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A recommendation for Henry Schroeder from American Mennonite Relief, Constantinople, to Mennonite Relief Unit operating in South Russia.

[in German].

C. F. Derstine letter, October 17, 1924, soliciting travel article on Europe from one of the Benders, for Christian Monitor.

[in German].

[in German].

February 4, 1925, Hershberger asking for materials [surely for his Master's thesis--see book War, Peace, and Social Conscience, by Theron F. Schlabach] not available "at Iowa."

D. H. Bender to Bender, March 13, 1925 [stationery of Hesston Academy and Bible School, D. H. Bender, President]: thanks for altering dates for your program in June and the invitation to take part; could hardly give firm answer; was not clear just who was sponsoring the program and its nature; who was Dr. Newman?/ Sympathy for “the loss of your little one” [miscarriage?]; glad Elizabeth was doing well [Elizabeth Bender, Elizabeth Horsch Bender].

From Henry S. Burrage of Kennebunkport, Maine, a scholar of Anabaptism

Maynard [L. Cassady, 1897-1948] wrote long letters from Sweden and then from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania (Juniata College?); Maynard wrote 4 letters.

"Not an 'open' letter," objecting rather vehemently to Dean N. E. Byers [Noah E. Byers] of Bluffton for a Byers statement in Christian Exponent saying John Horsch was not promulgating nonresistance. Of course Horsch was Bender's father-in-law, but the tensions related to the Exponent are probably more important. (Bender pointed to a key writing in German by Horsch and sent carbons to Horsch and to Lester Hostetler; Byers replied, and the two letters show the tensions of the day).

A very interesting letter by Bender himself to his "Old Bunkie" Blauch [Lloyd E. Blauch], with Bender launching philosophical about applying rationalism to questions such as death and then commenting on Mennonites starting the Near East relief unit and on C.O. men in camps and at Leavenworth prison. Some letters show Bender at work gathering historical sources (and obviously evoking antagonism from an Eastern District minister, Victor B. Boyer;, March 6, 1928).

March 18, 1926: "Your former student" Charles Fricke in a personal letter from Princeton, New Jersey, wrote that "Machean" [surely John Grescham Machen, famous defender of orthodoxy at Princeton Seminary in battle against Modernism, whom Bender featured in first issue of The Mennonite Quarterly Review] "spoke highly of your scholarship and ability."
On the letter the date is written as March 18, 1928

D. H. Bender to Bender, April 14, 1928: on beginnings of Sunday School lesson quarterlies by the [MC] Mennonite Church; mention J. S. Coffman, J. S. Shoemaker, writing for the Mennonite Publishing Company [of John F. Funk]; mention Beams of Light; mention lesson picture cards beginning in 1907; mention his [D. H.’s] own role; mention J. A. Ressler [Jacob A. Ressler]; mention “Paul” having endowment material ready [? Paul Bender ?]; Bender’s letter okay “on school matter”, and D. H. would be glad to discuss problems.