly reports of cash received, monthly and annual reports (incomplete), cash jounals, and miscellaneous financial data.
This series documents ecumenical and interfaith activites of the Mennonite World Conference. Researchers will find materials pertaining to the Lutheran - Mennonite reconciliation process as well as documents recording dialogue with Baptists, Catholics, Jews, and the Reformed Church. Researchers will also find materials pertaining to delegations to the USSR (Soviet Union) in this series. Documents pertaining to ecumenical relations prior to 1982 may be found in the records of the presidium in Series 1: Assembly Records.
The Faith & Life Council was created in 1993 to determine how Mennonite World Conference churches understand and describe Anabaptist-Mennonite faith and practice, to enable member churches to receive and give council Anabaptist-Mennonite identity and action, and to develop relationships interchurch relationships of mutual accountability. Records in this series include minutes and reports, correspondence, and a small reference library of congregational and denominational Mennonite confession statements. Also included in this series are the records documenting the creation of the shared convictions in 2006, including questionnaires returned by Mennonite World Conference members.