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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.

Files pertaining to the production of evangelistic radio programs broadcast in languages other than English and/or made specifically for international distribution.  As the title of this records series suggests, the primary broadcasting language documenting in these files is Russian.  Programs were also produced in German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Japanse, and Navaho and for distribution in Africa, Australia, and Israel.  The records of Spanish-language evangelism programs may be found in the JELAM (Junta Ejecutiva Latinoamericana de Audiciones Menonitas) Records, IV-13-006 or the JELAM Program Files (IV-13-010.6).

These papers of an (old) Mennonite Church writer and her pastor husband are divided into two series:

(1) Helen Good Brenneman Papers

(2) Virgil J. Brenneman Papers

A small, fragmented set of personal papers primarily documenting Bennett's early career.  Materials include correspondence, speeches and presentations, photographs / slides (most poorly labeled) and miscellaneous materials.  Photographs and slides primarily depict Bennett's life in Akron as an MCC worker, as well as his relief work in France and Spain.

Alma Slagel Eigsti "adopted" a Russian Mennonite refugee named Margareta Unruh through her Sunday school class at Waldo Mennonite Church in Illinois. Unruh and her family were forced to flee Russia in 1943, first staying in Holland and later immigrating to Paraguay. Eigsti and Unruh corresponded with each other from 1946-1981. In this collection are the letters that Eigsti received from Unruh. The letters describe Unruh's domestic life and her personal needs. There is also a small amount of correspondence from Tina Boschmann.

This fonds contains three diaries the first from 1945 until 1987 which appears to have been recopied. The first diary gives memoirs and accounts of Penner’s time in India including personal stories, politics, weather, and major news events. The first diary also includes loose pages in the back from 1981 and 1993, other loose pages are included with no specified year. The second diary spans from 1988 until 1990, and the third from 1990-1992. These two diaries are from Penner’s retirement in Winnipeg, Manitoba and include memoirs, personal experiences, news, and medical topics such as AIDS. Penner’s bible has prayers and notes throughout, in the back there is a short timeline of her first trip to India.
In addition, This fonds contains a letter written by Penner to her adoptive relative Doreen Loewen in 1956 while she was in India, recounting her work in the hospital and teaching Sunday school. Finally, also included are Penner's business card and two pins; one of these pins is a nursing pin, and the other contains a photo of her late parents.

Personal papers of a prominent administrator who held leadership positions in multiple Mennonite-related organizations over a career spanning four decades between 1953 and 1993. Kraybill also served as a board member and organizational consultant for a variety of institutions, including the American Leprosy Mission, Lancaster Mennonite School, and Lombard Mennonite Church. Materials consist of daily calendars, administrative trip reports, writings and manuscripts, photographs, scattered correspondence, committee minutes, and organizational working files. The papers are divided into the following series and subseries:

(1) Day Timers and Calendars, 1956-1992

(2) Manuscripts, Notes, and Talks, 1950-1991

(3) Organizational Working Files, 1956-1992

A. Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities

B. Mennonite Church General Board

C. Mennonite Christian Leadership Foundation

D. Mennonite Housing Aid, Inc.

E. Mennonite World Conference

F. Mennonite Health Association

(4) General Subject Files, 1942-1991

(5) Photographs and Miscellaneous, 1942-1991

The papers of Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander primarily document relief and service work to Russian Mennonite refugees after World War II.  Materials include correspondence, poems, testimonies, and songs by Russian Mennonite refugees, reports and correspondence pertaining to Mennonite Central Committee relief work in the Netherlands and Paraguay, a diary kept by Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander during her Europen relief work, correspondence between Vernon and Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander, and a well-labeled photograph album documenting Evangeline Matthies Neuschwander's relief and service work.  Other materials include records of Vernon Neuschwander's Civilian Public Service work, family and genealogical materials, Evangeline's writing and reminiscences, and miscellaneous materials.

These papers consist primarily of Elizabeth "Betty" Erb's outgoing correspondence, describing her life and work as a missionary nurse in India.  Also included among the papers are Erb's journals, a small number of photographs, and miscellaneous materials, including poems, compositions, and essays by Erb.

This collection contains information about Rhea B. Yoder (1898-1992), a teacher in the Midwest and at Woodstock, Northern India. In the collection there are materials from her schooling, her college speeches, journals from her time in India, and recollections of her upbringing. There is also a photograph album containing pictures from her childhood and time at Goshen. Her speeches at Goshen College provide an example of an individual on the liberal side of the (old) Mennonite church schism that led to the closing of Goshen College in 1923-1924.

Papers pertaining to a Mennonite conscientious objector's experiences during World War I.  Includes correspondence, empemera pertaining to conscientious objection, a transcript of Sommers's court martial proceedings, a parole pass, photographs, and other miscellaneous items.  Also includes a brief two page biography of Sommers written by Myron Sommers in 1992.

Personal papers of a Mennonite missionary and president of Goshen College and his wife.  Papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Biographical and Family Materials, 1911-1992

(2) Correspondence, 1919-1977

(3) Articles, Addresses, and Sermons, circa 1929-1968

(4) Education and Teaching Materials, 1921-1965

(5) Commissioned Trips, 1946-1964

(6) Photographs, circa 1880-1963

(7) Miscellaneous, 1912-1961

Records documenting congregational life of the (Old) Mennonite Church's urban mission in Chicago, Illinois.  Materials include a membership ledger, records of events and organizations associated with the mission congregation, Sunday school records, financial records, and photographs.

These papers of an (old) Mennonite Church evangelist and pastor to religious conscientious objectors at Fort Leavenworth during World War I are divided into five series:

(1) Correspondence, 1900-1941

(2) Materials on Conscientious Objectors at Fort Leavenworth, 1918-1919

(3) Subject Files,circa 1900-1941

(4) Sermons and Articles, undated

(5) Miscellaneous Materials, circa 1900-1991