53 Treffer anzeigen

Papers of a Mennonite women who began her career as a secretary in Mennonite organizations and transitioned into ministry in the 1970s and 1980s.  Fisher served on the pastoral team of College Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.) and as an overseer of Waterford Mennonite Church (Goshen, Ind.).  Her papers include correspondence, sermons and presentations, worship materials, photographs, audiotapes of sermons preached at College Mennonite Church, and miscellaneous materials.

Personal papers of Martha Smith Good, a female minister in the Mennonite Church. The collection consists primarily of sermons given throughout her career serving in as Goshen College's campus pastor as well as at Guelph Mennonite Church (Guelph, Ont.), Hillcrest Mennonite Church (New Hamburg, Ont.), Stirling Ave Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ont.), Warden Woods Mennonite Church (Scarborough, Ont.), Oak Grove Mennonite Church (Smithville, OH), and Lombard Mennonite Church (Lombard, IL). Recurring themes in the sermons emphasize church roles in accepting and supporting members who are single, divorced, widowed, and homosexual. Some notes and correspondence related to her work in organizing the Women in Ministry Conferences in 1982 and 2000 are also included.

Personal papers of Christian L. Graber and Mina Roth Graber, consisting of correspondence, diaries, sermons, scrapbooks, geneological records, and information about Christian L. Graber's time as a conscientious objector during World War I, his stint as a relief worker, and his service to Mennonite Central Committee.

The papers are divided into the following series:

(1) Correspondence

(2) Sermons and Writings

(3) Personal and Family Records

(4) War, Peace, and Relief Work

(5) Business, Legal, and Estate Files

(6) Subject Files and Miscellaneous

(7) Mina Roth Graber Diaries

(8) Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Miscellaneous

These records document the work of an organization of missionary women that guided the work of the Indian Bible Women and the sewing circles in India.  Meeting minutes comprise the bulk of the records.

Materials created by the editor of Mennonite Women USA publications, which include the magazine Timbrel, the Mennonite Women USA website, and various brochures, booklets, and programs.

The newsletters of Mennonite women contain information about the organization's officers, activities, and interests.  The newsletter was titled "Mennonite Women" from 1997 through 2002, and "Mennonite Women USA" from 2003 through 2005.  In 2002, Mennonite Women USA introduced a monthly email newsletter entitled "News and Notes from Mennonite Women USA, " its last issue appearing in January 2006.  In August 2003, another email newsletter entitled "Postcard and a Prayer" debuted and has continued through the present (2013).

Includes packets of organizational information given to members of the board of directors and minutes and dockets (with reports) for board meetings.

Researchers should note that there are no minutes, dockets, or reports available between March 2001 and March 2003.

Materials pertaining to various workshops, training opportunities, and meetings sponsored by Mennonite Women USA.  At this time, this series only contains information regarding the PREP (Preparing, Resourcing, Encouraging, Praising) meeting for Mennonite Women USA conference leaders.

The collection consists of some correspondence, a notebook of copied poems, a scrapbook of collected poems, and miscellaneous writing.

A small set of personal papers created by a secretary employed by the Mennonite Board of Missions from 1950 to 1978.  Materials include scattered correspondence and autobiographical essays, photographs of the Graber siblings, Graber family obituaries, information on Lloyd O. Rupe, and a scrapbook of photographs and correspondence presented to her by missionaries and mission board staff upon her retirement.

The collection consists of two autobiographical accounts of Velma Yoder Bowman's life beginning in Topeka, Indiana.The accounts describe her early childhood experiences on the farm and her later family life.

Personal papers of a Mennonite missionary to Puerto Rico and advocate for Hispanic Mennonite Congregations in the United States.  The papers are divided into four series:

(1) Biographical Information and Family Papers, 1909-2006

(2) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1949-2006

(3) Photographs and Plaques, 1915-2004

(4) Puerto Rican Mennonite Records, 1967-2003

Records pertaining to the literary functions of the Women's Missionary and Service Commission, including the production of publications and reading lists and the supplying of free literature to missionaries.  These records are divided into three series:

(1) Publications, 1952-1996 (2) Administrative Records, 1929-1997 (3) Mennonite Women: A Story of God's Faithfulness Research Files, circa 1975-1983

A small set of records pertaining to the "junior" organization of the Women's Missionary and Service Auxiliary / Commission.  Materials include member and leader handbooks and devotional guides, reports, correspondence, governing documents, and project booklets.  These records also include documentation pertaining to the Wayfarers, a Mennonite girl scouting program; a Wayfarer guidebook and a set of Wayfarer badges may be found in these records.

Governing documents, minutes, reports, correspondence, and curricular materials from the La Junta Mennonite School of Nursing, a nurses training school operated by the Mennonite Board of Education.