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A nurse’s journal of her year of voluntary service at Mathis, Texas including photos, some correspondence, and texts of presentations about the work.

The collection consists of 20 photographic prints from Millard Osborne's time in voluntary service in Mathis, Texas from 1955 to 1957.

These records consist of unit reports and diaries, volunteer evaluations of their experiences, and miscellaneous materials associated with the (old) Mennonite Church's voluntary service program.  These records complement those in series IV-19-007, Closed Voluntary Service Unit records.  Documents pertaining to the earliest years of various closed units will be found in this series.

A small set of corresponcence regarding a wide variety of issues in the early history of the mission board's service and relief ministries.  The majority of the correspondence is arranged chronologically, but five folders of correspondence are arranged by topic.

Consists entirely of source material for his paper "A Study of Mennonite Service Programs: A Historical and Empirical Study prepared for the Institute of Mennonite Studies, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, Elkhart, Indiana, July 1965."

This small set of organizational records consists of meeting minutes, treasurer's records, materials pertaining to the 1953 tornado in Flint, Michigan, and assorted programs, clippings, and historical notes contributed by members.

Internal communications among service ministry staff members.  These memos include reports about visits to various voluntary service units, proposals for new units in places of need, and general updates to staff members.  Authors of the memos include Edna Beiler, John Eby, Dan Hess, Ray Horst, John Lehman, Don McCammon, Jerry Miller, Dorsa Mishler, Millard Osborn, Kenneth Seitz, Ken Smith, Gene E. Yoder, John Howard Yoder, and Roy Yoder.

The collection of Daniel D. Stoltzfus, a volunteer with Near East Relief, includes letters, transcriptions, and a paper written about his service.

Scrapbooks containing snapshots, unit histories, descriptions of work and unit life, and other information about various Voluntary Service (V.S.) units sponsored by the Mennonite Board of Missions.  The scrapbooks appear to have been used in orienting new unit volunteers and in introducing unit work to visitors.

Correspondence and data pertaining to the division of Mennonite Board of Missions responsible for voluntary service and other relief and development ministries.

Administrative records of a camp facility established by the Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp Association and later administered by the Mennonite Board of Missions. Frontier Boys Village provided a long-term rehabilitation program for adolescent boys completing the requirements of Colorado's juvenile justice system. Records include board meeting minutes, correspondence, financial and development records, policy documents, publicity materials, scrapbooks, and photographs.

Assorted brochures, publications, handbooks, and correspondence pertaining to the (old) Mennonite Church's voluntary service program.

This slide show consists of color slides taken in 1979 depicting young adults in various voluntary service activities. These include serving at Marymound, and at YOU (Youth Orientation Units), founded by Peter Rempel. In the YOU program young adults work in a small lumber mill, make log homes, and take care of farm animals. The script lists 69 slides, however only the first 34 remain. Included with these slides is a script and audio cassette #2326.

This slide show consists of 79 color slides of MCC's Voluntary Service program in Canada. Included with the slides is a script. The photos depict MCC voluntary service people in various locations working in an office, gardening, woodworking, child care etc. The photos were taken between 1980-1981 and gathered together in this form in 1982. Some of the photos were taken by Robb Nickel and Allan Kroeker. An audio cassette of the script can be found in the audio cassette collection #2320. -- Note: Numbers 4,6,9,11-13,24,27,38, 40-42 are missing.

This series consists primarily of staff and board meeting minutes from 1935 through 1981.  Other materials include reports about various service and relief programs, descriptions of visits to voluntary service units, financial reports, and subject files from 1951 through 1970.  Materials in the late 1960s and 1970 address issues of race and ethnicity in the (old) Mennonite Church.

Later minutes of the Service Ministries division are most likely interfiled with the Mennonite Board of Missions Executive Board Minutes (IV-06-007).